VITRO ENVASES NORTEAMÉRICA, S.A. DE C.V., The NOTE GUARANTORS Party Hereto and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as TRUSTEE 10.75% SENIOR SECURED GUARANTEED NOTES DUE 2011 INDENTURE Dated as of July 23, 2004
EXHIBIT
2.14
EXECUTION
COPY
VITRO
ENVASES NORTEAMÉRICA, S.A. DE C.V.,
The
NOTE GUARANTORS Party Hereto
and
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK,
as
TRUSTEE
10.75%
SENIOR SECURED GUARANTEED NOTES DUE 2011
Dated
as of July 23, 2004
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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1
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Section
1.1
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Definitions
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1
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Section
1.2
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Rules
of Construction
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33
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ARTICLE
II THE
NOTES
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34
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Section
2.1
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Form
and Dating
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34
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Section
2.2
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Execution
and Authentication
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34
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Section
2.3
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Registrar
and Paying Agent
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35
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Section
2.4
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Paying
Agent to Hold Money in Trust
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35
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Section
2.5
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Holder
Lists
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36
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Section
2.6
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Global
Note Provisions
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36
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Section
2.7
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Legends
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38
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Section
2.8
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Transfer
and Exchange
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38
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Section
2.9
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes
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41
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Section
2.10
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Temporary
Notes
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42
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Section
2.11
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Cancellation
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42
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Section
2.12
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Defaulted
Interest
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42
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Section
2.13
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Additional
Notes
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43
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Section
2.14
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Ranking;
Security for and Parity of Notes
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43
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ARTICLE
III COVENANTS
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44
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Section
3.1
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Payment
of Notes
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44
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Section
3.2
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Interest
Rate Adjustment
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44
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Section
3.3
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Maintenance
of Office or Agency
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44
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Section
3.4
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Compliance
Certificate
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45
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Section
3.5
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Waiver
of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws
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45
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Section
3.6
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Limitation
on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness
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45
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Section
3.7
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Limitation
on Guarantees of Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary
Indebtedness
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49
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Section
3.8
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Limitation
on Restricted Payments
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49
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Section
3.9
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Limitation
on Asset Sales
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52
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Section
3.10
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Limitation
on the Ownership of Capital Stock of Restricted
Subsidiaries
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57
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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
Section
3.11
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Limitation
on Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries
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58
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Section
3.12
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Limitation
on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Restricted
Subsidiaries
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59
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Section
3.13
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Limitation
on Liens
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60
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Section
3.14
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Limitation
on Transactions with Affiliates
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61
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Section
3.15
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Conduct
of Business
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63
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Section
3.16
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Reports
to Holders
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63
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Section
3.17
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Payment
of Additional Amounts
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64
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Section
3.18
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Change
of Control.
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66
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Section
3.19
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Maintenance
of Properties and Insurance
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67
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Section
3.20
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Registration
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67
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ARTICLE
IV MERGER,
CONSOLIDATION, ETC
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67
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Section
4.1
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Limitation
on Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets
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67
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ARTICLE
V OPTIONAL
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
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70
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Section
5.1
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Optional
Redemption
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70
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Section
5.2
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Election
to Redeem
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70
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Section
5.3
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Notice
of Redemption
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70
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Section
5.4
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Selection
of Notes to Be Redeemed in Part
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71
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Section
5.5
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Deposit
of Redemption Price
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72
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Section
5.6
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Notes
Payable on Redemption Date
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72
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Section
5.7
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Unredeemed
Portions of Partially Redeemed Note
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72
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ARTICLE
VI DEFAULTS
AND REMEDIES
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72
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Section
6.1
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Events
of Default
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72
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Section
6.2
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Acceleration
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75
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Section
6.3
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Other
Remedies
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75
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Section
6.4
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Waiver
of Past Defaults
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76
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Section
6.5
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Control
by Majority
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76
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Section
6.6
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Limitation
on Suits
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76
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Section
6.7
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Rights
of Holders to Receive Payment
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76
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Section
6.8
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Collection
Suit by Trustee
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77
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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
Section
6.9
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Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim, etc
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77
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Section
6.10
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Priorities
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77
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Section
6.11
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Undertaking
for Costs
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78
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ARTICLE
VII TRUSTEE
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78
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Section
7.1
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Duties
of Trustee
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78
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Section
7.2
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Rights
of Trustee
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80
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Section
7.3
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Individual
Rights of Trustee
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80
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Section
7.4
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Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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80
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Section
7.5
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Notice
of Defaults
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81
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Section
7.6
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Reports
by Trustee to Holders
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81
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Section
7.7
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Compensation
and Indemnity
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81
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Section
7.8
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Replacement
of Trustee
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82
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Section
7.9
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Successor
Trustee by Merger
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83
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Section
7.10
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Eligibility;
Disqualification
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83
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Section
7.11
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Issuer
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83
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Section
7.12
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Appointment
of Co-Trustee
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83
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Section
7.13
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Authorization
of Trustee
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84
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Section
7.14
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Actions
to be Taken by Trustee Under the Master Collateral and
Intercreditor
Agreement
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85
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ARTICLE
VIII DEFEASANCE;
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
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85
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Section
8.1
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Legal
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
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85
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Section
8.2
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Conditions
to Defeasance
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86
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Section
8.3
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Application
of Trust Money
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88
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Section
8.4
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Repayment
to Issuer
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88
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Section
8.5
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Indemnity
for U.S. Government Obligations
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88
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Section
8.6
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Reinstatement
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88
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Section
8.7
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Satisfaction
and Discharge
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89
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ARTICLE
IX AMENDMENTS
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89
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Section
9.1
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Without
Consent of Holders.
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89
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Section
9.2
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With
Consent of Holders
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90
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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
Section
9.3
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Revocation
and Effect of Consents and Waivers
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91
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Section
9.4
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Notation
on or Exchange of Notes
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92
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Section
9.5
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Trustee
to Sign Amendments and Supplements
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92
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Section
9.6
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Evidence
of Action Taken by Noteholders
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92
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ARTICLE
X NOTE
GUARANTEES
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92
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Section
10.1
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Note
Guarantees
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92
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Section
10.2
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Limitation
on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge
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94
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Section
10.3
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Right
of Contribution
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94
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Section
10.4
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No
Subrogation
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94
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Section
10.5
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New
Note Guarantees
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95
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Section
10.6
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Waivers.
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95
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ARTICLE
XI COLLATERAL
AND
SECURITY
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95
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Section
11.1
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Master
Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement and Collateral
Documents
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95
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Section
11.2
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Suits
to Protect the Collateral
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96
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Section
11.3
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Possession
of the Collateral
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97
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Section
11.4
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Release
of Collateral
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97
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Section
11.5
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Actions
by the Trustee
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97
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Section
11.6
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Authorization
of Actions To Be Taken by the Trustee Under the
Collateral Documents
and the Master Collateral and
Intercreditor Agreement
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97
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Section
11.7
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Authorization
of Receipt and Distribution of Funds by the Trustee
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97
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Section
11.8
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Termination
of Security Interest
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97
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Section
11.9
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Amendments
and Modifications to the Master Collateral and Intercreditor
Agreement and
any Collateral Document
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98
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ARTICLE
XII MISCELLANEOUS
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98
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Section
12.1
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Notices
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98
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Section
12.2
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Certificate
and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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99
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Section
12.3
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Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion
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99
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Section
12.4
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Rules
by Trustee, Paying Agent and Xxxxxxxxx
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00
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Section
12.5
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Legal
Holidays
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100
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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
Section
12.6
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Governing
Law, etc
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100
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Section
12.7
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No
Recourse Against Others
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101
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Section
12.8
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Successors
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101
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Section
12.9
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Duplicate
and Counterpart Originals
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101
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Section
12.10
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Severability
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101
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Section
12.11
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Currency
Indemnity
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101
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Section
12.12
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Table
of Contents; Headings
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102
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Section
12.13
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Inconsistency
with Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement
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102
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EXHIBIT
A
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FORM
OF FACE OF NOTE
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EXHIBIT
B
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FORM
OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER TO
QIB
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EXHIBIT
C
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FORM
OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO
REGULATION S
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EXHIBIT
D
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FORM
OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO
RULE 144
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EXHIBIT
E
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FORM
OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE FOR ADDITIONAL NOTE
GUARANTEES
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INDENTURE,
dated as of July 23, 2004, (the “Indenture”)
between Vitro Envases Norteamérica, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican sociedad
anónima de capital variable
(the
“Issuer”),
the
Note Guarantors party hereto, and The Bank of New York (the “Trustee”),
as
Trustee.
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture
to
provide for the issuance of 10.75% Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes due 2011
(the
“Notes”);
WHEREAS,
all Obligations (as defined herein) of the Issuer under the Notes are secured
or
to be secured by first-priority Liens (as defined herein), subject to Collateral
Permitted Liens (as defined herein), in the Collateral (as defined herein)
pursuant to the terms of the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement
and
the Collateral Documents (as defined herein);
WHEREAS,
the Note Guarantors have duly authorized their senior guarantee of the Notes
and
to provide therefore, the Note Guarantors have duly authorized the execution
of
this Indenture and their Note Guarantees (as defined herein) under the terms
set
forth herein;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and purchase of the Notes by the
Holders (as defined herein) thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed,
for
the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section
1.1 Definitions.
“Acquired
Indebtedness”
means
Indebtedness of a Person or any of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such
Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time it merges or consolidates
with the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or is assumed by the Issuer or
any
Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the acquisition of assets from such
Person. Such Indebtedness will be deemed to have been Incurred at the time
such
Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time it merges or consolidates
with the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time such Indebtedness
is
assumed by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the
acquisition of assets from such Person.
“Additional
Amounts”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section 3.17(b).
“Additional
Note Board Resolutions”
means
resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the
Issuer
and
delivered to the Trustee in an Officers’ Certificate providing for the issuance
of Additional Notes.
“Additional
Notes”
means
up to $80,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes
originally
issued after the Issue Date pursuant to Section 2.13
and any
replacement Notes as specified in the relevant Additional Note Board Resolutions
or Additional Note Supplemental Indenture issued therefor in accordance with
this Indenture.
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“Additional
Note Supplemental Indenture”
means a
supplement to this Indenture duly executed and delivered by the Issuer,
each Note Guarantor
and the
Trustee pursuant to Article IX
providing for the issuance of Additional Notes.
“Affiliate”
means,
with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by,
or
is under common control with, such specified Person. For purposes of this
definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
a
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,”“controlled
by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings.
“Affiliate
Transaction”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
3.14(a).
“Agent
Members”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
2.6(b).
“Alcali”
means
Industria del Álcali, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation.
“Asset
Acquisition”
means:
(1)
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an
Investment by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in any other
Person
pursuant to which such Person will become a Restricted Subsidiary,
or will
be merged with or into the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary;
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(2)
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the
acquisition by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the assets
of
any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer) which
constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person
or
comprises any division or line of business of such Person or any
other
properties or assets of such Person other than in the ordinary course
of
business; or
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(3)
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any
Revocation with respect to an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
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“Asset
Sale”
means
any direct or indirect sale, disposition, issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease,
assignment or other transfer, including a Sale and Leaseback Transaction (each,
a “disposition”) by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of:
(a)
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any
Capital Stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares or Capital Stock of
the Issuer); or
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(b)
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any
property or assets (other than cash, Cash Equivalents or Capital
Stock) of
the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary;
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Notwithstanding
the preceding, the following items will not be deemed to be Asset
Sales:
(1)
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the
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer
and
its Restricted Subsidiaries as permitted under Section
4.1;
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(2)
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a
disposition of inventory or obsolete or worn-out equipment in the
ordinary
course of business;
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(3)
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dispositions
of assets in any fiscal year with a Fair Market Value not to exceed
$5
million in the aggregate;
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(4)
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a
disposition to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than
a
Permitted Joint Venture), including
a Person that is or will become a Restricted Subsidiary immediately
after
the disposition;
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(5)
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the
disposition of accounts receivable and related assets pursuant to
a
Qualified Receivables Transaction;
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(6)
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any
foreclosure by any creditor of a Lien permitted under Section
3.13
on
any assets subject thereto; and
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(7)
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a
Collateral Asset Sale.
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“Asset
Sale Offer”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section 3.9(e).
“Asset
Sale Offer Amount”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section 3.9(e).
“Asset
Sale Offer Notice”
means
notice of an Asset Sale Offer made pursuant to Section 3.9(e),
which
shall be mailed first class, postage prepaid, to each record Holder as shown
on
the Note Register within 20 days following an Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date
for
the application of Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale, Collateral Asset Sale
or
Event of Loss, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms
of the Asset Sale Offer, and shall state:
(1)
the
circumstances of the Asset Sale, Collateral Asset Sale or Event of Loss, the
Net
Cash Proceeds of which are included in the Asset Sale Offer, that an Asset
Sale
Offer is being made pursuant to Section 3.9;
(2)
the
Asset Sale Offer Amount and the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date;
(3)
that
any Notes or portions thereof not tendered or accepted for payment will continue
to accrue interest;
(4)
that,
unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Asset Sale Offer Amount with
respect thereto, all Notes or portions thereof accepted for payment pursuant
to
the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest from and after the Asset
Sale Offer Payment Date;
(5)
that
any Holder electing to have any Notes or portions thereof purchased pursuant
to
the Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender such Notes, with the form
entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such Notes
completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior
to
the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Asset Sale Offer
Payment Date;
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(6)
that
any Holder shall be entitled to withdraw such election if the Paying Agent
receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day
preceding the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter,
setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered
for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing such Holder’s
election to have such Notes or portions thereof purchased pursuant to the Asset
Sale Offer;
(7)
that
any Holder electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer
must specify the principal amount that is being tendered for purchase, which
principal amount must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof;
(8)
that
any Holder of Certificated Notes whose Certificated Notes are being purchased
only in part will be issued new Certificated Notes equal in principal amount
to
the unpurchased portion of the Certificated Note or Notes surrendered, which
unpurchased portion will be equal in principal amount to $1,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;
(9)
that
the Trustee will return to the Holder of a Global Note that is being purchased
in part, such Global Note with a notation on the schedule of increases or
decreases thereof adjusting the principal amount thereof to be equal to the
unpurchased portion of such Global Note; and
(10)
any
other information necessary to enable any Holder to tender Notes and to have
such Notes purchased pursuant to Section 3.9(e).
“Asset
Sale Offer Payment Date”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section 3.9(e).
“Asset
Sale Offer Trigger Date”
has the
meaning set forth in Section
3.9(e).
“Asset
Sale Transaction”
means
any Asset Sale or Collateral Asset Sale and, whether or not constituting an
Asset Sale or Collateral Asset Sale, (1) any sale or other disposition
of
Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than Capital Stock of the
Issuer), and (2) any Designation with respect to an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“Authenticating
Agent”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
2.2(d).
“Authorized
Agent”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
12.6(c).
“Bankruptcy
Law”
means
any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, suspension of payments, concurso
mercantil,
reorganization or other similar law of Mexico, the United States or other
foreign jurisdiction now or hereafter in effect (including Mexico’s Ley
de Concursos Mercantiles
or any
successor thereof).
“Board
of Directors”
means,
as to any Person, the board of directors, management committee or similar
governing body of such Person or any duly authorized committee
thereof.
“Board
Resolution”
means,
with respect to any Person, a copy of a resolution certified by the secretary
or
an assistant secretary of such Person to have been duly adopted by
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the
Board
of Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date
of
such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business
Day”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
12.5.
“Capitalized
Lease Obligations”
means,
as to any Person, the obligations of such Person under a lease that are required
to be classified and accounted for as capital lease obligations under Mexican
GAAP. For purposes of this definition, the amount of such obligations at any
date will be the capitalized amount of such obligations at such date, determined
in accordance with Mexican GAAP.
“Capital
Stock”
means:
(1)
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with
respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated
and
whether or not voting) of corporate stock, including each class of
Common
Stock and Preferred Stock of such
Person;
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(2)
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with
respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership
or other equity or ownership interests of such Person;
and
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(3)
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any
warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the instruments or
interests referred to in clause (1) or (2)
above.
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(1)
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marketable
direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the
United
States government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the
full
faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within
one
year from the date of acquisition
thereof;
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(2)
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marketable
direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America
or
any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality
thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof
and,
at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings
obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s or any successor
thereto;
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(3)
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commercial
paper issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Issuer)
maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof
and, at
the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or
at least P-1 from Moody’s;
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(4)
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demand
deposits, certificates of deposit, time deposits or bankers’ acceptances
maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued
by
any bank organized under the laws of the United States of America
or any
state thereof or the District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a
non-U.S.
bank having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and
surplus of not less than $500 million (or the
equivalent);
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(5)
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repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying
securities of the types described in clause (1) above entered
into
with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4)
above;
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(6)
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Certificados
de la Tesoreria de la Federación
(Cetes), Bonos
de Desarrollo del Gobierno Federal (Bondes) or Bonos Ajustables del
Gobierno Federal
(Ajustabonos), in each case, issued by the government of Mexico and
maturing not later than one year after the acquisition
thereof;
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(7)
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any
other instruments issued or guaranteed by the government of Mexico
and
denominated and payable in Pesos, UDIs and U.S. dollars, and maturing
not
later than one year after the acquisition
thereof;
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(8)
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solely
with respect to any Investment by a Restricted Subsidiary that is
not
organized under the laws of Mexico, instruments issued or guaranteed
by
the national government of the country in which such Restricted Subsidiary
is organized, denominated and payable either in the local currency
of such
jurisdiction or in U.S. dollars and maturing not later than one year
after
the acquisition thereof;
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(9)
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investments
in money market funds which invest substantially all of their assets
in
securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (5)
above; and
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(10)
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demand
deposits, certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers’ acceptances
maturing not more than 180 days (or 365 days in the case of
clause (A)(I) or (B)(I)) after the acquisition thereof
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(A)
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denominated
in Pesos and issued by (I) any of the five top-rated banks
(as
evaluated by any internationally recognized rating agency) organized
under
the laws of Mexico or any other state thereof, or (II) any
such bank
which at the date of acquisition is a lender to or has made available
a
line of credit to (in each case in an amount equal to or greater
than the
amount of the proposed acquisition), the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries,
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(B)
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in
any jurisdiction other than Mexico where the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries conducts business and issued by (I) one
of
the three largest banks doing business in such jurisdiction, or
(II) any such bank in such jurisdiction which at the date
of
acquisition is a lender to or has made available a line of credit
to (in
each case in an amount equal to or greater than the amount of the
proposed
acquisition), the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries,
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(C)
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issued
by any bank which at the date of acquisition is a lender to or has
made
available a line of credit to the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries and which is not under intervention, receivership or
any
similar arrangement at the time of acquisition; provided
that the aggregate amount of all such demand deposits, certificates
of
deposit, time deposits and bankers’ acceptances acquired in accor-dance
with this clause (C) does not exceed $50 million at any one
time
or
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(D)
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issued
by any bank which at the date of acquisition has an outstanding loan
to
the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate
principal
amount at least equal to the aggregate principal amount of such demand
deposit, certificate of deposit, time deposit or bankers’
acceptance.
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“Certificated
Note”
means
any Note issued in fully-registered certificated form (other than a Global
Note)
pursuant to Section 2.6(c), which shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A,
with
appropriate legends as specified in Section
2.7
and
Exhibit A.
“Change
of Control”
means:
(1)
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any
“person”
or “group”
(as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
of the
Exchange Act, whether or not applicable, except that for purposes
of this
clause (1) such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial
ownership”
of all shares that such person or group has the right to acquire,
whether
such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of
time),
excluding Permitted Holders, is or becomes the “beneficial
owner”
(as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 promulgated pursuant to the Exchange
Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the aggregate voting
power of the Voting Stock of Vitro;
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(2)
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individuals
who on the Issue Date constituted the Board of Directors of Vitro
(together with any new director whose election by such Board or whose
nomination for election by the stockholders of Vitro was approved
by a
majority of the directors of Vitro then still in office who were
either
directors on the Issue Date or whose election or nomination for election
was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a
majority
of the Board of Directors of Vitro then in
office;
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(3)
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Vitro
consolidates with, or merges with or into, another Person, other
than a
transaction where the Person or Persons that, immediately prior to
such
transaction are the “beneficial
owners”
in the aggregate of a majority of the total voting power of the then
outstanding Voting Stock of Vitro are, by virtue of such prior ownership,
the “beneficial
owners”
in the aggregate of a majority of the total voting power of the then
outstanding Voting Stock of the surviving Person (or if such surviving
Person is a direct or indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of another
Person,
such Person who is the ultimate parent entity), in each case whether
or
not such transaction is otherwise in compliance with the Indenture;
or
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(4)
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the
Issuer will cease to be a Subsidiary of Vitro that is consolidated
under
Mexican GAAP in its consolidated financial
statements.
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“Change
of Control Notice”
means
notice of a Change of Control Offer made pursuant to Section 3.18,
which
shall be mailed first-class, postage prepaid, to each record Holder as shown
on
the Note Register within 20 days following the date upon which a Change of
Control occurred, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the
terms of the Change of Control Offer and shall state:
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(1)
that
a Change of Control has occurred, the circumstances or events causing such
Change of Control and that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant
to
Section 3.18;
(2)
the
Change of Control Payment and the Change of Control Payment Date;
(3)
that
any Notes or portions thereof not tendered or accepted for payment will continue
to accrue interest;
(4)
that,
unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment
with
respect thereto, all Notes or portions thereof accepted for payment pursuant
to
the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest from and after the
Change of Control Payment Date;
(5)
that
any Holder electing to have any Notes or portions thereof purchased pursuant
to
a Change of Control Offer will be required to tender such Notes, with the form
entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such Notes
completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior
to
the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control
Payment Date;
(6)
that
any Holder shall be entitled to withdraw such election if the Paying Agent
receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day
preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or
letter, setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes
delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing such
Holder’s election to have such Notes or portions thereof purchased pursuant to
the Change of Control Offer;
(7)
that
any Holder electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to the Change of Control
Offer must specify the principal amount that is being tendered for purchase,
which principal amount must be $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in
excess thereof;
(8)
that
any Holder of Certificated Notes whose Certificated Notes are being purchased
only in part will be issued new Certificated Notes equal in principal amount
to
the unpurchased portion of the Certificated Note or Notes surrendered, which
unpurchased portion will be equal in principal amount to $1,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;
(9)
that
the Trustee will return to the Holder of a Global Note that is being purchased
in part, such Global Note with a notation on the schedule of increases
or
decreases thereof adjusting the principal amount thereof to be equal to the
unpurchased portion of such Global Note; and
(10)
any
other information necessary to enable any Holder to tender Notes and to have
such Notes purchased pursuant to Section 3.18.
“Change
of Control Offer”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
3.18(b).
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“Change
of Control Payment” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
3.18(a).
“Change
of Control Payment Date” has the meaning assigned to it in Section
3.18(b).
“Code”
means
the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral”
means
all assets or property of the Grantors, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon
which a Lien is purported to be created by any Collateral Document, whether
at
the date of the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement or in the
future.
“Collateral
Assets”
means
any asset or property of the Issuer or any Grantor Subsidiary upon which the
Issuer or such Grantor Subsidiary has agreed under any Collateral Document
or
Secured Creditor Document to use its reasonable best efforts to create a Lien
after the Issue Date in favor of the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent as
security for the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Master Collateral and
Intercreditor Agreement).
“Collateral
and Intercreditor Agent”
means
HSBC Bank USA, National Association, in its capacity as master collateral and
intercreditor agent under the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement
and
the other Collateral Documents, and any successor thereto in such
capacity.
“Collateral
Asset Sale”
means
any disposition of any Collateral, or a series of related dispositions by the
Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries involving the Collateral, other than
(i) the sale for Fair Market Value of Obsolete Equipment or (ii) sales
of
inventory in the ordinary course of business. A Collateral Asset Sale will
not
include an Event of Loss.
“Collateral
Documents”
has the
meaning set forth in the Master Collateral and Intercreditor
Agreement.
“Collateral
Event of Default”
means
either or both of (i) an Event of Default under this Indenture and (ii) an
event
of default under any Credit Facility.
“Collateral
Permitted Liens”
means
any of the following:
(1)
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statutory
Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics,
suppliers, materialmen, repairmen and other Liens imposed by law
incurred
in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent or
being
contested in good faith, if such reserve or other appropriate provision,
if any, as shall be required by Mexican GAAP has been made in respect
thereof;
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(2)
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Liens
for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies on the property
of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary if the same shall not
at the
time be delinquent or thereafter can be paid without penalty, or
are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted
and diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate
provision that shall be required in conformity with Mexican GAAP
shall
have been made therefor;
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(3)
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Liens
Incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection
with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of
social security, including any Lien securing letters of credit issued
in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in
connection therewith, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government performance
and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive
of
obligations for the payment of borrowed
money);
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(4)
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Liens
upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any
Person
securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances
issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the
purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other
goods;
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(5)
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Liens
encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory,
regulatory, contractual, or warranty requirements of the Issuer or
a
Restricted Subsidiary, including rights of offset and set-off;
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(6)
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Liens
existing on the Issue Date;
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(7)
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zoning
restrictions, licenses, easements, servitudes, rights of way, title
defects, covenants running with the land and other similar charges
or
encumbrances or restrictions not interfering in any material respect
with
the ordinary operation of any Collateral or materially and adversely
affecting the value of the Collateral;
and
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(8)
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Liens
created pursuant to the Collateral Documents, including Liens thereon
securing the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Permitted Secured
Obligations.
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“Comegua”
means
Empresas Comegua, S.A., a Panamanian corporation.
“Commodity
Agreement”
of any
Person means any commodity futures contract, commodity option or other similar
agreement or arrangement designed to protect against fluctuations in the price
of commodities used by such Person.
“Common
Stock”
of any
Person means any and all shares, interests or other participations in, and
other
equivalents (however designated and whether voting or non-voting) of such
Person’s common equity interests, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or
issued after the Issue Date, and includes, without limitation, all series and
classes of such common equity interests.
“Consolidated
EBITDA”
means
for any Person for any period the sum of the amounts for such period of
Consolidated Net Income, plus, or minus, as the case may be, for such Person
without duplication, to the extent such amount was deducted or added, as the
case may be, in calculating Consolidated Net Income
(1)
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Consolidated
Interest Expense, plus
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(2)
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income
and asset taxes and workers’ profit sharing other than income taxes
(either positive or negative) attributable to extraordinary gains
or
losses or to gains or losses on sales of assets), plus
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(3)
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depreciation
expense, plus
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(4)
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amortization
expense, plus
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(5)
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non-cash
extraordinary losses, non-cash foreign exchange losses, non-cash
monetary
losses and other non-cash expenses or losses of such Person and its
Subsidiaries (its Restricted Subsidiaries in the case of the Issuer
or
Comegua) for such period, that are reported below the “operating income
(loss)” line on such Person’s consolidated statements of operations (other
than items that will require cash payments and for which an accrual
or
reserve is, or is required by Mexican GAAP to be, made), plus
or minus
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(6)
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non-cash
write-offs or writeups of assets, plus
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(7)
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extraordinary
non-recurring severance payments to employees, plus
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(8)
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non-cash
items related to pension plan liabilities, less
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(9)
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non-cash
extraordinary gains, non-cash foreign exchange gains, non-cash monetary
gains and other non-cash credits and gains of such Person and its
Subsidiaries (its Restricted Subsidiaries in the case of the Issuer
or
Comegua) for such period that are reported below the “operating income
(loss)” line on such Person’s consolidated statements of operations (other
than (A) items that will result in the receipt of cash payments and
(B)
items resulting from the reversal of an item anticipated to require
cash
payments for which an accrual or reserve was, or was required by
Mexican
GAAP to be, made, to the extent such item was deducted from the
calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (7)
above),
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all
as
determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its Subsidiaries
(Restricted Subsidiaries in the case of the Issuer or Comegua) in conformity
with Mexican GAAP.
“Consolidated
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”
means,
for any Person as of any date of determination, the ratio of the aggregate
amount of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for the four most recent full
fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available ending prior to
the
date of such determination (the “Four
Quarter Period”)
to
Consolidated Fixed Charges for such Person for such Four Quarter Period. For
purposes of this definition, “Consolidated EBITDA” and “Consolidated Fixed
Charges” will be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis in
accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act for the period of such
calculation to:
(1)
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the
Incurrence, repayment (excluding revolving credit borrowings Incurred
or
repaid for working capital purposes) or redemption of any Indebtedness
(including Acquired Indebtedness) or Preferred Stock of such Person
or any
of its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the
Issuer or
Comegua), and the application of the proceeds thereof, including
the
Incurrence of any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness)
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or
Preferred Stock, and the application of the proceeds thereof, giving rise to
the
need to make such determination, occurring during such Four Quarter Period
or at
any time subsequent to the last day of such Four Quarter Period and on or prior
to such date of determination, to the extent, in the case of an Incurrence,
such
Indebtedness is outstanding on the date of determination, as if such Incurrence,
and the application of the proceeds thereof, repayment or redemption occurred
on
the first day of such Four Quarter Period; and
(2)
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any
Asset Sale Transaction or Asset Acquisition by such Person or any
of its
Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the Issuer
or
Comegua), including any Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition giving rise
to the
need to make such determination, occurring during the Four Quarter
Period
or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period
and
on or prior to such date of determination, as if such Asset Sale
Transaction or Asset Acquisition occurred on the first day of the
Four
Quarter Period.
