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EXHIBIT 4.13
EXECUTION COPY
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$189,000,000
13 1/4% SERIES A SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2003
AND
13 1/4% SERIES B SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2003
INDENTURE
BETWEEN
TRANSTEXAS GAS CORPORATION,
AS ISSUER
AND
BANK ONE, COLUMBUS, NA,
AS TRUSTEE
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 13, 1996
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA INDENTURE
SECTION SECTION
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310(a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10
(a)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(a)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(a)(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.08; 7.10
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
311(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.11
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.11
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
312(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.05
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.03
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.03
313(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.06
(b)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.06
(b)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.06
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.06; 14.02
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.06
314(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.08; 14.02
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.03(b)
(c)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.02; 7.02; 14.04
(c)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.02; 14.04
(c)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.03(b); 12.04(b)
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.05
(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
315(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.01(b)
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.05; 14.02
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.01(a)
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.11; 7.01(c)
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.13
316(a)(last sentence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.09
(a)(1)(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.11
(a)(1)(B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.12
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.12; 6.08
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.05
317(a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.03
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.04
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.04
318(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.01
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N.A. means Not Applicable
Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to
be part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of TIA . . . . . . . 18
Section 1.3 Rules of Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 2.1 Form and Dating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 2.2 Execution and Authentication . . . . . . . . . . 20
Section 2.3 Registrar and Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Section 2.4 Paying Agent to Hold Assets in Trust . . . . . . 21
Section 2.5 Securityholder Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 2.6 Transfer and Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 2.7 Replacement Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 2.8 Outstanding Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 2.9 Treasury Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 2.10 Temporary Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 2.11 Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 2.12 Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 2.13 Computation of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 3.1 Right of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 3.2 Notices to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 3.3 Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed . . . . . 25
Section 3.4 Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Section 3.5 Effect of Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 3.6 Deposit of Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 3.7 Securities Redeemed in Part . . . . . . . . . . 26
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 4.1 Payment of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 4.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency . . . . . . . . 27
Section 4.3 Limitation on Restricted Payments . . . . . . . 27
Section 4.4 Corporate Existence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Section 4.5 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims . . . . . . . 28
Section 4.6 Maintenance of Properties and Insurance . . . . 28
Section 4.7 Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default . . . 29
Section 4.8 SEC Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 4.9 Limitation on Status as Investment
Company or Public Utility Company . . . . . . . 29
Section 4.10 Limitation on Transactions with
Related Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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Section 4.11 Limitation on Incurrences of
Additional Debt and Issuances of
Disqualified Capital Stock . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 4.12 Limitations on Restricting Subsidiary
Dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 4.13 Limitation on Liens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 4.14 Limitation on Asset Sales . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 4.15 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws . . . . 35
Section 4.16 Limitation on Ranking of Future Debt. . . . . . 35
Section 4.17 Restriction on Sale and Issuance of
Subsidiary Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 4.18 Limitations on Line of Business . . . . . . . . 36
Section 4.19 Separate Existence and Formalities . . . . . . . 36
Section 4.20 Limitation on Capital Expenditures . . . . . . . 37
Section 4.21 Limitation on Assets Held by Nominees . . . . . 37
ARTICLE V
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Section 5.1 When the Company May Merge, Etc . . . . . . . . 37
Section 5.2 Successor Corporation Substituted . . . . . . . 38
ARTICLE VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 6.1 Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 6.2 Acceleration of Maturity Date;
Rescission and Annulment . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Section 6.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits
for Enforcement by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Section 6.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . . . . . . . . 41
Section 6.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 6.6 Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 6.7 Limitation on Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 6.8 Unconditional Right of Holders to
Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 6.9 Rights and Remedies Cumulative . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 6.10 Delay or Omission Not a Waiver . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 6.11 Control by Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 6.12 Waiver of Past Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 6.13 Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 6.14 Restoration of Rights and Remedies . . . . . . . 44
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 7.1 Duties of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 7.2 Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 7.4 Trustee's Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 7.5 Notice of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 7.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 7.7 Compensation and Indemnity . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 7.8 Replacement of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 7.9 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc . . . . . . . . 47
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims
against Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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Section 7.12 No Bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 7.13 Condition to Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 7.14 Investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
ARTICLE VIII
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 8.1 Satisfaction, Discharge of the
Indenture and Defeasance of the
Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 8.2 Termination of Obligations Upon
Cancellation of the Securities . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 8.3 Survival of Certain Obligations . . . . . . . . 49
Section 8.4 Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee . . . . . 50
Section 8.5 Application of Trust Assets . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 8.6 Repayment to the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 8.7 Reinstatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without
Consent of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 9.2 Amendments, Supplemental Indentures
and Waivers with Consent of Holders . . . . . . 51
Section 9.3 Compliance with TIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Section 9.4 Revocation and Effect of Consents . . . . . . . 52
Section 9.5 Notation on or Exchange of Securities . . . . . 53
Section 9.6 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc . . . . . . . . 53
ARTICLE X
MEETINGS OF SECURITYHOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Section 10.1 Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called . . . 53
Section 10.2 Manner of Calling Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Section 10.3 Call of Meetings by Company or Holders . . . . . 54
Section 10.4 Who May Attend and Vote at Meetings . . . . . . 54
Section 10.5 Regulations May Be Made by Trustee;
Conduct of the Meeting; Voting
Rights; Adjournment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Section 10.6 Voting at the Meeting and Record to Be Kept . . 55
Section 10.7 Exercise of Rights of Trustee or
Securityholders May Not Be Hindered
or Delayed by Call of Meeting . . . . . . . . . 55
ARTICLE XI
RIGHT TO REQUIRE REPURCHASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Section 11.1 Repurchase of Securities at Option of
the Holder Upon Change of Control . . . . . . . 55
Section 11.2 Exchange of Securities at Option of
the Holder Upon Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
ARTICLE XII
SUBORDINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Section 12.1 Securities Subordinate to Senior Debt. . . . . . 58
Section 12.2 Payment Over of Proceeds Upon
Dissolution, Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Section 12.3 No Payment When Senior Debt in Default. . . . . 59
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Section 12.4 Payment Permitted If No Default . . . . . . . . 60
Section 12.5 Subrogation to Rights of Holders of
Senior Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Section 12.6 Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. . . 60
Section 12.7 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination . . . . . . 60
Section 12.8 No Waiver of Subordination Provisions . . . . . 61
Section 12.9 Notice to Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Section 12.10 Reliance on Judicial Order or
Certificate of Liquidating Agent . . . . . . . . 61
Section 12.11 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of
Senior Debt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Section 12.12 Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior
Debt; Preservation of Trustee's
Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Section 12.13 Article Applicable to Paying Agents. . . . . . . 62
Section 12.14 Defeasance of this Article XII. . . . . . . . . 62
ARTICLE XIII
[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Section 14.1 TIA Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Section 14.2 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Section 14.3 Communications by Holders with Other
Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Section 14.4 Certificate and Opinion as to
Conditions Precedent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Section 14.5 Statements Required in Certificate or
Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Section 14.6 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar . . . 64
Section 14.7 Legal Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Section 14.8 GOVERNING LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Section 14.9 No Adverse Interpretation of Other
Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Section 14.10 No Recourse against Others . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Section 14.11 Successors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Section 14.12 Duplicate Originals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Section 14.13 Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Section 14.14 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc . . . . . . . . 65
SIGNATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A - Form of Note
Note: This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part
of the Indenture.
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INDENTURE, dated as of December 13, 1996, among TRANSTEXAS GAS
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and BANK ONE, COLUMBUS,
NA, a national banking association, as Trustee.
Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of each other party
and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company's 13 1/4%
Series A Senior Subordinated Notes due 2003 and the Company's 13 1/4% Series B
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2003:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.1 Definitions.
"Accreted Value" means, with respect to each $1,000 principal amount of
Securities, (i) with respect to any date on or prior to the Final Accretion
Date, $526.166 plus 13 1/4% per annum, compounded semi-annually from and after
December 13, 1996, subject to increase as provided in Section 4 of the
Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) with respect to any date after the Final
Accretion Date, $1,000.00.
"Accumulated Amount" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.14.
"Adjusted Consolidated Tangible Assets" means (without duplication), as
of the date of determination, (A) the sum of (i) discounted future net cash
flows from proved oil and gas reserves of the Company and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries, calculated in accordance with SEC guidelines (before any state or
federal income tax), as estimated by nationally recognized independent
petroleum engineers as of a date no earlier than the date of the Company's
latest annual consolidated financial statements (or, if the date of
determination is after the end of the first fiscal quarter of the fiscal year
of the Company, as estimated by Company engineers on the same basis as of a
date no earlier than the end of the most recent fiscal quarter, which estimates
shall be confirmed in writing by a report by nationally recognized independent
petroleum engineers in accordance with SEC guidelines in the event of a
Material Change if the amount of Adjusted Consolidated Tangible Assets is
required to be computed under the Indenture), (ii) the Net Working Capital on a
date no earlier than the date of the Company's latest consolidated annual or
quarterly financial statements and (iii) with respect to all other tangible
assets of the Company or its Consolidated Subsidiaries, the lesser of (x)
$125,000,000 plus capital expenditures made after the Issue Date, on such other
tangible assets and (y) the greater of (a) the net book value of such other
tangible assets on a date no earlier than the date of the Company's latest
consolidated annual or quarterly financial statements, and (b) the appraised
value, as estimated by a qualified independent appraiser, of such other
tangible assets, as of a date no earlier than the date that is three years
prior to the date of determination (or such later date on which the Company
shall have a reasonable basis to believe that there has occurred a material
decrease in value since the determination of such appraised value); provided,
however, that with respect to the acreage not considered in the valuation of
the proved oil and gas reserves in clause (i) above, the values shall be the
lesser of (a) and (b), minus (B) minority interests and, to the extent not
otherwise taken into account in determining Adjusted Consolidated Tangible
Assets, any gas balancing liabilities of the Company and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries. In addition to, but without duplication of the foregoing, for
purposes of this definition, "Adjusted Consolidated Tangible Assets" shall be
calculated after giving effect, on a pro forma basis, to (1) any Permitted
Investment, to and including the date of the transaction giving rise to the
need to calculate Adjusted Consolidated Tangible Assets (the "Assets
Transaction Date"), in any other Person that, as a result of such Investment,
becomes a Subsidiary of the Company, (2) the acquisition, to and including the
Assets Transaction Date (by merger, consolidation or purchase of stock or
assets), of any business or assets, including, without limitation, Permitted
Investments, and (3) any sales or other dispositions of assets (other than
sales of Hydrocarbons or other mineral products in the ordinary course of
business) occurring on or prior to the Assets Transaction Date. For purposes
of calculating the ratio of the Company's Adjusted Consolidated Tangible Assets
to total consolidated principal amount of Debt of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, Debt of a Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the
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Company (which Debt is non-recourse to the Company or any other Subsidiary of
the Company or any of their assets) shall be included only to the extent of the
Company's pro rata ownership interest in such Subsidiary.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any specified Person, (i) any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or
indirect common control with, such specified Person or (ii) any officer,
director or controlling shareholder of such other Person. For purposes of this
definition, the term "control" means (a) the power to direct the management and
policies of a Person, directly or through one or more intermediaries, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise, or (b)
without limiting the foregoing, the beneficial ownership of 5% or more of the
voting power of the voting common equity of such Person (on a fully diluted
basis) or of warrants or other rights to acquire such equity (regardless of
whether presently exercisable).
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-Registrar.
"Asset Sale" means any direct or indirect conveyance, sale, transfer or
other disposition (including through damage or destruction for which insurance
proceeds are paid or by condemnation), in one or a series of related
transactions, of any of the properties, businesses or assets of the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company, whether owned on the Issue Date or thereafter
acquired; provided, however, that "Asset Sale" shall not include (i) any
Section 29 Transaction, (ii) any disposition of Receivables, Inventory or
Equipment, or (iii) any pledge or disposition of assets (if such pledge or
disposition would otherwise constitute an Asset Sale) to the extent and only to
the extent that it results in the creation of a Permitted Lien, other than a
disposition of a production payment or royalty in connection with a Permitted
Production Payment Asset Sale.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal, state
or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means, with respect to any Person, the Board of
Directors of such Person or any committee of the Board of Directors of such
Person authorized, with respect to any particular matter, to exercise the power
of the Board of Directors of such Person.
"Board Resolution" means, with respect to any Person, a duly adopted
resolution of the Board of Directors of such Person.
"Business Day" means a day that is not a Legal Holiday.
"Capital Assets" means (i) assets with respect to which an expenditure
would be considered a Capital Expenditure or (ii) Permitted Capital Stock.
"Capital Expenditures" of a Person means expenditures (whether paid in
cash or accrued as a liability) by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries that,
in conformity with GAAP, are or would be included in "capital expenditures,"
"additions to property, plant or equipment" or comparable items in the
consolidated financial statements of such Person consistent with prior
accounting practices.
"Capital Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any capital stock of
such Person and shares, interests, participations or other ownership interests
(however designated) of such Person and any rights (other than debt securities
convertible into corporate stock), warrants or options to purchase any of the
foregoing, including without limitation each class of common stock and
preferred stock of such Person if such Person is a corporation and each general
and limited partnership interest or other equity interest of such Person if
such Person is a partnership.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means obligations under a lease that are
required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with
GAAP, and the amount of Debt represented by such obligations shall be the
capitalized amount of such obligations, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
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"Cash" means U.S. Legal Tender.
"Cash Equivalents" means (a) United States dollars, (b) securities
issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States
government or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not
more than six months from the date of acquisition, (c) certificates of deposit
with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers'
acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months, and overnight bank
deposits, in each case, with any Eligible Institution, (d) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities
of the types described in clauses (b) and (c) entered into with any Eligible
Institution, (e) commercial paper rated "P-1," "A-1" or the equivalent thereof
by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Corporation, Inc.,
respectively, and in each case maturing within six months after the date of
acquisition and (f) shares of money market funds, including those of the
Trustee, that invest solely in United States dollars and securities of the
types described in clauses (a) through (e).
"Change of Control" means (i) any sale, transfer, or other conveyance,
whether direct or indirect, of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company, on a consolidated basis, to any "person" or "group" (as such terms are
used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, whether or
not applicable), other than to or among the Company's Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
or the trustee under the TARC Indenture, whether in a single transaction or a
series of related transactions, unless, immediately after such transaction,
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx has, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate, sole beneficial
ownership of more than 50%, on a fully diluted basis, of the total voting power
entitled to vote in the election of directors, managers, or trustees of the
transferee, (ii) the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or (iii) any
transaction, event or circumstance pursuant to which any "person" or "group"
(as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act, whether or not applicable), other than Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx and his
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries or the trustee under the TARC Indenture, is or
becomes the "beneficial owner" (as that term is used in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5
under the Exchange Act, whether or not applicable, except that a person shall
be deemed to be the "beneficial owner" of all shares that any such person has
the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only
after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the
total voting power of the Company's then outstanding Voting Stock, unless, at
the time of the occurrence of an event specified in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii),
the Notes have an Investment Grade Rating; provided, however, that if, at any
time within 120 days after such occurrence, the Notes cease having an
Investment Grade Rating, such event shall be a "Change of Control".
"Change of Control Offer" shall have the meaning specified in Section
11.1.
"Change of Control Payment Date" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 11.1.
"Change of Control Purchase Price" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 11.1.
"Closing Price" means, as of any date and with respect to any Capital
Stock, (i) the closing sales price regular way per share of such Capital Stock
on such date on the NYSE, or (ii) if such Capital Stock is not listed on the
NYSE, the last reported sales price regular way, or in case no such reported
sale takes place on such date, the average of the reported closing bid and ask
prices regular way, on the principal national securities exchange on which such
Capital Stock is admitted for trading, or (iii) if such Capital Stock is not
listed or admitted for trading on any national securities exchange, the last
reported sales price regular way per share of such Capital Stock on such date,
or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such date, the average of the
reported closing bid and ask prices regular way, in either case, on the NNM.
"Common Stock" means the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the
Company, now or hereafter issued, or any reclassification thereof.
"Company" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces it pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter means such
successor.
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"Consolidated EBITDA" of any Person for any period, unless otherwise
defined herein, means (a) the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such
period, plus (b) the sum, without duplication (and only to the extent such
amounts are deducted from net revenues in determining such Consolidated Net
Income), of (i) the provision for income taxes for such period for such Person
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, (ii) depreciation, depletion, and
amortization of such Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries during such
period, and (iii) Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person for such period,
determined, in each case, on a consolidated basis for such Person and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" on any date (the "Transaction
Date") means, with respect to any Person, the ratio, on a pro forma basis, of
(i) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person (attributable to
continuing operations and businesses and exclusive of amounts attributable to
operations and businesses discontinued or disposed of, on a pro forma basis)
for the Reference Period to (ii) the aggregate Consolidated Fixed Charges of
such Person (exclusive of amounts attributable to discontinued operations and
businesses, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such
Consolidated Fixed Charges would no longer be obligations contributing to such
Person's Consolidated Fixed Charges subsequent to the Transaction Date) during
the Reference Period; provided, that for purposes of such computation, in
calculating Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Fixed Charges, (a) the
transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio shall be assumed to have occurred on the first day of the
Reference Period, (b) the incurrence of any Debt or issuance of Disqualified
Capital Stock during the Reference Period or subsequent thereto and on or prior
to the Transaction Date (and the application of the proceeds therefrom) shall
be assumed to have occurred on the first day of such Reference Period, and (c)
Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to any Debt (whether existing or
being incurred) bearing a floating interest rate shall be computed as if the
rate in effect on the Transaction Date had been the applicable rate for the
entire period, unless such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to an
Interest Swap Obligation (that remains in effect for the 12-month period after
the Transaction Date) that has the effect of fixing the interest rate on the
date of computation, in which case such rate (whether higher or lower) shall be
used.
"Consolidated Fixed Charges" of any Person for any period means (without
duplication) the sum of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for
such period, (ii) dividend requirements of such Person and its Subsidiaries
(whether in cash or otherwise (except dividends payable solely in shares of
Qualified Capital Stock)) with respect to Disqualified Capital Stock paid,
accrued or scheduled to be paid or accrued during such period, in each case to
the extent attributable to such period and excluding items eliminated in
consolidation, and (iii) fees paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or accrued
during such period by such Person and its Subsidiaries in respect of
performance bonds or other guarantees of payment. For purposes of clause (ii)
above, dividend requirements shall be increased to an amount representing the
pre-tax earnings that would be required to cover such dividend requirements;
accordingly, the increased amount shall be equal to a fraction, the numerator
of which is such dividend requirements and the denominator of which is 1 minus
the applicable actual combined effective Federal, state, local, and foreign
income tax rate of such Person and its subsidiaries (expressed as a decimal),
on a consolidated basis, for the fiscal year immediately preceding the date of
the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate Consolidated Fixed
Charges.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" of any Person means, for any period, the
aggregate interest (without duplication), whether expensed or capitalized,
paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or accrued during such period in respect
of all Debt of such Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (including (i)
amortization of deferred financing costs and original issue discount and non-
cash interest payments or accruals, (ii) the interest portion of all deferred
payment obligations, calculated in accordance with the effective interest
method and (iii) all commissions, discounts, other fees and charges owed with
respect to letters of credit and banker's acceptance financing and costs
associated with Interest Swap Obligations, in each case to the extent
attributable to such period) determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP. For purposes of this definition, (x) interest on a Capitalized
Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at the interest rate reasonably
determined by the Board of Directors of such Person (as evidenced by a Board
Resolution) to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease
Obligation in accordance with GAAP (including Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 13 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board) and (y)
Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to any Debt represented by the
guarantee by such Person or a
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Subsidiary of such Person other than with respect to Debt of such Person or a
Subsidiary of such Person shall be deemed to be the interest expense
attributable to the item guaranteed.
"Consolidated Net Income" of any Person for any period means the net
income (loss) of such Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period,
determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding (without duplication) (i) all
extraordinary, unusual and nonrecurring gains, (ii) the net income, if
positive, of any other Person, other than a Consolidated Subsidiary, in which
such Person or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries has an interest, except to
the extent of the amount of any dividends or distributions actually paid in
cash to such Person or a Consolidated Subsidiary of such Person during such
period, but not in excess of such Person's pro rata share of such other
Person's aggregate net income earned during such period or earned during the
immediately preceding period and not distributed during such period, (iii) the
net income, if positive, of any Person acquired in a pooling of interests
transaction for any period prior to the date of such acquisition and (iv) the
net income, if positive, of any Subsidiary of such Person to the extent that
the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions is not at the
time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement,
instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation
applicable to such Subsidiary.
"Consolidated Subsidiary" means, for any Person, each Subsidiary of such
Person (whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired) the financial
statements of which shall be (or should have been) consolidated for financial
statement reporting purposes with the financial statements of such Person in
accordance with GAAP.
