Exhibit 4.1
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PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INCORPORATED,
Issuer
TO
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF VIRGINIA,
Trustee
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Indenture
Dated as of July ___, 1997
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$___,000,000
_____% Senior Notes Due 2004
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PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INCORPORATED
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of _______________
Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
(S) 310(a)(1) ...................................... 607
(a)(2) ...................................... 607
(b) ...................................... 608
(S) 312(c) ...................................... 701
(S) 314(a) ...................................... 703
(a)(4) ...................................... 1008(a)
(c)(1) ...................................... 102
(c)(2) ...................................... 102
(e) ...................................... 102
(S) 315(b) ...................................... 601
(S) 316(a)(last
sentence) ...................................... 101 ("Outstanding")
(a)(1)(A) ...................................... 502, 512
(a)(1)(B) ...................................... 513
(b) ...................................... 508
(c) ...................................... 104(d)
(S) 317(a)(1) ...................................... 503
(a)(2) ...................................... 504
(b) ...................................... 1003
(S) 318(a) ...................................... 111
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PARTIES.................................................................... 1
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY.................................................... 1
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions...................................... 2
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Act........................................................... 2
Acquired Indebtedness......................................... 2
Affiliate..................................................... 3
Asset Acquisition............................................. 3
Asset Disposition............................................. 3
Asset Sale.................................................... 3
Average Life.................................................. 3
Board of Directors............................................ 4
Board Resolution.............................................. 4
Business Day.................................................. 4
Capital Stock................................................. 4
Capitalized Lease............................................. 4
Change of Control............................................. 4
Closing Date.................................................. 5
Commission.................................................... 5
Common Stock.................................................. 5
Company....................................................... 5
Company Request" or "Company Order............................ 5
Consolidated Cash Flow........................................ 5
Consolidated Fixed Charges.................................... 5
Consolidated Interest Expense................................. 5
Consolidated Net Income....................................... 6
Consolidated Net Worth........................................ 6
Corporate Trust Office........................................ 6
Corporation................................................... 7
Credit Facilities............................................. 7
Currency Agreement............................................ 7
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Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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Default....................................................... 7
Defaulted Interest............................................ 7
Eligible Accounts Receivable.................................. 7
Eligible Institution.......................................... 7
Employment Agreements......................................... 7
Event of Default.............................................. 7
Excess Proceeds Offer......................................... 7
Existing Indebtedness......................................... 8
Fair Market Value............................................. 8
Federal Bankruptcy Code....................................... 8
GAAP.......................................................... 8
Guarantee..................................................... 8
Government Securities......................................... 8
Holder........................................................ 8
Incur......................................................... 8
Indebtedness.................................................. 9
Indenture..................................................... 9
Interest Payment Date......................................... 9
Interest Rate Agreement....................................... 9
Investment.................................................... 9
Lien.......................................................... 10
Marketable Securities......................................... 10
Maturity...................................................... 10
Net Cash Proceeds............................................. 11
Notes......................................................... 11
Note Register" and "Note Registrar............................ 11
Officer's Certificate......................................... 11
Opinion of Counsel............................................ 11
Outstanding................................................... 12
Paying Agent.................................................. 12
Payment Account............................................... 12
Permitted Business............................................ 13
Permitted Investment.......................................... 13
Permitted Liens............................................... 13
Person........................................................ 14
Pledge Account................................................ 14
Pledge Agreement.............................................. 15
Pledged Securities............................................ 15
Predecessor Note.............................................. 15
Preferred Stock............................................... 15
Pro Forma Consolidated Cash Flow.............................. 15
Public Equity Offering........................................ 15
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Purchase Money Obligations.................................... 15
Redeemable Stock.............................................. 15
Redemption Date............................................... 16
Redemption Price.............................................. 16
Regular Record Date........................................... 16
Responsible Officer........................................... 16
Restricted Payments........................................... 16
Restricted Subsidiary......................................... 16
Securities Act................................................ 16
Significant Subsidiary........................................ 16
Special Record Date........................................... 17
Stated Maturity............................................... 17
Subsidiary.................................................... 17
Trade Payables................................................ 17
Transaction Date.............................................. 17
Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA.................................. 17
Trustee....................................................... 17
Underwriting Agreement........................................ 17
Units......................................................... 17
Unrestricted Subsidiary....................................... 17
Unrestricted Subsidiary Indebtedness.......................... 18
U.S. Subsidiary............................................... 18
Vice President................................................ 18
Voting Stock.................................................. 18
Warrants...................................................... 18
Warrant Agent................................................. 18
Warrant Agreement............................................. 18
Wholly Owned.................................................. 18
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions............ 19
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.......... 19
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders................................. 20
SECTION 105. Notices, etc., to Trustee, Company.............. 21
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver....................... 21
SECTION 107. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents........ 22
SECTION 108. Successors and Assigns.......................... 22
SECTION 109. Separability Clause............................. 22
SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture........................... 22
SECTION 111. Governing Law................................... 23
SECTION 112. Legal Holidays.................................. 23
SECTION 113. Currency Indemnity.............................. 23
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ARTICLE TWO
NOTE FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally................................ 24
SECTION 202. Form of Face of Note........................... 24
SECTION 203. Form of Reverse of Note........................ 26
SECTION 204. Form of Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication............................................. 29
ARTICLE THREE
THE NOTES
SECTION 301. Title and Terms................................ 30
SECTION 302. Denominations.................................. 30
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery
and Dating................................................. 30
SECTION 304. Temporary Notes................................ 31
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of
Transfer and Exchange...................................... 32
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Notes...................................................... 33
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights
Preserved.................................................. 34
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners.......................... 35
SECTION 309. Cancellation................................... 35
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest........................ 35
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture.................................................. 36
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money..................... 37
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ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default.............................. 37
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission
and Annulment.............................................. 39
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits
for Enforcement by Trustee................................. 40
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim............... 41
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Notes........................................ 42
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected................. 42
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits............................ 42
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to
Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.................... 43
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies............. 43
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative................. 43
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver................... 44
SECTION 512. Control by Holders............................. 44
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults........................ 44
SECTION 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws............... 45
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Notice of Defaults............................. 45
SECTION 602. Certain Rights of Trustee...................... 46
SECTION 603. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals
or Issuance of Notes....................................... 47
SECTION 604. May Hold Notes................................. 47
SECTION 605. Money Held in Trust............................ 47
SECTION 606. Compensation and Reimbursement................. 48
SECTION 607. Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility................................................ 49
SECTION 608. Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor................................... 49
SECTION 609. Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor.................................................. 50
SECTION 610. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business..................................... 51
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of
Holders.......................................................... 51
SECTION 702. Reports by Trustee.................................... 51
SECTION 703. Reports by Company.................................... 52
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only
on Certain Terms................................................. 53
SECTION 802. Successor Substituted................................ 54
SECTION 803. Notes to Be Secured in Certain Events................ 54
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without
Consent of Holders............................................... 55
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent
of Holders....................................................... 55
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures................. 56
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.................... 56
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.................. 57
SECTION 906. Reference in Notes to Supplemental
Indentures....................................................... 57
SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures.................... 57
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ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if
any, and Interest............................................... 57
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.................... 57
SECTION 1003. Money for Note Payments to Be
Held in Trust................................................... 58
SECTION 1004. Corporate Existence................................ 59
SECTION 1005. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.................. 59
SECTION 1006. Maintenance of Properties.......................... 60
SECTION 1008. Statement by Officers As to Default................ 60
SECTION 1009. Provision of Financial Statements.................. 60
SECTION 1021. Waiver of Certain Covenants........................ 73
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
SECTION 1101. Right of Redemption................................ 74
SECTION 1102. Applicability of Article........................... 74
SECTION 1103. Election to Redeem; Notice to
Trustee......................................................... 74
SECTION 1104. Selection by Trustee of Notes to Be
Redeemed........................................................ 74
SECTION 1105. Notice of Redemption............................... 75
SECTION 1106. Deposit of Redemption Price........................ 75
SECTION 1107. Notes Payable on Redemption Date................... 76
SECTION 1108. Notes Redeemed in Part............................. 76
ARTICLE TWELVE
SECURITY
SECTION 1201. Security........................................... 77
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1301. Company's Option to Effect
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.............................. 78
SECTION 1302. Defeasance and Discharge.......................... 78
SECTION 1303. Covenant Defeasance............................... 79
SECTION 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance............................................ 79
SECTION 1305. Deposited Money and U.S.
Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions....................................... 81
SECTION 1306. Reinstatement..................................... 81
TESTIMONIUM................................................................ 84
SIGNATURES AND SEALS....................................................... 84
INDENTURE, dated as of July__ , 1997 between PRIMUS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INCORPORATED, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company"),
having its principal office at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000, and FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF VIRGINIA, a national banking
association, duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States, as
Trustee (the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of ___% Senior
Notes Due 2004 (the "Notes"), of substantially the tenor and amount hereinafter
set forth, and to provide therefor the Company has duly authorized the execution
and delivery of this Indenture.
Pursuant to the terms of an Underwriting Agreement dated as of July __,
1997 (the "Underwriting Agreement") between the Company and Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
and Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation, as representatives
(the "Representatives") for itself and the several underwriters named on
Schedule I thereto , the Company has agreed to issue and sell (i) $____ Units
(the "Units"), each Unit consisting of $1,000 principal amount of the Notes and
____ warrants (the "Warrants") to purchase shares of common stock, par value
$.01 per share, of the Company, issuable pursuant to the terms of a Warrant
Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the "Warrant Agreement") between the
Company and First Union National Bank of Virginia, as the warrant agent (the
"Warrant Agent"). The Notes will be partially secured pursuant to the terms of
a Pledge Agreement (as defined herein) by Government Securities as provided by
Article Ten of this Indenture.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to
the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
All things necessary have been done to make the Notes, when executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the
Company, the valid obligations of the Company and to make this Indenture a valid
agreement of the Company, in accordance with their and its terms.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by
the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions.
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For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein, and the terms "cash transaction" and "self-
liquidating paper", as used in TIA Section 311, shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the rules of the Commission adopted under the Trust
Indenture Act;
(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term
"generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation
required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as
are generally accepted at the date of such computation; and
(d) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
Certain terms, used principally in Article Ten, are defined in that
Article.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 104.
"Acquired Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of a Person existing at the
time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or assumed in connection with
an Asset Acquisition by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and not incurred
in connection with, or in anticipation of, such Person becoming a Restricted
Subsidiary or such Asset Acquisition; provided that Indebtedness of such Person
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which is redeemed, defeased, retired or otherwise repaid at the time of or
immediately upon the consummation of the transactions by which such Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or such Asset Acquisition shall not be
Indebtedness.
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"Affiliate" means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly
or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common
control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, "control"
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling," "controlled by"
and "under common control with"), as applied to any Person, means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. For purposes of the
Indenture "Affiliate" shall be deemed to include Mr. K. Xxxx Xxxxx.
"Asset Acquisition" means (i) an investment by the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries in any other Person pursuant to which such Person
shall become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or shall be merged into or
consolidated with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) an
acquisition by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of the property
and assets of any Person other than the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that constitute substantially all of a division or line of business
of such Person.
"Asset Disposition" means the sale or other disposition by the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than to the Company or another
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of (i) all or substantially all of the
Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) all or
substantially all of the assets that constitute a division or line of business
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Asset Sale" means any sale, transfer or other disposition (including
by way of merger, consolidation or sale-leaseback transactions) in one
transaction or a series of related transactions by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person other than the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of (i) all or any of the Capital Stock of any
Subsidiary, (ii) all or substantially all of the property and assets of an
operating unit or business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
or (iii) any other property and assets of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries outside the ordinary course of business of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary and, in each case, that is not governed by the provisions
of the Indenture applicable to mergers, consolidations and sales of assets of
the Company and which, in the case of any of clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above,
whether in one transaction or a series of related transactions, (a) have a fair
market value in excess of $1.0 million or (b) are for net proceeds in excess of
$1.0 million; provided that sales or other dispositions of inventory,
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receivables and other current assets in the ordinary course of business shall
not be included within the meaning of "Asset Sale."
"Average Life" means, at any date of determination with respect to any
debt security, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the products of
(a) the number of years from such date of determination to the dates of each
successive scheduled principal payment of such debt security and (b) the amount
of such principal payment by (ii) the sum of all such principal payments.
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"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the
Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York
or Richmond, Virginia are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
"Capital Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether
voting or non-voting) in equity of such Person, whether now outstanding or
issued after the date of this Indenture, including, without limitation, all
Common Stock and Preferred Stock.
"Capitalized Lease" means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any
property (whether real, personal or mixed) of which the discounted present value
of the rental obligations of such Person as lessee, in conformity with GAAP, is
required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person; and "Capitalized
Lease Obligation" means the discounted present value of the rental obligations
under such lease.
