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EXHIBIT 4.10
FORM OF
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.
_____% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2009
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INDENTURE
Dated as of October ___, 1999
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK
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Trustee
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Trust Indenture Act Section Indenture Section
310(a)(1)............................................ 7.10
(a)(2)............................................... 7.10
(a)(3)............................................... N.A.
(a)(4)............................................... N.A.
(a)(5)............................................... 7.10
(i)(b)............................................... 7.10
(ii)(c).............................................. N.A.
311(a)............................................... 7.11
(b).................................................. 7.11
(iii)(c)............................................. N.A.
312(a)............................................... 2.05
(b).................................................. 12.03
(iv)(c).............................................. 12.03
313(a)............................................... 7.06
(b)(2)............................................... 7.07
(v)(c)............................................... 7.06; 12.02
(vi)(d).............................................. 7.06
314(a)............................................... 4.03;12.02
(c)(1)............................................... 12.04
(c)(2)............................................... 12.04
(c)(3)............................................... N.A.
(vii)(e)............................................. 11.05
(f).................................................. NA
315(a)............................................... 7.01
(b).................................................. 7.05,12.02
(A)(c)............................................... 7.01
(d).................................................. 7.01
(e).................................................. 6.11
316(a)(last sentence)................................ 2.09
(a)(1)(A)............................................ 6.05
(a)(1)(B)............................................ 6.04
(a)(2)............................................... N.A.
(b).................................................. 6.07
(B)(c)............................................... 2.12
317(a)(1)............................................ 6.08
(a)(2)............................................... 6.09
(b).................................................. 2.04 N.A. means not
applicable.
*This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE................................................. 1
Section 1.01. Definitions........................................................................... 1
Section 1.02. Other Definitions.................................................................... 15
Section 1.03. Incorporation By Reference Of Trust Indenture Act.................................... 16
Section 1.04. Rules Of Construction................................................................ 16
ARTICLE II THE NOTES................................................................................. 17
Section 2.01. Form And Dating...................................................................... 17
Section 2.02. Execution And Authentication......................................................... 17
Section 2.03. Registrar And Paying Agent........................................................... 18
Section 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Money In Trust.................................................. 18
Section 2.05. Holder Lists......................................................................... 19
Section 2.06. Transfer And Exchange................................................................ 19
Section 2.07. Replacement Notes.................................................................... 22
Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes.................................................................... 23
Section 2.09. Treasury Notes....................................................................... 23
Section 2.10. Temporary Notes...................................................................... 23
Section 2.11. Cancellation......................................................................... 24
Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest................................................................... 24
Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers........................................................................ 24
ARTICLE III REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT................................................................. 24
Section 3.01. Notices To Trustee................................................................... 24
Section 3.02. Selection Of Notes To Be Redeemed.................................................... 25
Section 3.03. Notice Of Redemption................................................................. 25
Section 3.04. Effect Of Notice Of Redemption....................................................... 26
Section 3.05. Deposit Of Redemption Price.......................................................... 26
Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed In Part............................................................... 26
Section 3.07. Optional Redemption.................................................................. 27
Section 3.08. Mandatory Redemption................................................................. 27
Section 3.09. Offer To Purchase By Application Of Excess Proceeds.................................. 27
ARTICLE IV COVENANTS................................................................................. 29
Section 4.01. Payment Of Notes..................................................................... 29
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Section 4.02. Maintenance Of Office Or Agency...................................................... 29
Section 4.03. Reports.............................................................................. 30
Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate............................................................... 31
Section 4.05. Taxes................................................................................ 31
Section 4.06. Stay, Extension And Usury Laws....................................................... 31
Section 4.07. Restricted Payments.................................................................. 32
Section 4.08. Dividend And Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries....................... 34
Section 4.09. Incurrence Of Indebtedness And Issuance Of Preferred Stock........................... 35
Section 4.10. Asset Sales.......................................................................... 37
Section 4.11. Transactions With Affiliates......................................................... 38
Section 4.12. Liens................................................................................ 39
Section 4.13. Asset Swaps.......................................................................... 39
Section 4.14. Corporate Existence.................................................................. 40
Section 4.15. Offer To Repurchase Upon Change Of Control........................................... 40
Section 4.16. No Senior Subordinated Debt.......................................................... 41
Section 4.17. Issuances And Sales Of Equity Interests In Restricted Subsidiaries................... 41
Section 4.18. Limitation On Sale And Leaseback Transactions........................................ 41
Section 4.19. Payments For Consent................................................................. 42
Section 4.20. Additional Subsidiary Guarantees..................................................... 42
ARTICLE V SUCCESSORS................................................................................ 42
Section 5.01. Xxxxxx, Consolidation, Or Sale Of Assets............................................. 42
Section 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.................................................... 43
ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES..................................................................... 43
Section 6.01. Events Of Default.................................................................... 43
Section 6.02. Acceleration......................................................................... 45
Section 6.03. Other Remedies....................................................................... 45