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Furthermore,
in calculating “Consolidated Fixed Charges” for purposes of determining the
denominator (but not the numerator) of this “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio,”
(a)
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interest
on outstanding Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as
of the
date of determination and which will continue to be so determined
thereafter will be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum
equal
to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in effect on such date
of
determination;
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(b)
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if
interest on any Indebtedness actually Incurred on such date of
determination may optionally be determined at an interest rate based
upon
a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered
rate, or other rates, then the interest rate in effect on such date
of
determination will be deemed to have been in effect during the Four
Quarter Period; and
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(c)
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notwithstanding
clause (a) above, interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating
basis, to the extent such interest is covered by Hedging Obligations,
will
be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving
effect to
the operation of the agreements evidencing such Hedging Obligations.
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“Consolidated
Fixed Charges”
means,
for any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1)
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Consolidated
Interest Expense for such Person, plus
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(2)
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the
product of:
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(a)
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the
amount of all cash and non-cash dividend payments on any series of
Preferred Stock or Disqualified Capital Stock such Person and its
Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries in the case of the Issuer or
Comegua) paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or accrued during
such
period (other than dividends paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid
or
accrued in Qualified Capital Stock or to such Person and its Subsidiaries
(Restricted Subsidiaries in the case of the Issuer or Comegua)
times
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(b)
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a
fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which
is
one minus the then current effective Mexican tax rate of the Issuer,
expressed as a decimal.
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“Consolidated
Interest Expense”
means,
for any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication determined on
a
consolidated basis in accordance with Mexican GAAP:
(1)
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the
aggregate of cash and non-cash interest expense of such Person and
its
Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries in the case of the Issuer or
Comegua) for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with Mexican GAAP, including, without limitation (whether or not
interest
expense in accordance with Mexican GAAP):
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(a)
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any
amortization or accretion of debt discount or any interest paid on
Indebtedness of such Person and its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries
in the case of the Issuer or Comegua) in the form of additional
Indebtedness,
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(b)
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any
amortization of deferred financing costs,
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(c)
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the
net costs under Interest Rate Agreements or Currency Agreements (including
amortization of fees),
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(d)
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all
capitalized interest,
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(e)
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the
interest portion of any deferred payment obligation,
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(f)
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commissions,
discounts and other similar fees and charges Incurred in respect
of
letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances,
and
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(g)
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any
interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is Guaranteed
by
such Person or one of its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries in
the
case of the Issuer or Comegua) or secured by a Lien on the assets
of such
Person or one of its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries in the
case of
the Issuer or Comegua), whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is
called
upon;
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(2)
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the
interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations paid, accrued
and/or
scheduled to be paid or accrued by such Person and its Subsidiaries
(Restricted Subsidiaries in the case of the Issuer or Comegua) during
such
period.
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“Consolidated
Net Income”
means
with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss)
of
such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis
determined in conformity with Mexican GAAP; provided
that the
following items shall be excluded in computing Consolidated Net Income (without
duplication):
(1)
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net
after-tax gains (or losses) from Asset Sale Transactions or abandonments
or reserves relating thereto;
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(2)
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net
after-tax items classified as extraordinary gains (or
losses);
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(3)
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for
purposes of calculating Consolidated Net Income pursuant to the first
clause (3) under Section
3.8
only, the net income (or loss) of:
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(a)
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any
Person acquired in a “pooling of interests” transaction accrued prior to
the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged or consolidated
with the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
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(b)
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a
Successor Issuer (other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary)
prior
to assuming the Issuer’s obligations under the Indenture and the Notes
pursuant to Section
4.1.
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(4)
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the
net income (but not loss) of any Subsidiary of such Person (Restricted
Subsidiary in the case of the Issuer) to the extent that the declaration
or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary
is
not, during such period, permitted by such Subsidiary’s charter or by-laws
or any law, regulation, agreement or judgment applicable to any such
declaration or payment of dividends or similar
distribution;
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(5)
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the
net income (or loss) of any Person other than such Person and its
Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries in the case of the Issuer);
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(6)
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any
restoration to income of any contingency reserve, except to the extent
that provision for such reserve was made out of Consolidated Net
Income
accrued at any time following the Issue Date;
and
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(7)
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the
cumulative effect of changes in accounting
principles.
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“Consolidated
Net Worth”
means,
for any Person at any time, the consolidated stockholders’ equity of such Person
at such time, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with Mexican
GAAP, less (without duplication) amounts attributable to Disqualified Capital
Stock of such Person.
“Corporate
Trust Office”
means
the principal office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust
business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located
at
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00 Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Corporate
Trust Department, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time
to time by notice to the Holders and the Issuer, or the principal corporate
trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the
Issuer).
“Covenant
Defeasance”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
8.1(c).
“COVISA”
means
Compañia Vidriera, S.A. de C.V.
“Credit
Facilities”
means
the Senior Credit Facilities and the Working Capital Facilities.
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“Currency
Agreement”
means,
in respect of any Person, any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement
or other similar agreement as to which such Person is a party designed to hedge
foreign currency risk of such Person.
“Custodian”
means
any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, síndico,
conciliador,
sequestrator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy
Law.
“Default”
means
an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or with the lapse of time
or
the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Defaulted
Interest”
has the
meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3 of the Form of Reverse Side of Note
contained in Exhibit
A.
“Designation”
and
“Designation
Amount”
have
the meanings set forth in Section
3.11.
“Deposit
Accounts”
means
any deposit accounts or securities accounts constituting part of the Collateral
pursuant to any Collateral Document.
“Disqualified
Capital Stock”
means
that portion of any Capital Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any
security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the
option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures
or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise,
or
is redeemable at the sole option of the holder thereof, in any case, on or
prior
to the 91st
day
after the final maturity date of the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the
following shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock:
(1)
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any
Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock
but for
provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require the
issuer
to repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of
any
“asset sale” or “change of control” occurring prior to the 91st
day after the final maturity of the Notes if the “asset sale” or “change
of control” provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are not more
favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than the provisions
contained in Section
3.9
and Section
3.18
and
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(2)
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Capital
Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Capital Stock if it
may only
be so redeemed solely in consideration of Capital Stock that is not
Disqualified Capital Stock.
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“Distribution
Compliance Period”
means,
in respect of any Regulation S Global Note, the 40 consecutive days
beginning on and including the later of (a) the day on which any Notes
represented thereby are offered to persons other than distributors (as defined
in Regulation S under the Securities Act) pursuant to Regulation S
and
(b) the issue date for such Notes.
“DTC”
means
The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors
and
assigns, or such other depositary institution hereinafter appointed by the
Issuer that is a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act.
“Event
of Default”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
6.1.
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“Event
of Loss”
means
(i) the loss of destruction of or damage to any Collateral or Real Property
Collateral, (ii) the condemnation, seizure, confiscation, requisition
of
the use or taking by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise of
any
Collateral or Real Property Collateral or (iii) any consensual settlement
in lieu of any event listed in clause (ii), in each case whether in a single
event or a series of related events, that results in Net Cash Proceeds from
all
sources in excess of $5.0 million.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute
or statutes thereto.
“Fair
Market Value”
means,
with respect to any asset, the price (after taking into account any liabilities
relating to such assets) which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length free
market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able
buyer, neither of which is under any compulsion to complete the transaction;
provided,
that
the Fair Market Value of any such asset or assets will be determined
conclusively by the Board of Directors of the Issuer acting in good faith,
and
will be evidenced by a Board Resolution.
“Four
Quarter Period”
has the
meaning set forth in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
above.
“Global
Note”
means
any Note issued in fully-registered certificated form to DTC (or its nominee),
as depositary for the beneficial owners thereof, which shall be substantially
in
the form of Exhibit A,
with
appropriate legends as specified in Section
2.7
and
Exhibit A.
“Governmental
Authority”
means
any federal or foreign government, any state or local government or other
political subdivision thereof or any entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to
government.
“Grantor
Subsidiary”
means
the subsidiaries of the Issuer listed on Schedule I of the Master Collateral
and
Intercreditor Agreement or that are required to become a party to the Master
Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement from time to time as grantors of
Collateral under the Collateral Documents.
“Grantors”
means
the Issuer and the Grantor Subsidiaries.
“Guarantee”
means
any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly
guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent
or
otherwise, of such Person:
(1)
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to
purchase or pay, or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment
of, such Indebtedness of such other Person, whether arising by virtue
of
partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase
assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain
financial statement conditions or otherwise,
or
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(2)
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entered
into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of
such
Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against
loss in respect thereof, in whole or in
part,
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provided,
that
“Guarantee” will not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the
ordinary course of business. “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding
meaning.
“Guaranteed
Obligations”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
10.1(a).
“Hedging
Obligations”
means
the obligations of any Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency
Agreement or Commodity Agreement.
“Holder”
mean
that Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note
register.
“Incur”
means,
with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of any Person, to create,
issue, incur (including by conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume, Guarantee
or otherwise become liable in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation
on the balance sheet of such Person (and “Incurrence,”“Incurred” and “Incurring”
will have meanings correlative to the preceding).
“Indebtedness”
means
with respect to any Person, without duplication (but excluding Trade
Payables):
(1)
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the
principal amount (or, if less, the accreted value) of all obligations
of
such Person for borrowed money;
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(2)
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the
principal amount (or, if less, the accreted value) of all obligations
of
such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments;
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(3)
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all
Capitalized Lease Obligations of such
Person;
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(4)
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all
obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase
price of property, all conditional sale obligations and all obligations
under any title retention
agreement;
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(5)
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all
letters of credit, banker’s acceptances or similar credit transactions,
including reimbursement obligations in respect
thereof;
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(6)
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Guarantees
and other contingent obligations of such Person in respect of Indebtedness
referred to in clauses (1) through (5) above and
clauses (8) through (9)
below;
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(7)
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all
Indebtedness of any other Person of the type referred to in
clauses (1) through (6) which is secured by any Lien
on any
property or asset of such Person, the amount of such Indebtedness
being
deemed to be the lesser of the Fair Market Value of such property
or asset
or the amount of the Indebtedness so
secured;
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(8)
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all
obligations under Hedging Obligations of such Person;
and
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(9)
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all
Disqualified Capital Stock issued by such Person with the amount
of
Indebtedness represented by such Disqualified Capital Stock being
equal to
the greater of its voluntary
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or
involuntary liquidation preference and its maximum fixed repurchase price,
but
excluding accrued dividends, if any; provided,
that:
(a)
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if
the Disqualified Capital Stock does not have a fixed repurchase price,
such maximum fixed repurchase price will be calculated in accordance
with
the terms of the Disqualified Capital Stock as if the Disqualified
Capital
Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness will be required
to
be determined pursuant to the Indenture,
and
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(b)
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if
the maximum fixed repurchase price is based upon, or measured by,
the fair
market value of the Disqualified Capital Stock, the fair market value
will
be the Fair Market Value thereof.
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“Indenture”
means
this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time, including the
Exhibits hereto.
“Independent
Financial Advisor”
means
an accounting firm, appraisal firm, investment banking firm or consultant of
nationally recognized standing that is, in the judgment of the Issuer’s Board of
Directors, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged and
which
is independent in connection with the relevant transaction.
“Interest
Payment Date”
means
the stated due date of an installment of interest on the Notes as specified
in
the Form of Face of Note contained in Exhibit A.
“Interest
Rate Adjustment Certificate”
means
the Certificate attached as Exhibit C to the Master Collateral and Intercreditor
Agreement, duly executed by the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent.
“Interest
Rate Agreement”
of any
Person means any interest rate protection agreement (including, without
limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars, derivative instruments
and similar agreements) and/or other types of hedging agreements designed to
hedge interest rate risk of such Person.
“Investment”
means,
with respect to any Person, any:
(1)
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direct
or indirect loan, advance or other extension of credit (including,
without
limitation, a Guarantee) to any other
Person,
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(2)
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capital
contribution (by means of any transfer of cash or other property
to others
or any payment for property or services for the account or use of
others)
to any other Person, or
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(3)
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any
purchase or acquisition by such Person of any Capital Stock, bonds,
notes,
debentures or other securities or evidences of Indebtedness issued
by, any
other Person.
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“Investment”
will exclude accounts receivable or deposits arising in the ordinary course
of
business. “Invest,”“Investing” and “Invested” will have corresponding
meanings.
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For
purposes of Section
3.8,
the
Issuer will be deemed to have made an “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary
at the time of its Designation, which will be valued at the Fair Market Value
of
the sum of the net assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of its
Designation and the amount of any Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary
owed to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary immediately following such
Designation. Any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary
will
be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer. If the Issuer
or any Restricted Subsidiary sells or otherwise disposes of any Capital Stock
of
a Restricted Subsidiary (including any issuance and sale of Capital Stock by
a
Restricted Subsidiary) such that, after giving effect to any such sale or
disposition, such Restricted Subsidiary would cease to be a Subsidiary of the
Issuer, the Issuer will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of
any
such sale or disposition equal to sum of the Fair Market Value of the Capital
Stock of such former Restricted Subsidiary held by the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary immediately following such sale or other disposition and the amount
of any Indebtedness of such former Restricted Subsidiary Guaranteed by the
Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or owed to the Issuer or any other
Restricted Subsidiary immediately following such sale or other
disposition.
“Investment
Return”
means,
in respect of any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) made after
the
Issue Date by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary:
(1)
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the
cash proceeds received by the Issuer upon the sale, liquidation,
repayment
or return (in the form of a dividend or otherwise) of such Investment
or,
in the case of a Guarantee, the amount of the Guarantee upon the
unconditional release of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries
in
full, less any payments previously made by the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary in respect of such
Guarantee;
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(2)
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in
the case of the Revocation of the Designation of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, an amount equal to the lesser
of:
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(a)
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the
Issuer’s Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such
Revocation;
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(b)
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that
portion of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary at the time of Revocation that is proportionate to the
Issuer’s
equity interest in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of Revocation;
and
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(c)
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the
Designation Amount with respect to such Unrestricted Subsidiary upon
its
Designation which was treated as a Restricted Payment;
and
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(3)
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in
the event the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary makes any Investment
in
a Person that, as a result of or in connection with such Investment,
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, the existing Investment of the Issuer
and
its Restricted Subsidiaries in such
Person,
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in
the
case of each of (1), (2) and (3), up to the amount of such Investment that
was
treated as a Restricted Payment in Section 3.8 less the amount of any previous
Investment Return in respect of such Investment.
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“Issue
Date”
means
the first date of issuance of Notes under the Indenture.
“Issue
Date Notes”
means
the $170,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued on the
Issue Date, and any replacement Notes issued therefor in accordance with this
Indenture.
“Issuer”
means
the party named as such in the introductory paragraph to this Indenture and
its
successors and assigns, including any Successor Issuer that becomes such in
accordance with Article IV.
“Issuer
Debt to EBITDA Ratio”
means,
at any time, the ratio, calculated in each case in accordance with Mexican
GAAP
with respect to the Issuer and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
of
(1) the
aggregate amount of all Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries that
would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer at such time,
to
(2) the
sum
(without duplication) for the most recently concluded Four Quarter Period,
of
(A)
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operating
income of the Issuer and its consolidated Subsidiaries,
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(B)
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depreciation
and amortization of the Issuer and its consolidated Subsidiaries;
and
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(C)
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other
non-cash items that are reported above the “operating income (loss)” line
on the Issuer’s consolidated statements of operations applicable to the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided
that the amount included in this clause (C) for any Four Quarter
Period
will not be less than zero.
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“Issuer
Interest Rate Adjustment Certificate”
shall
mean the certificate of the Issuer delivered to the Collateral and Intercreditor
Agent and the Trustee pursuant to Section
6(b)
of the
Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement.
“Issuer
Order”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
2.2(c).
“Legal
Defeasance”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
8.1(b).
“Lien”
means
any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, charge or
encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any agreement to give any
security interest); provided
that
the
lessee in respect of a Capitalized Lease Obligation or Sale and Leaseback
Transaction will be deemed to have Incurred a Lien on the property leased
thereunder.
“Master
Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement”
means
the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of July 23, 2004,
among HSBC Bank USA National Association, as collateral and intercreditor agent,
The Bank of New York, as indenture trustee,
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the
Issuer, the Grantor Subsidiaries, and the other Secured Parties (as defined
therein) becoming party thereto from time to time.
“Maturity
Date”
means
July 23, 2011.
“Mexican
Income Tax Law”
means
Mexico’s Ley
del Impuesto Sobre la Renta
as it
may be amended from time to time.
“Mexican
GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles in Mexico that are in effect as of
the
Issue Date.
“Mexico”
means
the United Mexican States.
“Moody’s”
means
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business
thereof.
“Multilateral
Financial Institution”
means
any Permitted Multilateral Financial Institution to the extent then lender
of
record under a Multilateral Financial Institution Facility.
“Multilateral
Financial Institution Facility”
means,
at any date, a single credit facility of the Issuer and/or one or more Note
Guarantors under which a Permitted Multilateral Financial Institution is the
lender of record and which shall have an initial Weighted Average Life to
Maturity of at least two years and an initial aggregate principal amount of
at
least $75,000,000, which may include other financial institutions as lenders
and
which may be guaranteed by one or more Note Guarantors.
“Net
Cash Proceeds”
means,
with respect to any Asset Sale, Collateral Asset Sale or Event of Loss, the
proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents, including payments in respect
of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of cash or Cash
Equivalents received by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from
such Asset Sale, Collateral Asset Sale or Event of Loss, net of:
(1)
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reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses and fees relating to such Asset Sale, Collateral
Asset Sale or Event of Loss (including, without limitation, legal,
accounting and investment banking fees and sales
commissions);
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(2)
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taxes
paid or payable in respect of such Asset Sale, Collateral Asset Sale
or
Event of Loss after taking into account any reduction in consolidated
tax
liability due to available tax credits or deductions and any tax
sharing
arrangements;
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(3)
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repayment
of Indebtedness permitted under the Indenture that is required to
be
repaid in connection with such Asset Sale (but not a Collateral Asset
Sale
or Event of Loss); and
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(4)
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solely
with respect to any Asset Sale or Collateral Asset Sale, appropriate
amounts to be provided by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary,
as the
case may be, as a reserve, in accordance with Mexican GAAP, against
any
liabilities associated with such Asset Sale or Collateral Asset Sale
and
retained by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be,
after such Asset Sale or Collateral Asset Sale including, without
limitation,
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pension
and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to
environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations
associated with such Asset Sale or Collateral Asset Sale, but excluding any
reserves with respect to Indebtedness.
“New
Note Guarantee”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
10.5.
“New
Note Guarantor”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
10.5.
“Non-Payment
Default”
means
any Collateral Event of Default other than a Payment Default.
“Non-U.S.
Person”
means a
person who is not a U.S. person, as defined in Regulation S.
“Note
Custodian”
means
the custodian with respect to any Global Note appointed by DTC, or any successor
Person thereto, and shall initially be the Trustee.
“Note
Guarantee”
means
any guarantee of the Issuer’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture
provided by a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the Indenture.
“Note
Guarantor”
means
any Restricted Subsidiary which provides a Note Guarantee pursuant to the
Indenture until such time as its Note Guarantee is released in accordance with
the Indenture.
“Note
Register”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
2.3(a).
“Notes”
means
any of the Issuer’s 10.75% Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes Due 2011 issued and
authenticated pursuant to this Indenture.
“Obligations”
means,
with respect to any Indebtedness, any principal, interest (including, without
limitation, Post-Petition Interest), penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements, damages, and other liabilities payable under the documentation
governing such Indebtedness, including in the case of the Notes and the Note
Guarantees, the Indenture.
“Obsolete
Equipment”
shall
mean any machinery, equipment, furniture, apparatus, tools or implements or
other similar property that may be defective or may have become worn out or
obsolete or no longer used or useful in the operations of the Issuer or a
Grantor Subsidiary, which is permitted to be sold pursuant to the terms of
this
Indenture.
“Officer”
means
the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial
Officer, Chief Accounting Officer or the Treasurer of the Issuer.
“Officer’s
Certificate”
means a
certificate duly executed by any two of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief
Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer or the Treasurer of the
Issuer.
“Opinion
of Counsel”
means a
written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Issuer
and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
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“Outstanding”
means,
as of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i)
Notes
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(ii)
Notes, or portions thereof, for the payment, redemption or, in the case of
an
Asset Sale Offer or Change of Control Offer, purchase of which money in the
necessary amount has been theretofor deposited with the Trustee or any Paying
Agent (other than the Issuer, a Note Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Issuer)
in
trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Issuer, a Note Guarantor
or an
Affiliate of the Issuer (if the Issuer, a Note Guarantor or such Affiliate
of
the Issuer is acting as Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Notes;
provided
that, if
Notes (or portions thereof) are to be redeemed or purchased, notice of such
redemption or purchase has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or
provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(iii)
Notes which have been surrendered pursuant to Section
2.9
or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Notes in respect
of
which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to
it
that such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser
in whose hands such Notes are valid obligations of the Issuer; and
(iv)
solely to the extent provided in Article VIII,
Notes
which are subject to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as provided in
Article VIII;
provided,
however,
that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount
of
the Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Notes owned by the Issuer or any other
obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such other obligor
shall be disregarded and 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
Notes
which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be
so
disregarded. Notes so owned which 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 Notes and that the
pledgee is not the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate
of the Issuer or of such other obligor.
“Partial
Collateral Asset Sale”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
3.9(b)(i).
“Paying
Agent”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
2.3(a).
“Payment
Default”
means
any Collateral Event of Default involving a failure to pay principal or interest
or any other amount when due following the expiration of any applicable grace
period under the Notes, Indenture or any Credit Facility.
“Permitted
Business”
means
the business or businesses conducted by the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date and any business ancillary or complementary
thereto.
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“Permitted
Holders”
means
(i) any member of the Board of Directors of Vitro on the Issue Date,
(ii) a parent, brother or sister of any of the individuals named in
clause
(i), (iii) the spouse or a former spouse of any individual named in
clause
(i) or (ii), (iv) the lineal descendants of any person named in clauses
(i)
through (iii) and the spouse or a former spouse of any such lineal descendant,
(v) the estate or any guardian, custodian or other legal representative
of
any individual named in clauses (i) through (iv), (vi) any trust
established solely for the benefit of any one or more of the individuals named
in clauses (i) through (v), (vii) any Person in which all of the equity
interests are owned, directly or indirectly, by any one or more of the Persons
named in clauses (i) through (vi), (viii) the Vitro employee stock option
trust and (ix) the Vitro employee pension trust.
“Permitted
Indebtedness”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
3.6(2).
“Permitted
Investments” means:
(1)
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Investments
by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Person that is,
or that
results in any Person becoming, immediately after such Investment,
a
Restricted Subsidiary or constituting a merger or consolidation of
such
Person into the Issuer or with or into a Restricted
Subsidiary;
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(2)
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Investments
by any Restricted Subsidiary in the
Issuer;
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(3)
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Investments
in cash and Cash Equivalents;
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(4)
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any
extension, modification or renewal of any Investments existing as
of the
Issue Date (but not Investments involving additional advances,
contributions or other investments of cash or property or other increases
thereof, other than as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest
or
original issue discount or payment-in-kind pursuant to the terms
of such
Investment as of the Issue Date);
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(5)
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Investments
permitted pursuant to Sections
3.14(b)(ii)
and Section
3.14(b)(v);
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(6)
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Investments
received as a result of the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Person
or
taken in settlement of or other resolution of claims or disputes,
and, in
each case, extensions, modifications and renewals
thereof;
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(7)
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Investments
made by the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of
non-cash
consideration permitted to be received in connection with an Asset
Sale
made in compliance with Section
3.9;
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(8)
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Investments
in the form of Hedging Obligations permitted under Section
3.6(2)(g);
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(9)
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Investments
made solely in the form of common equity of the Issuer constituting
Qualified Capital Stock;
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(10)
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purchases
of Capital Stock of Vitro in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2
million
in any calendar year by a stock incentive plan for the benefit of
employees of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries;
and
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(11)
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other
Investments in a Person engaged in a Permitted Business not to exceed
$10
million at any one time
outstanding.
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“Permitted
Joint Venture”
means
(i) Comegua and its Subsidiaries for so long as any third party that is not
an
Affiliate of Vitro shall directly or indirectly own any of its Capital Stock,
and (ii) any joint venture or other entity created after that Issue Date that
is
a Restricted Subsidiary, the purpose of which is to develop a new production
facility for use in a Permitted Business of the Issuer, none of whose assets
constitute Collateral and a portion of the Capital Stock of which is owned
by a
third party that is not an Affiliate of Vitro.
“Permitted
Liens”
means
any of the following:
(1)
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Collateral
Permitted Liens;
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(2)
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Liens
securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters
of
credit which encumber documents and other property relating to such
letters of credit and products and proceeds
thereof;
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(3)
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Liens
securing Hedging Obligations that relate to Indebtedness that is
Incurred
in accordance with Section
3.6
and that are secured by the same assets as secure such Hedging
Obligations;
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(4)
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Liens
existing on the Issue Date and Liens to secure any Refinancing
Indebtedness which is Incurred to Refinance any Indebtedness which
has
been secured by a Lien permitted in Section
3.13
not incurred pursuant to clause (9) or (10) below and which Indebtedness
has been Incurred in accordance with Section
3.6;
provided,
that such new Liens:
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(a)
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are
no less favorable to the Holders of Notes and are not more favorable
to
the lienholders with respect to such Liens than the Liens in respect
of
the Indebtedness being Refinanced
and
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(b)
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do
not extend to any property or assets other than the property or assets
securing the Indebtedness Refinanced by such Refinancing
Indebtedness;
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(5)
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Liens
securing Acquired Indebtedness Incurred in accordance with Section
3.6
not incurred in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation
of,
the relevant acquisition, merger or consolidation; provided,
that
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(a)
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such
Liens secured such Acquired Indebtedness at the time of and prior
to the
Incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary and were not granted in connection with, or in anticipation
of
the Incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary and
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(b)
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such
Liens do not extend to or cover any property of the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary other than the property that secured the Acquired
Indebtedness prior to the time such Indebtedness became Acquired
Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary and are no
more
favorable to the lienholders than the Liens
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securing
the Acquired Indebtedness prior to the Incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness
by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(6)
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purchase
money Liens securing Purchase Money Indebtedness or
a Capitalized Lease Obligation which (i) other than in the case of
Purchase Money Indebtedness or Capitalized Lease Obligations Incurred
by a
Permitted Joint Venture, shall not exceed $50 million
in
the aggregate outstanding at any one time
under this clause (6), and (ii) are Incurred to finance the acquisition
or
leasing of property of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary used
in a
Permitted Business; provided,
that:
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(a)
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the
related Purchase Money Indebtedness or Capitalized Lease Obligation
does
not exceed the cost of such property and is not be secured by any
property
of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the property
so
acquired,
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(b)
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the
Lien securing such Indebtedness will be created within 90 days of
such
acquisition, and
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(c)
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the
acquired or leased property does not replace or constitute maintenance
in
respect of any Collateral and could be disposed of independently
from any
Collateral without materially impairing the operation or value of
any
Collateral.
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(7)
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Liens
securing Indebtedness not to exceed $25 million outstanding at any
one
time;
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(8)
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Liens
on accounts receivable and related assets granted in connection with
a
Qualified Receivables Transaction;
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(9)
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Liens
on assets or property of Comegua or its Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness
of Comegua or its Subsidiaries; and
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(10)
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Liens
securing the obligations of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary
pursuant to agreements for indemnification, adjustment of purchase
price
or similar obligations, or from Guarantees, letters of credit, escrows
or
other similar instruments, in any case Incurred in connection with
the
disposition of any business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary, in
a
principal amount not to exceed the sales price (including the assumption
of Indebtedness) in connection with such
disposition.
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“Permitted
Multilateral Financial Institution”
means
any single multilateral financial institution established under international
law by articles of agreement among its member governments (which shall include
both the United States of America and Mexico), including any of (i) the
Inter-American Development Bank, (ii) the International Finance Corporation
or (iii) any other multilateral financial institution approved by the Holders
of
at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes.
“Permitted
Secured Obligations”
means,
without duplication, any (1) Senior Indebtedness under any Senior Credit
Facilities and any Working Capital Facilities and (2) Trade Payables of the
Issuer or the Note Guarantors, in each case that rank pari passu with the Notes
and/or the relevant Note Guarantees, the holders of which have become parties
to
the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement in compliance with Section
7
thereof, and are subject to
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the
terms
thereof, and the principal amount of which, in each case, does not exceed the
maximum amounts permitted to be secured by Liens in the Collateral in respect
of
the Senior Credit Facility, Working Capital Facilities or the Trade Payables,
as
the case may be, each as set forth in the Master Collateral and Intercreditor
Agreement. Permitted Secured Obligations shall also include any Post-Petition
Interest.