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"Debt" means, with respect to any Person, (i) all liabilities,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person (a) for borrowed money (regardless of
whether the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person
or only to a portion thereof), (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures, or
similar instruments or letters of credit or representing the balance deferred
and unpaid of the purchase price of any property acquired by such Person or
services received by such Person, (c) evidenced by bankers' acceptances or
similar instruments issued or accepted by banks or Interest Swap Obligations,
(d) for the payment of money relating to a Capitalized Lease Obligation or (e)
with respect to production and royalty payments created after the Issue Date,
burdening oil and gas properties of such Person, other than any Permitted
Production and Royalty Payment Obligation, Permitted Production Payment Asset
Sale or Drilling Program (to the extent such Person's obligations thereunder
are limited in recourse to the properties subject to such Drilling Program);
(ii) reimbursement obligations of such Person with respect to letters of
credit; (iii) all liabilities of others of the kind described in the preceding
clause (i) or (ii) that such Person has guaranteed or that is otherwise its
legal liability (to the extent of such guaranty or other legal liability); (iv)
all obligations secured by a Lien (other than Permitted Liens, except to the
extent the obligations secured by such Permitted Liens are otherwise included
in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this definition) to which the property or
assets (including, without limitation, leasehold interests and any other
tangible or intangible property rights) of such Person are subject, regardless
of whether the obligations secured thereby shall have been assumed by or shall
otherwise be such Person's legal liability (but, if such obligations are not
assumed by such Person or are not otherwise such Person's legal liability, the
amount of such Debt shall be deemed to be limited to the fair market value of
such property or assets determined as of the end of the preceding fiscal
quarter); and (v) any and all deferrals, renewals, extensions, refinancings,
and refundings (whether direct or indirect) of, or amendments, modifications,
or supplements to, any liability of the kind described in any of the preceding
clauses (i) through (iv) regardless of whether between or among the same
parties.
"Default" means an event or condition, the occurrence of which is, or
with the lapse of time or giving of notice or both would be, an Event of
Default.
"Default Amount" means, with respect to the Securities, the Accreted
Value of the Securities as of the date on which the Securities are accelerated
and become immediately due and payable (the "date of acceleration"), plus
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accrued interest from the most recent date to which payment in kind interest
has been paid (or, if no interest has been paid, from November 30, 1999) to the
date of acceleration.
"Deferred Installment" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.12.
"Disqualified Capital Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any
Capital Stock of such Person or its Subsidiaries that, by its terms or by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible or exchangeable, is, or upon
the happening of an event or the passage of time would be, required to be
redeemed or repurchased by such Person or its subsidiaries, including at the
option of the holder, in whole or in part, or has, or upon the happening of an
event or passage of time would have, a redemption or similar payment due, on or
prior to the Stated Maturity.
"Drilling Program" means any arrangement between the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company and another Person pursuant to which (i) such Person
agrees to drill, complete or perform operations to enhance recovery from, a
well or xxxxx on mineral interests owned by the Company or such Subsidiary (or
to pay all or a portion of the costs of drilling, completing or performing such
other operations) and (ii) the Company or such Subsidiary agrees to convey or
assign to such person an interest in such well or xxxxx in accordance with
clause (l) of the definition of "Permitted Liens".
"Eligible Institution" means a domestic commercial banking institution
that has combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000, whose debt
is rated "A" (or higher) according to Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or
Standard & Poor's Corporation, Inc. at the time as of which any investment or
rollover therein is made.
"Equipment" means and includes, as to any Person, all of such Person's
now owned or hereafter acquired Vehicles, drilling rigs, workover rigs,
fracture stimulation equipment, wellsite compressors, rolling stock and related
equipment and other assets accounted for as equipment by such Person on its
financial statements, all proceeds thereof, and all documents of title, books,
records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, and computer files, tapes, disks
and related data processing software that at any time evidence or contain
information relating to the foregoing; provided, however, that "Equipment"
shall not include any assets constituting part of a natural gas pipeline or the
compression or dehydration equipment used in the operation of any such
pipeline.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
"Event of Default" shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.1.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.
"Exchange Assets" means any properties acquired by the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company in exchange for assets of the Company or such
Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale, which properties include proved
reserves with a value which, together with the value of any cash or Permitted
Capital Stock received by the Company or such Subsidiary, is equal to or
greater than the value of the proved reserves included in the properties
disposed of by the Company in connection with such Asset Sale.
"Exchange Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.2.
"Exchange Event" shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.2.
"Exchange Offer" shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.2.
"Final Accretion Date" means the date on which the Accreted Value under
clause (i) of the definition of Accreted Value equals $1,000.00.
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"Final Change of Control Put Date" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 11.1.
"Final Exchange Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.2.
"Final Put Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.14.
"Fractional Sale" means a sale of an undivided percentage interest in
the assets sold pursuant to such sale.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in
the United States on the Issue Date applied on a basis consistent with that
used in the preparation of the audited financial statements of the Company
included in the Company's transition report on Form 10-K for the six month
period ended January 31, 1996.
"Holder" means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the
Registrar's books.
"Hydrocarbons" means oil, gas, condensate and natural gas liquids.
"Incur" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.11.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time
to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Independent Director" means (i) each of Messrs. Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxx
X. May and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, or (ii) if any of such persons set forth in clause
(i) is unwilling or unable to serve as a director of the Company or the size of
the Board of Directors is increased in accordance with the next sentence, an
individual that is not and has not been affiliated (other than as a director of
the Company) with, and is not and has not been a Related Person with respect
to, Xx. Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, TransAmerican or the Company and either (x) whose
nomination or election to the Board of Directors is not reasonably objected to
by a majority of the Independent Directors then in office, if any, or (y) who
becomes a director as a result of a merger, consolidation or sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company permitted by this Indenture that
is approved by a majority of Independent Directors. The size of the Board of
Directors may be increased with the approval of the majority of the Independent
Directors. In the event that the size of the Board of Directors is so
increased, the number of Independent Directors shall also increase such that
the Independent Directors on the Board of Directors as so increased shall
constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors.
"Interest Payment Date" means the stated due date of an installment of
interest on the Notes.
"Interest Reserve Account" shall have the meaning provided in Section
4.20.
"Interest Swap Obligation" means any obligation of any Person pursuant
to any arrangement with any other Person whereby, directly or indirectly, such
Person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by
applying either a fixed or floating rate of interest on a stated notional
amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such Person calculated by
applying a fixed or floating rate of interest on the same notional amount;
provided, that the term "Interest Swap Obligation" shall also include interest
rate exchange, collar, cap, swap option or similar agreements providing
protection from interest rate volatility.
"Inventory" means and includes, as to any Person, all of such Person's
now owned or hereafter acquired line pipe, casing, drill pipe and other
supplies accounted for as inventory by such Person on its financial statements
(excluding any Hydrocarbons), all proceeds thereof, and all documents of title,
books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, and computer files, tapes,
disks and related data processing software that at any time evidence or contain
information relating to the foregoing.
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"Investment" by any Person in any other Person means (a) the acquisition
(whether for cash, property, services, securities or otherwise) of capital
stock, bonds, notes, debentures, partnership or other ownership interests or
other securities of such other Person or any agreement to make any such
acquisition; (b) the making by such Person of any deposit with, or advance,
loan, contribution or other extension of credit to, such other Person
(including the purchase of property from another Person subject to an
understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to resell such property to
such other Person) and (without duplication) any amount committed to be
advanced, lent or extended to such other Person; (c) the entering into of any
guarantee of, or other contingent obligation with respect to, Debt or other
liability of such other Person; or (d) the entering into of any Interest Swap
Obligation with such other Person.
"Investment Grade Rating" means, with respect to any Person or an issue
of debt securities or preferred stock, a rating in one of the four highest
letter rating categories (without regard to "+" or "-" or other modifiers) by
any rating agency or if any such rating agency has ceased using such letter
rating categories or the four highest of such letter rating categories are not
considered to represent "investment grade" ratings, then the comparable
"investment grade" ratings (as designated by any such rating agency).
"Issue Date" means the date of first issuance of the Securities under
this Indenture.
"Junior Debt" means Debt of the Company that (i) requires no payment of
principal prior to or on the date on which all principal of and interest on the
Notes is paid in full or (ii) is subordinate or junior in right of payment to
the Notes in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the
Company or any insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company.
"Junior Subordinated Payment" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 12.2.
"Legal Holiday" shall have the meaning provided in Section 14.7.
"Lien" means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, or
other encumbrance of any kind, regardless of whether filed, recorded or
otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement and any lease deemed to constitute a security
interest and any option or other agreement to give any security interest).
"Loss Carry Forward" means the amount, if any, by which the Property
Expenses for a month exceed the Production Revenues for such month.
"Major Asset Sale" means an Asset Sale or series of related Asset Sales
involving assets with a fair market value in excess of $1,000,000,000.
"Material Change" means an increase or decrease of more than 10% during
a fiscal quarter in the discounted future net cash flows (excluding changes
that result from changes in prices) from proved oil and gas reserves of the
Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (before any state or federal income
tax); provided, however, that the following will be excluded from the Material
Change calculation: (i) any acquisitions during the quarter of oil and gas
reserves that have been estimated by independent petroleum engineers and on
which a report or reports exist, (ii) any reserves added during the quarter
attributable to the drilling or recompletion of xxxxx not included in previous
reserve estimates, but which will be included in future quarters for purposes
of subsequent calculations of "Material Change", and (iii) any disposition of
properties existing at the beginning of such quarter that have been disposed of
as provided in Section 4.14.
"Maturity Date," when used with respect to any Security, means the date
on which the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or
herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity, Change of Control Payment
Date, Purchase Date or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise.
"Net Cash Proceeds" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.14.
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"Net Proceeds" means in the case of any sale by the Company of Qualified
Capital Stock, the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company from the
sale of Qualified Capital Stock (other than to a Subsidiary) after payment of
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, commissions and discounts incurred in
connection therewith.
"Net Working Capital" means (i) all current assets of the Company and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries, minus (ii) all current liabilities of the
Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, except current liabilities that are
Debt, all in accordance with GAAP.
"New Notes" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2 hereof.
"NNM" means the Nasdaq National Market.
"Nominee" means any Person who has or holds any right, title or interest
in any property, lease, interest or other asset as a nominee for the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries.
"Nominee Property" means any property, lease, interest or other asset
with respect to which any Person has or holds any right, title or interest as a
nominee for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
"Notes" means the 13 1/4% Series A Senior Subordinated Notes due 2003
and the 13 1/4% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due 2003, in each case as
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, issued
under this Indenture, including any New Notes.
"NYSE" means the New York Stock Exchange.
"Obligor" means the Company.
"Offer Amount" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.14.
"Offer Price" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.14.
"Offer to Purchase" means any offer made by the Company to Holders of
the Securities required by the provisions of Section 4.14(a) and made pursuant
to the provisions of Section 4.14(b), otherwise, also referred to as a "Section
4.14 Offer".
"Officer" means, with respect to the Company, the Chairman of the Board,
the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief
Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller, or the Secretary of the
Company.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to the Company, a
certificate signed by two Officers of the Company or by an Officer and an
Assistant Secretary of the Company and otherwise complying with the
requirements of Sections 14.4 and 14.5.
"Oil and Gas Property Sale" means a sale of Hydrocarbon reserves
attributable to a particular well or xxxxx.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel who is
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee complying with the requirements of
Sections 14.4 and 14.5. Unless otherwise required by the Trustee, the counsel
may be outside counsel to the Company.
"Paying Agent" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
"Payment Blockage Period" shall have the meaning specified in Section
12.3.
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"Permitted Capital Stock" means Capital Stock that is issued by a
United States corporation (i) with outstanding debt securities that have an
Investment Grade Rating and (ii) that has a Public Market Value at least equal
to $1,000,000,000.
"Permitted Hedging Transactions" means non-speculative transactions in
futures, forwards, swaps or option contracts (including both physical and
financial settlement transactions) engaged in by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries as part of its normal business operations as a risk-management
strategy or hedge against adverse changes in market conditions in the natural
gas industry; provided, that such transactions do not, on a monthly basis,
relate to more than 90% of the Company's average net natural gas production per
month for the most recent 12-month period; and provided, further, that, at the
time of such transaction (i) the counter party to any such transaction is an
Eligible Institution or a Person that has an Investment Grade Rating or has an
issue of debt securities or preferred stock outstanding with an Investment
Grade Rating or (ii) such counter party's obligation pursuant to such
transaction is unconditionally guaranteed in full by an Eligible Institution or
a Person that has an Investment Grade Rating or has an issue of debt securities
or preferred stock outstanding with an Investment Grade Rating.
"Permitted Investment" means, when used with reference to the Company or
its Subsidiaries, (i) trade credit extended to persons in the ordinary course
of business; (ii) purchases of (a) readily marketable obligations of, or
obligations guaranteed unconditionally by, the United States of America
maturing in one year or less from the date of purchase, (b) commercial paper
having the highest rating obtainable from either Xxxxx'x Investor Service, Inc.
or Standard & Poor's Corporation, Inc., (c) certificates of deposit maturing in
one year or less from the date of purchase issued by, bankers' acceptances and
deposit accounts of, and time deposits with, commercial banks of recognized
standing chartered in the United States of America or Canada with capital,
surplus, and undivided profit aggregating in excess of $250,000,000, (d) demand
or fully insured time deposits used in the ordinary course of business with
commercial banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, (e)
Eurodollar time deposits, or (f) shares of money market funds, including those
of the Trustee, that invest solely in Permitted Investments of the kind
described in clauses (a) through (e) above; (iii) Investments in Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries of the Company that are engaged in the Related Businesses; (iv)
Interest Swap Obligations permitted to be incurred under Section 4.11; (v) the
receipt of capital stock in lieu of cash in connection with the settlement of
litigation to the extent that cash is not otherwise available to the Person
obligated to make such settlement payment; (vi) advances to officers and
employees in connection with the performance of their duties in the ordinary
course of business in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000 in the aggregate
outstanding at any time; (vii) margin deposits in connection with Permitted
Hedging Transactions; (viii) an Investment in Permitted Capital Stock made
pursuant to clause (A)(iii) or (B) of the first sentence of Section 4.14(a),
provided, that the shares represented by such Investment do not exceed 10% of
the total number of such shares outstanding; (ix) Investments in an amount not
in excess of $46,000,000 in (a) cash or Cash Equivalents or (b) if the Notes
are rated "BB-" or better by Standard & Poor's Corporation, Inc. and "Ba3" or
better by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., debt securities that have an
Investment Grade Rating; (x) an Investment in one or more Unrestricted
Subsidiaries of the Company in an aggregate amount not in excess of
$25,000,000, less the aggregate amount of any Permitted Unrestricted Subsidiary
Guarantees; (xi) an Investment in connection with or related to farm-out, farm-
in, joint operating, joint venture or area of mutual interest agreements or
other similar or customary arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of
business; (xii) a guaranty by any Subsidiary of the Company permitted under
Section 4.11(e); or (xiii) deposits permitted by clause (c) or (i) of the
definition of Permitted Liens or any extension, renewal, or replacement
thereof.
"Permitted Liens" means (a) Liens imposed by governmental authorities
for taxes, assessments, or other charges not yet due or which are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, if adequate reserves
with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company in accordance
with GAAP; (b) statutory Liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics,
materialmen, repairmen, mineral interest owners, or other like Liens arising by
operation of law in the ordinary course of business, provided that (i) the
underlying obligations are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days, or
(ii) such Liens are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings and adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the
books of the Company in accordance with GAAP; (c) deposits to secure the
performance of bids, trade contracts (other than borrowed money), leases,
statutory obligations, surety bonds, appeal bonds, supersedeas bonds,
performance bonds, and other obligations of
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a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; (d) pledges of
assets to secure appeal, supersedeas or performance bonds (or to secure
reimbursement obligations or letters of credit in support of such bonds) in an
aggregate amount outstanding at any time not in excess of $10,000,000; (e)
pledges of assets to secure margin obligations, reimbursement obligations or
letters of credit in connection with Permitted Hedging Transactions, provided
that, at the time of such pledge, the aggregate amount of such obligations and
letters of credit outstanding does not exceed the greater of (i) $50,000,000 or
(ii) 10% of the SEC PV10 indicated on the Company's most recent Reserve Report;
(f) easements, rights-of-way, zoning, similar restrictions and other similar
encumbrances or title defects incurred in the ordinary course of business
which, in the aggregate, are not material in amount, and which do not in any
case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto (as such
property is used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or interfere with
the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(g) Liens arising by operation of law in connection with judgments, only to the
extent, for an amount and for a period not resulting in an Event of Default
with respect thereto; (h) Liens existing on the date of the Indenture; (i)
pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with
worker's compensation, unemployment insurance, and other types of social
security legislation; (j) Liens granted on Equipment, Inventory or Receivables;
(k) Liens granted in connection with the Presale of Gas, provided that all of
the proceeds from such Presale of Gas shall be applied to the repurchase of
Senior Notes or Notes pursuant to an Offer to Purchase under Section 4.14; (l)
Liens created on acreage drilled or to be drilled pursuant to Drilling
Programs, on Hydrocarbons produced therefrom and on the proceeds of such
Hydrocarbons to secure the Company's obligations thereunder, provided that (i)
the number of xxxxx included in such program commenced in any fiscal year
(without duplication of xxxxx included in programs commenced in prior years)
does not exceed 30 per fiscal year, (ii) such obligations are limited to a
percentage of production from such xxxxx, (iii) such Liens survive only until
the Person to whom such Lien was granted has received production with a value
equal to the reimbursable costs, expenses and fees related to property and
services provided or paid for by such Person plus an agreed-upon interest
component, and (iv) such Liens secure obligations that are nonrecourse to the
Company and its Subsidiaries; (m) Liens on the assets of any entity existing at
the time such assets are acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
whether by merger, consolidation, purchase of assets or otherwise so long as
such Liens (i) are not created, incurred or assumed in contemplation of such
assets being acquired by the Company or such Subsidiary and (ii) do not extend
to any other assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (n) any
extension, renewal, or replacement of Liens created pursuant to any of clauses
(a) through (g), (i) through (m) or (q) of this definition, provided that such
Liens would have otherwise been permitted under such clauses, and further
provided that the Liens permitted by this clause (n) shall not be spread to
cover any additional Debt or property; (o) Permitted Production and Royalty
Payment Obligations, production payments and royalties resulting from Permitted
Production Payment Asset Sales and transfers or conveyances in connection with
Section 29 Transactions; (p) Liens in favor of the Company; (q) Liens created
on pipeline systems acquired or constructed with the proceeds of Debt Incurred
pursuant to clause (x) of clause (d) of Section 4.11, provided that the
obligations secured by such Liens do not exceed the cost of acquiring or
constructing such pipeline systems plus interest, fees and expenses Incurred in
connection therewith; and (r) Liens that secure Unrestricted Non-Recourse Debt.
"Permitted Production and Royalty Payment Obligations" means (i)
royalties, overriding royalties, revenue interests, net revenue interests, net
profit interests, reversionary interests and production payments, (ii) the
interests of others in pooling or unitization agreements, production sales
contracts and operating agreements, (iii) Liens arising under, in connection
with or related to farm-out, farm-in, joint operating or area of mutual
interest agreements or other similar or customary arrangements, agreements or
interests, and (iv) similar burdens on the property of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company, each as incurred in the ordinary course of business
and to the extent such burdens are limited in recourse to (x) the properties
subject to such interests or agreements, (y) the Hydrocarbons produced from
such properties, and (z) the proceeds of such Hydrocarbons.
"Permitted Production Payment Asset Sale" means any conveyance of a
production payment or royalty that the Company elects to treat as an Asset Sale
pursuant to and permitted by Section 4.14(a): provided that, with respect to
the oil and gas properties affected by such production payment or royalty, the
amounts paid or payable in cash or in kind (with amounts attributable to
Hydrocarbons delivered in kind to or for the account of the applicable royalty
or production payment owners exercising a right to take such Hydrocarbons in
kind being determined by the Company
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reasonably and in good faith based upon the volumes of Hydrocarbons delivered
in kind and the market price then prevailing at the applicable point of
delivery) under such production payment or royalty in any month, in combination
with Property Expenses for such month, do not exceed the Production Revenues
for such month.
"Permitted Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantees" means all guarantees by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any obligations of any Unrestricted
Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding
$25,000,000.
"Person" means any corporation, individual, joint stock company, joint
venture, partnership, unincorporated association, governmental regulatory
entity, country, state or political subdivision thereof, trust, municipality or
other entity.
"Presale of Gas" means any advance payment agreement or other
arrangement covering deliveries of Hydrocarbons for a period exceeding 31 days
pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiaries, having received full payment
of the purchase price for a specified quantity of Hydrocarbons more than 31
days prior to the date of first delivery, is required to deliver, in one or
more installments subsequent to the date of such agreement or arrangement, such
quantity of Hydrocarbons to the purchaser of such Hydrocarbons pursuant to and
during the term of such agreement or arrangement; provided, however, that the
term "Presale of Gas" shall not include (i) a transaction to the extent and
only to the extent that it results in the creation of any Permitted Lien under
clauses (l) or (o) of the definition of "Permitted Liens," (ii) Permitted
Hedging Transactions or (iii) an Oil and Gas Property Sale.
"principal" of any Debt (including the Securities) means the principal
of such Debt plus, without duplication, any applicable premium, if any, on such
Debt.
"Proceeding" shall have the meaning specified in Section 12.2.
"Production Revenues" means, with respect to the oil and gas properties
subject to a Permitted Production Payment Asset Sale, those revenues received
by the Company from the sale or other disposition of Hydrocarbons produced from
or attributable to such oil and gas properties (including within such revenues
amounts as determined by the Company reasonably and in good faith as being
attributable to volumes of Hydrocarbons delivered in kind to or for the account
of the applicable royalty or production payment owners exercising a right to
take such Hydrocarbons in kind based upon the volumes of Hydrocarbons delivered
in kind and the market price then prevailing at the applicable point of
delivery).
"property" means any right or interest in or to property or assets of
any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or
intangible.