"Change of Control" means such time as (i) a "person" or "group"
(within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) becomes
the ultimate "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act) of more than 50% of the total voting power of the then outstanding Voting
Stock of the Company on a fully diluted basis; (ii) individuals who at the
beginning of any period of two consecutive calendar years constituted the Board
of Directors (together with any directors who are members of the Board of
Directors on the date hereof and any new directors whose election by the Board
of Directors or whose nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was
approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board of
Directors then still in office who either were members of the Board of Directors
at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the
members of such board of directors then in office; (iii) the sale, lease,
transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or
consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole to any such "person" or "group" (other than to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary); (iv) the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into
another corporation or the merger of another corporation with or into the
Company with the effect that immediately after such transaction any such
"person" or "group" of persons or entities shall have become the beneficial
owner of securities of the surviving corporation of such merger or consolidation
representing a majority of the total
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voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock of the surviving corporation;
or (v) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the
Company.
"Closing Date" means the date on which the Notes are originally issued
under this Indenture.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or,
if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares,
interests, participations and other equivalents (however designated, whether
voting or non-voting) of such Person's common stock, whether now outstanding or
issued after the date of this Indenture, including, without limitation, all
series and classes of such common stock.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture, until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman, its President, any Vice
President, its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Consolidated Cash Flow" means, for any period, the sum of the amounts
for such period of (i) Consolidated Net Income, (ii) Consolidated Interest
Expense, (iii) income taxes, to the extent such amount was deducted in
calculating Consolidated Net Income (other than income taxes (either positive or
negative) attributable to extraordinary and non-recurring gains or losses or
sales of assets), (iv) depreciation expense, to the extent such amount was
deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income, (v) amortization expense, to
the extent such amount was deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income, and
(vi) all other non-cash items reducing Consolidated Net Income (excluding any
non-cash charge to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for
cash charges in any future period), less all non-cash items increasing
Consolidated Net Income, all as determined on a consolidated basis for the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in conformity with GAAP.
"Consolidated Fixed Charges" means, for any period, Consolidated
Interest Expense plus dividends declared and payable on Preferred Stock.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period, the aggregate
amount of interest in respect of Indebtedness (including capitalized interest,
amortization of original issue discount on any Indebtedness and the interest
portion of any deferred payment
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obligation, calculated in accordance with the effective interest method of
accounting; all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with
respect to letters of credit and bankers' acceptance financing; the net costs
associated with Interest Rate Agreements; and interest on Indebtedness that is
Guaranteed or secured by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and
all but the principal component of rentals in respect of Capitalized Lease
Obligations paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or to be accrued by the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the aggregate net
income (or loss) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period
determined in conformity with GAAP; provided that the following items shall be
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excluded in computing Consolidated Net Income (without duplication): (i) solely
for the purposes of calculating the amount of Restricted Payments that may be
made pursuant to clause (C) of the first paragraph of Section 1012, the net
income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or all or substantially all of the property and assets
of such Person are acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; (ii) any gains or losses (on an after-tax basis) attributable to
Asset Sales; (iii) except for purposes of calculating the amount of Restricted
Payments that may be made pursuant to clause (C) of the first paragraph of
Section 1012, any amount paid or accrued as dividends on Preferred Stock of the
Company or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary owned by Persons other
than the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (iv) all extraordinary
gains and extraordinary losses; and (v) the net income (or loss) of any Person
(other than net income (or loss) attributable to a Restricted Subsidiary) in
which any Person (other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries)
has a joint interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other
distributions actually paid to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
by such other Person during such period.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means, at any date of determination,
stockholders' equity as set forth on the most recently available quarterly or
annual consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
(which shall be as of a date not more than 90 days prior to the date of such
computation), less any amounts attributable to Redeemable Stock or any equity
security convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness, the cost of treasury
stock and the principal amount of any promissory notes receivable from the sale
of the Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, each
item to be determined in conformity with GAAP (excluding the effects of foreign
currency exchange adjustments under Financial Accounting Standards Board
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 52).
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of
the Trustee, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall
be administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is
located at 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate
Trust, except that with respect to presentation of Notes for payment or for
registration of transfer or exchange, such term shall
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mean the office or agency of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its
corporate agency business shall be conducted.
"Corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies and
business trusts.
"Credit Facilities" means, with respect to the Company, one or more
debt facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional
lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing
(including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose
entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters
of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded,
replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time.
"Currency Agreement" means any foreign exchange contract, currency
swap agreement and any other arrangement and agreement designed to provide
protection against fluctuations in currency values.
"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time
or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Eligible Accounts Receivable" means the accounts receivables (net of
any reserves and allowances for doubtful accounts in accordance with GAAP) of
any Person that are not more than 60 days past their due date and that were
entered into in the ordinary course of business on normal payment terms as shown
on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of such Person filed with the
Commission, all in accordance with GAAP.
"Eligible Institution" means a commercial banking institution that has
combined capital and surplus of not less than $500 million or its equivalent in
foreign currency, whose debt is rated "A-3" or higher or "A-" or higher
according to Xxxxx'x Investors Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Ratings Group
(or such similar equivalent rating by at least one "nationally recognized
statistical rating organization" (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities
Act) respectively, at the time as of which any investment or rollover therein is
made.
"Employment Agreements" means the employment agreements between the
Company and Mr. K. Xxxx Xxxxx, dated June 1994.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Excess Proceeds Offer" has the meaning specified in Section 1017.
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"Existing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness outstanding on the date of
the Indenture.
"Fair Market Value" means, with respect to any asset or property, the
sale value that would be obtained in an arm's length transaction between an
informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and
willing buyer.
"Federal Bankruptcy Code" means the Bankruptcy Act of Title 11 of the
United States Code, as amended from time to time.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States of America as in effect from time to time, including, without limitation,
those set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles
Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements
and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession.
"Guarantee" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any
Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation
of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any
obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (i) to
purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such
Indebtedness or other obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue
of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets,
goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial
statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for purposes of
assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other
obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in
respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided that the term "Guarantee" shall
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not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business. The term "Guarantee" used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
"Government Securities" means direct obligations of, obligations fully
guaranteed by, or participation in pools consisting solely of obligations of or
obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which
guarantee or obligations the full faith and credit of the United States of
America is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the
issuer thereof.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note
Register.
"Incur" means, with respect to any Indebtedness, to incur, create,
issue, assume, Guarantee or otherwise become liable for or with respect to, or
become responsible for, the payment of, contingently or otherwise, such
Indebtedness, including an Incurrence of Indebtedness by reason of the
acquisition of more than 50% of the Capital Stock of any
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Person; provided that neither the accrual of interest nor the accretion of
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original issue discount shall be considered an Incurrence of Indebtedness.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person at any date of
determination (without duplication), (i) all indebtedness of such Person for
borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such
Person in respect of letters of credit or other similar instruments (including
reimbursement obligations with respect thereto), (iv) all obligations of such
Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or services,
which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing such
property in service or taking delivery and title thereto or the completion of
such services, except Trade Payables, (v) all obligations of such Person as
lessee under Capitalized Leases, (vi) all Indebtedness of other Persons secured
by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is
assumed by such Person; provided that the amount of such Indebtedness shall be
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the lesser of (A) the fair market value of such asset at such date of
determination and (B) the amount of such Indebtedness, (vii) all Indebtedness of
other Persons Guaranteed by such Person to the extent such Indebtedness is
Guaranteed by such Person, (viii) the maximum fixed redemption or repurchase
price of Redeemable Stock of such Person at the time of determination and (ix)
to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, obligations under
Currency Agreements and Interest Rate Agreements. The amount of Indebtedness of
any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all
unconditional obligations as described above and, with respect to contingent
obligations, the maximum liability upon the occurrence of the contingency giving
rise to the obligation, provided (i) that the amount outstanding at any time of
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any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount is the face amount of such
Indebtedness less the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue
discount of such Indebtedness at such time as determined in conformity with GAAP
and (ii) that Indebtedness shall not include any liability for federal, state,
local or other taxes.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.
"Interest Payment Date" means the Stated Maturity of an installment of
interest on the Notes.
"Interest Rate Agreement" means interest rate swap agreements,
interest rate cap agreements, interest rate insurance, and other arrangements
and agreements designed to provide protection against fluctuations in interest
rates.
"Investment" in any Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan
or other extension of credit (including, without limitation, by way of Guarantee
or similar arrangement; but excluding advances to customers in the ordinary
course of business that are, in conformity with GAAP, recorded as accounts
receivable on the balance sheet of the
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Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries) or capital contribution to (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), or any purchase or acquisition of
Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other similar instruments issued by,
such Person. For purposes of the definition of "Unrestricted Subsidiary" and
Sections 1012 and 1014, (i) "Investment" shall include (a) the fair market value
of the assets (net of liabilities) of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
at the time that such Restricted Subsidiary of the Company is designated an
Unrestricted Subsidiary and shall exclude the fair market value of the assets
(net of liabilities) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time that such
Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and
(b) the fair market value, in the case of a sale of Capital Stock in accordance
with Section 1014 such that a Person no longer constitutes a Restricted
Subsidiary, of the remaining assets (net of liabilities) of such Person after
such sale, and shall exclude the fair market value of the assets (net of
liabilities) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time that such Unrestricted
Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) any
property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at
its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined
by the Board of Directors in good faith.
"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance,
lien or charge of any kind (including, without limitation, any conditional sale
or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof, any sale with
recourse against the seller or any Affiliate of the seller, or any agreement to
give any security interest).
"Marketable Securities" means: (i) Government Securities which have a
remaining weighted average life to maturity of not more than one year from the
date of Investment therein; (ii) any time deposit account, money market deposit
and certificate of deposit maturing not more than 180 days after the date of
acquisition issued by, or time deposit of, an Eligible Institution; (iii)
commercial paper maturing not more than 90 days after the date of acquisition
issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Company) with a rating,
at the time as of which any investment therein is made, of "P-1" or higher
according to Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or "A-1" or higher according to
Standard & Poor's Rating Group (or such similar equivalent rating by at least
one "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined in Rule
436 under the Securities Act)); (iv) any banker's acceptance or money market
deposit accounts issued or offered by an Eligible Institution; (v) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than 7 days for Government Securities
entered into with an Eligible Institution; and (vi) any fund investing
exclusively in investments of the types described in clauses (i) through (v)
above.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Notes, means the date on
which the principal of such Notes or an installment of principal becomes due and
payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption or otherwise.
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"Net Cash Proceeds" means, (a) with respect to any Asset Sale, the
proceeds of such Asset Sale in the form of cash or cash equivalents, including
payments in respect of deferred payment obligations (to the extent corresponding
to the principal, but not interest, component thereof) when received in the form
of cash or cash equivalents (except to the extent such obligations are financed
or sold with recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) and proceeds
from the conversion of other property received when converted to cash or cash
equivalents, net of (i) brokerage commissions and other fees and expenses
(including fees and expenses of counsel and investment bankers) related to such
Asset Sale, (ii) provisions for all taxes (whether or not such taxes will
actually be paid or are payable) as a result of such Asset Sale without regard
to the consolidated results of operations of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (iii) payments made to repay Indebtedness or any
other obligation outstanding at the time of such Asset Sale that either (A) is
secured by a Lien on the property or assets sold or (B) is required to be paid
as a result of such sale and (iv) appropriate amounts to be provided by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as a reserve against any
liabilities associated with such Asset Sale, including, without limitation,
pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to
environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations
associated with such Asset Sale, all as determined in conformity with GAAP and
(b) with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock, the proceeds of such
issuance or sale in the form of cash or cash equivalents, including payments in
respect of deferred payment obligations (to the extent corresponding to the
principal, but not interest, component thereof) when received in the form of
cash or cash equivalents (except to the extent such obligations are financed or
sold with recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company)
and proceeds from the conversion of other property received when converted to
cash or cash equivalents, net of attorney's fees, accountants' fees,
underwriters' or placement agents' fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage,
consultant and other fees incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and
net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.
"Notes" means any of the notes as defined in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Notes authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"Note Register" and "Note Registrar" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman,
the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company, including an employee of the Company, and who shall be
acceptable to the Trustee.
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"Outstanding", when used with respect to Notes, means, as of the date
of determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, except:
(i) Notes theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Notes, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption
money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside
and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own
Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Notes; provided that, if such Notes
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are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant
to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has
been made;
(iii) Notes, except to the extent provided in Sections 1302 and 1303,
with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or covenant
defeasance as provided in Article Thirteen; and
(iv) Notes which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to the 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 the
Notes are valid obligations of the Company.
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
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principal amount of Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, consent, notice or waiver hereunder, and for the
purpose of making the calculations required by TIA Section 313, Notes owned by
the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company
or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding,
except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making
such calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes which 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 Company or any other obligor upon the
Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person (including the Company acting as
Paying Agent) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on any Notes on behalf of the Company.
"Payment Account" has the meaning set forth in Section 402.