“Permitted
Trade Agreement”
means a
written agreement (including a purchase order) entered into by any one or more
of the Issuer and the Note Guarantors with a supplier of goods or services
to
the Issuer or such Note Guarantor and pursuant to which Trade Payables are
generated from time to time, as such agreement is amended, supplemented,
modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded in whole or in part from
time
to time.
“Person”
means
an individual, partnership, limited partnership, corporation, company, limited
liability company, unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture, or
a
government, governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Pesos”
means
the lawful currency of Mexico.
“Post-Petition
Interest”
means
all interest accrued or accruing after the commencement of any insolvency or
liquidation proceeding (and interest that would accrue but for the commencement
of any insolvency or liquidation proceeding) in accordance with and at the
contract rate (including, without limitation, any rate applicable upon default)
specified in the agreement or instrument creating, evidencing or governing
any
Indebtedness, whether or not, pursuant to applicable law or otherwise, the
claim
for such interest is allowed as a claim in such insolvency or liquidation
proceeding.
“Preferred
Stock”
of any
Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that has preferential rights
over
any other Capital Stock of such Person with respect to dividends, distributions
or redemptions or upon liquidation.
“Private
Placement Legend”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
2.7(b).
“Public
Equity Offering”means
an
underwritten public offering of Qualified Capital Stock of the Issuer pursuant
to a registration statement (other than a registration statement filed on Form
X-0, X-0 or F-4) filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities
Act.
“Purchase
Money Indebtedness”
means
Indebtedness Incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the
purchase price, or other cost (including related expenses) of construction
or
improvement of any property; provided,
that
the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the lesser
of the Fair Market Value of such property or such purchase price or cost,
including any Refinancing of such Indebtedness that does not increase the
aggregate principal amount (or accreted amount, if less) thereof as of the
date
of Refinancing.
“QIB”
means
any “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A).
“Qualified
Capital Stock”
means
any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock and any warrants,
rights or options to purchase or acquire Capital Stock that is not
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Disqualified
Capital Stock that are not convertible into or exchangeable into Disqualified
Capital Stock.
“Qualified
Receivables Transaction”
means
either (i) the accounts receivable factoring program existing on the Issue
Date
and any successor receivables facility involving the sale or other transfers
of
accounts receivable of the Mexican sales by the Issuer and its Subsidiaries
or
any accounts receivable factoring program involving the sales or other transfers
by Alcali of its accounts receivable, the aggregate outstanding amount of which
will in no event at any time exceed $81 million and (ii) sales or other
transfers by Comegua and its Subsidiaries of its accounts receivable, the
aggregate outstanding amount of which will in no event at any time exceed $30
million.
“Real
Property”
means
all real property and buildings and fixtures attached thereto owned by any
Mexican Grantor Subsidiary on the Issue Date.
“Real
Property Collateral”
means
all Real Property that was owned at the date hereof by any Grantor of Real
Property at any time that the Capital Stock of such Grantor shall be pledged
pursuant to Section 9.13 of the Master Collateral and Intercreditor
Agreement.
“Record
Date”
has the
meaning assigned to it in the Form of Face of Note contained in Exhibit A.
“Redemption
Date”
means,
with respect to any redemption of Notes, the date fixed for such redemption
pursuant to this Indenture and the Notes.
“Refinance”
means,
in respect of any Indebtedness, to issue any Indebtedness in exchange for or
to
refinance, extend, renew, repay, redeem, replace, defease or refund such
Indebtedness in whole or in part. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” will have
correlative meanings.
“Refinancing
Indebtedness”
means
Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary issued to Refinance,
any
other Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary so long
as:
(1)
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the
aggregate principal amount (or initial accreted value, if applicable)
of
such new Indebtedness as of the date of such proposed Refinancing
does not
exceed the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value as of such
date,
if applicable) of the Indebtedness being Refinanced (plus the amount
of
any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument
governing such Indebtedness and the amount of reasonable expenses
incurred
by the Issuer in connection with such Refinancing); or
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(2)
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such
new Indebtedness has:
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(a)
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a
Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is equal to or greater than
the
Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced,
and
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(b)
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a
final maturity that is equal to or later than the final maturity
of the
Indebtedness being Refinanced; or
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(3)
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if
the Indebtedness being Refinanced
is:
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(a)
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Indebtedness
of the Issuer, then such Refinancing Indebtedness will be Indebtedness
of
the Issuer, and
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(c)
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Subordinated
Indebtedness, then such Refinancing Indebtedness will be subordinate
to
the Notes, if applicable, at least to the same extent and in the
same
manner as the Indebtedness being
Refinanced.
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“Registrar”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
2.3(a).
“Regulation S”
means
Regulation S under the Securities Act or any successor
regulation.
“Regulation S
Global Note”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
2.1(e).
“Replacement
Collateral”
means,
at any relevant date in connection with a Collateral Asset Sale or Event of
Loss, assets to be used in the business of the Issuer or the Grantor
Subsidiaries, which on such date (i) constitute similar assets to
Collateral or Real Property Collateral (in the case of an Event of Loss)
disposed of or destroyed and do not constitute Capital Stock of any Person
(other than with respect to any Collateral Asset Sale or Event of Loss of
Capital Stock of Comegua
to which this clause (i) shall not apply),
(ii) are to be acquired by the Issuer or the corresponding Grantor
Subsidiary at a purchase price that does not exceed the Fair Market Value of
such Replacement Collateral, (iii) will be upon purchase free and clear
of
all Liens other than Collateral Permitted Liens, and (iv) are subject
to
Collateral Documents to which the owner of the Replacement Collateral is a
party.
“Representatives”
means
any representative on behalf of the creditors under the Permitted Secured
Obligations, together with any representative on behalf of the creditors under
any Credit Facility together with the Trustee and the Multilateral Financial
Institution under any Multilateral Financial Institution Facility.
“Resale
Restriction Termination Date”
means,
(i) for any Restricted Note (or beneficial interest therein) that is not a
Regulation S Global Note, two years (or such other period specified in
Rule 144(k)) from the Issue Date or, if any Additional Notes that are
Restricted Notes (other than Regulation S Global Notes) have been issued before
the Resale Restriction Termination Date for any such Restricted Notes, from
the
latest such original issue date of such Additional Notes, or (ii) for any
Restricted Note that is a Regulation S Global Note, the date on which the
Distribution Compliance Period therefor is terminated.
“Restricted
Note”
means
any Issue Date Note (or beneficial interest therein) or any Additional Note
(or
beneficial interest therein), until such time as:
(i)
the
Resale Restriction Termination Date therefor has passed; or
(ii)
the
Private Placement Legend therefor has otherwise been removed pursuant to
Section
2.8(d)
or, in
the case of a beneficial interest in a Global Note, such beneficial
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interest
has been exchanged for an interest in a Global Note not bearing a Private
Placement Legend.
“Restricted
Payment”
has the
meaning set forth under Section
3.8.
“Restricted
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary of the Issuer which at the time of determination is not an
Unrestricted Subsidiary. When “Restricted Subsidiary” is used with respect to
Comegua, it means a Subsidiary of Comegua that is a Restricted Subsidiary of
the
Issuer.
“Revocation”
has the
meaning set forth in Section
3.11(c).
“Rule 144”
means
Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule).
“Rule 144A”
means
Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor rule).
“Rule 144A
Global Note”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
2.1(d).
“Sale
and Leaseback Transaction”
means
any direct or indirect arrangement with any Person or to which any such Person
is a party providing for the leasing to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary
of
any property, whether owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary at the
Issue Date or later acquired, which has been or is to be sold or transferred
by
the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person
by whom funds have been or are to be advanced on the security of such Property.
“S&P”
means
Standard & Poor’s Corporation or any successor to the rating agency business
thereof.
“SEC”
means
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor agency thereto
with respect to the regulation or registration of securities.
“Secured
Parties”
means
the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent, the Voting Creditors, the Trade Payable
Creditors and the Representatives.
“Securities
Act”
means
the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Senior
Credit Facilities”
means
(i)
one
or more bank credit facilities of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor, which may
be
guaranteed by one or more Note Guarantors, with an initial Weighted Average
Life
to Maturity of at least two years and any other bank credit facility of the
Issuer or any Note Guarantor, which may be guaranteed by one or more Note
Guarantors, with an initial Weighted Average Life to Maturity of at least two
years replacing or refinancing any such bank credit facilities and (ii) any
Multilateral Financial Institution Facility.
“Senior
Indebtedness”means
(a)
in respect of the Issuer, the Notes and any other Indebtedness of the Issuer
that ranks equal in right of payment with the Notes and (b) in respect of any
Note Guarantor, its Note Guarantee and any other Indebtedness that ranks equal
in right of payment with such Note Guarantee.
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“Significant
Subsidiary”
means a
Subsidiary of the Issuer constituting a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Issuer
in accordance with Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities
Act in effect on the date hereof, except that all references to 10% in Rule
102(w) are replaced with 5%.
“SOFIVSA”
means
Servicios y Operaciones Financieras Vitro, S.A. de C.V., a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of Vitro.
“Special
Record Date”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
2.12(a).
“Stated
Maturity”
means,
with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed
date on which the final payment of principal of such security is due and
payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding
any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of
the
holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency unless such contingency
has
occurred).
“Subordinated
Indebtedness”
means,
with respect to the Issuer or any Note Guarantor, any Indebtedness of the Issuer
or such Note Guarantor which is expressly subordinated in right of payment
to
the Notes or the relevant Note Guarantee, as the case may be.
“Subsidiary”
means,
with respect to any Person, any other Person (i) of which such Person owns,
directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting power of the other Person’s
outstanding Voting Stock and (ii) any other Person that is combined or
consolidated in accordance with Mexican GAAP with such Person for purposes
of
financial reporting.
“Successor
Issuer”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
4.1(a)(i)(B).
“Taxes”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
3.17(a).
“Taxing
Jurisdiction”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
3.17(a).
“TIA”
or
“Trust
Indenture Act”
means
the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect on the date
of
this Indenture (except as otherwise provided in this Indenture).
“Trade
Payables”
means,
with respect to any Person, any accounts payable owed by such Person arising
in
the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods
or
services and required to be paid within one year from the date of Incurrence
thereof, which constitute accounts payable and are considered current
liabilities in accordance with Mexican GAAP.
“Trustee”
means
the party named as such in the introductory paragraph of this Indenture until
a
successor replaces it in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and,
thereafter, means the successor.
“Trust
Officer”
means,
when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust
department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice
president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other
officer of the Trustee
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who
customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who
at
the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust
matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture.
“UDIs”
means
Unidades
de Inversión,
units
indexed to Mexican inflation which may be converted into Pesos at the rate
of
conversion determined by the Central Bank of Mexico from time to time and
published in the Diario
Oficial de la Federacion.
“Unrestricted
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary of the Issuer Designated as such pursuant to Section
3.11.
Any
such Designation may be revoked by a Board Resolution of the Issuer, subject
to
the provisions of Section
3.11.
“U.S.
GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States that are in effect
on the Issue Date.
“U.S.
Government Obligations”
means
direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such
obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or
instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit
of
the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable
at the Issuer’s option.
“U.S.
Legal Tender”
means
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
“Vitro”
means
Vitro, S.A. de C.V.
“Vitro
Packaging”
means
Vitro Packaging, Inc.
“Vitro
OCF”
means
Vitro OCF, S.A. de C.V.
“Vitro
Restricted Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary (other than the Issuer and its Subsidiaries) of Vitro that is
a
“Restricted Subsidiary” pursuant to the indenture, dated as of October 22, 2003,
between Vitro and Wachovia Bank National Association with respect to Vitro’s
11.75% Senior Notes due 2013 or the indenture, dated May 1, 1997, between
SOFIVSA, Vitro as guarantor, and Texas Commerce Bank National Association with
respect to SOFIVSA’s 11 3/8% Notes due 2007, in each case as amended from time
to time.
“Voting
Creditors”
means
the holders of the Notes and the lenders under the Credit
Facilities.
“Voting
Stock”
with
respect to any Person, means securities of any class of Capital Stock of such
Person entitling the holders thereof (whether at all times or only so long
as no
senior class of stock has voting power by reason of any contingency) to vote
in
the election of members of the Board of Directors (or equivalent governing
body)
of such Person.
“Weighted
Average Life to Maturity”
means,
when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years (calculated
to
the nearest one-twelfth) obtained by dividing:
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(1)
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the
then outstanding aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference,
as
the case may be, of such Indebtedness
into
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(2)
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the
sum of the products obtained by
multiplying:
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(a)
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the
amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity
or other required payment of principal or liquidation preference,
as the
case may be, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof,
by
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(b)
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the
number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will
elapse
between such date and the making of such
payment.
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“Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiary”
means
any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the
Issuer.
“Wholly
Owned Subsidiary”
with
respect to any Person, a Subsidiary of which all of the outstanding Capital
Stock of which (other than, in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary not organized
in the United States, directors’ qualifying shares or an immaterial amount of
shares required to be owned by other Persons pursuant to applicable law) is
owned by such Person or any other Person that satisfies the definition of Wholly
Owned Subsidiary with respect to such Person.
“Working
Capital Facilities”
means
Senior Indebtedness of one or more of the Issuer and the Note Guarantors under
one or more working capital credit facilities entered into with one or more
Mexican or international financial institutions that are not Affiliates of
the
Issuer at any time prior to or after the date of issuance of the Notes.
Section
1.2 Rules
of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
a
term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2)
an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with Mexican GAAP;
(3)
“or”
is not exclusive;
(4)
“including” means including without limitation;
(5)
words
in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the
singular;
(6)
references to the payment of principal of the Notes shall include applicable
premium, if any; and
(7)
references to payments on the Notes shall include Additional Amounts and
additional interest, if any.
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ARTICLE
II
THE NOTESSection
2.1 Form
and Dating.
(a) The
Issue
Date Notes are being originally offered and sold by the Issuer pursuant to
a
Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2004, between the Issuer and Citigroup
Global Markets Inc. The Notes will be issued in fully-registered certificated
form without coupons, and only in minimum denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Notes and the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
(b) The
terms
and provisions of the Notes, the form of which is in Exhibit A,
shall
constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture, and, to
the
extent applicable, the Issuer, the Note Guarantors and the Trustee, by their
execution and delivery of this Indenture expressly agree to such terms and
provisions and to be bound thereby. Except as otherwise expressly permitted
in
this Indenture, all Notes shall be identical in all respects. Notwithstanding
any differences among them, all Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote
and
consent together on all matters as one class.
(c) The
Notes
may have notations, legends or endorsements as specified in Section
2.7
or as
otherwise required by law, stock exchange rule or DTC rule or usage. The Issuer
shall approve the form of the Notes and any notation, legend or endorsement
on
them. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.
(d) Notes
originally offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A will be
issued
in the form of one or more permanent Global Notes (each, a “Rule 144A
Global Note”).
(e) Notes
originally offered and sold outside the United States of America will be issued
in the form of one or more permanent Global Notes (each, a “Regulation S
Global Note”).
Section
2.2 Execution
and Authentication.
(a) Two
Officers or authorized signatories, shall sign the Notes for the Issuer by
manual or facsimile signature. If an Officer or authorized signatory whose
signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee
authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.
(b) A
Note
shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually
authenticates the Note. The signature of the Trustee on a Note shall be
conclusive evidence that such Note has been duly and validly authenticated
and
issued under this Indenture.
(c) At
any
time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture,
the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery Notes upon a
written order of the Issuer signed by two Officers or by an Officer and either
an Assistant Treasurer or
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an
Assistant Secretary of the Issuer (the “Issuer
Order”).
An
Issuer Order shall specify the amount
of
the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes
is to be authenticated.
The
aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture is limited to $250,000,000.
(d) The
Trustee may appoint an agent (the “Authenticating
Agent”)
reasonably acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate the Notes. Unless limited
by
the terms of such appointment, any such Authenticating Agent may authenticate
Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by the Authenticating
Agent.
(e) In
case a
Successor Issuer has executed an indenture supplemental hereto with the Trustee
pursuant to Article IV,
any of
the Notes authenticated or delivered prior to such transaction may, from
time to
time, at the request of the Successor Issuer, be exchanged for other Notes
executed in the name of the Successor Issuer with such changes in phraseology
and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise identical to the Notes surrendered
for such exchange and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon Issuer
Order of the Successor Issuer, shall authenticate and deliver Notes as specified
in such order for the purpose of such exchange. If Notes shall at any time
be
authenticated and delivered in any new name of a Successor Issuer pursuant
to
this Section
2.2
in
exchange or substitution for or upon registration of transfer of any Notes,
such
Successor Issuer, at the option of the Holders but without expense to them,
shall provide for the exchange of all Notes at the time Outstanding for Notes
authenticated and delivered in such new name.
Section
2.3 Registrar
and Paying Agent.
(a) The
Trustee shall maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, City
of
New York, where Notes may be presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”),
where
Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying
Agent”)
and
for the service of notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of
the
Notes and this Indenture. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes
and
of their transfer and exchange (the “Note
Register”).
The
Issuer may have one or more co-Registrars and one or more additional paying
agents. The term “Paying
Agent”
includes any additional paying agent.
(b) The
Issuer shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar,
Paying Agent or co-Registrar not a party to this Indenture. The agreement
shall
implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The
Issuer
shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of each such agent. If the
Issuer fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act
as
such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant
to
Section
7.7.
The
Issuer or any Note Guarantor may act as Paying Agent, Registrar, co-Registrar
or
transfer agent.
(c) The
Issuer initially appoints the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, as
Registrar and Paying Agent, in each case until such time as another Person
is
appointed as such.
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Section
2.4 Paying
Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The
Issuer shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree
in
writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders
or
the Trustee all money held by such Paying Agent for the payment of principal
of
or interest on the Notes and shall notify the Trustee in writing of any Default
by the Issuer or any Note Guarantor in making any such payment. If the Issuer
or
any Note Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor acts
as
Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and
hold
it as a separate trust fund. The Issuer at any time may require a Paying
Agent
(other than the Trustee) to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to
account for any funds disbursed by such Paying Agent. Upon complying with
this
Section
2.4,
the
Paying Agent (if other than the Issuer or a Note Guarantor) shall have no
further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee. Upon any proceeding
under any Bankruptcy Law with respect to the Issuer or any Note Guarantor,
if
the Issuer or a Note Guarantor is then acting as Paying Agent, the Trustee
shall
replace the Issuer or such Note Guarantor as Paying Agent.
Section
2.5 Holder
Lists.
The
Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable
the
most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders. If
the
Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee, in
writing at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and
at
such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form
and
as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses
of Holders.
Section
2.6
Global
Note Provisions.
(a) Each
Global Note initially shall: (i) be registered in the name of DTC
or the
nominee of DTC, (ii) be delivered to the Note Custodian, and
(iii) bear the appropriate legend, as set forth in Section
2.7
and
Exhibit A.
Any
Global Note may be represented by more than one certificate. The aggregate
principal amount of each Global Note may from time to time be increased or
decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Note Custodian, as provided
in this Indenture.
(b) Except
as
provided in Section
2.6(c)(ii)(B),
members
of, or participants in, DTC (“Agent
Members”)
shall
have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held
on
their behalf by DTC or by the Note Custodian under such Global Note, and
DTC may
be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar
and
any of their agents as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes
whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the
Issuer, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar or any of their agents
from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization
furnished by DTC or impair, as between DTC and its Agent Members, the operation
of customary practices of DTC governing the exercise of the rights of an
owner
of a beneficial interest in any Global Note. The registered Holder of a Global
Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any person, including Agent
Members and persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take
any
action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the
Notes.
(c) Except
as
provided below, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes will not be
entitled to receive Certificated Notes.
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(i) Certificated
Notes shall be issued to all owners of beneficial interests in a Global Note
in
exchange for such interests if:
(A) DTC
notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary
for
such Global Note or DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act, at a time when DTC is required to be so registered in order
to act
as depositary, and in each case a successor depositary is not appointed by
the
Issuer within 90 days of such notice,
(B) the
Issuer executes and delivers to the Trustee and Registrar an Officers’
Certificate stating that such Global Note shall be so exchangeable,
or
(C) an
Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received
a
request from DTC.
In
connection with the exchange of an entire Global Note for Certificated Notes
pursuant to this paragraph (c), such Global Note shall be deemed to
be
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuer shall execute,
and
upon Issuer Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial
owner identified by DTC in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global
Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes of authorized
denominations.
(ii) The
owner
of a beneficial interest in a Global Note will be entitled to receive a
Certificated Note in exchange for such interest if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.
(A) Upon
receipt by the Note Custodian and Registrar of instructions from the Holder
of a
Global Note directing the Note Custodian and Registrar to (x) issue one or
more
Certificated Notes in the amounts specified to the owner of a beneficial
interest in such Global Note and (y) debit or cause to be debited an equivalent
amount of beneficial interest in such Global Note, subject to the rules and
procedures of DTC:
(i) the
Note
Custodian and Registrar shall notify the Issuer and the Trustee of such
instructions, identifying the owner and amount of such beneficial interest
in
such Global Note;
(ii) the
Issuer shall promptly execute, and upon Issuer Order the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, to such beneficial owner Certificated Note(s) in
an
equivalent amount to such beneficial interest in such Global Note;
and
(iii) the
Note
Custodian and Registrar shall decrease such Global Note by such amount in
accordance with the foregoing.
(B) In
the
event that the Certificated Notes are not issued to each such beneficial
owner
promptly after the Registrar has received a request
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from
the
Holder of a Global Note to issue such Certificated Notes, the Issuer expressly
acknowledges, with respect to the right of any Holder to pursue a remedy
pursuant to Section
6.6
or
Section
6.7,
the
right of any beneficial holder of Notes to pursue such remedy with respect
to
the portion of the Global Note that represents such beneficial holder’s Notes as
if such Certificated Notes had been issued.
Section
2.7 Legends.
(a) Each
Global Note shall bear the global note legend specified therefor in Exhibit A
on the
face thereof.
(b) Each
Restricted Note shall bear the private placement legend specified therefor
in
Exhibit A
on the
face thereof (the “Private
Placement Legend”).
Section
2.8 Transfer
and Exchange.
(a) The
following provisions shall apply with respect to any proposed transfer of
an
interest in a Rule 144A Global Note that is a Restricted Note: If
(1) the owner of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global
Note
wishes to transfer such interest (or portion thereof) to a Non-U.S. Person
pursuant to Regulation S and (2) such Non-U.S. Person wishes
to hold
its interest in the Notes through a beneficial interest in the Regulation S
Global Note, (x) upon receipt by the Note Custodian and Registrar
of:
(i) written
instructions from the Holder of the Rule 144A Global Note directing
the
Note Custodian and Registrar to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial
interest in the Regulation S Global Note equal to the principal amount
of
the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Note to be transferred,
and
(ii) a
certificate in the form of Exhibit
C
from the
transferor,
and
(y) subject to the rules and procedures of DTC, the Note Custodian
and
Registrar shall increase the Regulation S Global Note and decrease
the Rule
144A Global Note by such amount in accordance with the foregoing.
(b) If
the
owner of an interest in a Regulation S Global Note wishes to transfer
such
interest (or any portion thereof) to a QIB pursuant to Rule 144A prior
to
the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period therefor, (x) upon
receipt by the Note Custodian and Registrar of:
(i) written
instructions from the Holder of the Regulation S Global Note directing
the
Note Custodian and Registrar to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial
interest in the Rule 144A Global Note equal to the principal amount
of the
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note to be transferred,
and
(ii) a
certificate in the form of Exhibit
B
duly
executed by the transferor,
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and
(y) in accordance with the rules and procedures of DTC, the Note Custodian
and Registrar shall increase the Rule 144A Global Note and decrease
the
Regulation S Global Note by such amount in accordance with the
foregoing.
(c) Other
Transfers.
Any
transfer of Restricted Notes not described above (other than a transfer of
a
beneficial interest in a Global Note that does not involve an exchange of
such
interest for a Certificated Note or a beneficial interest in another Global
Note, which must be effected in accordance with applicable law and the rules
and
procedures of DTC, but is not subject to any procedure required by this
Indenture) shall be made only upon receipt by the Registrar of such opinions
of
counsel, certificates and/or other information reasonably required by and
satisfactory to it in order to ensure compliance with the Securities Act
or in
accordance with paragraph (d)
of this
Section
2.8.
(d) Use
and Removal of Private Placement Legends.
Upon
the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes (or beneficial interests in
a
Global Note) not bearing (or not required to bear upon such transfer, exchange
or replacement) a Private Placement Legend, the Note Custodian and Registrar
shall exchange such Notes (or beneficial interests) for beneficial interests
in
a Global Note (or Certificated Notes if they have been issued pursuant to
Section
2.6(c))
that
does not bear a Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or
replacement of Notes (or beneficial interests in a Global Note) bearing a
Private Placement Legend, the Note Custodian and Registrar shall deliver
only
Notes (or beneficial interests in a Global Note) that bear a Private Placement
Legend unless:
(i) such
Notes (or beneficial interests) are transferred pursuant to Rule 144
upon
delivery to the Registrar of a certificate of the transferor in the form
of
Exhibit
D
and an
Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Registrar;
(ii) such
Notes (or beneficial interests) are transferred, replaced or exchanged after
the
Resale Restriction Termination Date therefor; or
(iii) in
connection with such transfer, exchange or replacement the Registrar shall
have
received an Opinion of Counsel and other evidence reasonably satisfactory
to it
to the effect that neither such Private Placement Legend nor the related
restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with
the
provisions of the Securities Act.
The
Private Placement Legend on any Note shall be removed at the request of the
Holder on or after the Resale Restriction Termination Date therefor. The
Holder
of a Global Note may exchange an interest therein for an equivalent interest
in
a Global Note not bearing a Private Placement Legend upon transfer of such
interest pursuant to any of clauses (i) through (iii) of this
paragraph (d).
(e) Consolidation
of Global Notes.
Nothing
in this Indenture shall provide for the consolidation of any Notes with any
other Notes to the extent that they constitute, as determined pursuant to
an
Opinion of Counsel, different classes of securities for U.S. federal income
tax
purposes.
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(f) Retention
of Documents.
The
Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written
communications received pursuant to this Article II.
The
Issuer shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters,
notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving
of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.
(g) Execution,
Authentication of Notes, etc.
(i) Subject
to the other provisions of this Section
2.8,
when
Notes are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to
register the transfer of such Notes or to exchange such Notes for an equal
principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, the Registrar
or
co-Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested
if
its requirements for such transaction are met; provided
that any
Notes presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall
be
duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Registrar or co-Registrar, duly executed by the Holder
thereof or his attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing. To permit
registrations of transfers and exchanges and subject to the other terms and
conditions of this Article II,
the
Issuer will execute and upon Issuer Order the Trustee will authenticate
Certificated Notes and Global Notes at the Registrar’s or co-Registrar’s
request.
(ii) No
service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer
or
exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any
transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection
therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar
governmental charges payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Section 3.9,
Section
3.18,
Section
5.1
or
Section
9.3).
(iii) The
Registrar or co-Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer
of or
exchange of any Note for a period beginning: (1) 14 days before the
mailing
of a notice of an offer to repurchase or redeem Notes and ending at the close
of
business on the day of such mailing or (2) 14 days before an Interest
Payment Date and ending on such Interest Payment Date.
(iv) Prior
to
the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer,
the
Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-Registrar may deem and
treat
the person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such
Note
for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such
Note
and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue,
and
none of the Issuer, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any
co-Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(v) All
Notes
issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture
shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or
exchange.
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(h) No
Obligation of the Trustee.
(i) The
Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner
of an
interest in a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in, DTC or other
Person
with respect to the accuracy of the records of DTC or its nominee or of any
participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in
the
Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial
owner or other Person (other than DTC) of any notice (including any notice
of
redemption) or the payment of any amount or delivery of any Notes (or other
security or property) under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and
communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to
Holders
in respect of the Notes shall be given or made only to or upon the order
of the
registered Holders (which shall be DTC or its nominee in the case of a Global
Note). Except as provided in Section
2.6(c)(ii)(B),
the
rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through
DTC subject to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC. The Trustee may
rely
and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by DTC
with
respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(ii) The
Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire
as to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture
or
under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any
Note
(including any transfers between or among DTC participants, members or
beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such
certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required
by,
and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture,
and
to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the
express requirements hereof.
Section
2.9 Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.
(a) If
a
mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Note
claims
that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuer shall
execute and upon Issuer Order the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement
Note
if, as determined by the Issuer, the requirements of Section 8-405
of the
Uniform Commercial Code are met and the Holder satisfies any other reasonable
requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Issuer, such
Holder shall furnish an affidavit of loss and indemnity bond sufficient in
the
judgment of the Issuer and the Trustee to protect the Issuer, the Trustee,
the
Paying Agent, the Registrar and any co-Registrar from any loss that any of
them
may suffer if a Note is replaced, and, in the absence of notice to the Issuer
or
the Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the
Issuer shall execute and upon Issuer Order the Trustee shall authenticate
and
make available for delivery, in exchange for any such mutilated Note or in
lieu
of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a new Note of like tenor and
principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously
Outstanding.
(b) Upon
the
issuance of any new Note under this Section
2.9,
the
Issuer 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
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) in connection
therewith.