"Property Expenses" means, for any month, with respect to the oil and
gas properties affected by a Permitted Production Payment Asset Sale, the sum
of (i) all lease-level burdens, costs, and expenses borne by the Company
arising with respect to such affected oil and gas properties in such month,
including, without limitation, all costs of developing and operating such
affected oil and gas properties, all costs of producing, gathering, treating,
processing, transporting, and marketing Hydrocarbons therefrom or attributable
thereto, and all production payments, royalties, taxes and other burdens,
costs, and expenses borne by the Company and associated therewith (with such
costs, for purposes of production payments, royalties, and other burdens under
which Hydrocarbons are delivered in kind to or for the account of the
applicable royalty or production payment owners exercising a right to take such
Hydrocarbons in kind being determined by the Company reasonably and in good
faith based upon the volumes of Hydrocarbons delivered in kind and the market
price then prevailing at the applicable point of delivery), and (ii) the Loss
Carry Forward, if any, for the prior month.
"Public Equity Offering" means an underwritten public offering by a
nationally recognized member of the National Association of Securities Dealers
of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company pursuant to an effective registration
statement filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act.
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"Public Market Value" means, as of any date and with respect to any
Capital Stock, the product of the weighted average number of shares of such
Capital Stock outstanding during the 20 Trading Day-period for such Capital
Stock immediately preceding such date multiplied by the average of the Closing
Prices of such Capital Stock for such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if such Capital Stock is not listed or admitted for trading on any national
securities exchange or the NNM, the Public Market Value shall be zero.
"Purchase Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.14(b).
"Qualified Capital Stock" means any Capital Stock of the Company that is
not Disqualified Capital Stock.
"Receivables" means and includes, as to any Person, any and all of such
Person's now owned or hereafter acquired "accounts" as such term is defined in
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in the State of New York (excluding
all intercompany accounts), all products and proceeds thereof, and all books,
records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, and computer files, tapes, disks
or software that at any time evidence or contain information relating to the
foregoing.
"Record Date" means a Record Date specified in the Securities regardless
of whether such Record Date is a Business Day.
"Redemption Date" means, when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture and
Paragraph 5 in the form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.
"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the redemption price for such redemption pursuant to Paragraph
5 in the form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A, which shall include,
without duplication, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest to the
Redemption Date.
"Reference Period" with regard to any Person means the four full fiscal
quarters of such Person ended on or immediately preceding any date upon which
any determination is to be made pursuant to the terms of the Notes or the
Indenture.
"Refinancing Debt" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.11.
"Refinancing Fees" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.11.
"Registrar" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the registration rights agreement
of even date herewith between the Company and the original purchasers of the
Series A Notes.
"Related Business" means the exploration for, acquisition of,
development of, production, transportation, gathering and, in connection with
natural gas only, processing of, crude oil, natural gas, condensate and natural
gas liquids; provided that the term "Related Business" shall not include any
refining or distilling of Hydrocarbons other than processing and fractionating
natural gas liquids.
"Related Person" means (i) any Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company or any officer, director, or employee of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or of such Person, (ii) the spouse,
any immediate family member, or any other relative who has the same principal
residence of any Person described in clause (i) above, and any Person, directly
or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with, such spouse, family member or other relative, and (iii) any trust
in which any Person described in clause (i) or (ii), above, is a fiduciary or
has a beneficial interest. For purposes of this definition the term "control"
means (a) the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, directly
or through one or more intermediaries, whether through the
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ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise, or (b) the
beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the voting common equity of such Person
(on a fully diluted basis) or of warrants or other rights to acquire such
equity (regardless of whether presently exercisable).
"Related Person Transaction" shall have the meaning specified in Section
4.10.
"Requisite Balance" means, as of any date of determination, the amount
necessary to satisfy the Company's obligation to pay interest in respect of all
then outstanding Senior Notes on the next Senior Note Interest Payment Date.
"Reserve Report" means a report prepared by independent petroleum
engineers with respect to Hydrocarbon reserves in accordance with guidelines
published by the SEC.
"Restricted Investment" means any direct or indirect Investment by the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company other than a Permitted Investment.
"Restricted Payment" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any
Restricted Investment, (ii) any dividend or other distribution on shares of
Capital Stock of such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person, (iii) any
payment on account of the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or
retirement for value of any shares of Capital Stock of such Person or any
Subsidiary of such Person, and (iv) any defeasance, redemption, repurchase or
other acquisition or retirement for value, or any payment in respect of any
amendment in anticipation of or in connection with any such retirement,
acquisition or defeasance, in whole or in part, of any Junior Debt, directly or
indirectly, of such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person prior to the
scheduled maturity or prior to any scheduled repayment of principal in respect
of such Junior Debt; provided, however, that the term "Restricted Payment" does
not include (i) any dividend, distribution or other payment on shares of
Capital Stock of an issuer solely in shares of Qualified Capital Stock of such
issuer that is at least as junior in ranking as the Capital Stock on which such
dividend, distribution or other payment is to be made, (ii) any dividend,
distribution or other payment to the Company, or any of its directly or
indirectly owned Subsidiaries, by any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) any
defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for
value, in whole or in part, of any Debt payable solely in shares of Qualified
Capital Stock of such Person or (iv) any payments or distributions made
pursuant to and in accordance with the Transfer Agreement, the Services
Agreement or the Tax Allocation Agreement.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"SEC PV10" means the standardized measure of future net cash flows
discounted at 10%, determined in all material respects in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the SEC, including the assumption of the continuation
of existing economic conditions and estimated by applying period-end gas and
condensate prices, adjusted for future price changes as allowed by contract, to
estimated future production of period-end proved reserves.
"Section 4.14 Offer" shall refer to an "Offer to Purchase," as defined
in Section 4.14.
"Section 29 Transaction" means any transaction entered into for the
purpose of monetizing tax credits under Section 29 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended, involving the conveyance by the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company of properties subject to such tax credits, which transaction is
structured such that (i) the Company or such Subsidiary would obtain, prior to
or within a reasonable time subsequent to the consummation of such transaction,
a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service allowing such
transaction, (ii) the net present value to the Company or such Subsidiary of
the retained economic interest in such properties plus the payment obligations
of the purchaser of such properties exceeds the net present value of such
properties to the Company or such Subsidiary prior to the conveyance and (iii)
the Company's retained interest in such properties is included in the
Collateral.
"Securities" means the Notes.
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"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
"Securities Payment" shall have the meaning specified in Section 12.2.
"Securityholder" means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on
the Registrar's book.
"Senior Debt" means all obligations of the Company now or hereafter
existing with respect to the principal of, and interest on, and all fees and
other amounts payable in connection with, (i) Debt of the Company under the
Senior Notes, including any obligation to indemnify the trustee under the
indenture pursuant to which the Senior Notes were issued and fees and expenses
paid or payable under or in connection with such indenture (ii) Debt of the
Company under the Amended and Restated Accounts Receivable Management and
Security Agreement, dated as of October 31, 1995, among the Company, TTC and
BNY Financial Corporation, as the same may be amended, supplemented and/or
restated from time to time, (iii) Debt of the Company incurred in accordance
with Section 4.11 in respect of any extension, refunding or refinancing, in
whole or in part, of the Senior Debt of the Company and (iv) other Debt of the
Company permitted to be incurred under Section 4.11 if, in the case of any
particular Debt, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to
which the same is outstanding expressly provides that such Debt shall be senior
in right of payment to the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Senior Debt
shall not include (i) Debt evidenced by the Notes, (ii) Debt of the Company to
any Affiliate or to a Subsidiary, (iii) Debt that is created, incurred, issued,
assumed or guaranteed in violation of Section 4.11 or Section 4.16, (iv) Debt
of the Company that is subordinated by its terms in right of payment to any
other Debt of the Company, (v) amounts payable or other Debt to trade creditors
created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary, in
the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining goods or services,
(vi) Debt which is represented by Disqualified Capital Stock, (vii) Debt of or
amounts owed by the Company for compensation to employees or for services, and
(viii) any liability for Federal, state, local, or other taxes owed or owing by
the Company.
"Senior Nonmonetary Default" shall have the meaning specified in Section
12.3.
"Senior Note Interest Payment Date" means the stated due date of an
installment of interest on the Senior Notes.
"Senior Notes" means the 11 1/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2002 of the
Company, as supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms of the
indenture pursuant to which they were issued, as such indenture may be amended
or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
"Senior Payment Default" shall have the meaning specified in Section
12.3.
"Series A Notes" and "Series B Notes" mean the 13 1/4% Series A Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2003 and the 13 1/4% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2003 of the Company.
"Services Agreement" means the Services Agreement among the Company,
TransAmerican and other Subsidiaries of TransAmerican, as in effect on the
Issue Date.
"Special Record Date" for payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date
fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.12.
"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any Note, means December
15, 2003.
"Subsidiary," with respect to any Person, means (i) a corporation at
least fifty percent of whose Capital Stock with voting power, under ordinary
circumstances, to elect directors is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned
by such Person, by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or
by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or (ii) a partnership in which such
Person or a subsidiary of such Person is, at the time, a general partner of
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such partnership, or (iii) any other Person (other than a corporation or a
partnership) in which such Person, one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or
such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, directly or
indirectly, at the date of determination thereof has (x) at least a fifty
percent ownership interest or (y) the power to elect or direct the election of
the directors or other governing body of such Person; provided, however, that
"Subsidiary" shall not include any Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person.
"Surviving Person" shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.1(a).
"TARC" means TransAmerican Refining Corporation, a Texas corporation.
"TARC Indenture" means the indenture, dated as of February 15, 1995, by
and between TARC, TransAmerican Energy Corporation and First Fidelity Bank,
National Association, as trustee, relating to TARC's Guaranteed First Mortgage
Discount Notes and Guaranteed First Mortgage Notes.
"TARC Warrants" means common stock purchase warrants initially
exercisable for 5,811,773 shares of the common stock of TransAmerican Refining
Corporation.
"Tax Allocation Agreement" means the Tax Allocation Agreement, dated as
of August 24, 1993, among TransAmerican, the Company, TTC and TransAmerican's
other Subsidiaries, as in effect on the Issue Date.
"TEC Preferred" means the Series A Preferred Stock $.01 par value per
share of TransAmerican Energy Corporation.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Sections
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the execution of this Indenture.
"Trading Day" means any day on which the securities in question are
quoted on the NYSE, or if such securities are not approved for listing on the
NYSE, on the principal national securities market or exchange on which such
securities are listed or admitted, or if not listed or admitted for trading on
any national securities market or exchange, on the NNM.
"TransAmerican" means TransAmerican Natural Gas Corporation, a Texas
corporation.
"Transfer Agreement" means the Transfer Agreement, dated as of August
24, 1993, among TransAmerican, the Company, TTC and Xx. Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, as in
effect on the Issue Date.
"Trust Officer" means any officer within the corporate trust department
(or any successor group) of the Trustee including any vice president, assistant
vice president, secretary, assistant secretary or any other officer or
assistant officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by the Persons who at that time shall be such officers, and
also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other
officer of the corporate trust department (or any successor group) of the
Trustee to whom such trust matter is referred because of his knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and
thereafter means such successor.
"TTC" means TransTexas Transmission Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
"Unrestricted Non-Recourse Debt" of any Person means (i) Debt of such
Person that is secured solely by a Lien upon the stock of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary of such Person and as to which there is no recourse against such
Person or any of its assets other than against such stock and (ii) Permitted
Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantees.
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"Unrestricted Subsidiary" of any Person means any other Person ("Other
Person") that would but for this definition of "Unrestricted Subsidiary" be a
Subsidiary of such Person organized or acquired after the Issue Date as to
which all of the following conditions apply: (i) neither such Person nor any of
its other Subsidiaries provides credit support of any Debt of such Other Person
(including any undertaking, agreement or instrument evidencing such Debt),
other than Unrestricted Non-Recourse Debt; (ii) such Other Person is not
liable, directly or indirectly, with respect to any Debt other than
Unrestricted Subsidiary Debt; (iii) neither such Person nor any of its
Subsidiaries has made an Investment in such Other Person unless such Investment
was permitted by the provisions of Section 4.3; and (iv) the Board of Directors
of such Person, as provided below, shall have designated such Other Person to
be an Unrestricted Subsidiary on or prior to the date of organization or
acquisition of such Other Person. Any such designation by the Board of
Directors of such Person shall be evidenced to the Trustee by delivering to the
Trustee a resolution thereof giving effect to such designation and an Officers'
Certificate certifying that such designation complies with the foregoing
conditions. The Board of Directors of any Person may designate any
Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person as a Subsidiary of such Person; provided
that (a) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such designation, such
Person could incur at least $1.00 of additional Senior Debt pursuant to the
provisions of the second paragraph of Section 4.11, (b) all Debt of such
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred by a Subsidiary of the
Person on the date such Unrestricted Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, and (c)
no Default or Event of Default would occur or be continuing after giving effect
to such designation. Any subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary Debt" means, as to any Unrestricted Subsidiary
of any Person, Debt of such Unrestricted Subsidiary (i) as to which neither
such Person nor any Subsidiary of such Person is directly or indirectly liable
(by virtue of such Person or any such Subsidiary being the primary obligor on,
guarantor of, or otherwise liable in any respect to, such Debt), unless such
liability constitutes Unrestricted Non-Recourse Debt and (ii) which, upon the
occurrence of a default with respect thereto, does not result in, or permit any
holder of any Debt of such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person to declare,
a default on such Debt of such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person or cause
the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity,
unless, in the case of this clause (ii), such Debt constitutes Unrestricted
Non-Recourse Debt.
"Upgrade" shall mean the date that the Senior Notes are first rated "B1"
or better by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. and "BB-" or better by Standard &
Poor's Corporation, Inc. and the rating agencies have indicated in writing that
the Senior Notes would continue to have such ratings immediately following the
issuance of the New Notes.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means direct non-callable obligations of,
or non-callable obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America for the
payment of which obligation or guarantee the full faith and credit of the
United States of America is pledged.
"U.S. Legal Tender" means such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of
public and private debts.
"Vehicles" means all trucks, automobiles, trailers and other vehicles
covered by a certificate of title.
"Voting Stock" means Capital Stock of the Company having generally the
right to vote in the election of directors of the Company.
"Weighted Average Life" means, as of the date of determination, with
respect to any debt instrument, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum
of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the
dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of such debt instrument
multiplied by the amount of such principal payment by (ii) the sum of all such
principal payments.
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"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, at any
time, a Subsidiary of such Person, all of the Capital Stock of which (except
any director's qualifying shares, the TARC Warrants and the TEC Preferred) is
at the time owned directly or indirectly by such Person.
"Working Capital" means all current assets of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries, minus (i) all current liabilities of the Company and
its consolidated Subsidiaries and (ii) the Requisite Balance, all in accordance
with GAAP.
Section 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of TIA. Whenever this
Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, such provision is incorporated by
reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used
in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture securityholder" means a Holder or a Securityholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company, and any other
obligor on the Securities.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them thereby.
Section 1.3 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the
plural include the singular;
(5) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;
(6) "herein," "hereof" and other words of similar import refer
to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(7) references to Sections or Articles means reference to such
Section or Article in this Indenture, unless stated
otherwise.
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ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.1 Form and Dating. The Notes and the Trustee's certificate
of authentication, in respect thereof, shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, which Exhibit is part of this Indenture. The Securities may
have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. The Company and the Trustee shall approve the form of the Securities
and any notation, legend or endorsement on them. Any such notations, legends
or endorsements not contained in the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto
shall be delivered in writing to the Trustee. Each Security shall be dated the
date of its authentication.
The terms and provisions contained in the forms of Securities shall
constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the
extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery
of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound
thereby. In the event of any inconsistency between the Notes and the
Indenture, the Indenture controls.
The Notes are being issued in two series, the Series A Notes and the
Series B Notes.
The Series A Notes are initially being issued pursuant to an exemption
from registration under the Securities Act. After the initial issuance date of
the Series A Notes, Series B Notes will be issued in exchange for an equal
principal amount of outstanding Series A Notes (i) pursuant to the Registered
Exchange Offer (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), (ii) if a
registration statement covering the resale of Series B Notes has been declared
effective, in which case the Series A Notes will be exchanged for Series B
Notes immediately prior to the resale of Series B Notes pursuant to the
registration statement, (iii) at the request of the Holder of the Series A
Notes, immediately prior to the disposition of such Notes pursuant to Rule 144
under the Securities Act, if the Holder of the Series A Notes delivers to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that as a result of such disposition, the
Series A Notes being disposed of will no longer be restricted securities within
the meaning of Rule 144 or (iv) if the Holder of the Series A Notes delivers to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that the Series A Notes are no longer
restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
Upon any such exchange, the Series A Notes shall be cancelled in
accordance with Section 2.11 and shall no longer be deemed outstanding for any
purpose.
Section 2.2 Execution and Authentication. Two Officers shall sign, or
one Officer shall sign and one Officer shall attest to, the Notes for the
Company by manual or facsimile signature. The Company's seal shall be
impressed, affixed, imprinted or reproduced on the Notes and may be in
facsimile form.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note was an Officer at the time of
such execution but no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee
authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless and the Company
shall nevertheless be bound by the terms of the Notes and this Indenture.
A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee
manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note but such signature
shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture.
The Trustee shall authenticate Securities for original issue in the
aggregate principal amount shown on the face thereof of up to $189,000,000 upon
a written order of the Company in the form of an Officers' Certificate. The
Officers' Certificate shall specify the amount of Securities to be
authenticated and the date on which the Securities are to be authenticated.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is limited to $189,000,000 in principal amount
issued hereunder, except as provided in Section 2.7. Upon the written order of
the Company in the form of an Officers' Certificate, the Trustee shall
authenticate Securities in substitution of Securities originally issued to
reflect any name change of the Company.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the
Company to authenticate Securities. Unless otherwise provided in the
appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the
Trustee includes authentication by such
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agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with
any Obligor, any Affiliate of any Obligor, or any of their respective
Subsidiaries.
Initially, the Securities shall be issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 2.3 Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company shall maintain an
office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, New York,
where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange
("Registrar") and an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan in the City
of New York, New York, where Securities may be presented for payment or
exchange ("Paying Agent"). Notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Notes may be served as is provided in Section 14.2. The Company
or any Affiliate may act as Registrar or Paying Agent, except that, for the
purposes of Articles III, VIII and XI and Sections 4.14 and 4.16, none of the
Company or any Affiliate shall act as Paying Agent. The Registrar shall keep a
register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may
have one or more co-Registrars and one or more additional Paying Agents. The
term "Paying Agent" includes any additional Paying Agent. The Company hereby
initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent, and the Trustee
hereby initially agrees so to act.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate written agency agreement
with any Agent not a party to this Indenture, which agreement shall implement
the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing in advance of the name and address of any such
Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the
Trustee shall act as such.
Section 2.4 Paying Agent to Hold Assets in Trust. The Company shall
require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that each
Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all
assets held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, or interest
on, the Securities (whether such assets have been distributed to it by the
Company or any other future obligor on the Securities), and shall notify the
Trustee in writing of any Default in making any such payment. If the Company
or an Affiliate of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate such
assets and hold them as a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders or
the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to distribute
all assets held by it to the Trustee and account for any assets disbursed and
the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any payment Default, upon
written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to distribute all
assets held by it to the Trustee and to account for any assets distributed.
Upon distribution to the Trustee of all assets that shall have been delivered
by the Company to the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company
or an Affiliate of the Company) shall have no further liability for such
assets.
Section 2.5 Securityholder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as
current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to
it of the names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar,
the Company shall furnish to the Trustee on or before the third Business Day
preceding each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may
request in writing a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee
reasonably may require of the names and addresses of Holders.
Section 2.6 Transfer and Exchange. When Securities are presented to
the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register the transfer of such
Securities or to exchange such Securities for an equal principal amount of
Securities of other authorized denominations, the Registrar or co-Registrar
shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable
requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the
Securities surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory
to the Company and the Registrar or co-Registrar, duly executed by the Holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. The signature of the
Holder or his duly authorized attorney must be guaranteed by a participant in
the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the Stock Exchanges Medallion
Program or the New York Stock Exchange Inc. Medallion Signature Program. To
permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar's or co-Registrar's
request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company
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or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer
tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection
therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments, or similar
governmental charge payable upon exchanges or transfers pursuant to Section
2.2, 2.10, 3.7, 4.14, 9.5, or 11.1). The Registrar or co-Registrar shall not
be required to register the transfer of or exchange of (a) any Security
selected for redemption in whole or in part pursuant to Article III, except the
unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or (b) any Security
for a period beginning 15 Business Days before the mailing of a notice of an
offer to repurchase pursuant to Article XI or Section 4.14 or redeem Securities
pursuant to Article III and ending at the close of business on the day of such
mailing.
All Series A Notes issued hereunder shall bear the following legend:
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM AND IN ANY EVENT MAY BE SOLD
OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, COPIES OF WHICH
ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEE. THE
EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT MAY BE AVAILABLE TO
PERMIT SALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY TO QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS
(WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A) WITHOUT REGISTRATION.