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"Permitted Business" means any business involving voice, data and
other telecommunications services.
"Permitted Investment" means (i) an Investment in a Restricted
Subsidiary or a Person which will, upon the making of such Investment, become a
Restricted Subsidiary or be merged or consolidated with or into or transfer or
convey all or substantially all its assets to, the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary; (ii) any Investment in Marketable Securities or Pledged Securities;
(iii) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at
the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses in accordance
with GAAP; (iv) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of
business in accordance with past practice of the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries and that do not in the aggregate exceed $1.0 million at any time
outstanding; (v) stock, obligations or securities received in satisfaction of
judgments; (vi) Investments in any Person received as consideration for Asset
Sales to the extent permitted under Section 1017; and (vii) Investments in any
Person at any one time outstanding (measured on the date each such Investment
was made without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) in an aggregate
amount not to exceed 5.0% of the Company's total consolidated assets.
"Permitted Liens" means (i) Liens for taxes, assessments, governmental
charges or claims that are being contested in good faith by appropriate legal
proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and for which a reserve
or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with
GAAP shall have been made; (ii) statutory Liens of landlords and carriers,
warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, repairmen or other similar
Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and with respect to amounts not
yet delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate legal proceedings
promptly instituted and diligently conducted and for which a reserve or other
appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP
shall have been made; (iii) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary
course of business in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment
insurance and other types of social security; (iv) Liens incurred or deposits
made to secure the performance of tenders, bids, leases, statutory or regulatory
obligations, bankers' acceptances, surety and appeal bonds, government
contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other obligations of a
similar nature incurred in the ordinary course of business (exclusive of
obligations for the payment of borrowed money); (v) easements, rights-of-way,
municipal and zoning ordinances and similar charges, encumbrances, title defects
or other irregularities that do not materially interfere with the ordinary
course of business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (vi)
Liens (including extensions and renewals thereof) upon real or personal property
purchased or leased after the Closing Date; provided that (a) such Lien is
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created solely for the purpose of securing Indebtedness Incurred in compliance
with Section 1011 (1) to finance the cost (including the cost of design,
development, construction, acquisition, installation or integration) of the item
of property or assets subject thereto and such Lien is created prior to, at the
time of or within six months after the later of the acquisition, the completion
of construction or the commencement of full operation of such property or (2) to
refinance any Indebtedness previously so secured, (b) the principal amount
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of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien does not exceed 100% of such cost and
(c) any such Lien shall not extend to or cover any property or assets other than
such item of property or assets and any improvements on such item; (vii) leases
or subleases granted to others that do not materially interfere with the
ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole; (viii) Liens encumbering property or assets under construction
arising from progress or partial payments by a customer of the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries relating to such property or assets; (ix) any interest
or title of a lessor in the property subject to any Capitalized Lease or
operating lease; (x) Liens arising from filing Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements regarding leases; (xi) Liens on property of, or on shares of stock or
Indebtedness of, any corporation existing at the time such corporation becomes,
or becomes a part of, any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens do not
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extend to or cover any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary other than the property or assets acquired and were not created in
contemplation of such transaction; (xii) Liens in favor of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary; (xiii) Liens arising from the rendering of a final
judgment or order against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company that does not give rise to an Event of Default; (xiv) Liens securing
reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit that encumber
documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and the products
and proceeds thereof; (xv) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities
arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection
with the importation of goods; (xvi) Liens encumbering customary initial
deposits and margin deposits and other Liens that are either within the general
parameters customary in the industry or incurred in the ordinary course of
business, in each case, securing Indebtedness under Interest Rate Agreements and
Currency Agreements; (xvii) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title
retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered
into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course
of business in accordance with the past practices of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date; (xviii) Liens existing on the
Closing Date or securing the Notes or any Guarantee of the Notes; (xix) Liens
granted after the Closing Date on any assets or Capital Stock of the Company or
its Restricted Subsidiaries created in favor of the holders; (xx) Liens securing
Indebtedness which is incurred to refinance secured Indebtedness which is
permitted to be Incurred under clause (iv) of paragraph (b) of Section 1011;
provided that such Liens do not extend to or cover any property or assets of the
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Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the property or assets securing
the Indebtedness being refinanced; and (xxi) Liens securing Indebtedness under a
Credit Facility incurred in compliance with clauses (i) and (ix) of paragraph
(b) of Section 1011.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Pledge Account" means an account established with the Trustee
pursuant to the terms of the Pledge Agreement for the deposit of the Pledged
Securities purchased by the Company with a portion of the proceeds from the sale
of the Notes.
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"Pledge Agreement" means the Collateral Pledge and Security Agreement,
dated as of the date of this Indenture, made by the Company in favor of the
Trustee, governing the disbursement of funds from the Pledge Account, as such
Pledge Agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.
"Pledged Securities" means the securities originally purchased by the
Company with a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes, which shall
consist of Government Securities, to be deposited in the Pledge Account, all in
accordance with the terms of the Pledge Agreement.
"Predecessor Note" of any particular Note means every previous Note
evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Note; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for a mutilated
security or in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.
"Preferred Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any and all
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated,
whether voting or non-voting) of such Person's preferred or preference stock,
whether now outstanding or issued after the date of this Indenture, including,
without limitation, all series and classes of preferred or preference stock.
"Pro Forma Consolidated Cash Flow" means, for any period, the
Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company for such period calculated on a pro forma
basis to give effect to any Asset Disposition or Asset Acquisition not in the
ordinary course of business (including acquisitions of other Persons by merger,
consolidation or purchase of Capital Stock) during such period as if such Asset
Disposition or Asset Acquisition had taken place on the first day of such
period.
"Public Equity Offering" means an underwritten primary public offering
of Common Stock of the Company pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act.
"Purchase Money Obligations" means, with respect to each Person,
obligations, other than those under Capitalized Leases, Incurred or assumed in
the ordinary course of business in connection with the purchase of property to
be used in the business of such Person.
"Redeemable Stock" means any class or series of Capital Stock of any
Person that by its terms or otherwise is (i) required to be redeemed prior to
the Stated Maturity of the Notes, (ii) redeemable at the option of the holder of
such class or series of Capital Stock at any time prior to the Stated Maturity
of the Notes or (iii) convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock
referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above or Indebtedness having a scheduled
maturity prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes; provided that any Capital
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Stock that
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would not constitute Redeemable Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders
thereof the right to require such Person to repurchase or redeem such Capital
Stock upon the occurrence of an "asset sale" or "change of control" occurring
prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes shall not constitute Redeemable Stock
if the "asset sale" or "change of control" provisions applicable to such Capital
Stock are no more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than the
provisions contained in Section 1017 and Section 1010 and such Capital Stock
specifically provides that such Person will not repurchase or redeem any such
stock pursuant to such provision prior to the Company's repurchase of such Notes
as are required to be repurchased pursuant to Section 1017 and Section 1010.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed,
in whole or in part, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to
this Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed,
means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date means the [date] or [date] (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may
be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means
the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any
vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman
of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, the secretary, any
assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any
assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller
or any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above-designated
officers and having direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture or the Pledge Agreement, and also means, with respect to a particular
corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Restricted Payments" has the meaning specified in Section 1012.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company other than
an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Significant Subsidiary" means, at any date of determination, any
Subsidiary of the Company that, together with its Subsidiaries, (i) for the most
recent fiscal year of the Company, accounted for more than 10% of the
consolidated revenues of the Company or (ii) as of the end of such fiscal year,
was the owner of more than 10% of the consolidated assets
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of the Company, all as set forth on the most recently available consolidated
financial statements of the Company for such fiscal year.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means
a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity" means, (i) with respect to any debt security, the
date specified in such debt security as the fixed date on which the final
installment of principal of such debt security is due and payable and (ii) with
respect to any scheduled installment of principal of or interest on any debt
security, the date specified in such debt security as the fixed date on which
such installment is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation,
association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding
Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person and one or more
other Subsidiaries of such Person.
"Trade Payables" means any accounts payable or any other indebtedness
or monetary obligation to trade creditors created, assumed or Guaranteed by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries arising in the ordinary course of
business in connection with the acquisition of goods and services.
"Transaction Date" means, with respect to the Incurrence of any
Indebtedness by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, the date such
Indebtedness is to be Incurred and, with respect to any Restricted Payment, the
date such Restricted Payment is to be made.
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed, except as
provided in Section 905.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean such successor Trustee.
"Underwriting Agreement" has the meaning provided in the recitals to
this Indenture.
"Units" has the meaning provided in the recitals to this Indenture.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means (i) any Subsidiary of the Company that
at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by
the Board of Directors in the manner provided below and (ii) any Subsidiary of
an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company (including any newly acquired or newly formed
Subsidiary of the Company) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such
Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or owns or holds
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any Lien on any property of, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided
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that either (A) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total assets of $1,000 or
less, (B) if such Subsidiary has assets greater than $1,000, that such
designation would be permitted under Section 1012, or (C) such Subsidiary is not
liable, directly or indirectly, with respect to any Indebtedness other than
Unrestricted Subsidiary Indebtedness. The Board of Directors may designate any
Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided
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that immediately after giving effect to such designation (x) the Company could
Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 1011 and (y) no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Any such designation by
the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with
the Trustee a copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation
and an Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the
foregoing provisions.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of any
Unrestricted Subsidiary (i) as to which neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
is directly or indirectly liable (by virtue of the Company or any such
Subsidiary being the primary obligor on, guarantor of, or otherwise liable in
any respect to, such Indebtedness), and (ii) which, upon the occurrence of a
default with respect thereto, does not result in, or permit any holder of any
Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary to declare, a default on such
Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary or cause the payment thereof to be
accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity.
"U.S. Government Obligations" has the meaning specified in Section
1304.
"U.S. Subsidiary" means any corporation or other entity incorporated
or organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the
Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a
word or words added before or after the title "vice president".
"Voting Stock" means with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of any
class or kind ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors,
managers or other voting members of the governing body of such Person.
"Warrants" has the meaning provided in the recitals to this Indenture.
"Warrant Agent" has the meaning provided in the recitals to this
Indenture.
"Warrant Agreement" has the meaning provided in the recitals to this
Indenture.
"Wholly Owned", with respect to any Subsidiary, means a Subsidiary of
the Company if all of the outstanding Capital Stock in such Subsidiary (other
than any director's
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qualifying shares or Investments by foreign nationals mandated by applicable
law) is owned by the Company or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the
Company.
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
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Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to
the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if
any, provided for in this Indenture (including any covenant compliance with
which constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the proposed action have
been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such
counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except
that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing
of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture
relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to
Section 1008(a)) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
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In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel,
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unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know,
that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters
upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such
certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual
matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or
officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such
factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows,
or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders.
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(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents 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 Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the
manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where
such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The principal amount and serial numbers of Notes held by any
Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Note Register.
(d) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Notes any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act,
the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in
advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such
request, demand, authorization, direction,
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notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation
to do so. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such record date shall be the
record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a
date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of
Holders generally in connection therewith and not later than the date such
solicitation is completed. If such a record date is fixed, such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be
given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the
close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the
purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of
Outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for
that purpose the Outstanding Notes shall be computed as of such record date;
provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such
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record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant
to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the
record date.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of
the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in
reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.
SECTION 105. Notices, etc., to Trustee, Company.
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Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to
be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing
to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate
Trust, 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if
in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company
addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the
first paragraph of this Indenture, or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
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Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to Holders by
the Company or the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless
otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to each Holder
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affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Note Register, not
later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed
for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by
mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so
mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice
with respect to other Holders. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner
herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such
Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives such notice. Where this
Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in
writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after
the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of
notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be
a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular
mail service or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impracticable to mail
notice of any event to Holders when such notice is required to be given pursuant
to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as
shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving
of such notice for every purpose hereunder.
SECTION 107. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
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The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 108. Successors and Assigns.
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All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 109. Separability Clause.
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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 110. Benefits of Indenture.
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Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall
give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Notes
Registrar and their successors hereunder, and the Holders, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
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SECTION 111. Governing Law.
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This Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the law of the State of New York. This Indenture is subject to
the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this
Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
Each of the parties hereto submits to the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and
any New York state court located in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of
New York with respect to any actions brought against it as defendant in any
suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relative to this Indenture or the
Notes and waives any rights to which it may be entitled on account of place of
residence or domicile.
SECTION 112. Legal Holidays.
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In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking
fund payment date or Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Note shall not be a
Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of
the Notes) payment of principal (or premium, if any) or interest need not be
made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the
same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date
or sinking fund payment date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity; provided
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that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or
Maturity, as the case may be.
SECTION 113. Currency Indemnity.
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U.S. dollars are the sole currency of account and payment for all sums
payable by the Company under or in connection with the Notes, including damages.