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(c) Every
new
Note issued pursuant to this Section
2.9
in
exchange for any mutilated Note, or in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen
Note, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the
Issuer, any Note Guarantor and any other obligor upon the Notes, whether
or not
the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable
by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally
and
proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section
2.10 Temporary
Notes.
Until
definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuer may execute and upon
Issuer
Order the Trustee will authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will
be
substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that
the
Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay,
the Issuer will prepare and execute and upon Issuer Order the Trustee will
authenticate definitive Notes. After the preparation of definitive Notes,
the
temporary Notes will be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender
of the
temporary Notes at any office or agency maintained by the Issuer for that
purpose and such exchange shall be without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender
for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer will execute
and
upon Issuer Order the Trustee will authenticate and make available for delivery
in exchange therefor one or more definitive Notes representing an equal
principal amount of Notes. Until so exchanged, the Holder of temporary Notes
shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture
as a
Holder of definitive Notes.
Section
2.11 Cancellation.
The
Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The
Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes
surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The
Trustee and no one else shall cancel and dispose of cancelled Notes in
accordance with its policy of disposal or return to the Issuer all Notes
surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation.
The
Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has paid or delivered
to the
Trustee for cancellation for any reason other than in connection with a transfer
or exchange upon Issuer Order.
Section
2.12
Defaulted
Interest.
When
any installment of interest becomes Defaulted Interest, such installment
shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holders in whose names the Notes were
registered on the Record Date applicable to such installment of interest.
Defaulted Interest (including any interest on such Defaulted Interest) may
be
paid by the Issuer, at its election, as provided in Section
2.12(a)
or 2.12(b).
(a) The
Issuer may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest (including any
interest on such Defaulted Interest) to the Holders in whose names the Notes
are
registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment
of
such Defaulted Interest (a “Special
Record Date”),
which
shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee
in
writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid and the date
of
the proposed payment, and at the same time the Issuer shall deposit with
the
Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid
in
respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory
to
the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such
money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Holders entitled
to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this Section
2.12(a).
Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of
such
Defaulted Interest, which
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shall
be
not more than 15 calendar days and not less than ten calendar days prior
to the
date of the proposed payment and not less than ten calendar days after the
receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee
shall
promptly notify the Issuer of such Special Record Date and, in the name and
at
the expense of the Issuer, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of
such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be sent, first-class
mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder at such Holder’s address as it appears in
the registration books of the Registrar, not less than ten calendar days
prior
to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid,
such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Holders in whose names the Notes
are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall
no
longer be payable pursuant to Section
2.12(b).
(b) Alternatively,
the Issuer may make payment of any Defaulted Interest (including any interest
on
such Defaulted Interest) in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
the
requirements of any securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after
notice given by the Issuer to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant
to
this Section
2.12(b),
such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Section
2.13 Additional
Notes.
The
Issuer
may,
from time to time, subject to compliance with any other applicable provisions
of
this Indenture, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue pursuant
to
this Indenture additional notes (“Additional
Notes”)
having
terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit A
identical to those of the other Outstanding Notes, except that Additional
Notes:
(i)
may
have a different issue date from other Outstanding Notes;
(ii)
may
have a different amount of interest payable on the first Interest Payment
Date
after issuance than is payable on other Outstanding Notes; and
(iii)
may
have terms specified in the Additional Note Board Resolution or Additional
Note
Supplemental Indenture for such Additional Notes making appropriate adjustments
to this Article II
and
Exhibit A
(and
related definitions) applicable to such Additional Notes in order to conform
to
and ensure compliance with the Securities Act (or other applicable securities
laws) and any registration rights or similar agreement applicable to such
Additional Notes, which are not adverse in any material respect to the Holder
of
any Outstanding Notes (other than such Additional Notes).
Section
2.14 Ranking;
Security for and Parity of Notes.
All
Notes issued and Outstanding hereunder rank on a parity with each other Note,
and each Note shall be secured equally and ratably by this Indenture and
the
Collateral Documents with each other Note, without preference, priority or
distinction of any one thereof over any other by reason of difference in
time of
issuance or otherwise, and each Note shall be entitled to the same benefits
and
security in this Indenture and the Collateral Documents as each other Note.
The
Issuer shall be responsible for the continued maintenance, priority and
perfection of such security interest as set forth in the Collateral Documents.
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ARTICLE
III
COVENANTS
Section
3.1 Payment
of Notes.
The
Issuer shall pay the principal of and interest (including Defaulted Interest)
on
the Notes in U.S. Legal Tender on the dates and in the manner provided in
the
Notes and in this Indenture. Unless otherwise permitted under the Notes,
prior
to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on each Interest Payment Date and
the
Maturity Date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Paying Agent in immediately
available funds U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to make cash payments due on
such
Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be. If the Issuer,
a
Note Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Issuer or a Note Guarantor is acting
as
Paying Agent, the Issuer, such Note Guarantor or such Affiliate shall, prior
to
10:00 a.m. New York City time on each Interest Payment Date and the
Maturity Date, segregate and hold in trust U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to
make
cash payments due on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the
case
may be. Principal and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if
on
such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent (other than the Issuer, a Note
Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Issuer or a Note Guarantor) holds in accordance
with this Indenture U.S. Legal Tender designated for and sufficient to pay
all
principal and interest then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the
case
may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
Section
3.2 Interest
Rate Adjustment.
Commencing on the date that is 151 days from the Issue Date, the Notes shall
bear interest at a rate of 0.50% per annum in excess of the interest rate
shown
in the Notes, unless and until the date on which the Trustee shall have received
both (i) a duly executed Interest Rate Adjustment Certificate and (ii) a
duly
executed Issuer Interest Rate Adjustment Certificate. The Trustee shall provide
notice to the Holders (i) promptly upon the satisfaction of these conditions,
and (ii) promptly following such 151st
day, in
the event both conditions have not been satisfied.
Section
3.3 Maintenance
of Office or Agency.
(a) The
Issuer shall maintain each office or agency required under Section
2.3,
if any.
The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change in
the
location of any such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail
to
maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee
with the address thereof in writing, such presentations, surrenders, notices
and
demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee,
and
the Issuer hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
(b) The
Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or
agencies (in or outside of The City of New York) where the Notes may be
presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to
time
rescind any such designation; provided,
however,
that no
such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of
its
obligation to maintain an office or agency in The City of New York, for such
purposes. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
such
designation or rescission and any change in the location of any such other
office or agency.
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Section
3.4 Compliance
Certificate.
The
Issuer and each Note Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee within 90 days
after
the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer an Officer’s Certificate stating that
in the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as Officers
of
the Issuer or such Note Guarantor, as the case may be, they would normally
have
knowledge of any Default or Event of Default and whether or not the signers
know
of any Default or Event of Default that occurred during such period. If they
do,
the certificate shall describe the Default or Event of Default, its status
and
what action the Issuer or such Note Guarantor is taking or proposes to take
with
respect thereto.
Section
3.5 Waiver
of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.
The
Issuer and each Note Guarantor covenants (to the fullest extent permitted
by
applicable law) 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 or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive
the
Issuer or such Note Guarantor from paying all or any portion of the principal
of
or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or
at any
time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance
of
this Indenture. The Issuer and each Note Guarantor hereby expressly waives
(to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law) all benefit or advantage
of any
such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution
of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
Section
3.6 Limitation
on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness.
(1) The
Issuer will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness, including Acquired
Indebtedness, without duplication, or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to
Incur
Preferred Stock, except that:
(a)
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the
Issuer, any Note Guarantor or a Permitted Joint Venture (other
than
Comegua and its Subsidiaries) may Incur Indebtedness, including
Acquired
Indebtedness, if, at the time of and immediately after giving pro
forma
effect to the Incurrence thereof and the application of the proceeds
therefrom, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the
Issuer is
greater than (i) 2.50 to 1.00, if such Indebtedness is Incurred
on or
prior to the second anniversary of the Issue Date, (ii) 2.75 to
1.00 if
such Indebtedness is Incurred after the second anniversary of the
Issue
Date but on or prior to the fourth anniversary of the Issue Date,
and
(iii) 3.00 to 1.00 if such Indebtedness if Incurred after the fourth
anniversary of the Issue Date, or
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(b)
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Comegua
and its Subsidiaries may Incur Indebtedness, including Acquired
Indebtedness, if, at the time of and immediately after giving pro
forma
effect to the Incurrence thereof and the application of the proceeds
therefrom, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of Comegua
is
greater than (i) 2.50 to 1.00, if such Indebtedness is Incurred
on or
prior to the second anniversary of the Issue Date, (ii) 2.75 to
1.00 if
such Indebtedness is Incurred after the second anniversary of the
Issue
Date but on or prior to the fourth anniversary of the Issue Date,
and
(iii) 3.00 to 1.00 if such Indebtedness if Incurred after the fourth
anniversary of the Issue Date.
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(2)
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Notwithstanding
clause (1) above, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as
applicable, may Incur the following Indebtedness, including Acquired
Indebtedness, if applicable (“Permitted
Indebtedness”):
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(a)
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Indebtedness
of the Issuer in respect of the Notes not to exceed an amount equal
to (A)
the lesser of (i) $250 million and (ii) $400 million minus the
aggregate
principal amount of all Senior Credit Facilities at any one time
outstanding, minus (B) the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount
of
any Indebtedness incurred to refinance the Notes pursuant to (k)(ii)
below
at any one time outstanding and (y) the amount of all permanent
repayments, redemptions, repurchases or reductions of commitments,
as
applicable, in respect of the Notes and the Senior Credit Facilities
made
with the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale, a Collateral Asset
Sale or
Event of Loss in order to comply with Section
3.9;
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(b)
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Indebtedness
Incurred by the Issuer and any Note Guarantor pursuant to any Senior
Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any one time
outstanding not to exceed an amount equal to (A) $400 million minus
the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes at any one time outstanding,
minus
(B) the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness
incurred to refinance the Notes pursuant to (k)(ii) below at any
one time
outstanding and (y) the amount of all permanent repayments, redemptions,
repurchases or reductions of commitments, as applicable, in respect
of the
Notes and the Senior Credit Facilities made with the Net Cash Proceeds
of
an Asset Sale, a Collateral Asset Sale or Event of Loss in order
to comply
with Section
3.9;
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(c)
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Indebtedness
of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor to Vitro or SOFIVSA, in an
aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $400 million at any one time outstanding,
minus any amounts outstanding at any one time under the Senior
Credit
Facilities;
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(d)
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Indebtedness
of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor in respect of a Qualified Receivables
Transaction;
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(e)
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Indebtedness
of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor Incurred for working capital
needs, to
fund capital expenditures and to make interest payments, in each
case in
the ordinary course of business, in an aggregate principal amount
not to
exceed $75 million at any one time
outstanding;
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(f)
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Indebtedness
of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the
Issue
Date;
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(g)
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Hedging
Obligations entered into by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries
in
the ordinary course of business and not for speculative
purposes;
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(h)
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intercompany
Indebtedness or Preferred Stock between the Issuer and any Restricted
Subsidiary or between any Restricted Subsidiaries; provided
that
in
the event that at any time any such Indebtedness ceases to be held
by the
Issuer or a
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Restricted
Subsidiary, such Indebtedness will be deemed to be Incurred and not permitted
by
this clause (h) at the time such event occurs;
(i)
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Indebtedness
of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries arising from
the
honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft
or
similar instrument inadvertently (including daylight overdrafts
paid in
full by the close of business on the day such overdraft was Incurred)
drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
provided
that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days
of
Incurrence;
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(j)
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Indebtedness
of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries represented
by
bankers’ acceptances, surety or appeal bonds, letters of credit,
performance bonds or similar instruments for the account of the
Issuer or
any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in order to provide
security for workers’ compensation claims, payment obligations in
connection with self-insurance or similar requirements in the ordinary
course of business;
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(k)
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Refinancing
Indebtedness in respect of:
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(i)
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Indebtedness
(other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or any Subsidiary)
Incurred
pursuant to clause (1) above (it being understood that no
Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date is Incurred pursuant
to such
clause (1) above), or
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(ii)
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Indebtedness
Incurred pursuant to clauses (a), (f) or (l) or this clause (k)
of this
definition of “Permitted
Indebtedness”;
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(l)
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Acquired
Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary Incurred and outstanding
on or
prior to the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired
by the
Issuer (other than Acquired Indebtedness Incurred in connection
with, or
to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized
to
consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant
to
which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary
or was
acquired by the Issuer); provided,
however, that on the date of such acquisition and after giving
pro forma
effect to the Incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness, the Issuer
(or in
the case of Acquired Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of Comegua, Comegua)
would have been able to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness
pursuant to clause (1) above;
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(m)
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Indebtedness
arising from agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment
of
purchase price or similar obligations, or from Guarantees, letters
of
credit, escrows or other similar instruments securing the obligations
of
the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to such agreements,
in
any case Incurred in connection with the disposition of any business,
assets or Restricted Subsidiary, in a principal amount not to exceed
the
sale price (including the assumption of Indebtedness) in connection
with
such disposition;
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(n)
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Indebtedness
with respect to bankers’ acceptances, surety or appeal bonds, letters of
credit, performance bonds or similar instruments securing obligations
entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Issuer and
its
Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such letters of credit, performance
bonds or similar instruments are not drawn upon or, if and to the
extent
drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed no later than the tenth
Business
Day following payment on the letter of credit, performance bonds
or
similar instrument;
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(o)
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Capitalized
Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Indebtedness of the Issuer
or any
Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$25
million at any one time
outstanding;
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(p)
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Indebtedness
of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries in a principal amount not
to exceed
$5 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
and
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(q)
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Indebtedness
of one or more of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor in a principal
amount
not to exceed $25 million in the aggregate at any one time
outstanding.
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(3)
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For
purposes of determining compliance with, and the outstanding principal
amount of, any particular Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to and
in
compliance with this Section
3.6:
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(a)
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the
amount of Indebtedness issued at a price that is less than the
principal
amount thereof will be equal to the amount of the liability in
respect
thereof determined in accordance with Mexican
GAAP;
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(b)
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accrual
of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount,
the
payment of regularly scheduled interest in the form of additional
Indebtedness of the same instrument or the payment of regularly
scheduled
dividends on Disqualified Capital Stock in the form of additional
Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock with the same terms
will not
be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this
Section
3.6;
provided,
that any such outstanding additional Indebtedness or Disqualified
Capital
Stock paid in respect of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to any
provision
of clause (2) of this Section
3.6
will be counted as Indebtedness outstanding thereunder for purposes
of any
future Incurrence under such
provision;
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(c)
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(x)
in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of
more than
one of the types of Indebtedness described above, the Issuer, in
its sole
discretion, will classify such item of Indebtedness at the time
of
Incurrence and only be required to include the amount and type
of such
Indebtedness in one of the above clauses and (y) an item of Indebtedness
may be divided and classified in more than one of the types of
Indebtedness described above; and
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(d)
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the
maximum amount that the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary may Incur
pursuant to this Section
3.6
shall not be deemed to be exceeded, with respect to outstanding
Indebtedness, due solely to the result of fluctuations in the exchange
rates of currencies.
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Section
3.7 Limitation
on Guarantees of
Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary Indebtedness.
The
Issuer will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary other than a Note Guarantor
to
Guarantee any Indebtedness of the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary
or to
secure any Indebtedness of the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary with
a
Lien on the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary, unless contemporaneously
therewith (or prior thereto) effective provision is made to Guarantee or
secure
the Notes, as the case may be, on an equal and ratable basis with such Guarantee
or Lien for so long as such Guarantee or Lien remains effective, and in an
amount at least equal to the amount of Issuer or other Restricted Subsidiary
Indebtedness so Guaranteed or secured; provided,
however, that any Guarantee by any such Restricted Subsidiary of Subordinated
Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor will be subordinated and
junior
in right of payment to the contemporaneous Guarantee of the Notes by such
Restricted Subsidiary; and provided
further,
that
the Issuer will not permit a Restricted Subsidiary to Guarantee or secure
any
Capital Stock of the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary.
Section
3.8 Limitation
on Restricted Payments.
Subject
to the terms described in this Section
3.8,
the
Issuer will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions (each, a
“Restricted
Payment”):
(a) declare
or pay any dividend or return of capital or make any distribution on or in
respect of shares of Capital Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary
to
holders of such Capital Stock, other than:
(i)
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dividends
or distributions payable in Qualified Capital Stock of the
Issuer,
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(ii)
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dividends,
returns of capital or distributions payable to the Issuer and/or
a
Restricted Subsidiary, or
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(iii)
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dividends,
distributions or returns of capital made on a pro
rata
basis to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one
hand, and
minority holders of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary on
the other
hand (or on less than a pro
rata
basis to any minority holder);
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(b) purchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value:
(i)
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any
Capital Stock of the Issuer, or
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(ii)
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any
Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary held by an Affiliate
of the
Issuer (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) or any Preferred Stock
of a
Restricted Subsidiary, except for Capital Stock held by the Issuer
or a
Restricted Subsidiary or purchases, redemptions, acquisitions or
retirements for value of Capital Stock on a pro
rata
basis from the Issuer and/or any Restricted Subsidiaries, on the
one hand,
and minority holders of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary,
on the
other hand, according to their respective
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percentage ownership of the Capital Stock of such Restricted
Subsidiary;
(c) make
any
principal payment on, purchase, defease, redeem, prepay, decrease or otherwise
acquire or retire for value, prior to any scheduled final maturity, scheduled
repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, as the case may be, any
Subordinated Indebtedness; or
(d) make
any
Investment (other than Permitted Investments);
if
at the
time of the Restricted Payment and immediately after giving effect
thereto:
(1)
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a
Default or an Event of Default has occurred and be
continuing;
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(2)
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the
Issuer is not able to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness
pursuant to Section
3.6(1);
or
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(3)
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the
aggregate amount (the amount expended for these purposes, if other
than in
cash, being the Fair Market Value of the relevant property) of
the
proposed Restricted Payment and all other Restricted Payments made
subsequent to the Issue Date up to the date thereof, less any Investment
Return calculated as of the date thereof, shall exceed the sum
of (without
duplication):
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(A)
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50%
of cumulative Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer or, if cumulative
Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer is a loss, minus 50% of the
loss,
accrued during the period, treated as one accounting period, beginning
on
the first full fiscal quarter after the Issue Date to the end of
the most
recent fiscal quarter for which consolidated financial information
of the
Issuer is available; plus
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(B)
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100%
of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Issuer from
any Person
from any:
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contribution
to the equity capital of the Issuer (not representing an interest
in
Disqualified Capital Stock) or issuance and sale of Qualified Capital
Stock of the Issuer, in each case, subsequent to the Issue Date,
or
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·
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issuance
and sale subsequent to the Issue Date (and, in the case of Indebtedness
of
a Restricted Subsidiary, at such time as it was a Restricted Subsidiary)
of any Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary that has been converted into or exchanged for Qualified
Capital
Stock of the Issuer,
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excluding,
in each case, any net cash proceeds:
(w)
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received
from a Subsidiary of the Issuer;
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(x)
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used
to redeem Notes under “—Redemption—Optional Redemption Upon Public Equity
Offerings” in Exhibit
A;
or
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(y)
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applied
in accordance with clause (4) or (5) of the second paragraph of
this
covenant below.
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Notwithstanding
the preceding paragraph, this Section
3.8
does not
prohibit:
(1)
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any
dividend or other distribution in respect of Capital Stock of the
Issuer
while it is a Vitro Restricted Subsidiary
either:
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(a)
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payable
solely in shares of common stock of the Issuer;
or
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(b)
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if:
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(i) the
making of such Restricted Payment would not result in an Event of Default;
and
(ii) at
the
time of such Restricted Payment and immediately after giving effect thereto,
the
Issuer Debt to EBITDA Ratio is less than or equal to 2.0 to 1.0;
(2)
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any
loan or advance to Vitro or any Vitro Restricted
Subsidiary;
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(3)
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the
payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration
of
such dividend if the dividend would have been permitted on the
date of
declaration pursuant to the preceding
paragraph;
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(4)
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if
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and be continuing,
the
acquisition of any shares of Capital Stock of the
Issuer,
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(x)
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in
exchange for Qualified Capital Stock of the Issuer;
or
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(y)
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through
the application of the net cash proceeds received by the Issuer
from a
substantially concurrent sale of Qualified Capital Stock of the
Issuer or
a contribution to the equity capital of the Issuer not representing
an
interest in Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case not received
from a
Subsidiary of the Issuer;
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provided,
that
the value of any such Qualified Capital Stock issued in exchange for such
acquired Capital Stock and any such net cash proceeds will be excluded from
clause (3)(B) of the first paragraph of this Section
3.8
(and
were not included therein at any time); or
(5)
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if
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the
voluntary prepayment, purchase, defeasance, redemption or other
acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness
solely in exchange for, or through the application of net cash
proceeds of
a substantially concurrent sale, other than to a Subsidiary of
the Issuer,
of:
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(x)
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Qualified
Capital Stock of the Issuer; or
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(y)
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Refinancing
Indebtedness for such Subordinated
Indebtedness;
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provided,
that
the value of any Qualified Capital Stock issued in exchange for Subordinated
Indebtedness and any net cash proceeds referred to above will be excluded
from
clause (3)(B) of the first paragraph of this Section
3.8
(and
were not included therein at any time).
In
determining the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made subsequent to
the
Issue Date, amounts expended pursuant to clause (1), (2) (to
the
extent such loans and advances are not repaid) or (3) (without duplication
for
the declaration of the relevant dividend) above will be included in such
calculation and amounts expended pursuant to clauses (2) (to the extent
such loans and advances are repaid), (4) and (5) above will not be
included
in such calculation.
Section
3.9 Limitation
on Asset Sales.
(a) Asset
Sales.
The
Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i) the
Issuer or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives
consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market
Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(ii) at
least
80% of the consideration received for the assets sold by the Issuer or the
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in the Asset Sale will be in the
form
of
(A) cash,
Cash Equivalents or the assumption of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness
owed
to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Subordinated
Indebtedness);
(B) property
or assets (other than current assets as determined in accordance with Mexican
GAAP, except for current assets acquired incidental to the acquisition of
assets
that constitute a line of business, or Capital Stock) to be owned by and
used in
a Permitted Business of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(C) Capital
Stock of (i) one or more Persons engaged in a Permitted Business (except
as
otherwise permitted by Section
3.15)
which
thereby become Restricted Subsidiaries, or (ii) a Restricted Subsidiary,
in each
case which Capital Stock was acquired from a third party other than the Issuer
or a Restricted Subsidiary (Clauses (B) and (C), together, “Replacement
Assets”),
in
each case received at the time of such Asset Sale.
The
Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, may apply the Net
Cash
Proceeds of any such Asset Sale within 360 days thereof to
(i)
repay any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary for borrowed
money or constituting a Capitalized Lease Obligation (other than Subordinated
Indebtedness) and permanently reduce the commitments with respect thereto
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without
Refinancing,
or (ii)
purchase Replacement Assets from a Person other than the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) Collateral
Asset Sales.
The
Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, consummate
a
Collateral Asset Sale unless:
(i) such
Collateral Asset Sale involves the Collateral substantially in its entirety,
or,
if such Collateral Asset Sale involves less than all of the Collateral (a
“Partial
Collateral Asset Sale”),
such
Partial Collateral Asset Sale involves a single Collateral Asset Sale with
a
Fair Market Value at the time of consummation of such Collateral Asset Sale
not
exceeding $50.0 million and is not part of a series of Collateral Asset Sales
in
any eighteen month period with an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured as
of
the time of consummation of such sales) exceeding $50.0 million in the
aggregate;
(ii) the
Issuer or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives
consideration at the time of the Collateral Asset Sale at least equal to
the
Fair Market Value of such Collateral;
(iii) with
respect to each such Collateral Asset Sale, the Issuer delivers an Officer’s
Certificate to the Trustee dated no more than 15 days prior to the date of
consummation of the relevant Collateral Asset Sale, certifying that such
sale
complies with clauses (i) and (ii) above;
(iv) at
least
80% of the consideration received for the Collateral sold by the Issuer or
its
Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, shall be in the form of cash
or
Cash Equivalents received at the time of such Collateral Asset Sale;
provided
that any
other consideration received for such Collateral shall constitute Collateral
pursuant to appropriate Collateral Documents to which the owner thereof is
a
party; and
(v) the
Net
Cash Proceeds therefrom shall be paid directly by the purchaser thereof to
the
Collateral and Intercreditor Agent, pursuant to the Master Collateral and
Intercreditor Agreement, as additional Collateral.
In
the
case of a Partial Collateral Asset Sale, the Issuer, within 360 days from
the
date of consummation of a Partial Collateral Asset Sale, may apply all of
the
Net Cash Proceeds therefrom to purchase or otherwise invest in Replacement
Collateral or to repay Permitted Secured Obligations (other than Trade
Payables). Any such Net Cash Proceeds not so applied will be applied to make
an
Asset Sale Offer, in accordance with the terms described in Section
3.9(e).
In the
case of a Collateral Asset Sale other than a Partial Collateral Asset Sale,
all
of the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom will be immediately applied to make an
Asset
Sale Offer in accordance with the terms described below in Section
3.9(e).
(c) Events
of
Loss.
If the
Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary suffers an Event of Loss, the Net Cash
Proceeds therefrom will be paid directly by the party providing such Net
Cash
Proceeds to the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent, pursuant to the applicable
Collateral Document, as additional Collateral. As any portion or all of the
Net
Cash Proceeds from any such Event of Loss are received by the Collateral
and
Intercreditor Agent, the Issuer may apply all of such amount or amounts,
as
received, together with all interest earned thereon, individually
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or
in
combination, (1) to purchase or otherwise invest in Replacement Collateral,
(2) to restore the relevant Collateral or Real Property Collateral,
as the
case may be, and (3) solely in the event that the Collateral or Real Property
Collateral, as the case may be, subject to the Event of Loss is not necessary
for and the absence of such Collateral or Real Property Collateral, as the
case
may be, would not otherwise materially adversely affect the business of the
Issuer as it was conducted prior to the occurrence of such Event of Loss,
to
repay Permitted Secured Obligations (other than Trade Payables). In the event
that the Issuer elects to restore the relevant Collateral or Real Property
Collateral, as the case may be, pursuant to the foregoing clause (2), within
180
days of receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds from an Event of Loss, the Issuer
will
(i) give
the
Trustee irrevocable written notice of such election, and
(ii) enter
into a binding commitment to restore such Collateral or Real Property
Collateral, as the case may be, a copy of which will be supplied to the Trustee,
and will have 360 days from the date of such binding commitment to complete
such
restoration, which will be carried out with due diligence. The Issuer will
take
such action, at its sole expense, as may be required to ensure that the
Collateral and Intercreditor Agent has, from the date of such purchase or
investment, a first ranking Lien on such Replacement Collateral.
Any
such
Net Cash Proceeds that the Issuer does not elect to apply within such 180
period
or does not actually apply within such 360 day period will be applied to
make an
Asset Sale Offer in accordance with the terms described below in Section
3.9(e).
(d) Replacement
Collateral.
In the
event that the Issuer decides pursuant to the foregoing provisions to apply
any
portion of the Net Cash Proceeds from a Collateral Asset Sale or an Event
of
Loss to purchase or otherwise invest in Replacement Collateral,
(1)
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the
Issuer will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee dated no more
than 30 days prior to the date of consummation of the relevant
investment
in Replacement Collateral, certifying that the purchase price for
the
amount of the investment in Replacement Collateral does not exceed
the
Fair Market Value of such Replacement
Collateral;
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(2)
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the
Issuer will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Collateral and
Intercreditor Agent and the Trustee certifying compliance with
the
provisions of the Indenture and the Permitted Secured Obligations
and
requesting the release of such certified purchase price to the
Issuer (or
the applicable Restricted Subsidiary), free of the Lien of the
Collateral
Documents; and
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(3)
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the
Issuer will take such actions, at its sole expense, as may be required
to
permit the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent, pursuant to the
applicable
Collateral Document, to release such Net Cash Proceeds, together
with any
interest thereon, from the Lien of the applicable Collateral Document
and
to ensure that the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent has, from
the date
of such purchase or investment, a first priority Lien on such Replacement
Collateral pursuant to appropriate Collateral
Documents.
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(e) Asset
Sale Offer.
To the
extent all or a portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale, Collateral
Asset Sale or Event of Loss are not applied as described in the
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respective
paragraphs set forth above on or prior to the last day (the “Asset
Sale Offer Trigger Date”)
for
the application of such proceeds therefor (including in the case of an Event
of
Loss, the election to apply), the Issuer will make an offer to purchase Notes
(the “Asset
Sale Offer”),
at a
purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be
purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to the date of purchase
(the “Asset
Sale Offer Amount”).
The
Issuer will purchase pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer from all tendering Holders
on a pro
rata
basis,
that principal amount of Notes to be purchased equal to such unapplied Net
Cash
Proceeds.
