Lender Processing Services, Inc. as Issuer the Guarantors party hereto and U.S. Bank National Association, Corporate Trust Services as Trustee Indenture Dated as of July 2, 2008 8.125% Senior Notes Due 2016
Exhibit 4.4
Lender Processing Services, Inc.
as Issuer
as Issuer
the Guarantors party hereto
and
U.S. Bank National Association, Corporate Trust Services
as Trustee
as Trustee
Dated as of July 2, 2008
8.125%
Senior Notes
Due 2016
Senior Notes
Due 2016
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA Sections | Indenture Sections | |||||||||||
§
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310 | (a) | 7.10 | |||||||||
(b) | 7.08 | |||||||||||
§
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311 | 7.03 | ||||||||||
§
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312 | 11.02 | ||||||||||
§
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313 | 7.06 | ||||||||||
§
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314 | (a) | 4, 4.02 | |||||||||
(c) | 11.04 | |||||||||||
(e) | 11.05 | |||||||||||
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315 | (a) | 7.01, 7.02 | |||||||||
(b) | 7.02, 7.05 | |||||||||||
(c) | 7.01 | |||||||||||
(d) | 7.02 | |||||||||||
(e) | 6.12, 7.02 | |||||||||||
§
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316 | (a) | 2.05, 6.02, 6.04, 6.05 | |||||||||
(b) | 6.06, 6.07 | |||||||||||
(c) | 11.02 | |||||||||||
§
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317 | (a) | (1 | ) | 6.08 | |||||||
(a) | (2 | ) | 6.09 | |||||||||
(b) | 2.03 | |||||||||||
§
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318 | 11.01 |
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RECITALS
ARTICLE 1 |
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Definitions And Incorporation By Reference |
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Section 1.01. Definitions. |
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Section 1.02. Rules of Construction |
34 | |||
ARTICLE 2 |
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The Notes |
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Section 2.01. Form, Dating and Denominations; Legends |
34 | |||
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication; Exchange Notes; Additional Notes |
36 | |||
Section 2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent; Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust |
37 | |||
Section 2.04. Replacement Notes |
37 | |||
Section 2.05. Outstanding Notes |
37 | |||
Section 2.06. Temporary Notes |
38 | |||
Section 2.07. Cancellation |
38 | |||
Section 2.08. CUSIP and CINS Numbers |
39 | |||
Section 2.09. Registration, Transfer and Exchange |
39 | |||
Section 2.10. Restrictions on Transfer and Exchange |
42 | |||
Section 2.11. Temporary Offshore Global Notes |
45 | |||
ARTICLE 3 |
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Redemption; Offer to Purchase |
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Section 3.01. Optional Redemption |
45 | |||
Section 3.02. Redemption with Proceeds of Equity Offering |
46 | |||
Section 3.03. Method and Effect of Redemption |
46 | |||
Section 3.04. Offer to Purchase |
47 | |||
ARTICLE 4 |
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Covenants |
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Section 4.01. Payment Of Notes |
50 | |||
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency |
51 | |||
Section 4.03. Existence |
51 | |||
Section 4.04. Payment of Taxes and other Claims |
51 | |||
Section 4.05. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance |
52 | |||
Section 4.06. Limitation on Debt and Disqualified or Preferred Stock |
52 | |||
Section 4.07. Limitation on Restricted Payments |
57 | |||
Section 4.08. Limitation on Liens |
61 | |||
Section 4.09. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions |
62 |
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Section 4.10. Limitation on Dividend and other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries |
62 | |||
Section 4.11. Guaranties by Restricted Subsidiaries. |
64 | |||
Section 4.12. Repurchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control |
65 | |||
Section 4.13. Limitation on Asset Sales |
65 | |||
Section 4.14. Limitation on Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates |
67 | |||
Section 4.15. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
69 | |||
Section 4.16. Financial Reports |
71 | |||
Section 4.17. Reports to Trustee |
72 | |||
ARTICLE 5 |
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Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets |
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Section 5.01. Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets by the Company; No Lease of All or Substantially All Assets |
73 | |||
Section 5.02. Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets by a Guarantor |
75 | |||
ARTICLE 6 |
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Default and Remedies |
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Section 6.01. Events of Default |
75 | |||
Section 6.02. Acceleration |
77 | |||
Section 6.03. Other Remedies |
77 | |||
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults |
78 | |||
Section 6.05. Control by Majority |
78 | |||
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits |
78 | |||
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment |
79 | |||
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee |
79 | |||
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
79 | |||
Section 6.10. Priorities |
79 | |||
Section 6.11. Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
80 | |||
Section 6.12. Undertaking for Costs |
80 | |||
Section 6.13. Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
80 | |||
Section 6.14. Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
80 | |||
Section 6.15. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws |
81 | |||
ARTICLE 7 |
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The Trustee |
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Section 7.01. General |
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Section 7.02. Certain Rights of Trustee |
81 | |||
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee |
83 | |||
Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer |
83 | |||
Section 7.05. Notice of Default |
84 | |||
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders |
84 | |||
Section 7.07. Compensation And Indemnity |
84 |
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Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee |
85 | |||
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger |
86 | |||
Section 7.10. Eligibility |
86 | |||
Section 7.11. Money Held in Trust |
86 | |||
ARTICLE 8 |
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Defeasance and Discharge |
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Section 8.01. Discharge of Company’s Obligations |
86 | |||
Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance |
87 | |||
Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance |
88 | |||
Section 8.04. Application of Trust Money |
89 | |||
Section 8.05. Repayment to Company |
89 | |||
Section 8.06. Reinstatement |
89 | |||
ARTICLE 9 |
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Amendments, Supplements and Waivers |
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Section 9.01. Amendments Without Consent of Holders |
90 | |||
Section 9.02. Amendments With Consent of Holders |
91 | |||
Section 9.03. Effect of Consent |
92 | |||
Section 9.04. Trustee’s Rights and Obligations |
92 | |||
Section 9.05. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act |
92 | |||
Section 9.06. Payments for Consents |
92 | |||
ARTICLE 10 |
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Guaranties |
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Section 10.01. The Guaranties |
93 | |||
Section 10.02. Guaranty Unconditional |
93 | |||
Section 10.03. Discharge; Reinstatement |
94 | |||
Section 10.04. Waiver by the Guarantors |
94 | |||
Section 10.05. Subrogation and Contribution |
94 | |||
Section 10.06. Stay of Acceleration |
94 | |||
Section 10.07. Limitation on Amount of Guaranty |
94 | |||
Section 10.08. Execution and Delivery of Guaranty |
95 | |||
Section 10.09. Release of Guaranty |
95 | |||
ARTICLE 11 |
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Miscellaneous |
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Section 11.01. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 |
96 | |||
Section 11.02. Noteholder Communications; Noteholder Actions |
96 | |||
Section 11.03. Notices |
97 | |||
Section 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent |
98 | |||
Section 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion |
98 |
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Section 11.06. Payment Date Other Than a Business Day |
98 | |||
Section 11.07. Governing Law |
99 | |||
Section 11.08. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements |
99 | |||
Section 11.09. Successors |
99 | |||
Section 11.10. Duplicate Originals |
99 | |||
Section 11.11. Separability |
99 | |||
Section 11.12. Table of Contents and Headings |
99 | |||
Section 11.13. No Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators, Members and Stockholders |
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EXHIBITS |
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EXHIBIT A
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Form of Note | |
EXHIBIT B
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Form of Supplemental Indenture | |
EXHIBIT C
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Restricted Legend | |
EXHIBIT D
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DTC Legend | |
EXHIBIT E
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Regulation S Certificate | |
EXHIBIT F
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Rule 144A Certificate | |
EXHIBIT G
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Institutional Accredited Investor Certificate | |
EXHIBIT H
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Certificate of Beneficial Ownership | |
EXHIBIT I
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Temporary Offshore Global Note Legend |
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INDENTURE, dated as of July 2, 2008, between Lender Processing Services, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, as the Company, the Guarantors party hereto and U.S. Bank National Association,
Corporate Trust Services, a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws
of the United States of America and having a corporate trust office in Atlanta, Georgia, as
Trustee.
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Indenture to provide for the
issuance of up to $375,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 8.125% Senior Notes Due
2016, and, if and when issued, any Additional Notes, together with any Exchange Notes issued
therefor as provided herein (the “Notes”). All things necessary to make the Indenture a valid
agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done, and the Company has done
all things necessary to make the Notes (in the case of the Additional Notes, when duly authorized),
when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and duly issued by the
Company, the valid obligations of the Company as hereinafter provided.
In addition, the Guarantors party hereto have duly authorized the execution and delivery of
the Indenture as guarantors of the Notes. All things necessary to make the Indenture a valid
agreement of each Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, have been done, and each Guarantor has
done all things necessary to make the Note Guarantees, when the Notes are executed by the Company
and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and duly issued by the Company, the valid
obligations of such Guarantor as hereinafter provided.
This Indenture is subject to, and will be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act that are required to be a part of and govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act.
THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof,
the parties hereto covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions And Incorporation By Reference
Definitions And Incorporation By Reference
Section 1.01. Definitions.
“Acquired Debt” means Debt of a Person (x) existing at the time the Person merges with or into
or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (y) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from
such Person, in each case not Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, the Person
merging with or into or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such acquisition of assets; provided,
however, that Debt of such acquired Person or assumed in connection with such acquisition of assets
that is redeemed, defeased, retired or otherwise repaid at the time of or immediately upon
consummation of the transactions by which such Person merges with or into or becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of such Person or such assets are acquired shall not be Acquired Debt.
“Additional Interest” means additional interest owed to the Holders pursuant to a Registration
Rights Agreement.
“Additional Notes” means any Notes issued under the Indenture in addition to the Original
Notes, including any Exchange Notes issued in exchange for such Additional Notes, having the same
terms in all respects as the Original Notes except that interest will accrue on the Additional
Notes from their date of issuance.
“Affiliate” means, with respect 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”) with respect 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 the avoidance of doubt, Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
and, from and after the Spin-Off, Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. and each of their
respective Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries solely due to overlapping officers or directors.
“Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent.
“Agent Member” means a member of, or a participant in, the Depositary.
“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Notes on any Redemption Date, the greater of:
(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Notes, and
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(2) the excess, if any, of (a) the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the
redemption price of such Notes at July 1, 2011 (such redemption price being set forth in
the table appearing above under “Optional Redemption”), plus (ii) all required remaining
scheduled interest payments due on such Notes through July 1, 2011, computed using a
discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points;
over (b) the principal amount of such Notes.
“Asset Sale” means any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of any assets by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary, including by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction
and including any sale or issuance of the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares
or to the extent required by applicable law) of any Restricted Subsidiary (each of the above
referred to as a “disposition”), provided that the following are not included in the definition of
“Asset Sale”:
(1) a disposition to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, including the sale or
issuance by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Equity Interests of any
Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) the disposition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary
course of business of (i) cash and cash management investments, including without
limitation investments held pursuant to Cash Management Practices, (ii) inventory and
other assets acquired and held for resale in the ordinary course of business, (iii)
damaged, surplus, worn out or obsolete assets, or (iv) rights granted to others pursuant
to leases or licenses;
(3) the sale or discount of accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of
business in connection with the compromise or collection thereof or the conversion or
exchange of accounts receivable for notes receivable;
(4) a transaction covered the provisions under Section 5.01 or any disposition
constituting a Change of Control;
(5) a Restricted Payment permitted under Section 4.07 or a Permitted Investment;
(6) a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, provided that at least 75% of the consideration
paid to the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary for such Sale and Leaseback Transaction
consists of cash received at closing,
(7) the issuance of Disqualified or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.06;
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(8) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses of property in the ordinary course of
business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary;
(9) dispositions in the ordinary course of business consisting of the abandonment of
intellectual property which, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Company,
are not material to the conduct of the business of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary;
(10) dispositions of real property and related assets in the ordinary course of
business in connection with relocation activities for directors, officers, members of
management, employees or consultants of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(11) dispositions of tangible property in the ordinary course of business as part of
a like-kind exchange under Section 1031 of the Code;
(12) the creation of Permitted Liens and dispositions in connection with Permitted
Liens;
(13) the issuance of Preferred Stock by a Guarantor that is permitted by the
Indenture;
(14) the unwinding of obligations under Hedging Agreements;
(15) any “fee in lieu” or other disposition of assets to any governmental authority
or agency that continue in use by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets upon reasonable
notice by paying a nominal fee;
(16) any disposition arising from foreclosure, condemnation or similar action with
respect to any property or other assets, or exercise of termination rights under any
lease, license, concession or other agreement;
(17) any disposition of securities of an Unrestricted Subsidiaries and any
disposition of a Permitted Investment (other than Equity Interests of any Restricted
Subsidiary) made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, if such
Permitted Investment was (a) received in exchange for, or purchased out of the Net Cash
Proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company)
of, Qualified Equity Interests of the Company or (b) received in the form of, or was
purchased from the proceeds of, a substantially concurrent contribution of common equity
capital to the Company; provided that any such proceeds or contributions in clauses (a) or
(b) shall be excluded from paragraph (3) of Section 4.07(a);
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(18) any dispositions of Securitization Assets (or a fractional undivided interest
therein) in a Securitization Financing permitted under the Indenture; or
(19) any disposition in a transaction or series of related transactions of assets
with a fair market value of less than $15.0 million.
“Attributable Debt” means, in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction the present value,
discounted at the interest rate implicit in the Sale and Leaseback Transaction, of the total
obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease in the Sale
and Leaseback Transaction.
“Authenticating Agent” refers to a Person engaged to authenticate the Notes in the stead of
the Trustee.
“Average Life” means, as of the date of determination, with respect to any Debt or Preferred
Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the products of (x) the number of years
(calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) from the date of determination to the dates of each
successive scheduled principal payment of such Debt or redemption or similar payment with respect
to such Preferred Stock and (y) the respective amounts of such payments by (ii) the sum of all such
payments.
“bankruptcy default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01.
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors or comparable governing body of the Company,
or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on its behalf.
“Board Resolution” means a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors which is
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and remains in full force and
effect as of the date of its certification.
“Business Day” means each day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial
banking institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York or place of payment.
“Capital Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of any property which, in
conformity with GAAP, is required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person.
“Capital Stock” means
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
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(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether
general or limited) or membership interests; and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share
of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
“Cash Equivalents” means
(1) United States dollars, or money in other currencies received in the ordinary
course of business,
(2) U.S. Government Obligations or certificates representing an ownership interest in
U.S. Government Obligations with maturities not exceeding one year from the date of
acquisition,
(3) securities issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision
of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than
12 months from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a
rating of at least “A-2” or “P-2” (or long-term ratings of at least “A3” or “A-”) from
either S&P or Moody’s, or, with respect to municipal bonds, a rating of at least MIG 2 or
VMIG 2 from Moody’s (or the equivalent thereof),
(4) (i) demand deposits, (ii) time deposits and certificates of deposit with
maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, (iii) domestic and eurodollar
certificates of bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year from the date
of acquisition, and (iv) overnight bank deposits, in each case with any bank or trust
company organized or licensed under the laws of the United States or any state thereof
having capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of $500 million whose short-term
debt is rated “A-2” or higher by S&P or “P-2” or higher by Moody’s,
(5) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than thirty days for underlying
securities of the type described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any
financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above,
(6) commercial paper maturing not more than 12 months after the date of creation
thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 or P-1 from
either S&P or Moody’s and commercial paper
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maturing not more than 90 days after the creation thereof and, at the time of
acquisition, having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P or Moody’s,
(7) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which consist of investments of
the type described in clauses (1) through (6) above,
(8) fixed maturity securities which are rated BBB- and above by S&P or Baa3 and above
by Moody’s; provided that the aggregate amount of Investments by any Person in fixed
maturity securities which are rated BBB+, BBB or BBB- by S&P or Xxx0, Xxx0 or Baa3 by
Moody’s shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Investments in fixed maturity
securities by such Person, and
(9) in case of a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary, substantially similar investments, of
comparable credit quality, denominated in the currency of any jurisdiction in which such
Person conducts business.
“Cash Management Practices” means the cash, Cash Equivalent and short-term investment
management practices of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as approved by the Board of
Directors or chief financial officer of the Company from time to time, including any Debt of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries having a maturity of 92 days or less representing
borrowings from any financial institution with which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
have a depository or other investment relationship in connection with such practices (or any
Affiliate of such financial institution), which borrowings may be secured by the cash, Cash
Equivalents and other short-term investments purchased by the relevant Person with the proceeds of
such borrowings.
“Certificate of Beneficial Ownership” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
H.
“Certificated Note” means a Note in registered individual form without interest coupons.
“Change of Control” means:
(1) the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person or the
merger of another Person with or into the Company or the merger of any Person with or into
a Subsidiary of the Company if Capital Stock of the Company is issued in connection
therewith, or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company to another
Person, unless holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the Voting Stock of
the Company, immediately prior to such transaction, hold
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securities of the surviving or transferee Person that represent, immediately after
such transaction, at least a majority of the aggregate voting power of the Voting Stock of
the surviving Person;
(2) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as such term is used
in Rules 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the
total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company;
(3) during any period of twelve consecutive months, individuals who on the Issue Date
(after giving effect to the Spin-off) constituted the Board of Directors, together with
any new directors whose election by the Board of Directors or whose nomination for
election by the stockholders of the Company was approved by a majority of the directors
then still in office who were either directors or whose election or nomination for
election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the
Board of Directors then in office; or
(4) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
“Change of Control Offer” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.12.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Common Stock” means Capital Stock not entitled to any preference on dividends or
distributions, upon liquidation or otherwise.
“Company” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of the Indenture or any
successor obligor under the Indenture and the Notes pursuant to Section 5.01.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, as of any date for the applicable period ending on such date
with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, net income
(excluding, without duplication, (i) extraordinary items and (ii) any amounts attributable to
Investments in any Joint Venture to the extent that (A) such amounts were not earned by such Joint
Venture during the applicable period, (B) there exists any legal or contractual encumbrance or
restriction on the ability of such Joint Venture to pay dividends or make any other distributions
in cash on the Equity Interests of such Joint Venture held by such Person and its Subsidiaries, but
only to the extent so encumbered or restricted or (C) such Person does not have the right to
receive or the ability to cause to be distributed its pro rata share of all earnings of such Joint
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Venture) as determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that Consolidated Net Income for any
such period shall not include:
(1) the net income (but not loss) of any non-Guarantor Restricted Subsidiary to the
extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such
non-Guarantor Restricted Subsidiary of such net income would not have been permitted for
the relevant period by charter or by any agreement; instrument; judgment, decree, order,
statue, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such non-Guarantor Restricted
Subsidiary;
(2) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period;
(3) any net after-tax income or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges relating
thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of Debt;
(4) any non-cash charges resulting from xxxx-to-market accounting relating to Equity
Interests; and
(5) any non-cash impairment charges resulting from the application of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 — Goodwill and Other Intangibles and No. 144 —
Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets and the amortization of
intangibles including arising pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.
141 — Business Combinations.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust business
of the Trustee is principally administered, which at the date of the Indenture is located at 0000
X. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000.
“Credit Agreement” means the credit agreement dated on or about the Issue Date among the
Company, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing
Line Lender and L/C Issuer, together with any related documents (including any security documents
and guarantee agreements), any Notes and letters of credit issued pursuant thereto and any
guarantee and collateral agreements, mortgages or letter of credit applications and other
guarantees, pledge agreements, security agreements and collateral documents, in each case as the
same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, or refunded,
refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time
(whether in whole or in part, whether with the original banks, lenders or institutions or other
banks, lenders or institutions or otherwise, and whether provided under one or more other credit
agreements, indentures (including the Indenture governing the
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Notes), financing agreements or otherwise). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the term “Credit Agreement” shall include any agreement (i) changing the maturity of any Debt
Incurred thereunder or contemplated thereby, (ii) adding Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or
guarantors thereunder, (iii) increasing the amount of Debt Incurred thereunder or available to be
borrowed thereunder or (iv) otherwise altering the terms and conditions thereof.