Section 6.04. Waiver Of Past Defaults.............................................................. 46
Section 6.05. Control By Majority.................................................................. 46
Section 6.06. Limitation On Suits.................................................................. 46
Section 6.07. Rights Of Holders Of Notes To Receive Payment........................................ 47
Section 6.08. Collection Suit By Trustee........................................................... 47
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Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs Of Claim..................................................... 47
Section 6.10. Priorities........................................................................... 48
Section 6.11. Undertaking For Costs................................................................ 48
Section 6.12. No Personal Liability Of Directors, Officers, Employees And Stockholders............. 48
ARTICLE VII TRUSTEE................................................................................... 48
Section 7.01. Duties Of Trustee.................................................................... 49
Section 7.02. Rights Of Trustee.................................................................... 50
Section 7.03. Individual Rights Of Trustee......................................................... 51
Section 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer................................................................. 51
Section 7.05. Notice Of Defaults................................................................... 51
Section 7.06. Reports By Trustee To Holders Of The Notes........................................... 51
Section 7.07. Compensation And Indemnity........................................................... 52
Section 7.08. Replacement Of Trustee............................................................... 52
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee By Merger, Etc..................................................... 53
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification........................................................ 53
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection Of Claims Against Company.................................... 54
ARTICLE VIII LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE.................................................. 54
Section 8.01. Option To Effect Legal Defeasance Or Covenant Defeasance............................. 54
Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance And Discharge....................................................... 54
Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance.................................................................. 55
Section 8.04. Conditions To Legal Or Covenant Defeasance........................................... 55
Section 8.05. Deposited Money And Government Securities To Be Held In Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions........................................................................... 56
Section 8.06. Repayment To Company................................................................. 57
Section 8.07. Reinstatement........................................................................ 57
ARTICLE IX AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER.......................................................... 58
Section 9.01. Without Consent Of Holders Of Notes.................................................. 58
Section 9.02. With Consent Of Holders Of Notes..................................................... 58
Section 9.03. Compliance With Trust Indenture Act.................................................. 60
Section 9.04. Revocation And Effect Of Consents.................................................... 60
Section 9.05. Notation On Or Exchange Of Notes..................................................... 60
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Section 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc...................................................... 60
ARTICLE X SUBORDINATION..................................................................................... 61
Section 10.01. Agreement To Subordinate............................................................. 61
Section 10.02. Certain Definitions.................................................................. 61
Section 10.03. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy................................................. 62
Section 10.04. Default On Designated Senior Debt.................................................... 62
Section 10.05. Acceleration Of Securities........................................................... 63
Section 10.06. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.................................................. 63
Section 10.07. Notice By Company.................................................................... 64
Section 10.08. Subrogation.......................................................................... 64
Section 10.09. Relative Rights...................................................................... 64
Section 10.10. Subordination May Not Be Impaired By Company......................................... 64
Section 10.11. Distribution Or Notice To Representative............................................. 65
Section 10.12. Rights Of Trustee And Paying Agent................................................... 65
Section 10.13. Authorization To Effect Subordination................................................ 65
Section 10.14. Amendments........................................................................... 66
ARTICLE XI SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES..................................................................... 66
Section 11.01. Guarantee............................................................................ 66
Section 11.02. Subordination Of Subsidiary Guarantee................................................ 67
Section 11.03. Limitation On Guarantor Liability.................................................... 67
Section 11.04. Execution And Delivery Of Note Guarantee............................................. 67
Section 11.05. Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., On Certain Terms................................... 68
Section 11.06. Releases Following Sale Of Assets.................................................... 69
ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS............................................................................. 69
Section 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls......................................................... 69
Section 12.02. Notices.............................................................................. 69
Section 12.03. Communication By Holders Of Notes With Other Holders Of Notes........................ 70
Section 12.04. Certificate And Opinion As To Conditions Precedent................................... 71
Section 12.05. Statements Required In Certificate Or Opinion........................................ 71
Section 12.06. Rules By Trustee And Agents.......................................................... 71
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Section 12.07. No Personal Liability Of Directors, Officers, Employees And Stockholders............. 71
Section 12.08. Governing Law........................................................................ 72
Section 12.09. No Adverse Interpretation Of Other Agreements........................................ 72
Section 12.10. Successors........................................................................... 72
Section 12.11. Severability......................................................................... 72
Section 12.12. Counterpart Originals................................................................ 72
Section 12.13. Table Of Contents, Xxxxxxxx, Etc..................................................... 72
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A FORM OF NOTE
Exhibit B FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Exhibit C FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Exhibit D FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR
Exhibit E FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
Exhibit F FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
SCHEDULES
Schedule I Schedule of Guarantors
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INDENTURE dated as of October ___, 1999 among Spanish
Broadcasting System, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), each of the
entities listed on Schedule I hereto (collectively, the "Guarantors") and The
Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee").