Any amount received or recovered in a currency other than dollars (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 Company or otherwise) by
any Holder of a Note in respect of any sum expressed to be due to it from the
Company shall only constitute a discharge to the Company to the extent of the
dollar 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 dollar amount is
less than the dollar amount expressed to be due to the recipient under any Note,
the Company shall indemnify the recipient against any loss sustained by it as a
result. In any event, the Company shall indemnify the recipient against the
cost of making any such purchase. For the purposes of this Section 113, it will
be sufficient for the Holder of a Note to certify in a satisfactory manner
(indicating the sources of information used) that it would have suffered a loss
had an actual purchase of dollars been made with the amount so received in that
other currency on the date of receipt or recovery (or, if a purchase of dollars
on such date had not been practicable, on the first
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date on which it would have been practicable, it being required that the need
for a change of date be certified in the manner mentioned above). These
indemnities constitute a separate and independent obligation from the Company's
other obligations, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of
action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by any Holder of a
Note and shall continue in full force and effect despite any other judgment,
order, claim or proof for a liquidated amount in respect of any sum due under
any Note.
ARTICLE TWO
NOTE FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally.
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The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the forms set forth in this Article, with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be
required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as
evidenced by their execution of the Notes. Any portion of the text of any Note
may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto
on the face of the Note.
The definitive Notes shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel-engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined
by the officers of the Company executing such Notes, as evidenced by their
execution of such Notes.
SECTION 202. Form of Face of Note.
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THE NOTES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE INITIALLY ISSUED AS PART OF AN
ISSUANCE OF UNITS, EACH OF WHICH CONSISTS OF ONE NOTE WITH A PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT AT MATURITY OF $1,000 AND ____ WARRANTS INITIALLY ENTITLING THE
HOLDER THEREOF TO PURCHASE _____ SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER
SHARE, OF PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INCORPORATED. (THE "COMMON
STOCK"). PRIOR TO THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS UPON THE EARLIEST TO OCCUR OF (i)
_______, 1998, (ii) SUCH DATE AS XXXXXX BROTHERS INC. MAY IN ITS DISCRETION
DEEM APPROPRIATE AND IS IDENTIFIED IN A WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE TRUSTEE OR
(iii) UPON AN EXERCISE EVENT, THE NOTES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR
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EXCHANGED SEPARATELY FROM, BUT MAY BE TRANSFERRED OR EXCHANGED ONLY
TOGETHER WITH, THE WARRANTS.
Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated
___% Senior Note Due 2004
No. __________ $________
Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation
(herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay
to ____________________ or registered assigns, the principal sum of
____________________ Dollars on [______,] 2004, at the office or agency of the
Company referred to below, and to pay interest thereon on [______, 1998] and
semi-annually thereafter, on [date] and [date] in each year, from [July __ ,
1998], or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for, at the rate of ____% per annum, until the principal
hereof is paid or duly provided for, and (to the extent lawful) to pay on demand
interest on any overdue interest at the rate borne by the Notes from the date on
which such overdue interest becomes payable to the date payment of such interest
has been made or duly provided for. The interest so payable, and punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in
such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record
Date for such interest, which shall be the [date] or [date] (whether or not a
Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and such
defaulted interest, and (to the extent lawful) interest on such defaulted
interest at the rate borne by the Notes, may be paid to the Person in whose name
this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to
be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes not
less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time
in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as
may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on this Note
will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose
in The City of New York, or at such other office or agency of the Company as may
be maintained for such purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the
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option of the Company (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear on the Note Register or (ii) by transfer to
an account maintained by the payee located in the United States.
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Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed
by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
GROUP, INCORPORATED
By
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Attest:
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Authorized Signature
SECTION 203. Form of Reverse of Note.
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This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company designated as its _____% Senior Notes Due 2004 (herein called the
"Notes"), limited (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture referred to
below) in aggregate principal amount to $[__,000,000], which may be issued under
an indenture (herein called the "Indenture") dated as of July __, 1997 between
the Company and First Union National Bank of Virginia, trustee (herein called
the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture),
to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby
made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties,
obligations and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the
Holders of the Notes, and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered.
The Notes are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days notice, at any time after [______, 2001], as a whole or in part, at
the election of the Company, at a Redemption Price equal to the percentage of
the principal amount set forth below if redeemed during the 12-month period
beginning [date], of the years indicated:
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Redemption
Year Price
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2001 %
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2002 %
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2003 100.00%
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and thereafter at 100% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such
redemption with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, all as
provided in the Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the first 36 months after the
date of the Indenture, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to
35% of the originally issued principal amount of Notes at a redemption price of
% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to
the redemption date, with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Public Equity
Offerings; provided that at least 65% of the originally issued principal amount
of Notes remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such
redemption; and provided further that notice of such redemption shall be given
within 60 days of the closing of such Public Equity Offerings of common stock of
the Company.
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Holder of this Note
may require the Company, subject to certain limitations provided in the
Indenture, to repurchase this Note at a purchase price in cash in an amount
equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest.
In the case of any redemption of Notes, interest installments whose
Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the
Holders of such Notes, or one or more Predecessor Notes, of record at the close
of business on the relevant Record Date referred to on the face hereof. Notes
(or portions thereof) for whose redemption and payment provision is made in
accordance with the Indenture shall cease to bear interest from and after the
Redemption Date.
In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or
Notes for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the
Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of
all the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a)
the entire indebtedness of the Company on this Note and (b) certain restrictive
covenants and the related
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Defaults and Events of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain
conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to this Note.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders under the Indenture at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of
the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and
their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by or on behalf of the Holder of
this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer
hereof or in exchange herewith or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on this Note at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registerable on the Note
Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of
transfer at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose The
City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Note Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Notes, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to the time of due presentment of this Note for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered on the Note Register
as the owner hereof for all purposes,
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whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor
any agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
SECTION 204. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
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The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially
the following form:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
Dated: ____________________
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
OF VIRGINIA,
as Trustee
By
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Authorized Officer
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ARTICLE THREE
THE NOTES
SECTION 301. Title and Terms.
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The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is limited to $125,000,000, except for Notes
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1010,
1017 or 1108.
The Notes shall be known and designated as the "_____% Senior Notes
Due 2004" of the Company. Their Stated Maturity shall be [______,] 2004, and
they shall bear interest at the rate of _____% per annum from [____] 1998, or
from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or
duly provided for, payable on [date and year] and semi-annually thereafter on
[date] and [date] in each year and at said Stated Maturity, until the principal
thereof is paid or duly provided for.
The principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes shall
be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in
The City of New York, or at such other office or agency of the Company as may be
maintained for such purpose; provided, however, that, at the option of the
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Company, interest may be paid by check mailed to addresses of the Persons
entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear on the Note Register.
The Notes shall be redeemable as provided in Article Eleven.
SECTION 302. Denominations.
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The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons
and only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
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The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman,
its President or a Vice President, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon
and attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. The signature of any
of these officers on the Notes may be manual or facsimile signatures of the
present or any future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or otherwise
reproduced on the Notes.
Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who
were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold
such offices at the date of such Notes.
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At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the
Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication
and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company
Order shall authenticate and deliver such Notes.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Note a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein duly
executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer, and such
certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence,
that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
In case the Company, pursuant to Article Eight, shall be consolidated
or merged with or into any other Person or shall convey, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to
any Person, and the successor Person resulting from such consolidation, or
surviving such merger, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or the
Person which shall have received a conveyance, transfer, lease or other
disposition as aforesaid, shall have executed an indenture supplemental hereto
with the Trustee pursuant to Article Eight, any of the Notes authenticated or
delivered prior to such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, lease or
other disposition may, from time to time, at the request of the successor
Person, be exchanged for other Notes executed in the name of the successor
Person with such changes in phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but
otherwise in substance of like tenor as the Notes surrendered for such exchange
and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon Company Request of the
successor Person, shall authenticate and deliver Notes as specified in such
request for the purpose of such exchange. If Notes shall at any time be
authenticated and delivered in any new name of a successor Person pursuant to
this Section in exchange or substitution for or upon registration of transfer of
any Notes, such successor Person, 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 304. Temporary Notes.
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Pending the preparation of definitive Notes, the Company may execute,
and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary
Notes which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise
produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the
definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers
executing such Notes may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution
of such Notes.
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If temporary Notes are issued, the Company will cause definitive Notes
to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon
surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Company
designated for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002, without charge to the
Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the
Company shall execute and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Notes of
authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Notes.
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
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The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency designated pursuant to Section 1002 being herein sometimes
referred to as the "Note Register") in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration
of Notes and of transfers of Notes. The Note Register shall be in written form
or any other form capable of being converted into written form within a
reasonable time. At all reasonable times, the Note Register shall be open to
inspection by the Trustee. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed as
security registrar (the "Note Registrar") for the purpose of registering Notes
and transfers of Notes as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office
or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 1002, the Company shall
execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of
any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal
amount.
At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of
any authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any
Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and upon
Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes which the
Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt,
and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered
upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for exchange shall be duly endorsed and be accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Note Registrar, duly
executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
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No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange or redemption of Notes, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1010, 1017 or 1108 not involving any
transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer
of or exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business 15
days before the selection of Notes to be redeemed under Section 1104 and ending
at the close of business on the day of such mailing of the relevant notice of
redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Note so selected
for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note
being redeemed in part.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes.
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If (i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, or (ii) the
Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and there is delivered to the Company
and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save
each of them harmless, then, in the absence of written notice to the Company or
the Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
Company shall execute and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, 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.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become
or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note.
Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and shall require the payment of
a sum sufficient to pay any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of
the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, 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.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.
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SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
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Interest on any Note which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose
name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of
the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002; provided,
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however, that each installment of interest may at the Company's option be paid
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by (i) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the written order
of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 308, to the address of such
Person as it appears in the Note Register or (ii) transferring the interest
payment to an account located in the United States maintained by the payee.
Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on the Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such
Holder, and such defaulted interest and (to the extent lawful) interest on such
defaulted interest at the rate borne by the Notes (such defaulted interest and
interest thereon herein collectively called "Defaulted Interest") may be paid by
the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2)
below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor
Notes) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date
of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company 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 Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this
clause provided. Thereupon the Company, with the written consent of the
Trustee, shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days
prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after
the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The
Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice
of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
Date therefor to be given in the manner provided for in Section 106, not
less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor having been so given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the
Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes)
are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and
shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which
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the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the
proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be
deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Note
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange
for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and
unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
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Prior to the due presentment of a Note for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name such Note is registered as the owner of such Note for
the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and
(subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on such Note and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and none of the
Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 309. Cancellation.
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All Notes surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee,
be delivered to, and promptly cancelled by, the Trustee. The Company may at any
time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated
and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery
to the Trustee) for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated hereunder
which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Notes so delivered shall be
promptly cancelled by the Trustee. If the Company shall so acquire any of the
Notes, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or
satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the
same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. No Notes shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes cancelled as provided in
this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled
Notes held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with
its customary procedures and certification of their disposal delivered to the
Company unless by Company Order the Company shall direct that cancelled Notes be
returned to it after being appropriately designated as cancelled.
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest.
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Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months.
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
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This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further
effect (except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of
Notes expressly provided for herein or pursuant hereto) and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture when
(1) either
(a) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than
(i) Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have
been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Notes for
whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent or segregated and held in trust by the
Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such
trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation; or
(b) all such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice
of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of
the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as
trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium,
if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Notes
which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or
Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company; and
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(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 606 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of
this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last
paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.
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On or prior to the effective date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall
establish a segregated, non-interest bearing corporate trust account (the
"Payment Account") maintained by the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders in
which all amounts paid to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders in respect
of the Notes will be held (except for amount designated to be deposited into the
Pledge Account) and from which the Trustee (if the Trustee is the Paying Agent)
shall make payments to the Holders in accordance with this Indenture and the
Notes. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 and otherwise pursuant
to this Indenture shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with
the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly
or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying
Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the
principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has
been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default.