The
offer
to purchase Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer must be mailed within
20
Business Days of the Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date. The Issuer may, however,
defer an Asset Sale Offer until there is an aggregate amount of unapplied
Net
Cash Proceeds from one or more Asset Sales, Collateral Asset Sales or Events
of
Loss equal to or in excess of $10 million. At that time, the entire amount
of
unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $10 million,
will be applied as required pursuant to this Section
3.9
in
accordance with the Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date for the Asset Sale, Collateral
Asset Sale or Event of Loss that caused the Net Cash Proceeds to exceed $10
million. Pending application in accordance with this Section
3.9,
Net
Cash Proceeds will be invested in Cash Equivalents.
Within
20
days following an Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date, the Issuer shall mail to
each
Holder an Asset Sale Offer Notice, with a copy to the Trustee and to the
extent
such Asset Sale Offer relates to Net Cash Proceeds of any Collateral, the
Collateral and Intercreditor Agent, offering to purchase the Notes as described
above. Each Asset Sale Offer Notice shall state, in addition to the things
specified in the definition thereof, the purchase date, which must be a Business
Day no earlier than 30 calendar days nor later than 60 calendar days from
the
date the Asset Sale Offer Notice is mailed, other than as may be required
by law
(the “Asset
Sale Offer Payment Date”).
Upon
receiving an Asset Sale Offer Notice, Holders may elect to tender their Notes
in
whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for
cash.
On
the
Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, the Issuer will, to the extent
lawful:
(1)
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accept
for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant
to
the Asset Sale Offer;
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(2)
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deposit
with the Paying Agent funds in an amount equal to the Asset Sale
Offer
Amount in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered;
and
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(3)
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deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together
with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of
Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the
Issuer.
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To
the
extent Holders of Notes that are the subject of an Asset Sale Offer properly
tender and do not withdraw Notes in an aggregate amount exceeding the available
amount of unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, the Issuer will purchase the Notes
on a
pro
rata
basis
(based on amounts tendered). If only a portion of a Note is purchased pursuant
to an Asset Sale Offer, a new Note in a principal amount equal to the portion
thereof not purchased will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon
cancellation of the original Note (or appropriate adjustments to the amount
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and
beneficial interests in a Global Note will be made, as appropriate). Notes
(or
portions thereof) purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer will be cancelled
and cannot be reissued.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section
3.9,
at the
Issuer’s option, the Issuer may:
(a)
make
any Asset Sale Offer in respect of Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale on
a pro
rata basis to holders of other Senior Indebtedness, and thereby purchase
from
tendering Holders of Notes and holders of such other Senior Indebtedness
on a
pro rata basis; and
(b)
apply
Net Cash Proceeds from a Collateral Asset Sale or Event of Loss to permanently
repay or repurchase Permitted Secured Obligations (other than the Notes and
Trade Payables) concurrently with any repurchase of Notes with such Net Cash
Proceeds pursuant to the relevant Asset Sale Offer so long as the minimum
portion of the Net Cash Proceeds applied to repurchase Notes is not less
than
the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds multiplied by the ratio of (i) the
outstanding principal amount of Notes to (ii) the outstanding principal amount
of Permitted Secured Obligations (excluding Trade Payables) except if and
only
to the extent that the principal amount of Notes tendered in the relevant
Asset
Sale Offer is less than such minimum amount.
Upon
completion of an Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Net Cash Proceeds will be
reset
at zero. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes tendered pursuant
to
an Asset Sale Offer is less than the aggregate amount of unapplied Net Cash
Proceeds the Issuer may use any remaining Net Cash Proceeds:
(1)
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from
any Asset Sale, for general corporate purposes of the Issuer and
its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(2)
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from
any Collateral Asset Sale, for Replacement Collateral;
and
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(3)
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from
any Event of Loss, for Replacement Collateral or to restore the
relevant
Collateral or Real Property
Collateral.
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In
the
event any Asset Sale Offer involves Net Cash Proceeds from any combination
of an
Asset Sale, Collateral Asset Sale or an Event of Loss, the remaining Net
Cash
Proceeds will be applied as set forth in the previous sentence on a basis
proportionate to the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds from each such event that
gave
rise to the Asset Sale Offer. The Issuer shall account for Net Cash Proceeds
from a Collateral Asset Sale or Event of Loss separately from Net Cash Proceeds
from an Asset Sale. Remaining Net Cash Proceeds attributable to a Collateral
Asset Sale or Event of Loss will remain as Collateral pursuant to the relevant
Collateral Documents pending application pursuant to clause (2) or (3)
above.
The
Issuer will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange
Act and any other applicable securities laws in connection with the purchase
of
Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions
of any
applicable securities laws or regulations conflict with Section
3.9(e),
the
Issuer will comply with these laws and regulations and will not be deemed
to
have breached its obligations under Section
3.9(e)
by doing
so.
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In
the
event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property
and
assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a
Person
(other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) in a transaction permitted
under Section
4.1,
the
Successor Issuer will be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of
the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of
this
Section
3.9,
and
will comply with the provisions of this Section
3.9
with
respect to the deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale or a Collateral Asset
Sale, as appropriate. In addition, the Fair Market Value of properties and
assets of the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries so deemed to be sold
will be
deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this Section
3.9.
If
at any
time any non-cash consideration received by the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale, Collateral
Asset Sale or Event of Loss is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed
of
for cash (other than interest received with respect to any non-cash
consideration), the conversion or disposition will be deemed to constitute
an
Asset Sale, Collateral Asset Sale or Event of Loss hereunder and the Net
Cash
Proceeds thereof will be applied in accordance with this Section
3.9
within
the applicable time period from such conversion or disposition as set forth
above.
Section
3.10 Limitation
on the Ownership of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries.
The
Issuer will not permit any Person other than the Issuer or another Restricted
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, own or control any Capital Stock of
any
Restricted Subsidiary, except for:
(1)
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Capital
Stock owned by such Person (or any direct or indirect transferee
thereof)
as of the Issue Date;
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directors’
qualifying shares;
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any
Capital Stock of any Permitted Joint Venture;
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the
ownership by Persons other than the Issuer, its Restricted Subsidiaries
or
any Affiliate of Vitro of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary
(other
than any Subsidiary (i) the Capital Stock of which is pledged or
required
to be pledged or (ii) the Real Property of which is mortgaged or
required
to be mortgaged) so long as the Issuer directly or through a Restricted
Subsidiary owns and controls at least 51% of the Voting Stock of,
and
economic interest in, such Restricted
Subsidiary;
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(5)
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the
sale of 100% of the shares of the Capital Stock of any Restricted
Subsidiary held by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries to
any
Person other than the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary effected
in
accordance with, as applicable, the Collateral Documents, Section
3.9
and Section
4.1;
and
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in
the case of a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary, the issuance by that Restricted Subsidiary of Capital
Stock on
a pro
rata
basis to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one
hand, and
minority holders of the Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary,
on
the other hand (or on less than a pro
rata
basis to any minority holder).
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Section
3.11 Limitation
on Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
(a)
The
Issuer may designate after the Issue Date any Subsidiary of the Issuer as
an
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” under the Indenture (a “Designation”)
only
if:
(1)
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no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and be continuing at the
time of
or after giving effect to such Designation and any transactions
between
the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and such Unrestricted
Subsidiary are in compliance with Section
3.14;
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(2)
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at
the time of and after giving effect to such Designation, the Issuer
could
Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section
3.6(1).
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the
Issuer would be permitted to make an Investment at the time of
Designation
(assuming the effectiveness of such Designation and treating such
Designation as an Investment at the time of Designation) as a Restricted
Payment pursuant to the first paragraph of Section
3.8
in
an amount (the “Designation
Amount”)
equal to the amount of the Issuer’s Investment in such Subsidiary on such
date;
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neither
the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary nor any of its assets is part
of the
Collateral; and
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(5)
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such
Subsidiary is not a Vitro Restricted
Subsidiary.
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(b) Neither
the Issuer nor any Restricted Subsidiary will at any time:
(1)
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provide
credit support for, subject any of its property or assets (other
than the
Capital Stock of any Unrestricted Subsidiary) to the satisfaction
of, or
Guarantee, any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary (including
any
undertaking, agreement or instrument evidencing such
Indebtedness);
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be
directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted
Subsidiary; or
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be
directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness which provides
that the
holder thereof may (upon notice, lapse of time or both) declare
a default
thereon or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable
prior to
its final scheduled maturity upon the occurrence of a default with
respect
to any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary;
except
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(i) for
any non-recourse Guarantee given solely to support the pledge by the Issuer
or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Capital Stock of any Unrestricted
Subsidiary;
and
(ii) that
the Issuer may Guarantee any Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary if
at
the time of and after giving effect to such Guarantee, the Issuer could Incur
such Guarantee in accordance with Section
3.6(1)
and the
first paragraph of Section
3.8
and the
aggregate amount of all Guarantees of the Issuer or Indebtedness of Unrestricted
Subsidiaries shall not exceed $50 million.
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(c) The
Issuer may revoke any Designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary
(a “Revocation”)
only
if:
(1)
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No
Default or Event of Default has occurred and be continuing at the
time of
and after giving effect to such Revocation;
and
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(2)
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all
Liens and Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary outstanding
immediately following such Revocation would, if Incurred at such
time,
have been permitted to be Incurred for all purposes of the
Indenture.
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(d) The
Designation of a Subsidiary of the Issuer as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will
be
deemed to include the Designation of all of the Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary.
All Designations and Revocations must be evidenced by resolutions of the
Board
of Directors of the Issuer, delivered to the Trustee certifying compliance
with
the preceding provisions.
Section
3.12 Limitation
on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries.
(a) Except
as
provided in paragraph (b) below, the Issuer will not, and will not
cause or
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create
or
otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any encumbrance or
restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
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pay
dividends or make any other distributions on or in respect of its
Capital
Stock to the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary or pay any
Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or any other Restricted
Subsidiary;
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make
loans or advances to the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary;
or
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transfer
any of its property or assets to the Issuer or any other Restricted
Subsidiary.
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(b) Paragraph (a)
above will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by
reason
of:
(1)
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applicable
law;
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(2)
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this
Indenture;
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(3)
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any
encumbrances or restrictions in effect as of the Issue Date and
any
encumbrances or restrictions contained in extensions, refinancings,
renewals or replacements of any Indebtedness outstanding on the
Issue Date
that are not materially more restrictive than those in existence
on the
Issue Date;
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customary
non-assignment provisions of any contract and customary provisions
restricting assignment or subletting in any lease governing a leasehold
interest of any Restricted Subsidiary, or any customary restriction
on the
ability of a Restricted Subsidiary to dividend, distribute or otherwise
transfer any asset which secures Indebtedness secured by a Lien,
in each
case permitted to be Incurred under the
Indenture;
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any
instrument governing Acquired Indebtedness not Incurred in connection
with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, the relevant acquisition,
merger or consolidation, which encumbrance or restriction is not
applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person,
other
than the Person or the properties or assets of the Person so
acquired;
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restrictions
with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer imposed pursuant
to
a binding agreement which has been entered into for the sale or
disposition of Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary;
provided,
that such restrictions apply solely to the Capital Stock or assets
of such
Restricted Subsidiary being sold;
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(7)
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customary
restrictions imposed on the transfer of copyrighted or patented
materials;
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arising
in connection with the Incurrence of Indebtedness of a Note Guarantor
after the Issue Date; provided,
that such encumbrances or restrictions (i) relate solely to such
Note
Guarantor, are required in order to effect such financing and are
not more
restrictive on the ability of such Note Guarantor to make the payments,
distributions, loans, advances or transfers referred to above than
necessarily and customarily accepted and (ii) the proposed encumbrances
or
restrictions, taken together with other encumbrances or restrictions
on
the payments, distributions, loans, advances or transfers referred
to
above in effect with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries, do not
prevent
the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer from making distributions
to the
Issuer sufficient to pay amounts payable in respect of its Indebtedness
due during the 12 month period immediately following the Incurrence
of
such Indebtedness;
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(9)
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arising
in connection with the Incurrence of Indebtedness by a Permitted
Joint
Venture after the Issue Date, provided,
that such encumbrances or restrictions are required in order to
effect
such financing and are not more restrictive on the ability of the
applicable Permitted Joint Venture to make the payments, distributions,
loans, advances or transfers referred to above than necessarily
and
customarily accepted; or
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(10)
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customary
provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past
practice.
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Nothing
contained in this Section
3.12
shall
prevent the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from (1) creating,
incurring, assuming or suffering to exist any Liens otherwise permitted by
Section
3.13 or
(2) restricting the sale or other disposition of property or assets
of the
Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that secure Indebtedness provided
such restriction is otherwise permitted by Section
3.13.
Section
3.13 Limitation
on Liens.
(1) The Issuer will not, and will not cause or permit any
of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Liens of any
kind
against or upon any of the Collateral or any proceeds therefrom (except for
Collateral Permitted Liens), or
(2)
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The
Issuer will not, and will not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, directly or indirectly, incur any Liens of any kind securing
Indebtedness against or upon any assets or property other than
the
Collateral or any proceeds therefrom (except for Permitted Liens)
unless
contemporaneously therewith effective provision is made to secure
the
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Notes,
or
in the case of a Note Guarantor, the relevant Note Guarantee, and all other
amounts due under this Indenture equally and ratably with such Indebtedness
or
other obligation (or, in the event that such Indebtedness is subordinated
in
right of payment to the Notes or the relevant Note Guarantee, as the case
may
be, prior to such Indebtedness or other obligation) with a Lien on the same
properties and assets securing such Indebtedness or other obligation for
so long
as such Indebtedness or other obligation is secured by such Lien.
Section
3.14 Limitation
on Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) The
Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, enter into any transaction or series of related
transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or
exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with, or for the
benefit of, any of its Affiliates (each an “Affiliate
Transaction”),
unless:
(i) the
terms
of such Affiliate Transaction are no less favorable than those that could
reasonably be expected to be obtained in a comparable transaction, at the
time
such transaction was entered into, on an arm’s-length basis from a Person that
is not an Affiliate of the Issuer;
(ii) in
the
event that such Affiliate Transaction involves aggregate payments, or transfers
of property or services with a Fair Market Value, in excess of $5 million,
the
terms of such Affiliate Transaction will be approved by a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors of the Issuer (including a majority of
the
disinterested members thereof), the approval to be evidenced by a Board
Resolution stating that the Board of Directors has determined that such
transaction complies with the preceding provisions; and
(iii) in
the
event that such Affiliate Transaction involves aggregate payments, or transfers
of property or services with a Fair Market Value, in excess of $10 million,
the
Issuer will, prior to the consummation thereof, obtain a favorable opinion
as to
the fairness of such Affiliate Transaction to the Issuer and the relevant
Restricted Subsidiary (if any) from a financial point of view from an
Independent Financial Advisor and file the same with the Trustee.
(b) Section
3.14(a)
above
will not apply to:
(i) Affiliate
Transactions with or among the Issuer and any Restricted Subsidiary or between
or among Restricted Subsidiaries, excluding any Affiliate Transaction with
a
Restricted Subsidiary in which Vitro or any of its Affiliates directly or
indirectly own any Capital Stock (other than by virtue of ownership by the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries or the issuance to Vitro or any of
its
Affiliates of any nominal shares of the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries
as
required by applicable law);
(ii) reasonable
fees and compensation paid to, and any indemnity provided on behalf of,
officers, directors, employees, consultants or agents of the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary as determined in good faith by the Issuer’s Board of
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Directors
(including contributions to employee stock option plans maintained by Vitro
and
its Subsidiaries);
(iii) Affiliate
Transactions undertaken in the ordinary course of business pursuant to any
contractual obligations or rights in existence on the Issue Date (as in effect
on the Issue Date) or any amendments, extensions or renewals of such contractual
obligations on comparable terms;
(iv) any
Restricted Payments made in compliance with Section
3.8;
(v) loans
and
advances to officers, directors and employees of the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary for travel, entertainment, moving and other relocation expenses,
in
each case made in the ordinary course of business and not exceeding $300,000
outstanding at any one time;
(vi) Affiliate
Transactions on an arm’s-length basis with Vitro or any Subsidiary of Vitro
(other than the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) that consist of (1) the
purchase or sales of goods and services (including accounting services) or
the
leasing of real estate or equipment in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice; (2) payments
made to Vitro or its Subsidiaries relating to the use and development of
intellectual property; and (3) purchases,
leases or sales of assets (other than Collateral or land held by any Subsidiary
(i) the Capital Stock of which is pledged or required to be pledged or (ii)
the
Real Property of which is mortgaged or required to be mortgaged as described
under “Security”) up to an aggregate amount of $15 million in any fiscal
year;
(vii) (A)
the
assumption of the rights and obligations under a lease agreement relating
to an
airplane pursuant to which aggregate annual payments of approximately $7
million
will be made, (B) the use of the airplane identified in the prior
clause (A), or any replacement airplane, by customers, directors and
officers of Vitro and its Affiliates, and (C) performance under outsourcing
agreement entered into for hangar, maintenance, repair and operating services
relating to the airplane identified in clause (A), or any replacement airplane,
involving aggregate annual payments of up to $8 million;
(viii) (A) loans,
advances or other extensions of credits (including guarantees) by Vitro or
its
Affiliates made to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries and any payments
made
in connection therewith, and (B) any hedging agreements or arrangements entered
into between Vitro or its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Issuer or
any of
its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, and any payments made in connection
therewith, in each case so long as the terms thereof are no less favorable
to
the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries than could have been obtained
on an
arm’s-length basis;
(ix) any
management, administrative, information technology or similar services performed
by Vitro or its Affiliates for the benefit of the Issuer or any of its
Subsidiaries, and any payments made in connection therewith, so long as the
aggregate amount of all payments made pursuant to this clause (ix) in any
calendar year
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does
not
exceed 1.75% of the net sales of the Issuer (determined on a consolidated
basis)
for such year; and
(x) services
rendered by Vitro or its Affiliates for the benefit of the Issuer or any
of its
Subsidiaries, and any payments in connection therewith not in excess of Vitro's
or its Affiliates' cost of rendering such services, including, without
limitation, payments made by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries in connection
with (i) information technology services, (ii) the salaries of Vitro's Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and (iii) Clinica Vitro, El Xxxxxxx
and
Vitro Club.
Section
3.15 Conduct
of Business.
The
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not engage in any business other
than a Permitted Business, except that the Issuer and any Restricted Subsidiary
may acquire a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date that is engaged
in a
business other than a Permitted Business so long as it is principally engaged
in
a Permitted Business.
Section
3.16 Reports
to Holders.
Notwithstanding that the Issuer may not be subject to the reporting requirements
of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, so long as any Notes remain
outstanding, the Issuer will provide the Trustee and the Holders
with:
(1)
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with
respect to Vitro,
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(A)
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annual
reports on Form 20-F (or any successor form) of Vitro containing
the
information required to be contained therein (or such successor
form) as
well as (x) segment disclosure with respect to the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries substantially similar to that provided
in the
annual report on Form 20-F for Vitro for the year ended December
31, 2002
and (y) additional information with respect to the Issuer’s and its
Subsidiaries in the section “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects” of such annual reports that would substantially comply with
“Item 5.A. Operating Results” (including a discussion of net sales, cost
of sales, general, administrative and selling expenses, operating
income
and net income for applicable periods) and “Item 5.B. Liquidity and
capital resources” as applied to the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, within
the time period required under the rules of the SEC for the filing
of Form
20-F (or any successor form) by foreign private issuers subject
thereto,
and
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(B)
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reports
on Form 6-K (or any successor form) of Vitro including, whether
or not
required, unaudited quarterly financial statements (which shall
include at
least a balance sheet, income statement and statement of changes
in
financial position, in each case prepared in accordance with Mexican
GAAP
as in effect from time to time) along with other financial information
and
a discussion of results in each case with (i) at least the level
of
information provided by Vitro in its Form 6-K for the second quarter
of
2003 and (ii) a discussion of net sales, cost of sales, general,
administrative and selling expenses, operating income and net income
of
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the
Issuer and its Subsidiaries covering the periods for which the discussion
of
results is presented for Vitro, within 45 days after the end of each of the
first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, and
(2)
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with
respect to the Issuer, audited annual and unaudited quarterly financial
statements (which will include at least a balance sheet, income
statement
and statement of changes in financial position and notes thereto,
in each
case prepared in accordance with Mexican GAAP with an explanation
of the
principal differences between Mexican GAAP and U.S. GAAP ,in each
case as
in effect from time to time), in each case in English and in content
comparable to that required under Regulation S-X and Regulation
S-K of the
SEC, with respect to any audited annual financial statements, within
the
time period required under the rules of the SEC for the filing
of Form
20-F (or any successor form) by foreign private issuers subject
thereto or
with respect to any unaudited quarterly financial statements, within
45
days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of
each
fiscal year.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if at any time the Issuer is subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it shall
file with
the SEC the information described above in clause (1) with respect to itself,
in
which case it shall not be required to also provide the information described
above in clause (2).
In
addition, at any time when the Issuer is not subject to or is not current
in its
reporting obligations under clause (2) above, the Issuer will make
available, upon request, to any Holder and any prospective purchaser of Notes
the information required pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities
Act.
Section
3.17 Payment
of Additional Amounts.
(a) All
payments by the Issuer in respect of the Notes or by a Note Guarantor in
respect
of its Note Guarantee shall be made free and clear of and without deduction
or
withholding for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties,
assessments, fees or other governmental charges (“Taxes”)
imposed or levied by or on behalf of Mexico or any political subdivision
or
taxing authority thereof or therein or of any other jurisdiction in which
the
Issuer or any Note Guarantor is incorporated (any of the aforementioned,
a
“Taxing
Jurisdiction”),
unless such withholding or deduction is required by law.
(b) Subject
to Section
3.17(c),
if the
Issuer or a Note Guarantor is required by the law of any Taxing Jurisdiction
to
make any such withholding or deduction, the Issuer or such Note Guarantor
shall
pay to any Holder such additional amounts (“Additional
Amounts”)
as may
be necessary so that every net payment made by the Issuer on such Note or
by
such Note Guarantor in respect of its Note Guarantee after deduction or
withholding for or on account of any such Taxes shall not be less than the
amount then due and payable on such Note.
(c) The
obligation to pay Additional Amounts set forth in Section
3.17(b)
shall
not apply to:
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any
tax, duty, assessment, fee or other governmental charge that would
not
have been imposed but for the existence of any present or former
connection, including a permanent establishment or fixed base,
between
such Holder (or the beneficial owner of such Note) and Mexico other
than
the mere receipt of such payment or the ownership or holding of
such Note;
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(2)
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any
tax, duty, assessment, fee or other governmental charge that would
not
have been imposed but for the presentation by the Holder of such
Note for
payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which such
payment
became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is
duly
provided for, whichever occurs later;
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any
estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or
similar
tax, assessment or other governmental
charge;
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except
in the case of liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Issuer,
any
tax, duty, assessment, fee or other governmental charge imposed
in
connection with a Note presented for payment by or on behalf of
a Holder
or beneficial owner who would have been able to avoid such tax
by
presenting the relevant Note to, or otherwise accepting payment
from,
another Paying Agent; or
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any
tax, duty, assessment, fee or other governmental charge or increase
thereof to the extent that such amount would not have been imposed
or
increased but for the failure of the Holder or the beneficial owner
of
such Note to
comply with any applicable certification, documentation, information
or
other reporting requirement required by an applicable treaty, by
law, or
by regulation or administrative practice concerning the nationality,
residence, identity or connection with the taxing jurisdiction
of the
Holder or beneficial owner of such Note.
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(d) At
least
30 calendar days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect
to the Notes is due and payable (or, as early as practicable, if the obligation
to pay Additional Amounts arises after the 30th day prior to such date),
if the
Issuer or a Note Guarantor will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with
respect to such payment in an amount different than the Additional Amounts
payable on the date hereof, the Issuer or such Note Guarantor shall deliver
to
the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating the fact that such Additional
Amounts will be payable and the amounts so payable, and setting forth such
other
information necessary to enable the Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts
to
Holders on the payment date. Copies of such Officers’ Certificate shall be made
available to the Paying Agent upon request therefor. In the absence of any
such
certificate, the Trustee and the Paying Agent may assume that no such deduction
or withholding shall be required. The Issuer agrees to indemnify the Trustee
and
the Paying Agent for, and to hold each harmless against, any loss, liability
or
expense incurred without bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection
with actions taken or omitted by them in reliance, absent manifest error,
on any
certificate furnished pursuant to this Section
3.17(d) or
not
furnished. Any certificate required by this Section
3.17(d)
to be
provided to the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall be deemed to be duly provided
if telecopied to, and received by, the Trustee. The obligations of the Issuer
under this Section
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3.17(d)
shall
survive the payment of the Notes, the resignation or removal of the Trustee
or
the Paying Agent, as the case may be, and/or the termination of this
Indenture.
(e) The
Issuer or Note Guarantor, as the case may be, shall provide to the Trustee
and
Paying Agent documentation evidencing payment of withholding taxes within
30 days after payment thereof. Copies of such documentation shall
be made
available to Holders upon written request therefor.
(f) The
Issuer or a Note Guarantor will pay any stamp, issue, registration, documentary
or other similar taxes and duties, including interest and penalties in Mexico
or
the United States or any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority
of or
in the foregoing in respect of the creation, issue and initial offering of
the
Notes.
(g) Whenever
in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context:
(i) the
payment of principal, interest or additional interest on the Notes;
(ii) redemption
or repurchase prices in respect of the Notes; or
(iii) any
other
amount payable on or with respect to any of the Notes,
such
reference will be deemed to include payment of Additional Amounts as described
under this Section
3.17
to the
extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable
in respect thereof.
Section
3.18 Change
of Control.
(a) Upon
the
occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the right to require
that the Issuer purchase all or a portion (in integral multiples of $1,000)
of
the Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of purchase
(the “Change
of Control Payment”).
(b) Within
20
days following the date upon which the Change of Control occurred, the Issuer
shall mail to each Holder a Change of Control Notice, with a copy to the
Trustee, offering to purchase the Notes as described above (a “Change
of Control Offer”).
The
Change of Control Notice shall state, in addition to the things specified
in the
definition thereof, the purchase date, which must be a Business Day no earlier
than 30 calendar days nor later than 60 calendar days from the date the Change
of Control Notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the
“Change
of Control Payment Date”).
(c) On
the
Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer shall, to the extent lawful:
(i) accept
for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered and not withdrawn
pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
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(ii) deposit
with the Paying Agent funds in an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment
in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered; and
(iii) deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with
an
Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or
portions thereof being purchased by the Issuer.
If
only a
portion of a Note is purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer, a new
Note
in a principal amount equal to the portion thereof not purchased will be
issued
in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note
(or
appropriate adjustments to the amount and beneficial interests in a Global
Note
will be made, as appropriate). Notes (or portions thereof) purchased pursuant
to
a Change of Control Offer will be cancelled and cannot be reissued.
(d) The
Issuer will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange
Act and any other applicable securities laws and regulations in connection
with
the purchase of Notes in connection with a Change of Control Offer. To the
extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict
with
this Section
3.18,
the
Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and
will
not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Indenture by doing
so.
Section
3.19 Maintenance
of
Properties and Insurance.
The
Issuer shall, at all times, make or cause to be made such expenditures by
means
of renewals, replacements, repairs, maintenance or otherwise take such action
as
shall be necessary to maintain, preserve and keep all of its Real Property
and
machinery and equipment comprising Collateral or Collateral Assets in good
working order, condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear excepted), in
a
state of good operating efficiency, and shall not commit any waste on or
with
respect to any such Collateral or Collateral Asset or any other Collateral
or
Collateral Asset.
The
Issuer will provide or cause to be provided, for itself and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, insurance (including appropriate self-insurance) covering physical
loss or damage to the Collateral and the Collateral Assets, as is consistent
with its recent past practices.
Section
3.20 Registration.
The
Issuer will take all steps necessary to complete registration of the Notes
with
the Special Section of the National Registry of Securities and Intermediaries.
ARTICLE
IV
MERGER,
CONSOLIDATION, ETC.
Section
4.1 Limitation
on Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets.
(a) The
Issuer will not, in a single transaction or series of related transactions,
consolidate or merge with or into any Person (whether or not the Issuer is
the
surviving or continuing Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey
or
otherwise dispose of (or cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to sell,
assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of) all or substantially
all of the Issuer’s properties and assets (determined on a consolidated basis
for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries), to any Person
unless:
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(i) either:
(A) the
Issuer will be the surviving or continuing corporation, or
(B) the
Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by such consolidation or into which
the
Issuer is merged or the Person which acquires by sale, assignment, transfer,
lease, conveyance or other disposition the properties and assets of the Issuer
and of the Issuer’s Restricted Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety (the
“Successor
Issuer”):
(x) shall
be
a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of Mexico,
and
(y) will
expressly assume, by supplemental indenture (in form and substance satisfactory
to the Trustee), executed and delivered to the Trustee and by any other
documents required under the Collateral Documents, the due and punctual payment
of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on all of the Notes
and
the performance and observance of every covenant of the Notes, the Indenture
and
the Collateral Documents on the part of the Issuer to be performed or
observed;
(ii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by
Section
4.1(a)(i)(B)(y)
above
(including giving effect on a pro forma basis to any Indebtedness, including
any
Acquired Indebtedness, Incurred or anticipated to be Incurred in connection
with
or in respect of such transaction), the Issuer or such Successor Issuer,
as the
case may be:
(A) will
have
a Consolidated Net Worth equal to or greater than the Consolidated Net Worth
of
the Issuer immediately prior to such transaction, and
(B) will
be
able to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section
3.6(1).