“Credit Facilities” means one or more of (i) the Credit Agreement, and (ii) any other
facilities or arrangements designated by the Company, in each case with one or more banks or other
lenders or institutions providing for one or more revolving credit loans, term loans, any
Securitization Financing, receivables financings (including without limitation through the sale of
receivables to such institutions or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such
institutions against such receivables or the creation of any Liens in respect of such receivables
in favor of such institutions), letters of credit or other Debt, in each case, including all
agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with any
of the foregoing, including but not limited to any Notes and letters of credit issued pursuant
thereto and any guarantee and collateral agreement, mortgages or letter of credit applications and
other guarantees, pledge agreements, security agreements and collateral documents, in each case as
the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, or refunded,
refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time
(whether in whole or in part, whether with the original banks, lenders or institutions or other
banks, lenders or institutions or otherwise, and whether provided under any original Credit
Facility or one or more other credit agreements, indentures (including the Indenture governing the
Notes), financing agreements or other Credit Facilities or otherwise). Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the term “Credit Facility” shall include any agreement (i) changing
the maturity of any Debt Incurred thereunder or contemplated thereby, (ii) adding Subsidiaries as
additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder, (iii) increasing the amount of Debt Incurred
thereunder or available to be borrowed thereunder or (iv) otherwise altering the terms and
conditions thereof.
“Debt” means, with respect to any Person at any date of determination, without duplication,
(1) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;
(2) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other
similar instruments;
(3) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit, bankers’
acceptances or other similar instruments , excluding obligations in respect of trade
letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances issued in respect of trade payables to the
extent not drawn upon or presented, or, if
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drawn upon or presented, the resulting obligation of the Person is paid within 20
Business Days;
(4) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of
property or services which are recorded as liabilities under GAAP, excluding trade
payables arising in the ordinary course of business;
(5) all obligations of such Person as lessee under Capital Leases;
(6) indebtedness or similar financing obligations of such Person under any
Securitization Financing;
(7) the principal component of all Debt of other Persons Guaranteed by such Person to
the extent so Guaranteed by such Person;
(8) all Debt of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether
or not such Debt is assumed by such Person; and
(9) all obligations of such Person under Hedging Agreements.
The amount of Debt of any Person will be deemed to be:
(A) with respect to contingent obligations, the maximum liability upon the occurrence
of the contingency giving rise to the obligation;
(B) with respect to Debt secured by a Lien on an asset of such Person but not
otherwise the obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person, the lesser of (x) the
fair market value of such asset on the date the Lien attached and (y) the amount of such
Debt;
(C) with respect to any Debt issued with original issue discount, the face amount of
such Debt less the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such
Debt;
(D) with respect to any Hedging Agreement, the net amount payable if such Hedging
Agreement terminated at that time due to default by such Person; and
(E) otherwise, the outstanding principal amount thereof together with any interest
thereon that is more than 30 days past due.
The accrual of interest, accrual of dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of
interest in the form of additional Debt, and the payment of dividends in the form of additional
shares of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Debt for
purposes of Section 4.06 provided that such accruals, accretion or payment will constitute Fixed
Charges.
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“Default” means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an
Event of Default.
“Depositary” means the depositary of each Global Note, which will initially be DTC.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means Equity Interests that by their terms or upon the
happening of any event are
(1) required to be redeemed or redeemable at the option of the holder prior to the
Stated Maturity of the Notes for consideration other than Qualified Equity Interests, or
(2) convertible at the option of the holder into Disqualified Equity Interests or
exchangeable for Debt (excluding Capital Stock which is convertible or exchangeable solely
at the option of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary);
provided that Equity Interests will not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because of
provisions giving holders thereof the right to require repurchase or redemption upon an “asset
sale” or “change of control” occurring prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes if those
provisions
(A) are no more favorable to the holders than Section 4.12 and Section 4.13, and
(B) specifically state that repurchase or redemption pursuant thereto will not be
required prior to the Company’s repurchase of the Notes as required by the Indenture.
“Disqualified Stock” means Capital Stock constituting Disqualified Equity Interests.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, and its successors.
“DTC Legend” means the legend set forth in Exhibit D.
“Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary formed under the laws of the
United States of America or any jurisdiction thereof.
“EBITDA” means, for any period, the sum of:
(1) Consolidated Net Income, plus
(2) Fixed Charges, to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
including letter of credit fees, plus
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(3) to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income and as determined
on a consolidated basis for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in conformity with
GAAP:
(A) income, franchise and similar taxes, other than income taxes or income
tax adjustments (whether positive or negative) attributable to Asset Sales,
extinguishment of Debt or extraordinary gains or losses; and
(B) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of financing costs,
intangibles, goodwill and organization costs) and all other non-cash items
reducing Consolidated Net Income (not including non-cash charges in a period
which reflect cash expenses paid or to be paid in another period), less all
non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income;
provided that, with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary, the items set forth in (A) and
(B) above will be added only to the extent and in the same proportion that the relevant
Restricted Subsidiary’s net income was included in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
plus
(4) net after-tax losses attributable to Asset Sales outside the ordinary course of
business, to the extent reducing Consolidated Net Income, plus
(5) non-recurring charges so long as such charges do not exceed $10.0 million during
any fiscal year, plus
(6) to the extent covered by insurance, expenses with respect to liability or
casualty events or business interruption, plus
(7) to the extent actually reimbursed, expenses Incurred to the extent covered by
indemnification provisions in any agreement in connection with an Investment, plus
(8) cash expenses Incurred in connection with the Spin-Off or any Investment
permitted under Section 4.07, the issuance and sale of Qualified Equity Interests or the
issuance or refinancing of Debt (in each case, whether or not consummated), minus
(9) an amount which, in the determination of Consolidated Net Income, has been
included for (i) (A) non-cash gains (other than with respect to cash actually received)
and (B) all extraordinary gains, and (ii) any gains realized upon an Asset Sale of
property outside of the ordinary course of business, plus/minus
(10) unrealized losses/gains in respect of Swap Contracts.
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“Equity Interests” means all Capital Stock and all warrants, profits, interests, equity
appreciation rights or options with respect to, or other rights to purchase, Capital Stock, but
excluding Debt convertible into equity.
“Equity Offering” means (i) an underwritten primary public offering, after the Issue Date, of
Qualified Stock of the Company pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act other than an issuance registered on Form S-4 or S-8 or any successor thereto or any issuance
pursuant to employee benefit plans or otherwise in compensation to officers, directors or employees
or (ii) a sale of Capital Stock of any Person proceeds of which are contributed to the equity
capital of the Company or any of Restricted Subsidiary.
“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01.
“Excess Proceeds” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.13.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Exchange Companies” means Investment Property Exchange Services, Inc. and any other
Restricted Subsidiaries that are engaged in like-kind-exchange operations.
“Exchange Notes” means the Notes of the Company issued pursuant to the Indenture in exchange
for, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to, the Initial Notes or any Initial Additional
Notes in compliance with the terms of a Registration Rights Agreement and containing terms
substantially identical to the Initial Notes or any Initial Additional Notes (except that (i) such
Exchange Notes will be registered under the Securities Act and will not be subject to transfer
restrictions or bear the Restricted Legend, and (ii) the provisions relating to Additional Interest
will be eliminated).
“Exchange Offer” means an offer by the Company to the Holders of the Initial Notes or any
Initial Additional Notes to exchange outstanding Notes for Exchange Notes, as provided for in a
Registration Rights Agreement.
“Exchange Offer Registration Statement” means the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“FIS” means Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, on any date (the “transaction date”), the ratio of
(x) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the four fiscal quarters immediately prior to
the transaction date for which internal financial statements are available (the “reference
period”) to
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(y) the aggregate Fixed Charges during such reference period.
In making the foregoing calculation the following adjustments shall be made:
(1) Incurrence of Debt: If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has
Incurred any Debt since the beginning of the reference period that remains outstanding on
the transaction date or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence of Debt, EBITDA and Interest Expense for the
reference period will be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Debt
as if such Debt had been Incurred on the first day of the reference period (except that in
making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility
outstanding on the date of such calculation will be deemed to be (i) the average daily
balance of such Debt during such four fiscal quarters or such shorter period for which
such facility was outstanding or (ii) if such facility was created after the end of such
four fiscal quarters, the average daily balance of such Debt during the period from the
date of creation of such facility to the date of such calculation) and the discharge of
any other Debt repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with the proceeds of
such new Debt as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of the reference period;
or
(2) Discharge of Debt. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has
repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged any Debt since the beginning of the
period that is no longer outstanding on the transaction date or if the transaction giving
rise to the need to calculate the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio involves a discharge of Debt
(in each case other than Debt Incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such
Debt has been permanently repaid and the related commitment terminated), EBITDA and
Interest Expense for the reference period will be calculated after giving effect on a pro
forma basis to such repayment, repurchase, defeasance or other discharge of such Debt,
including with the proceeds of such new Debt, as if such discharge had occurred on the
first day of the reference period;
(3) Sales. If since the beginning of the reference period the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary will have made any Asset Sale or disposed of any company, division,
operating unit, segment, business, group of related assets or line of business or if the
transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is such
an Asset Sale:
(a) the EBITDA for the reference period will be reduced by an amount equal
to the EBITDA (if positive) directly attributable to the assets which are the
subject of such disposition
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for the reference period or increased by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if
negative) directly attributable thereto for the reference period; and
(b) Interest Expense for the reference period will be reduced by an amount
equal to the Interest Expense directly attributable to any Debt of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged
(including, but not limited to, through the assumption of such Debt by another
Person if the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for
such Debt after the assumption thereof) with respect to the Company and its
continuing Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition for the
reference period (or, if the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold,
the Interest Expense for the reference period directly attributable to the Debt
of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Company and its continuing
Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such Debt after such sale);
(4) Purchases. If since the beginning of the reference period the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger or otherwise) will have made an Investment in any
Restricted Subsidiary (or any Person which becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged
with or into the Company) or an acquisition of assets, including any acquisition of assets
occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder,
which constitutes all or substantially all of a company, division, operating unit,
segment, business, group of related assets or line of business, EBITDA (plus adjustments
which will only include annualized cost savings achievable within one year and which shall
be itemized in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee by the chief financial
officer of the Company) and Interest Expense for the reference period will be calculated
after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the Incurrence of any Debt) as if such
Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of the reference period; and
(5) Adjustments for Acquired Person. If since the beginning of the reference
period any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or
into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of the reference period)
will have Incurred any Debt or discharged any Debt, made any Asset Sale or any Investment
or acquisition of assets that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (3) or
(4) above if made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary during the reference period,
EBITDA and Interest Expense for the reference period will be calculated after giving pro
forma effect thereto as if such transaction occurred on the first day of the reference
period.
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For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any
calculation under this definition, the pro forma calculations will be determined in good
faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company (including pro forma
expense and cost reductions calculated on a basis consistent with Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act). If any Debt bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro
forma effect, the interest expense on such Debt will be calculated as if the rate in
effect on the transaction date had been the applicable rate for the entire reference
period (taking into account any Hedging Agreement applicable to such Debt if such Interest
Rate Agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). If any Debt that is being
given pro forma effect bears an interest rate at the option of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, the interest rate shall be calculated by applying such optional
rate chosen by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary.
“Fixed Charges” means, for any period, the sum (without duplication) of
(1) Interest Expense for such period; and
(2) the product of
(x) cash and non-cash dividends paid, declared, accrued or accumulated on
any Disqualified or Preferred Stock of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary,
except for dividends payable in the Company’s Qualified Stock or paid to the
Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary, and
(y) a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is one and
the denominator of which is one minus the sum of the currently effective combined
Federal, state, local and foreign tax rate applicable to the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Foreign Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Domestic
Restricted Subsidiary.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in
effect as of the Issue Date.
“Global Note” means a Note in registered global form without interest coupons.
“Guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or
indirectly guaranteeing any Debt 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 Debt
or other
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obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by
agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to
maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for purposes of assuring
in any other manner the obligee of such Debt 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” does not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Issue Date or entered
into in connection with any acquisition of assets or any Asset Sale permitted by the Indenture.
The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantor” means (i) each Domestic Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that Guarantees Debt
under the Credit Agreement on the Issue Date and (ii) each Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that
executes a supplemental Indenture in the form of Exhibit B to the Indenture providing for the
guaranty of the payment of the Notes, or any successor obligor under its Note Guaranty pursuant to
Section 5.02, in each case unless and until such Guarantor is released from its Note Guaranty
pursuant to the Indenture.
“Hedging Agreement” means (i) any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement or
other agreement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates, (ii) any foreign
exchange forward contract, currency swap agreement or other agreement designed to protect against
fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, or (iii) any Swap Contract.
“Holder” or “Noteholder” means the registered holder of any Note.
“Incur” means, with respect to any Debt or Capital Stock, to incur, create, issue, assume or
Guarantee such Debt or Capital Stock. If any Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary on any date
after the date of the Indenture (including by redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or
failure of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to meet the qualifications necessary to remain an
Unrestricted Subsidiary), the Debt and Capital Stock of such Person outstanding on such date will
be deemed to have been Incurred by such Person on such date for purposes of Section 4.06, but will
not be considered the sale or issuance of Equity Interests for purposes of Section 4.13.
“Indenture” means this indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Initial Additional Notes” means Additional Notes issued in an offering not registered under
the Securities Act and any Notes issued in replacement thereof, but not including any Exchange
Notes issued in exchange therefor.
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“Initial Notes” means the Notes issued on the Issue Date and any Notes issued in replacement
thereof, but not including any Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor.
“Initial Purchasers” means the initial purchasers party to the Purchase Agreement with the
Company relating to the sale of the Initial Notes or Initial Additional Notes by the Company.
“Institutional Accredited Investor Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form
of Exhibit G hereto.
“interest”, in respect of the Notes, unless the context otherwise requires, refers to interest
and Additional Interest, if any.
“Interest Expense” means, for any period, the consolidated interest expense of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus, to the extent not included in such consolidated interest
expense, and to the extent Incurred, accrued or payable by the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries, without duplication, (i) interest expense attributable to Sale and Leaseback
Transactions, (ii) amortization of debt discount costs but excluding amortization of deferred
financing charges, (iii) capitalized interest (but excluding interest accruing with respect to tax
liabilities (whether or not contingent)), (iv) non-cash interest expense, (v) commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance
financing, (vi) net costs associated with Hedging Agreements, and (vii) any of the above expenses
with respect to Debt of another Person Guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, as determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP; provided that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, Interest Expense shall not include (i) fees and expenses associated
with the consummation of the Spin-Off (ii) annual agency fees paid to the administrative agent
under the Credit Agreement and (iii) fees and expenses associated with any Permitted Investment,
issuance of Equity Interests or issuance of Debt (whether or not consummated).
“Interest Payment Date” means each January 1 and July 1 of each year, commencing January 1,
2009.
“Investment” means
(1) any direct or indirect advance, loan or other extension of credit to another
Person,
(2) any capital contribution to another Person, by means of any transfer of cash or
other property or in any other form,
(3) any purchase or acquisition of Equity Interests, bonds, notes or other Debt, or
other instruments or securities issued by another Person,
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including the receipt of any of the above as consideration for the disposition of
assets or rendering of services, or
(4) any Guarantee of any obligation of another Person.
If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (x) sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity
Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary so that, after giving effect to that sale
or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, or (y) designates any
Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.15, all remaining
Investments of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in such Person shall be deemed to have
been made at such time. For all purposes of the Indenture, the amount of any Investment shall be
the amount actually invested on the date of such Investment, without any adjustment for subsequent
increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
“Investment Grade Rating” means BBB- or higher by S&P or Baa3 or higher by Moody’s, or the
equivalent of such ratings by S&P or Moody’s, or of another Rating Agency.
“Issue Date” means the date on which the Initial Notes are originally issued under the
Indenture.
“Joint Venture” means (a) any Person which would constitute an “equity method investee” of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) any other Person designated by the Company in writing to
the Trustee (which designation shall be irrevocable) as a “Joint Venture” for purposes of the
Indenture and at least 50% but less than 100% of whose Equity Interests are directly owned by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (c) any Person in whom the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries beneficially owns any Equity Interest that is not a Subsidiary.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or Capital Lease).
“Material Subsidiary” means each Restricted Subsidiary other than Restricted Subsidiaries
that, as of any date of determination, individually or collectively, for the four fiscal quarter
period ended most recently prior to such date of determination did not generate more than 10% of
the EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and, at the date of determination, did
not have assets constituting more than 5% of the Total Assets of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
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“Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds of such Asset Sale in
the form of cash (including (i) payments in respect of deferred payment obligations to the extent
corresponding to principal, but not interest, when received in the form of cash, and (ii) proceeds
from the conversion of other consideration received when converted to cash), net of
(1) brokerage commissions and other fees and expenses related to such Asset Sale,
including fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, underwriters and investment bankers;
(2) provisions for taxes as a result of such Asset Sale without regard to the
consolidated results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) payments required to be made to holders of minority interests in Restricted
Subsidiaries as a result of such Asset Sale or to repay Debt outstanding at the time of
such Asset Sale that is secured by a Lien on the property or assets sold; and
(4) appropriate amounts to be provided as a reserve against liabilities associated
with such Asset Sale, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities,
liabilities related to environmental matters and indemnification obligations associated
with such Asset Sale, with any subsequent reduction of the reserve other than by payments
made and charged against the reserved amount to be deemed a receipt of cash.
“Non-U.S. Person” means a Person that is not a U.S. person, as defined in Regulation S.
“Non-Recourse Debt” means Debt as to which (i) neither the Company nor any Restricted
Subsidiary provides any Guarantee and as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that
they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
and (ii) no default thereunder would, as such, constitute a default under any Debt of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Notes” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
“Note Guaranty” means the guaranty of the Notes by a Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture.
“Obligations” means, with respect to any Debt, all obligations (whether in existence on the
Issue Date or arising afterwards, absolute or contingent, direct or indirect) for or in respect of
principal (when due, upon acceleration, upon redemption, upon mandatory repayment or repurchase
pursuant to a mandatory offer to purchase, or otherwise), premium, interest, penalties, fees and
other
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amounts payable and liabilities with respect to such Debt pursuant to its terms, including all
interest accrued or accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization
or similar case or proceeding at the contract rate (including, without limitation, any contract
rate applicable upon default) specified in the relevant documentation, whether or not the claim for
such interest is allowed as a claim in such case or proceeding.
“Offer to Purchase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.04.
“Offering Memorandum” means the confidential offering memorandum, dated June 18, 2008,
relating to the sale of the Initial Notes.
“Officer” means the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president or chief executive
officer, any vice president, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer,
or the secretary or any assistant secretary, of the Company. Officer of a Guarantor has a
correlative meaning.
“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed in the name of the Company or any
Guarantor, as the case may be, (i) by the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president or
chief executive officer or a vice president and (ii) by the chief financial officer, the treasurer
or any assistant treasurer or the secretary or any assistant secretary.
“Offshore Global Note” means a Global Note representing Notes issued and sold pursuant to
Regulation S.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee
of or counsel to the Company or any Guarantor, satisfactory to the Trustee.
“Original Notes” means the Initial Notes or the Initial Additional Notes, as the case may be,
and any Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor.
“Paying Agent” refers to a Person engaged to perform the obligations of the Trustee in respect
of payments made or funds held hereunder in respect of the Notes.
“Permanent Offshore Global Note” means an Offshore Global Note that does not bear the
Temporary Offshore Global Note Legend.
“Permitted Bank Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.06.
“Permitted Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.06.
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“Permitted Business” means any of the businesses in which the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries are engaged on the Issue Date, and any business reasonably related, incidental,
complementary or ancillary thereto or extension, expansions or developments thereof; and any other
business approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.