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"Event of Default", wherever used herein, means any one of the
following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it
shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant
to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation
of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest on any Note when it becomes
due and payable as to any Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to
_____, 2000, and any such failure continued for a period of 30 days as to
any Interest Payment Date thereafter; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) any Note at its Stated Maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or
otherwise; or
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(3) default in the payment of principal or interest on any Note
required to be purchased pursuant to an Excess Proceeds Offer set forth in
Section 1017 or pursuant to a Change of Control Offer set forth in Section
1010; or
(4) failure to perform or comply with the provisions in Section 801;
or
(5) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or agreement
of the Company in this Indenture or under the Notes (other than a default
in the performance, or breach, of a covenant or agreement which is
specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Section), and continuance of such
default or breach for a period of 30 consecutive days after there has been
given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to
the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Notes a written notice specifying such default or
breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
"Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(6) (A) there shall have occurred with respect to any issue or issues
of Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary having an
outstanding principal amount of $5.0 million or more in the aggregate for
all such issues of all such Persons, whether such Indebtedness now exists
or shall hereafter be created, (I) an event of default that has caused the
holder thereof to declare such Indebtedness to be due and payable prior to
its Stated Maturity and such Indebtedness has not been discharged in full
or such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled by the earlier of
(x) the expiration of any applicable grace period or (y) the thirtieth day
after such default and/or (II) the failure to make a principal payment at
the final (but not any interim) fixed maturity and such defaulted payment
shall not have been made, waived or extended by the earlier of (x) the
expiration of any applicable grace period or (y) the thirtieth day after
such default; or
(7) any final judgment or order (not covered by insurance) for the
payment of money in excess of $5.0 million in the aggregate for all such
final judgments or orders (treating any deductibles, self-insurance or
retention as not so covered) shall be rendered against the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary and shall not be paid or discharged, and there shall
be any period of 30 consecutive days following entry of the final judgment
or order that causes the aggregate amount for all such final judgments or
orders outstanding and not paid or discharged against all such Persons to
exceed $5.0 million during which a stay of enforcement of such final
judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be
in effect; or
(8) a court having jurisdiction in the premises enters a decree or
order for (A) relief in respect of the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, (B) appointment
of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or
similar official of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or
for all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or
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any of its Significant Subsidiaries or (C) the winding up or liquidation of
the affairs of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries and, in
each case, such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a
period of 30 consecutive days;
(9) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (A) commences a
voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law 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, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or any
of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of the
property and assets of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries
or (C) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(10) the Company asserts in writing that the Pledge Agreement ceases
to be in full force and effect.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
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If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 501(8) or 501(9)) occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case
the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes
Outstanding may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare
the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on all the
Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company
(and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration of
acceleration, such principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest shall
become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section
501(8) or 501(9) occurs and is continuing, then the principal amount of all the
Notes shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any
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declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made, the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes Outstanding, by written
notice to the Company and the Trustee, may waive all past defaults and rescind
and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay,
(A) all overdue interest on all Outstanding Notes,
(B) all unpaid principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
Outstanding Notes which has become due otherwise than by such
declaration of acceleration, and interest on such unpaid principal at
the rate borne by the Notes,
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(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest on overdue interest at the rate borne by the Notes, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, fees, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any amounts due the Trustee
under Section 606;
(2) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of amounts of
principal of (or premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid interest on
the Notes which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration,
have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513; and
(3) the recision would not conflict with any judgment or decrees of a
court of competent jurisdiction.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, if an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(6) occurs and is continuing, such declaration of
acceleration shall be automatically rescinded and annulled if the event of
default triggering such Event of Default pursuant to Section 501(6) shall be
remedied or cured by the Company and/or the relevant Significant Subsidiaries or
waived by the holders of the relevant Indebtedness within 60 days after the
declaration of acceleration with respect thereto.
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
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Trustee.
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The Company covenants that if
(a) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on
any Note when such interest becomes due and payable and such default
continues for a period of 30 days, or
(b) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Note at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will pay to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of such
Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on such Notes for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, and interest on any overdue principal (and
premium, if any) and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable, upon any overdue installment of interest, at the rate borne
by the Notes, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, fees expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel and any amounts due the Trustee under Section
606.
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If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes and collect the moneys
adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the
property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in
its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
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In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes
or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the
Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due
and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective
of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment
of overdue principal, premium, if any, or interest) shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and
to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in
order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, fees, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel and any amounts due the Trustee under
Section 606) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay the
Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 606.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization,
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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 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes.
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All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes may
be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the
Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such
proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name and as
trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision
for the payment of the reasonable compensation, fees, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit
of the Holders of the Notes in respect of which such judgment has been
recovered.
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.
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Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium,
if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Notes and the notation thereon of
the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
606;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes in respect of
which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably,
without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due
and payable on such Notes for principal (and premium, if any) and interest,
respectively; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled
thereto.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.
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Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal or,
premium, if any, or interest when due, no Holder of any Notes shall have any
right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name
as Trustee hereunder;
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(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given
to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority or
more in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall have any
right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of
this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders,
or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders
or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein
provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders.
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
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Premium and Interest.
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Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive
payment, as provided herein (including, if applicable, Article Thirteen) and in
such Note of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307)
interest on such Note on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Note
(or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired
without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
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If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue
as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
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Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in the last paragraph of
Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee
or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and
every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and
in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now
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or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
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No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note to
exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any
such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to
the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often
as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may
be.
SECTION 512. Control by Holders.
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The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising
any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, provided that
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(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) the Trustee need not take any action which might involve it in
personal liability or which, in the good faith determination of the
Trustee, may be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not consenting.
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
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The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes may on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes waive any past
default hereunder and its consequences, except a default
(1) in respect of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any)
or interest on any Note, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Note affected.
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Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
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The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim
or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Notice of Defaults.
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Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default hereunder, the
Trustee shall transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section
313(c), notice of such Default hereunder actually known to the corporate trust
officer having responsibility for the administration of this Indenture on behalf
of the Trustee, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived; provided,
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however, that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal
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of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Note, the Trustee shall be protected
in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the
executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such
notice is in the interest of the Holders; and provided further that in the case
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of any Default of the character specified in Section 501(5), no such notice to
Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the corporate trust officer
having responsibility for the administration of this Indenture on behalf of
Trustee has actual knowledge of the occurrence thereof.
In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his or her own affairs.
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SECTION 602. Certain Rights of Trustee.
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Subject to the provisions of TIA Sections 315(a) through 315(d):
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented
by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any
resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other
evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad
faith on its part, rely upon an Officer's Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction
of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall
have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance
with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry
or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the
Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it
shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the
Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder;
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(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within
the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; and
(9) the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the performance of
the Company's covenants herein.
The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 603. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
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Notes.
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The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except for the
Trustees certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the
Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Notes, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Notes and
perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a
Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and
accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. The Trustee shall
not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Notes or the
proceeds thereof.
SECTION 604. May Hold Notes.
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The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Note Registrar or any other agent
of the Company or of the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may
become the owner or pledgee of Notes and, subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and
311, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if
it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Note Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 605. Money Held in Trust.
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Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder shall be segregated from
other funds. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder.
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SECTION 606. Compensation and Reimbursement.
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The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation
for all services rendered by it hereunder and under the Pledge Agreement
(which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard
to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture and under the Pledge Agreement (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents, accountants,
experts and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as
may be attributable to its gross negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee and each of its officers, directors,
employees, attorneys-in-fact and agents for, and to hold it harmless
against, any claim, demand, loss, liability or expense (including but not
limited to reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the
Trustee's agents and counsel) incurred without gross negligence or bad
faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the offering and
sale of the Notes, the acceptance and administration of its duties under
the Pledge Agreement or the acceptance or administration of this trust,
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder and enforcing this indemnification provision.
The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate the
Trustee, to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and
advances and to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee shall constitute
additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture. As security for the performance of such
obligations of the Company, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Notes
upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except
funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on particular Notes.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection
with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(8) or (9), the expenses
(including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) of and the
compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the resignation or
removal of the Trustee or the termination of this Indenture.
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SECTION 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
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There shall be at all times a Trustee hereunder which shall be
eligible to act as Trustee under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and shall have a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such corporation publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of Federal, State, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and
surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at
any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with
the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
SECTION 608. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
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(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 609.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee
required by Section 609 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of
not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, delivered
in writing to the Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of TIA
Section 310(b) after written request therefor by the Company or by any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months,
or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 607 and shall
fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months,
or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged
a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property
shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of
the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
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then, in any such case, (i) the Company, by a Board Resolution, may remove the
Trustee, or (ii) subject to TIA Section 315(e), any Holder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the
Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. If,
within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the
occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be appointed by Act of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes delivered to
the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall,
forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee
and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor
Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted
appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal
of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to the Holders of
Notes in the manner provided for in Section 106. Each notice shall include the
name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
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Every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge
and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring
Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further
act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of the Company or the
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder. Upon request of any such successor Trustee,
the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and
trusts.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.
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SECTION 610. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
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Business.
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Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Notes shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Notes so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Notes. In case at
that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor
Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor
hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee. In all such cases such
certificates shall have the full force and effect which this Indenture provides
for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee shall have; provided,
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however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any
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predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor
Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or
consolidation.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders.
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Every Holder of Notes, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with
the Company and the Trustee that none of the Company or the Trustee or any agent
of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any
such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with
TIA Section 312, regardless of the source from which such information was
derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing
any material pursuant to a request made under TIA Section 312(b).
SECTION 702. Reports by Trustee.
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Within 60 days after [May 15] of each year commencing with the first
[May 15] after the first issuance of Notes, the Trustee shall transmit to the
Holders, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), a brief
report dated as of such [May 15] if required by TIA Section 313(a).
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SECTION 703. Reports by Company.
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The Company shall:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is
required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports
and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such
portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by
rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file
with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the Company is not required to file
information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then
it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be
required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in
respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities
exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and
regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by
the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be
required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(3) transmit by mail to all Holders, in the manner and to the extent
provided in TIA Section 313(c), within 30 days after the filing thereof
with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports
required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of
this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from
time to time by the Commission.
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ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
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The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell,
convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
property and assets (as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in one
transaction or a series of related transactions) to any Person or permit any
Person to merge with or into the Company and the Company will not permit any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into any such transaction or series of
transactions if such transaction or series of transactions, in the aggregate,
would result in the sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Company or the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any
other Person or Persons, unless:
(1) either (A) the Company shall be the continuing Person or (B) the
Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or
transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety (i) shall be a corporation, partnership or
trust organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of
America, or any jurisdiction thereof and (ii) shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the Company's obligation for the due
and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
on all the Notes and the performance and observance of every covenant of
this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating
any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or a Subsidiary
in connection with or as a result of such transaction as having been
incurred at the time of such transaction), no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing;
(3) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma
basis, the Company, or any Person becoming the successor obligor of the
Notes, shall have a Consolidated Net Worth equal to or greater than the
Consolidated Net Worth of the Company immediately prior to such
transaction;
(4) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma
basis, the Company, or any Person becoming the successor obligor of the
Notes, could incur at least $1.00 of Indebtedness under paragraph (a) of
Section 1011; and
(5) the Company or such Person shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate (attaching the arithmetic computations to demonstrate
compliance
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with clauses (3) and (4) above) and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a
supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction,
such supplemental indenture, comply with this Article and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have
been complied with;
provided, however, that clauses (3) and (4) above shall not apply if, in the
good faith determination of the Board of Directors of the Company as evidenced
by a Board Resolution, the principal purpose of such transaction is to change
the state of incorporation of the Company; and provided further, that any such
transaction shall not have as one of its purposes the evasion of the foregoing
limitations.
SECTION 802. Successor Substituted.
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Upon any consolidation of the Company with or merger of the Company
with or into any other corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the
properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety to any Person
in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance,
transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the
same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein,
and in the event of any such conveyance or transfer, the Company (which term
shall for this purpose mean the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture or any successor Person which shall theretofore
become such in the manner described in Section 801), except in the case of a
lease, shall be discharged of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture
and the Notes and may be dissolved and liquidated.
SECTION 803. Notes to Be Secured in Certain Events.
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If, upon any such consolidation of the Company with or merger of the
Company into any other corporation, or upon any conveyance, lease or transfer of
the property of the Company substantially as an entirety to any other Person,
any property or assets of the Company would thereupon become subject to any
Lien, then unless such Lien could be created pursuant to Section 1016 without
equally and ratably securing the Notes, the Company, prior to or simultaneously
with such consolidation, merger, conveyance, lease or transfer, will as to such
property or assets, secure the Notes Outstanding (together with, if the Company
shall so determine any other Indebtedness of the Company now existing or
hereinafter created which is not subordinate in right of payment to the Notes)
equally and ratably with (or prior to) the Indebtedness which upon such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, lease or transfer is to become secured as to
such property or assets by such Lien, or will cause such Notes to be so secured.
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ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
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Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter
into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company
contained herein and in the Notes; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default; or
(4) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee pursuant to the requirements of Section
609; or
(5) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Indenture; provided that such action shall not adversely affect
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the interests of the Holders in any material respect; or
(6) to secure the Notes pursuant to the requirements of Section 803 or
Section 1016 or otherwise.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
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With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, by Act of said Holders delivered to
the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution,
and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto
for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture; provided, however, that
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no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Note affected thereby:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of or any installment
of interest on any Note, or reduce the principal amount thereof (or
premium, if any) or the rate of
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interest thereon or change the coin or currency in which any Note or any
premium or the interest thereon is payable or extend the time for the
payment of interest on any Note, or impair the right of any Holder of the
Notes to receive payment of , principal of and interest on Holder's Notes
on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement
of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) of any Note, or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Notes, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental
indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of
compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults
hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) waive a default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if
any) or accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, or
(4) modify any provision of any Guarantees in a manner adverse to the
Holders, or
(5) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Sections 513 and
Section 1021, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that
certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected
thereby.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
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In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that
the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture which affects the Trustees own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
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Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Notes theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall
be bound thereby.