(iii) immediately
before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the
assumption contemplated by Section
4.1(a)(i)(B)(y)
above
(including, without limitation, giving effect on a pro forma basis to any
Indebtedness, including any Acquired Indebtedness, Incurred or anticipated
to be
Incurred and any Lien granted in connection with or in respect of the
transaction), no Default or Event of Default has occurred or be
continuing;
(iv) the
Issuer or the Successor Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the consolidation,
merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition
and,
if required in connection with such transaction, the supplemental indenture,
comply with the applicable provisions of the Indenture and that all conditions
precedent in the Indenture relating to the transaction have been satisfied;
and
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(v) each
Note
Guarantor (including Persons that become Note Guarantors as a result of the
transaction) has confirmed by supplemental indenture that its Note Guarantee
will apply for the Obligations of the Successor Issuer in respect of this
Indenture and the Notes.
For
purposes of this Section
4.1,
the
transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction
or
series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or
assets
of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer, the Capital Stock of
which
constitutes all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Issuer
(determined on a consolidated basis for the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries), will be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially
all of
the properties and assets of the Issuer; provided
that the
provisions of Section
4.1(a)(i)
and
Section
4.1(a)(v)
shall
not apply in respect of any such transaction to any Person (other than the
Issuer) that otherwise would be a surviving or continuing corporation subject
to
Section
4.1(a)(i)(A)
or that
would be required to assume the indenture subject to Section
4.1(a)(i)(B),
to the
extent such Person is or becomes a Note Guarantor in accordance with
Section
4.1(d)(i)
below.
(b) The
provisions of Section
4.1(B)(B)
above
will not apply to:
(i) any
transfer of the properties or assets of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary
to
the Issuer or a Note Guarantor;
(ii) any
merger of a Restricted Subsidiary into the Issuer or a Note
Guarantor;
(iii) any
merger of the Issuer into a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Issuer created
for
the purpose of holding the Capital Stock of the Issuer,
so
long
as, in each case the Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries
taken as a whole is not increased thereby and such transferee or surviving
or
continuing person, as applicable, assumes the Obligations under and becomes
a
party to the applicable Collateral Documents in accordance with the terms
thereof.
(c) Upon
any
consolidation, combination or merger or any transfer of all or substantially
all
of the properties and assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries
in
accordance with this Section
4.1,
in
which the Issuer is not the continuing corporation, the Successor Issuer
formed
by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or to which such
conveyance, lease or transfer is made will succeed to, and be substituted
for,
and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under the Indenture
and
the Notes with the same effect as if such Successor Issuer had been named
as
such. Compliance with this Section
4.1
will not
affect the obligations of the Issuer (including a Successor Issuer, if
applicable) under Section
3.18,
if
applicable.
(d) Each
Note
Guarantor will not, and the Issuer will not cause or permit any Note Guarantor
to, consolidate with or merge into, or sell or dispose of all or substantially
all of its assets to, any Person (other than the Issuer) that is not a Note
Guarantor unless:
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(i) such
Person (if such Person is the surviving entity) assumes all of the obligations
of such Note Guarantor in respect of its Note Guarantee by executing a
supplemental indenture and providing the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate
and Opinion of Counsel, and such transaction is otherwise in compliance with
the
Indenture and assumes the obligations under and becomes a party to the
Collateral Documents to which such Note Guarantor is a party in accordance
with
the terms thereof;
(ii) such
Note
Guarantee is to be released as provided under Article
X;
or
(iii) such
sale
or other disposition of substantially all of such Note Guarantor’s assets is
made in accordance with Section
3.9.
ARTICLE
V
OPTIONAL
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
Section
5.1 Optional
Redemption.
The
Issuer may redeem the Notes, as a whole or from time to time in part, subject
to
the conditions and at the redemption prices specified in the form of Notes
in
Exhibit A.
Section
5.2 Election
to Redeem.
The
Issuer shall evidence its election to redeem any Notes pursuant to Section
5.1
by a
Board Resolution.
Section
5.3 Notice
of
Redemption.
(a) The
Issuer shall give or cause the Trustee, at the Issuer’s expense, to give notice
of redemption (which notice will be irrevocable) in the manner provided for
in
Section
12.1,
not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each
Holder
of Notes to be redeemed. If the Issuer itself gives the notice, it shall
also
deliver a copy to the Trustee.
(b) If
either
(i) the Issuer is not redeeming all Outstanding Notes, or (ii) the
Issuer elects to have the Trustee give notice of redemption, then the Issuer
shall deliver to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date
(unless the Trustee is satisfied with a shorter period), an Officers’
Certificate requesting that the Trustee select the Notes to be redeemed and/or
give notice of redemption and setting forth the information required by
paragraph (c) of this Section
5.3
(with
the exception of the identification of the particular Notes, or portions
of the
particular Notes, to be redeemed in the case of a redemption of all of the
Outstanding Notes). If the Issuer elects to have the Trustee give notice
of
redemption, the Trustee shall give the notice in the name of the Issuer and
at
the Issuer’s expense.
(c) All
notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the
Redemption Date,
(ii) the
redemption price and the amount of any accrued interest payable as provided
in
Section
5.6,
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(iii) whether
or not the Issuer is redeeming all Outstanding Notes,
(iv) if
the
Issuer is not redeeming all Outstanding Notes, the aggregate principal amount
of
Notes that the Issuer is redeeming and the aggregate principal amount of
Notes
that will be Outstanding after the partial redemption, as well as the
identification of the particular Notes, or portions of the particular Notes,
that the Issuer is redeeming,
(v) if
the
Issuer is redeeming only part of a Note, the notice that relates to that
Note
shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of that
Note,
the Holder will receive, without charge, a new Note or Notes of authorized
denominations for the principal amount of the Note remaining
unredeemed,
(vi) that
on
the Redemption Date the redemption price and any accrued interest payable
to the
Redemption Date as provided in Section
5.6
will
become due and payable in respect of each Note, or the portion of each Note,
to
be redeemed, and, unless the Issuer defaults in making the redemption payment,
that interest on each Note, or the portion of each Note, to be redeemed,
will
cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date,
(vii) the
place
or places where a Holder must surrender the Holder’s Notes for payment of the
redemption price, and
(viii) the
CUSIP
or ISIN number, if any, listed in the notice or printed on the Notes, and
that
no representation is made as to the accuracy or correctness of such CUSIP
or
ISIN number.
Section
5.4 Selection
of Notes to Be Redeemed in Part.
(a) If
the
Issuer is not redeeming all Outstanding Notes, the Trustee shall select the
Notes to be redeemed in compliance with the requirements of the principal
securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed and of which the
Issuer has provided written notice to the Trustee or, if the Notes are not
then
listed on a securities exchange, on a pro
rata
basis,
by lot or by any other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate;
provided,
however,
that if
a partial redemption is made with the proceeds of a Public Equity Offering,
selection of the Notes, or portions of the Notes, for redemption shall be
made
by the Trustee only on a pro
rata
basis or
on as nearly a pro
rata
basis as
is practicable (subject to the procedures of DTC), unless that method is
prohibited. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the
Notes
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Notes selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed. In the event
of a
partial redemption by lot, the Trustee shall select the particular Notes
to be
redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the relevant Redemption
Date from the Outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption. The
Issuer
may redeem Notes in denominations of $1,000 or less only in whole. The Trustee
may select for redemption portions (equal to $1,000 or any integral multiple
of
$1,000) of the principal of Notes that have denominations larger than
$1,000.
(b) For
all
purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all
provisions relating to redemption of Notes shall relate, in the case of any
Note
redeemed or to
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be
redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of that Note
which
has been or is to be redeemed.
Section
5.5 Deposit
of Redemption Price.
Prior
to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the relevant Redemption Date,
the
Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the
Issuer
is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section
2.4)
an
amount of money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay the redemption
price of, and accrued interest on, all the Notes that the Issuer is redeeming
on
that date.
Section
5.6 Notes
Payable on Redemption Date.
If the
Issuer, or the Trustee on behalf of the Issuer, gives notice of redemption
in
accordance with this Article V,
the
Notes, or the portions of Notes, called for redemption, shall, on the Redemption
Date, become due and payable at the redemption price specified in the notice
(together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date), and from
and
after the Redemption Date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment
of the
redemption price and accrued interest) the Notes or the portions of Notes
shall
cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any Note for redemption in accordance
with the notice, the Issuer shall pay the Notes at the redemption price,
together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date (subject to
the
rights of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest
due
on the relevant Interest Payment Date). If the Issuer shall fail to pay any
Note
called for redemption upon its surrender for redemption, the principal shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the
Notes.
Section
5.7 Unredeemed
Portions of Partially Redeemed Note.
Upon
surrender of a Note that is to be redeemed in part, the Issuer shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the
Holder
of the Note at the expense of the Issuer, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized
denomination as requested by the Holder, in an aggregate principal amount
equal
to, and in exchange for, the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Note
surrendered, provided
that
each new Note will be in a principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiple
of
$1,000 (or appropriate adjustments to the amount and beneficial interests
in a
Global Note will be made, as appropriate).
ARTICLE
VI
DEFAULTS
AND REMEDIES
Section
6.1 Events
of Default.
(a) Each
of
the following is an “Event
of Default”:
(i) default
in the payment when due of the principal of or premium, if any, on any Notes,
including the failure to make a required payment to purchase Notes tendered
pursuant to an optional redemption, Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale
Offer;
(ii) default
for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest or Additional Amounts
on
any Notes;
(iii) the
failure to perform or comply with any of the provisions described in
Section
4.1;
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(iv) the
failure by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to comply with any other
covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or the Notes for 30 days
or
more after written notice to the Issuer from the Trustee or the Holders of
at
least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes;
(v) default
by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary under any Indebtedness
which:
(A) is
caused
by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such
Indebtedness prior to the expiration of any applicable grace period provided
in
such Indebtedness on the date of such default; or
(B) results
in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its Stated
Maturity;
and
the
principal or accreted amount of Indebtedness covered by (A) or (B) at the
relevant time, aggregates $25 million or more;
(vi) failure
by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay one or more final
judgments against any of them, aggregating $25 million or more, which
judgment(s) are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days or
more;
(vii) a
court
having jurisdiction in the premises enters a decree or order for (A) relief
in
respect of the Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or group of
Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary)
in
an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar
law of Mexico or the United States now or hereafter in effect, (B) appointment
of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, síndico,
sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries (or group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute
a
Significant Subsidiary) or for all or substantially all of the property and
assets of the Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or group of
Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary)
or
(C) the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer or any of
its
Significant Subsidiaries (or group of Subsidiaries that, taken together,
would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary) and, in each case, such decree or order
shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive
days;
(viii) the
Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or group of Subsidiaries that,
taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) (A) commences
a
voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, suspension of
payments or other similar law of Mexico or the United States now or hereafter
in
effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary
case
under any such law, (B) consents to the appointment of or taking possession
by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, síndico,
sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries (or group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute
a
Significant Subsidiary) or for all or substantially all of the property and
assets of the Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or group of
Subsidiaries that, taken
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together,
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), (C) effects any general assignment
for the benefit of creditors, (D) files a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or relief under any Bankruptcy Law or (E) approves any plan
or
proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Issuer or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries (or group of Subsidiaries that, taken together,
would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary);
(ix) except
as
permitted by the Indenture, any Note Guarantee is held to be unenforceable
or
invalid in a judicial proceeding or ceases for any reason to be in full force
and effect or any Note Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Note
Guarantor, denies or disaffirms such Note Guarantor’s obligations under its Note
Guarantee; or
(x) any
(A)
breach by the Issuer or any Grantor Subsidiary party thereto of any
representation or warranty set forth in the Collateral Documents, (B) default
by
the Issuer or any Grantor Subsidiary party thereto in the performance of
any
covenant set forth in the Collateral Documents, or (C) repudiation by the
Issuer
or any Grantor Subsidiary party thereto of its obligations under the Collateral
Documents or the unenforceability of any of the Collateral Documents against
the
Issuer or any Grantor Subsidiary party thereto for any reason; provided,
that
any or all of the occurrences set forth in (A) through (C) taken together,
relate to Collateral the aggregate value of which is in excess of $25 million
($12.5 million with respect to breaches and defaults specified in (A) or
(B)
that relate to the enforceability, perfection or priority of any security
interest in Collateral or the existence of a Lien on Collateral other than
a
Collateral Permitted Lien or any repudiation specified in (C)); provided further,
that
solely in the case of (A) or (B) with respect to any breach or default that
does
not relate to the
enforceability, perfection or priority of the security interest granted in
Collateral or the existence of an Lien on Collateral other than a Collateral
Permitted Lien, such
breach or default remains uncured for a period of 30 days after notice is
provided thereof by the Trustee or a Holder of the Notes.
Each
of
the foregoing will constitute an Event of Default whatever the reason for
any
such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is 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.
(b) The
Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event
within
10 days after the Issuer becomes aware or should reasonably become aware
of any
Default or Event of Default, written notice in the form of an Officer’s
Certificate of any Default or Event of Default, its status and what action
the
Issuer is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof. In addition, the
Issuer
shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal
year,
an Officers’ Certificate indicating whether the signers thereof know of any
Default or Event of Default that occurred during the previous fiscal
year.
Section
6.2 Acceleration.
(a) If
an
Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section
6.1(a)(vii)
or
Section
6.1(a)(viii)
above
with respect to the Issuer) shall occur and be continuing,
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the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of Outstanding
Notes
may declare the unpaid principal of (and premium, if any) and accrued and
unpaid
interest on all the Notes to be immediately due and payable by notice in
writing
to the Issuer and the Trustee specifying the Event of Default and that it
is a
“notice of acceleration.” If an Event of Default specified in Section
6.1(a)(vii)
or
Section
6.1(a)(viii)
above
occurs with respect to the Issuer, then the unpaid principal of (and premium,
if
any) and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Notes will become immediately
due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee
or any Holder.
(b) At
any
time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Notes as set
forth
in Section
6.2(a),
the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may rescind and cancel
such declaration and its consequences:
(i) if
the
rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree;
(ii) if
all
existing Events of Default have been cured or waived, except nonpayment of
principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration;
(iii) to
the
extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments
of interest and overdue principal, which has become due otherwise than by
such
declaration of acceleration, has been paid; and
(iv) if
the
Issuer has paid the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
No
rescission will affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default or impair
any
rights relating thereto.
Section
6.3 Other
Remedies.
(a) If
an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, subject to the provisions of the
Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee may pursue any
available remedy to collect the payment of principal of and interest on the
Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this
Indenture.
(b) The
Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the
Notes
or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by
the
Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an
Event
of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of
or
acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other
remedy. All available remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by
law.
Section
6.4 Waiver
of Past Defaults.
The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may waive any existing
Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except a default in the
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes.
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Section
6.5 Control
by Majority.
The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may direct
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee.
Subject to Section
7.1
and
Section
7.2,
however, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with
law
or this Indenture; provided,
however,
that
the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is
not
inconsistent with such direction.
Section
6.6 Limitation
on Suits.
(a) Subject
to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee,
the
Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under
this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders,
unless
such Holders have offered to the Trustee an indemnity reasonably satisfactory
to
it. Except as otherwise provided herein, and subject to applicable law, the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding
Notes 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.
(b) Subject
to the terms of the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement, no Holder
of
any Notes will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to
this
Indenture or for any remedy hereunder, unless:
(i) such
Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of
Default;
(ii) Holders
of at least 25% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes make a
written
request to pursue the remedy;
(iii) such
Holders of the Notes provide to the Trustee an indemnity reasonably satisfactory
to it;
(iv) the
Trustee does not comply within 60 days; and
(v) during
such 60 day period the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the
then Outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a written direction which,
in the
opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with the request;
provided,
that a
Holder of a Note may institute suit for enforcement of payment of the principal
of or interest on such Note on or after the respective dates on which such
payment is due as set forth in such Note.
Section
6.7 Rights
of
Holders to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture (including, without
limitation, Section
6.6),
the
right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of or interest on the
Notes
held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates, Redemption Dates
or
repurchase date expressed in this Indenture or the Notes, or to bring suit
for
the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall
not
be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
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Section
6.8 Collection
Suit by Trustee.
If an
Event of Default specified in Section
6.1(a)(i)
and
Section
6.1(a)(ii)
occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as
trustee of an express trust against the Issuer and each Note Guarantor for
the
whole amount then due and owing (together with applicable interest on any
overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest on overdue interest)
and
the amounts provided for in Section
7.7.
Section
6.9 Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim, etc.
(a) The
Trustee may (irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes is then
due):
(i) file
such
proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable
in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders under this Indenture
and the Notes allowed in any bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or other
judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer, any Note Guarantor or any
Subsidiary of the Issuer or their respective creditors or properties;
and
(ii) collect
and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable in respect
of
any such claims and distribute them in accordance with this
Indenture.
Any
receiver, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) in
any
such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments
to the
Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of
such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to
it for
the compensation agreed to by the Issuer, expenses, taxes, disbursements
and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due
to
the Trustee pursuant to Section
7.7.
To the
extent that the payment of any such reasonable compensation, expenses, taxes,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any
other
amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to Section
7.7
hereof
out of the estate and any such proceeding, will be denied for any reason,
payment of the same will be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends,
money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to
receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of
reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.
(b) Nothing
in this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes
or
the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect
of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section
6.10 Priorities.
If the
Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article VI,
it
shall pay out the money or property in the following order:
FIRST:
to
the Trustee for amounts due under Section
7.7;
SECOND:
if the Holders proceed against the Issuer directly without the Trustee in
accordance with this Indenture, to Holders for their collection
costs;
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THIRD:
to
Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal and interest,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts
due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, respectively;
and
FOURTH:
to the Issuer or, to the extent the Trustee collects any amount pursuant
to
Article
X
from any
Note Guarantor, to such Note Guarantor, or to such party as a court of competent
jurisdiction shall direct.
The
Trustee may, upon notice to the Issuer, fix a record date and payment date
for
any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section
6.10.
Section
6.11 Undertaking
for Costs.
In any
suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in
any
suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee,
each
party to this Indenture agrees, and each Holder by its acceptance of its
Notes
will be deemed to have agreed, that a court in its discretion may require
the
filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs
of
the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the
party
litigant. This Section
6.11
does not
apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by the Issuer, a suit by a Holder
pursuant to Section
6.7
or a
suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of Outstanding
Notes.
ARTICLE
VII
TRUSTEE
Section
7.1 Duties
of Trustee.
(a) If
a
Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee
shall
exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the
same
degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise
or
use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except
during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default:
(i) 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; and
(ii) in
the
absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to
the
requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of any such certificates
or
opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such certificates and
opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of
this
Indenture.
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(c) The
Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action,
its own
negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except
that:
(i) this
paragraph (c) does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of
this
Section
7.1;
(ii) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith
by a
Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits
to take
in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to
Section
6.2,
Section
6.4
or
Section
6.5.
(d) The
Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except
as
the Trustee may expressly agree in writing with the Issuer.
(e) Money
held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except
to
the extent required by law.
(f) No
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its
own
funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of
its
duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it
shall
have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to
it.
(g) 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 Article VII.
(h) Unless
otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request,
direction or notice from the Issuer shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer
of the Issuer.
(i) The
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the
Holders
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’
fees and expenses) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance
with such request or direction.
Section
7.2 Rights
of Trustee.
Subject
to Section
7.1:
(a) The
Trustee may conclusively rely on any document reasonably believed by it to
be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee
need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before
the Trustee acts or refrains from acting at the direction of the Issuer or
any
Note Guarantor, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of
Counsel. The
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Trustee
shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith
in
reliance on an Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers;
provided,
however,
that
the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or
negligence.
(d) The
Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion
of
counsel with respect to matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes
shall
be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect
to
any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel, as the case may
be.
(e) The
Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default
unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless
written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by
the
Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references
the Notes and this Indenture.
(f) The
rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended
to, and
shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder,
and to
each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
(g) The
Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting
forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such
time
to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’
Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’
Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such
certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
Section
7.3 Individual
Rights of Trustee.
The
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee
of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer, the Note Guarantors or any
of
their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
Any
Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar may do the same with like rights.
However, the Trustee must comply with Section
7.10
and
Section
7.11.
Section
7.4 Trustee’s
Disclaimer.
The
Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the
validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable
for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be
responsible for any statement of the Issuer in this Indenture or in any document
issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than
the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication.
Section
7.5 Notice
of Defaults.
If a
Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if a Trust Officer
has
actual knowledge thereof, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice of
the
Default or Event of Default within 90 days after the occurrence thereof.
Except
in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or
interest on any Note (including payments pursuant to the optional redemption
or
required repurchase provisions of such Note, if any), the Trustee shall be
protected in withholding the notice if and so long as its
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board
of
directors, its executive committee, or a committee of its Trust Officers
in good
faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the
Holders.
Section
7.6 Reports
by Trustee to Holders.
The
Trustee shall comply with TIA §313 (with the exception of §313(d)) as if it were
applicable to this Indenture. The Issuer agrees to notify promptly the Trustee
whenever the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting
thereof.
Section
7.7 Compensation
and Indemnity.
(a) The
Issuer shall pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for its
acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the Issuer and the
Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing. The Trustee’s compensation
shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express
trust. The Issuer shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection,
costs of preparing and reviewing reports, certificates and other documents,
costs of preparation and mailing of notices to Holders and reasonable
out-of-pocket costs of counsel retained by the Trustee in connection with
the
delivery of an Opinion of Counsel or otherwise, in addition to the compensation
for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation
and
out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents,
counsel, accountants and experts.
(b) The
Issuer and the Note Guarantors shall jointly and severally indemnify the
Trustee
against any and all loss, liability or expense (including reasonable
out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it without negligence,
willful misconduct or bad faith on its part in connection with the acceptance
and administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder,
including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture (including this
Section
7.7)
and of
defending itself against any claims (whether asserted by any Holder, the
Issuer,
any Note Guarantor or otherwise). The Trustee shall notify the Issuer promptly
of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so
notify the Issuer shall not relieve the Issuer of its obligations hereunder.
The
Issuer shall defend the claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel and
the
Issuer shall pay the reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses of such counsel,
provided
that the
Issuer shall not be required to pay such reasonable out-of-pocket fees and
expenses if it assumes the Trustee’s defense with counsel reasonably acceptable
to and approved by the party so defended, and, in the reasonable judgment
of
outside counsel to the Trustee, there is no conflict of interest between
the
Issuer and the Trustee in connection with such defense. The Issuer need not
reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense
incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own negligence, willful misconduct
or bad faith.
(c) To
secure
the Issuer’s payment obligations in this Section
7.7,
the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held
or
collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay
principal of and interest on particular Notes. The Trustee’s right to receive
payment of any amounts due under this Section
7.7
shall
not be subordinate in right of payment to any other liability or Indebtedness
of
the Issuer.
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(d) The
Issuer’s payment obligations pursuant to this Section
7.7
shall
survive the discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of
the
Trustee. When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of an Event
of
Default under Section
6.1(a)(vii)
or
Section
6.1(a)(viii),
the
expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any
Bankruptcy Law; provided,
however,
that
this shall not affect the Trustee’s rights as set forth in this Section
7.7
or
Section
6.10.
Section
7.8 Replacement
of Trustee.
(a) The
Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer. The Holders of
a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee
by
so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee who shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Issuer. The Issuer shall remove the Trustee
if:
(i) the
Trustee fails to comply with Section
7.10;
(ii) the
Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(iii) a
receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property;
or
(iv) the
Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
(b) If
the
Trustee resigns or is removed by the Issuer or by the Holders of a majority
in
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes and such Holders do not reasonably
promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office
of
the Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein
as the retiring Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee.
(c) A
successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to
the
retiring Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal
of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall
have
all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The
successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring
Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the
successor Trustee, provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have
been
paid to the Trustee and subject to the lien provided for in Section
7.7.
(d) If
a
successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring
Trustee
resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 10% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Notes may petition, at the Issuer’s expense, any court
of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
(e) If
the
Trustee fails to comply with Section
7.10,
any
Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of
the
Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
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(f) Notwithstanding
the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section
7.8,
the
Issuer’s obligations under Section
7.7
shall
continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section
7.9 Successor
Trustee by Merger.
(a) If
the
Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or
substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation
or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation
without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
(b) In
case
at the time such successor or successors to the Trustee shall succeed to
the
trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated
but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate
of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so
authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been
authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes either
in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor
to the
Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force
which
it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate
of the Trustee shall have.
Section
7.10 Eligibility;
Disqualification.
The
Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA §310(a) as if it were
applicable to this Indenture. The Trustee shall have a combined capital and
surplus of at least $150 million as set forth in its most recent published
annual report of condition.
The
Trustee shall comply with TIA §310(b) as if it were applicable to this
Indenture, provided,
however,
that
for purposes of this Indenture, all references in TIA §310(b) to actions by or
application to the SEC shall be deemed deleted; provided, further,
that
there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA §310(b)(1) any indenture or
indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or
participation in other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if the
requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA §310(b)(1) are
met.
Section
7.11 Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Issuer.
The
Trustee shall comply with TIA §311(a) as if it were applicable to this
Indenture, excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA §311(b). A Trustee
who has resigned or been removed shall comply with the requirements of TIA
§311(a) to the extent indicated, as if it were applicable to this
Indenture.
Section
7.12 Appointment
of
Co-Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding
any other provisions in this Indenture, at any time, solely for the purpose
of
meeting the legal requirements of any jurisdiction, the Trustee shall have
the
power and may execute and deliver all instruments necessary to appoint one
or
more Persons to act as separate trustee or trustees or as co-trustee or
co-trustees, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and
subject
to the other provisions of this Indenture, such powers, duties, obligations
and
rights as the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee
hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor
trustee under this Indenture and no notice to Holders of Notes of the
appointment of a separate trustee or co-trustee shall be required under this
Indenture.
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(b) Every
separate trustee or co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(i) all
rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee
shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee
and
such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such
separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without
the
Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of
any
jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed the
Trustee
shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which
event
such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed
singly by such co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the
Trustee;
(ii) no
trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission
of
any other trustee hereunder; and
(iii) the
Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate
trustee
or co-trustee.
(c) Any
written notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed
to
have been given to each of the then separate trustees or co-trustees, as
effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture and the conditions
of this Article VII.
Each
separate trustee or co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred,
shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument
of
appointment, jointly with the Trustee, subject to all the provisions of this
Indenture, specifically including every provision of this Indenture relating
to
the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection or rights
(including the rights to compensation, reimbursement and indemnification
hereunder) to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the
Trustee.
(d) Any
separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Trustee or
its
agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not
prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Indenture
on
its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die
or
cease to exist, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of
its
estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised
by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of
a new
or successor trustee.
Section
7.13 Authorization
of Trustee.
Each
Holder by its acceptance of Notes under this Indenture will be deemed to
have
appointed the Trustee as its agent for the purpose of appointing, designating
and authorizing HSBC Bank USA, National Association to act as Collateral
and
Intercreditor Agent pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions
set forth in respect of the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent in the Master
Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement and the other Collateral
Documents.
Section
7.14 Actions
to
be Taken by Trustee Under the Master Collateral and Intercreditor
Agreement.
Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein to the contrary,
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in
the
event that any consent, approval, waiver or other direction of the Holders
is
sought by the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agent pursuant to the Master
Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee, promptly upon the receipt
of notice from the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agent describing the
action to be voted on in accordance with the Master Collateral and Intercreditor
Agreement, shall promptly notify the Holders thereof and seek instructions
therefrom. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Master Collateral and
Intercreditor Agent of the instructions that it shall have received from
the
Holders.
ARTICLE
VIII
DEFEASANCE;
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section
8.1 Legal
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.
(a) The
Issuer may, at its option, at any time, elect to have either paragraph (b)
or (c) of this Section
8.1
be
applied to all Outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set
forth
in Section
8.2.
(b) Upon
the
Issuer’s exercise under paragraph (a) of this Section
8.1
of the
option applicable to this paragraph (b), the Issuer shall, subject
to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section
8.2,
be
deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all
Outstanding Notes on the date all of the conditions set forth in Section
8.2
(including Section
8.2(d)(ii))
are
satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal
Defeasance”).
For
this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer shall be deemed to have
paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the Outstanding
Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be Outstanding only for the purposes
of Section
8.3
and the
other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clause (i) or (ii)
of
this paragraph (b), and to have satisfied all its other obligations
under
such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense
of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same),
except
for the following provisions, which shall survive until otherwise terminated
or
discharged hereunder:
(i) the
rights of Holders to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium,
if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due,
(ii) the
Issuer’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article II
and
Section
3.3,
(iii) the
rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and
the
Issuer’s obligations in connection therewith, and
(iv) this
Article VIII.
Subject
to compliance with this Article VIII,
the
Issuer may exercise its option under this paragraph (b) notwithstanding
the
prior exercise of its option under paragraph (c) of this Section
8.1.