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows
for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the
Holders (as defined below) of the ___% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01 DEFINITIONS.
"Acquired Debt" means, with respect to any specified Person,
(i) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is
merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, including,
without limitation, Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into or becoming a
Subsidiary of such specified Person and (ii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien
encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
"Acquisition Indebtedness" means Indebtedness incurred by the
Company or by a Restricted Subsidiary the proceeds of which are used for the
acquisition of a Permitted Business and related facilities and assets or for the
construction of a facility pursuant to a construction permit issued by the FCC.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person
which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, "control" (including, with correlative meanings,
the terms "controlling," "controlled by," and "under common control with"), as
used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of
such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or
otherwise; provided that (a) beneficial ownership of at least 10% of the Voting
Stock of a Person shall be deemed to be control and (b) for purposes of the
"Transactions with Affiliates" covenant contained in Section 4.11, for so long
as Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xx., Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xx. or Xxxx Xxxxxxx are directors, officers or
shareholders of the Company, they, their respective spouses, lineal descendants
and any Person controlled by any of them shall be Affiliates of the Company and
its Subsidiaries.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.
"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or
exchange of or for beneficial interests in the Global Note, the rules and
procedures of the Depositary, that apply to such transfer or exchange.
"Asset Sale" means (i) the sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition of any assets or rights (including, without limitation, by way of a
sale and leaseback), excluding sales of services and goods in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practices (provided
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that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a
whole will be governed by the provisions of Section 4.15 hereof and/or the
provisions of Section 5.01 hereof and not by the provisions of Section 4.10
hereof) and (ii) the issue or sale by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
Equity Interests of any of the Company's Subsidiaries, in the case of either
clause (i) or (ii), whether in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions (a) that have a fair market value in excess of $5.0 million or (b)
for net proceeds in excess of $5.0 million.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following items will not be
deemed to be Asset Sales: (i) a transfer of assets by the Company to a Guarantor
or by a Guarantor to the Company or to another Guarantor, (ii) an issuance of
Equity Interests by a Guarantor to the Company or to another Guarantor, (iii)
the sale, lease or other disposition of equipment or other assets in the
ordinary course of business, (iv) the sale and leaseback of any assets within 90
days of the acquisition of such assets, (v) a Restricted Payment that is
permitted by Section 4.07 hereof, (vi) a transfer of any FCC License to a
Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, described in clause (i) of the definition thereof, and
(vii) an Asset Swap.
"Asset Swap" means the execution of a definitive agreement,
subject only to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions, that
the Company in good faith believes will be satisfied, for a substantially
concurrent purchase and sale, or exchange, of assets used or useful in a
Permitted Business between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and
another person or group of affiliated persons; provided that any amendment to or
waiver of any closing conditions which individually or in the aggregate is
material to the Asset Swap shall be deemed to be a new Asset Swap.
"Attributable Debt" in respect of a sale and leaseback
transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value (discounted
at the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance
with GAAP) of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the
remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction
(including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the
option of the lessor, be extended).
"Bank Indebtedness" means (i) Indebtedness of the Company
incurred in accordance with this Indenture owing to one or more commercial
banking institutions that are members of the Federal Reserve System and (ii) any
guarantee by a Guarantor of any Indebtedness of the Company of the type set
forth in clause (i) of this definition.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar
federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
"Beneficial Owner" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the
beneficial ownership of any particular "person," as such term is used in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, such "person" shall be deemed to have beneficial
ownership of all securities that such "person" has the right to acquire, whether
such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence
of a subsequent condition.
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the
Company, or any authorized committee of the Board of Directors.
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"Business Day" means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
"Capital Lease Obligation" means, at the time any
determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a
capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized on a balance
sheet in accordance with GAAP.
"Capital Stock" means (i) in the case of a corporation,
corporate stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and
all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however
designated) of corporate stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited
liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or
limited) and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person
the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of
assets of, the issuing Person.
"Cash Equivalents" means (i) United States dollars, (ii)
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 one year from the date of acquisition, (iii) certificates of
deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from
the date of acquisition, bankers' acceptances with maturities not exceeding six
months and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic commercial
bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a Xxxxxxxx Bank
Watch Rating of "B" or better, (iv) repurchase obligations with a term of not
more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses
(ii) and (iii) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the
qualifications specified in clause (iii) above and (v) commercial paper having
the highest rating obtainable from Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or Standard &
Poor's Corporation and in each case maturing within 270 days after the date of
acquisition and (vi) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which
constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (i) - (v) of this
definition.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the
following: (i) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (or by
way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole to any "person" (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act) other than the Principal or a Related Party of the Principal, (ii)
the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the
Company, (iii) the consummation of any transaction (including, without
limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any
"person" (as defined above), other than the Principal and his Related Parties,
becomes the "Beneficial Owner," directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the
Voting Stock of the Company or (iv) the first day on which a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors.