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SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
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Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to the Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 906. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures.
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Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by
the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the
Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the
Company and upon Company Order authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Notes.
SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures.
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Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 902, the Company
shall give notice thereof to the Holders of each Outstanding Note affected, in
the manner provided for in Section 106, setting forth in general terms the
substance of such supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest.
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The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders that
it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this
Indenture.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
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The Company will maintain in The City of New York, an office or agency
where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Notes may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be
served. The Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall be such office or
agency of the Company, unless the Company shall designate and maintain some
other office or agency for one or more of such purposes. The Company 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 Company shall fail to maintain any such
required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address
thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and
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demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and
the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company 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
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or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to
maintain an office or agency in The City of New York for such purposes. The
Company 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.
SECTION 1003. Money for Note Payments to Be Held in Trust.
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If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent, it will,
on or before each due date of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
on any of the Notes, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal of (or premium, if any)
or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee in
writing of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for the
Notes, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (or premium, if
any) or interest on any Notes, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to
pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to
be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal,
premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company
will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of such action or any failure so to
act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to
execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that
such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on Notes in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Notes) in the making of any payment of principal
(and premium, if any) or interest on the Notes; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent.
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The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or
such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee,
such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such sums.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any) or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the
Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged
from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money,
and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease;
provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required
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to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be
published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from
the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 1004. Corporate Existence.
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Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate
existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company and each
Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
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preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine
that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole and that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 1005. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
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The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, (a) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or
upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary and (b)
all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies, which, if unpaid, might by
law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided,
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however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to
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be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings.
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SECTION 1006. Maintenance of Properties.
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The Company will cause all properties owned by the Company or any
Subsidiary or used or held for use in the conduct of its business or the
business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair
and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be
made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements
thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the
business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously
conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall
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prevent the Company from discontinuing the maintenance of any of such properties
if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the
conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary and not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 1007. Insurance.
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The Company will at all times keep all of its and its Subsidiaries
properties which are of an insurable nature insured with insurers, believed by
the Company to be responsible, against loss or damage to the extent that
property of similar character is usually so insured by corporations similarly
situated and owning like properties.
SECTION 1008. Statement by Officers As to Default.
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(a) The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the
end of each fiscal year, a brief certificate from the principal executive
officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer as to his
or her knowledge of the Company's compliance with all conditions and covenants
under this Indenture. For purposes of this Section 1008(a), such compliance
shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of
notice under this Indenture.
(b) When any Default has occurred and is continuing under this
Indenture, or if the trustee for or the holder of any other evidence of
Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary gives any notice or takes any
other action with respect to a claimed default (other than with respect to
Indebtedness in the principal amount of less than $1,000,000) shall deliver to
the Trustee by registered or certified mail or by telegram, telex or facsimile
transmission an officers certificate specifying such event, notice or other
action within five Business Days of its occurrence.
SECTION 1009. Provision of Financial Statements.
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(a) The Company will file on a timely basis with the Commission, to
the extent such filings are accepted by the Commission and whether or not the
Company has a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act, the annual
reports, quarterly reports and other documents that the Company would be
required to file if it were subject to Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act.
All such annual reports shall include the geographic segment financial
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information contemplated by Item 101(d) of Regulation S-K under the Securities
Act/SFAS 14, and all such quarterly reports shall provide the same type of
interim financial information that, as of the date of this Indenture, currently
is the Company's practice to provide.
(b) The Company will also be required (i) to file with the Trustee,
and provide to each holder, without cost to such holder, copies of such reports
and documents within 15 days after the date on which the Company files such
reports and documents with the Commission or the date on which the Company would
be required to file such reports and documents if the Company were so required,
and (ii) if filing such reports and documents with the Commission is not
accepted by the Commission or is prohibited under the Exchange Act, to supply at
the Company's cost copies of such reports and documents to any prospective
Holder promptly upon request.
SECTION 1010. Repurchase of Notes upon Change of Control.
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(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control and subject to the
compliance by the Company with the requirements of paragraph (b) of this Section
1010, then each Holder shall have the right to require that the Company
repurchase such Holder's Notes in whole or in part (the "Change of Control
Offer"), at a purchase price (the "Purchase Price") in cash in an amount equal
to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if
any, to the date of purchase, (subject to the right of holders of record to
receive interest on the relevant interest payment date) (the "Change of Control
Payment") in accordance with the procedures set forth in paragraphs (c) and (d)
of this Section.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall
give to each Holder of the Notes and the Trustee in the manner provided in
Section 106 a notice stating:
(i) that a Change of Control has occurred, that the Change of Control
Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 1010 and that all Notes
validly tendered will be accepted for payment;
(ii) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of
Control (including but not limited to information with respect to pro forma
historical income, cash flow and capitalization after giving effect to such
Change of Control);
(iii) the Purchase Price and a purchase date (the "Change of Control
Payment Date") which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60
days from the date such notice is mailed;
(iv) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest
pursuant to its terms;
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(v) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change
of Control Payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of
Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest on and after the Change of
Control Payment Date;
(vi) that Holders electing to have any Note or portion thereof
purchased pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will be required to
surrender such Note, together with the form entitled "Option of the Holder
to Elect Purchase" on the reverse side of such Note completed, to the
Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of
business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Change of Control
Payment Date;
(vii) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the third
Business Day immediately preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name
of such holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase and a
statement that such holder is withdrawing his election to have such Notes
purchased; and
(viii) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will
be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of
the Notes surrendered; provided that each Note purchased and each new Note
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issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples
thereof.
(d) [Reserved].
(e) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall:
(i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant
to the Change of Control Offer;
(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the
purchase price of all Notes or portions thereof so accepted; and
(iii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee, all Notes or
portions thereof so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate
specifying the Notes or portions thereof accepted for payment by the
Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail, to the Holders of Notes so
accepted, payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, and the Trustee
shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders a new Note equal in
principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered;
provided that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a
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principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof. The Company will
publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon
as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date. For purposes of
this Section 1010, the Trustee shall act as Paying Agent.
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The Company will comply with Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and
regulations are applicable in the event that a Change of Control occurs and the
Company is required to repurchase the Notes under this Section 1010.
SECTION 1011. Limitation on Indebtedness.
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(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, Incur any Indebtedness (other than the Notes and Existing
Indebtedness); provided, however, that the Company may Incur Indebtedness, and
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any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Acquired Indebtedness, if immediately
thereafter the ratio of (i) the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value,
as the case may be) of Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis outstanding as at the Transaction Date to
(ii) the Pro Forma Consolidated Cash Flow for the preceding two full fiscal
quarters multiplied by two, determined on a pro forma basis as if any such
Indebtedness had been Incurred and the proceeds thereof had been applied at the
beginning of such two fiscal quarters, would be greater than zero and less than
5.0 to 1.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and (except for
Indebtedness under subsections (v) and (vii) below) any Restricted Subsidiary
may Incur each and all of the following:
(i) Indebtedness, including Acquired Indebtedness and Indebtedness
under one or more Credit Facilities, in an aggregate principal amount at
any one time outstanding not to exceed $75 million, subject to any
permanent reductions required by any other terms of the Indenture;
(ii) Indebtedness (other than Acquired Indebtedness) Incurred to
finance the cost (including the cost of design, development, construction,
acquisition, installation or integration) of equipment used in the
telecommunications business or ownership rights with respect to
indefeasible rights of use or minimum investment units (or similar
ownership interests) in transnational fiber optic cable or other
transmission facilities, in each case purchased or leased by the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date;
(iii) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to any other
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of
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any Capital Stock which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing
to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of such
Indebtedness (other than to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary)
shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute the Incurrence of such
Indebtedness, and provided further that Indebtedness of the Company to a
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Restricted Subsidiary must be subordinated in right of payment to the
Notes;
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(iv) Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary issued in
exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refinance or refund,
then outstanding Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary,
other than Indebtedness Incurred under clauses (i), (iii), (v), (vi),
(viii) and (ix) above, and any refinancings thereof in an amount not to
exceed the amount so refinanced or refunded (plus premiums, accrued
interest, and reasonable fees and expenses); provided that such new
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Indebtedness shall only be permitted under this clause (iv) if (A) in case
the Notes are refinanced in part or the Indebtedness to be refinanced is
pari passu with the Notes, such new Indebtedness, by its terms or by the
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terms of any agreement or instrument pursuant to which such new
Indebtedness is issued or remains outstanding, is expressly made pari passu
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with, or subordinate in right of payment to, the remaining Notes, (B) in
case the Indebtedness to be refinanced is subordinated in right of payment
to the Notes, such new Indebtedness, by its terms or by the terms of any
agreement or instrument pursuant to which such new Indebtedness is issued
or remains outstanding, is expressly made subordinate in right of payment
to the Notes at least to the extent that the Indebtedness to be refinanced
is subordinated to the Notes and (C) such new Indebtedness, determined as
of the date of Incurrence of such new Indebtedness, does not mature prior
to the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness to be refinanced or refunded,
and the Average Life of such new Indebtedness is at least equal to the
remaining Average Life of the Indebtedness to be refinanced or refunded;
and provided further that in no event may Indebtedness of the Company be
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refinanced by means of any Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary
pursuant to this clause (iv);
(v) Indebtedness of the Company not to exceed, at any one time
outstanding, 2.00 times the Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance and sale,
other than to a Subsidiary, of Common Stock (other than Redeemable Stock)
of the Company (less the amount of such proceeds used to make Restricted
Payments as provided in clause (C)(2) of the first paragraph or clause
(iii) of the second paragraph of Section 1012; provided that such
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Indebtedness does not mature prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes and
the Average Life of such Indebtedness is longer than that of the Notes;
(vi) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) in
respect of performance, surety or appeal bonds or letters of credit
supporting trade payables, in each case provided in the ordinary course of
business, (B) under Currency Agreements and Interest Rate Agreements;
provided that such agreements do not increase the Indebtedness of the
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obligor outstanding at any time other than as a result of fluctuations in
foreign currency exchange rates or interest rates or by reason of fees,
indemnities and compensation payable thereunder; and (C) arising from
agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or
similar obligations, or from Guarantees or letters of credit, surety bonds
or performance bonds securing any obligations of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to such agreements, in any case Incurred
in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company (other than Guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred
by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or
Restricted Subsidiary for
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the purpose of financing such acquisition), in a principal amount not to
exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such disposition;
(vii) Indebtedness of the Company, to the extent that the net
proceeds thereof are promptly (A) used to repurchase Notes tendered in a
Change of Control Offer or (B) deposited to defease all of the Notes as set
forth in Article Thirteen;
(viii) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary represented by a
Guarantee of the Notes permitted by and made in accordance with Section
1018; and
(ix) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under
one or more Credit Facilities, provided that if any Indebtedness is
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incurred pursuant to this clause (ix), total Indebtedness under this clause
(ix) and clause (i) above does not exceed 65% of Eligible Accounts
Receivable at any one time outstanding.
(c) For purposes of determining any particular amount of Indebtedness
under this Section 1011, Guarantees, Liens or obligations with respect to
letters of credit supporting Indebtedness otherwise included in the
determination of such particular amount shall not be included. For purposes of
determining compliance with this Section 1011 that an item of Indebtedness meets
the criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in the
above clauses, the Company, in its sole discretion, shall classify such item of
Indebtedness and only be required to include the amount and type of such
Indebtedness in one of such clauses and (B) the principal amount of Indebtedness
issued at a price that is less than the principal amount thereof shall be equal
to the amount of the liability in respect thereof determined in conformity with
GAAP.
SECTION 1012. Limitation on Restricted Payments.