EACH HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY REPRESENTS TO THE COMPANY THAT (A) SUCH
HOLDER WILL NOT SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY (WITHOUT CONSENT OF
THE COMPANY) PRIOR TO TWO YEARS FROM THE LATER OF DECEMBER 13, 1996 OR THE DATE
ON WHICH THIS SECURITY WAS LAST HELD BY AN AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY OTHER THAN
(I) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE
144A, (II) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN A TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) FOLLOWING TWO YEARS FROM SUCH TIME, IN A
TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (IV) PURSUANT
TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IT
BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT AS A CONDITION TO THE REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF ANY
SECURITIES, THE COMPANY OR THE TRUSTEE MAY IN CIRCUMSTANCES EITHER OF THEM
BELIEVES APPROPRIATE, REQUIRE EVIDENCE AS TO COMPLIANCE WITH ANY SUCH
EXEMPTION) AND THAT (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED
TO NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY FROM IT OR THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS
REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
Each certificate evidencing a Series A Note (and all Series A Notes
issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in
substantially the form set forth on the Forms of Security set forth in Exhibit
A hereto. Prior to any transfer or exchange of a legended Series A Note for a
Series B Note, the Company shall deliver an Officer's Certificate to the
Trustee directing it to transfer or exchange such security for another or
unlegended Note.
Section 2.7 Replacement Securities. If a mutilated Security is
surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder of a Security claims and submits an
affidavit or other evidence, satisfactory to the Company and Trustee, to the
Trustee to the effect that the Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully
taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement
Security if the Trustee's requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or
the Company, such Holder must provide an indemnity bond or other indemnity,
sufficient in the judgment of both the Company and the Trustee, to protect the
Company, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if
a Security is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge such Holder for
its reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses in replacing a Security.
Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Company.
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Section 2.8 Outstanding Securities. Securities outstanding at any
time are all the Securities that have been authenticated by the Trustee except
those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those
described in this Section 2.8 as not outstanding. A Security does not cease to
be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the
Security, except as provided in Section 2.9.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.7 (other than a
mutilated Security surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding
unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security
is held by a bona fide purchaser. A mutilated Security ceases to be
outstanding upon surrender of such Security and replacement thereof pursuant to
Section 2.7.
If on a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date the Paying Agent (other
than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds U.S. Legal Tender or
U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay all of the principal and interest
due on the Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such
Securities cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
Section 2.9 Treasury Securities. In determining whether the Holders
of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction,
amendment, supplement, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Company and
its Affiliates shall be disregarded, except that, for the purposes of
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such
direction, amendment, supplement, waiver or consent, only Securities that the
Trustee knows or has reason to know are so owned shall be disregarded.
Section 2.10 Temporary Securities. Until definitive Securities are
ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate
temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form
of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company reasonably
and in good faith considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without
unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall
authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities. Until
so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as permanent Securities authenticated and
delivered hereunder.
Section 2.11 Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver
Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent
shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for transfer,
exchange or payment. The Trustee, or at the direction of the Trustee, the
Registrar or the Paying Agent (other than the Company or its Affiliate, and no
one else, shall cancel and, at the written direction of the Company, shall
dispose of all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or
cancellation. Subject to Section 2.7, the Company may not issue new Securities
to replace Securities it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Securities cancelled as provided in this Section 2.11, except as expressly
permitted in the form of Securities and as permitted by this Indenture.
Section 2.12 Interest. On each Interest Payment Date on or after June
30, 2002, the Company shall pay interest on the Notes in cash; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be obligated to make payment of any
installment of interest otherwise coming due on any Interest Payment Date
occurring on or prior to the date on which all principal and interest on the
Senior Notes is paid in full (any such installment of interest being herein
called a "Deferred Installment"), and such Deferred Installment shall not be
deemed to be due and payable hereunder, until, and each such Deferred
Installment shall be due and payable on, the first Business Day occurring after
the date on which all principal and interest on the Senior Notes is paid in
full; and, provided further, that each such Deferred Installment shall bear
interest from its stated Interest Payment Date until paid at the rate of 13
1/4% per annum.
Interest on any Note which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose
name that Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of
business on the Record Date for such interest.
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Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date plus, to the extent
lawful, any interest payable on the defaulted interest (herein called
"Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered
holder on the relevant Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the persons in whose names the Securities (or
their respective predecessor Securities) are registered at
the close of business on a Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed
in the following manner. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
proposed to be paid on each Security and the date of the
proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount of cash equal to the
aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the
proposed payment, such cash when deposited to be held in
trust for the benefit of the persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as provided in this clause (1).
Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not
more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the
date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days
after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the
proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the
Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and
at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to each Holder at his address as it
appears in the Security Register on the 10th day prior to
such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its
discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Company,
cause a similar notice to be published at least once in a
newspaper, customarily published in the English language
on each Business Day and of general circulation in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, but such
publication shall not be a condition precedent to the
establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as
aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the
persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective
predecessor Securities) are registered on such Special
Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to
this clause accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel stating
that the manner of payment complies with this clause, such
manner shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu
of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid,
and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Section 2.13 Computation of Interest. Interest on the Notes and the
Accreted Value will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months.
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ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
Section 3.1 Right of Redemption. Redemption of Securities, as
permitted or required by any provision of this Indenture, shall be made in
accordance with such provision and this Article III. The Securities are not
redeemable prior to June 30, 2000, except that, prior to December 31, 1998, the
Company may redeem, at its option, up to $30 million of the Accreted Value of
the Securities at a price equal to 113.250% of the Accreted Value thereof at
the date of redemption, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date
of redemption, with certain of the net proceeds of any Public Equity Offering.
In addition, the Company may redeem any or all of the outstanding Securities at
a price of 112.375% of the Accreted Value thereof at the date of redemption,
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption, in the
event of a Major Asset Sale. The Securities may also be redeemed at the
election of the Company, as a whole or from time to time in part, at any time
on or after June 30, 2000, at the applicable Redemption Prices specified in
Paragraph 5 of the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto, set forth therein
under the caption "Optional Redemption," in each case, including accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.
Section 3.2 Notices to Trustee. If the Company elects to redeem
Securities pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the Securities, it shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date and the principal amount of
Securities to be redeemed and whether it wants the Trustee to give notice of
redemption to the Holders.
The Company shall give each notice to the Trustee provided for in this
Section 3.2 at least 30 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter
notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee).
Section 3.3 Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all
of the Securities are to be redeemed pursuant to Paragraph 5 thereof, the
Trustee shall redeem pro rata and in such manner as complies with any
applicable legal and stock exchange requirements.
The Trustee shall make the selection from the Securities outstanding and
not previously called for redemption and shall promptly notify the Company in
writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any
Security selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed. Securities in denominations of $1,000 or less may be redeemed only
in whole. The Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal to $1,000 or
any integral multiple thereof) of the principal of Securities that have
denominations larger than $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to
Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called
for redemption.
Section 3.4 Notice of Redemption. At least 15 days but not more than
60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption
by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the Trustee and each Holder whose
Securities are to be redeemed. At the Company's request, the Trustee shall
give the notice of redemption in the Company's name and at the Company's
expense. Each notice for redemption shall identify the Securities to be
redeemed and shall state the following and such other matters as the Trustee
shall deem proper:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price, including, without duplication, the
amount of accrued and unpaid interest to be paid upon such
redemption;
(3) the name, address and telephone number of the Paying
Agent;
(4) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered
to the Paying Agent at the address specified in such
notice to collect the Redemption Price;
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(5) that, unless the Company defaults in its obligation to
deposit U.S. Legal Tender with the Paying Agent in
accordance with Section 3.6, interest on Securities called
for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the
Redemption Date and the only remaining right of the
Holders of such Securities is to receive payment of the
Redemption Price, including, without duplication, accrued
and unpaid interest, upon surrender to the Paying Agent of
the Securities called for redemption and to be redeemed;
(6) if any Security is being redeemed in part, the portion of
the principal amount, equal to $1,000 or any integral
multiple thereof, of such Security that will not be
redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date, and upon
surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities
in aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion thereof will be issued;
(7) if less than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the
identification of the particular Securities (or portion
thereof) to be redeemed, as well as the aggregate
principal amount of such Securities to be redeemed and the
aggregate principal amount of Securities to be outstanding
after such partial redemption;
(8) the CUSIP number of the Securities to be redeemed; and
(9) that the notice is being sent pursuant to this Section 3.4
and pursuant to the redemption provisions of Paragraph 5
of the Notes.
Section 3.5 Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption
is mailed in accordance with Section 3.4, Securities called for redemption
become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price,
including accrued and unpaid interest. Upon surrender to the Trustee or Paying
Agent, such Securities called for redemption shall be paid at the Redemption
Price, including interest, if any, accrued and unpaid on the Redemption Date;
provided that if the Redemption Date is after a regular Record Date and on or
prior to the Interest Payment Date, the accrued interest shall be payable to
the Holder of the redeemed Securities registered on the relevant Record Date;
and provided, further, that if a Redemption Date is a Legal Holiday, payment
shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest shall accrue
for the period from such Redemption Date to such succeeding Business Day.
Upon compliance by the Company with the provisions of this Article III,
including but not limited to Section 3.6, interest on the Securities called for
redemption will cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, regardless of
whether such Securities are presented for payment.
Section 3.6 Deposit of Redemption Price. On or prior to the
Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (other than
the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay
the Redemption Price of, including accrued and unpaid interest on, all
Securities to be redeemed on such Redemption Date (other than Securities or
portions thereof called for redemption on that date that have been delivered by
the Company to the Trustee for cancellation). The Paying Agent shall promptly
return to the Company any U.S. Legal Tender so deposited which is not required
for that purpose upon the written request of the Company.
If the Company complies with the preceding paragraph and the other
provisions of this Article III, interest on the Securities to be redeemed will
cease to accrue on the applicable Redemption Date, regardless of whether such
Securities are presented for payment. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, if any Security surrendered for redemption in the manner provided in
the Securities shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of
the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest
shall continue to accrue and be paid from the Redemption Date until such
payment is made on the unpaid principal and, to the extent lawful, on any
interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate and in the
manner provided in Section 4.1 and the Security.
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Section 3.7 Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Security
that is to be redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Holder, without service charge, a new Security
or Securities equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the
Security surrendered.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
Section 4.1 Payment of Securities. The Company shall pay the
principal of and interest on the Securities on the dates and in the manner
provided in the Securities. An installment of principal of or interest on the
Securities shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or
Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds for
the benefit of the Holders, on or before 11:00 a.m. Houston, Texas time on that
date, U.S. Legal Tender deposited and designated for and sufficient to pay the
installment; provided, however, that U.S. Legal Tender held by the Trustee or
Paying Agent after receipt of notice provided for in Section 12.3 and for the
benefit of holders of Senior Debt pursuant to the provisions of Article XII
hereof shall not be considered to be designated for the payment of any
installment of principal of or interest on the Securities within the meaning of
this Section 4.1. The making of such payments shall be subject to the
provisions of Article XII; provided that the failure to make a payment on
account of principal of or interest on the Securities by reason of any
provision of Article XII shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of
a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.1.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue
installments of interest at the rate specified in the Securities compounded
semi-annually, to the extent lawful.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture,
the Company or the Trustee may, to the extent required by law, deduct or
withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States of America
from principal, premium or interest payments on the Securities.
Section 4.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company shall
maintain in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, New York, an
office or agency where Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment,
where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prior
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 shall fail to maintain
any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with
the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be
made or served at the address of the Trustee set forth in Section 14.2.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for
any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations;
provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner
relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the
Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, New York, for such purposes. The
Company shall give prior 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. The Company hereby initially designates the corporate trust office of
the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, New York, as
such office of the Company.
Section 4.3 Limitation on Restricted Payments. The Company shall not,
and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make
any dividend or other distribution on shares of Capital Stock of the Company or
a Subsidiary of the Company or make any payment on account of the purchase,
redemption, or other acquisition or retirement for value of any such shares of
Capital Stock (except to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) unless such
dividends, distributions or payments are made in cash or Qualified Capital
Stock or a combination thereof. In addition, the Company shall not, and the
Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries
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to make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, if, at the time or
after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis, (a) the Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio does not exceed 3.5 to 1, (b) the Company's Adjusted
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets are not equal to or greater than 150% of the
total consolidated principal amount of Debt of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, (c) a Default or an Event of Default would occur or be
continuing, or (d) the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments made by the
Company and its Subsidiaries, including such proposed Restricted Payment (if
not made in cash, then the fair market value of any property used therefor)
from and after the Issue Date and on or prior to the date of such Restricted
Payment, shall exceed the sum of (i) 25% of Consolidated Net Income of the
Company accrued for the period (taken as one accounting period), commencing
with the first full fiscal quarter that commenced after the Issue Date, to and
including the fiscal quarter ended immediately prior to the date of each
calculation (or, in the event Consolidated Net Income for such period is a
deficit, then minus 100% of such deficit), minus (ii) 100% of the amount of any
write-downs, write-offs, other negative reevaluations and other negative
extraordinary charges not otherwise reflected in Consolidated Net Income of the
Company during such period, plus (iii) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received
by the Company from the issuance or sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the
Company) of its Qualified Capital Stock from and after the Issue Date and on or
prior to the date of such Restricted Payment.
Nothing in this Section 4.3 shall prohibit the payment of any dividend
(A) within 60 days after the date of its declaration if such dividend could
have been made on the date of its declaration in compliance with the foregoing
provisions, (B) with the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company from a
concurrent issuance or sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of its
Qualified Capital Stock, or (C) by TTC or a Subsidiary formed by TTC in
accordance with clause (a)(i)(b) of Section 4.14 so long as TTC or such
Subsidiary is not engaged in any business activity other than that of TTC as of
the date hereof; and, in each such case, no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing. The date of such payment and all such
payments expended in clauses (A) through (C) shall be counted for purposes of
computing amounts expended in clause (d) of the immediately preceding
paragraph.
Section 4.4 Corporate Existence. Subject to Article V, the Company
shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full
force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate or other existence
of each of its Subsidiaries in accordance with the respective organizational
documents of each of them and the rights (charter and statutory) and corporate
franchises of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that
the Company shall not be required to preserve, with respect to itself, any
right or franchise, and with respect to any of its Subsidiaries, any such
existence, right or franchise, if (a) the Board of Directors of the Company
shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the
conduct of the business of the Company and (b) the loss thereof is not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 4.5 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Company shall, and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay or discharge or cause to be paid
or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges (including withholding taxes and any
penalties, interest and additions to taxes) levied or imposed upon the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties and assets and
(ii) all lawful claims, whether for labor, materials, supplies, services or
anything else, which have become due and payable and which by law have or may
become a Lien upon the property and assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay
or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge
or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and for which disputed amounts adequate
reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP.
Section 4.6 Maintenance of Properties and Insurance.
(a) The Company shall cause the properties used or useful to the
conduct of its business and the business of each of its Subsidiaries to be
maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order (reasonable
wear and tear excepted) and supplied with all necessary equipment and shall
cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and
improvements thereof, all as in its reasonable judgment may be necessary, so
that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and
advantageously conducted at all times.
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(b) The Company will maintain with financially sound and reputable
insurers insurance with respect to its properties and business against such
casualties and contingencies as shall be in accordance with general practices
of businesses engaged in similar activities in similar geographic areas. Such
insurance shall be in such minimum amounts that the Company will not be deemed
a co-insurer under applicable insurance laws, regulations and policies.
Without limiting the foregoing, the Company will (i) keep all of its physical
property insured with hazard insurance on an "all risks" basis, with broad form
flood and earthquake coverages and electronic data processing coverage, with a
full replacement cost endorsement and an "agreed amount" clause in an amount
equal to 100% of the full replacement cost of such property, (ii) maintain all
such workers' compensation or similar insurance as may be required by law and
(iii) maintain, in amounts and with deductibles equal to those generally
maintained by businesses engaged in similar activities in similar geographic
areas, general public liability insurance against claims of bodily injury,
death or property damage occurring on, in or about the properties of the
Company.
All policies of insurance shall provide for at least fifteen days' prior
written cancellation notice to the Trustee. In the event of failure by the
Company to provide and maintain insurance as herein provided, the Trustee may,
at its option, provide such insurance and charge the amount thereof to the
Company. The Company shall furnish the Trustee with certificates of insurance
and policies evidencing compliance with the foregoing insurance provision.
Section 4.7 Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 60 days after the
end of each of its fiscal quarters, or 90 days after the end of a fiscal
quarter that is also the end of a fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate
complying with Section 314(a)(4) of the TIA and stating that a review of its
activities and the activities of its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal
quarter has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view
to determining whether the Company and its Subsidiaries have kept, observed,
performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture and further
stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, regardless of
whether the signer knows of any failure by the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company to comply with any conditions or covenants in this Indenture, or of the
occurrence of any Default, and, if such xxxxxx does know of such a failure to
comply or Default, the certificate shall describe such failure or Default with
particularity.
(b) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 90 days after the
end of each of its fiscal years a written report of a firm of independent
certified public accountants with an established national reputation stating
that in conducting their audit for such fiscal year, nothing has come to their
attention that caused them to believe that the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company was not in compliance with the provisions set forth in Section 4.3,
4.10, 4.11 or 4.14.
(c) The Company shall, so long as any of the Securities are
outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, immediately upon becoming aware of any
Default or Event of Default under this Indenture, an Officers' Certificate
specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Trustee shall not be
deemed to have knowledge of a Default or an Event of Default unless one of its
trust officers receives notice of the Default giving rise thereto from the
Company or any of the Holders.
(d) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
specifying any changes in the composition of the Board of Directors of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or of any amendment to the charter or bylaws
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The Officers' Certificate shall
include a description in reasonable detail of such amendment or change and an
explanation why such amendment or change does not constitute a Default or Event
of Default.
Section 4.8 SEC Reports. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee and
each Holder, within 15 days after it files the same with the SEC, copies of all
reports and information (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as
the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe), if any, which the Company is
required to file with the
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SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company agrees to
continue to be subject to and comply with the filing and reporting requirements
of the Commission as long as any of the Notes are outstanding.
Concurrently with the reports delivered pursuant to the preceding
paragraph, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee and to each Holder annual
and quarterly financial statements with appropriate footnotes of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, all prepared and presented in a manner substantially
consistent with those of the Company required by the preceding paragraph. The
Company shall also comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a).
Section 4.9 Limitation on Status as Investment Company or Public
Utility Company. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, become an "investment company" (as that term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended), or a "holding company," or "public
utility company" (as such terms are defined in the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, as amended) or otherwise become subject to regulation
under the Investment Company Act or the Public Utility Holding Company Act.
Section 4.10 Limitation on Transactions with Related Persons.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, enter directly or indirectly into, or permit to exist, any
transaction or series of related transactions with any Related Person
(including, without limitation: (i) the sale, lease, transfer or other
disposition of properties, assets or securities to such Related Person, (ii)
the purchase or lease of any property, assets or securities from such Related
Person, (iii) an Investment in such Related Person, and (iv) entering into or
amending any contract or agreement with or for the benefit of a Related Person
(each, a "Related Person Transaction")), except for (A) permitted Restricted
Payments, (B) transactions made in good faith, the terms of which are (x) fair
and reasonable to the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and (y)
at least as favorable as the terms which could be obtained by the Company or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be, in a comparable transaction made on an
arm's length basis with Persons who are not Related Persons, (C) transactions
between the Company and any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries or transactions
between Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the Company, (D) transactions pursuant to
the Services Agreement, the Transfer Agreement and the Tax Allocation
Agreement, (E) the lease of office space to the Company by TransAmerican or an
Affiliate of TransAmerican, provided that payments thereunder do not exceed
$1,000,000 per year, and (F) any employee compensation arrangement in an amount
which together with the amount of all other cash compensation paid to such
employee by the Company and its Subsidiaries does not provide for cash
compensation in excess of $1,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Company or any
Subsidiary and which has been approved by a majority of the Company's
Independent Directors and found in good faith by such directors to be in the
best interests of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be; provided
further, however, that such $1,000,000 limitation shall not apply to Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx with respect to the 1% overriding royalty interest assigned or
assignable to him pursuant to any agreement in effect on the Issue Date.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing, (i) with respect to any Related
Person Transaction or series of related Related Person Transactions (other than
any Related Person Transaction described in clause (C) or (D) of Section
4.10(a)) with an aggregate value in excess of $1,000,000, such transaction must
first be approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company and a
majority of the directors of the Company who are disinterested in the
transaction pursuant to a Board Resolution, as (x) fair and reasonable to the
Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and (y) on terms which are at
least as favorable as the terms that could be obtained by the Company or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, on an arm's length basis with Persons who are
not Related Persons, and (ii) with respect to any Related Person Transaction or
series of related Related Person Transactions (other than any Related Person
Transaction described in clause (C), (D), (E) or (F) of Section 4.10(a)) with
an aggregate value in excess of $5,000,000, the Company must first obtain a
favorable written opinion as to the fairness of such transaction to the Company
or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, from a financial point of view, from a
"big 6 accounting firm" or a nationally recognized investment banking firm;
provided that such opinion shall not be necessary (1) if approval of the Board
of Directors to such Related Person Transaction has been obtained after receipt
of bona fide bids of at least two other independent parties and such Related
Person Transaction is in the ordinary course of business or (2) with respect to
Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, in the aggregate,
do not exceed $25,000,000.