“Permitted Investments” means:
(1) any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(2) any Investment in cash or Cash Equivalents;
(3) any Investment by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as
a result of such Investment,
(A) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided
that such Person is primarily engaged in a Permitted Business, or
(B) such Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or
conveys substantially all its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary, provided that such Person is primarily engaged in a
Permitted Business;
(4) Investments received as non-cash consideration in an Asset Sale made pursuant to
and in compliance with Section 4.13 or in any other disposition of assets not constituting
an Asset Sale pursuant to the exceptions in the definition thereof (except pursuant to
clause (5) in such definition);
(5) any Investment acquired solely in exchange for Qualified Stock of the Company;
(6) Hedging Agreements otherwise permitted under the Indenture;
(7) (i) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts
receivable or Notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary
course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction
thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other credits to suppliers in the
ordinary course of business,(ii) endorsements of negotiable instruments and documents for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) Investments (including
debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in connection with the bankruptcy or
reorganization of any Person and in settlement of obligations of, or other disputes with,
any Person arising in the ordinary
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course of business and upon foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or
other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;
(8) payroll, travel and other loans or advances to, or Guarantees issued to support
the obligations of, directors, officers, members of management, employees and
consultants; in each case in the ordinary course of business, not in excess of $10.0
million outstanding at any time;
(9) extensions of credit to customers and suppliers in the ordinary course of
business;
(10) Investments existing or contemplated on the Issue Date and any modification,
replacement, renewal or extension thereof; provided that the amount of the original
Investment is not increased except as otherwise permitted under Section 4.07;
(11) Guarantees by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of leases (other than a
Capital Lease) entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(12) Investments in any Notes (including any Additional Notes or Exchange Notes)
issued under the Indenture;
(13) Guarantees by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Debt
otherwise permitted to be Incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
under the Indenture;
(14) receivables owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, if created or
acquired in the ordinary course of business;
(15) any pledges or deposits permitted under the definition of “Permitted Liens”;
(16) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by
and made in accordance with the provisions of clauses (4), (7), (8) or (9) of paragraph
(b) of Section 4.14;
(17) any Investment that replaces, refinances or refunds an existing Investment
(other than an Investment under clauses (1), (2), (3), (7), (8), (9), (12), (14), or (15)
above or (18), (19) or (20) below); provided that the new Investment is in an amount that
does not exceed the amount replaced, refinanced or refunded, and is made in the same
Person as the Investment replaced, refinanced or refunded;
(18) in addition to Investments listed above, Investments in an aggregate amount,
taken together with all other Investments made in
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reliance on this clause, not to exceed $125.0 million (net of, with respect to the
Investment in any particular Person made pursuant to this clause, the cash return thereon
received after the Issue Date as a result of any sale for cash, repayment, redemption,
liquidating distribution or other cash realization (not included in Consolidated Net
Income) not to exceed the amount of such Investments in such Person made after the Issue
Date in reliance on this clause);
(19) any Investment in a Securitization Vehicle or any Investment by a Securitization
Vehicle in any other Person in connection with a Securitization Financing permitted by the
Indenture, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the
arrangements governing the Securitization Financing or any related Debt; provided that any
Investment in a Securitization Vehicle is in the form of a purchase money Note,
contribution of additional Securitization Assets or equity investments; and
(20) Investments of funds held by the Exchange Companies for the benefit of their
customers in connection with their like-kind-exchange operations.
If any Investment pursuant to clause (18) above is made in any Person that is not a Restricted
Subsidiary and such Person thereafter becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, such Investment shall
thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and not clause (18) above for
so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary.
“Permitted Liens” means
(1) Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens referred to in clause (3)
below) and any modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals or extensions thereof;
provided that (i) the Lien does not extend to any additional property other than (a)
after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such
Lien or financed by Debt permitted under Section 4.06, and (b) improvements, accessions,
dividends, distributions, proceeds and products thereof and (ii) the modification,
replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing of the Obligations secured or benefited by
such Liens (if such Obligations constitute Debt) is permitted under Section 4.06;
(2) Liens securing the Notes (other than any Additional Notes) or any Note
Guaranties;
(3) Liens securing Obligations under or with respect to Permitted Bank Debt and
Obligations with respect thereto and securing any Guarantees of such Obligations;
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(4) (i) Liens Incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and (ii) Liens
Incurred in the ordinary course of business securing insurance premiums or reimbursement
obligations under insurance policies;
(5) statutory Liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen,
repairmen, construction contractors or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of
business which secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or, if more
than 60 days overdue, (i) no action has been taken to enforce such Lien, (ii) such Lien is
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if
adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable
Person in accordance with GAAP or (iii) the nonpayment of which in the aggregate would not
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(6) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges which (x) are not overdue
for a period of more than 60 days, (y) if more than 60 days overdue, which are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate
reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in
accordance with GAAP or (z) the nonpayment of which in the aggregate would not reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(7) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit that
encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and the proceeds
thereof;
(8) Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts
and leases (other than Debt for borrowed money), statutory obligations, surety, stay,
customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds, performance and completion guarantees and
other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and
environmental obligations) Incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(9) survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of
others for, licenses, rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines
and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real
property, not interfering in any material respect with the conduct of the business of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(10) licenses or leases or subleases as licensor, lessor or sublessor of any of its
property, including intellectual property, in the ordinary course of business;
(11) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment
of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Debt
(other than Debt described in paragraph (7) of the definition of “Debt”), (ii) relating to
pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit
satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations Incurred in the ordinary course of
business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and (iii) relating to purchase orders
and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(12) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of
Default;
(13) 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 in the
ordinary course of business;
(14) Liens in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary securing Debt
permitted under Section 4.06 or other obligations;
(15) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform
Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading
accounts or other brokerage accounts Incurred in the ordinary course of business, or (iii)
in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits
(including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in
the banking industry;
(16) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement filings (or similar
filings under applicable Law) regarding leases entered into by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business (and Liens consisting of the
interests or title of the respective lessors thereunder);
(17) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar
arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in
the ordinary course of business not prohibited by the Indenture;
(18) Liens existing on property at the time of its acquisition or existing on the
property of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, in each
case after the date hereof and any
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modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals or
extensions thereof; provided that (i) in the case of Liens securing purchase money Debt or
Capital Leases, (a) such Liens (except for refinancings thereof) attach concurrently
with or within 365 days after the acquisition, repair, replacement, construction or
improvement (as applicable) of the property subject to such Liens and (b) such Lien does
not extend to or cover any other assets or property (other than the improvements,
accessions, dividends, distributions, proceeds or products thereof and after-acquired
property subjected to a Lien pursuant to terms existing at the time of such acquisition,
it being understood that such requirement to pledge after-acquired property shall not be
permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but
for such acquisition) (ii) in the case of Liens securing Debt other than purchase money
Debt or Capital Leases, (a) such Liens do not extend to the property of any Person other
than the Person acquired or formed to make such acquisition and the subsidiaries of such
Person and (b) such Lien was not created in contemplation of such acquisition or such
Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and (iii) the Debt secured thereby (or, as
applicable, any modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals or extensions thereof)
is permitted under paragraph (b)(7) or (b)(9) under Section 4.06 or under Section 4.09;
(19) Liens (i) (A) on advances of cash or Cash Equivalents in favor of the seller of
any property to be acquired under paragraph (3) of the definition of “Permitted
Investment” to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment, and (B)
consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property in a disposition permitted under
Section 4.13 and (ii) on xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits made by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under
the Indenture;
(20) Liens securing Hedging Agreements so long as such Hedging Agreements relate to
other Debt that is, and is permitted to be under the Indenture, secured by a Lien on the
same property securing such Hedging Agreements;
(21) Liens on property of any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary securing Debt of such
Foreign Restricted Subsidiary to the extent permitted to be Incurred under Section 4.06;
(22) any pledge of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to secure Debt of
such Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(23) extensions, renewals, refundings or replacements (in each case, in whole or in
part) of any Liens referred to in clauses (1), (2) or (18) in connection with the
refinancing of the obligations secured thereby,
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provided that such Lien does not extend to any other property (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividend or distributions
in respect thereof) and, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing
Debt”, the amount secured by such Lien is not increased;
(24) Liens arising in connection with Cash Management Practices;
(25) Liens securing Specified Non-Recourse Indebtedness; and
(26) other Liens securing obligations in an aggregate amount not exceeding $50 million.
“Permitted Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.07.
“Permitted Refinancing Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.06.
“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, joint
venture, joint stock company, an association, unincorporated organization, a trust or any other
entity, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
“Preferred Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all Capital Stock which is
preferred as to the payment of dividends or distributions, upon liquidation or otherwise, over
another class of Capital Stock of such Person.
“principal” of any Debt means the principal amount of such Debt, (or if such Debt was issued
with original issue discount, the face amount of such Debt less the remaining unamortized portion
of the original issue discount of such Debt).
“Purchase Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement dated as of June 18, 2008 among the Company,
the Guarantors, the Selling Noteholders and the Initial Purchasers.
“Qualified Equity Interests” means all Equity Interests of a Person other than Disqualified
Equity Interests.
“Qualified Stock” means all Capital Stock of a Person other than Disqualified Stock.
“Rating Agency” means (i) S&P, (ii) Moody’s or (iii) if neither S&P or Xxxxx’x is rating the
Notes, another recognized rating agency, selected by the Company.
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“Redemption Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
“refinance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.06.
“Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09.
“Registrar” means a Person engaged to maintain the Register.
“Registration Rights Agreement” means (i) the Registration Rights Agreement dated on or about
the Issue Date between the Company and the Initial Purchasers party thereto with respect to the
Initial Notes, and (ii) with respect to any Additional Notes, any registration rights agreements
between the Company and the Initial Purchasers party thereto relating to rights given by the
Company to the purchasers of Additional Notes to register such Additional Notes or exchange them
for Notes registered under the Securities Act.
“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the June 15
or December 15 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
“Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
“Regulation S Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto.
“Restricted Legend” means the legend set forth in Exhibit C.
“Restricted Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.07.
“Restricted Period” means the relevant 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in
Regulation S.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company other than an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
“Rule 144A Certificate” means (i) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto
or (ii) a written certification addressed to the Company and the Trustee to the effect that the
Person making such certification (x) is acquiring such Note (or beneficial interest) for its own
account or one or more accounts with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and
that it and each such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A,
(y) is aware that the transfer to it or exchange, as applicable, is being made in reliance upon the
exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act
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provided by Rule 144A, and (z)
acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as it has requested
pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) or has determined not to request such information.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of McGraw Hill, Inc. and its
successors.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to any Person, an arrangement whereby
such Person enters into a lease of property previously transferred by such Person to the lessor.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.
“Securitization Assets” means any accounts receivable, royalty or revenue streams, other
financial assets, proceeds and books, records and other related assets incidental to the foregoing
subject to a Securitization Financing.
“Securitization Financing” means Debt Incurred in connection with a receivables securitization
transaction involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and a Securitization
Vehicle; provided that (i) such Debt when Incurred shall not exceed 100% of the cost or fair market
value, whichever is lower, of the property being acquired on the date of acquisition, (ii) such
Debt is created and any Lien attaches to such property concurrently with or within forty-five (45)
days of the acquisition thereof, and (iii) such Lien does not at any time encumber any property
other than the property financed by such Debt.
“Securitization Vehicle” means one or more special purpose vehicles that are, directly or
indirectly, wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Company and are Persons organized for the limited
purpose of entering into a Securitization Financing by purchasing, or receiving by way of capital
contributions, sale or other transfer, assets from the Company and its Subsidiaries and obtaining
financing for such assets from third parties, and whose structure is designed to insulate such
vehicle from the credit risk of the Company.
“Selling Noteholders” means X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as selling noteholders of the Initial Certificated Notes under the
Purchase Agreement
“Shelf Registration Statement” means the Shelf Registration Statement as defined in a
Registration Rights Agreement.
“Spin-Off” means the contribution of FIS’ lender processing services operations to the Company
and the entry into the Credit Agreement and the borrowings (including issuances of letters of
credit) thereunder on the Issue Date each as described in this offering memorandum under “The
transactions.”
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“Spin-Off Agreements” mean (a) the Contribution and Distribution Agreement between the Company
and FIS, any other contribution and separation agreements and any other documents relating to the
contribution or the Spin-Off (including as to the allocation of liabilities), (b) the documentation relating to the
establishment of the Company, (c) the Exchange Agreement among FIS, the lenders party thereto and
the Company, (d) the Credit Agreement and (e) all other agreements, instruments and documents
relating to the Spin-Off, in each case as in effect on the Issue Date.
“Stated Maturity” means (i) with respect to any Debt, the date specified as the fixed date on
which the final installment of principal of such Debt is due and payable or (ii) with respect to
any scheduled installment of principal of or interest on any Debt, the date specified as the fixed
date on which such installment is due and payable as set forth in the documentation governing such
Debt, not including any contingent obligation to repay, redeem or repurchase prior to the regularly
scheduled date for payment.
“Subordinated Debt” means any Debt of the Company or any Guarantor which is subordinated in
right of payment to the Notes or the Note Guaranty, as applicable, pursuant to a written agreement
to that effect.
“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,
or, in the case of a partnership, the sole general partner or the managing partner or the only
general partners of which are, such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or a
combination thereof). Unless otherwise specified, “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative
transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward contracts,
futures contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps
or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate
options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar
transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options,
spot contracts, repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase agreements, sell buy backs and buy sell
back agreements, and securities lending and borrowing agreements or any other similar transactions
or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the
foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement,
and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to
the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master
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Agreement, or any other master agreement or related schedules, including any such obligations or
liabilities arising therefrom.
“Temporary Offshore Global Note” means an Offshore Global Note that bears the Temporary
Offshore Global Note Legend.
“Temporary Offshore Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Exhibit I.
“Total Assets” means, at any time with respect to any Person, the total assets appearing on
the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of such Person as of the end of the most
recent fiscal quarter of such Person for which such balance sheet is available, prepared in
accordance with GAAP.
“Treasury Rate” means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption
Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in
the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available
at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no
longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the
period from the Redemption Date to July 1, 2011; provided that if the period from the Redemption
Date to such date is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States
Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
“Trustee” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of the Indenture or any
successor trustee under the Indenture pursuant to Article 7.
“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
“U.S. Global Note” means a Global Note that bears the Restricted Legend representing Notes
issued and sold pursuant to Rule 144A.
“U.S. Government Obligations” means obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or
insured by the United States of America or by any agent or instrumentality thereof, provided that
the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of
determination has previously been designated, and continues to be (at any relevant time of
determination), an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.15.
“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.
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“Wholly Owned” means, with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary, a Restricted Subsidiary all
of the outstanding Capital Stock of which (other than any director’s qualifying shares) is owned by the Company and one or more Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiaries (or a combination thereof).
Section 1.02. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires or
except as otherwise expressly provided,
(1) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;
(2) “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to the Indenture as a
whole and not to any particular Section, Article or other subdivision;
(3) all references to Sections or Articles or Exhibits refer to Sections or Articles
or Exhibits of or to the Indenture unless otherwise indicated;
(4) references to agreements or instruments, or to statutes or regulations, are to
such agreements or instruments, or statutes or regulations, as amended from time to time
(or to successor statutes and regulations); and
(5) in the event that a transaction meets the criteria of more than one category of
permitted transactions or listed exceptions the Company may classify such transaction as
it, in its sole discretion, determines.
ARTICLE 2
The Notes
The Notes
Section 2.01. Form, Dating and Denominations; Legends. (a) The Notes and the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A. The terms
and provisions contained in the form of the Notes annexed as Exhibit A constitute, and are hereby
expressly made, a part of the Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements
required by law, rules of or agreements with national securities exchanges to which the Company is
subject, or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes will be
issuable in denominations of $2,000 in principal amount and any multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof.
(b) (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), Section 2.10(b)(3), (b)(5), or (c)
or Section 2.09(b)(4), each Initial Note or Initial Additional Note (other than a
Permanent Offshore Note) will bear the Restricted Legend.
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(2) Each Global Note, whether or not an Initial Note or Additional Note, will bear
the DTC Legend.
(3) Each Temporary Offshore Global Note will bear the Temporary Offshore Global Note
Legend.
(4) Initial Notes and Initial Additional Notes offered and sold in reliance on
Regulation S will be issued as provided in Section 2.11(a).
(5) Initial Notes and Initial Additional Notes offered and sold in reliance on any
exception under the Securities Act other than Regulation S and Rule 144A will be issued,
and upon the request of the Company to the Trustee, Initial Notes offered and sold in
reliance on Rule 144A may be issued, in the form of Certificated Notes.
(6) Exchange Notes will be issued, subject to Section 2.09(b), in the form of one or
more Global Notes.
(c) (1) If the Company determines (upon the advice of counsel and such other
certifications and evidence as the Company may reasonably require) that a Note is eligible
for resale pursuant to Rule 144(d) under the Securities Act (or a successor provision) and
that the Restricted Legend is no longer necessary or appropriate in order to ensure that
subsequent transfers of the Note (or a beneficial interest therein) are effected in
compliance with the Securities Act, or
(2) after an Initial Note or any Initial Additional Note is
(x) sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or otherwise, or
(y) is validly tendered for exchange into an Exchange Note pursuant to an
Exchange Offer
the Company may instruct the Trustee to cancel the Note and issue to the Holder thereof (or to its
transferee) a new Note of like tenor and amount, registered in the name of the Holder thereof (or
its transferee), that does not bear the Restricted Legend, and the Trustee will comply with such
instruction.
(d) By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Restricted Legend (or any beneficial interest in
such a Note), each Holder thereof and each owner of a beneficial interest therein acknowledges the
restrictions on transfer of such Note (and any such beneficial interest) set forth in this
Indenture and in the Restricted Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note (and any such
beneficial interest) only in accordance with the Indenture and such legend.
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(e) The Notes issued on the date of this Indenture shall initially be issued in the form of
one or more Certificated Notes (the “Initial Certificated Notes”).
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication; Exchange Notes; Additional Notes. (a) An Officer
shall execute the Notes for the Company by facsimile or manual signature in the name and on behalf
of the Company. If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time
the Note is authenticated, the Note will still be valid.
(b) A Note will not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the Note, with the signature conclusive evidence that the Note has been
authenticated under the Indenture.
(c) At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of the Indenture, the
Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication. The Trustee
will authenticate and deliver
(i) Initial Notes for original issue in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$375,000,000,
(ii) Initial Additional Notes from time to time for original issue in aggregate
principal amounts specified by the Company, and
(iii) Exchange Notes from time to time for issue in exchange for a like principal
amount of Initial Notes or Initial Additional Notes
after the following conditions have been met:
(1) Receipt by the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate specifying
(A) the amount of Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the Notes
are to be authenticated,
(B) whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes or, Additional Notes or
Exchange Notes,
(C) in the case of Initial Additional Notes, that the issuance of such Notes
does not contravene any provision of Article 4,
(D) whether the Notes are to be issued as one or more Global Notes or
Certificated Notes, and
(E) other information the Company may determine to include or the Trustee
may reasonably request.
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(2) In the case of Exchange Notes, receipt by the Trustee of an Officers’
Certificate regarding the effectiveness of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement and
consummation of the exchange offer thereunder. Initial Notes or Initial Additional Notes
exchanged for Exchange Notes will be cancelled by the Trustee.
Section 2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent; Paying Agent to Hold Money in
Trust. (a) The Company may appoint one or more Registrars and one or more Paying Agents, and the
Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent, in which case each reference in the Indenture to the
Trustee in respect of the obligations of the Trustee to be performed by that Agent will be deemed
to be references to the Agent. The Company may act as Registrar or (except for purposes of Article
8) Paying Agent. In each case the Company and the Trustee will enter into an appropriate agreement
with the Agent implementing the provisions of the Indenture relating to the obligations of the
Trustee to be performed by the Agent and the related rights. The Company initially appoints the
Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent.
(b) The Company will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that
the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all money held by
the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and will promptly notify
the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. The Company at any time may
require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and account for any funds
disbursed, and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any payment default, upon
written request to a Paying Agent, require the Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the
Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent will have no
further liability for the money so paid over to the Trustee.
Section 2.04. Replacement Notes. If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or if a
Holder claims that its Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company will issue
and the Trustee will authenticate a replacement Note of like tenor and principal amount and bearing
a number not contemporaneously outstanding. Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of
the Company and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. If required by the Trustee or the
Company, an indemnity must be furnished that is sufficient in the judgment of both the Trustee and
the Company to protect the Company and the Trustee from any loss they may suffer if a Note is
replaced. The Company may charge the Holder for the expenses of the Company and the Trustee in
replacing a Note. In case the mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is
about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may pay the Note instead of issuing
a replacement Note.
Section 2.05. Outstanding Notes. (a) Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes that have
been authenticated by the Trustee except for
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(1) Notes cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to it for cancellation;
(2) any Note which has been replaced pursuant to Section 2.04 unless and until the
Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held
by a bona fide purchaser; and
(3) on or after the maturity date or any redemption date or date for purchase of the
Notes pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, those Notes payable or to be redeemed or purchased
on that date for which the Trustee (or Paying Agent, other than the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company) holds money sufficient to pay all amounts then due.
(b) A Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or one of its Affiliates holds
the Note, provided that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
outstanding Notes have given or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action hereunder, Notes owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company will be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, (it being understood that in
determining whether the Trustee is protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Notes which the Trustee
actually knows to be so owned will 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 Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.06. Temporary Notes. Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company
may prepare and the Trustee will authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be
substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have insertions, substitutions, omissions and
other variations determined to be appropriate by the Officer executing the temporary Notes, as
evidenced by the execution of the temporary Notes. 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 will be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of
the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Company designated for the purpose pursuant to
Section 4.02, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any temporary Notes
the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like
principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the
temporary Notes will be entitled to the same benefits under the Indenture as definitive Notes.