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The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, directly or indirectly, (i) (A) declare or pay any dividend or make any
distribution in respect of the Company's Capital Stock to the holders thereof
(other than dividends or distributions payable solely in shares of Capital Stock
(other than Redeemable Stock) of the Company or in options, warrants or other
rights to acquire such shares of Capital Stock) or (B) declare or pay any
dividend or make any distribution in respect of the Capital Stock of any
Restricted Subsidiary to any Person other than dividends and distributions
payable to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or to all holders of Capital
Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary on a pro rata basis, (ii) purchase, redeem,
retire or otherwise acquire for value any shares of Capital Stock of the Company
(including options, warrants or other rights to acquire such shares of Capital
Stock) held by any Person or any shares of Capital Stock of any Restricted
Subsidiary (including options, warrants and other rights to acquire such shares
of Capital Stock) held by any Affiliate of the Company (other than a wholly
owned Restricted Subsidiary) or any holder (or any Affiliate thereof) of 5% or
more of the Company's Capital Stock, (iii) make any voluntary or optional
principal payment, or voluntary or optional redemption, repurchase, defeasance,
or
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other acquisition or retirement for value, of Indebtedness of the Company that
is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, or (iv) make any Investment,
other than a Permitted Investment, in any Person (such payments or any other
actions described in clauses (i) through (iv) being collectively "Restricted
Payments") if, at the time of, and after giving effect to, the proposed
Restricted Payment:
(A) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing;
(B) the Company could not Incur at least $1.00 of Indebtedness under
paragraph (a) of Section 1011; or
(C) the aggregate amount expended for all Restricted Payments (the
amount so expended, if other than in cash, to be determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be
conclusive and evidenced by a Board Resolution) after the date of the
Indenture shall exceed the sum of (1) the remainder of (a) 100% of the
aggregate amount of the Consolidated Cash Flow (determined by
excluding income resulting from transfers of assets received by the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary from an Unrestricted Subsidiary)
accrued on a cumulative basis during the period (taken as one
accounting period) beginning on the first day of the last fiscal
quarter immediately preceding the Closing Date and ending on the last
day of the last fiscal quarter preceding the Transaction Date minus
(b) the product of 2.00 times cumulative Consolidated Fixed Charges
accrued on a cumulative basis during the period (taken as one
accounting period) beginning on the first day of the last fiscal
quarter immediately preceding the Closing Date and ending on the last
day of the last fiscal quarter preceding the Transaction Date plus (2)
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the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company after the
Closing Date from the issuance and sale permitted by the Indenture of
its Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Stock) to a Person who is not
a Subsidiary of the Company (except to the extent such Net Cash
Proceeds are used to incur new Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to
clause (v) of paragraph (b) of Section 1011) plus (3) the aggregate
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Net Cash Proceeds received after the date of the Indenture by the
Company from the issuance or sale of debt securities that have been
converted into or exchanged for Capital Stock of the Company (other
than Redeemable Stock) together with the aggregate cash received by
the Company at the time of such conversion or exchange plus (4)
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without duplication of any amount included in the calculation of
Consolidated Cash Flow, in the case of repayment of, or return of
capital in respect of, any Investment constituting a Restricted
Payment made after the Closing Date, an amount equal to the lesser of
the return of capital with respect to such Investment and the cost of
such Investment, in either case less the cost of the disposition of
such Investment.
The foregoing provision shall not be violated by reason of: (i) the
payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof if,
at said date of declaration, such
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payment would comply with the foregoing paragraph; (ii) the redemption,
repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of
Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes including
premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, with the proceeds of, or in
exchange for, Indebtedness Incurred under clause (iv) of the paragraph (b) of
Section 1011; (iii) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition of Capital
Stock of the Company in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of a substantially
concurrent offering of, shares of Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Stock) of
the Company (except to the extent such proceeds are used to incur new
Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to clause (v) of paragraph (b) of Section
1011); (iv) the acquisition of Indebtedness of the Company which is subordinated
in right of payment to the Notes in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, a
substantially concurrent offering of, shares of the Capital Stock of the Company
(other than Redeemable Stock); (v) payments or distributions, to dissenting
stockholders pursuant to applicable law, pursuant to or in connection with a
consolidation, merger or transfer of assets that complies with the provisions of
the Indenture applicable to mergers, consolidations and transfers of all or
substantially all of the property and assets of the Company; (vi) cash payments
in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares issued in connection with the
exercise of any of the Warrants; and (vii) other Restricted Payments not to
exceed $2.5 million; provided that, except in the case of clause (i), no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or occur as a
consequence of the actions or payments set forth therein.
Each Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to the immediately
preceding paragraph (other than the Restricted Payment referred to in clause
(ii) thereof) and the Net Cash Proceeds from any issuance of Capital Stock
referred to in clauses (iii) and (iv), shall be included in calculating whether
the conditions of clause (C) of the first paragraph of this Section 1012 have
been met with respect to any subsequent Restricted Payments. In the event the
proceeds of an issuance of Capital Stock of the Company are used for the
redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of the Notes, then the Net Cash
Proceeds of such issuance shall be included in clause (C) of the first paragraph
of this Section 1013 only to the extent such proceeds are not used for such
redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of the Notes.
SECTION 1013. Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions
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Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
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So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will not, and
will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause or
suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of
any kind on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to
(i) pay dividends or make any other distributions permitted by
applicable law on any Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary owned by
the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary;
(ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any other Restricted
Subsidiary;
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(iii) make loans or advances to the Company or any other Restricted
Subsidiary; or
(iv) transfer any of its property or assets to the Company or any
other Restricted Subsidiary.
The foregoing provisions shall not restrict any encumbrances or
restrictions:
(i) existing on the Closing Date or in this Indenture or any other
agreements in effect on the Closing Date, and any extensions, refinancings,
renewals or replacements of such agreements; provided that the encumbrances
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and restrictions in any such extensions, refinancings, renewals or
replacements are no less favorable in any material respect to the holders
than those encumbrances or restrictions that are then in effect and that
are being extended, refinanced, renewed or replaced;
(ii) contained in the terms of any Indebtedness or any agreement
pursuant to which such Indebtedness was issued if the encumbrance or
restriction applies only in the event of a default with respect to a
financial covenant contained in such Indebtedness or agreement and such
encumbrance or restriction is not materially more disadvantageous to the
holders of the Notes than is customary in comparable financings (as
determined by the Company) and the Company determines that any such
encumbrance or restriction will not materially affect the Company's ability
to make principal or interest payments on the Notes;
(iii) existing under or by reason of applicable law;
(iv) existing with respect to any Person or the property or assets of
such Person acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, existing
at the time of such acquisition and not incurred in contemplation thereof,
which encumbrances or restrictions are not applicable to any Person or the
property or assets of any Person other than such Person or the property or
assets of such Person so acquired;
(v) in the case of clause (iv) of the first paragraph of this
Section 1013, (A) that restrict in a customary manner the subletting,
assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is, or is subject to,
a lease, purchase mortgage obligation, license, conveyance or contract or
similar property or asset, (B) existing by virtue of any transfer of,
agreement to transfer, option or right with respect to, or Lien on, any
property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not
otherwise prohibited by the Indenture or (C) arising or agreed to in the
ordinary course of business, not relating to any Indebtedness, and that do
not, individually or in the aggregate, detract from the value of property
or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any manner
material to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; or (vi) with respect
to a Restricted Subsidiary and imposed pursuant to an agreement that has
been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all
of the Capital Stock of, or property
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and assets of, such Restricted Subsidiary. Nothing contained in this
Section 1013 shall prevent the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from
(1) creating, incurring, assuming or suffering to exist any Liens otherwise
permitted in Section 1016 or (2) restricting the sale or other disposition
of property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
that secure Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
SECTION 1014. Limitation on the Issuance and Sale of Capital Stock of
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Restricted Subsidiaries.
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The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary,
directly or indirectly, to issue, transfer, convey, sell, lease or otherwise
dispose of any shares of Capital Stock (including options, warrants or other
rights to purchase shares of such Capital Stock) of such or any other Restricted
Subsidiary to any Person (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary)
unless (A) the Net Cash Proceeds from such issuance, transfer, conveyance, sale,
lease or other disposition are applied in accordance with the provisions of
Section 1017, (B) immediately after giving effect to such issuance, transfer,
conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition, such Restricted Subsidiary would
no longer constitute a Restricted Subsidiary, and (C) any Investment in such
Person remaining after giving effect to such issuance, transfer, conveyance,
sale, lease or other disposition would have been permitted to be made under
Section 1012 if made on the date of such issuance, transfer, conveyance, sale,
lease or other disposition (valued as provided in the definition of
"Investment").
SECTION 1015. Limitation on Transactions with Shareholders and
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Affiliates.
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The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, directly or indirectly, enter into, renew or extend any transaction
(including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of
property or assets, or the rendering of any service) with any holder (or any
Affiliate of such holder) of 5% or more of any class of Capital Stock of the
Company or with any Affiliate of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
unless
(i) such transaction or series of transactions is on terms no less
favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that
could be obtained in a comparable arm's-length transaction with a Person
that is not such a holder or an Affiliate;
(ii) if such transaction or series of transactions involves aggregate
consideration in excess of $2.0 million, then such transaction or series of
transactions is approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the
Company, including the approval of a majority of the independent,
disinterested directors, and is evidenced by a resolution of the Board of
Directors of the Company; and
(iii) if such transaction or series of transactions involves
aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, then the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary
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will deliver to the Trustee a written opinion as to the fairness to the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of such transaction from a financial
point of view from a nationally recognized investment banking firm (or, if
an investment banking firm is generally not qualified to give such an
opinion, by a nationally recognized appraisal firm or accounting firm).
Any such transaction or series of transactions shall be conclusively deemed
to be on terms no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary than those that could be obtained in an arm's-length transaction
if such transaction or transactions are approved by a majority of the Board
of Directors of the Company, including a majority of the independent
disinterested directors, and are evidenced by a resolution of the Board of
Directors of the Company.
The foregoing limitation does not limit, and will not apply to (i) any
transaction between the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or
between Restricted Subsidiaries; (ii) the payment of reasonable and customary
regular fees to directors of the Company who are not employees of the Company;
(iii) any Restricted Payments not prohibited by Section 1012; (iv) transactions
provided for in the Employment Agreements as in effect on the Closing Date; and
(v) loans and advances to employees of the Company not exceeding at any one time
outstanding $1.0 million in the aggregate, in the ordinary course of business
and in accordance with past practice.
SECTION 1016. Limitation on Liens.
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Under the terms of the Indenture, the Company will not, and will not
permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist
any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any of its assets or properties of any
character (including, without limitation, licenses and trademarks), or any
shares of Capital Stock or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary, without
making effective provision for all of the Notes and all other amounts due under
the Indenture to be directly secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) the
obligation or liability secured by such Lien.
SECTION 1017. Limitation on Asset Sales.
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The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, make any Asset Sale unless (i) the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as
the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such sale or other
disposition at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or
disposed of as determined by the good-faith judgment of the Board of Directors
evidenced by a Board Resolution and (ii) at least 85% of the consideration
received for such sale or other disposition consists of cash or cash equivalents
or the assumption of unsubordinated Indebtedness.
The Company shall, or shall cause the relevant Restricted Subsidiary
to, within 270 days after the date of receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds from an
Asset Sale (A), (i) apply an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds to
permanently repay unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Company or Indebtedness of
any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case owing to a Person
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other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) invest an
equal amount, or the amount not so applied pursuant to clause (A) in property or
assets of a nature or type or that are used in a business (or in a company
having property and assets of a nature or type, or engaged in a business)
similar or related to the nature or type of the property and assets of, or the
business of, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the date of
such investment (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose
determination shall be conclusive and evidenced by a Board Resolution) and (ii)
apply (no later than the end of the 270-day period referred to above) such
excess Net Cash Proceeds (to the extent not applied pursuant to clause (i)) as
provided in the following paragraphs of this Section 1017. The amount of such
Net Cash Proceeds required to be applied (or to be committed to be applied)
during such 270-day period as set forth in clause (i) of the preceding sentence
and not applied as so required by the end of such period shall constitute
"Excess Proceeds."
If, as of the first day of any calendar month, the aggregate amount of
Excess Proceeds not theretofore subject to an Excess Proceeds Offer (as defined
below) totals at least $10.0 million, the Company must, not later than the
thirtieth Business Day thereafter, make an offer (an "Excess Proceeds Offer") to
purchase from the holders on a pro rata basis an aggregate principal amount of
Notes equal to the Excess Proceeds on such date, at a purchase price equal to
100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus, in each case, accrued and
unpaid interest to the date of purchase (the "Excess Proceeds Payment").
The Company shall commence an Excess Proceeds Offer by mailing a
notice to the Trustee and each holder stating: (i) that the Excess Proceeds
Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 1017 and that all Notes validly
tendered will be accepted for payment on a pro rata basis; (ii) the purchase
price and the date of purchase (which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 30
days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed) (the "Excess
Proceeds Payment Date"); (iii) that any Note not tendered will continue to
accrue interest pursuant to its terms; (iv) that, unless the Company defaults in
the payment of the Excess Proceeds Payment, any Note accepted for payment
pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest on and
after the Excess Proceeds Payment Date; (v) that holders electing to have a Note
purchased pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer will be required to surrender
the Note, together with the form entitled "Option of the Holder to Elect
Purchase" on the reverse side of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the
address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business
Day immediately preceding the Excess Proceeds Payment Date; (vi) that holders
will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not
later than the close of business on the third Business Day immediately preceding
the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter
setting forth the name of such holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered
for purchase and a statement that such holder is withdrawing his election to
have such Notes purchased; and (vii) that holders whose Notes are being
purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the
unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that each Note purchased
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and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or integral
multiples thereof.