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Section 4.11 Limitation on Incurrences of Additional Debt and Issuances
of Disqualified Capital Stock. Except as set forth in this Section 4.11, from
and after the Issue Date, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume, guarantee
or otherwise become liable for, contingently or otherwise (to "Incur" or, as
appropriate, an "Incurrence"), any Debt or issue any Disqualified Capital Stock
(other than Capital Stock of a Subsidiary of the Company issued to the Company
or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company), except (a) Debt evidenced by the
Notes pursuant to the Indenture; (b) Debt evidenced by the Senior Notes; (c)
Subordinated Debt of the Company solely to any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the
Company, or Debt of any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company solely to the
Company or to any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company, provided that neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company shall become liable, pursuant to
such Debt, to any person other than the Company or another Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of the Company; (d) Debt not in excess of (i) $90,000,000 in
aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding plus (ii) interest, fees,
expenses and like charges Incurred in connection with such Debt that (x) is
Incurred by a Subsidiary of the Company in connection with the acquisition or
construction of pipeline systems and, together with all such other Debt
Incurred pursuant to this clause (x), does not exceed $25,000,000 in aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding, or (y) is Incurred by the Company;
(e) any guaranty of Debt permitted by clause (d) of this paragraph, (f) Debt of
the Company secured by a Permitted Lien that meets the requirements of clause
(d), (k), (l) or (o) of the definition of "Permitted Liens"; (g) Debt of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries Incurred in connection with Permitted
Hedging Transactions, provided, that, at the time of such Incurrence and after
giving effect to such Incurrence, the aggregate amount of Debt outstanding with
respect to margin obligations, reimbursement obligations and letters of credit
issued in connection therewith does not exceed the greater of (i) $50,000,000
or (ii) 10% of the SEC PV10 indicated on the Company's most recent Reserve
Report; (h) Unrestricted Non-Recourse Debt; (i) obligations under guarantees of
the Debt of Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company which, together with all
Permitted Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company, do not
exceed $25,000,000; (j) the Company may Incur Debt as an extension, renewal,
replacement, or refunding of any of the Debt permitted to be Incurred by
clauses (a), (b) or (d) above, or this clause (j) (such Debt is collectively
referred to as "Refinancing Debt"), provided, that (1) the maximum principal
amount of Refinancing Debt (or, if such Refinancing Debt does not require cash
payments prior to maturity, the original issue price of such Refinancing Debt)
permitted under this clause (j) may not exceed the lesser of (x) the principal
amount of the Debt being extended, renewed, replaced, or refunded plus
reasonable financing fees and other associated reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses other than those paid to a Related Person (collectively, "Refinancing
Fees"), or (y) if such Debt being extended, renewed, replaced, or refunded was
issued at an original issue discount, the original issue price, plus
amortization of the original issue discount as of the time of the Incurrence of
the Refinancing Debt plus Refinancing Fees, (2) the Refinancing Debt has a
Weighted Average Life and a final maturity that is equal to or greater than the
Debt being extended, renewed, replaced, or refunded at the time of such
extension, renewal, replacement, or refunding, and (3) the Refinancing Debt
shall rank with respect to the Notes to an extent no less favorable in respect
thereof to the Holders than the Debt being refinanced; (k) Debt represented by
trade payables or accrued expenses, in each case incurred on normal, customary
terms in the ordinary course of business, not overdue for a period of more than
60 days (or, if overdue for a period of more than 60 days, being contested in
good faith and by appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves with respect
thereto being maintained on the books of the Company in accordance with GAAP)
and not constituting any amounts due to banks or other financial institutions;
and (l) the Company may enter into an agreement for the Presale of Gas for cash
if the net proceeds from such sale are used to repay Senior Debt or make an
Offer to Purchase pursuant to Section 4.14, as though the Accumulated Amount
has exceeded $20,000,000 by the amount of the net proceeds from such sale. For
the purpose of determining the amount of outstanding Debt that has been
Incurred pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (d) above, there shall be included in
each such case the principal amount then outstanding of any Debt originally
Incurred pursuant to such clause and, after any refinancing or refunding of
such Debt, any outstanding Debt Incurred pursuant to clause (j) above so as to
refinance or refund such Debt Incurred pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (d) and
any subsequent refinancings or refundings thereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this covenant, the Company
may Incur Senior Debt if, at the time such Senior Debt is Incurred, (i) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time
or immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis and
(ii) immediately after giving effect to the Consolidated Interest Expense in
respect of such Debt being Incurred and the application of the proceeds
therefrom
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to the extent used to reduce Debt, on a pro forma basis, the Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company for the Reference Period is greater than 4
to 1 and (iii) the Company's Adjusted Consolidated Tangible Assets are equal to
or greater than 175% of the total consolidated principal amount of Debt of the
Company and its Subsidiaries; and (2) Subordinated Debt if, at the time such
Subordinated Debt is incurred, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing at the time or immediately after giving effect to
such transaction on a pro forma basis, (ii) immediately after giving effect to
the Consolidated Interest Expense in respect of Subordinated Debt being
incurred and the application of the proceeds therefrom to the extent used to
reduce Debt, on a pro forma basis, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
of the Company for the Reference Period is greater than 3 to 1, and (iii) the
Company's Adjusted Consolidated Tangible Assets are equal to or greater than
150% of the total consolidated principal amount of Debt of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
Debt Incurred and Disqualified Capital Stock issued by any Person that
is not a Subsidiary of the Company, which Debt or Disqualified Capital Stock is
outstanding at the time such Person becomes, or is merged into, or consolidated
with, the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company shall be deemed to have been
Incurred or issued, as the case may be, at the time such Person becomes, or is
merged into, or consolidated with the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company.
For the purpose of determining compliance with this covenant, (A) if an
item of Debt meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Debt described
in the above clauses, the Company shall have the right to determine in its sole
discretion the category to which such Debt applies and shall not be required to
include the amount and type of such Debt in more than one of such categories
and (B) the amount of any Debt which does not pay interest in cash or which was
issued at a discount to face value shall be deemed to be equal to the amount of
the liability in respect thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
Section 4.12 Limitations on Restricting Subsidiary Dividends. The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, create, assume or suffer to exist any consensual encumbrance or
restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary of the Company to pay dividends or
make other distributions on the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Company
or pay any obligation to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise
transfer assets or make or pay loans or advances to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, except encumbrances and restrictions existing under any agreement
of a Person acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, which
restrictions existed at the time of acquisition, were not put in place in
anticipation of such acquisition and are not applicable to any Person or
property, other than the Person or any property of the Person so acquired.
Section 4.13 Limitation on Liens. The Company shall not, and shall not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur, or suffer to
exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired unless the Notes are equally and ratably secured by such
assets, other than (a) Permitted Liens and (b) Liens securing Senior Debt that
is described in clauses (i), (ii) and/or (iii) of the definition of the term
"Senior Debt." For the purpose of determining compliance with this Section
4.13, if a Lien meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Permitted
Liens, the Company shall have the right to determine in its sole discretion the
category of Permitted Lien to which such Lien applies and shall not be required
to include such Lien in more than one of such categories.
Section 4.14 Limitation on Asset Sales.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale, unless (A) an amount equal to the
Net Cash Proceeds therefrom is applied as follows: (1) if the agreements under
which any Senior Debt is issued require such Net Cash Proceeds to be applied to
the repayment of all or a portion of the principal amount of such Senior Debt,
together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, such Net Cash proceeds shall
be applied to the extent required, (2) if the Company so elects, and to the
extent not used pursuant to clause (1) or (3) of this paragraph, such Net Cash
Proceeds may be used to permanently retire all or a portion of the principal
amount of Senior Debt, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, not
required to be repaid pursuant to clause (1) of this paragraph, and (3) all Net
Cash Proceeds not applied in accordance with clauses (1) and (2) of
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this paragraph shall be used either (x) to repurchase Notes pursuant to an
Offer to Purchase, (y) to make cash payments in the ordinary course of business
and consistent with past practices that are not otherwise prohibited by this
Indenture, provided that the aggregate amount so used pursuant to this clause
(y) from and after the Issue Date does not exceed $50,000,000 (excluding
amounts used to acquire any Capital Assets in accordance with clause (z) below)
or (z) provided that the Company's most recent Reserve Report indicates that
the Company, after giving effect to the Asset Sale and to the addition of
proved reserves associated with any Exchange Assets acquired in connection with
such Asset Sale, has proved reserves at least equal to 200 Bcfe of natural gas
or with an SEC PV10 of at least $150,000,000, to acquire Capital Assets for use
in a Related Business within 180 days after the date of such Asset Sale, and
(B) in the case of any Asset Sale or series of related Asset Sales for total
proceeds in excess of $5,000,000, at least 85% of the value of the
consideration for such Asset Sale consists of cash, Exchange Assets or
Permitted Capital Stock or any combination thereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Section 4.14:
(i) (a) any Subsidiary of the Company may convey, sell,
lease, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets
(upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Company or a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company, and (b) TTC may transfer
its assets or a portion thereof to a newly created Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of the Company or TTC and, so long as TTC or such
Subsidiary is not engaged in any business or activity other than
that of TTC as of the date of the Indenture, either the Company,
TTC or such Subsidiary may sell Qualified Capital Stock of TTC or
such Subsidiary, provided, in either case, that (x) the Company
continues to own, directly or indirectly, Capital Stock of such
Subsidiary representing (A) at least a majority of the equity
interest in such Subsidiary and (B) the power to elect or direct
the election of a majority of the directors or other governing
body of such Subsidiary and (y) the Company uses an amount equal
to the net proceeds of such sale of assets or Capital Stock for
one of the purposes specified in the first sentence of this
paragraph;
(ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries may engage in
Asset Sales in the ordinary course of business and on ordinary
business terms;
(iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries may engage in
Asset Sales not otherwise permitted in clause (i), (ii), (iv),
(v) or (vi), provided that the aggregate proceeds from all such
Asset Sales do not exceed $2,000,000 in any twelve-month period;
(iv) the Company may engage in Asset Sales pursuant to
and in accordance with the provisions of Article V;
(v) the Company and its Subsidiaries may sell, lease,
transfer, abandon or otherwise dispose of (a) damaged, worn out,
or other obsolete property in the ordinary course of business or
(b) other property no longer necessary for the proper conduct of
their business; and
(vi) the Company and its Subsidiaries may engage in
Asset Sales (a)(x) in connection with the settlement of
litigation or (y) the proceeds of which are used in connection
with the settlement of litigation, provided, that the aggregate
amount so used pursuant to this clause (vi)(a) from and after the
Issue Date shall not exceed $15,000,000, or (b) to pay interest
on the Senior Notes or the Notes.
For purposes of this Section 4.14, "Net Cash Proceeds" means the
aggregate amount of cash received by the Company and its Subsidiaries in
respect of an Asset Sale (other than those that constitute a Change of Control
and those expressly permitted in clauses (i) through (vi) above), less the sum
of (a) all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, commissions and other expenses
incurred in connection with such Asset Sale, including the amount (estimated in
good faith by the Company) of income, franchise, sales and other applicable
taxes required to be paid by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in
connection with such Asset Sale and (b) the aggregate amount of cash so
received
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which is used to retire any then existing Debt of the Company or its
Subsidiaries (other than the Securities), as the case may be, which is required
by the terms of such Debt to be repaid in connection with such Asset Sale.
The aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds (including any cash as and
when received from the proceeds of any property which itself was acquired in
consideration of an Asset Sale) not timely used for the purposes permitted by
this Section 4.14(a) and within the time provided by this Section 4.14(a) shall
be referred to as the "Accumulated Amount".
(b) For the purposes of this Section 4.14, "Minimum Accumulation
Date" means each date on which the Accumulated Amount exceeds $20,000,000. Not
later than 20 Business Days after the Minimum Accumulation Date the Company
shall make an irrevocable, unconditional offer (an "Offer to Purchase") to the
Holders to purchase, on a pro rata basis, Notes having a principal amount (the
"Offer Amount") equal to the Accumulated Amount, at a purchase price (the
"Offer Price") equal to 100% of the Accreted Value thereof, plus accrued but
unpaid interest, if any, to, and including, the date the Notes tendered are
purchased and paid for in accordance with this Section 4.14, which date shall
be no later than 25 Business Days after the first date on which the Offer to
Purchase is required to be made (the "Purchase Date"). Notice of an Offer to
Purchase shall be sent, at least 20 Business Days prior to the close of
business on the Final Put Date (as defined below), by first-class mail, by the
Company to each Holder at its registered address, with a copy to the Trustee.
The notice to the Holders shall contain all information, instructions and
materials required by applicable law or otherwise material to such Holders'
decision to tender Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. The notice, which
shall govern the terms of the Section 4.14 Offer, shall state:
(1) that the Offer to Purchase is being made pursuant to such
notice and this Section 4.14;
(2) the Offer Amount, the Offer Price (including the amount of
accrued and unpaid interest), the Final Put Date, and the
Purchase Date, which Purchase Date shall be on or prior to
forty Business Days following the Minimum Accumulation
Date;
(3) that any Note or portion thereof not tendered or accepted
for payment will continue to accrue interest if interest
is then accruing;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in depositing U.S. Legal
Tender with the Paying Agent in accordance with the last
paragraph of this clause (b) or such payment is otherwise
prevented, any Note, or portion thereof, accepted for
payment pursuant to the Offer to Purchase shall cease to
accrue interest after the Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note, or portion thereof,
purchased pursuant to an Offer to Purchase will be
required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled
"Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the
Note completed, to the Paying Agent (which may not for
purposes of this Section 4.14, notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture, be the Company or any
Affiliate of any of them) at the address specified in the
notice prior to the close of business on the third
Business Day prior to the Purchase Date (the "Final Put
Date");
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their elections,
in whole or in part, if the Paying Agent receives, prior
to the close of business on the Final Put Date, a
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting
forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the
Notes the Holder is withdrawing and a statement containing
a facsimile signature that such Holder is withdrawing his
election to have such principal amount of Notes purchased;
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(7) that if Notes in a principal amount in excess of the
principal amount of Notes to be acquired pursuant to the
Offer to Purchase are tendered and not withdrawn, the
Company shall purchase Notes on a pro rata basis (with
such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the
Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000 or
integral multiples of $1,000 shall be acquired);
(8) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will
be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the
unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; and
(9) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Asset
Sales.
Any such Offer to Purchase shall comply with all applicable provisions
of Federal and state laws, including those regulating tender offers, if
applicable, and any provisions of this Indenture that conflict with such laws
shall be deemed to be superseded by the provisions of such laws.
On or before a Purchase Date, the Company shall (i) accept for payment
Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Offer to Purchase
on or prior to the close of business on the Final Put Date (on a pro rata basis
if required pursuant to paragraph (7) above), (ii) deposit with the Paying
Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the Offer Price for all Notes or
portions thereof so accepted and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted
together with an Officers' Certificate setting forth the Notes or portions
thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail
or deliver to Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the
Offer Price for such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and
mail or deliver to such Holders a new Note equal in principal amount to any
unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Notes not so accepted shall
be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The
Company will publicly announce the results of the Offer to Purchase on or as
soon as practicable after the Purchase Date.
(c) If the amount required to acquire all Notes tendered by Holders
pursuant to the Offer to Purchase (the "Acceptance Amount") shall be less than
the Offer Amount, the excess of the Offer Amount over the Acceptance Amount may
be used by the Company for general corporate purposes without restriction,
unless otherwise restricted by the other provisions of this Indenture. Upon
consummation of any Offer to Purchase made in accordance with the terms of this
Section 4.14, the Accumulated Amount as of the Minimum Accumulation Date shall
be reduced to zero and accumulations thereof shall be deemed to recommence from
the day next following such Minimum Accumulation Date.
Section 4.15 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. The Company
covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any
time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit
or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law which
would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the
principal of or interest on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) the Company hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of
any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and
permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
It is the intention of the parties hereto to comply strictly with
applicable usury laws; accordingly, notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary in this Indenture or in any of the documents securing the payment of
the Securities or otherwise relating thereto, in no event shall this Indenture
or such documents require or permit the payment, charging, taking, reserving,
or receiving of any sums constituting interest under applicable laws which
exceed the maximum amount permitted by such laws. If any such excess interest
is contracted for, charged, taken, reserved, or received in connection with the
Securities or in any of the documents securing the payment thereof or otherwise
relating thereto, or in any communication by the Holders or any other person to
the Company or any other person, or in the event all or part of the principal
or interest on the Notes shall be prepaid or accelerated, so that under
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any of such circumstances or under any other circumstance whatsoever the amount
of interest contracted for, charged, taken, reserved, or received on the amount
of principal actually outstanding from time to time under the Notes shall
exceed the maximum amount of interest permitted by applicable usury laws, then
in any such event it is agreed as follows: (i) the provisions of this
paragraph shall govern and control, (ii) any such excess shall be deemed an
accidental and bona fide error and canceled automatically to the extent of such
excess, and shall not be collected or collectible, (iii) any such excess which
is or has been paid or received notwithstanding this paragraph shall be
credited against the then unpaid principal balance on the Notes or refunded to
the Company, at the Holders' option, and (iv) the effective rate of interest
shall be automatically reduced to the maximum lawful rate allowed under
applicable laws as construed by courts having jurisdiction hereof or thereof.
Without limiting the foregoing, all calculations of the rate of interest
contracted for, charged, taken, reserved, or received in connection herewith
which are made for the purpose of determining whether such rate exceeds the
maximum lawful rate shall be made to the extent permitted by applicable laws by
amortizing, prorating, allocating and spreading during the period of the full
term of the Notes, including all prior and subsequent renewals and extensions,
all interest at any time contracted for, charged, taken, reserved, or received.
The terms of this paragraph shall be deemed to be incorporated in every
document, security instrument, and communication relating to this Indenture and
the Securities.
Section 4.16 Limitation on Ranking of Future Debt. The Company shall
not, directly or indirectly, incur, create, or suffer to exist any Debt which
is contractually subordinate or junior in right of payment (to any extent) to
any Debt of the Company and which is not expressly by the terms of the
instrument creating such Debt made pari passu with, or subordinated and junior
in right of payment to, the Notes.
Section 4.17 Restriction on Sale and Issuance of Subsidiary Stock. The
Company shall not sell, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, issue
or sell, any shares of Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Company to any
Person other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company,
except that either the Company or TTC (or, if TTC has transferred its assets or
a portion thereof to a newly created Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company or
TTC, such Subsidiary) may sell Qualified Capital Stock of TTC or of such
Subsidiary; provided that (i) TTC (or such Subsidiary) is not engaged in any
business or activity other than that of TTC as of the date hereof, (ii) the
Company continues to own Capital Stock of TTC (or such Subsidiary) representing
(x) at least a majority of the equity interest in TTC and (y) the voting power,
under ordinary circumstances, to elect the directors of TTC, and (iii) the
Company uses and amount equal to the net proceeds of such sale for one of the
purposes specified in the first sentence of Section 4.14.
Section 4.18 Limitations on Line of Business. Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries shall directly or indirectly engage to any substantial
extent in any line or lines of business activity other than a Related Business.
Section 4.19 Separate Existence and Formalities. The Company hereby
covenants and agrees that:
(a) the Company's and its Subsidiaries' funds and other assets will
not be commingled with those of TransAmerican, other than pursuant to the
Services Agreement;
(b) all actions taken by the Company and its Subsidiaries will be
taken pursuant to authority granted by the Board of Directors of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, to the extent required by law or the Company's and its
Subsidiaries' Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws;
(c) the Company and its Subsidiaries will maintain records and books
of account separate from those of TransAmerican in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles;
(d) the Company and its Subsidiaries will conduct their business at
an office or offices that are identifiably segregated from the offices of
TransAmerican;
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(e) the Company and its Subsidiaries will conduct their business
solely in their own name and will not knowingly or negligently mislead any
other Person as to the identity or authority of the Company and its
Subsidiaries;
(f) all oral and written communications of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, letters, invoices, purchase
orders, contracts, statements and applications, will be made solely in the name
of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(g) the Company and its Subsidiaries will provide for all of its
operating expenses and liabilities from its own separate funds;
(h) the Company and its Subsidiaries will maintain correct minutes of
the meetings and other corporate proceedings of the owners of its capital stock
and the Board of Directors and otherwise comply with requisite corporate
formalities required by law;
(i) except as set forth in the Tax Allocation Agreement, the Services
Agreement and the Transfer Agreement, the Company will not hold itself out or
knowingly permit itself to be held out as having agreed to pay or as being
liable for any indebtedness of TransAmerican; and
(j) each of the Company and TTC will take full advantage of the
rights and privileges under the Transfer Agreement, and neither the Company nor
TTC will amend the Transfer Agreement in a manner adverse to the Holders, the
Company or TTC.
Section 4.20 Limitation on Capital Expenditures. If the Company's
Working Capital, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, is less than $20 million,
then the Company's Capital Expenditures for the next succeeding fiscal quarter
may not exceed 90% of (a) the Company's Consolidated EBITDA for such prior
fiscal quarter minus (b) the Company's Consolidated Fixed Charges for such
prior fiscal quarter.
Section 4.21 Limitation on Assets Held by Nominees. Within 270 days
of the acquisition of any Nominee Property by any Nominee, the Company and its
Subsidiaries shall cause such Nominee to assign and transfer to the Company or
any such Subsidiary all of such Nominee's right, title and interest in and to
such Nominee Property.
ARTICLE V
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
Section 5.1 When the Company May Merge, Etc.