Section 2.07. Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may
have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and
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may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated hereunder which
the Company has not issued and sold. Any Registrar or the Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee
any Notes surrendered to it for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee will cancel all Notes
surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and dispose of them in accordance with
its normal procedures or the written instructions of the Company received prior to any such
cancellation. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has paid in full or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.08. CUSIP and CINS Numbers. The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” and
“CINS” numbers, and the Trustee will use CUSIP numbers or CINS numbers in notices of redemption or
exchange or in Offers to Purchase as a convenience to Holders, the notice to state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption or exchange or Offer to Purchase. The Company will promptly
notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP or CINS numbers.
Section 2.09. Registration, Transfer and Exchange. (a) The Notes will be issued in
registered form only, without coupons, and the Company shall cause the Trustee to maintain a
register (the “Register”) of the Notes, for registering the record ownership of the Notes by the
Holders and transfers and exchanges of the Notes.
(b) (1) Each Global Note will be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and,
so long as DTC is serving as the Depositary thereof, will bear the DTC Legend.
(2) Each Global Note will be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for the
Depositary. Transfers of a Global Note (but not a beneficial interest therein) will be
limited to transfers thereof in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its successors
or their respective nominees, except (1) as set forth in Section 2.09(b)(4) and (2)
transfers of portions thereof in the form of Certificated Notes may be made upon request
of an Agent Member (for itself or on behalf of a beneficial owner) by written notice given
to the Trustee by or on behalf of the Depositary in accordance with customary procedures
of the Depositary and in compliance with this Section 2.09 and Section 2.10.
(3) Agent Members will have no rights under the Indenture with respect to any Global
Note held on their behalf by the Depositary, and the Depositary may be treated by the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and
Holder of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Depositary or its nominee may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person
(including any Agent Member and any Person that holds a
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beneficial interest in a Global Note through an Agent Member) to take any action
which a Holder is entitled to take under the Indenture or the Notes, and nothing herein
will impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary
practices governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any security.
(4) If (x) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depositary for a Global Note and a successor depositary is not appointed by
the Company within 90 days of the notice or (y) an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and the Trustee has received a request from the Depositary, the Trustee will
promptly exchange each beneficial interest in the Global Note for one or more Certificated
Notes in authorized denominations having an equal aggregate principal amount registered in
the name of the owner of such beneficial interest, as identified to the Trustee by the
Depositary, and thereupon the Global Note will be deemed canceled. If such Note does not
bear the Restricted Legend, then the Certificated Notes issued in exchange therefor will
not bear the Restricted Legend. If such Note bears the Restricted Legend, then the
Certificated Notes issued in exchange therefor will bear the Restricted Legend, provided
that any Holder of any such Certificated Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest
in a Temporary Offshore Global Note will have the right upon presentation to the Trustee
of a duly completed Certificate of Beneficial Ownership after the Restricted Period to
exchange such Certificated Note for a Certificated Note of like tenor and amount that does
not bear the Restricted Legend, registered in the name of such Holder.
(c) Each Certificated Note will be registered in the name of the holder thereof or its
nominee.
(d) A Holder may transfer a Note (or a beneficial interest therein) to another Person or
exchange a Note (or a beneficial interest therein) for another Note or Notes of any authorized
denomination by presenting to the Trustee a written request therefor stating the name of the
proposed transferee or requesting such an exchange, accompanied by any certification, opinion or
other document required by Section 2.10. Notwithstanding the foregoing, transfers of the Initial
Certificated Notes to the Selling Noteholders by FIS, and to the Initial Purchasers by the Selling
Noteholders on the date of this Indenture and exchanges of the Initial Certificated Notes by the
Initial Purchasers on the date of this Indenture for beneficial interests in one or more Global
Notes shall not require the delivery of any certification, opinion or other document required by
Section 2.10. The Trustee will promptly register any transfer or exchange that meets the
requirements of this Section by noting the same in the register maintained by the Trustee for the
purpose; provided that
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(x) no transfer or exchange will be effective until it is registered in such
register, and
(y) the Trustee will not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange any Note for a period of seven days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or
purchased pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange
any Note so selected for redemption or purchase in whole or in part, except, in the case
of a partial redemption or purchase, that portion of any Note not being redeemed or
purchased, or (iii) if a redemption or a purchase pursuant to an Offer to Purchase is to
occur after a Regular Record Date but on or before the corresponding Interest Payment
Date, to register the transfer of or exchange any Note on or after the Regular Record Date
and before the date of redemption or purchase. Prior to the registration of any transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and their agents will treat the Person in whose name the Note is
registered as the owner and Holder thereof for all purposes (whether or not the Note is
overdue), and will not be affected by notice to the contrary.
From time to time the Company will execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Trustee will
authenticate additional Notes as necessary in order to permit the registration of a transfer or
exchange in accordance with this Section.
No service charge will be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of any Note, but
the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar
governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than a transfer tax or other similar
governmental charge payable upon exchange pursuant to subsection (b)(4)).
(e) (1) Global Note to Global Note. If a beneficial interest in a Global Note is transferred
or exchanged for a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the Trustee will (x) record a
decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note being transferred or exchanged equal to the
principal amount of such transfer or exchange and (y) record a like increase in the principal
amount of the other Global Note. Any beneficial interest in one Global Note that is transferred to
a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in another Global Note, or exchanged for an
interest in another Global Note, will, upon transfer or exchange, cease to be an interest in such
Global Note and become an interest in the other Global Note and, accordingly, will thereafter be
subject to all transfer and exchange restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to
beneficial interests in such other Global Note for as long as it remains such an interest.
(2) Global Note to Certificated Note. If a beneficial interest in a Global Note is
transferred or exchanged for a Certificated Note, the Trustee will (x) record a decrease
in the principal amount of such Global Note equal to the principal amount of such transfer
or exchange and (y)
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deliver one or more new Certificated Notes in authorized denominations having an
equal aggregate principal amount to the transferee (in the case of a transfer) or the
owner of such beneficial interest (in the case of an exchange), registered in the name of
such transferee or owner, as applicable.
(3) Certificated Note to Global Note. If a Certificated Note is transferred or
exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Note, the Trustee will (x) cancel such
Certificated Note, (y) record an increase in the principal amount of such Global Note
equal to the principal amount of such transfer or exchange and (z) in the event that such
transfer or exchange involves less than the entire principal amount of the canceled
Certificated Note, deliver to the Holder thereof one or more new Certificated Notes in
authorized denominations having an aggregate principal amount equal to the untransferred
or unexchanged portion of the canceled Certificated Note, registered in the name of the
Holder thereof.
(4) Certificated Note to Certificated Note. If a Certificated Note is transferred or
exchanged for another Certificated Note, the Trustee will (x) cancel the Certificated Note
being transferred or exchanged, (y) deliver one or more new Certificated Notes in
authorized denominations having an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of such transfer or exchange to the transferee (in the case of a transfer) or the
Holder of the canceled Certificated Note (in the case of an exchange), registered in the
name of such transferee or Holder, as applicable, and (z) if such transfer or exchange
involves less than the entire principal amount of the canceled Certificated Note, deliver
to the Holder thereof one or more Certificated Notes in authorized denominations having an
aggregate principal amount equal to the untransferred or unexchanged portion of the
canceled Certificated Note, registered in the name of the Holder thereof.
Section 2.10. Restrictions on Transfer and Exchange. (a) The transfer or exchange of any
Note (or a beneficial interest therein) may only be made in accordance with this Section and
Section 2.09 and, in the case of a Global Note (or a beneficial interest therein), the applicable
rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee shall refuse to register any requested
transfer or exchange that does not comply with the preceding sentence.
(b) Subject to paragraph (c), the transfer or exchange of any Note (or a beneficial interest
therein) of the type set forth in column A below for a Note (or a beneficial interest therein) of
the type set forth opposite in column B below may only be made in compliance with the certification
requirements (if any) described in the clause of this paragraph set forth opposite in column C
below.
A
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B | C | ||||
U.S. Global Note
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U.S. Global Note | (1 | ) |
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A
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B | C | ||||
U.S. Global Note
|
Offshore Global Note | (2 | ) | |||
U.S. Global Note
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Certificated Note | (3 | ) | |||
Offshore Global Note
|
U.S. Global Note | (4 | ) | |||
Offshore Global Note
|
Offshore Global Note | (1 | ) | |||
Offshore Global Note
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Certificated Note | (5 | ) | |||
Certificated Note
|
U.S. Global Note | (4 | ) | |||
Certificated Note
|
Offshore Global Note | (2 | ) | |||
Certificated Note
|
Certificated Note | (3 | ) |
(1) No certification is required.
(2) The Person requesting the transfer or exchange must deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee a duly completed Regulation S Certificate; provided that if the
requested transfer or exchange is made by the Holder of a Certificated Note that does not
bear the Restricted Legend, then no certification is required. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, exchanges of the Initial Certificated Notes by the Initial Purchasers on the
date of this Indenture for beneficial interests in one or more Global Notes shall not
require the delivery of the certificate referred to in the immediately preceding sentence.
(3) The Person requesting the transfer or exchange must deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee (x) a duly completed Rule 144A Certificate, (y) a duly completed
Regulation S Certificate or (z) a duly completed Institutional Accredited Investor
Certificate, and/or an Opinion of Counsel and such other certifications and evidence as
the Company may reasonably require in order to determine that the proposed transfer or
exchange is being made in compliance with the Securities Act and any applicable securities
laws of any state of the United States; provided that if the requested transfer or
exchange is made by the Holder of a Certificated Note that does not bear the Restricted
Legend, then no certification is required. In the event that (i) the requested transfer
or exchange takes place after the Restricted Period and a duly completed Regulation S
Certificate is delivered to the Trustee or (ii) a Certificated Note that does not bear the
Restricted Legend is surrendered for transfer or exchange, upon transfer or exchange the
Trustee will deliver a Certificated Note that does not bear the Restricted Legend.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, transfers of the Initial Certificated Notes to the Selling
Noteholders by FIS or to the Initial Purchasers on the date of this Indenture shall not
require the delivery of the certificate and/or Opinion of Counsel referred to in the
immediately preceding sentence.
(4) The Person requesting the transfer or exchange must deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee a duly completed Rule 144A Certificate. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, exchanges of the Initial
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Certificated Notes by the Initial Purchasers on the date of this Indenture for
beneficial interests in one or more Global Notes shall not require the delivery of the
certificate referred to in the immediately preceding sentence.
(5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no such exchange is
permitted if the requested exchange involves a beneficial interest in a Temporary Offshore
Global Note. If the requested transfer involves a beneficial interest in a Temporary
Offshore Global Note, the Person requesting the transfer must deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee (x) a duly completed Rule 144A Certificate or (y) a duly
completed Institutional Accredited Investor Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel and
such other certifications and evidence as the Company may reasonably require in order to
determine that the proposed transfer is being made in compliance with the Securities Act
and any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. If the requested
transfer or exchange involves a beneficial interest in a Permanent Offshore Global Note,
no certification is required and the Trustee will deliver a Certificated Note that does
not bear the Restricted Legend.
(c) No certification is required in connection with any transfer or exchange of any Note (or a
beneficial interest therein)
(1) after such Note is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(d) under the
Securities Act (or a successor provision); provided that the Company has provided the
Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate to that effect, and the Company may require from any
Person requesting a transfer or exchange in reliance upon this clause (1) an opinion of
counsel and any other reasonable certifications and evidence in order to support such
certificate; or
(2)(x) sold pursuant to an effective registration statement, pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement or otherwise or (y) which is validly tendered for exchange
into an Exchange Note pursuant to an Exchange Offer.
Any Certificated Note delivered in reliance upon this paragraph will not bear the Restricted
Legend.
(d) The Trustee will retain copies of all certificates, opinions and other documents received
in connection with the transfer or exchange of a Note (or a beneficial interest therein), and the
Company will have the right to inspect and make copies thereof at any reasonable time upon written
notice to the Trustee.
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Section 2.11. Temporary Offshore Global Notes. (a) Each Note originally sold by the Initial
Purchasers in reliance upon Regulation S will be evidenced by one or more Offshore Global Notes
that bear the Temporary Offshore Global Note Legend.
(b) An owner of a beneficial interest in a Temporary Offshore Global Note (or a Person acting
on behalf of such an owner) may provide to the Trustee (and the Trustee will accept) a duly
completed Certificate of Beneficial Ownership at any time after the Restricted Period (it being
understood that the Trustee will not accept any such certificate during the Restricted Period).
Promptly after acceptance of a Certificate of Beneficial Ownership with respect to such a
beneficial interest, the Trustee will cause such beneficial interest to be exchanged for an
equivalent beneficial interest in a Permanent Offshore Global Note, and will (x) permanently reduce
the principal amount of such Temporary Offshore Global Note by the amount of such beneficial
interest and (y) increase the principal amount of such Permanent Offshore Global Note by the amount
of such beneficial interest.
(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), if after the Restricted Period any Initial Purchaser owns a
beneficial interest in a Temporary Offshore Global Note, such Initial Purchaser may, upon written
request to the Trustee accompanied by a certification as to its status as an Initial Purchaser,
exchange such beneficial interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in a Permanent Offshore
Global Note, and the Trustee will comply with such request and will (x) permanently reduce the
principal amount of such Temporary Offshore Global Note by the amount of such beneficial interest
and (y) increase the principal amount of such Permanent Offshore Global Note by the amount of such
beneficial interest.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any owner of a beneficial
interest in a Temporary Offshore Global Note shall not be entitled to receive payment of principal
or interest on such beneficial interest or other amounts in respect of such beneficial interest
until such beneficial interest is exchanged for an interest in a Permanent Offshore Global Note or
transferred for an interest in another Global Note or a Certificated Note.
ARTICLE 3
Redemption; Offer to Purchase
Redemption; Offer to Purchase
Section 3.01. Optional Redemption. (a) At any time prior to July 1, 2011, the Company may
redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100.0% of the principal
amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, plus accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, to, the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the right of Holders of
record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment
Date.
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(b) At any time and from time to time on or after July 1, 2011, the Company may on one or more
occasions redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’
notice at a redemption price equal to the percentage of principal amount set forth below plus
accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed to the Redemption Date, if redeemed during the
twelve-month period beginning on July 1, of the years indicated below, subject to the rights of
Noteholders on the relevant Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date.
Year | Percentage | |||
2011 |
106.094 | % | ||
2012 |
104.063 | % | ||
2013 |
102.031 | % | ||
2014 and thereafter |
100.000 | % |
Section 3.02. Redemption with Proceeds of Equity Offering. At any time and from time to time
prior to July 1, 2011, the Company may redeem Notes with the net cash proceeds received by the
Company from any Equity Offering at a redemption price equal to 108.125% of the principal amount
plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, in an aggregate principal amount for all
such redemptions not to exceed 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes,
including Additional Notes, provided that
(1) in each case the redemption takes place not later than 60 days after the closing of the
related Equity Offering, and
(2) not less than 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued
(calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) remains outstanding
immediately thereafter.
Section 3.03. Method and Effect of Redemption. (a) Any redemption pursuant to Section 3.01
or Section 3.02 may, in the Company’s discretion, be subject to satisfaction of one or more
conditions precedent including, without limitation, the occurrence of a Change of Control. Any
notice of any redemption pursuant to Section 3.02 may be given prior to the completion of the
related Equity Offering. If the Company elects to redeem Notes, it must notify the Trustee of the
Redemption Date and the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed by delivering an Officers’
Certificate at least 60 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period is satisfactory to
the Trustee). If fewer than all of the Notes are being redeemed, the Officers’ Certificate must
also specify a record date not less than 15 days after the date of the notice of redemption is
given to the Trustee, and the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed pro rata, by lot or by
any other method the Trustee in its sole discretion deems fair and appropriate, in denominations of
$2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Trustee will
notify the Company promptly of the Notes or portions of Notes to be called for redemption.
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Notice of redemption must be sent by the Company or at the Company’s request, by the Trustee
in the name and at the expense of the Company, to Holders whose Notes are to be redeemed at least
30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date.
(b) The notice of redemption will identify the Notes to be redeemed and will include or state
the following:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the redemption price (or the formula by which the redemption price will be
determined), including the portion thereof representing any accrued interest;
(3) the place or places where Notes are to be surrendered for redemption;
(4) Notes called for redemption must be so surrendered in order to collect the
redemption price;
(5) on the Redemption Date the redemption price will become due and payable on Notes
called for redemption, and interest on Notes called for redemption will cease to accrue on
and after the Redemption Date;
(6) if any Note is redeemed in part, on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender
of such Note, new Notes equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion will be
issued; and
(7) if any Note contains a CUSIP or CINS number, no representation is being made as
to the correctness of the CUSIP or CINS number either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in the notice of redemption and that the Holder should rely only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Notes.
(c) Once notice of redemption is sent to the Holders, Notes called for redemption become due
and payable at the redemption price on the Redemption Date subject to the terms of each notice of
redemption, and upon surrender of the Notes called for redemption, the Company shall redeem such
Notes at the redemption price. Commencing on the Redemption Date, Notes redeemed will cease to
accrue interest. Upon surrender of any Note redeemed in part, the Holder will receive a new Note
equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the surrendered Note.
Section 3.04. Offer to Purchase. (a) An “Offer to Purchase” means an offer by the Company to
purchase Notes as required by the Indenture. An Offer to Purchase must be made by written offer
(the “offer”) sent to the Holders. The
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Company will notify the Trustee at least 10 days (or such shorter period as is acceptable to
the Trustee) prior to sending the offer to Holders of its obligation to make an Offer to Purchase,
and the offer will be sent by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name
and at the expense of the Company.
(b) The offer must include or state the following as to the terms of the Offer to Purchase:
(1) the provision of the Indenture pursuant to which the Offer to Purchase is being
made;
(2) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes offered to be purchased
by the Company pursuant to the Offer to Purchase (including, if less than 100%, the manner
by which such amount has been determined pursuant to the Indenture) (the “purchase
amount”);
(3) the purchase price, including the portion thereof representing accrued interest;
(4) an expiration date (the “expiration date”) not less than 30 days or more than 60
days after the date of the offer, and a settlement date for purchase (the “purchase date”)
not more than five Business Days after the expiration date;
(5) to the extent not already included in the reports filed by the Company under the
Exchange Act, information concerning the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries
which the Company in good faith believes will enable the Holders to make an informed
decision with respect to the Offer to Purchase, at a minimum to include
(A) the most recent annual and quarterly financial statements and
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations” for the Company,
(B) a description of material developments in the Company’s business
subsequent to the date of the latest of the financial statements (including a
description of the events requiring the Company to make the Offer to Purchase),
and
(C) if applicable, appropriate pro forma financial information concerning
the Offer to Purchase and the events requiring the Company to make the Offer to
Purchase;
(6) a Holder may tender all or any portion of its Notes, subject to the requirement
that any portion of a Note tendered must be in a multiple of $1,000 principal amount;
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(7) the place or places where Notes are to be surrendered for tender pursuant to the
Offer to Purchase;
(8) each Holder electing to tender a Note pursuant to the offer will be required to
surrender such Note at the place or places specified in the offer prior to the close of
business on the expiration date (such Note being, if the Company or the Trustee so
requires, duly endorsed or accompanied by a duly executed written instrument of transfer);
(9) interest on any Note not tendered, or tendered but not purchased by the Company
pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, will continue to accrue;
(10) on the purchase date the purchase price will become due and payable on each Note
accepted for purchase, and interest on Notes purchased will cease to accrue on and after
the purchase date;
(11) Holders are entitled to withdraw Notes tendered by giving notice, which must be
received by the Company or the Trustee not later than the close of business on the
expiration date, setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the
tendered Notes, the certificate number of the tendered Notes and a statement that the
Holder is withdrawing all or a portion of the tender;
(12) (i) if Notes in an aggregate principal amount less than or equal to the purchase
amount are duly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, the Company
will purchase all such Notes, and (ii) if the Offer to Purchase is for less than all of
the outstanding Notes and Notes in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the purchase
amount are tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the offer, the Company will purchase
Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the purchase amount on a pro rata
basis, with adjustments so that only Notes in multiples of $1,000 principal amount will be
purchased;
(13) if any Note is purchased in part, new Notes equal in principal amount to the
unpurchased portion of the Note will be issued; and
(14) if any Note contains a CUSIP or CINS number, no representation is being made as
to the correctness of the CUSIP or CINS number either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in the offer and that the Holder should rely only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Notes.