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On the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, the Company shall (i) accept for
payment on a pro rata basis Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the
Excess Proceeds Offer; (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to
pay the purchase price of all Notes or portions thereof so accepted; and (iii)
deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee all Notes or portions thereof
so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate specifying the Notes or
portions thereof accepted for payment by the Company. The Paying Agent shall
promptly mail to the holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to
the purchase price, and the Trustee shall upon Company Order promptly
authenticate and mail to such holders a new Note equal in principal amount to
any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered; provided that each Note
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purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or
integral multiples thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of
the Excess Proceeds Offer as soon as practicable after the Excess Proceeds
Payment Date. For purposes of this Section 1017, the Trustee shall act as the
Paying Agent.
The Company will comply with Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and
regulations are applicable, in the event that such Excess Proceeds are received
by the Company under this Section 1017 and the Company is required to repurchase
Notes as described above.
SECTION 1018. Limitation on Issuances of Guarantees of Indebtedness
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by Restricted Subsidiaries.
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The Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or
indirectly, to guarantee, assume or in any other manner become liable with
respect to any Indebtedness of the Company, other than Indebtedness under Credit
Facilities incurred under clauses (i) and (ix) in paragraph (b) of Section 1011,
unless (i) such Restricted Subsidiary simultaneously executes and delivers a
supplemental indenture to the Indenture providing for a Guarantee of the Notes
on terms substantially similar to the guarantee of such Indebtedness, except
that if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes, any such assumption, Guarantee or other liability of such
Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in
right of payment to such Restricted Subsidiary's assumption, Guarantee of other
liability with respect to the Notes substantially to the same extent as such
Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes and (ii) such Restricted Subsidiary
waives, and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or
advantage of, any rights or reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other
rights against the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary as a result of any
payment by such Restricted Subsidiary under its Guarantee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantee by a Restricted
Subsidiary may provide by its terms that it will be automatically and
unconditionally released and discharged upon (i) any sale, exchange or transfer,
to any Person not an Affiliate of the Company, of all of the Company's and each
Restricted Subsidiary's Capital Stock in, or all or substantially all of the
assets of, such Restricted Subsidiary (which sale, exchange or transfer is not
prohibited by the Indenture) or (ii) the release or discharge of the guarantee
which resulted in the creation
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of such Guarantee, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment
under such guarantee.
SECTION 1019. Business of the Company; Restriction on Transfers of
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Existing Business.
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The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, be principally engaged in any business or activity other than a Permitted
Business. In addition, the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary will not be
permitted to, directly or indirectly, transfer to any Unrestricted Subsidiary
(i) any of the licenses, permits or authorizations used in the Permitted
Business of the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary on the Closing Date or
(ii) any material portion of the "property and equipment" (as such term is used
in the Company's consolidated financial statements) of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary used in the licensed service areas of the Company and any
Restricted Subsidiary as they exist on the Closing Date.
SECTION 1020. Limitation on Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
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The Company will not make, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to make, any Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries if, at the
time thereof, the aggregate amount of such Investments would exceed the amount
of Restricted Payments then permitted to be made pursuant to Section 1012. Any
Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries permitted to be made pursuant to this
covenant (i) will be treated as the making of a Restricted Payment in
calculating the amount of Restricted Payments made by the Company or a
Subsidiary and (ii) may be made in cash or property (if made in property, the
Fair Market Value thereof as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company
(whose determination shall be conclusive and evidenced by a Board Resolution)
shall be deemed to be the amount of such Investment for the purpose of clause
(i)).
SECTION 1021. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
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The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any
term, provision or condition set forth in Section 803 or Sections 1007 through
1020, inclusive, if before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of
at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, by Act of such
Holders, waive such compliance in such instance with such term, provision or
condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or
condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall
become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee
in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force
and effect.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
SECTION 1101. Right of Redemption.
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The Notes may be redeemed, at the election of the Company, as a whole
or from time to time in part, at any time after [_____, 2001], subject to the
conditions and at the Redemption Prices specified in the form of Note, together
with accrued interest to the Redemption Date.
SECTION 1102. Applicability of Article.
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Redemption of Notes at the election of the Company or otherwise, as
permitted or required by any provision of this Indenture, shall be made in
accordance with such provision and this Article.
SECTION 1103. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
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The election of the Company to redeem any Notes pursuant to Section
1101 shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the
election of the Company, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of
the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and shall deliver to the Trustee
such documentation and records as shall enable the Trustee to select the Notes
to be redeemed pursuant to Section 1104.
SECTION 1104. Selection by Trustee of Notes to Be Redeemed.
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If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the particular Notes to
be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date
by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption,
in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities
exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not listed
on a national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method
as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the
selection for redemption of portions of the principal of Notes; provided,
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however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the
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principal amount of a Note not redeemed to less than $1,000.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Notes selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
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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 be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the
principal amount of such Note which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1105. Notice of Redemption.
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Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided for in
Section 106 not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date,
to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price and the amount of accrued interest to the
Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1107, if any,
(3) if less than all Outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of a partial redemption, the principal
amounts) of the particular Notes to be redeemed,
(4) in case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which
relates to such Note shall state that on and after the Redemption Date,
upon surrender of such Note, the holder will receive, without charge, a new
Note or Notes of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof
remaining unredeemed,
(5) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price (and accrued
interest, if any, to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section
1107) will become due and payable upon each such Note, or the portion
thereof, to be redeemed, and that interest thereon will cease to accrue on
and after said date,
(6) the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any.
Notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 1106. Deposit of Redemption Price.
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Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, segregate and hold in
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trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the
Redemption Price of, and accrued interest on, all the Notes which are to be
redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1107. Notes Payable on Redemption Date.
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Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Notes so to
be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified (together with accrued interest, if any, to
the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Notes
shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Note for redemption in
accordance with said notice, such Note shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption
Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is
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on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such
Notes, or one or more Predecessor Notes, registered as such at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.
If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid,
bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Notes.
SECTION 1108. Notes Redeemed in Part.
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Any Note which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the
provisions of this Article) shall be surrendered at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002 (with, if the
Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed
by, the Holder thereof or such Holders attorney duly authorized in writing), and
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall upon Company Order authenticate
and deliver to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a new Note or
Notes, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate
principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the
principal of the Note so surrendered.
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ARTICLE TWELVE
SECURITY
SECTION 1201. Security.
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On the Closing Date, the Company shall purchase, and, at all times,
subject to the Pledge Agreement, shall maintain Pledged Securities pledged to
the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders in such amount as will be sufficient
upon receipt of scheduled interest and/or principal payments of such Pledged
Securities, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants selected by the Company, to provide for payment in full of the first
six scheduled interest payments due on the outstanding Notes. The Pledged
Securities shall be pledged by the Company to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Holders and shall be held by the Trustee in the Pledge Account pending
disposition pursuant to the Pledge Agreement.
(b) Each Holder, by its acceptance of a Note, consents and agrees to
the terms of the Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation, the provisions
providing for foreclosure and release of the Pledged Securities) as the same may
be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms,
and authorizes and directs the Trustee to enter into the Pledge Agreement and to
perform its respective obligations and exercise its respective rights thereunder
in accordance therewith. The Company will do or cause to be done all such acts
and things as may be necessary or proper, or as may be required by the
provisions of the Pledge Agreement, to assure and confirm to the Trustee the
security interest in the Pledged Securities contemplated hereby, by the Pledge
Agreement 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
Notes secured hereby, according to the intent and purposes herein expressed.
The Company shall take, or shall cause to be taken, any and all actions
reasonably required (and any action reasonably requested by the Trustee) to
cause the Pledge Agreement to create and maintain, as security for the
obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes, valid and
enforceable first priority liens in and on all the Pledged Securities, in favor
of the Trustee, superior to and prior to the rights of third Persons and subject
to no other Liens.
(c) The release of any Pledged Securities pursuant to the Pledge
Agreement will not be deemed to impair the security under this Indenture in
contravention of the provisions hereof if and to the extent the Pledged
Securities are released pursuant to this Indenture and the Pledge Agreement. To
the extent applicable, the Company shall cause TIA Section 314(d) relating to
the release of property or securities from the Lien and security interest of the
Pledge Agreement (other than pursuant to Section 7(e) and 7(g) thereof) and
relating to the substitution therefor of any property or securities to be
subjected to the Lien and security interest of the Pledge Agreement to be
complied with. Any certificate or opinion required by TIA Section 314(d) may be
made by an Officer of the Company, except in cases where TIA Section 314(d)
requires that such certificate or opinion be made by an independent Person,
which Person shall be an independent engineer, appraiser or other expert
selected by the Company.
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(d) The Trustee, in its sole discretion and without the consent of
the Holders, may, and at the request of the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of Notes then outstanding shall, on behalf of the Holders, take
all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to (i) enforce any of the
terms of the Pledge Agreement and (ii) collect and receive any and all amounts
payable in respect of the obligations of the Company thereunder. The Trustee
shall have power to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings as the
Trustee may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the
interests of the Holders in the Pledged Securities (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 interest hereunder or be
prejudicial to the interests of the Holders or of the Trustee).
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1301. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
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Defeasance.
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The Company may, at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with
respect to the Notes, elect to have either Section 1302 or Section 1303 be
applied to all Outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth
below in this Article Thirteen.
SECTION 1302. Defeasance and Discharge.
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Upon the Company's exercise under Section 1301 of the option
applicable to this Section 1302, the Company shall be deemed to have been
discharged from its obligations with respect to all Outstanding Notes on the
date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter,
"defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company 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 1305 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred
to in (A) and (B) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under
such Notes and this Indenture insofar as such Notes are concerned (and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of
Outstanding Notes to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section
1304 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the
principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on such Notes when such
payments are due, (B) the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes under
Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties
and immunities of the Trustee
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hereunder and (D) this Article Thirteen. Subject to compliance with this
Article Thirteen, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 1302
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1303 with respect
to the Notes.
SECTION 1303. Covenant Defeasance.
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Upon the Company's exercise under Section 1301 of the option
applicable to this Section 1303, the Company shall be released from its
obligations under any covenant contained in Section 801(3) and (4) and Section
803 and in Sections 1007 through 1021 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 to be
"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 deemed "Outstanding" for all other purposes
hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect
to the Outstanding Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no
liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such
covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere
herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant
to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to
comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section
501(5), but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such
Notes shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
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The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section
1302 or Section 1303 to the Outstanding Notes:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements
of Section 607 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this
Article Thirteen applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose
of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and
dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Notes, (A) cash in
United States dollars, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the
scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in
accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the
due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof,
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered
to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the
Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Notes on
the Stated Maturity (or Redemption Date, if applicable) of such principal
(and premium, if any) or installment of interest and (ii) any mandatory
sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to the Outstanding
Notes on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture and of such Notes; provided that
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the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money or
the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to said payments with
respect to the Notes. Before such a deposit, the Company may give to the
Trustee, in accordance with Section 1103 hereof, a notice of its election
to redeem all of the Outstanding Notes at a future date in accordance with
Article Eleven hereof, which notice shall be irrevocable. Such irrevocable
redemption notice, if given, shall be given effect in applying the
foregoing. For this purpose, "U.S. Government Obligations" means
securities that are (x) direct obligations of the United States of America
for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (y)
obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency
or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation
by the United States of America, which, in either case, are not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a
depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended), as custodian with respect to any such
U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or
interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for
the account of the holder of such depository receipt, provided that (except
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as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction
from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any
amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government
Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S.
Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
(2) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall
have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or, insofar as
paragraphs (8) and (9) of Section 501 hereof are concerned, at any time
during the period ending on the 123rd day after the date of such deposit
(it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied
until the expiration of such period).
(3) [Reserved]
(4) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any material
agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company is
a party or by which it is bound.
(5) In the case of an election under Section 1302, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (x) the
Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal
Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) since July [__], 1997, there has been a
change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the
effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders
of the Outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be
subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and
at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not
occurred.
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(6) In the case of an election under Section 1303, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
Holders of the Outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss
for federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and
will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant
defeasance had not occurred.
(7) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance under Section 1302
or the covenant defeasance under Section 1303 (as the case may be) have
been complied with.
SECTION 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be
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Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
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Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited
with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this
Section 1305, the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of the
Outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in
accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment,
either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its
own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of
all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except
to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee
or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Governmental Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the principal and interest received in
respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for
the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Notes.
Anything in this Article Thirteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company
Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in
Section 1304 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then
be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent defeasance or covenant
defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1306. Reinstatement.
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If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with Section 1305 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, then the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the Notes
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had
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occurred pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303, as the case may be, until such time
as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in
accordance with Section 1305; provided, however, that if the Company makes any
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payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Note following
the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the
rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held
by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
This Indenture may be signed in any number of counterparts each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed
and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
GROUP, INCORPORATED
[SEAL] By
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Attest:
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Title:
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
OF VIRGINIA
[SEAL] By
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