(a) The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any
other Person, or, directly or indirectly, sell, lease, assign, transfer or
convey all or substantially all of its assets (computed on a consolidated
basis), to another Person or group of Affiliated Persons, whether in a single
transaction or through a series of related transactions, unless:
(1) either (a) the Company shall be the continuing Person, or (b) the
Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation
or into which the Company is merged or to which all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company are
transferred as an entirety or substantially as an entirety (the
Company or such other Person being hereinafter referred to as the
"Surviving Person") shall be a corporation or partnership
organized and validly existing under the laws of the United
States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and shall
expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed
and delivered to the Trustee on or prior to the consummation of
such transaction, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the
obligations of the Company under the Securities and this
Indenture;
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(2) on a pro forma consolidated basis, immediately after giving
effect to such transaction and the assumption of the obligations
contemplated by clause (1), above, and the incurrence or
anticipated incurrence of any Debt or Disqualified Capital Stock
to be incurred or issued in connection therewith, the (x)
Adjusted Consolidated Tangible Assets less the total consolidated
principal amount of Debt (to the extent not deducted in
determining Adjusted Consolidated Tangible Assets) of the
Surviving Person is at least equal to the Adjusted Consolidated
Tangible Assets less the total consolidated principal amount of
Debt (to the extent not deducted in determining Adjusted
Consolidated Tangible Assets) of the Company and its Subsidiaries
immediately prior to such transaction and (y) the Surviving
Person could incur $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to the
second paragraph of Section 4.11;
(3) immediately before and on a pro forma basis immediately after
giving effect to such transaction and the assumption of the
obligations as set forth in clause (1), above, and the incurrence
or issuance or anticipated incurrence or issuance of any Debt to
be incurred or Disqualified Capital Stock to be issued in
connection therewith, no Default or Event of Default shall exist
or shall occur;
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation,
merger, assignment, or transfer and such supplemental indenture
comply with this Article V and that all conditions precedent
herein provided relating to such transaction have been satisfied;
and
(5) at the time or within 120 days after such transaction, the Notes
have not been or are not downgraded by Standard & Poor's
Corporation, Inc., Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or any
successor rating agencies to either entity to a rating below that
which existed immediately prior to the time such transaction is
publicly announced.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary with a net worth (net
worth being the sum of the par or stated value of capital stock outstanding of
such Subsidiary and additional paid-in capital plus retained earnings (or minus
accumulated deficit) of such Subsidiary, determined in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, except that there shall be excluded
any amounts attributable to Disqualified Capital Stock of such Subsidiary)
greater than zero, may merge into the Company (or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of
the Company) at any time, provided the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such Subsidiary has a net worth
greater than zero and such merger does not result in a Default or an Event of
Default hereunder.
For purposes of this Section 5.1, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio shall be determined on a pro forma consolidated basis (giving effect to
such merger, sale or consolidation) for the four fiscal quarters immediately
preceding such merger, sale or consolidation.
(a) For purposes of clause (a), the sale, lease, conveyance,
assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company which
properties and assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries,
would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Company on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company.
Section 5.2 Successor Corporation Substituted. Upon any consolidation
or merger, or any transfer of assets in accordance with Section 5.1, the
Surviving Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is
merged or to which such transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted
for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this
Indenture with the same effect as if such Surviving Person had been named as
the Company herein. When a Surviving Person duly assumes all of the
obligations of the Company pursuant hereto and pursuant to the Securities, the
predecessor shall be released from such obligations.
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ARTICLE VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section 6.1 Events of Default. "Event of Default," wherever used
herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be caused voluntarily or involuntarily or
effected, without limitation, by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(a) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security as and
when the same becomes due and payable, and the continuance of such default for
a period of 30 days;
(b) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal of (or
premium, if any, applicable to), the Securities when and as the same becomes
due and payable at maturity, redemption, by acceleration, or otherwise,
including default in the payment of the Change of Control Purchase Price in
accordance with Article XI or the Offer Price in accordance with Section 4.14;
(c) default in the observance or performance of, or breach of, any
covenant, agreement or warranty of the Company contained in the Securities or
this Indenture (other than a default in the performance of any covenant,
agreement or warranty which is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this
Section 6.1), and continuance of such default or breach for the period and
after the notice, if any, specified below;
(d) a default which extends beyond any stated period of grace
applicable thereto, including any extension thereof, under any mortgage,
indenture or instrument under which there is outstanding any Debt of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries with an aggregate principal amount in excess
of $15,000,000, or failure to pay such Debt at its stated maturity, provided
that a waiver by the lenders of such debt of such default shall constitute a
waiver hereunder for the same period;
(e) a decree, judgment, or order by a court of competent jurisdiction
shall have been entered adjudging the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as
bankrupt or insolvent, or ordering relief against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in response to the commencement of an involuntary bankruptcy case,
or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization or liquidation
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any bankruptcy or similar law,
and such decree or order shall have continued undischarged and unstayed for a
period of 60 days; or a decree or order of a court of competent jurisdiction
over the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, trustee, or assignee in
bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or of the
property of any such Person, or for the winding up or liquidation of the
affairs of any such Person, shall have been entered, and such decree, judgment,
or order shall have remained in force undischarged and unstayed for a period of
60 days;
(f) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall institute voluntary
bankruptcy proceedings, or shall consent to the filing of a bankruptcy
proceeding against it, or shall file a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or liquidation under any bankruptcy or similar law or similar
statute, or shall consent to the filing of any such petition, or shall consent
to the appointment of a Custodian, receiver, liquidator, trustee, or assignee
in bankruptcy or insolvency of it or any of its assets or property, or shall
make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in
writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or shall,
within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, become insolvent, fail generally to
pay its debts as they become due, or take any corporate action in furtherance
of or to facilitate, conditionally or otherwise, any of the foregoing;
(g) final judgments not covered by insurance for the payment of
money, or the issuance of any warrant of attachment against any portion of the
property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, which, in the aggregate,
equal or exceed $15,000,000 at any one time shall be entered against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries by a court of competent jurisdiction and not
be stayed, bonded or discharged for a period (during which execution shall not
be
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effectively stayed) of 60 days (or, in the case of any such final judgment
which provides for payment over time, which shall so remain unstayed, unbonded
or undischarged beyond any applicable payment date provided therein);
(h) Independent Directors not constituting a majority of the Board of
Directors of the Company for a period of 90 days in the aggregate in any
twelve-month period;
(i) there having occurred any amendment to the Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws of any Obligor that pertains to the directors thereof
and would have an adverse effect on the Securityholders or any other amendment
that would materially adversely affect the interests of the Securityholders
and, in the case of any such other amendment, the failure to correct such other
amendment continues for a period of 90 days after written notice is given to
the Obligor by the Trustee or to the Obligor and the Trustee by the Holders of
at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities outstanding; or
(j) any Related Person directly or indirectly acquiring any assets
that were owned or leased by the Company or TTC immediately after the Issue
Date, except as permitted by Section 4.10.
A Default under clause (c) above (other than in the case of any Defaults
under Sections 4.3, 4.11, 4.14 or 5.1, which Defaults shall be Events of
Default without the notice specified in this paragraph or Section 4.7(c) and
upon the passage of 10 days) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee
notifies the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities notify the Company and the Trustee of the Default, and
the Company does not cure the Default within 30 days after receipt of the
notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and
state that the notice is a "Notice of Default". Such notice shall be given by
the Trustee if so requested by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount
of the Securities then outstanding.
In the case of any Event of Default pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 6.1 occurring by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or
not taken) by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary with the intention
of avoiding the period of time the Securities are not optionally redeemable or
the payment of the premium which the Company would have to pay if the Company
then had elected to redeem the Securities pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the
Securities, an equivalent premium (or, in the case of an Event of Default prior
to the time optional redemptions are permitted, to the extent permitted by law,
a premium equal to the stated interest rate of the Securities multiplied by the
quotient of (i) the number of full years left to maturity plus one, divided by
(ii) seven) shall also become and be immediately due and payable to the extent
permitted by law, anything in this Indenture or in the Securities to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Section 6.2 Acceleration of Maturity Date; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section
6.1(e) or (f) relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries) occurs and is
continuing, then, and in every such case, unless the principal or Accreted
Value, as the case may be, of all of the Securities shall have already become
due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Securities, by a notice in
writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders) (an
"Acceleration Notice"), may declare the Default Amount of the Securities (or
the Change of Control Purchase Price if the Event of Default includes failure
to pay the Change of Control Purchase Price), determined as set forth below,
including in each case accrued interest thereon, to be due and payable
immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(e) or (f)
relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries occurs, all Accreted Value or
principal and accrued interest, as the case may be, on the Securities shall be
immediately due and payable on all outstanding Securities without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration being made and
before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by
the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article VI, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Securities, by
written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may waive, on behalf of all
Holders, any such declaration of acceleration if:
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(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(1) all overdue interest on all Securities,
(2) the Accreted Value or principal, as the case may
be, of (and premium, if any, applicable to) any
Securities which would become due otherwise than by
such declaration of acceleration, and interest
thereon at the rate borne by the Securities,
(3) to the extent that payment of such interest is
lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate
borne by the Securities,
(4) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder
and the compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel,
and
(a) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Securities which have become due
solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as
provided in Section 6.12, including, if applicable, any Event of Default
relating to the covenants contained in Section 11.1.
Notwithstanding the previous sentence of this Section 6.2, no waiver
shall be effective for any Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse
of time or both would be an Event of Default with respect to any covenant or
provision which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder
of each of the outstanding Securities, unless all such affected Holders agree,
in writing, to waive such Event of Default or event. No such waiver shall cure
or waive any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee. The Company covenants that if an Event of Default in payment of
principal, premium or interest specified in clause (a) or (b) of Section 6.1
occurs and is continuing, the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to
it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then
due and payable on such Securities for principal, premium (if any) and
interest, and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable, interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any
overdue interest, at the rate borne by the Securities, and, in addition
thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including compensation to, and expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts within 10 days of such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust in favor of the
Holders, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so
due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and
may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the
manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor
upon the Securities, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its
discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
The Trustee shall also be authorized to take whatever additional action
at law or in equity may appear to be necessary or desirable to collect the
monies necessary to pay the principal, premium (if any) and interest on the
Securities.
Section 6.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency
of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative
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to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the
Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective
of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as
therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether
the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company or any obligor for the
payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise to take any and all actions under
the TIA, including
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and
to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in
order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent
and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any debtor-in-possession 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, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.7.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, or composition affecting the
Securities 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 6.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating
thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in
its own name as trustee of an express trust in favor of the Holders, and any
recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of compensation to,
and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect
of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 6.6 Priorities. Subject to the provisions of Article XII, any
money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI shall be applied in
the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of
the distribution of such money on account of principal, premium (if any) or
interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the
payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the Trustee in payment of all amounts due pursuant to Section
7.7;
SECOND: To the Holders in payment of the amounts then due and unpaid
for principal of, premium (if any) and interest on, the Securities in respect
of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably,
without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and
payable on such Securities for principal, premium (if any) and interest
respectively; and
THIRD: To whomsoever may be lawfully entitled thereto, the remainder,
if any.
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Section 6.7 Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security shall have
any right to order or direct the Trustee to institute any proceeding, judicial
or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of then
outstanding Securities shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as
Trustee hereunder;
(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred or reasonably probable to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall have any
right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of
this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders,
or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders
or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein
provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders.
Section 6.8 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture,
the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of, and premium (if any) and
interest on, such Security on the Maturity Dates of such payments as expressed
in such Security and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment
after such respective dates, and such rights shall not be impaired without the
consent of such Holder.
Section 6.9 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise
provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities in Section 2.7, no right or remedy herein conferred
upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive
of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy
given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.
The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise,
shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
Section 6.10 Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or omission by
the Trustee or by any Holder of any Security to exercise any right or remedy
arising upon any Event of Default shall impair the exercise of any such right
or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default. Every right and
remedy given by this Article VI or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may
be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the
Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
Section 6.11 Control by Holders. The Holder or Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Securities shall have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred upon
the Trustee, provided that
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture,
(b) the Trustee shall not determine that the action so directed would
be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not taking part in such direction or
that such action may involve the Trustee in personal liability, and
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(c) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 6.12 Waiver of Past Default. Subject to Section 6.8, the
Holder or Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the outstanding Securities may, on behalf of all Holders, prior to the
declaration of the maturity of the Securities, waive any past default hereunder
and its consequences, except a default
(a) in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest
on, any Security as specified in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 6.1, or
(b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which, under Article
IX, cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
outstanding Security affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair the exercise of any right arising therefrom.
Section 6.13 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture
agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be
deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any
suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any
suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken
by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any
Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities, or to any suit
instituted by any Holder for enforcement of the payment of principal of, or
premium (if any) or interest on, any Security on or after the respective
Maturity Date expressed in such Security (including, in the case of redemption,
on or after the Redemption Date).
Section 6.14 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any
Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this
Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any
reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then
and in every case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the
Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and
respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and
remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
The Trustee hereby accepts the trust imposed upon it by this Indenture
and covenants and agrees to perform the same, as herein expressed.
Section 7.1 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in
the conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of a Default or an Event of
Default:
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(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others,
and no covenants or obligations shall be implied in or
read into this Indenture which are adverse to the Trustee.
(2) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and
the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However,
the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to
determine regardless of whether they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture.
(a) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own gross
negligence (whether by action, omission, or failure to act), or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(3) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b)
of this Section 7.1.
(4) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved
that the Trustee was grossly negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts.
(5) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with
a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.2 or
Section 6.11.
(a) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder or to take or omit to take any
action under this Indenture or at the request, order or direction of the
Holders or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(b) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the
Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (f) of this Section
7.1.
(c) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any assets
received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.
Assets held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other assets
except to the extent required by law.
Section 7.2 Rights of Trustee. Subject to Section 7.1:
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in acting or
refraining from acting on any 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.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may consult
with counsel and may require an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel,
which shall conform to Sections 14.4 and 14.5. The Trustee shall not be liable
for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such
certificate or opinion.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall
not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with
due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits
to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights
or powers.
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(e) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other
paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Holders, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred
therein or thereby.
(g) Whenever by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee shall be
required to transmit notices or reports to any or all Holders, the Trustee
shall be entitled to rely on the information provided by the Registrar as to
the names and addresses of the Holders as being correct. If the Registrar is
other than the Trustee, the Trustee shall not be responsible for the accuracy
of such information.
Section 7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
and may otherwise deal with the Company, its Subsidiaries, or their respective
Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any
Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with
Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
Section 7.4 Trustee's Disclaimer. The Trustee makes no representation
as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities and it shall
not be accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Securities,
and it shall not be responsible for (i) the use or application of any funds
received by a Paying Agent other than the Trustee or (ii) any statement in the
Securities, other than the Trustee's certificate of authentication.
The Trustee shall not be bound to ascertain or inquire as to the
performance or observance of any covenants, conditions or agreements on the
part of the Obligors hereunder or in any Security Documents, except as
specifically set forth herein or therein.
Section 7.5 Notice of Default. If a Default or an Event of Default
occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee pursuant to Section
4.7(c), the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder notice of the uncured
Default or Event of Default within 90 days after such Default or Event of
Default occurs. Except in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in
payment of principal (or premium, if any,) of, or interest on, any Security
(including all payments due on any Maturity Date), the Trustee may withhold the
notice if and so long as the Board of Directors and/or responsible officers of
the Trustee in good faith determine that withholding the notice is in the
interest of the Holders.
Section 7.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days after each
May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, the
Trustee shall, if required, mail to each Securityholder a brief report dated as
of such May 15 that complies with TIA Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall
comply with TIA Sections 313(b) and 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Security Holders
shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange,
if any, on which the Securities are listed.
Section 7.7 Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall pay to the
Trustee from time to time compensation for its services (in whatever capacity
rendered) in accordance with the Trustee's fee schedule, as may be amended from
time to time. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on
compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the
Trustee upon request for all reasonable disbursements, expenses and advances
incurred or made by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable
compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee's agents, accountants,
experts and counsel.
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The Company shall indemnify the Trustee (in its capacity as Trustee) and
each of its officers, directors, attorneys-in-fact and agents for, and hold it
harmless against, any claim, demand, expense (including but not limited to,
compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustees' agents and counsel),
loss or liability incurred by it without negligence or bad faith on its part,
arising out of or in connection with the administration of this trust and its
rights or duties hereunder including the reasonable costs and expenses of
defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise
or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall
notify the Company promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee for which
it may seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee
shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Company's expense in the defense.
The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable
fees and expenses of such counsel; provided that the Company will not be
required to pay such fees and expenses if it assumes the Trustee's defense and
there is no conflict of interest as reasonably determined by the Trustee
between the Company and the Trustee in connection with such defense. The
Company need not pay for any settlement made without its written consent, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company need not reimburse any expense
or indemnify against any loss or liability to the extent incurred by the
Trustee through its gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section 7.7, the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all assets held or
collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except assets held in
trust to pay principal (and premium, if any,) or interest on particular
Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.1(e) or (f) occurs, the expenses and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
The Company's obligations under this Section 7.7 and any lien arising
hereunder shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the
discharge of the Company's obligations pursuant to Article VIII and any
rejection or termination of this Indenture under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 7.8 Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign by so
notifying the Company in writing. The Holder or Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities may remove the Trustee by so
notifying the Company and the Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor
trustee with the Company's consent. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(3) a receiver, Custodian, or other public officer
takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office,
the Holder or Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may
appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the
Company.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that
and provided that all sums owing to the Trustee provided for in Section 7.7
have been paid, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as
Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided in Section 7.7,
the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and
the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the
Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its
succession to each Holder.
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If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or
the Holder or Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment
of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and
the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8,
the Company's obligations under Section 7.7 shall continue for the benefit of
the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.9 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. If the Trustee
consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially
all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the resulting,
surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall, if such
resulting, surviving or transferee corporation is otherwise eligible hereunder,
be the successor Trustee.
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all
times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (a)(2) and (a)(5).
The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b).
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims against Company. The
Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.
Section 7.12 No Bond. The Trustee shall not be required to give any
bond or surety in respect to the execution of its trusts, powers, rights and
duties under this Indenture or otherwise in respect of the premises.
Section 7.13 Condition to Action. Notwithstanding anything elsewhere
in this Indenture to the contrary, the Trustee shall have the right, but shall
not be required, to demand, in respect of the authentication of any Securities
or any other action within the purview of this Indenture, any showings,
certificates, opinions, or other information, or corporate action or evidence
thereof in addition to that by the terms hereof required, as a condition of
such action by the Trustee if reasonably deemed desirable by the Trustee for
the purpose of establishing the right to the authentication of any Securities
or the taking of any other action by the Trustee.
Section 7.14 Investment. The Trustee shall not be responsible or
liable for any loss suffered in connection with any investment of funds made by
it at the direction of the Company.
ARTICLE VIII
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 8.1 Satisfaction, Discharge of the Indenture and Defeasance of
the Securities. The Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the
entire Debt on the Securities and the provisions of this Indenture shall cease
to be of further effect (subject to Sections 8.3 and 8.7), if:
(a) The Company irrevocably deposits in trust for the benefit of the
Holders of the Securities with the Trustee, pursuant to an irrevocable trust
and security agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, (i) U.S. Legal Tender, (ii) U.S. Government Obligations or (iii) a
combination thereof which, after payment of all Federal, state and local taxes
or other charges or assessments in respect thereof payable by the Trustee,
through the payment of principal and interest will provide, not later than one
day before the due date of payment in respect of the Securities, U.S. Legal
Tender in an amount which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee)
delivered to the Trustee, is sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if
any, and each installment
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of principal and interest on the Securities then outstanding, on the dates on
which any such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture and of the Securities;
(b) Such deposits shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting
interest as defined in and for purposes of the TIA;
(c) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur on or before the 91st day
(or one day after such greater period of time in which any such deposit of
trust funds may remain subject to bankruptcy or insolvency laws) after the date
of such deposit, and such deposit will not result in a Default or Event of
Default under this Indenture or a breach or violation of, or constitute a
default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company is a party or by which it or its property is bound;
(d) The deposit, defeasance and discharge will not be deemed, or
result in, a Federal income taxable event to the Holders of the Securities and
the Holders will be subject to Federal income tax in the same amounts and in
the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
deposit and defeasance had not occurred;
(e) The deposit shall not result in the Company, the Trustee or the
trust being subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940;
(f) After the passage of 90 days (or any greater period of time in
which any such deposit of trust funds may remain subject to set aside or
avoidance under Bankruptcy Laws insofar as those laws apply to the Company)
following the irrevocable deposit of the trust funds, such funds will not be
subject to any Bankruptcy Laws affecting creditors' rights generally;
(g) Holders of the Securities will have a valid, perfected and
unavoidable (under applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws), subject to the
passage of time referred to in clause (f) above, first-priority security
interest in the trust funds; and
(h) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel (who may be outside counsel to the Company, but not
in-house counsel to the Company), each in form and substance satisfactory to
the Trustee, stating that all conditions precedent specified herein relating to
the defeasance contemplated by this Section 8.1 have been complied with.
In the event all or any portion of the Securities are to be redeemed
through such irrevocable trust, the Company must make arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee, at the time of such deposit, for the giving of the notice of
such redemption or redemptions by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Company.
In the event that the Company takes the necessary action to comply with
the provisions described in this Section 8.1 and the Securities are declared
due and payable because of the occurrence of an Event of Default within the
time period specified in Section 8.1(c), or at any time under Section 8.3, the
Company will remain liable for all amounts due on the Securities at the time of
acceleration resulting from such Event of Default in excess of the amount of
U.S. Legal Tender and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to this Section 8.1 at the time of such acceleration.