(c) Prior to the purchase date, the Company will accept tendered Notes for purchase as
required by the Offer to Purchase and deliver to the Trustee all Notes so accepted together with an
Officers’ Certificate specifying which Notes
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have been accepted for purchase. On the purchase date the purchase price will become due and
payable on each Note accepted for purchase, and interest on Notes purchased will cease to accrue on
and after the purchase date. The Trustee will promptly return to Holders any Notes not accepted
for purchase and send to Holders new Notes equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of
any Notes accepted for purchase in part.
(d) The Company will comply with Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and all other applicable
laws in making any Offer to Purchase, and the above procedures will be deemed modified as necessary
to permit such compliance.
ARTICLE 4
Covenants
Covenants
Section 4.01. Payment Of Notes. (a) The Company agrees to pay the principal of and interest
on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and the Indenture. Not later
than 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the due date of any principal of or interest on any Notes,
or any redemption or purchase price of the Notes, the Company will deposit with the Trustee (or
Paying Agent) money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay such amounts, provided that if
the Company or any Affiliate of the Company is acting as Paying Agent, it will, on or before each
due date, segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders a sum of money
sufficient to pay such amounts until paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as provided in
the Indenture. In each case the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its compliance with
this paragraph.
(b) An installment of principal or interest will be considered paid on the date due if the
Trustee (or Paying Agent, other than the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) holds on that
date money designated for and sufficient to pay the installment. If the Company or any Affiliate
of the Company acts as Paying Agent, an installment of principal or interest will be considered
paid on the due date only if paid to the Holders.
(c) The Company agrees to pay interest on overdue principal, and overdue installments of
interest at the rate per annum specified in the Notes.
(d) Payments in respect of the Notes represented by the Global Notes are to be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders of the Global
Notes. With respect to Certificated Notes, the Company will, in its sole discretion, make all
payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders
thereof or by mailing a check to each Holder’s registered address.
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(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Company may, to
the extent it is required to do so by law, deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed
by the United States of America from principal or interest payments hereunder.
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment and where notices and demands
to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served. The Company hereby
initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as such office of the Company. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the
location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such required
office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served to the Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Notes may be surrendered or presented for any of such purposes and may from time to time
rescind such designations. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
Section 4.03. Existence. The Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and the existence of each of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with their respective organizational documents, and the
material rights, licenses and franchises of the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary, provided
that the Company is not required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the existence
of any Restricted Subsidiary, if (i) the maintenance or preservation thereof is no longer desirable
in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
(ii) the absence of such maintenance or preservation would not reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (iii) the Board of Directors of the Company determines
in its sole discretion that such maintenance or preservation is not necessary for any reason.; and
provided further that this Section shall not prohibit any transaction otherwise permitted by
Section 4.13 or Article 5.
Section 4.04. Payment of Taxes and other Claims. The Company will pay or discharge, and
cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay or discharge before the same become delinquent (i) all
material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any
Subsidiary or its income or profits or property, and (ii) all material lawful claims for labor,
materials and supplies that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon the property of the Company
or any Subsidiary, other than any such tax, assessment, charge or claim
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the amount, applicability or validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established.
Section 4.05. Maintenance of Properties. (a) The Company will cause all properties used or
useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to be
maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order as in the judgment of the Company
may be necessary so that the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may be
properly conducted at all times; provided that nothing in this Section prevents the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary from discontinuing the use, operation or maintenance of any of such
properties or disposing of any of them, if such discontinuance or disposal is, in the judgment of
the Company, desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Section 4.06. Limitation on Debt and Disqualified or Preferred Stock. (a) The Company
(1) will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, Incur any
Debt; and
(2) (x) will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Incur any
Disqualified Stock, and (y) will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to Incur
any Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified or Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries
held by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as it is so held);
provided that the Company or any Guarantor may Incur Debt and the Company or any Guarantor may
Incur Disqualified Stock and any Guarantor may Incur Preferred Stock if, on the date of the
Incurrence, after giving effect to the Incurrence and the receipt and application of the proceeds
therefrom, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is not less than 2:1.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and, to the extent provided below, any
Restricted Subsidiary may Incur the following (“Permitted Debt”):
(1) Debt (“Permitted Bank Debt”) of the Company or any Guarantor pursuant to Credit
Facilities; provided that the aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding does not
exceed $1.5 billion, less any amount of such Debt permanently repaid as provided under
Section 4.13, and Guarantees of such Debt by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
(provided that such Restricted Subsidiary concurrently Guarantees the Notes)
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(2) Debt of the Company owning to any Restricted Subsidiary or Debt of any Restricted
Subsidiary owing to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary, in each case for so
long as such Debt continues to be owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the
case may be and which, if (x) the obligor is the Company, such Debt is subordinated in
right of payment to the Notes and (y) the obligor is a Guarantor and the Company or a
Guarantor is not the obligee, such Debt is subordinated in right of payment to the Note
Guaranty of such Guarantor;
(3) Debt of the Company pursuant to the Notes (other than Additional Notes) and Debt
of any Guarantor pursuant to a Note Guaranty of the Notes (including Additional Notes);
(4) Debt (“Permitted Refinancing Debt”) constituting an extension or renewal of,
replacement of, or substitution for, or issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of
which are used to repay, redeem, repurchase, refinance or refund, including by way of
defeasance or discharge (all of the above, for purposes of this clause, “refinance”) Debt
then outstanding on the date of the Indenture or Incurred thereafter in compliance with
the Indenture (including, subject to the limits below, (x) Debt of the Company that
refinances Debt of any Restricted Subsidiary, (y) Debt of any Restricted Subsidiary that
refinances Debt of another Restricted Subsidiary or the Company and (z) Debt that
refinances Permitted Refinancing Debt) in an amount not to exceed the principal amount of
the Debt so refinanced, plus premiums, fees and expenses; provided that
(A) in case the Debt to be refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to
the Notes, the new Debt, by its terms or by the terms of any agreement or
instrument pursuant to which it is outstanding, is expressly made subordinate in
right of payment to the Notes at least to the extent that the Debt to be
refinanced is subordinated to the Notes
(B) (a) if the Stated Maturity of the Debt being refinanced is earlier than
the Stated Maturity of the Notes, the Refinancing Debt has a Stated Maturity no
earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Debt being refinanced or (b) if the
Stated Maturity of the Debt being refinanced is later than the Stated Maturity of
the Notes, the Refinancing Debt has a Stated Maturity after the Stated Maturity
of the Notes,
(C) the Average Life of the new Debt is at least equal to the remaining
Average Life of the Debt to be refinanced,
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(D) in no event may Debt of the Company or any Guarantor be refinanced
pursuant to this clause by means of any Debt of any Restricted Subsidiary that is
not a Guarantor, and
(E) Debt Incurred pursuant to clauses (1), (2), (5), (6), (10), (11), (12),
(13), (14), (15) (16) and (17) may not be refinanced pursuant to this clause;
(5) Hedging Agreements of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary entered into in the
ordinary course of business for the purpose of limiting risks associated with the business
(including the Debt) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and not for
speculation;
(6) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to (A) letters of
credit and bankers’ acceptances issued in the ordinary course of business and not
supporting Debt, including letters of credit supporting performance, surety or appeal bonds
or (B) indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations Incurred in
connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business or assets;
(7) Acquired Debt, provided that after giving effect to the Incurrence thereof, the
Company could Incur at least $1.00 of Debt under the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set
forth in paragraph (a) of this Section 4.06;
(8) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary outstanding on the Issue Date
(and, for the purposes of clause (4) (E), not otherwise constituting Permitted Debt);
(9) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, which may include Capital
Leases, Incurred on or after the Issue Date no later than one year after the date of
purchase or completion of construction or improvement of property or assets or the
acquisition of the Capital Stock of any Person that owns such property or assets for the
purpose of financing or refinancing all or any part of the purchase price, leasing cost or
cost of construction or improvement, provided that the principal amount of any Debt
Incurred pursuant to this clause may not exceed (a) $50.0 million less (b) the aggregate
outstanding amount of Permitted Refinancing Debt Incurred to refinance Debt Incurred
pursuant to this clause;
(10) Debt of (x) the Company or any Guarantor consisting of Guarantees of Debt of the
Company or any Guarantor or (y) any Non-Guarantor Restricted Subsidiary consisting of
Guarantees of Debt of another Non-Guarantor Restricted Subsidiary, in each case Incurred
under
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any other clause (including, without limitation, paragraph (a)) of this Section 4.06;
(11) Debt Incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary representing deferred
compensation to employees of the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary Incurred (x) in the ordinary course of business or (y) in connection with
any acquisition permitted by the Indenture;
(12) Debt consisting of promissory Notes issued by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary to future, present or former directors, officers, members of management,
employees or consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective
estates, heirs, family members, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or
redemption of Equity Interests of the Company permitted by Section 4.07;
(13) Debt arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a
check, draft or similar instrument (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn
against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, provided, however, that such
Debt is extinguished within five business days of Incurrence;
(14) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary supported by a letter of credit
issued pursuant to Credit Facilities that is Incurred under clause (b)(1) of this Section
4.06, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;
(15) Debt Consisting of the financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of
business;
(16) Debt in respect of Cash Management Practices;
(17) Debt Incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Exchange Companies in
connection with “1031 exchange” transactions under Section 1031 of the Code (or regulations
promulgated thereunder, including Revenue Procedure 2000-37) that is limited in recourse to
the properties (real or personal) which are the subject of such “1031 exchange”
transactions (collectively, the “Specified Non-Recourse Indebtedness”); and
(18) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurred on or after the Issue
Date not otherwise permitted in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding,
including any Permitted Refinancing Debt in respect thereof, not to exceed $50.0 million.
(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.06 in the event that an item of
Debt meets the criteria of more than one of the categories
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of Permitted Debt described in clauses
(1) through (18) under clause (b) of this Section 4.06 or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to
under clause (a) of this Section 4.06, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify or
reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such item of Debt in any manner that complies
with this Section 4.06 and may include the amount and type of such Debt in one or more of such
clauses (including in part under one such clause and in part under another such clause) and only be
required to include the amount and type of such Debt in one of such clauses; provided that all Debt
under the Credit Agreement outstanding on the Issue Date shall be deemed to have been
Incurred pursuant to clause (1) under clause (b) of this Section 4.06 and the Company shall
not be permitted to reclassify all or any portion of such Debt under the Credit Agreement
outstanding on the Issue Date.
(d) For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the
Incurrence of Debt, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Debt denominated in a foreign
currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date
such Debt was Incurred, in the case of term Debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving
credit Debt; provided that if such Debt is Incurred to refinance other Debt denominated in a
foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated
restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the
date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been
exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Debt does not exceed the principal
amount of such Debt being refinanced. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.06,
the maximum amount of Debt that the Company may Incur pursuant to this covenant shall not be deemed
to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies. The
principal amount of any Debt Incurred to refinance other Debt, if Incurred in a different currency
from the Debt being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable
to the currencies in which such refinancing Debt is denominated that is in effect on the date of
such refinancing.
(e) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, neither the Company nor any Guarantor may Incur
any Debt that is subordinate in right of payment to other Debt of the Company or the Guarantor
unless such Debt is also subordinate in right of payment to the Notes or the relevant Note Guaranty
on substantially identical terms. (1) Unsecured Debt will not be treated as subordinated or junior
to secured Debt merely because it is unsecured and (2) senior Debt will not be treated as
subordinated or junior to any other senior Debt merely because it has a junior priority with
respect to the same collateral or by virtue of the fact that the holders of such senior Debt have
entered into intercreditor or other arrangements giving one or more of such holders priority over
the other holders in the collateral held by them.
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Section 4.07. Limitation on Restricted Payments. (a) The Company will not, and will not
permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly (the payments and other actions
described in the following clauses being collectively “Restricted Payments”):
(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on its Equity Interests
(other than dividends or distributions paid in the Company’s Qualified Equity Interests)
held by Persons other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary held by Persons other than the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(iii) repay, redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, or
make any payment on or with respect to, any Subordinated Debt except a payment of interest
or principal at Stated Maturity (other than (x) Debt of the Company owing to and held by
any Guarantor or Debt of a Guarantor owing to and held by the Company or any other
Guarantor permitted under Section 4.06(b)(2) or (y) a purchase, repurchase, redemption,
defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value in anticipation of satisfying a
sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within
one year of the date of such acquisition or retirement); or
(iv) make any Investment other than a Permitted Investment;
unless, at the time of, and after giving effect to, the proposed Restricted Payment:
(1) no Default has occurred and is continuing,
(2) the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of Debt under the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio test set forth in paragraph (a) of Section 4.06, and
(3) the aggregate amount expended for all Restricted Payments (the amount so expended,
if other than in cash, to be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose
determination shall be conclusive and evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors)
made on or after the Issue Date would not, subject to paragraph (c), exceed the sum of
(A) 50% of the aggregate amount of the Consolidated Net Income (or, if the
Consolidated Net Income is a loss, minus 100% of the amount of the loss) accrued on
a cumulative basis during the period, taken as one accounting period, beginning on
July 1, 2008
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and ending on the last day of the Company’s most recently completed
fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available, plus
(B) subject to paragraph (c), the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair
value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) of property or assets
received (x) by the Company as capital contributions to the Company (other than
from a Subsidiary) after the Issue Date or (y) by the Company (other than from a
Subsidiary) after the Issue Date from the issuance and sale of its Qualified Equity
Interests, including by way of issuance of its Disqualified Equity Interests or
Debt to the extent since converted or exchanged into Qualified Equity Interests of
the Company, plus
(C) an amount equal to the sum, for all Unrestricted Subsidiaries, of the
following:
(x) the cash return, after the Issue Date, on Investments in an
Unrestricted Subsidiary made after the Issue Date pursuant to this
paragraph (a) as a result of dividends, distributions,
cancellation of indebtedness for borrowed money owed by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary to an Unrestricted Subsidiary, interest
payments, return of capital, repayments of Investments or other transfers
of assets to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from any
Unrestricted Subsidiary, any sale for cash, repayment, redemption,
liquidating distribution or other cash realization (not included in
Consolidated Net Income), plus
(y) the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in
such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the assets less liabilities
of an Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such Unrestricted Subsidiary is
designated a Restricted Subsidiary,
not to exceed, in the case of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, the amount of
Investments made after the Issue Date by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to this paragraph (a), plus
(D) the cash return, after the Issue Date, on any other Investment made after the Issue Date
pursuant to this paragraph (a), as a result of any sale for cash, repayment, redemption,
liquidating distribution or other cash realization (not included in
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Consolidated Net Income), not to exceed the amount of such Investment so made.
The amount expended in any Restricted Payment, if other than in cash, will be deemed to be the
fair market value of the relevant non-cash assets, as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors, whose determination will be conclusive and evidenced by a Board Resolution.
(b) The foregoing will not prohibit any of the following (each, a “Permitted Payment”):
(1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof
if, at the date of declaration, such payment would comply with paragraph (a) of this
Section 4.07;
(2) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary payable, on a pro rata
basis or on a basis more favorable to the Company, to all holders of any class of Capital
Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary a majority of which is held, directly or indirectly
through Restricted Subsidiaries, by the Company;
(3) the repayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or
retirement for value of Subordinated Debt with the proceeds of, or in exchange for,
Permitted Refinancing Debt;
(4) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity
Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for, or out of the
proceeds of a substantially concurrent offering of, Qualified Equity Interests of the
Company or a substantially concurrent capital contribution to the Company;
(5) the repayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or
retirement of Subordinated Debt (x) of the Company in exchange for, or out of the proceeds
of, a substantially concurrent offering of, Qualified Equity Interests of the Company or a
substantially concurrent capital contribution to the Company or (y) constituting Acquired
Debt that is repaid, redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired in accordance
with the proviso in the definition of “Acquired Debt”;
(6) any Investment made in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of, a
substantially concurrent offering of Qualified Equity Interests of the Company or a
substantially concurrent capital contribution to the Company;
(7) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity
Interests of the Company held by any future, present or
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former officers, directors,
employees, members of management or consultants (or their heirs, family members, spouses,
former spouses or their estates or other beneficiaries under their estates), upon death, disability,
retirement, severance or termination of employment or pursuant to any agreement under
which the Equity Interests were issued; provided that the aggregate cash consideration
paid therefor in any calendar year after the Issue Date does not exceed an aggregate
amount of $10.0 million;
(8) the declaration and payment of cash dividends on any Disqualified Stock of the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary Incurred
after the Issue Date in compliance with Section 4.06;
(9) the repurchase of any Subordinated Debt at a purchase price not greater than 101%
of the principal amount thereof in the event of (x) a change of control pursuant to a
provision no more favorable to the holders thereof than Section 4.12 or (y) an Asset Sale
pursuant to a provision no more favorable to the holders thereof than Section 4.13,
provided that, in each case, prior to the repurchase the Company has made an Offer to
Purchase and repurchased all Notes issued under the Indenture that were validly tendered
for payment in connection with the offer to purchase;
(10) repurchases of Qualified Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock
options or warrants if such Qualified Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise
price of such options or warrants;
(11) cash payments in lieu of issuing fractional shares in connection with the
exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for
Qualified Equity Interests of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(12) Restricted Payments made in connection with the Spin-Off or pursuant to the
terms of any Spin-Off Agreement as amended, modified or replaced from time to time so long
as the amended, modified or new agreements, taken as a whole, are no less favorable to the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries than those in effect in the agreement being
amended, modified or replaced;
(13) repurchases by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Equity Interests or
other ownership interests that were not theretofore owned by the Company or a Subsidiary
of the Company in any Restricted Subsidiary;
(14) any Restricted Payments of the type described in either paragraph (a)(i) or
(a)(ii) of this Section 4.07 in an aggregate amount
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made under this clause (14) in any
calendar year not to exceed $40.0 million; and
(15) any other Restricted Payment, which together with all other Restricted Payments
made pursuant to this clause (15) on or after the Issue Date, does not exceed $20.0
million (net of, with respect to the Investment in any particular Person made pursuant to
this clause, the cash return thereon received after the Issue Date as a result of any sale
for cash, repayment, redemption, liquidating distribution or other cash realization (not
included in Consolidated Net Income) not to exceed the amount of such Investments in such
Person made after the Issue Date in reliance on this clause);
provided that, in the case of clauses (6), (7), (8) and (14) no Default has occurred and is
continuing or would occur as a result thereof.
(c) Proceeds of the issuance of Qualified Equity Interests will be included under clause (3)
of paragraph (a) only to the extent they are not applied as described in clause (4), (5) or (6) of
paragraph (b). Restricted Payments permitted pursuant to clause (3), (4), (5), (6), (8), (12), (13)
or (14) will not be included in making the calculations under clause (3) of paragraph (a).
Section 4.08. Limitation on Liens. (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, Incur or permit to exist any Lien of any nature
whatsoever on any of its properties or assets, whether owned at the Issue Date or thereafter
acquired, other than Permitted Liens, without effectively providing that the Notes or, in respect
of Liens on any Restricted Subsidiary’s property or assets, any Note Guaranty of such Restricted
Subsidiary, are secured equally and ratably with (or, if the obligation to be secured by the Lien
is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any Note Guaranty, prior to) the obligations so
secured for so long as such obligations are so secured.
(b) Any such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged in all
respects upon (i) the release and discharge of the other Lien to which it relates (except a release
and discharge upon payment of the obligation secured by such Lien during the pendency of any
Default or Event of Default under the Indenture, in which case such Liens shall only be discharged
and released upon payment of the Notes or cessation of such Default or Event of Default), (ii) in
the case of any such Lien in favor of any such Note Guaranty, upon the termination and discharge of
such Note Guaranty in accordance with the terms of the Indenture or (iii) any sale, exchange or
transfer (other than a transfer constituting a transfer of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company that is governed by Section 5.01) in compliance with the Indenture to any Person
(not an Affiliate of the Company) of the property or assets secured by such initial Lien, or of all
of the Capital Stock held by the Company or any Restricted
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Subsidiary in, or all or substantially
all the assets of, any Restricted Subsidiary creating such initial Lien).
Section 4.09. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Company will not, and will
not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction with respect
to any property or asset unless the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to
(A) Incur Debt in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt with respect to
such Sale and Leaseback Transaction pursuant to Section 4.06, and
(B) create a Lien on such property or asset securing such Attributable Debt
pursuant to Section 4.08,
in which case, the corresponding Debt and Lien will be deemed Incurred pursuant to those
provisions.