"Company" means Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and any and all successors thereto.
"Consolidated Cash Flow" means, with respect to any Person for
any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus,
without duplication, (i) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net
loss realized in connection with an Asset Sale, to the extent such losses were
deducted in computing such Consolidated
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Net Income, plus (ii) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such
provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income, plus
(iii) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and whether or not
capitalized (including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs
and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component
of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments
associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to
Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in
respect of letter of credit or bankers' acceptance financings, and net payments
(if any) pursuant to Hedging Obligations), to the extent that any such expense
was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income, plus (iv) depreciation
expense for such period, to the extent the same was deducted in computing such
Consolidated Net Income, plus (v) all amortization expense and other non-cash
expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents
an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period) for such
period, to the extent the same was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
Income, minus (vi) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for
such period.
Consolidated Cash Flow shall be calculated on a pro forma
basis after giving effect to any acquisition as if such acquisition (including
any Consolidated Cash Flow associated with such acquisition) occurred on the
first day of the most recently ended four quarter period, giving pro forma
effect to any non-recurring expenses, non-recurring costs and cost reductions
within the first year after such acquisition which the Company anticipates if
the Company delivers to the Trustee an officer's certificate executed by its
chief financial or accounting officer certifying to and describing and
quantifying with reasonable specificity such non-recurring expenses,
non-recurring costs and cost reductions.
"Consolidated Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person
as of any date of determination, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the total
amount of Indebtedness and Attributable Debt of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, plus (ii) the total amount of Indebtedness and Attributable Debt
of any other Person, to the extent that such Indebtedness or Attributable Debt
has been guaranteed by the referent Person or by one or more of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or is secured by a Lien on assets of the referent Person or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus (iii) the aggregate liquidation value of all
Disqualified Stock of such Person and all preferred stock of Restricted
Subsidiaries of such Person, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, with respect to any
Person for any period, the sum of: (i) the consolidated interest expense of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued
(including, without limitation, amortization of original issue discount,
non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment
obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital
Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt,
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letters
of credit or bankers' acceptance financing, and net payments (if any) pursuant
to Hedging Obligations); and (ii) the consolidated interest expense of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period;
and (iii) any interest expense on Indebtedness or Attributable Debt of another
Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries
or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (whether or not such guarantee or Lien is called upon).
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"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any Person
for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its
Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance
with GAAP; provided that (i) except as otherwise provided in clause (v) below,
the positive Net Income of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or
that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be included only
to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the
referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof, (ii) the Net Income of any
Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or
payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of
that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior
governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly,
by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment,
decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that
Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, (iii) the Net Income of any Person
acquired in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the date
of such acquisition shall be excluded, (iv) the cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principles shall be excluded and (v) the Net Income of any
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be excluded, whether or not distributed to the
Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Continuing Directors" means, as of any date of determination,
any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who (i) was a member of such
Board of Directors on the date hereof or (ii) was nominated for election or
elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the
Continuing Directors who were members of such Board at the time of such
nomination or election.
"Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee" shall be at the
address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.02 hereof or such other address
as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
"Credit Facility" or "Credit Facilities" means one or more
debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Senior Credit Facilities) or
commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders providing
for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through
the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to
borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in each
case, as now in effect or at any time hereafter entered into and as amended,
restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in
part from time to time. Indebtedness under Credit Facilities outstanding on the
date on which Notes are first issued and authenticated under this Indenture
shall be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception
provided by clause (i) of the definition of Permitted Debt.
"Custodian" means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to
the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
"Debt to Cash Flow Ratio" means, with respect to any Person as
of any date of determination (the "Calculation Date"), the ratio of (a) the
Consolidated Indebtedness of such Person as of such date to (b) the Consolidated
Cash Flow of such Person for the four most recent full fiscal quarters ending
immediately prior to such date for which internal financial statements are
available, determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to all
acquisitions and dispositions of assets made by such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries from the beginning of such four-quarter period through and
including such date of determination (including any related
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financing transactions) as if such acquisitions and dispositions had occurred at
the beginning of such four-quarter period. For purposes of making the
computation referred to above, (i) acquisitions that have been made by such
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or
consolidations and including any related financing transactions, during the
four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or
prior to the Calculation Date shall be deemed to have occurred on the first day
of the four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such
reference period shall be calculated without giving effect to clause (iii) of
the proviso set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income and (ii) the
Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in
accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries prior to the Calculation Date, shall be
excluded.
"Default" means any event that is or with the passage of time
or the giving of notice or both would be an Event of Default.
"Definitive Note" means a certificated Note registered in the
name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, in
the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global
Note Legend and shall not have the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the
Global Note" attached thereto.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Notes issuable or
issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03
hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors
thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the
applicable provision of this Indenture.