(c) Upon
Legal Defeasance (subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth
in
Section 8.2), the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement shall terminate
with
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respect
to each Holder in respect of the Notes, and the Liens on the Collateral securing
such Notes shall be released from securing such Notes, provided
that the
provisions of Sections 2.3(c), 2.3(i), 5.1, 7.4, 11.2, 11.8, 11.9, 11.10
and
11.14 of the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement shall survive
any
such termination.
(d) Upon
the
Issuer’s exercise under paragraph (a) of this Section
8.1
of the
option applicable to this paragraph (c), the Issuer shall, subject
to the
satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section
8.2,
be
released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Section 3.4,
Section
3.6,
Section
3.7, Sections 3.8,
Section 3.9,
Section 3.12,
Section 3.13,
Section 3.14,
Section 3.15,
Section 3.16,
Section 3.18,
Section
4.1(a)(ii)
and
Section
4.1(d)
with
respect to the Outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set
forth
below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant
Defeasance”),
and
the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not Outstanding for the purposes of
any
direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the
consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall
continue to be Outstanding for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose,
such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Notes,
the
Issuer may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of
any
term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly
or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant
or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision
herein
or in any other document and such omission to comply with such covenant shall
not constitute a Default or an Event or Default under Section 6.1(a)(iii)
(except
in respect of a failure to perform or comply with Section
4.1(c)),
Section
6.1(a)(iv)
or
Section
6.1(a)(v),
but,
except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes
shall
be unaffected thereby.
Section
8.2 Conditions
to Defeasance.
The
Issuer may exercise its Legal Defeasance option or its Covenant Defeasance
option only if:
(a) the
Issuer has irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit
of
the Holders, cash in U.S. Dollars, certain direct non-callable obligations
of,
or guaranteed by, the United States, or a combination thereof, in such amounts
as will be sufficient without reinvestment, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Amounts) on the Notes
on the
stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as
the
case may be;
(b) in
the
case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of
Counsel from counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee
and independent of the Issuer to the effect that:
(i) the
Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service of the United States a ruling; or
(ii) since
the
Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income
tax
law,
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in
either
case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall
state
that, the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal
income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject
to
U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the
same
times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not
occurred;
(c) in
the
case of Covenant Defeasance, the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee to the
effect that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S.
federal
income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject
to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at
the
same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not
occurred;
(d) in
the
case of Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, the Issuer has delivered
to the
Trustee:
(i) an
Opinion of Counsel from counsel in Mexico reasonably acceptable to the Trustee
and independent of the Issuer to the effect that, based upon Mexican law
then in
effect, Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for Mexican tax
purposes, including withholding tax except for withholding tax then payable
on
interest payments due, as a result of Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance,
as the case may be, and will be subject to Mexican taxes on the same amounts
and
in the same manner and at the same time as would have been the case if such
Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, had not occurred,
or
(ii) a
ruling
directed to the Trustee received from the tax authorities of Mexico to the
same
effect as the Opinion of Counsel described in Section
8.2(d)(i) above;
(e) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the
date of
the deposit pursuant to Section
8.2(a)
(except
any Default or Event of Default resulting from the failure to comply with
Section
3.6
as a
result of the borrowing of the funds required to effect such deposit) and,
insofar as Events of Default from bankruptcy or insolvency events are concerned,
at any time in the period ending on the 123rd day after the date of deposit,
and
the Trustee has received Officers’ Certificates to such effect on the date of
such deposit and, in the case of Legal Defeasance, on such 123rd day;
(f) the
Trustee has received an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Legal Defeasance
or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under this Indenture or any other material agreement
or
instrument to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by
which
the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
(g) the
Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the
deposit was not made by the Issuer with the intent of preferring the Holders
over any other creditors of the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or
with
the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors
of the Issuer or others;
(h) the
Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel from counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and independent
of the
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Issuer,
each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the
Legal
Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with;
(i) the
Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from counsel
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and independent of the Issuer to the
effect
that after the 123rd day following the deposit, the trust funds will not
be
subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; and
(j) the
Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from counsel
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and independent of the Issuer to the
effect
that the trust resulting from the deposit does not constitute, or is qualified
as, a regulated investment company under the Investment Issuer Act of 1940.
Section
8.3 Application
of Trust Money.
The
Trustee shall hold in trust U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations
deposited with it pursuant to this Article VIII.
It
shall apply the deposited money and the U.S. Legal Tender from U.S. Government
Obligations through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture
to
the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes.
Section
8.4 Repayment
to Issuer.
(a) The
Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Issuer upon
request
any excess money or securities held by them upon payment of all the obligations
under this Indenture.
(b) Subject
to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent
shall
pay to the Issuer upon request any money held by them for the payment of
principal of or interest on the Notes that remains unclaimed for two years,
and,
thereafter, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment
as
general creditors.
Section
8.5 Indemnity
for U.S. Government Obligations.
The
Issuer shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other
charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations
or
the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government
Obligations.
Section
8.6 Reinstatement.
If the
Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. Legal Tender or U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII
by
reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any
court or Governmental Authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and
the
Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant
to this Article VIII
until
such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such U.S.
Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII;
provided,
however,
that,
if the Issuer has made any payment of principal of or interest on any Notes
because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated
to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the
U.S.
Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying
Agent.
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Section
8.7 Satisfaction
and Discharge.
The
Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect (except
as
to surviving rights or registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes,
as
expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all Outstanding Notes
when:
(a) either:
(i) all
the
Notes theretofore executed, authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen
or
destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment
money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust
by
the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust)
have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all
Notes
not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due
and
payable, and the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited
with
the Trustee U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient without
reinvestment to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of and
interest on the Notes to the date of deposit, together with irrevocable
instructions from the Issuer directing the Trustee to apply such funds to
the
payment;
(b) the
Issuer has paid all other sums payable under this Indenture and the Notes
by the
Issuer; and
(c) the
Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all
conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
ARTICLE
IX
AMENDMENTS
Section
9.1 Without
Consent of Holders.
(a) The
Issuer, the Note Guarantors and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the
Notes without notice to or consent of any Holder:
(i) to
cure
any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(ii) to
comply
with Article IV
in
respect of the assumption by a Successor Issuer of the obligations of the
Issuer
under the Notes and this Indenture;
(iii) to
provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes; provided,
however,
that
the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of
Section 163(f) of the Code;
(iv) to
add
guarantees with respect to the Notes or to add security to the
Notes;
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(v) to
add to
the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender
any
right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer;
(vi) to
make
any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any
material respect;
(vii) to
provide for the issuance of Additional Notes as permitted by Section
2.2(c) and Section
2.13,
which
will have terms substantially identical to the other Outstanding Notes except
as
specified in Section
2.13,
and
which will be treated, together with any other Outstanding Notes, as a single
issue of securities.
(b) After
an
amendment under this Section
9.1
becomes
effective, the Issuer shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such
amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect
therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment made under
this
Section
9.1.
Section
9.2 With
Consent of Holders.
(a) The
Issuer,
the
Note Guarantors
and the
Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Notes or any of the Collateral Documents
without notice to any Holder but with the written consent of the Holders
of at
least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes (including,
without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or
tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes). However, without the consent
of each
Holder affected, an amendment may not:
(i) reduce
the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment or
waiver;
(ii) reduce
the rate of or change or have the effect of changing the time for payment
of
interest, including Defaulted Interest, on any Notes;
(iii) reduce
the principal of or change or have the effect of changing the fixed maturity
of
any Notes, or change the date on which any Notes may be subject to redemption,
or reduce the redemption price therefor;
(iv) make
any
Notes payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;
(v) make
any
change in the provisions of this Indenture entitling each Holder to receive
payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Note on or
after
the due date thereof or to bring suit to enforce such payment, or permitting
Holders of a majority in principal amount of Outstanding Notes to waive Defaults
or Events of Default;
(vi) amend,
change or modify in any material respect the obligation of the Issuer to
make
and consummate a Change of Control Offer in respect of a Change of Control
that
has occurred or make and consummate an Asset Sale Offer with respect to any
Asset Sale, Collateral Asset Sale or Event of Loss that has occurred;
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(vii) make
any
change in the provisions of Section 3.17 of this Indenture that adversely
affects the rights of any Holder, or amend the terms of the Notes in any
way
that would result in a loss of any exemption from any Taxes;
(viii) eliminate
or modify in any manner which adversely affects Holders in any material respect,
the obligations of a Note Guarantor with respect to its Note Guarantee, except
as otherwise expressly provided for in this Indenture; or
(ix) terminate,
or deprive any Holder of the benefit of, the Liens of the Collateral Documents
on all or substantially all of the Collateral, other than to the extent
expressly permitted by this Indenture and the Collateral Documents.
(b) It
shall
not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.2
to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver,
but
it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance
thereof.
(c) After
an
amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section
9.2
becomes
effective, the Issuer shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such
amendment, supplement or waiver. The failure to give such notice to all Holders,
or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment,
supplement or waiver under this Section
9.2.
Section
9.3 Revocation
and Effect of Consents and Waivers.
(a) A
consent
to an amendment, supplement or waiver by a Holder of a Note shall bind the
Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Note or portion of the Note that
evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the
consent or waiver is not made on the Note. However, any such Holder or
subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s Note or
portion of the Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before
the
date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. After an amendment,
supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder, except
as
otherwise provided in this Article IX.
An
amendment, supplement or waiver shall become effective upon receipt by the
Trustee of the requisite number of written consents under Section
9.2.
(b) The
Issuer may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose
of
determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other
action
described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture.
If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding
paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly
designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such
consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action,
whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date.
No
such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such
record
date.
Section
9.4 Notation
on or Exchange of Notes.
If an
amendment or supplement changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require
the
Holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an
appropriate notation on the Note regarding the changed terms and return it
to
the Holder. Alternatively, if the Issuer or the Trustee so determines, the
Issuer in exchange for the Note will execute and upon Issuer Order the Trustee
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will
authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make
the
appropriate notation or to issue a new Note shall not affect the validity
of
such amendment or supplement.
Section
9.5 Trustee
to
Sign Amendments and Supplements.
The
Trustee shall sign any amendment or supplement authorized pursuant to this
Article IX
if the
amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties,
liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but
need
not sign it. In signing such amendment or supplement the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive indemnity satisfactory to it and to receive, and (subject
to
Section
7.1
and
Section
7.2)
shall
be fully protected in relying upon, such evidence as it deems appropriate,
including, without limitation, solely on an Opinion of Counsel and Officers’
Certificate stating that such amendment or supplement is authorized or permitted
by this Indenture.
Section
9.6 Evidence
of Action Taken by Noteholders.
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Noteholders may
be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by 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 hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Proof
of
execution of any instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall
be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Sections 7.1
and
7.2) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner
provided in this Article.
ARTICLE
X
NOTE
GUARANTEES
Section
10.1 Note
Guarantees.
(a) Each
Note
Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as primary
obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each other Note
Guarantor, to each Holder and the Trustee the full and punctual payment when
due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of
the
Obligations hereunder (such guaranteed Obligations, the “Guaranteed
Obligations”).
Each
Note Guarantor further agrees (to the extent permitted by law) that such
Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice
or
further assent from it, and that it will remain bound under this Article
X notwithstanding
any extension or renewal of any such Obligation. Each Note Guarantor hereby
agrees to pay, in addition to the amounts stated above, any and all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket counsel fees and
expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any rights
under
any Note Guarantee.
(b) Each
Note
Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the
Issuer of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest
for nonpayment. Each Note Guarantor waives notice of any default under the
Notes
or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Note Guarantor hereunder
shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder to assert any
claim
or demand or to enforce any right or remedy
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against
the Issuer or any other Person under this Indenture or the Notes; (ii) any
extension or renewal of any thereof; (iii) any rescission, waiver,
amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture
or
the Notes; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder or
the
Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any of them; or (v) any
change
in the ownership of the Issuer.
(c) Each
Note
Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee
of payment when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right
to
require that any resort be had by any Holder to any security held for payment
of
any Guaranteed Obligations.
(d) The
obligations of each Note Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any
reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than
payment of the Guaranteed Obligations in full), including any claim of waiver,
release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to
any
defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or
by
reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations
or
otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations
of
each Note Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise
affected by the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to
enforce any remedy under this Indenture or the Notes, by any waiver or
modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or
otherwise, in the performance of the Guaranteed Obligations, or by any other
act
or omission or delay to do any other act which may or might in any manner
or to
any extent vary the risk of such Note Guarantor or would otherwise operate
as a
discharge of such Note Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
(e) Each
Note
Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee herein shall continue to
be
effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or
any
part thereof, of principal of or interest on any of the Obligations is rescinded
or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or
reorganization of the Issuer or otherwise.
(f) In
furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which
any
Holder has at law or in equity against each Note Guarantor by virtue hereof,
upon the failure of the Issuer to pay any of the Obligations hereunder when
and
as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by
redemption or otherwise, each
Note
Guarantor hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by
the
Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders an amount
equal to the sum of:
(i) the
unpaid amount of such Obligations then due and owing; and
(ii) accrued
and unpaid interest on such Obligations then due and owing (but only to the
extent not prohibited by law).
(g) Each
Note
Guarantor further agrees that, as between such Note Guarantor, on the one
hand,
and the Holders, on the other hand:
(i) the
maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations may be accelerated as provided in
this
Indenture for the purposes of its Note Guarantee herein, notwithstanding
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any
stay,
injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of
the
Guaranteed Obligations; and
(ii) in
the
event of any such declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations,
such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith
become due and payable by such Note Guarantor for the purposes of its Note
Guarantee.
Section
10.2 Limitation
on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge.
(a) The
obligations of each Note Guarantor hereunder will be limited to the maximum
amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed
liabilities of such Note Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections
from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Note Guarantor in respect
of
the obligations of such other Note Guarantor under its Note Guarantee or
pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in
the
obligations of such Note Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting
a
fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under U.S. or Mexican federal
or
state law.
(b) A
Note
Guarantor will be released and relieved of its obligations under its Note
Guarantee in the event that:
(i) there
is
a Legal Defeasance of the Notes pursuant to Section
8.1;
or
(ii) there
is
a sale or other disposition of 100% of the Capital Stock of such Note Guarantor
owned by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
provided,
that
the transaction is carried out pursuant to and in accordance with all other
applicable provisions of this Indenture.
Section
10.3 Right
of Contribution.
Each
Note Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under a Note Guarantee
will
be entitled to a contribution from each other Note Guarantor in a pro rata
amount, based on the net assets of each Note Guarantor determined in accordance
with Mexican GAAP. The provisions of this Section
10.3
shall in
no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of each Note Guarantor to
the
Trustee and the Holders and each Note Guarantor shall remain liable to the
Trustee and the Holders for the full amount guaranteed by such Note Guarantor
hereunder.
Section
10.4 No
Subrogation.
Each
Note Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation
in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations until payment in full in U.S. Legal
Tender of all Obligations. If any amount shall be paid to any Note Guarantor
on
account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations
shall
not have been paid in full in U.S. Legal Tender, such amount shall be held
by
such Note Guarantor in trust for the Trustee and the Holders, segregated
from
other funds of such Note Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by
such
Note Guarantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received
by such
Note Guarantor (duly endorsed by such Note Guarantor to the Trustee, if
required), to be applied against the Obligations.
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Section
10.5 New
Note Guarantees. (a)
The
Issuer shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary that is a Grantor Subsidiary
at
any time to become a Note Guarantor;
provided
that no
Grantor Subsidiary shall be required to be a Note Guarantor solely due to
its
ownership of shares of Comegua. Accordingly, the Issuer shall cause any
Restricted Subsidiary that shall become or is required to become a Grantor
Subsidiary after the Issue Date (a “New
Note Guarantor”)
to
concurrently grant a guarantee (a “New
Note Guarantee”)
of the
Issuer’s Obligations under this Indenture and the Notes to the same extent that
the Note Guarantors have guaranteed the Issuer’s Obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes by executing a supplemental indenture substantially
in
the form of Exhibit
E
and
providing the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of
Counsel.
(b) The
Issuer shall cause each New Note Guarantor to become a party to the Master
Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement and comply with the terms thereof,
including but not limited to, the provisions set forth in Sections 7.2 and
7.3
thereof.
Section
10.6 Waivers.
(a) Each
Note
Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled under applicable
law to (i) have a suit, action or proceeding be initiated and/or completed
against the Issuer under this Indenture and/or the Notes, prior to the
initiation or completion of a suit, action or proceeding against the Note
Guarantor under its Note Guarantee, (ii) require that the assets of the Issuer
be used, applied or depleted before the assets of the Note Guarantor may
be
used, applied or depleted in connection with its Note Guarantee, and (iii)
have
any claims against the Issuer arising under the Notes or this Indenture and/or
against the Note Guarantors under their respective Note Guarantee, be divided
among the Note Guarantors.
(b) To
the
fullest extent permitted under applicable law, each Note Guarantor hereby
waives
its rights under Articles 2814, 2815, 2817, 2818, 2820, 2821, 2822, 2823,
2827,
2837, 2838, 2840, 2842, 2845, 2846, 2847, 2848 and 2849 of Mexico’s Federal
Civil Code and the corresponding articles of the civil codes of each of Mexico’s
states.
ARTICLE
XI
COLLATERAL
AND SECURITY
Section
11.1 Master
Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement and Collateral Documents.
The due
and punctual payment of the principal of, interest and additional interest,
if
any, on and Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes when and as the
same
shall be due and payable, whether on an Interest Payment Date, at maturity,
by
acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue
principal of, interest and additional interest, if any, on and Additional
Amounts with respect to the Notes and performance of all other Obligations
of
the Issuer and the Note Guarantors to the Holders or the Trustee under this
Indenture, the Notes and the Collateral Documents, according to the terms
hereunder or thereunder, are and will be secured as provided in the Master
Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement and the Collateral Documents which
define
the terms of the Liens that secure the Obligations under the Indenture and
the
Notes and provide that the Liens granted thereunder secure the Obligations
under
the Indenture and the Notes on a first-priority basis (subject to
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Collateral
Permitted Liens) equally and ratably with all Permitted Secured Obligations
subject to the terms of the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement
and
the Collateral Documents. Each Holder, by its acceptance of a Note, consents
and
agrees to all of the terms of the Collateral Documents and the Master Collateral
and Intercreditor Agreement (including the provisions providing for the exercise
of remedies and release of Collateral) as the same may be in effect or may
be
amended from time to time in accordance with their terms, and authorizes
and
directs the Trustee to enter into the Master Collateral and Intercreditor
Agreement, to cause the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent to enter into
the
Collateral Documents on the Trustee’s and the other Secured Parties’ behalf and
to perform or cause to be performed obligations and exercise rights thereunder
in accordance therewith. To the extent permitted by, and subject to the terms
of
the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement, the Issuer shall deliver
to
the Trustee copies of all documents delivered from time to time to the
Collateral and Intercreditor Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents and
the
Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement, and will do or cause to be
done
all such acts and things as may be required by the next sentence of this
Section
11.1(a),
to
assure and confirm to the Trustee the Liens upon the Collateral contemplated
hereby, by the Collateral Documents or any part thereof, as from time to
time
constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit
of
this Indenture and of the Obligations secured hereby, according to the intent
and purposes herein expressed. The Issuer and the Note Guarantors shall take,
and shall cause their Grantor Subsidiaries party thereto to take, any and
all
actions required under the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement
to
cause the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement and Collateral Documents
to create and maintain, as security for the Obligations of the Issuer and
the
Note Guarantors hereunder, a valid and enforceable perfected Lien on all
the
Collateral, in favor of the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties, first in priority (subject to Collateral
Permitted Liens) to any and all Liens at any time granted upon the Collateral.
The Trustee, the Issuer and the Note Guarantors hereby acknowledge and agree
that the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent holds the Collateral for the
ratable
benefit of the Holders, the Trustee and the other Secured Parties pursuant
to
the terms of the Collateral Documents and subject to the terms of the Master
Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement.
Section
11.2 Suits
to
Protect the Collateral.
Subject
in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Master Collateral and
Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee shall have power to institute and to
maintain such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to prevent any
impairment of the Collateral by any acts which may be unlawful or in violation
of this Indenture or any of the Collateral Documents, and such suits and
proceedings as the Trustee may deem expedient to preserve or protect its
interests and the interests of the Holders in the Collateral and in the
principal, interest, issues, profits, rents, revenues and other income arising
therefrom, including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings
to
restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other
governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise
invalid, if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule
or
order would impair the security hereunder or under any of the Collateral
Documents, or be prejudicial to the interests of the Holders or the
Trustee.
Section
11.3 Possession
of the Collateral.
Until
the
occurrence of a Collateral Event of Default, the Issuer shall, and shall
cause
each of the Grantor Subsidiaries to, possess, manage, operate and enjoy,
as
applicable, the
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Collateral
in accordance with the terms hereof and of the Master Collateral and
Intercreditor Agreement and the Collateral Documents.
Section
11.4 Release
of Collateral.
(a)
Collateral
may be released from the Liens and security interest created by the Collateral
Documents at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions
of
the Collateral Documents, including the Master Collateral and Intercreditor
Agreement. Upon the request of the Issuer and the Grantor Subsidiaries pursuant
to an Officers’ Certificate certifying that all conditions precedent hereunder
have been met, the compliance with the applicable provisions of the Collateral
Documents and this Indenture and without the consent of any Holder, the Issuer
and the Grantor Subsidiaries will be entitled to releases of assets included
in
the Collateral from the Liens securing the Notes in connection with any one
or
more of the following circumstances: (i) any Collateral Asset Sale pursuant
to
Section 3.9 hereof or any sale of Obsolete Equipment; or (ii) any release
of
Collateral pursuant to Section 7.5 or 7.6 of the Master Collateral and
Intercreditor Agreement.
(b) The
release of any Collateral from the terms of the Collateral Documents shall
not
be deemed to impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of
the
provisions hereof if and to the extent the Collateral is released pursuant
to
the terms of the Collateral Documents, the Master Collateral and Intercreditor
Agreement and this Indenture.
Section
11.5 Actions
by the Trustee.
The
Trustee shall have the power to institute and maintain such suits and
proceedings as it may deem expedient in order to prevent any impairment of
the
Collateral by any act that may be unlawful or in violation of this Indenture
or
the Collateral Documents, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may
deem
expedient to preserve or protect its interests and those of the Holders in
the
Collateral. No duty beyond that set forth in Section
7.1
is
imposed on the Trustee pursuant to this Section 11.5.
Section
11.6 Authorization
of Actions To Be Taken by the Trustee Under the Collateral Documents and
the
Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement.
(a)
Subject to the provisions of Article IX hereof and the Master Collateral
and Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee may, in its sole discretion and
without
the consent of the Holders, take, on behalf of the Holders, or direct, on
behalf
of the Holders, the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent to take, all actions
it
deems necessary or appropriate in order to: (i) enforce any of the terms
of the
Collateral Documents and the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement;
and
(ii) collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of the
Obligations of the Issuer and the Note Guarantors.
Section
11.7 Authorization
of
Receipt and Distribution of Funds by the Trustee.
The
Trustee is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of the Holders
distributed under the Collateral Documents and the Master Collateral and
Intercreditor Agreement, and to make further distributions of such funds
to the
Holders according to the provisions of this Indenture.
Section
11.8 Termination
of Security Interest.
The
Trustee will, at the request of the Issuer and the Note Guarantors, deliver
a
certificate to the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent stating that such
Obligations hereunder have been paid in full, and instruct the Collateral
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and
Intercreditor Agent to release the Liens securing the Obligations pursuant
to
this Indenture and the Collateral Documents upon (1) a satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture as described in Section 8.7. Upon receipt
of
such instruction, the Trustee shall request the Collateral and Intercreditor
Agent to, execute, deliver or acknowledge any necessary or proper instruments
of
termination, satisfaction or release to evidence the release of all such
Liens.
Section
11.9 Amendments
and Modifications to the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement and
any
Collateral Document.
The
Trustee may agree without notice to any Holder but with the written consent
of
the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes to amend, modify or waive any term or provision under the
Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement or any Collateral Document;
provided
that the
consent of each Holder affected thereby shall be required to the extent any
such
modification, amendment or waiver would terminate, or deprive any Holder
of the
benefit of, the Liens of the Collateral Documents on all or substantially
all of
the Collateral.
ARTICLE
XII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
12.1 Notices.
(a) Any
notice or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed
by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
if
to the
Issuer:
Vitro
Envases Norteamérica, S.A. de C.V.
Xx.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx 000
Xxx.
Xxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx
San
Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
X.X.
Mexico
Attention:
Legal Department
Fax:
+ 00
(000) 000-0000
if
to the
Trustee:
The
Bank
of New York
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00X
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
United
States of America
Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
The
Issuer or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
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(b) Any
notice or communication mailed to a registered Holder shall be mailed by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holder at the Holder’s address as it
appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently
given if so mailed within the time prescribed.
(c) Failure
to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not
affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or
communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether
or not the addressee receives it.
(d) Any
notice or communication delivered to the Issuer under the provisions herein
shall constitute notice to the Note Guarantors.
Section
12.2 Certificate
and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon
any request or application by the Issuer to the Trustee to take or refrain
from
taking any action under this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the
Trustee:
(a) an
Officer’s Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent,
if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have
been
complied with; and
(b) an
Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent
have
been complied with.
Section
12.3 Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each
certificate or opinion, including each Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of
Counsel with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided
for in
this Indenture shall include:
(a) a
statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read
such
covenant or condition;
(b) a
brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion
are
based;
(c) a
statement that, in the opinion of such individual, such individual has made
such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express
an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(d) a
statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant
or condition has been complied with.
In
giving
an Opinion of Counsel, counsel may rely as to factual matters on an Officers’
Certificate or on certificates of public officials.
Section
12.4 Rules
by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar.
The
Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by, or a meeting of, Holders.
The
Registrar and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their
functions.
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Section
12.5 Legal
Holidays.
A
“Business
Day”
is a
day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking
institutions are authorized or required by law or other governmental action
to
be closed in the State of New York or Mexico. If a payment date is not a
Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day,
and no
interest shall accrue for the intervening period. If a regular record date
is
not a Business Day, the record date shall not be affected.
Section
12.6 Governing
Law, etc.
(a) THIS
INDENTURE (INCLUDING EACH NOTE GUARANTEE) AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY,
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES
HERETO EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING
OR
COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, EACH NOTE GUARANTEE
OR THE NOTES OR ANY TRANSACTION RELATED HERETO OR THERETO TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
(b) Each
of
the parties hereto hereby:
(i) agrees
that any suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or relating
to
this Indenture (including the Note Guarantees) or the Notes, as the case
may be,
may be instituted in any Federal or state court sitting in the Borough of
Manhattan in The City of New York, or in the courts of its respective corporate
domicile in respect of actions brought against it as a defendant;
(ii) waives
to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may
now
or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding,
any claim that any suit, action or proceeding in such a court has been brought
in an inconvenient forum and any right to which it may be entitled on account
of
its place of residency or domicile;
(iii) irrevocably
submits to the jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or
proceeding;
(iv) agrees
that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such
a
court shall be conclusive and binding and may be enforced in any other court
of
competent jurisdiction by a suit upon judgment; and
(v) agrees
that service of process by mail to the addressed specified herein shall
constitute personal service of such process on it in any such suit, action
or
proceeding.
(c) The
Issuer and the Note Guarantors (other than Vitro Packaging) have appointed
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Corporation System as their authorized agent (the “Authorized
Agent”)
upon
whom all writs, process and summonses may be delivered to be forwarded to
the
Issuer and the Note Guarantors in any state or federal court in the Borough
of
Manhattan The City of New York, New York. The Issuer and the Note Guarantors
hereby represent and warrant that the Authorized Agent has accepted such
appointment and has agreed to act as said agent for service
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of
process, and the Issuer and the Note Guarantors agree to take any and all
action, including the filing of any and all documents, that may be necessary
to
continue each such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid so long
as
the Notes remain Outstanding. The Issuer and the Note Guarantors agree that
the
appointment of the Authorized Agent shall be irrevocable so long as any of
the
Notes remain Outstanding or until the irrevocable appointment by the Issuer
and
the Note Guarantors of a successor agent in The City of New York, New York
as
each of their authorized agent for such purpose and the acceptance of such
appointment by such successor. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent
shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the
Issuer
and the Note Guarantors.
(d) To
the
extent that any of the Issuer and the Note Guarantors have or hereafter may
acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit
or
proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or any legal process
(whether service or notice, attachment in aid or otherwise) with respect
to
itself or any of its property, the Issuer and the Note Guarantors hereby
irrevocably waive and agree not to plead or claim such immunity in respect
of
their obligations under this Indenture or the Notes.
(e) Nothing
in this Section
12.6
shall
affect the right of the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes to serve process
in
any other manner permitted by law.
Section
12.7 No
Recourse Against Others.
An
incorporator, director, officer, employee, stockholder or controlling person,
as
such, of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor shall not have any liability for
any
obligations of the Issuer or such Note Guarantor under the Notes, this Indenture
or the Note Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason
of
such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives
and
releases all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the
consideration for the issue of the Notes.