Section 4.10. Limitation on Dividend and other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the Company will not, and will not permit
any Restricted Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any
consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to
(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on any Equity Interests of the
Restricted Subsidiary owned by the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary,
(2) pay any Debt or other obligation owed to the Company or any other Restricted
Subsidiary,
(3) make loans or advances to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary, or
(4) transfer any of its property or assets to the Company or any other Restricted
Subsidiary.
(b) The provisions of paragraph (a) do not apply to any encumbrances or restrictions
(1) existing on the Issue Date in the Credit Agreement, the Indenture or any other
agreements or instruments in effect on the Issue Date, and any extensions, renewals,
replacements or refinancings of any of the foregoing; provided the encumbrances and
restrictions in the extension, renewal, replacement or refinancing are, taken as a whole,
no less favorable in any material respect to the Noteholders than the
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encumbrances or
restrictions being extended, renewed, replaced or refinanced;
(2) existing under or by reason of applicable law, rule, regulation or order, or
required by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary or any of their businesses;
(3) existing (including, without limitation, as part of the terms of any Acquired
Debt)
(A) with respect to any Person, or to the property or assets of any Person,
at the time the Person is acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
or
(B) with respect to any Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time it is designated
or is deemed to become a Restricted Subsidiary,
which encumbrances or restrictions (i) are not applicable to any other Person or the
property or assets of any other Person and (ii) were not put in place in anticipation of
such event, and any extensions, renewals, replacements or refinancings of any of the
foregoing, provided the encumbrances and restrictions in the extension, renewal,
replacement or refinancing are, taken as a whole, no less favorable in any material
respect to the Noteholders than the encumbrances or restrictions being extended, renewed,
replaced or refinanced;
(4) (A) that restricts in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer
of any property or asset that is subject to a lease, license or similar contract, or the
assignment or transfer of any lease, license or other contract, (B) 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, (C) contained in mortgages, pledges or other security agreements securing
Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary (permitted by the Indenture) to the extent restricting the
transfer of the property or assets subject thereto, (D) pursuant to customary provisions
restricting dispositions of real property interests set forth in any reciprocal easement
agreements of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (E) pursuant to purchase money
obligations or Capital Lease obligations (permitted by the Indenture) that impose
encumbrances or restrictions on the property or assets so acquired, (F) on cash or other
deposits or net worth imposed by customers or suppliers under agreements entered into in
the ordinary course of business, (G) pursuant to customary provisions contained in
agreements, including, without limitation, any joint venture agreements,
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and instruments entered into in the ordinary course of business (including but not
limited to leases, sale and leaseback agreements, asset sale agreements and joint venture
and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business), or (H)
pursuant to customary provisions in Hedging Agreements, permitted by the Indenture;
(5) with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary (or any of its property or assets) 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 and assets of, the
Restricted Subsidiary that is permitted by Section 4.13;
(6) contained in the terms governing any Permitted Refinancing Debt if (as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors) the encumbrances or restrictions are, taken as a
whole, no less favorable in any material respect to the Noteholders than those contained
in the agreements governing the Debt being refinanced;
(7) any customary encumbrances or restrictions contained in (i) any Credit Facilities
extended to any Foreign Subsidiary of the Company permitted to be Incurred under the
Indenture or (ii) Debt, Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock permitted to be Incurred
under the Indenture; provided that the Board of Directors determines in good faith that
such restrictions will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to pay
principal and interest on the Notes;
(8) any customary restrictions imposed in connection with a Securitization Financing;
or
(9) required pursuant to the Indenture.
Section 4.11. Guaranties by Restricted Subsidiaries. If any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary
Guarantees any Debt under the Credit Agreement after the date of the Indenture, the Restricted
Subsidiary must provide a Note Guaranty, and, if the Guaranteed Debt is Subordinated Debt, the
Guarantee of such Guaranteed Debt must be subordinated in right of payment to the Note Guaranty to
at least the extent that the Guaranteed Debt is subordinated to the Notes.
A Restricted Subsidiary required to provide a Note Guaranty shall execute a supplemental
indenture in the form of Exhibit B, and deliver an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee to the effect
that the supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Restricted
Subsidiary and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Restricted Subsidiary, enforceable
against the Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with its terms (subject to customary exceptions).
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Section 4.12. Repurchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control. (a) Not later than 30 days
following a Change of Control, the Company will make an Offer to Purchase (a “Change of Control
Offer”) all outstanding Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount plus
accrued interest to the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date); provided,
however, that the Company shall not be obligated to repurchase Notes pursuant to this Section 4.12
in the event that it has exercised its right to redeem all of the Notes as described in Section
3.01 as set forth in paragraph (b) below.
(b) The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of
Control if (i) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Indenture applicable to a Change of
Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under
such Change of Control Offer, or (ii) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to the Indenture
as described in Section 3.01, unless and until there is a default of the applicable redemption
price.
Section 4.13. Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, make any Asset Sale unless the following conditions are met:
(1) The Asset Sale is for fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board
of Directors.
(2) At least 75% of the consideration consists of cash or Cash Equivalents received
at closing. (For purposes of this clause (2), the assumption by the purchaser of Debt or
other obligations (other than Subordinated Debt) of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
pursuant to a customary novation agreement, and instruments or securities received from
the purchaser that are promptly, but in any event within 30 days of the closing, converted
by the Company to cash, to the extent of the cash actually so received, shall be
considered cash received at closing.)
(3) Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale,
the Net Cash Proceeds may be used
(A) to permanently repay secured Debt (and in the case of a revolving
credit, permanently reduce the commitment thereunder by such amount), in each
case owing to a Person other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
(B) to (i) reduce the Obligations under the Notes as provided under Section
3.01, (ii) to repurchase, acquire, redeem, defease, discharge or retire in any
manner the Notes through open
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market purchases (provided that the purchase price is at least 100% of the
principal amount plus accrued interest), (iii) to reduce Obligations under the
Notes and any Obligations under any Debt ranking pari passu in right of payment
with the Notes (“pari passu Debt”) by making an Offer to Purchase the Notes and
any pari passu Debt in the manner described in clause (4) below, or (iv) to
repurchase, acquire, redeem, defease, discharge or retire in any manner any Debt,
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Guarantor, or
(C) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of a Permitted
Business, or a majority of the Voting Stock of another Person that thereupon
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary engaged in a Permitted Business, or to make
capital expenditures or otherwise acquire assets that are being used or to be
used in a Permitted Business, provided that a binding commitment entered into not
later than such 360th day shall extend the period for such acquisition or
investment for an additional 180 days after the end of such 360-day period so
long as the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary enters into such
commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Cash Proceeds will be
applied to satisfy such commitment within such 180 day period and, in the event
such commitment is cancelled or terminated or for any reason such Net Cash
Proceeds are not so applied within such period, then such Net Cash Proceeds shall
constitute Excess Proceeds on the date of such cancellation or termination, or
such 180th day, as applicable;
provided that pending the final application of any such Net Cash Proceeds in accordance
with clauses (A), (B) or (C) above, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may
temporarily reduce Debt or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not
prohibited by the Indenture.
(4) The Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale not applied pursuant to clause (3) within
360 days after the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from such Asset Sale (or such later
date as permitted in paragraph (a)(3)(C) of this Section 4.13) constitute “Excess
Proceeds”. Excess Proceeds of less than $10.0 million will be carried forward and
accumulated. When accumulated Excess Proceeds equals or exceeds $10.0 million, the
Company must, within 30 days, make an Offer to Purchase Notes having a principal amount
equal to (the “purchase amount”)
(A) accumulated Excess Proceeds, multiplied by
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(B) a fraction (x) the numerator of which is equal to the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes and (y) the denominator of which is equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes and all pari passu Debt similarly
required to be repaid, redeemed or tendered for in connection with the Asset
Sale,
rounded down to the nearest $1,000. The purchase price for the Notes will be 100% of the
principal amount plus accrued interest to the date of purchase. Upon completion of the
Offer to Purchase, Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero, and any Excess Proceeds
remaining after consummation of the Offer to Purchase may be used for any purpose not
otherwise prohibited by the Indenture.
Section 4.14. Limitation on Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates. (a) The Company
will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into,
renew or extend any transaction or arrangement including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of
property or assets, or the rendering of any service with any Affiliate of the Company or of any
Restricted Subsidiary involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $5.0 million (each
such person, a “Related Person” and, each such transaction, a “Related Party Transaction”), except
upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary than
could be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate
of the Company.
(b) Any Related Party Transaction or series of Related Party Transactions with an aggregate
value in excess of $25.0 million must first be approved by a majority of the Board of Directors who
are disinterested in the subject matter of the transaction pursuant to a Board Resolution delivered
to the trustee.
(c) The foregoing paragraphs do not apply to any of the following transactions:
(1) any transaction between the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or
between Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company;
(2) the payment of reasonable and customary fees to directors of the Company who are
not employees of the Company;
(3) any Restricted Payment permitted to be paid pursuant to Section 4.07 or any
Permitted Payment or Permitted Investment;
(4) (a) the entering into, maintaining or performance of any employment contract,
collective bargaining agreement, benefit plan,
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program or arrangement, related trust agreement or any other similar arrangement for
or with any employee, officer or director heretofore or hereafter entered into in the
ordinary course of business, including vacation, health, insurance, deferred compensation,
severance, retirement, savings or other similar plans, programs or arrangements, (b) the
payment of compensation, performance of indemnification or contribution obligations, or
any issuance, grant or award of stock, options, other equity-related interests or other
securities, to employees, officers or directors in the ordinary course of business, (c)
the payment of reasonable fees to directors of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (as determined in good faith by the Company or such Subsidiary) or (d) to the
extent permitted by law, loans or advances made to directors, officers or employees of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (x) in respect of travel, entertainment or
moving-related expenses Incurred in the ordinary course of business, or (y) in the
ordinary course of business and (in the case of this clause (y)) not exceeding $10.0
million in the aggregate outstanding at any time;
(5) transactions pursuant to any contract, agreement or instrument in effect on the
date of the Indenture, as amended, modified or replaced from time to time so long as the
amended, modified or new agreements, taken as a whole, are no less favorable to the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries than those in effect on the date of the Indenture;
(6) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Spin-Off, including the
payment of fees in connection therewith, and the performance of obligations under the
Spin-Off Agreements as amended, modified or replaced from time to time so long as the
amended, modified or new agreements, taken as a whole, are no less favorable to the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries than those in effect in the agreement being
amended, modified or replaced;
(7) transactions with Persons solely in their capacity as holders of a minority of
any class of Debt or Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
where such Persons are treated no more favorably than holders of such class of Debt or
Capital Stock of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary generally;
(8) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, or purchasers or sellers of
goods or services in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past business
practices and approved by the Board of Directors;
(9) sales of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any
capital contribution to the Company;
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(10) any transaction with any Person who is not a Related Party immediately before
the consummation of such transaction that becomes a Related Party as a result of such
transaction;
(11) transactions in which the Company obtains a favorable written opinion from a
nationally recognized investment banking firm as to the fairness of the transaction to the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries from a financial point of view;
(12) the granting or performance of registration rights under a customary
registration rights agreement; or
(13) any transaction with a Securitization Vehicle as part of a Securitization
Financing permitted under the Indenture.
Section 1.01. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries. (a) The Board of
Directors may designate any Subsidiary, including a newly acquired or created Subsidiary or a
Person becoming a Subsidiary through merger or consolidation or Investment therein, to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary if it meets the following qualifications and the designation would not
cause a Default.
(1) Such Subsidiary does not own any Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (other than a Restricted Subsidiary that is contemporaneously being designated
as an Unrestricted Subsidiary) or hold any Debt of, or any Lien on any property of, the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (except to the extent permitted by the Indenture);
and
(2) At the time of designation, the designation would be permitted under Section
4.07.
(3) To the extent the Debt of the Subsidiary is not Non-Recourse Debt, any Guarantee
or other credit support thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is permitted
under Section 4.06 and Section 4.07.
(4) The Subsidiary is not party to any transaction or arrangement with the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary that would not be permitted under Section 4.14.
(5) Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any obligation to subscribe
for additional Equity Interests of the Subsidiary or to maintain or preserve its financial
condition or cause it to achieve specified levels of operating results except to the
extent permitted by Section 4.06 and Section 4.07.
Once so designated the Subsidiary will remain an Unrestricted Subsidiary, subject to paragraph (b).
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(b) (1) A Subsidiary previously designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary which at any time fails
to meet the qualifications set forth in paragraph (a) will be deemed to become at that time a
Restricted Subsidiary, subject to the consequences set forth in paragraph (d).
(2) The Board of Directors may designate an Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a
Restricted Subsidiary if the designation would not cause a Default.
(c) Upon a Restricted Subsidiary becoming an Unrestricted Subsidiary,
(1) all existing Investments of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries therein
(valued at the Company’s proportional share of the fair market value of its assets less
liabilities) will be deemed made at that time;
(2) all existing Capital Stock or Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary held
by it will be deemed Incurred at that time, and all Liens on property of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary held by it will be deemed Incurred at that time;
(3) all existing transactions between it and the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
will be deemed entered into at that time;
(4) it is released at that time from its Note Guaranty, if any; and
(5) it will cease to be subject to the provisions of the Indenture as a Restricted
Subsidiary.
(d) Upon an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming, or being deemed to become, a Restricted
Subsidiary,
(1) all of its Debt and Disqualified or Preferred Stock will be deemed Incurred at
that time for purposes of Section 4.06, but will not be considered the sale or issuance of
Equity Interests for purposes of Section 4.13;
(2) Investments therein previously charged under Section 4.07 will be credited
thereunder;
(3) it may be required to issue a Note Guaranty of the Notes pursuant to Section
4.11; and
(4) it will thenceforward be subject to the provisions of the Indenture as a
Restricted Subsidiary.
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(e) Any designation by the Board of Directors of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or
Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy
of the Board Resolution giving effect to the designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying
that the designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
Section 4.16. Financial Reports. (a) Whether or not the Company is subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company must provide the Trustee and
Noteholders within the time periods (including any extension periods under Rule 12b-25 of the
Exchange Act) specified in those sections with
(1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be
contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to
file such forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations” and, with respect to annual information only, a report thereon
by the Company’s certified independent accountants, and
(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K
if the Company were required to file such reports;
provided, however, that the reports set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above shall not be required
to: (x) contain any certification required by any such form or the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, (y)
include separate financial statements of any Guarantor or (z) include any exhibit.
In addition, whether or not required by the SEC, the Company will, if the SEC will accept the
filing, file a copy of all of the information and reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) with
the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and
regulations. If the Company had any Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the relevant period and the
consolidated EBITDA of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries taken together exceeds 5% of the consolidated
EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries, then the Company will also provide to the Trustees and
the Noteholders information sufficient to ascertain the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, excluding in all respects the
Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
(b) For so long as any of the Notes remain outstanding and constitute “restricted securities”
under Rule 144, the Company will furnish to the Holders of the Notes, securities analysts and
prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to
Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
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(c) All obligors on the Notes will comply with Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(d) Delivery of these reports and information to the Trustee is for informational purposes
only and the Trustee’s receipt of them will not constitute constructive notice of any information
contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely
exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
(e) For purposes of this Section 4.16, the Company will be deemed to have furnished the all
required reports and information referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 4.16 to the
Trustee, the holders of Notes, securities analysts or prospective investors as required by this
Section 4.16 if it has filed the reports referred to in paragraph (a) with the SEC via the XXXXX
filing system and such reports are publicly available.
(f) The filing requirements set forth in this Section 4.16 for the applicable period may be
satisfied by the Company prior to the commencement of the exchange offer or the effectiveness of
the Shelf Registration Statement by the filing with the SEC of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and/or Shelf Registration Statement, and any amendments thereto, with such financial
information that satisfies Regulation S-X of the Securities Act within the time periods set forth
in this Section 4.16.
(g) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company will not be deemed to have
failed to comply with any of its agreements set forth under this Section 4.16 for purposes of
clause (4) of Section 6.01 and such failure shall not constitute a “Default” until 60 days after
the date any report required to be provided by this Section 4.16 is due.
Section 4.17. Reports to Trustee. (a) The Company will deliver to the Trustee within 120
days after the end of each fiscal year a certificate stating that the Company has fulfilled its
obligations hereunder or, if there has been a Default, specifying the Default and its nature and
status.
(b) The Company will deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within 30
days after the Company becomes actually aware of the occurrence of a Default, an Officers’
Certificate setting forth the details of the Default, and the action which the Company proposes to
take with respect thereto.
(c) The Company will notify the Trustee when any Notes are listed on any national securities
exchange and of any delisting.
Section 4.18. Suspension of Certain Covenants when Notes Rated Investment Grade. (a) During
any period of time that: (i) the Notes have an
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Investment Grade Rating from either Rating Agency
and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture (the
occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively
referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”), the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries
will not be subject to Section 4.06, Section 4.07, Section 4.10, Section 4.13, Section 4.14 and
paragraph (3) of Section 5.01(a) (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”).
(b) Upon the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event, the amount of Net Cash Proceeds that
have not been invested or applied as provided under Section 4.13 shall be set at zero as of such
date (the “Suspension Date”). In the event that, on any date subsequent to any Suspension Date (the
“Reversion Date”), both Rating Agencies withdraw their Investment Grade Rating or downgrade such
rating to below an Investment Grade Rating, or a Default or Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, then the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall thereafter again be subject to
the Suspended Covenants with respect to future events. The period of time between the Suspension
Date and the Reversion Date is referred to in this description as the “Suspension Period.”
Notwithstanding the reinstatement of the Suspended Covenants, no Default or Event of Default will
be deemed to have occurred as a result of a failure to comply with the Suspended Covenants during
the Suspension Period (or upon termination of the Suspension Period or after that time based solely
on events that occurred during the Suspension Period).
(c) On the Reversion Date all Debt Incurred during the Suspension Period will be classified as
having been Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.06 (to the extent such Debt would be permitted
to be Incurred or issued thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after giving effect to Debt
Incurred or issued prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date). To the
extent such Debt would not be so permitted to be Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.06, such
Debt will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as
permitted under clause (b)(8) of Section 4.06. Calculations made after the Reversion Date of the
amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.07 will be made as though the
covenant described under Section 4.07 had been in effect since the Issue Date and throughout the
Suspension Period. Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period will reduce
the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under the first paragraph of Section 4.07.
ARTICLE 2
Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets
Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets
Section 5.01. Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets by the Company; No Lease of All or
Substantially All Assets. (a) The Company will not
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(i) consolidate with or merge with or into any Person, or
(ii) sell, convey, transfer, or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
assets as an entirety or substantially an entirety, in one transaction or a series of
related transactions, to any Person or
(iii) permit any Person to merge with or into the Company
unless
(1) either (x) the Company is the continuing Person or (y) the resulting,
surviving or transferee Person is a Person organized and validly existing under the
laws of the United States of America or any jurisdiction thereof and expressly
assumes by supplemental Indenture all of the obligations of the Company under the
Indenture and the Notes and the Registration Rights Agreement, provided that in the
case where the surviving Person is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is
a corporation;
(2) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default has
occurred and is continuing;
(3) immediately after giving effect to the transaction on a pro forma basis,
the Company or the resulting, surviving or transferee Person could Incur at least
$1.00 of Debt under the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in paragraph (a)
of Section 4.06; and
(4) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the consolidation, merger or transfer and the
supplemental indenture (if any) comply with the Indenture;
provided that clauses (2) and (3) do not apply (i) to the consolidation or merger, or transfer of
all or substantially all the assets, of the Company with, into or to a Wholly-Owned Restricted
Subsidiary or the consolidation or merger, or transfer of all or substantially all the assets, of a
Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary with, into or to the Company or (ii) if, in the good faith
determination of the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination is evidenced by a Board
Resolution, the sole purpose of the transaction is to change the jurisdiction of incorporation of
the Company or changing its legal structure to another form of Person.
(b) The Company shall not lease all or substantially all of its assets, whether in one
transaction or a series of transactions, to one or more other Persons.
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(c) Upon the consummation of any transaction effected in accordance with these provisions, if
the Company is not the continuing Person, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person will
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under
the Indenture and the Notes with the same effect as if
such successor Person had been named as the Company in the Indenture. Upon such substitution,
unless the successor is one or more of the Company’s Subsidiaries, the Company will be released and
discharged in all respects from its obligations under the Indenture and the Notes.