"Disqualified Stock" means any Capital Stock that, by its
terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which
it is exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening
of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund
obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof,
in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on
which the Notes mature, provided, however, that any Capital Stock that would
constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right
to require the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a
Change of Control or an Asset Sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if
the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or
redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase
or redemption complies with Section 4.07 hereof.
"Equity Interests" means Capital Stock and all warrants,
options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt
security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Existing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness in existence on the
date hereof (other than Indebtedness under Credit Facilities), until such
Indebtedness is repaid.
"FCC License" means [DEFINITION TO BE PROPOSED BY XXXX
XXXXXXX].
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of
the American Institute of Certified
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Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in
effect from time to time.
"Global Notes" means, the Global Notes, in the form of Exhibit
A hereto issued in accordance with Section 2.01 or 2.06(d)(i) hereof.
"Global Note Legend" means the legend set forth in Section
2.06(g)(ii), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under
this Indenture.
"Government Securities" means direct obligations of, or
obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for
which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.
"Guarantee" means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business),
direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, by way of a
pledge of assets or through letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in
respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
"Guarantor" means any Subsidiary of the Company that executes
a Subsidiary Guarantee.
"Hedging Obligations" means, with respect to any Person, the
obligations of such Person under (i) interest rate swap agreements, interest
rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements and (ii) other
agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations
in interest rates.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, without
duplication, (i) any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, in
respect of borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar
instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof) or banker's acceptances or representing Capital Lease Obligations or
the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or
representing any Hedging Obligations, except any such balance that constitutes
an accrued expense or trade payable, if and to the extent any of the foregoing
indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear
as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with
GAAP, (ii) all indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such
Person (whether or not such indebtedness is assumed by such Person) and (iii) to
the extent not otherwise included, the guarantee by such Person of any
indebtedness of any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term
"Indebtedness" shall not include Non-Recourse Debt or indebtedness that
constitutes "Indebtedness" merely by virtue of a pledge of Equity Interests of
an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any
date shall be (A) the accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness
issued with original issue discount, (B) the principal amount of the
Indebtedness secured, together with any interest thereon that is more than 30
days past due, in the case of any Indebtedness of the type described in clause
(ii) above, (C) the principal amount of the Indebtedness guaranteed, together
with any interest thereon that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any
Indebtedness of the type described in clause (iii) above, (D) the amount of the
net settlement payment payable on termination, in the case of any Indebtedness
constituting a Hedging Obligation (assuming for this
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purpose that the Hedging Obligation was terminated on the date as of which the
calculation of the amount of Indebtedness is being made), and (E) the principal
amount thereof, together with any interest thereon that is more than 30 days
past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented
from time to time.
"Indirect Participant" means a Person who holds a beneficial
interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
"Investments" means, with respect to any Person, all
investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms
of direct or indirect loans (including guarantees of Indebtedness or other
obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel
and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of
business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness,
Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would
be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with
GAAP. If the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise
disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the
Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such
Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall be deemed to
have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the
fair market value of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary not sold or
disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the third paragraph of
Section 4.07 hereof.
"Legal Holiday" means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in the City of New York or at a place of payment are
authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment
date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place
on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall
accrue on such payment for the intervening period.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien,
pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such
asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable
law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any
lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a
security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing
statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any
jurisdiction).
"Make-Whole Premium" means, with respect to any Note, an
amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Remaining
Scheduled Payments with respect to the Called Principal of such Note over the
amount of such Called Principal, provided that the Make-Whole Premium may in no
event be less than zero. For the purposes of determining the Make-Whole Premium,
the following terms have the following meanings:
"Called Principal" means, with respect to any Note, the
principal of such Note that is declared to be immediately due and payable.
"Discounted Value" means, with respect to the Called Principal
of any Note, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments
with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates
to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with
accepted financial practice and at a discount
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factor (applied on the same periodic basis as that on which interest on the
Notes is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called
Principal.
"Reinvestment Yield" means, with respect to the Called
Principal of any Note, 0.5% over the yield to maturity implied by (i) the yields
reported, as of 10:00 A.M. (Eastern Standard time) on the second Business Day
preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, on the
display designated as "Page 678" on the Telerate Access Service (or such other
display as may replace Page 678 on the Telerate Access Service) for actively
traded U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average
Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date, or (ii) if such yields
are not reported as of such time or the yields reported as of such time are not
ascertainable, the Treasury Constant Maturity Series Yields reported, for the
latest day for which such yields have been so reported as of the second Business
Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in
Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (or any comparable successor
publication) for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a constant
maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such
Settlement Date. Such implied yield will be determined, if necessary, by (a)
converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance
with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between (1) the
actively traded U.S. Treasury security with the duration closest to and greater
than the Remaining Average Life and (2) the actively traded U.S. Treasury
security with the duration closest to and less than the Remaining Average Life.