Section 8.2 Termination of Obligations Upon Cancellation of the
Securities. In addition to the Company's rights under Section 8.1, the Company
may terminate all of its obligations under this Indenture (subject to Sections
8.3 and 8.7) when:
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(a) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other
than Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.7) have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable
hereunder by the Company; and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent specified
herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been
complied with.
Section 8.3 Survival of Certain Obligations. Notwithstanding the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and of the Securities referred to
in Section 8.1 or 8.2, the respective obligations of the Company and the
Trustee under Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.11, 2.12, Article III,
4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 6.8, 7.7, 7.8, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7 and this Section 8.3 shall survive
until the Securities are no longer outstanding, and thereafter the obligations
of the Company and the Trustee under Sections 6.8, 7.7, 7.8, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7 and
this Section 8.3 shall survive. Nothing contained in this Article VIII shall
abrogate any of the obligations or duties of the Trustee under this Indenture.
Section 8.4 Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee. After (i) the
conditions of Section 8.1 or 8.2 have been satisfied, (ii) the Company has paid
or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company and (iii)
the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent referred to in
clause (i), above, relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
have been complied with, the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing
the discharge of each of the Obligor's obligations under this Indenture except
for those surviving obligations specified in Section 8.3.
Section 8.5 Application of Trust Assets. The Trustee shall hold any
U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it in the
irrevocable trust established pursuant to Section 8.1. The Trustee shall apply
the deposited U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations, together with
earnings thereon, through the Paying Agent (other than the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company), in accordance with this Indenture and the terms of
the irrevocable trust agreement, to the payment of principal of and interest on
the Securities.
Section 8.6 Repayment to the Company. Upon termination of the trust
established pursuant to Section 8.1, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall
promptly pay to the Company upon request any excess U.S. Legal Tender or U.S.
Government Obligations held by them.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request,
and, if applicable, in accordance with the irrevocable trust established
pursuant to Section 8.1, any U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations
held by them for the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities that
remain unclaimed for two years after the date on which such payment shall have
become due; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before
being required to make any such repayment, may, at the expense of the Company,
cause to be published once, in a newspaper customarily published on each
Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid
to the Company. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to such payment
must look to the Company for such payment as general creditors unless an
applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.
Section 8.7 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable
to apply any U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance
with Section 8.1 or 8.2 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 Obligors' obligations under this
Indenture, the Security Documents and the Securities shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2
until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such
U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with
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Section 8.1 or 8.2; provided, however, that if the Company has made any payment
of principal of or interest on any Securities because of the reinstatement of
its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders
of such Securities to receive such payment from the U.S. Legal Tender or U.S.
Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holder, the Company, when authorized by Board
Resolutions, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into
one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency, or to make any
other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture, provided such action pursuant to this clause (a) shall not adversely
affect the interests of any Holder in any respect;
(b) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or
to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any
Holder, provided that the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel stating that such change does not adversely affect the rights of any
Holder;
(c) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of Section
4.13;
(d) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, and
the assumption by any such successor of the obligations of the Company, herein
and in the Securities in accordance with Article V;
(e) to comply with the TIA;
(f) to provide for the issuance of the Series B Notes;
(g) to provide for the amendment of the definition of the term
"Working Capital" and/or the amendment of Section 4.20 to the same extent as
the definition of the term " Working Capital" (as used in the indenture under
which the Senior Notes are outstanding) and/or Section 4.21 of the indenture
under which the Senior Notes are outstanding may be amended from time to time;
or
(h) to provide for the issuance of the New Notes.
Section 9.2 Amendments, Supplemental Indentures and Waivers with
Consent of Holders. Subject to Section 6.8, with the consent of the Holders of
not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of then outstanding
Securities, by written act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company, when authorized by Board Resolutions, and the Trustee may
amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities or enter into an indenture
or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to
or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this
Indenture or the Securities or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders under this Indenture or the Securities. Subject to Section 6.8, the
Holder or Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of then
outstanding Securities may waive compliance by the Company with any provision
of this Indenture or the Securities. Notwithstanding any of the above,
however, no such amendment, supplemental indenture or waiver shall, without the
consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security affected thereby:
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(a) reduce the percentage of principal amount of Securities whose
Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver of any provision of
this Indenture or the Securities;
(b) reduce the rate or extend the time for payment of interest on any
Security;
(c) reduce the Accreted Value or the principal amount of any
Security, or reduce the Change of Control Purchase Price, the Offer Price or
the Redemption Price;
(d) change the Stated Maturity or the Change of Control Payment Date
or the Purchase Date of any Security;
(e) alter the redemption provisions of Article III or of paragraph 5
of the Notes or the terms or provisions of Article XII, in any case, in a
manner adverse to any Holder;
(f) make any changes in the provisions concerning waivers of Defaults
or Events of Default by Holders of the Securities (except to increase any
required percentage or to provide that certain other provisions hereof cannot
be modified or waived without the consent of the Holders of each outstanding
Security affected thereby) or the rights of Holders to recover the principal or
premium of, interest on, or redemption payment with respect to, any Security;
(g) make any changes in Section 6.4, 6.7 or this third sentence of
this Section 9.2; or
(h) make the principal of, or the interest on, any Security payable
with anything or in any manner other than as provided for in this Indenture
(including changing the place of payment where, or the coin or currency in
which, any Security or any premium or the interest thereon is payable) and the
Securities as in effect on the date hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the consent of at least 66-2/3% of
the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding shall be required to
approve any amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to
Section 6.12, that makes any changes in the terms or provisions of Section 4.14
(other than the Offer Price) and (ii) the consent of at least 90% of the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall be required to
approve any amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to
Section 6.12, that makes any changes in Article XI.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or
waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance
thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section becomes
effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders affected thereby a notice
briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the
Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any
way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.2 or 9.4
becomes effective, it shall bind each Holder.
In connection with any amendment, supplement or waiver under this
Article IX, the Company may, but shall not be obligated to, offer to any Holder
who consents to such amendment, supplement or waiver, or to all Holders,
consideration for such Holder's consent to such amendment, supplement or
waiver.
Section 9.3 Compliance with TIA. Every amendment, waiver or
supplement of this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the TIA as
then in effect.
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Section 9.4 Revocation and Effect of Consents. Until an amendment,
waiver or supplement becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a
continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or
portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's
Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security.
However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his
Security or portion of his Security by written notice to the Company or the
Person designated by the Company as the Person to whom consents should be sent
if such revocation is received by the Company or such Person before the date on
which the Trustee receives an Officers' Certificate certifying that the Holders
of the requisite principal amount of Securities have consented (and not
theretofore revoked such consent) to the amendment, supplement or waiver.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for
the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment,
supplement or waiver, which record date shall be the date so fixed by the
Company notwithstanding the provisions of the TIA. If a record date is fixed,
then notwithstanding the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph,
those Persons who were Holders at such record date, and only those Persons (or
their duly designated proxies), shall be entitled to revoke any consent
previously given, regardless of whether such Persons continue to be Holders
after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more
than 90 days after such record date.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall
bind every Securityholder; provided that any such waiver shall not impair or
affect the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal and premium of
and interest on a Security, on or after the respective dates set for such
amounts to become due and payable expressed in such Security, or to bring suit
for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates.
Section 9.5 Notation on or Exchange of Securities. If an amendment,
supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may require
the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee or require the Holder
to put an appropriate notation on the Security. The Trustee may place an
appropriate notation on the Security about the changed terms and return it to
the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the
Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms. Any failure to
make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Security shall not affect the
validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.6 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc. The Trustee shall
execute any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article
IX, provided that the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, execute any
such amendment, supplement or waiver which affects the Trustee's own rights,
duties or immunities under this Indenture. The Trustee at the expense of the
Company shall be entitled to receive, and shall 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 IX is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE X
MEETINGS OF SECURITYHOLDERS
Section 10.1 Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called. A meeting of
Securityholders may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the
provisions of this Article X for any of the following purposes:
(a) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee, or to give
any directions to the Trustee, or to waive or to consent to the waiving of any
Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any
other action authorized to be taken by Securityholders pursuant to any of the
provisions of Article VI;
(b) to remove the Trustee or appoint a successor Trustee pursuant to
the provisions of Article VII;
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(c) to consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to the
provisions of Section 9.2; or
(d) to take any other action (i) authorized to be taken by or on
behalf of the Holder or Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of
the Securities under any other provision of this Indenture, or authorized or
permitted by law or (ii) which the Trustee deems necessary or appropriate in
connection with the administration of this Indenture.
Section 10.2 Manner of Calling Meetings. The Trustee may at any time
call a meeting of Securityholders to take any action specified in Section 10.1,
to be held at such time and at such place in the City of New York, New York or
elsewhere as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of
Securityholders, setting forth the time and place of such meeting and in
general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be mailed
by the Trustee, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company and to the Holders
at their last addresses as they shall appear on the registration books of the
Registrar, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for a
meeting.
Any meeting of Securityholders shall be valid without notice if the
Holders of all Securities then outstanding are present in Person or by proxy,
or if notice is waived before or after the meeting by the Holders of all
Securities outstanding, and if the Company and the Trustee are either present
by duly authorized representatives or have, before or after the meeting, waived
notice.
Section 10.3 Call of Meetings by Company or Holders. In case at any
time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of not less
than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding,
shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Securityholders to take
any action specified in Section 10.1, by written request setting forth in
reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the
Trustee shall not have mailed the notice of such meeting within 20 days after
receipt of such request, then the Company or the Holders of Securities in the
amount above specified may determine the time and place in the City of New
York, New York or elsewhere for such meeting and may call such meeting for the
purpose of taking such action, by mailing or causing to be mailed notice
thereof as provided in Section 10.2, or by causing notice thereof to be
published at least once in each of two successive calendar weeks (on any
Business Day during such week) in a newspaper or newspapers printed in the
English language, customarily published at least five days a week of a general
circulation in the City of New York, State of New York, the first such
publication to be not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the date
fixed for the meeting.
Section 10.4 Who May Attend and Vote at Meetings. To be entitled to
vote at any meeting of Securityholders, a Person shall (a) be a registered
Holder of one or more Securities, or (b) be a Person appointed by an instrument
in writing as proxy for the registered Holder or Holders of Securities. The
only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of
Securityholders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their
counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any
representatives of the Company and its counsel.
Section 10.5 Regulations May Be Made by Trustee; Conduct of the
Meeting; Voting Rights; Adjournment. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem
advisable for any action by or any meeting of Securityholders, in regard to
proof of the holding of Securities and of the appointment of proxies, and in
regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, and submission and
examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote,
and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think
appropriate. Such regulations may fix a record date and time for determining
the Holders of record of Securities entitled to vote at such meeting, in which
case those and only those Persons who are Holders of Securities at the record
date and time so fixed, or their proxies, shall be entitled to vote at such
meeting regardless of whether they shall be such Holders at the time of the
meeting.
The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary
chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the
Company or by Securityholders as provided in Section 10.3, in which case the
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Company or the Securityholders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall
in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a
permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Securities represented at the meeting and
entitled to vote.
At any meeting each Securityholder or proxy shall be entitled to one
vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities held or represented by him;
provided, however that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in
respect of any Securities challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the
chairman of the meeting to be not then outstanding. The chairman of the
meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Securities held by
him or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating him as the proxy to
vote on behalf of other Securityholders. Any meeting of Securityholders duly
called pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.2 or Section 10.3 may be
adjourned from time to time by vote of the Holder or Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities represented at the meeting and
entitled to vote, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further
notice.
Section 10.6 Voting at the Meeting and Record to Be Kept. The vote
upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Securityholders shall be by
written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of
Securities or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amount of the
Securities voted by the ballot. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall
appoint two inspectors of votes, who shall count all votes cast at the meeting
for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of
the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at
the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of
Securityholders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there
shall be attached to such record the original reports of the inspectors of
votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons
having knowledge of the facts, setting forth a copy of the notice of the
meeting and showing that such notice was mailed as provided in Section 10.2 or
published as provided in Section 10.3. The record shall be signed and verified
by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and the secretary of the meeting
and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to
the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto
the ballots voted at the meeting.
Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the
matters therein stated.
Section 10.7 Exercise of Rights of Trustee or Securityholders May Not
Be Hindered or Delayed by Call of Meeting. Nothing contained in this Article X
shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a
meeting of Securityholders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred
hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any
right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the
Securities.
ARTICLE XI
RIGHT TO REQUIRE REPURCHASE
Section 11.1 Repurchase of Securities at Option of the Holder Upon
Change of Control
(a) In the event that a Change of Control occurs, each Holder of
Securities shall have the right, at such Holder's option, upon the terms and
conditions of this Article XI, to require the Company to repurchase all or any
part of such Holder's Notes on a date that is no later than 60 Business Days
after the occurrence of a Change of Control (the date on which the repurchase
is effected being referred to herein as the "Change of Control Payment Date"),
at a cash purchase price (the "Change of Control Purchase Price") equal to 101%
of the Accreted Value thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to and
including the Change of Control Payment Date.
(b) Within 20 Business Days after the Company knows, or reasonably
should know, of the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall make
an irrevocable unconditional offer (a "Change of Control Offer")
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to the Holders to purchase for U.S. Legal Tender all of the Securities pursuant
to the offer described in clause (c) of this Section 11.1 at the Change of
Control Purchase Price. Within five Business Days after each date upon which
the Company knows, or reasonably should know, of the occurrence of a Change of
Control requiring the Company to make a Change of Control Offer pursuant to
this Section 11.1, the Company shall so notify the Trustee.
(c) Notice of a Change of Control Offer shall be sent, at least 20
Business Days prior to the Final Change of Control Put Date (as defined below),
by first class mail, by the Company to each Holder at its registered address,
with a copy to the Trustee. The notice to the Holders shall contain all
instructions and materials required by applicable law and shall contain or make
available to Holders other information material to such Holders' decision to
tender Securities pursuant to the Change of Control Offer. The notice, which
shall govern the terms of the Offer, shall state:
(d) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to such
notice and this Section 11.1 and that all Notes, or portions thereof, tendered
will be accepted for payment;
(e) the Change of Control Purchase Price, the Change of Control
Payment Date and the Final Change of Control Put Date (as defined below);
(f) that any Note, or portion thereof, not tendered or accepted for
payment will continue to accrue interest, if interest is then accruing;
(g) that, unless the Company defaults in depositing U.S. Legal Tender
with the Paying Agent in accordance with the last paragraph of this clause (c),
or payment is otherwise prevented, any Note, or portion thereof, accepted for
payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest
after the Change of Control Payment Date;
(h) that Holders electing to have a Note, or portion thereof,
purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender
the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase or
Exchange" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent (which may
not for purposes of this Section 11.1, notwithstanding anything in this
Indenture to the contrary, be the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) at
the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third
Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date (the "Final Change of
Control Put Date");
(i) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Paying Agent receives, prior to the close of business on the Final Change of
Control Put Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting
forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Securities the Holder
is withdrawing and a statement containing a facsimile signature that such
Holder is withdrawing his election to have such principal amount of Securities
purchased;
(j) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be
issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the
Notes surrendered; and
(k) a brief description of the events resulting in such Change of
Control.
On or before the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall (i)
accept for payment Securities or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to
the Change of Control Offer prior to the close of business on the Final Change
of Control Put Date, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender
sufficient to pay the Change of Control Purchase Price (including accrued and
unpaid interest) of all Securities so tendered and (iii) deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers'
Certificate listing the Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the
Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Securities so
accepted payment in an amount equal to the Change of Control Purchase Price
(including accrued and unpaid interest), and the Trustee shall promptly
authenticate and mail or deliver to such Holders a new Security equal in
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principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security surrendered. Any
Securities not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company
to the Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the
Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of
Control Payment Date. Any such Change of Control Offer shall comply with all
applicable provisions of Federal and state laws, rules and regulations,
including those regulating tender offers, if applicable, and, if such laws,
rules or regulations require or prohibit any action inconsistent with the
foregoing, compliance by the Company with such laws, rules and regulations will
not constitute a breach of the Company's obligations with respect to the
foregoing.
Section 11.2 Exchange of Securities at Option of the Holder Upon
Upgrade.
(a) As provided below, within 90 days after the earlier to occur of
(i) the Upgrade, (ii) the terms of the Senior Notes permitting an Exchange or
(iii) the Senior Notes being no longer outstanding (each, an "Exchange Event"),
each Holder of Securities shall have the right, at such Holder's option, upon
the terms and conditions of this Section 11.2, to require the Company to
exchange all or any part of such Holder's Notes, for an amount of new notes
(the "New Notes") of the Company which New Notes will be substantially
identical to the Notes, except that the New Notes will provide for the payment
of interest in cash.
(b) Within 60 days after the Company knows, or reasonably should
know, of the occurrence of an Exchange Event, the Company shall make an
irrevocable unconditional offer (an "Exchange Offer") to the Holders to
exchange all of the outstanding Securities for New Notes pursuant to an offer
described in clause (c) of this Section 11.2. Within five Business Days after
each date upon which the Company knows, or reasonably should know, of the
occurrence of an Exchange Event requiring the Company to make an Exchange Offer
pursuant to this Section 11.2, the Company shall so notify the Trustee.
(c) Notice of an Exchange Offer shall be sent, at least 20 Business
Days prior to the Final Exchange Date (as defined below), by first class mail,
postage prepaid by the Company to each Holder at its registered address, with a
copy to the Trustee. The notice to the Holders shall contain all instructions
and materials required by applicable law and shall contain or make available to
Holders all other information material to such Holders' decision to tender
Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer. The notice, which shall govern the
terms of the Exchange Offer, shall state:
(1) that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to such
notice and this Section 11.2 and that all Notes, or portions
thereof, tendered will be accepted for exchange;
(2) the date on which the Exchange is to be effected (the
"Exchange Date") and the Final Exchange Date (as defined below);
(3) that any Note, or portion thereof, not tendered or
accepted for exchange will continue to accrue interest, if
interest is then accruing, payable in the manner specified
herein;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in depositing New Notes
with the Paying Agent in accordance with the last paragraph of
this clause (c), any Note, or portion thereof, accepted for
exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer shall cease to accrue
interest after the Exchange Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note, or portion thereof,
exchanged pursuant to an Exchange Offer will be required to
surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to
Elect Purchase or Exchange" on the reverse of the Note completed,
to the Paying Agent (which may not for purposes of this Section
11.2, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary,
be the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) at the address
specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the
third Business Day prior to the Exchange Date (the "Final
Exchange Date");
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(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election
if the Paying Agent receives, prior to the close of business on
the Final Exchange Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile
transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the
principal amount of the Securities the Holder is withdrawing and
a statement containing a facsimile signature that such Holder is
withdrawing his election to have such principal amount of
Securities exchanged;
(7) that Holders whose Notes were exchanged only in part will
be issued New Notes equal in principal amount to the unexchanged
portion of the Notes surrendered; and
(8) a reasonably detailed description of the events resulting
in such Exchange Event.
On or before the Exchange Date, the Company shall (i) accept for
exchange Securities or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the
Exchange Offer prior to the close of business on the Final Exchange Date, (iii)
deposit with the Trustee or a Paying Agent the New Notes in principal amount
equal to such Notes validly tendered into the Exchange Offer (including accrued
and unpaid interest) and (iv) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee
Securities so accepted, together with an Officers' Certificate listing the
Securities or portions thereof being exchanged by the Company. The Paying
Agent shall promptly deliver to the Holders of Securities so accepted New Notes
in an amount equal to the Securities so tendered (including accrued and unpaid
interest), and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver to such
Holders a new Security equal in principal amount to any unexchanged portion of
the Security surrendered. Any Securities not so accepted shall be promptly
delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly
announce the results of the Exchange Offer on or as soon as practicable after
the Final Exchange Date. Any such Exchange Offer shall comply with all
applicable provisions of Federal and state laws, rules and regulations,
including those regulating tender offers, if applicable, and, if such laws,
rules or regulations require or prohibit any action inconsistent with the
foregoing, compliance by the Company with such laws, rules and regulations will
not constitute a breach of the Company's obligations with respect to the
foregoing.
ARTICLE XII
SUBORDINATION
Section 12.1 Securities Subordinate to Senior Debt.
The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by his
acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in
the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article (subject to the provisions of
Article VIII), the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on each and all of the Securities are hereby expressly made
subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Debt.
Section 12.2 Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.
In the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or
any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or
proceeding in connection therewith, relative to the Company or to its
creditors, as such, or to its assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution or
other winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether
or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the
benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of the
Company, then and in any such event specified in (a), (b) or (c) above (each
such event, if any, herein sometimes referred to as a "Proceeding") the holders
of Senior Debt shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due
or to become due on or in respect of all Senior Debt, or provisions shall be
made for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner
satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, before the Holders of the
Securities are entitled to receive any payment or distribution of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities (including any payment or
distribution which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of
any other Debt of the Company subordinated to the payment of the
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Securities, such payment or distribution being herein after referred to as a
"Junior Subordinated Payment") on account of principal of (or premium, if any)
or interest on the Securities or on account of any purchase or other
acquisition of Securities by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (all
such payments, distributions, purchases and acquisitions herein referred to,
individually and collectively, a "Securities Payment"), and to that end the
holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled to receive, for application to the
payment of the Senior Debt, any Securities Payment which may be payable or
deliverable in respect of the Securities in any such Proceeding.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section, the Trustee or the Holder of any Security shall have received any
Securities Payment before all Senior Debt is paid in full or payment thereof
provided for in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory
to the holders of Senior Debt, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time
of such Securities Payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case
may be, such Holder, then and in such event such Securities Payment shall be
paid over or delivered forthwith to the Trustee in bankruptcy, receiver,
liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee, agent or other Person making payment
or distribution of assets of the Company for application to the payment of all
Senior Debt remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Debt in
full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for
the holders of Senior Debt.