Section 5.02.
Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets by a Guarantor. (a) No Guarantor may
(i) consolidate with or merge with or into any Person, or
(ii) sell, convey, transfer or dispose of, all or substantially all its assets as an
entirety or substantially as an entirety, in one transaction or a series of related
transactions, to any Person, or
(iii) permit any Person to merge with or into the Guarantor
unless
(A) the other Person is the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a
Guarantor or becomes a Guarantor concurrently with the transaction; or
(B) (1) either (x) the Guarantor is the continuing Person or (y) the
resulting, surviving or transferee Person expressly assumes by
supplemental Indenture all of the obligations of the Guarantor under its
Note Guaranty; and
(2) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default
has occurred and is continuing; or
(C) the transaction constitutes a sale or other disposition (including by way
of consolidation or merger) of the Guarantor or the sale or disposition of all or
substantially all the assets of the Guarantor (in each case other than to the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) otherwise permitted by the Indenture.
ARTICLE 6
Default and Remedies
Default and Remedies
Section 6.01. Events of Default. An “Event of Default” occurs if
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(1) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of any Note when the same becomes due
and payable at maturity, upon acceleration or redemption, or otherwise (other than pursuant to an
Offer to Purchase);
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of interest (including any Additional Interest) on any
Note when the same becomes due and payable, and the default continues for a period of 30 days;
(3) the Company fails, to make an Offer to Purchase and thereafter accept and pay for Notes
tendered when and as required pursuant to Section 4.12 or Section 4.13, or the Company or any
Guarantor fails to comply with Article 5;
(4) the Company defaults in the performance of or breaches any other covenant or agreement of
the Company in the Indenture or under the Notes and the default or breach continues for a period of
60 consecutive days after written notice (a “default notice”) to the Company by the Trustee or to
the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes;
(5) there occurs with respect to any Debt of the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries
having an outstanding principal amount of $80.0 million or more in the aggregate for all such Debt
of all such Persons (i) an event of default that results in such Debt being due and payable prior
to its scheduled maturity or (ii) failure to make a principal payment when due and such defaulted
payment is not made, waived or extended within the applicable grace period;
(6) one or more final judgments or orders of a court of competent jurisdiction for the payment
of money are rendered against the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries and are not paid or
discharged, and there is a period of 60 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 $80.0 million (in excess of amounts which the
Company’s insurance carriers have agreed to pay under applicable policies) during which a stay of
enforcement, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect;
(7) an involuntary case or other proceeding is commenced against the Company or any Material
Subsidiary with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law
now or hereafter in effect seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or
other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or
other proceeding remains undismissed and unstayed for a period of 60 days; or an order for relief
is entered against the Company or any Material Subsidiary under the federal bankruptcy laws as now
or hereafter in effect;
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(8) the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries (i) 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, (ii) 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 Material Subsidiaries or for all or
substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries or
(iii) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors (an event of default specified in
clause (7) or (8) a “bankruptcy default”); or
(9) any Note Guaranty ceases to be in full force and effect, other than in accordance the
terms of the Indenture, or a Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note
Guaranty.
Section 6.02. Acceleration. (a) If an Event of Default, other than a bankruptcy
default with respect to the Company, occurs and is continuing under the Indenture, the Trustee or
the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written
notice to the Company (and to the Trustee if the notice is given by the Holders), may, and the
Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of and accrued interest on the
Notes to be immediately due and payable. Upon a declaration of acceleration, such principal and
interest will become immediately due and payable. If a bankruptcy default occurs with respect to
the Company, the principal of and accrued interest on the Notes then outstanding will become
immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any
Holder.
(b) The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by written notice
to the Company and to the Trustee may waive all past defaults and rescind and annul a declaration
of acceleration and its consequences if
(1) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Notes that have become due solely by the declaration
of acceleration, have been cured or waived, and
(2) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction.
Section 6.03. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
may pursue, in its own name or as trustee of an express trust, any available remedy by proceeding
at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes or to enforce
the performance of any provision of the Notes or the Indenture. The Trustee may maintain a
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proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the
proceeding.
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 6.02, 6.07
and 9.02, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may, by notice to
the Trustee, waive (including, without limitation, waivers or consents obtained in connection with
a purchase of, or a tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes) an existing Default or Event of
Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, the Default will cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom will be deemed to have been cured, but no such waiver will extend to any
subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05. Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However,
the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture, that may
involve the Trustee in personal liability, or that the Trustee determines in good faith may be
unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders of Notes not joining in the giving of such direction,
and may take any other action it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any such direction
received from Holders of Notes.
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits. A Holder may not institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or the Notes, or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee, or for any other remedy under the Indenture or the Notes, unless:
(1) the Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing
Event of Default;
(2) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes have
made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of the Event of
Default in its own name as Trustee under the Indenture;
(3) Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee against any costs, liabilities or expenses 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
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(5) during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction that is
inconsistent with such written request.
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary, the right of a Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal of or interest on its
Note on or after the Stated Maturities thereof, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after such respective dates, may not be impaired or affected without the consent of
that Holder.
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default in payment of principal or
interest specified in clause (1) or (2) of Section 6.01 occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the whole amount of
principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with interest on overdue principal and
overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate specified in the Notes, and such further
amount as is sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any
other amounts due the Trustee hereunder.
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file proofs of claim and
other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee hereunder) and the
Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relating to the Company or any Guarantor or their
respective creditors or property, and is entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute
any money, securities or other property payable or deliverable upon conversion or exchange of the
Notes or upon any such claims. Any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator,
sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, if the Trustee consents to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and counsel, and any
other amounts due the Trustee hereunder. Nothing in the Indenture will be deemed to empower the
Trustee to authorize or consent to, or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder, any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any
Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any
such proceeding.
Section 6.10. Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article, it
shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee for all amounts due hereunder;
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Second: to Holders for amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and interest on
the Notes, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts
due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest; and
Third: to the Company or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
The Trustee, upon written notice to the Company, may fix a record date and payment date for
any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section.
Section 6.11. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has
instituted a proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under the Indenture and the proceeding has
been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or
to the Holder, then, subject to any determination in the proceeding, the Company, any Guarantors,
the Trustee and the Holders will be restored severally and respectively to their former positions
hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Company, any Guarantors, the Trustee and
the Holders will continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 6.12. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under the Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as
Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit (other than the Trustee) to file an
undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys fees, against any party litigant (other than the Trustee) in the suit having
due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This
Section does not apply to a suit by a Holder to enforce payment of principal of or interest on any
Note on the respective due dates, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the
outstanding Notes.
Section 6.13. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy conferred or reserved to
the Trustee or to the Holders under this Indenture is intended to be exclusive of any other right
or remedy, and all such rights and remedies are, to the extent permitted by law, cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity
or otherwise. The assertion or exercise of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, will not
prevent the concurrent assertion or exercise of any other right or remedy.
Section 6.14. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any
Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default will 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
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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 6.15. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. The Company and each Guarantor
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 or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company or the Guarantor from
paying all or any portion of the principal of, or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein,
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or that may affect the covenants or the
performance of the Indenture. The Company and each Guarantor hereby expressly waives, to the
extent that it may lawfully do so, 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 7
The Trustee
The Trustee
Section 7.01. General. (a) The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee are as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act and as set forth herein. Whether or not expressly so provided, every
provision of the Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustee is subject to this Article.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee need perform only those
duties that are specifically set forth in the Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or
obligations will be read into the Indenture against the Trustee. In case an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise those rights and powers vested in it by the
Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(c) No provision of the Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for
its own grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act or its own willful
misconduct.
Section 7.02. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to Trust Indenture Act Sections 315(a)
through (d):
(1) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may rely, and will 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
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indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or
matter stated in the document, but, in the case of any document which is specifically
required to be furnished to the Trustee pursuant to any provision hereof, the Trustee
shall examine the document to determine whether it conforms to the requirements of the
Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations
or other facts stated therein). The Trustee, in its discretion, may make further inquiry
or investigation into such facts or matters as it sees fit.
(2) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel conforming to Section 11.05 and the Trustee will not
be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such
certificate or opinion.
(3) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible
for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(4) The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders, unless
such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction.
(5) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers or for any action
it takes or omits to take in accordance with the direction of the Holders in accordance
with Section 6.05 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for
any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Trustee, under the Indenture.
(6) The Trustee may consult with counsel, and the written advice of such counsel or
any Opinion of Counsel will 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.
(7) No provision of the Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of its rights or powers, unless it receives indemnity
satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
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(8) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by
an Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts.
(9) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request,
direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer. The
Trustee may request that the Company delivery an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the
names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified
actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any
Person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any Person specified as so
authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
(10) The right of the Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this
Indenture shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee shall not be answerable for
other than its gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such act.
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or its
Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee. Any Agent may do the
same with like rights. However, the Trustee is subject to Trust Indenture Act Sections 310(b) and
311. For purposes of Trust Indenture Act Section 311(b)(4) and (6):
(a) “cash transaction” means any transaction in which full payment for goods or securities
sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks
or other orders drawn upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand; and
(b) “self-liquidating paper” means any draft, xxxx of exchange, acceptance or obligation which
is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing,
manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by
documents evidencing title to, possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or
the receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously
constituting the security, provided the security is received by the Trustee simultaneously with the
creation of the creditor relationship arising from the making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of
the draft, xxxx of exchange, acceptance or obligation.
Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee (i) makes no representation as to the
validity or adequacy of the Indenture or the Notes, (ii) is not accountable for the Company’s use
or application of the proceeds from the
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Notes and (iii) is not responsible for any statement in the Notes other than its certificate
of authentication.
Section 7.05. Notice of Default. If any Default occurs and is continuing of which Trustee
has received written notice, the Trustee will send notice of the Default to each Holder within 90
days after it occurs, unless the Default has been cured; provided that, except in the case of a
default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the
notice if and so long as the Trustee in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the
interest of the Holders. Notice to Holders under this Section will be given in the manner and to
the extent provided in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c).
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days after each May 15, beginning
with May 15, 2009, the Trustee will mail to each Holder, as provided in Trust Indenture Act Section
313(c), a brief report dated as of such May 15, if required by Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a),
and file such reports with each stock exchange upon which its Notes are listed and with the SEC as
required by Trust Indenture Act Section 313(d).
Section 7.07. Compensation And Indemnity. (a) The Company will pay the Trustee compensation
as agreed upon in writing for its services. The compensation of the Trustee is not limited by any
law on compensation of a Trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse the Trustee upon
request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by
the Trustee, including the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and
counsel. The Company and the Guarantors shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture,
including costs of collection, costs of preparing and reviewing reports, certificates and other
documents, costs of preparation and mailing of notices to Holders and reasonable fees and expenses
of counsel retained by the Trustee in connection with the delivery of an Opinion of Counsel or
otherwise, in addition to such compensation for its services, except any such expense, disbursement
or advance as shall have been caused by its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. Such
expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Trustee shall provide the Company
reasonable notice of any expenditure not in the ordinary course of business; provided, that prior
approval by the Company of any such expenditure shall not be a requirement for the making of such
expenditure nor for reimbursement by the Company thereof.
(b) The Company will indemnify the Trustee, its officers, directors or employees,
(collectively the “Trustee Parties”) for, and hold the Trustee Parties harmless against, any loss
or liability or expense incurred by the Trustee Parties without negligence or bad faith on their
part arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the Indenture and the
Trustee’s duties under
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the Indenture and the Notes, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against
any claim or liability and of complying with any process served upon the Trustee or any of the
Trustee Parties officers in connection with the exercise or performance of any of the Trustees
powers or duties under the Indenture and the Notes.
(c) To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee will have a lien
prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as
Trustee, except money or property held in trust to pay principal of, and interest on particular
Notes.
(d) The payment obligations of the Company and the Guarantors pursuant to this Section 7.07
shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and any discharge of this Indenture
including any discharge under any Bankruptcy Law. When the Trustee incurs expenses after the
occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(7) or 6.01(8), the expenses are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee. (a) (1) The Trustee may resign at any time by written
notice to the Company.
(2) The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may remove
the Trustee by thirty (30) days written notice to the Trustee.
(3) If the Trustee is no longer eligible under Section 7.10 or in the circumstances
described in Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b), any Holder that satisfies the
requirements of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b) may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(4) The Company may remove the Trustee if: (i) the Trustee is no longer eligible
under Section 7.10; (ii) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent; (iii) a
receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or (iv) the
Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
(b) If the Trustee has been removed by the Holders, Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Notes may appoint a successor Trustee with the consent of the Company. Otherwise, if the
Trustee resigns or is removed, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the
Company will promptly appoint a successor Trustee. If the successor Trustee does not deliver its
written acceptance within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring
Trustee, the Company or the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
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(c) Upon delivery by the successor Trustee of a written acceptance of its appointment to the
retiring Trustee and to the Company, (i) the retiring Trustee will transfer all property held by it
as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07, (ii) the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and (iii) the successor
Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under the Indenture. Upon
request of any successor Trustee, the Company will execute any and all instruments for fully and
vesting in and confirming to the successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts. The Company
will give notice of any resignation and any removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a
successor Trustee to all Holders, and include in the notice the name of the successor Trustee and
the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
(d) Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Company’s
obligations under Section 7.07 will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
(e) The Trustee agrees to give the notices provided for in, and otherwise comply with, Trust
Indenture Act Section 310(b).
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or
converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another
corporation or national banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or
national banking association without any further act will be the successor Trustee with the same
effect as if the successor Trustee had been named as the Trustee in the Indenture.
Section 7.10. Eligibility. The Indenture must always have a Trustee that satisfies the
requirements of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a) and has a combined capital and surplus of at
least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
Section 7.11. Money Held in Trust. The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money
received by it except as it may agree with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need
not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law and except for money held
in trust under Article 8.
ARTICLE 8
Defeasance and Discharge
Defeasance and Discharge
Section 8.01. Discharge of Company’s Obligations. (a) Subject to paragraph (b), the
Company’s obligations under the Notes and the Indenture, and each Guarantor’s obligations under its
Note Guaranty, will terminate if:
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(1) all Notes previously authenticated and delivered (other than (i) destroyed, lost
or stolen Notes that have been replaced or (ii) Notes that are paid pursuant to Section
4.01 or (iii) Notes for whose payment money or U.S. Government Obligations have been held
in trust and then repaid to the Company pursuant to Section 8.05) have been delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation and the Company has paid all sums payable by it hereunder; or
(2) (A) the Notes mature within sixty days, or all of them are to be called
for redemption within sixty days under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for giving the notice of redemption,
(B) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee, as trust
funds solely for the benefit of the Holders, money or U.S. Government Obligations
or a combination thereof sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment, to
pay principal of and interest on the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case
may be, and to pay all other sums payable by it hereunder,
(C) no Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit,
(D) the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a
default under, the Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound, and
(E) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, in each case stating that all conditions precedent provided
for herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture have been
complied with.
(b) After satisfying the conditions in clause (1), only the Company’s obligations under
Section 7.07 will survive. After satisfying the conditions in clause (2), only the Company’s
obligations in Article 2 and Sections 4.01, 4.02, 7.07, 7.08, 8.05 and 8.06 will survive. In
either case, the Trustee, upon request and in reliance upon the Officer’s Certificate and Opinion
of Counsel reference above, will acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company’s obligations
under the Notes and the Indenture other than the surviving obligations.
Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance. The Company will be deemed to have paid and will be
discharged from its obligations in respect of the Notes and the Indenture, other than its
obligations in Article 2 and Sections 4.01, 4.02, 7.07, 7.08, 8.05 and 8.06, and each Guarantor’s
obligations under its Note Guaranty will terminate, provided the following conditions have been
satisfied:
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(1) The Company has irrevocably deposited in trust with the Trustee, as trust funds
solely for the benefit of the Holders, money or U.S. Government Obligations or a
combination thereof sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certificate thereof delivered to the
Trustee, without consideration of any reinvestment, to pay principal of and interest on
the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be, provided that any redemption
before maturity has been irrevocably provided for under arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee.
(2) The deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under, the Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by which it is bound.
(3) The Company has delivered to the Trustee
(A) either (x) a ruling received from the Internal Revenue Service to the
effect that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal
income tax purposes as a result of the defeasance and will be subject to federal
income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as
would otherwise have been the case or (y) an Opinion of Counsel, based on a
change in law after the date of the Indenture, to the same effect as the ruling
described in clause (x), and
(B) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the creation of the
defeasance trust does not violate the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) the
Holders have a valid first priority Note interest in the trust funds (subject to
customary exceptions), and (iii) after the passage of 123 days following the
deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of Xxxxxxx 000 xx xxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Bankruptcy Code or Section 15 of the New York Debtor and Creditor
Law.
(4) If the Notes are listed on a national securities exchange, the Company has
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the deposit and
defeasance will not cause the Notes to be delisted.
(5) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel, in each case stating that all conditions precedent provided for herein
relating to the defeasance have been complied with.
Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance. The Company’s obligations set forth in Sections 4.06
through 4.17, inclusive and clauses (3) and (4) of Section 5.01(a), and each Guarantor’s
obligations under its Note Guaranty, will terminate, and
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clauses (3), (4), (5), (6) and (9) of Section 6.01 will no longer constitute Events of
Default, provided the following conditions have been satisfied:
(1) The Company has complied with clauses (1), (2), (3)(B), (4) and (5) of Section
8.02; and
(2) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a
result of the defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and
in the same manner and at the same times as would otherwise have been the case.
Except as specifically stated above, none of the Company’s obligations under the Indenture
will be discharged.
Section 8.04.
Application of Trust Money. Subject to Section 8.05, the Trustee will hold in
trust the money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01, 8.02 or
8.03, and apply the deposited money and the proceeds from deposited U.S. Government Obligations to
the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with the Notes and the
Indenture. Such money and U.S. Government Obligations need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
Section 8.05.
Repayment to Company. Subject to Sections 7.07, 8.01, 8.02 and 8.03, the
Trustee will promptly pay to the Company upon request any excess money held by the Trustee at any
time and thereupon be relieved from all liability with respect to such money. The Trustee will pay
to the Company upon request any money held for payment with respect to the Notes that remains
unclaimed for two years, provided that before making such payment the Trustee may at the expense of
the Company publish once in a newspaper of general circulation in New York City, or send to each
Holder entitled to such money, notice that the money remains unclaimed and that after a date
specified in the notice (at least 30 days after the date of the publication or notice) any
remaining unclaimed balance of money will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company,
Holders entitled to such money must look solely to the Company for payment, unless applicable law
designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee with respect to such money will cease.
Section 8.06.
Reinstatement. If and for so long as the Trustee is unable to apply any money
or U.S. Government Obligations held in trust pursuant to Section 8.01, 8.02 or 8.03 by reason of
any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority
enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under
the Indenture and the Notes will be reinstated as though no such deposit in trust had been made.
If the Company makes any payment of principal of or interest on any Notes because of the
reinstatement of its obligations, it will be subrogated to the
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rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government
Obligations held in trust.
ARTICLE 9
Amendments, Supplements and Waivers
Amendments, Supplements and Waivers
Section 9.01.
Amendments Without Consent of Holders. The Company and the Trustee may amend
or supplement the Indenture or the Notes without notice to or the consent of any Noteholder
(1) to cure or reform any ambiguity, defect, mistake, manifest error, omission or
inconsistency in the Indenture or the Notes;
(2) to comply with Article 5;
(3) to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with the qualification
of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act or otherwise;
(4) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of an appointment hereunder by a
successor Trustee;
(5) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes, provided that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes
of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are
described in
Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code;
(6) to provide for any Guarantee of the Notes, to secure the Notes or to confirm and
evidence the release, termination or discharge of any Guarantee of or Lien securing the
Notes when such release, termination or discharge is permitted by the Indenture;
(7) to provide for or confirm the issuance of Additional Notes;
(8) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Noteholders or to
surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company;
(9) to provide additional rights or benefits to the Holders or to make any other
change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any Holder; or
(10) to conform the text of the Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the
“Description of Notes” section of the Offering Memorandum.
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Section 9.02.