"Remaining Average Life" means, with respect to any Called
Principal, the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year)
obtained by dividing (i) such Called Principal into (ii) the sum of the products
obtained by multiplying (a) the principal component of each Remaining Scheduled
Payment with respect to such Called Principal by (b) the number of years
(calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) that will elapse between the
Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal and the scheduled due date
of such Remaining Scheduled Payment.
"Remaining Scheduled Payments" means, with respect to the
Called Principal of any Note, all payments of such Called Principal and interest
thereon that would be due after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called
Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its
scheduled due date, provided that if such Settlement Date is not a date on which
interest payments are due to be made under the terms of the Notes, then the
amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced by the
amount of interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on
such Settlement Date.
"Settlement Date" means, with respect to the Called Principal
of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal is declared to be
immediately due and payable.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any Person, the net income
(loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any
reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however, (i) any
gain (but not loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such gain
(but not loss), realized in connection with (a) any Asset Sale (including,
without limitation, dispositions pursuant to sale and leaseback transactions) or
(b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii)
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any extraordinary gain (but not loss), together with any related provision for
taxes on such extraordinary gain (but not loss).
"Net Proceeds" means the aggregate cash proceeds received by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale
(including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other
disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of
the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale or disposition (including, without
limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales
commissions) and any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes
paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax
credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), amounts required to be
applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the asset or
assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale and any reserve for indemnities,
reimbursements or adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or
assets established in accordance with GAAP.
"Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries" means (i) those single-purpose
Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company created or acquired after the date of
this Indenture which own one or more FCC Licenses and related rights and no
other material assets, (ii) those Subsidiaries of the Company created or
acquired after the date of the Indenture that are not incorporated under the
laws of the United States of America or a state of the United States of America,
and (iii) JuJu Media, Inc., a New York corporation.
"Non-Recourse Debt" means Indebtedness: (i) as to which
neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit
support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that
would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable (as a
guarantor or otherwise) or (c) constitutes the lender; (ii) no default with
respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take
enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit (upon
notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness (other than
the Notes being offered hereby) of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the
payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity; and
(iii) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not
have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
"Non-U.S. Person" means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
"Notes" means the ___% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009,
authenticated and issued by the Company pursuant to this Indenture.
"Obligations" means any principal, interest, prepayment or
make-whole premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages
and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness
or any guarantee thereof.
"Offering" means the offering of the Notes by the Company.
"Officer" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of
the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating
Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer,
the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.
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"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed on behalf
of the Company by two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal
executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the
principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of
Section 12.05 hereof.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion from legal counsel who
is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section
12.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.
"Participant" means, with respect to the Depositary, a Person
who has an account with the Depositary.
"Participating Broker-Dealer" has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Permitted Business" means the media business and any business
reasonably similar, complementary, ancillary or related thereto, including, the
operation of latin music Web sites and internet portals.
"Permitted Investments" means (i) any Investment in the
Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary; (ii) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;
(iii) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
in a Person engaged in a Permitted Business, if (a) as a result of, or
concurrently with, such Investment such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary
or (b) as a result of, or concurrently with, such Investment such Person is
merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys
substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary; or (c) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary has entered
into a binding agreement to acquire such Person or all or substantially all of
the assets of such Person, which agreement is in effect on the date of such
Investment, and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or such transaction
is consummated, in each case, within 180 days of the date of such Investment;
(iv) any Restricted Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash
consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance
with Section 4.10 hereof; (v) any obligations or shares of Capital Stock
received in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout or
reorganization of the issuer of such obligations or shares of Capital Stock;
(vi) any Investment received involuntarily; (vii) any acquisition of assets
solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the Company; (viii) other Investments in Persons engaged in Permitted
Businesses (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without
giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all
other Investments made pursuant to this clause (viii) that are at the time
outstanding, not to exceed $7.5 million; (ix) Investments by the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any other person pursuant to the terms of a
"local marketing agreement" or similar arrangement relating to a radio station
owned or licensed by such Person; (x) Hedging Obligations; (xi) the incurrence
by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of performance, bid or
advance payment bonds, surety bonds, custom bonds, utility bonds and similar
obligations arising in the ordinary course of business; (xii) endorsements of
instruments for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business; (xiii)
loans and advances to employees and officers not to exceed $2.5 million
outstanding in the aggregate at any time; (xiv) loans to employees, directors
and officers in connection with the purchase by such Persons of Equity Interests
of the Company; (xv) investments in account debtors received in connection with
the bankruptcy or
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reorganization, or in settlement of delinquent obligations, of customers; and
(xvi) investments in existence on the date of this Indenture.