For purposes of this Article only, the words "any payment or
distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities"
shall not be deemed to include a payment or distribution of stock or securities
of the Company provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, or of
any other corporation provided for by such plan of reorganization or
readjustment authorized by an order or decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction in a reorganization proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy law
which stock or securities are subordinated in right of payment to all then
outstanding Senior Debt to substantially the same extent as the Securities are
so subordinated as provided in this Article. The consolidation of the Company
with, or the merger of the Company into, another Person or the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety to another Person
upon the terms and conditions set forth in Article V shall not be deemed a
Proceeding for the purposes of this Section if the person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires
by conveyance or transfer such properties and assets as an entirety, as the
case may be, shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or
transfer, comply with the conditions set forth in Article V.
Section 12.3 No Payment When Senior Debt in Default.
In the event that any Senior Payment Default (as defined below) shall
have occurred and be continuing, then no Securities Payment shall be made
unless and until such Senior Payment Default shall have been cured or waived or
shall have ceased to exist or all amounts then due and payable in respect of
Senior Debt shall have been paid in full, or provision shall have been made for
such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory
to the holders of Senior Debt. "Senior Payment Default" means any default in
the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on Senior Debt
when due, whether at the Stated Maturity of any such payment or by declaration
of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
In the event that any Senior Nonmonetary Default (as defined below)
shall have occurred and be continuing, then, upon the receipt by the Company
and the Trustee of written notice of such Senior Nonmonetary Default from a
trustee or agent on behalf of the holders of such Senior Debt, no Securities
Payment shall be made during the period (the "Payment Blockage Period")
commencing on the date of such receipt of such written notice and ending on the
earlier of (i) the date on which such Senior Nonmonetary Default shall have
been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist and any acceleration of
Senior Debt shall have been rescinded or annulled or the Senior Debt to which
such Senior Nonmonetary Default relates shall have been discharged or (ii) the
179th day after the date of such receipt of such written notice; provided,
however, that no more than one Payment Blockage Period may be commenced with
respect to the Securities during any 360-day period and there shall be a period
of at least 181 consecutive days in each 360-day period when no Payment
Blockage Period is in effect. For all purposes of this paragraph, no Senior
Payment Default or Senior Nonmonetary Default that existed or was continuing on
the date of commencement of any Payment
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Blockage Period shall be, or be made, the basis for the commencement of a
subsequent Payment Blockage Period by holders of Senior Debt or their
representatives unless such Senior Payment Default or Senior Nonmonetary
Default shall have been cured for a period of not less than 90 consecutive
days. "Senior Nonmonetary Default" means the occurrence or existence and
continuance of any event of default, or of any event which, after notice or
lapse of time (or both), would become an event of default, under the terms of
any instrument pursuant to which any Senior Debt is outstanding, permitting
(after notice or lapse of time or both) one or more holders of such Senior Debt
(or a trustee or agent on behalf of the holders thereof) to declare such Senior
Debt due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due
and payable, other than a Senior Payment Default.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make
any Securities Payment to the Trustee or any Holder prohibited by the foregoing
provisions of this Section, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of
such Securities Payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case
may be, such Holder, then and in such event such Securities Payment shall be
paid over and delivered forthwith to the Company.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any Securities Payment
with respect to which Section 12.2 would be applicable.
Section 12.4 Payment Permitted If No Default.
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
any of the Securities shall prevent (a) the Company, at any time except during
the pendency of any Proceeding referred to in this Section 12.2 or under the
conditions described in Section 12.3, from making Securities Payments, or (b)
the application by the Trustee of any money deposited with it hereunder to
Securities Payments or the retention of such Securities Payment by the Holders,
if, at the time of such application by the Trustee, it did not have knowledge
that such Securities Payment would have been prohibited by the provisions of
this Article.
Section 12.5 Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt.
Subject to the payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or
in respect of Senior Debt, or the provision for such payment in cash or cash
equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior
Debt, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the
holders of such Senior Debt to receive payments and distributions of cash,
property and securities applicable to the Senior Debt until the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full.
For purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders
of the Senior Debt of any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of
the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of
this Article, and no payments pursuant to the provisions of this Article to the
holders of Senior Debt by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as
among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Debt and the
Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the
Company to or on account of the Senior Debt.
Section 12.6 Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.
The provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the
purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders on the one hand and the
holders of Senior Debt on the other hand. Nothing contained in this Article or
elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall (a)
impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Debt
and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional (and which, subject to the rights under this Article
of the holders of Senior Debt, is intended to rank equally with all other
general obligations of the Company) to pay to the Holders of the Securities the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities as and when
the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms; or (b)
affect the relative rights against the Company of the Holders of the Securities
and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior Debt; or (c)
prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all remedies
otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture,
subject to the rights,
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if any, under this Article of the holders of Senior Debt to receive cash,
property and securities otherwise payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such
holder.
Section 12.7 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.
Each Holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and
directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article and
appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 12.8 No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Debt to enforce
subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or
impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act
or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance
by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture,
regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be otherwise
charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph,
the holders of Senior Debt may, at any time and from time to time, without the
consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, without
incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Securities and without impairing
or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or the obligations
hereunder of the Holders of the Securities to the holders of Senior Debt, do
any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of
payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Debt, or
otherwise amend or supplement in any manner Senior Debt, or otherwise amend or
supplement in any manner Senior Debt or any instrument evidencing the same or
any agreement under which Senior Debt is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange,
release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise
securing Senior Debt; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the
collection of Senior Debt; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any
rights against the Company and any other Person.
Section 12.9 Notice to Trustee.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any fact
known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by
the Trustee in respect of the Securities. Notwithstanding the provisions of
this Article or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be
charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the
making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities, unless
and until the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the
Company or a holder of Senior Debt or from any trustee therefor; and, prior to
the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of Article VII, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts
exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the
notice provided for in this Section at least two (2) Business Days prior to the
date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable for any
purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on any Security), then, anything herein contained
to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and
authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purpose for which
such money was received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary
which may be received by it within two (2) Business Days prior to such date.
Subject to the provisions of Article VII, the Trustee shall be entitled
to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing
himself to be a holder of Senior Debt (or a trustee therefor) to establish that
such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Debt (or a trustee therefor).
In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is
required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Debt to
participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article, the
Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Debt held by such
Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such
payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights
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of such Person under this Article, and if such evidence is not furnished, the
Trustee may defer any payment to such person pending judicial determination as
to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
Section 12.10 Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating
Agent.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in
this Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VII, and the
Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree
entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such Proceeding is
pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating
trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other
Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the
Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt and
other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the
amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent
thereto or to this Article.
Section 12.11 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders
of Senior Debt and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall in good
faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities or to the
Company or to any other Person cash, property or securities to which any
holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or
otherwise.
Section 12.12 Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt; Preservation
of Trustee's Rights.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the
rights set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Debt which may at
any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Debt,
and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as
such holder.
Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.7.
Section 12.13 Article Applicable to Paying Agents.
In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have
been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee"
as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context otherwise
requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within
its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were
named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided,
however, that Section 12.12 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.
Section 12.14 Defeasance of this Article XII.
The subordination of the Securities provided by this Article XII is
expressly made subject to the provisions for defeasance or covenant defeasance
in Article VIII hereof and, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
upon the effectiveness of any such defeasance or covenant defeasance, the
Securities then outstanding shall thereupon cease to be subordinated pursuant
to this Article XII.
ARTICLE XIII
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ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.1 TIA Controls. If any provision of this Indenture limits,
qualifies, or conflicts with the duties imposed by operation of the TIA, the
imposed duties, upon qualification of this Indenture under the TIA, shall
control.
Section 14.2 Notices. Any notices or other communications to the
Company or the Trustee required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing, and
shall be sufficiently given if made by hand delivery, by telex, by telecopier
or registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested,
addressed as follows:
if to the Company:
TransTexas Gas Corporation
0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xx Xxxxxxx
if to the Trustee:
Bank One, Columbus, NA
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
The Company or the Trustee by notice to each other party may designate
additional or different addresses as shall be furnished in writing by such
party. Any notice or communication to the Company or the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given or made as of the date so delivered, if personally
delivered; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if
telecopied; and five Business Days after mailing if sent by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid (except that a notice of change of address
shall not be deemed to have been given until actually received by the
addressee).
Any notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall be mailed
to him by first class mail or other equivalent means at his address as it
appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently
given to him if so mailed within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any
defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Securityholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided
above, it is duly given, regardless of whether the addressee receives it.
Section 14.3 Communications by Holders with Other Holders.
Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other
Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and any other Person shall
have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
Section 14.4 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon
any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action
under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
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(1) an Officers' Certificate (in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee) stating that, in the
opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any,
provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action
have been complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel (in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee) stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been
complied with.
Section 14.5 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate
or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or
opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable him to express an informed opinion as to regardless of
whether such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each
such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with;
provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact an
Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers' Certificate or
certificates of public officials.
Section 14.6 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar. The Trustee
may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Securityholders.
The Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.
Section 14.7 Legal Holidays. A "Legal Holiday" used with respect to a
particular place of payment is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions at such place are not required to be open. If a payment date is a
Legal Holiday at such place, payment may be made at such place on the next
succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for
the intervening period.
Section 14.8 GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. THE COMPANY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN
THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING
IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT,
ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE AND THE
SECURITIES, AND IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY,
GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. THE
COMPANY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THEY MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO
UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY AND ANY OBJECTION WHICH THEY MAY NOW OR
HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR
PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION
OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT
FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE TRUSTEE OR ANY
SECURITYHOLDER TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO
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COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST THE COMPANY IN ANY
OTHER JURISDICTION.
Section 14.9 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This
Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt
agreement of any of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Any such indenture,
loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 14.10 No Recourse against Others. A director, officer,
employee, stockholder or incorporator, as such, of the Company shall not have
any liability for any obligations of the Obligor under the Securities or this
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such
obligations or their creations. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security
waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of
the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
Section 14.11 Successors. All agreements of the Company in this
Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor. All agreements of the
Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.
Section 14.12 Duplicate Originals. All parties may sign any number of
copies or counterparts of this Indenture. Each signed copy or counterpart
shall be an original, but all of them together shall represent the same
agreement.
Section 14.13 Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions
in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and
enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, it
being intended that all of the provisions hereof shall be enforceable to the
full extent permitted by law.
Section 14.14 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. The Table of Contents,
Cross-Reference Table and headings of the Articles and the Sections of this
Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be
considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the
terms or provisions hereof.
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SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture
to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
TRANSTEXAS GAS CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
BANK ONE, COLUMBUS, NA,
as Trustee
By:
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A - Form of Note
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Exhibit A
[FORM OF NOTE]
TRANSTEXAS GAS CORPORATION
THIS NOTE WILL BE ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID") WITHIN THE
MEANING OF SECTION 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. THE
ISSUE DATE OF THIS NOTE IS [____________, 1996]. THE ISSUE PRICE OF THIS NOTE
WILL BE [$_____________]. THE ISSUE PRICE OF THIS NOTE REPRESENTS A YIELD TO
DECEMBER 15, 2001 OF [_______%] PER ANNUM COMPUTED ON A SEMI-ANNUAL BOND
EQUIVALENT BASIS AND CALCULATED FROM DECEMBER 13, 1996]. THE AMOUNT OF OID ON
THIS NOTE WILL BE [$______________].
[IF SERIES A NOTES, THEN INSERT --
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM AND IN ANY EVENT MAY BE SOLD
OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, COPIES OF WHICH
ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEE. THE
EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT MAY BE AVAILABLE TO
PERMIT SALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY TO QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS
(WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A) WITHOUT REGISTRATION.
EACH HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY REPRESENTS TO THE COMPANY THAT (A) SUCH
HOLDER WILL NOT SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY (WITHOUT CONSENT OF
THE COMPANY) PRIOR TO TWO YEARS FROM THE LATER OF DECEMBER, 1996 OR THE DATE ON
WHICH THIS SECURITY WAS LAST HELD BY AN AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY OTHER THAN (I)
TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 144A,
(II) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN A TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH REGULATION S UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) FOLLOWING [TWO] YEARS FROM SUCH TIME, IN A
TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (IV) PURSUANT
TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IT
BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT AS A CONDITION TO THE REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF ANY
SECURITIES, THE COMPANY OR THE TRUSTEE MAY IN CIRCUMSTANCES EITHER OF THEM
BELIEVES APPROPRIATE, REQUIRE EVIDENCE AS TO COMPLIANCE WITH ANY SUCH
EXEMPTION) AND THAT (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED
TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS
REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.]
[IF SERIES A NOTES, THEN INSERT -- 13 1/4% SERIES A SENIOR SUBORDINATED
NOTE DUE 2003]
[IF SERIES B NOTES, THEN INSERT -- 13 1/4% SERIES B SENIOR SUBORDINATED
NOTE DUE 2003]
No. _________________ $__________________
CUSIP Number 893895-AC-6
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TransTexas Gas Corporation, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called
the "Company," which term includes any successor corporation under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay
to ______________________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of
________________ Dollars, on December 31, 2003.
Interest Payment Dates: June 30 and December 31, commencing June 30,
2002.
Record Dates: June 15 and December 15
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note on the reverse
side, which will, for all purposes, have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
TRANSTEXAS GAS CORPORATION
By:
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Its:
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Attest:
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Secretary
[Seal]
[FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]
This is one of the Securities described in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Bank One, Columbus, NA,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
Dated:
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TRANSTEXAS GAS CORPORATION
[IF SERIES A NOTES, THEN INSERT 13 1/4% SERIES A SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE
2003]
[IF SERIES B NOTES, THEN INSERT 13 1/4% SERIES B SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE
2003]
1. Interest.
TransTexas Gas Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
promises to pay interest on the Accreted Value of this Security at a rate of 13
1/4% per annum from and after December 15, 2001, prior to which date this Note
shall not bear interest. To the extent it is lawful, the Company promises to
pay interest on any interest payment due but unpaid on such principal amount at
a rate of 13 1/4% per annum compounded semi-annually.
The Company will pay interest semi-annually on June 30 and December 31
of each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing June 30, 2002,
provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to make payment of
any installment of interest otherwise coming due on any Interest Payment Date
occurring on or prior to the date on which all principal and interest on the
Senior Notes is paid in full (any such installment of interest being defined in
the Indenture as a "Deferred Installment"), and such Deferred Installment shall
not be deemed to be due and payable, until, and each such Deferred Installment
shall be due and payable on, the first Business Day occurring after the date on
which all principal and interest on the Senior Notes is paid in full; and,
provided further, that each such Deferred Installment shall bear interest from
its stated Interest Payment Date until paid at the rate of 13 1/4% per annum.
Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from December 15,
2001. Interest on the Securities will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
2. Method of Payment.
The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted
interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders at the close of
business on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date.
Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal
payments. Except as provided below, the Company shall pay principal and
interest in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the
time of payment shall be legal tender for payment of public and private debts
("U.S. Legal Tender"). However, the Company may pay principal and interest by
wire transfer of Federal funds, or interest by its check payable in such U.S.
Legal Tender. The Company shall deliver any such interest payment to the
Paying Agent who shall remit such payment to a Holder at the Holder's
registered address.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar.
Initially, Bank One, Columbus, NA (the "Trustee") will act as Paying
Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-
Registrar without notice to the Holders. The Company or an Affiliate of any of
them may, subject to certain exceptions, act as Paying Agent, Xxxxxxxxx xx xx-
Xxxxxxxxx.
0. Indenture.
The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of
December 13, 1996 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and the Trustee.
Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise
defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the
Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect on the date of the Indenture. The
Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are
referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of them. The
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Securities are senior subordinated obligations of the Company limited in
Accreted Value to $189,000,000 plus amounts sufficient to pay interest on
outstanding Securities.
5. Optional Redemption.
The Securities are not redeemable prior to June 30, 2000, except that,
prior to December 31, 1998, the Company may redeem, at its option, up to $30
million of the Accreted Value of the Securities at a price equal to 113.250% of
the Accreted Value thereof at the date of redemption, plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the date of redemption, with certain of the net proceeds
of any Public Equity Offering. In addition, the Company may redeem any or all
of the outstanding Securities at a price of 112.375% of the Accreted Value
thereof at the date of redemption, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to
the date of redemption, in the event of a Major Asset Sale.
The Securities may be redeemed in whole or from time to time in part at
any time on and after June 30, 2000, at the option of the Company, at the
Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of Accreted Value) set forth below
with respect to the indicated Redemption Date, in each case, together with any
accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.
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If redeemed during the period: Redemption Price
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On or after June 30, 2000, but before December 31, 2000 108.290%
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On or after December 31, 2000, but before December 31, 2001 106.625%
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On or after December 31, 2001, but before December 31, 2002 103.313%
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On or after December 31, 2002 100.000%
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Any such redemptions will comply with Article III of the Indenture.
6. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption will be mailed by first class mail at least 15 days
but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of
Securities to be redeemed at his registered address.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, from and after any Redemption
Date, if monies for the redemption of the Securities called for redemption
shall have been deposited with the Paying Agent on such Redemption Date the
Securities called for redemption will cease to bear interest and the only right
of the Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of the Redemption
Price and any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.
7. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, initially in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder may
register the transfer of, or exchange Securities in accordance with, the
Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees
required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register
the transfer of or exchange any Securities selected for redemption.
8. Persons Deemed Owners.
The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it
for all purposes.
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0. Unclaimed Money.
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for
two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent(s) will pay the money back to the
Company at its written request. Thereafter, all liability of the Trustee and
such Paying Agent(s) with respect to such money shall cease.
10. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity.
If the Company at any time deposits into an irrevocable trust with the
Trustee U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay the
principal of and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity and
complies with the other provisions of the Indenture relating thereto, the
Company will be discharged from certain provisions of the Indenture and the
Securities (including the financial covenants, but excluding its obligation to
pay the principal of and interest on the Securities).
11. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities may be
amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, and
any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision may
be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities then outstanding. Without notice to or consent of any
Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the
Securities to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency
(provided such amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of
any Holder of a Security).
12. Restrictive Covenants.
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company
and its Subsidiaries to, among other things, Incur additional Debt or issue
Disqualified Capital Stock, make payments in respect of its Capital Stock,
enter into transactions with Related Persons, incur Liens, sell assets, change
the nature of its business, merge or consolidate with any other Person and
sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of substantially all of its
properties or assets. The limitations are subject to a number of important
qualifications and exceptions. The Company must deliver a quarterly report to
the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.
13. Change of Control.
In the event there shall occur any Change of Control, each Holder of
Securities shall have the right, at such Holder's option but subject to the
limitations and conditions set forth in the Indenture, to require the Company
to purchase on the Change of Control Payment Date in the manner specified in
the Indenture, all or any part of such Holder's Securities at a Change of
Control Purchase Price equal to 101% of the Accreted Value thereof, together
with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Change of Control Payment
Date.
14. Exchange.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of an Exchange Event, each Holder
shall have the right, at such Holder's option, upon the terms and conditions
specified in the Indenture, to require the Company to exchange all or any part
of such Holder's Securities for an amount of New Notes of the Company which New
Notes will be substantially identical to the Securities except that the New
Notes will provide for the payment of interest in cash.
15. Successors.
When a successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under
the Securities and the Indenture, the predecessor will be released from those
obligations.
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00. Defaults and Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Securities then
outstanding may declare all the Securities to be due and payable immediately in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of
Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided
in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before
it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations,
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then
outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The
Trustee may withhold from Holders of Securities notice of any continuing
Default or Event of Default (except a Default in payment of principal, premium,
if any, or interest, including a Default at any Maturity Date), if it
determines that withholding notice is in their interest.
17. No Recourse Against Others.
No stockholder, director, officer, employee or incorporator, as such,
past, present or future, of the Company or any successor corporation shall have
any liability for any obligation of the Company under the Securities or the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such
obligations or their creation. Each Holder of a Security by accepting a
Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are
part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
18. Authentication.
This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating
agent signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this
Security.
19. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a
Security 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). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
20. CUSIP Numbers.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Company will cause CUSIP numbers to be
printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities.
No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the
Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed hereon.
21. Ranking
As provided in the Indenture, the Securities shall be subordinated in
right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt, and the
Company may not incur any Debt that is senior to the Securities and
contractually subordinated in right of payment to any Debt.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this security to
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(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
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(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint ____________________________________________ agent to
transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
Date: Your Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the other side of this Security)
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
[ALTERNATE ASSIGNMENT FORM TO COME FROM BANK ONE]
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE OR EXCHANGE
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.14 or 11.1 of the Indenture or exchanged pursuant to
Section 11.2 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box:
[ ] Section 4.14 [ ] Section 11.1 [ ] Section 11.2
If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased or
exchanged by the Company pursuant to Section 4.14, 11.1 or 11.2 of the
Indenture, as the case may be, state the principal amount you want to be
purchased or exchanged: $_____________
Date: Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the
other side of this Security)
Your Social Security or Tax Identification Number:
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Signature Guarantee:
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