Section
12.8 Successors.
All
agreements of the Issuer and the Note Guarantors in this Indenture and the
Notes
shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in
this
Indenture shall bind its successors.
Section
12.9 Duplicate
and Counterpart Originals.
The
parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. One signed copy
is
enough to prove this Indenture. This Indenture may be executed in any number
of
counterparts, each of which so executed shall be an original, but all of
them
together represent the same agreement.
Section
12.10 Severability.
In case
any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal
or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section
12.11 Currency
Indemnity.
(a) U.S.
Legal Tender is the sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable
by
the Issuer or any Note Guarantor under or in connection with the Notes or
this
Indenture, including damages. Any amount received or recovered in currency
other
than U.S. Legal Tender in respect of the Notes (whether as a result of, or
of
the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in
the
winding-up or dissolution of the Issuer, any Subsidiary or otherwise) by
any
Holder of the Notes in respect of any sum expressed to be due to
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it
from
the Issuer or any Note Guarantor shall only constitute a discharge of them
under
the Notes and this Indenture only to the extent of the U.S. Legal Tender
amount
which the recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered
in that other currency on the date of that receipt or recovery (or, if it
is not
practicable to make that purchase on that date, on the first date on which
it is
practicable to do so). If that U.S. Legal Tender amount is less than the
U.S.
Legal Tender amount expressed to be due to the recipient under the Notes
or this
Indenture, the Issuer shall indemnify and hold harmless the recipient against
any loss or cost sustained by it in making any such purchase.
(b) The
indemnities of the Issuer and the Note Guarantors contained in this Section
12.11,
to the
extent permitted by law: (i) constitute a separate and independent
obligation from the other obligations of the Issuer and the Note Guarantors
under this Indenture and the Notes; (ii) shall give rise to a separate
and
independent cause of action against the Issuer and the Note Guarantors;
(iii) shall apply irrespective of any waiver granted by any Holder
of the
Notes or the Trustee from time to time; and (iv) shall continue in
full
force and effect notwithstanding any other judgment, order, claim or proof
of
claim for a liquidated amount in respect of any sum due under the Notes or
this
Indenture or any other judgment or order.
Section
12.12 Table
of Contents; Headings.
The
table of contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture
have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to
be
considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms
or
provisions hereof.
Section
12.13 Inconsistency
with Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement. Each
Holder of a Note acknowledges that the Trustee has entered into the Master
Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement to which it is a party on behalf of
the
Holders and all future Holders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
expressed or implied herein, all rights, powers and remedies available to
the
Trustee and the Holders, and all future Holders, shall be subject to the
Master
Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or
inconsistency between the terms and provisions of this Indenture or any Note
and
the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement, the terms of the Master
Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, shall govern and
control.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed
as
of the date first written above.
VITRO ENVASES NORTEAMÉRICA, S.A. DE C.V. | ||
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Name: Title:
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Name: Title:
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INDUSTRIA
DEL ÁLCALI,
SA.A.
DE C.V.,
as
a Note
Guarantor
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Name: Title:
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Name: Title:
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COMPAÑIA
VIDRIERA,
S.A. DE C.V.,
as
a Note
Guarantor
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Name: Title:
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By: | ||
Name: Title:
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FABRICACIÓN
DE MÁQUINAS,
S.A.
DE,
as
a Note
Guarantor
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Name: Title:
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Name: Title:
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PROCESADORA
DE MATERIAS XXXXXX
INDUSTRIALIZABLES,
S.A. DE C.V.,
as
a Note
Guarantor
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Name: Title:
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By: | ||
Name: Title:
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VIDRIERA
MONTERREY, S.A. de C.V.,
as
a Note
Guarantor
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Name: Title:
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Name: Title:
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VIDRIERA
GUADALAJARA, S.A. DE C.V.,
as
a Note
Guarantor
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By: | ||
Name: Title:
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By: | ||
Name: Title:
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VIDRIERA
QUERÉTARO,
S.A. DE C.V.,
as
a Note
Guarantor
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Name: Title:
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Name: Title:
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VIDRIERA
TOLUCA, S.A. DE C.V.,
as
a Note
Guarantor
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Name: Title:
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By: | ||
Name: Title:
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VIDRIERA
LOS XXXXX, X.X. DE C.V.,
as
a Note
Guarantor
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Name: Title:
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Name: Title:
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VITRO
PACKAGING, INC.,
as
a Note
Guarantor
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Name: Title:
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Name: Title:
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000
XXX
XXXX XX XXX XXXX,
as
Trustee
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Name: Title:
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Attest:
__________________________
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EXHIBIT
A
FORM
OF NOTE
[Include
the following legend for Global Notes only:
“THIS
IS
A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO
HEREINAFTER.
UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE
COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND
ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT
IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE
OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS
OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN
PART,
TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND
TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS
MADE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO
ON
THE REVERSE HEREOF.”]
[Include
the following legend on all Notes that are Restricted Notes:
“THIS
NOTE
AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES
ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED
OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER, OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF, THE SECURITIES
ACT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE
UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN THE INDENTURE UNDER WHICH THIS NOTE AND THE NOTE
GUARANTEES WERE ISSUED.”]
FORM
OF FACE OF NOTE
No.
[___] Principal
Amount $[______________]
[If
the Note is a Global Note include the following two lines:
as
revised by the Schedule of Increases and
Decreases
in Global Note attached hereto]
CUSIP
NO.
____________
[If
the Note is a Regulation S Global Note, delete the reference to CUSIP
NO.
and replace it with:
ISIN
NO.
____________]
Vitro
Envases Norteamérica, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican sociedad
anónima de capital variable,
promises to pay to [___________], or registered assigns, the principal sum
of
[__________________] Dollars [If
the Note is a Global Note, add the following,
as
revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Note attached
hereto], on July 23, 2011.
Interest
Payment Dates: January
23 and July 23
Record
Dates:
January
9
and July 9
2
Additional
provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this
Note.
VITRO
ENVASES NORTEAMÉRICA,
S.A.
DE C.V.,
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TRUSTEE’S
CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
The
Bank
of New York,
as
Trustee, certifies
that
this
is one of
the
Notes
referred
to
in the
Indenture.
By:
___________________
Authorized Signatory Date:
___________________
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FORM
OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE
10.75%
Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes Due 2011
1. Interest
Vitro
Envases Norteamérica, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican sociedad
anónima de capital variable
(together with its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to, the “Issuer”),
promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per
annum shown above.
The
Issuer shall pay interest semiannually in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date
of each year commencing January 23, 2005. Interest on the Notes will accrue
from
the most recent date to which interest has been paid on the Notes or, if no
interest has been paid, from July 23, 2004. The Issuer shall pay interest on
overdue principal (plus interest on such interest to the extent lawful), at
the
rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful. Commencing on the date that is
151
days from the Issue Date, the Notes shall bear interest at a rate of 0.50%
per
annum in excess of the interest rate shown in the Notes, unless and until the
date on which the Trustee shall have received both (i) a duly executed Interest
Rate Adjustment Certificate and (ii) a duly executed Issuer Interest Rate
Adjustment Certificate. The Trustee shall provide notice to the Holders (i)
promptly upon the satisfaction of these conditions, and (ii) promptly following
such 151st
day, in
the event both conditions have not been satisfied.
The
Issuer shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding
under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and, to the extent such payments
are lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest (“Defaulted
Interest”)
without regard to any applicable grace periods at the rate of 10.75% per annum,
as increased by the previous paragraph, as provided in the
Indenture.
All
payments made by the Issuer in respect of the Notes or by a Note Guarantor
in
respect of its Note Guarantee will be made free and clear of and without
deduction or withholding for or on account of any Taxes imposed or levied by
or
on behalf of any Taxing Jurisdiction, unless such withholding or deduction
is
required by law or by the interpretation or administration thereof. In that
event, the Issuer will pay to each Holder of the Notes Additional Amounts as
provided in the Indenture subject to the limitations set forth in the
Indenture.
2. Method
of Payment
Prior
to
10:00 a.m. New York City time on the date on which any principal of
or
interest on any Note is due and payable, the Issuer shall irrevocably deposit
with the Trustee or the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay such principal
and/or interest. The Issuer will pay interest (except Defaulted Interest) to
the
Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the
Record Date preceding the Interest Payment Date even if Notes are canceled,
repurchased or redeemed after the Record Date and on or before the relevant
Interest Payment Date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect
principal payments. The Issuer will pay principal and interest in U.S. Legal
Tender.
Payments
in respect of Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal and
interest) will be made at the office or agency of the Paying Agent and Registrar
in New York City unless the Issuer elects to make payments (including principal
and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder
thereof; provided,
however,
that
payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least
$1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S.
dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if
such
Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee
or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 15
days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other
date
as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
3. Paying
Agent and Registrar
Initially,
The Bank of New York (the “Trustee”), will act as Trustee, Paying Agent and
Registrar. The Issuer may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or
co-Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Issuer or any Note Guarantor
may
act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar.
4. Indenture
The
Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of July 23, 2004 (as it
may
be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof, the “Indenture”), between the Issuer, the Note Guarantors and the
Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture.
Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders
are referred to the Indenture for a statement of those terms. Each Holder by
accepting a Note, agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of
the
Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
The
Notes
are general secured obligations of the Issuer limited to $250,000,000 aggregate
principal amount. The Notes are secured as set forth in the Indenture and the
Collateral Documents. All Notes will be treated as a single class of securities
under the Indenture.
The
Indenture imposes certain limitations on, among other things, the ability of
the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries to: Incur Indebtedness, make Restricted
Payments, incur Liens, make Asset Sales, enter into transactions with
Affiliates, or consolidate or merge or transfer or convey all or substantially
all of the Issuer’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ assets.
To
guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on
the
Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture and the
Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the
Indenture, [Names of Guarantors] have fully and unconditionally guaranteed
(and
each future Restricted Subsidiary party to a Collateral Document (other than
in
respect of the Capital Stock at Comegua), will fully and unconditionally
guarantee), jointly and severally, such obligations pursuant to the terms of
the
Indenture. Each Note Guarantee will be subject to release as provided in the
Indenture. The obligations of each
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Note
Guarantor in respect of its Note Guarantee will be limited to the maximum amount
as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities
of
such Note Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or payments
made by or on behalf of any other Note Guarantor in respect of the obligations
of such other Note Guarantor under its Note Guarantee or pursuant to its
contribution obligations under the Indenture, result in the obligations of
such
Note Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance
or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law.
5. Redemption
Optional
Redemption.
Except
as stated below, the Issuer may not redeem the Notes prior to July 23, 2008.
The
Issuer may redeem the Notes, at its option, in whole at any time or in part
from
time to time, on and after July 23, 2008, on giving not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days’ notice by mail to the Holders of the Notes (which notice will be
irrevocable), at the following redemption prices, expressed as percentages
of
the principal amount thereof, if redeemed during the twelve-month period
commencing on July 23 of any year set forth below:
Year
|
Percentage
|
2008
|
105.375%
|
2009
|
102.688%
|
2010
and thereafter
|
100.000%
|
Optional
Redemption Upon Public Equity Offerings.
At any
time, or from time to time, on or prior to July 24, 2007, on giving
not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail to the Holders of the Notes
(which notice will be irrevocable), the Issuer may, at its option, use the
net
cash proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings to redeem in the aggregate
up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes originally issued
at a
redemption price equal to 110.750% of the principal amount thereof; provided,
that:
(1) after
giving effect to any such redemption at least 65% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes originally issued remains outstanding; and
(2) the
Issuer will make such redemption not more than 60 days after the consummation
of
such Public Equity Offering.
Optional
Redemption for Changes in Withholding Taxes.
The
Notes may be redeemed at the option of the Issuer in whole, but not in part,
at
any time, on giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail to
the Holders of the Notes (which notice will be irrevocable), at the principal
amount thereof, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption,
and Additional Amounts, if any, which otherwise would be payable if,
(1)
as
a
result of any amendment to, or change in, the laws (or any rules or regulations
promulgated thereunder) of Mexico (or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein) or any execution of any amendment to any treaty
or
treaties affecting taxation of which Mexico (or any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein) is a party, or any amendment to or change
in an official interpretation or application regarding such laws,
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rules,
regulations or treaties by applicable taxing authorities, which amendment,
change, application or interpretation is announced after the Issue Date, the
Issuer has or will be obligated for reasons outside its control, to pay
Additional Amounts in respect of any Note pursuant to the terms and conditions
thereof in excess of those attributable to the Mexican withholding tax of 10%
imposed on interest payments to Holders and
(2)
the
payment of such Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the use of any
reasonable measures available to the Issuer that do not require undue efforts
or
costs (such reasonable measures not to include having a non-Mexican entity
assume the Issuer’s Obligations under the Notes); provided
that:
(a) no
such
notice of redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest
date on which the Issuer would but for such redemption be obligated to pay
such
Additional Amounts; and
(b) at
the
time such notice is given, the Issuer’s obligation to pay such Additional
Amounts remains in effect.
Prior
to
the publication of any notice of redemption pursuant to this provision, the
Issuer will deliver to the Trustee:
(1)
a
certificate stating that the Issuer is entitled to effect such redemption and
setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to
the
right of the Issuer so to redeem have occurred; and
(2) an
Opinion of Counsel independent of the Issuer of recognized standing to the
effect that the Issuer has or will become obligated to pay such Additional
Amounts as a result of such change or amendment.
In
the
case of any partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will
be
made in accordance with Article V of the Indenture. On and after the
redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof
called for redemption as long as the Issuer has deposited with the Paying Agent
funds in satisfaction of the applicable redemption price pursuant to the
Indenture.
6. Repurchase
Provisions
Change
Of Control Offer. Upon
the
occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes will have the right
to
require that the Issuer purchase all or a portion (in integral multiples of
$1,000) of the Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal
amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest through the date of purchase.
Within 20 days following the date upon which the Change of Control occurred,
the
Issuer must make a Change of Control Offer pursuant to a Change of Control
Notice. As more fully described in the Indenture, the Change of Control Notice
shall state, among other things, the Change of Control Payment Date, which
must
be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date the notice
is
mailed, other than as may be required by applicable law.
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Asset
Sale Offer.
The
Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries to make Asset Sales. In the event the proceeds from
a
permitted Asset Sale are not applied as specified in the Indenture, the Issuer
will be required to make an Asset Sale Offer to purchase to the extent of such
remaining proceeds each Holder’s Notes together, at the Issuer’s option, with
holders of certain other Indebtedness, at 100% of the principal amount thereof,
plus accrued interest (if any) to the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, as more
fully set forth in the Indenture.
Collateral
Asset Sale.
The
Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries to make Collateral Asset Sales and Partial Collateral
Asset Sales. The Indenture provides that if the Issuer makes a Collateral Asset
Sale, the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom will be immediately applied to make an
Asset Sale Offer. In the event the proceeds from a permitted Partial Collateral
Asset Sale are not applied as specified in the Indenture, the Issuer will be
required to make an Asset Sale Offer to purchase to the extent of such remaining
proceeds each Holder’s Notes together, at the Issuer’s option, with holders of
certain other Indebtedness, at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus
accrued interest (if any) to the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, as more fully
set forth in the Indenture.
Event
of Loss.
The
Indenture provides that if the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary suffers an
Event of Loss, the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom will be paid directly by the
party providing such Net Cash Proceeds to the Collateral and Intercreditor
Agent. As any portion or all of the Net Cash Proceeds from any such Event of
Loss are received by the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent, the Issuer may
apply all of such amount or amounts, as received, together with all interest
earned thereon, individually or in combination, as specified in the Indenture.
In the event that the Issuer elects to restore the relevant Collateral, within
180 days of receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds from an Event of Loss, the Issuer
will, among other obligations, have 360 days from the date of such binding
commitment to complete such restoration. The Issuer will take such action,
at
its sole expense, as may be required to ensure that the Collateral and
Intercreditor Agent has, from the date of such purchase or investment, a first
ranking Lien on such Replacement Collateral. Any such Net Cash Proceeds that
the
Issuer does not elect to apply within such 180 period or does not actually
apply
within such 360 day period will be applied to make an Asset Sale Offer in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
7. Denominations;
Transfer; Exchange
The
Notes
are in fully registered form without coupons, and only in denominations of
principal amount of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the
Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees
required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register
the transfer of or exchange (i) any Notes selected for redemption (except,
in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to
be
redeemed) for a period beginning 14 days before the mailing of a notice of
Notes
to be redeemed and ending on the date of such mailing or (ii) any Notes
for
a period beginning 14 days before an interest payment date and ending on such
interest payment date.
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8. Persons
Deemed Owners
The
registered holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all
purposes.
9. Discharge
Prior to Redemption or Maturity
Subject
to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Issuer at any time may
terminate some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture
if
the Issuer deposits with the Trustee U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government
Obligations for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes to
redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
10. Amendment,
Waiver
Subject
to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture
or the
Notes may be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders
of
at least a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes and
(ii) any default (other than with respect to nonpayment or in respect
of a
provision that cannot be amended or supplemented without the written consent
of
each Holder affected) or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with
the
written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of
the then Outstanding Notes. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the
Indenture, without the consent of any Holder, the Issuer and the Trustee may
amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure
any
ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, or to comply with Article IV
of the Indenture, or to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or
in
place of certificated Notes, or to add guarantees with respect to the Notes
or
to secure the Notes, or to add additional covenants or surrender rights and
powers conferred on the Issuer, or to make any change that does not adversely
affect the rights of any Holder, or to provide for the issuance of Additional
Notes.
11. Defaults
and Remedies
If
an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes to be
due
and payable immediately. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events
of Default which will result in the Notes being due and payable immediately
upon
the occurrence of such Events of Default.
Holders
may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture.
The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives
indemnity or security satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations,
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may direct
the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold
from
Holders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default
or Event of Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interest. The exercise of remedies is also
subject to the limitations contained in the Collateral Documents.
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12. Trustee
Dealings with the Issuer
Subject
to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, the Trustee under the
Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to
it
by the Issuer or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its
Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee.
13. Collateral
and Intercreditor Agent
The
Holder of this Note by its acceptance of this Note is deemed to have appointed
the Trustee as its agent for the purpose of appointing, designating and
authorizing HSBC Bank USA, National Association to act as Collateral and
Intercreditor Agent pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions
set forth in respect of the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent in the Master
Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement and the other Collateral
Documents.
14. No
Recourse Against Others
An
incorporator, director, officer, employee, stockholder or controlling person,
as
such, of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor shall not have any liability for
any
obligations of the Issuer or such Note Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture
or any Note Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason
of
such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives
and
releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issue of the Notes.
15. Authentication
This
Note
shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an
authenticating agent acting on its behalf) manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Note.
16. Abbreviations
Customary
abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN
COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (=joint
tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST
(=custodian) and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
17. CUSIP
or ISIN Numbers
Pursuant
to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security
Identification Procedures the Issuer has caused CUSIP or ISIN numbers to be
printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP or ISIN numbers
in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is
made
as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers placed thereon.
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18. Governing
Law
This
Note
shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State
of
New York.
19. Currency
of Account; Conversion of Currency
U.S.
Legal Tender is the sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable
by
the Issuer and the Note Guarantors under or in connection with the Notes or
the
Indenture, including damages. The Issuer and the Note Guarantors will indemnify
the Holders as provided in respect of the conversion of currency relating to
the
Notes and the Indenture.
20. Agent
for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities
The
Issuer and the Note Guarantors have agreed that any suit, action or proceeding
brought by any Holder or the Trustee against the Issuer arising out of or based
upon the Indenture or the Notes, or against a Note Guarantor under its Note
Guarantee, may be instituted in any state or federal court in the Borough of
Manhattan in The City of New York, New York, or in the courts of their
respective corporate domicile in respect of actions brought against any of
them
as a defendant. The Issuer and the Note Guarantors have irrevocably submitted
to
the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts for such purpose and waived,
to
the fullest extent permitted by law, trial by jury, any objection they may
now
or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, any claim
they
may now or hereafter have that any proceeding in any such court is brought
in an
inconvenient forum and any right to which they may be entitled on account of
their place of residency or domicile. The Issuer and the Note Guarantors (other
than Vitro Packaging) have appointed CT Corporation System as each of their
authorized agent upon whom all writs, process and summonses may be served in
any
suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon the Indenture or the
Notes which may be instituted in any state or federal court in the Borough
of
Manhattan in The City of New York, New York. To the extent that any of the
Issuer and the Note Guarantors have or hereafter may acquire any immunity
(sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from
jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or any legal process (whether service
or notice, attachment in aid or otherwise) with respect to themselves or any
of
their property, the Issuer and the Note Guarantors have irrevocably waived
and
agreed not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of their obligations
under
the Indenture or the Notes.
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The
Issuer will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to
the
Holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note in larger
type. Requests may be made to:
Vitro
Envases
Norteamérica, S.A. de C.V.
Av.
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx 200-2
Col.
Xxxxx
Oriente
San
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, X.X.
X.X.
00000
Xxxxxx
Attention:
General
Counsel
Telephone:
x00 (00)
0000-0000
Fax:
x00 (00)
0000-0000
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ASSIGNMENT
FORM
To
assign
this Note, fill in the form below:
I
or we
assign and transfer this Note to
(Print
or
type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
(Insert
assignee’s Social Security or Tax I.D. Number)
and
irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer.
The
agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:____________________ Your
Signature:___________________
Signature
Guarantee:______________________________
(Signature must be
guaranteed)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sign
exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
The
signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks,
stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership
in
an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to Exchange Act
Rule 17Ad-15.
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[To
be attached to Global Notes only:
SCHEDULE
OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
The
following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been
made:
Date
of Exchange
|
Amount
of decrease in Principal Amount of this Global Note
|
Amount
of increase in Principal Amount of this Global Note
|
Principal
Amount of this Global Note following such decrease or
increase
|
Signature
of authorized signatory of Trustee or Note Custodian
|
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OPTION
OF
HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If
you
want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.9
or Section 3.18
of the
Indenture, check either box:
o o
Section
3.9 Section
3.18
If
you
want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant
to
Section
3.9
or Section
3.18
of the
Indenture, state the principal amount (which must be an integral multiple of
$1,000) that you want to have purchased by the Issuer: $
Date:
__________ Your
Signature ____________________________
(Sign
exactly as your
name appears on the
other
side of the
Note)
Signature
Guarantee: _______________________________________
(Signature must be guaranteed)
The
signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks,
stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership
in
an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to Exchange Act
Rule 17Ad-15.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM
OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER TO QIB
[Date]
The
Bank
of New York
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00 Xxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
Re: 10.75%
Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes Due 2011 (the “Notes”)
of
Vitro Envases
Norteamérica, S.A. de C.V. (the
“Issuer”)
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of July 23, 2004 (as amended and
supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Issuer, the Note
Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York, as Trustee. Capitalized
terms
used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the
Indenture.
This
letter relates to $___________ aggregate principal amount of Notes, which
represents an interest in a Regulation S Global Note beneficially owned
by
the undersigned (the “Transferor”), to effect the transfer of such Notes in
exchange for an equivalent beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global
Note.
In
connection with such request, and with respect to such Notes, the Transferor
does hereby certify that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with
Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Rule 144A”),
to a transferee that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Notes
for its own account or an account with respect to which the transferee exercises
sole investment discretion, and the transferee, as well as any such account,
is
a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, in a
transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance
with
applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other
jurisdiction.
You
and
the Issuer are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized
to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any
administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the
matters covered hereby.
Very
truly yours,
[Name
of
Transferor]
By:____________________________
_______________________________
Authorized
Signature
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EXHIBIT
C
FORM
OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER
PURSUANT
TO REGULATION S
[Date]
The
Bank
of New York
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00 Xxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
Re:
10.75%
Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes Due 2011 (the “Notes”)
of
Vitro Envases
Norteamérica, S.A. de C.V. (the
“Issuer”)
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of July 23, 2004 (as amended and
supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Issuer, the Note
Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York, as Trustee. Capitalized
terms
used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the
Indenture.
In
connection with our proposed sale of $________ aggregate principal amount of
the
Notes, which represent an interest in a 144A Global Note beneficially owned
by
the undersigned (“Transferor”), we confirm that such sale has been effected
pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities
Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, we represent
that:
(a)
the
offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;
(b)
either (i) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee
was
outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably
believed that the transferee was outside the United States or (ii) the
transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated
off-shore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf
knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United
States;
(c)
no
directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention
of
the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S,
as applicable;
(d)
the
transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration
requirements of the Securities Act; and
(e)
we
are the beneficial owner of the principal amount of Notes being
transferred.
In
addition, if the sale is made during a Distribution Compliance Period and the
provisions of Rule 904(b)(1) or Rule 904(b)(2) of Regulation S
are applicable thereto, we confirm that such sale has been made in accordance
with the applicable provisions of Rule 904(b)(1) or Rule 904(b)(2),
as
the case may be.
You
and
the Issuer are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized
to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any
administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the
matters covered hereby. Terms used in this letter have the meanings set forth
in
Regulation S.
Very
truly yours,
[Name
of
Transferor]
By:____________________________
_______________________________
Authorized
Signature
2
EXHIBIT
D
FORM
OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER
PURSUANT
TO RULE 144
[Date]
The
Bank
of New York
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00 Xxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
Re:
10.75%
Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes Due 2011 (the “Notes”)
of
Vitro Envases
Norteamérica, S.A. de C.V. (the
“Issuer”)
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of July 23, 2004 (as amended and
supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Issuer, the Note
Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York, as Trustee. Capitalized
terms
used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the
Indenture.
In
connection with our proposed sale of $________ aggregate principal amount of
the
Notes, which represent an interest in a 144A Global Note beneficially owned
by
the undersigned (“Transferor”), we confirm that such sale has been effected
pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities
Act.
You
and
the Issuer are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized
to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any
administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the
matters covered hereby.
Very
truly yours,
[Name
of
Transferor]
By:____________________________
_______________________________
Authorized
Signature
EXHIBIT
E
FORM
OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
FOR
ADDITIONAL NOTE GUARANTEE
This
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [__________] (this “Supplemental
Indenture”),
between [name of New Note Guarantor], a [________] (the “New
Note Guarantor”),
Vitro
Envases Norteamérica, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican sociedad
anónima de capital variable
(together with its successors and assigns, the “Issuer”),
each
other Note Guarantor under the Indenture referred to below, and The Bank of
New
York, as Trustee under the Indenture referred to below.
W
I T N E
S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Issuer and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture,
dated as of July /·/,
2004
(as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”),
providing for the issuance of /·/%
Senior
Secured Guaranteed Notes Due ● of the Issuer (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section
10.5
of the
Indenture, the Issuer is required to cause the New Note Guarantor to execute
and
deliver to the Trustee an New Note Guarantee pursuant to which the New Note
Guarantor will unconditionally guarantee, jointly and severally with the other
Note Guarantors, the Issuer’s full and prompt payment of the Obligations (as
defined in the Indenture) in respect of the Indenture and the Notes;
and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section 9.1
of the
Indenture, the Trustee, the Issuer and the existing Note Guarantors are
authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to supplement
the
Indenture, without the consent of any Holder;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Note
Guarantor, the Issuer, each other Note Guarantor and the Trustee mutually
covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the
Notes
as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.1. Defined
Terms.
Unless
otherwise defined in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture
are used herein as therein defined.
ARTICLE
II
AGREEMENT
TO BE BOUND; GUARANTEE
Section
2.1. Agreement
to be Bound.
The New
Note Guarantor hereby becomes a party to the Indenture as a Note Guarantor
and
as such will have all of the rights and be subject to all of the obligations
and
agreements of a Note Guarantor under the Indenture. The New Note Guarantor
hereby agrees to be bound by all of the provisions of the Indenture applicable
to a Note Guarantor and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of
a
Note Guarantor under the Indenture.
Section
2.2. Guarantee.
The New
Note Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as
primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each other
Note Guarantor, to each Holder of the Notes and the Trustee, the full and
punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption
or otherwise, of the Obligations, all as more fully set forth in Article
X
of the
Indenture.
ARTICLE
III
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
3.1. Notices.
Any
notice or communication delivered to the Issuer under the provisions of the
Indenture shall constitute notice to the New Note Guarantor.
Section
3.2. Parties.
Nothing
expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any
Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Supplemental
Indenture or the Indenture or any provision herein or therein
contained.
Section
3.3. Governing
Law, etc.
This
Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by the provisions set forth in
Section
12.6
of the
Indenture.
Section
3.4. Severability.
In case
any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and such
provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality
or unenforceability.
Section
3.5. Ratification
of Indenture; Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture.
Except
as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and
confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain
in
full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the
Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter
authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby. The Trustee makes no
representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Supplemental Indenture.
Section
3.6. Duplicate
and Counterpart Originals.
The
parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. One signed
copy is enough to prove this Supplemental Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture
may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall
be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.
Section
3.7. Headings.
The
headings of the Articles and Sections in this Supplemental Indenture have been
inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered
as
a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions
hereof.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture
to
be duly executed as of the date first above written.
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[GUARANTOR],
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Title:
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as
a Note
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Title:
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