"Permitted Liens" means (i) Liens securing Senior Debt that
was permitted by the terms hereof to be incurred; (ii) Liens in favor of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (iii) Liens on property of a
Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens
were not incurred in contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not
extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated
with the Company; (iv) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition
thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided
that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such
acquisition; (v) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations,
surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature
incurred in the ordinary course of business; (vi) Liens existing on the date
hereof; (vii) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims
that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded, provided
that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in
conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor; (viii) Liens incurred in the
ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company with respect to obligations that do not exceed $2.5 million at any one
time outstanding; (ix) Liens securing industrial revenue bonds; (x) Liens to
secure Purchase Money Indebtedness that is otherwise permitted under the
Indenture, provided that (a) any such Lien is created solely for the purpose of
securing Indebtedness representing, or incurred to finance, refinance or refund,
the cost (including sales and excise taxes, installation and delivery charges
and other direct costs of, and other direct expenses paid or charged in
connection with, such purchase or construction) of such Property, (b) the
principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien does not exceed 100%
of such costs, and (c) such Lien does not extend to or cover any Property other
than such item of Property and any improvements on such item; (xi) Liens
securing Obligations in respect of the Senior Credit Facilities; (xii) Liens
securing Bank Indebtedness; (xiii) Liens securing Acquisition Indebtedness,
provided that such Liens do not extend to or cover any Property other than the
Property acquired with the proceeds of such Acquisition Indebtedness and any
improvements thereto; (xiv) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
and (xv) Liens securing Ratio Indebtedness; (xvi) Liens to secure Indebtedness
(including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted to be incurred by the section
entitled "Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock," covering
only the assets acquired with such Indebtedness; (xvii) zoning restrictions,
easements, licenses, covenants and other similar restrictions and encumbrances
affecting the use of real property not interfering in any material respect with
the ordinary conduct of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(xviii) judgment liens not giving rise to an Event of Default; (xix) Liens,
rights to setoff and credit balances with respect to deposit accounts and other
Cash Equivalents; (xx) deposits with the owner or lessor of premises leased and
operated in the ordinary course of business; (xxi) nonconsensual liens that do
not individually or in the aggregate detract materially from the value of
transferability of the assets of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, or impair materially the use of any such assets in the operation
of the respective businesses of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(xxii) Liens securing Hedging Obligations.
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"Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Disqualified Stock of
the Company issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to
extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Indebtedness of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that: (i) the principal
amount (or accreted value or liquidation preference, if applicable) of such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of (or
accreted value, if applicable), plus accrued interest on, the Indebtedness so
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus the amount
of reasonable expenses and premiums incurred in connection therewith); (ii) such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the
final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or
greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; (iii) if the
Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded
is pari passu with the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is pari
passu with or subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or is Disqualified
Stock; (iv) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the
Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes as those contained
in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded or is Disqualified Stock; and (v) such
Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by the Restricted Subsidiary
that is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed,
replaced, defeased or refunded, or such Disqualified Stock is issued by the
Company, as applicable.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or agency or political subdivision thereof (including any subdivision
or ongoing business of any such entity or substantially all of the assets of any
such entity, subdivision or business).
"Principal" means Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx.
"Property" of any Person means all types of real, Personal,
tangible, intangible or mixed property owned by such Person whether or not
included in the most recent consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its
Subsidiaries under GAAP.
"Purchase Money Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness incurred
in the ordinary course of business by a Person to finance the cost (including
the cost of construction) of an item of property, the principal amount of which
Indebtedness does not exceed the sum of (i) 100% of such cost and (ii)
reasonable fees and expenses of such Person incurred in connection therewith.
"Ratio Indebtedness" means (i) Indebtedness of the Company
incurred in compliance with the first paragraph of Section 4.09 which is not
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and (ii) any guarantee by a Restricted
Subsidiary of any Indebtedness of the Company of the type set forth in clause
(i) of this definition.
"Related Party" with respect to the Principal means (i) any
spouse or immediate family member of the Principal or (ii) any trust,
corporation, partnership or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders,
partners, owners or Persons beneficially holding an 50% or more
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controlling interest of which consist of the Principal and/or such other Persons
referred to in the immediately preceding clause (i).
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee,
means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee (or any
successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Restricted Investment" means an Investment other than a
Permitted Investment.
"Restricted Subsidiary" of a Person means any Subsidiary of
the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Rule 903" means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities
Act.
"Rule 904" means Rule 904 promulgated the Securities Act.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Senior Credit Facilities" means the senior credit facilities
contemplated to be entered into by the Company, and Xxxxxx
Commercial Paper Inc. as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded,
replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary that
would be a "significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of
Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation
is in effect on the date hereof.
"Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any installment of
interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such
payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original
documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent
obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior
to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the
total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by
such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a
combination thereof).
"Subsidiary Guarantee" means the Guarantee by each Guarantor
of the Company's payment obligations under this Indenture and the Notes,
executed pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C.
Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is
qualified under the TIA, except as provided by Section 9.03 hereof.