Amendments With Consent of Holders. (a) Except as otherwise provided in
Sections 6.02, 6.04 and 6.07 or paragraph (b), the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement
the Indenture and/or the Notes with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Notes, and the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may waive future compliance by the Company with
any provision of the Indenture or the Notes.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a), without the consent of each Holder
affected, an amendment or waiver may not
(1) reduce the principal amount of or change the Stated Maturity of any installment
of principal of any Note,
(2) reduce the rate of or change the Stated Maturity of any interest payment on any
Note,
(3) reduce the amount payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time of
any mandatory redemption or, in respect of an optional redemption, the times at which any
Note may be redeemed or, once notice of redemption has been given, the time at which it
must thereupon be redeemed,
(4) after the time an Offer to Purchase is required to have been made, reduce the
purchase amount or purchase price, or extend the latest expiration date or purchase date
thereunder,
(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Note,
(6) impair the right of any Holder of Notes to receive any principal payment or
interest payment on such Holder’s Notes, on or after the Stated Maturity thereof, or to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment,
(7) make any change in the percentage of the principal amount of the Notes required
for amendments or waivers, or
(8) modify or change any provision of the Indenture affecting the ranking of the
Notes or any Note Guaranty in a manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes.
(c) It is not necessary for Noteholders to approve the particular form of any proposed
amendment, supplement or waiver, but is sufficient if their consent approves the substance thereof.
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(d) An amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section will become effective on receipt by
the Trustee of written consents from the Holders of the requisite percentage in principal amount of
the outstanding Notes or an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such consents have been obtained.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section becomes effective, the Company will
send to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or
waiver. The Company will send supplemental indentures to Holders upon request. Any failure of the
Company to send such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect
the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.
Section 9.03.
Effect of Consent. (a) After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes
effective, it will bind every Holder unless it is of the type requiring the consent of each Holder
affected. If the amendment, supplement or waiver is of the type requiring the consent of each
Holder affected, the amendment, supplement or waiver will bind each Holder that has consented to it
and every subsequent Holder of a Note that evidences the same debt as the Note of the consenting
Holder.
(b) If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require
the Holder to deliver it to the Trustee so that the Trustee may place an appropriate notation of
the changed terms on the Note and return it to the Holder, or exchange it for a new Note that
reflects the changed terms. The Trustee may also place an appropriate notation on any Note
thereafter authenticated. However, the effectiveness of the amendment, supplement or waiver is not
affected by any failure to annotate or exchange Notes in this fashion.
Section 9.04.
Trustee’s Rights and Obligations. The Trustee is entitled to receive, and will
be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of any
amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article is authorized or permitted by
the Indenture. If the Trustee has received such an Opinion of Counsel, it shall sign the
amendment, supplement or waiver so long as the same does not adversely affect the rights of the
Trustee. The Trustee may, but is not obligated to, execute any amendment, supplement or waiver that
affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture.
Section 9.05.
Conformity With Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed
pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 9.06.
Payments for Consents. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates may, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way
of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or
amendment of any of the terms or provisions of the Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration
is offered to be
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paid or agreed to be paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend
such term or provision within the time period set forth in the solicitation documents relating to
the consent, waiver or amendment.
ARTICLE 10
Guaranties
Guaranties
Section 10.01.
The Guaranties. Subject to the provisions of this Article, each Guarantor
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, jointly and severally, on an unsecured
unsubordinated basis, the full and punctual payment (whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption,
purchase pursuant to an Offer to Purchase or acceleration, or otherwise) of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on, and all other amounts payable under, each Note, and the full and
punctual payment of all other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture. Upon failure by
the Company to pay punctually any such amount, each Guarantor shall forthwith on demand pay the
amount not so paid at the place and in the manner specified in the Indenture.
Section 10.02.
Guaranty Unconditional. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are
unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will not be
released, discharged or otherwise affected by
(1) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release in respect of
any obligation of the Company under the Indenture or any Note, by operation of law or
otherwise;
(2) any modification or amendment of or supplement to the Indenture or any Note;
(3) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Company, or
any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the
Company or its assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the
Company contained in the Indenture or any Note;
(4) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights which the Guarantor may have
at any time against the Company, the Trustee or any other Person, whether in connection
with the Indenture or any unrelated transactions, provided that nothing herein prevents
the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;
(5) any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the Company for any
reason of the Indenture or any Note, or any provision of applicable law or regulation
purporting to prohibit the payment by the
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Company of the principal of or interest on any Note or any other amount payable by the Company under the Indenture; or
(6) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Company, the Trustee
or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the
provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense to
such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder.
Section 10.03. Discharge; Reinstatement. Each Guarantor’s obligations hereunder will remain
in full force and effect until the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all
other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture have been paid in full. If at any time
any payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note or any other amount
payable by the Company under the Indenture is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned
upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise, each Guarantor’s
obligations hereunder with respect to such payment will be reinstated as though such payment had
been due but not made at such time.
Section 10.04. Waiver by the Guarantors. Each Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance
hereof, presentment, demand, protest and any notice not provided for herein, as well as any
requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person against the Company or any other
Person.
Section 10.05. Subrogation and Contribution. Upon making any payment with respect to any
obligation of the Company under this Article, the Guarantor making such payment will be subrogated
to the rights of the payee against the Company with respect to such obligation, provided that the
Guarantor may not enforce either any right of subrogation, or any right to receive payment in the
nature of contribution, or otherwise, from any other Guarantor, with respect to such payment so
long as any amount payable by the Company hereunder or under the Notes remains unpaid.
Section 10.06. Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount
payable by the Company under the Indenture or the Notes is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy
or reorganization of the Company, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the
terms of the Indenture are nonetheless payable by the Guarantors hereunder forthwith on demand by
the Trustee or the Holders.
Section 10.07. Limitation on Amount of Guaranty. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Article, each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it
is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guaranty of such Guarantor not constitute a
fraudulent conveyance under applicable fraudulent conveyance provisions of the United States
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Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provision of state law. To effectuate that intention, the
Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each
Guarantor under its Note Guaranty are limited to the maximum amount that would not render the
Guarantor’s obligations subject to avoidance under applicable fraudulent conveyance provisions of
the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provision of state law.
Section 10.08. Execution and Delivery of Guaranty. The execution by each Guarantor of the
Indenture (or a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit B) evidences the Note Guaranty of
such Guarantor, whether or not the person signing as an officer of the Guarantor still holds that
office at the time of authentication of any Note. The delivery of any Note by the Trustee after
authentication constitutes due delivery of the Note Guaranty set forth in the Indenture on behalf
of each Guarantor.
Section 10.09. Release of Guaranty. The Note Guaranty of a Guarantor will terminate and be
discharged and of no further force and effect and the applicable Guarantor will be automatically
and unconditionally released from all its obligations thereunder:
(1) concurrently with any direct or indirect sale or other disposition (including by
way of consolidation, merger or otherwise) of the Guarantor or the sale or disposition
(including by way of consolidation, merger or otherwise) of all or substantially all the
assets of the Guarantor (other than to the Company or a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary)
otherwise permitted by the Indenture,
(2) upon the designation in accordance with the Indenture of the Guarantor as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary,
(3) at any time that such Guarantor is released from all of its obligations (other
than contingent indemnification obligations that may survive such release) under all of
its Guaranties of all Debt of the Company under the Credit Facilities except a discharge
by or as a result of payment under such guarantee (it being understood that a release
subject to contingent reinstatement is still a release, and that if any such Guarantee is
so reinstated, such Guarantee shall also be reinstated),
(4) upon the merger or consolidation of any Guarantor with and into the Company or
another Guarantor that is the surviving Person in such merger or consolidation, or upon
the liquidation of such Guarantor following or contemporaneously with the transfer of all
of its assets to the Company or another Guarantor,
(5) defeasance or discharge of the Notes, as provided in Article 8 or upon
satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, or
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(6) upon the prior consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel to the foregoing effect, the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably required in
order to evidence the release of the Guarantor from its obligations under its Note Guaranty.
ARTICLE 11
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Section 11.01. Trust Indenture Act of 1939. The Indenture shall incorporate and be governed
by the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of and to govern
indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 11.02. Noteholder Communications; Noteholder Actions. (a) The rights of Holders to
communicate with other Holders with respect to the Indenture or the Notes are as provided by the
Trust Indenture Act, and the Company and the Trustee shall comply with the requirements of Trust
Indenture Act Sections 312(a) and 312(b). Neither the Company nor the Trustee will be held
accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) (1) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent to amendment,
supplement or waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by a Holder
(an “act”) may be evidenced by an instrument signed by the Holder delivered to the Trustee. The
fact and date of the execution of the instrument, or the authority of the person executing it, may
be proved in any manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.
(2) The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders,
which will be binding on all the Holders.
(c) Any act by the Holder of any Note binds that Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note
that evidences the same debt as the Note of the acting Holder, even if no notation thereof appears
on the Note. Subject to paragraph (d), a Holder may revoke an act as to its Notes, but only if the
Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver or other
consequence of the act becomes effective.
(d) The Company may, but is not obligated to, fix a record date (which need not be within the
time limits otherwise prescribed by Trust Indenture Act Section 316(c)) for the purpose of
determining the Holders entitled to act with respect to any amendment or waiver or in any other
regard, except that during the
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continuance of an Event of Default, only the Trustee may set a record date as to notices of
default, any declaration or acceleration or any other remedies or other consequences of the Event
of Default. If a record date is fixed, those Persons that were Holders at such record date and
only those Persons will be entitled to act, or to revoke any previous act, whether or not those
Persons continue to be Holders after the record date. No act will be valid or effective for more
than 90 days after the record date.
Section 11.03. Notices. (a) Any notice or communication to the Company will be deemed given
if in writing (i) when delivered in person or (ii) five days after mailing when mailed by first
class mail, or (iii) when sent by facsimile transmission, with transmission confirmed. Notices or
communications to a Guarantor will be deemed given if given to the Company. Any notice to the
Trustee will be effective only upon receipt. In each case the notice or communication should be
addressed as follows:
if to the Company:
Lender Processing Services, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
if to the Trustee:
U.S. Bank National Association
Corporate Trust Services
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
EX-GA-ATPT
0000 X. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Corporate Trust Services
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
EX-GA-ATPT
0000 X. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses
for subsequent notices or communications.
(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided with respect to published notices, any notice or
communication to a Holder will be deemed given when mailed to the Holder at its address as it
appears on the Register by first class mail or, as to any Global Note registered in the name of DTC
or its nominee, as agreed by the Company, the Trustee and DTC. Copies of any notice or
communication to a Holder, if given by the Company, will be mailed to the Trustee at the same time.
Defect in mailing a notice or communication to any particular Holder will not affect its
sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
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(c) Where the Indenture provides for notice, the notice may be waived in writing by the Person
entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and the waiver will be the
equivalent of the notice. Waivers of notice by Holders must be filed with the Trustee, but such
filing is not a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waivers.
Section 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or
application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under the Indenture, the Company will
furnish to the Trustee:
(1) an Officers’ Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in the Indenture relating to the proposed
action have been complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that all such conditions precedent have been
complied with.
Section 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion
with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in the Indenture must include:
(1) a statement that each person signing the certificate or opinion has read the
covenant or condition and the related definitions;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statement or opinion contained in the certificate or opinion is based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such person, that person has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable the person 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 or not, in the opinion of each such person, such
condition or covenant has been complied with, provided that an Opinion of Counsel may rely
on an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials with respect to matters of
fact.
Section 11.06. Payment Date Other Than a Business Day. If any payment with respect to a
payment of any principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note (including any payment to be
made on any date fixed for redemption or purchase of any Note) is due on a day which is not a
Business Day, then the payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next Business
Day with the same force and effect as if made on such date, and no interest will accrue for the
intervening period.
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Section 11.07. Governing Law. The Indenture, including any Note Guaranties, and the Notes
shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
Section 11.08. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. The Indenture may not be used
to interpret another Indenture or loan or debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company, and no such Indenture or loan or debt agreement may be used to interpret the Indenture.
Section 11.09. Successors. All agreements of the Company or any Guarantor in the Indenture
and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in the Indenture will bind
its successor.
Section 11.10. Duplicate Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of the
Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.
Section 11.11. Separability. In case any provision in the Indenture or in the Notes is
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 11.12. Table of Contents and Headings. The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table
and headings of the Articles and Sections of the Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, are not to be considered a part of the indenture and in no way modify or restrict
any of the terms and provisions of the indenture.
Section 11.13. No Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators, Members and
Stockholders. No director, officer, employee, incorporator, member or stockholder of the Company
or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or such
Guarantor under the Notes, any Note Guaranty or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect
of, or by reason of, such obligations. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and
releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of
the Notes.
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SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Indenture to be duly executed as of the
date first written above.
Lender Processing Services, Inc. as Issuer |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer |
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U.S. Bank National Association Corporate Trust Services as Trustee |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx Title: Vice President |
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A.S.A.P. Legal Publication Services, Inc. Aptitude Solutions, Inc. Arizona Sales and Posting, Inc. Chase Vehicle Exchange, Inc. DOCX, LLC Espiel, Inc. Fidelity National Loan Portfolio Services, Inc. Fidelity National Agency Sales and Posting Fidelity National Loan Portfolio Solutions, LLC Financial Systems Integrators, Inc. FIS Asset Management Solutions, Inc. FIS Capital Markets, LLC FIS Data Services, Inc. FIS Field Services, Inc. FIS Flood Services, L.P. FIS Foreclosure Solutions, Inc. FIS Tax Services, Inc. f/k/a Fidelity National Tax Services, Inc. |
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FIS Valuation Solutions, LLC f/k/a Xxxxxx Quality, LLC FNIS Flood Group, LLC FNIS Flood of California, LLC FNIS Intellectual Property Holdings, Inc. FNIS Services, Inc. Geotrac, Inc. Indiana Residential Nominee Services, LLC Investment Property Exchange Services, Inc. Lender’s Service Title Agency, Inc. LPS IP Holding Company, LLC LPS Management, LLC LRT Record Services, Inc. LSI Alabama, LLC LSI Appraisal, LLC LSI Maryland, Inc. LSI Title Agency, Inc. LSI Title Company LSI Title Company of Oregon, LLC LSI Title Insurance Agency of Utah, Inc. Maine Residential Nominee Services, LLC Massachusetts Residential Nominee Services, LLC McDash Analytics LLC National Residential Nominee Services Inc. National Safe Harbor Exchanges NewInvoice, L.L.C. OnePointCity, L.L.C. Residential Lending Services, Inc. SoftPro, LLC Strategic Property Investments, Inc. Vermont Residential Nominee Services, LLC as Guarantors |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Treasurer | |||
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EXHIBIT A
[FACE OF NOTE]
8.125% Senior Note Due 2016
[CUSIP] [CINS] | ||||||
No.
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$ | |||||
Lender Processing Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, which term includes
any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay to
___________, or its registered assigns, the principal sum of ________DOLLARS
($________) or such other amount as indicated on the Schedule of Exchange of Notes attached hereto on
July 1, 2016.
Interest Rate: 8.125% per annum.
Interest Payment Dates: January 1 and July 1, commencing January 1, 2009.
Regular Record Dates: June 15 and December 15.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse
hereof, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by
its duly authorized officers.
Date: | Lender Processing Services, Inc. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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(Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication)
This is one of the 8.125% Senior Notes Due 2016 described in the Indenture referred to in this
Note.
U.S. Bank National Association Corporate Trust Services as Trustee |
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By: | ||||
Authorized Signatory | ||||
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[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
8.125% Senior Note Due 2016
1. | Principal and Interest. |
The Company promises to pay the principal of this Note on July 1, 2016.
The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note on each interest
payment date, as set forth on the face of this Note, at the rate of 8.125% per annum (subject to
adjustment as provided below).
Interest will be payable semiannually (to the holders of record of the Notes at the close of
business on the June 15 or December 15 immediately preceding the interest payment date) on each
interest payment date, commencing January 1, 2009.
The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement,
dated July 2, 2008, between the Company and the Initial Purchasers named therein (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”). In the event that the Exchange Offer is not completed (or, if required, the
Shelf Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) is not declared
effective) on or before the date that is the 210th day after the Issue Date (the
“Effectiveness Deadline”), the interest rate on this Note will increase by a rate of 0.25% per
annum (which rate will be increased by an additional 0.25% per annum for each subsequent 90-day
period that such additional interest continues to accrue, provide that the rate at which such
additional interest accrues may in no event exceed 1.0% per annum) until the Exchange Offer is
completed or the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC.
Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on
this Note or the Note surrendered in exchange for this Note (or, if there is no existing default in
the payment of interest and if this Note is authenticated between a regular record date and the
next interest payment date, from such interest payment date) or, if no interest has been paid, from
the Issue Date. Interest will be computed in the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The Company will pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and interest at a rate
per annum that is 1% in excess of 8.125%. Interest not paid when due and any interest on principal,
premium or interest not paid when due will be paid to the Persons that are Holders on a special
record date, which will be the 15th day preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of
such interest, whether or not such day is a Business Day. At least 15 days before a
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special record date, the Company will send to each Holder and to the Trustee a notice that
sets forth the special record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid.
2. | Indentures; Note Guaranty. |
This is one of the Notes issued under an Indenture dated as of July 2, 2008 (as amended from
time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank
National Association, Corporate Trust Services, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used herein are used
as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. The terms of the Notes include those
stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture
Act. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the
Trust Indenture Act for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law,
in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms of the Indenture,
the terms of the Indenture will control.
The Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company. The Indenture limits the original
aggregate principal amount of the Notes to $375,000,000, but Additional Notes may be issued
pursuant to the Indenture, and the originally issued Notes and all such Additional Notes vote
together for all purposes as a single class. This Note is guarantied, as set forth in Article 10
of the Indenture.
3. | Redemption and Repurchase; Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity. |
This Note is subject to optional redemption, and may be the subject of an Offer to Purchase,
as further described in the Indenture. There is no sinking fund or mandatory redemption applicable
to this Note.
If the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to
pay the then outstanding principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the Notes to
redemption or maturity, the Company may in certain circumstances be discharged from the Indenture
and the Notes or may be discharged from certain of its obligations under certain provisions of the
Indenture.
4. | Registered Form; Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. |
The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal amount
and any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer or exchange of
Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by
the Indenture. Pursuant to the Indenture, there are certain periods during which
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the Trustee will not be required to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note or
certain portions of a Note.
5. | Defaults and Remedies. |
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or
the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes to be due
and payable. If a bankruptcy or insolvency default with respect to the Company occurs and is
continuing, the Notes automatically become due and payable. Holders may not enforce the Indenture
or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory
to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise
of remedies.
6. | Amendment and Waiver. |
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, or default may be
waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.
Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or
supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or
inconsistency if such amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders in any material respect.
7. | Authentication. |
This Note is not valid until the Trustee (or Authenticating Agent) signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Note.
8. | Governing Law. |
This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York.
9. | Abbreviations. |
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM
(= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A/ (= Uniform Gifts to
Minors Act).
The Company will furnish a copy of the Indenture to any Holder upon written request and
without charge.
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[FORM OF TRANSFER NOTICE]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
Insert Taxpayer Identification No.
attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the
premises.
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[THE FOLLOWING PROVISION TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL
CERTIFICATES BEARING A RESTRICTED LEGEND]
CERTIFICATES BEARING A RESTRICTED LEGEND]
In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior to ___________, the
undersigned confirms that such transfer is made without utilizing any general solicitation or
general advertising and further as follows:
Check One
o (1) This Note is being transferred to a “qualified institutional buyer” in compliance with
Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and certification in the form of Exhibit F
to the Indenture is being furnished herewith.
o (2) This Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in compliance with the exemption from
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Regulation S thereunder, and
certification in the form of Exhibit E to the Indenture is being furnished herewith.
or
o (3) This Note is being transferred other than in accordance with (1) or (2) above and
documents are being furnished which comply with the conditions of transfer set forth in this Note
and the Indenture.
If none of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee is not obligated to register this Note
in the name of any Person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such
transfer of registration set forth herein and in the Indenture have been satisfied.
Date: |
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within-mentioned instrument in every particular, without alteration or any change whatsoever. |
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Signature Guarantee:5 |
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To be executed by an executive officer |
5 | Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Association Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you wish to have all of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.12 or
Section 4.13 of the Indenture, check the box: 9
If you wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.12
or Section 4.13 of the Indenture, state the amount (in original principal amount) below:
$ .
Date:
Your Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee:1
1 | Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Trustee, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Association Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Trustee in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES1
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for Physical Notes or a part of another
Global Note have been made:
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this Global Note | ||||||||||||||||
Amount of decrease | Amount of increase | following such | Signature of | |||||||||||||
in principal amount | in principal amount | decrease (or | authorized officer of | |||||||||||||
Date of Exchange | of this Global Note | of this Global Note | increase) | Trustee | ||||||||||||
1 | For Global Notes |
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