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"Trustee" means the party named as such above until a
successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this
Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means (i) any Subsidiary that is
designated by the Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a
resolution of the Board of Directors, but only to the extent that such
Subsidiary: (a) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt; (b) is not
party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary unless the terms of any such agreement, contract,
arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons
who are not Affiliates of the Company; (c) is a Person with respect to which
neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or
indirect obligation (1) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (2) to
maintain or preserve such Person's financial condition or to cause such Person
to achieve any specified levels of operating results; (d) has not guaranteed or
otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and (e) has at least one
director on its board of directors that is not a director or executive officer
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and has at least one
executive officer that is not a director or executive officer of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
"U.S. Person" means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(o)
under the Securities Act.
"Voting Stock" of any Person as of any date means the Capital
Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the
Board of Directors of such Person.
"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (i) the sum
of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining
installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of
principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the
number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between
such date and the making of such payment, by (ii) the then outstanding principal
amount of such Indebtedness.
"Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary" of any Person means a
Restricted Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or
other ownership interests of which (other than directors' qualifying shares)
shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiaries of such Person.
SECTION 1.02. OTHER DEFINITIONS.
DEFINED IN
TERM SECTION
"Affiliate Transaction"............................................ 4.11
"Asset Sale Offer"................................................. 4.10
"Authentication Order"............................................. 2.02
"Change of Control Offer".......................................... 4.15
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"Change of Control Payment"........................................ 4.15
"Change of Control Payment Date"................................... 4.15
"Covenant Defeasance".............................................. 8.03
"Designated Senior Debt"........................................... 10.02
"DTC".............................................................. 2.03
"Event of Default"................................................. 6.01
"Excess Proceeds".................................................. 4.10
"incur"............................................................ 4.09
"Legal Defeasance"................................................. 8.02
"Notice of Default"................................................ 6.01
"Offer Amount"..................................................... 3.09
"Offer Period"..................................................... 3.09
"Paying Agent"..................................................... 2.03
"Payment Blockage Notice".......................................... 10.04
"Payment Default".................................................. 6.01
"Permitted Debt"................................................... 4.09
"Permitted Junior Securities"...................................... 10.02
"Purchase Date".................................................... 3.09
"Registrar"........................................................ 2.03
"Representative"................................................... 10.02
"Restricted Payments".............................................. 4.07
"Senior Debt"...................................................... 10.02
SECTION 1.03. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the
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:
"indenture securities" means the Notes;
"indenture security Holder" means a Holder of a Note;
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture;
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the
Trustee; and
"obligor" on the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees means the
Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the
Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under
the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
SECTION 1.04. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
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(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 in the
plural include the singular;
(5) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;
and
(6) references to sections of or rules under the Securities
Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or
rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. FORM AND DATING.
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes
may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule
or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes
shall be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
(b) The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall
constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the
Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this
Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express
provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and
be controlling.
(c) Global Notes.
Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form
of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the
"Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto). Notes
issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the
"Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto). Each
Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified
therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from
time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and
redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect
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the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Note
Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions
given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.
SECTION 2.02. EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.
Two Officers shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or
facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds
that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be
valid.
A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual
signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the
Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company signed
by two Officers (an "Authentication Order"), authenticate Notes for original
issue in any aggregate principal amount. The aggregate principal amount of Notes
that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture is unlimited.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to
the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate
Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an
Affiliate of the Company.
SECTION 2.03. REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may
be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar") and an
office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent"). The
Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange.
The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional
paying agents. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrar and the term
"Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any
Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company shall notify
the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this
Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as
Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of
its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company
("DTC") to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the
Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Note Custodian with respect to the
Global Notes.
SECTION 2.04. PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the
Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the
benefit of Holders or the Trustee all
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money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or
interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company
in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may
require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company
at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the
Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the
Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the
Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a
separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as
Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the
Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
SECTION 2.05. HOLDER LISTS.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If
the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at
least fifteen days before each interest payment date and at such other times as
the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as
the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).
SECTION 2.06. TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.
A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole
except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the
Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such
successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for
Definitive Notes if (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the
Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or
that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in
either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120
days after the date of such notice from the Depositary or (ii) the Company in
its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part)
should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such
effect to the Trustee. Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in
(i) or (ii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the
Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or
replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof.
Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global
Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or
2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be,
a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as
provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note
may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or (f)
hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the
Global Notes.
The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in
the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with
the provisions of this Indenture and the
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Applicable Procedures. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes
also shall require compliance with the following subparagraphs:
(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same
Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Global Note may be transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in such
Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered
to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).
(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial
Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of
beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) above, the
transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A)
(1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the
Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary
to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note
in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and
(2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing
information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase
or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given
to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the
Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the
beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by
the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in
whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or
exchange referred to in (1) above.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.
(i) If any holder of a beneficial interest in a
Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note
or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof
in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate
principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly
pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with
Section 2.02 hereof, authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any
Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this
Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized
denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall
instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the
Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive
Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.
(i) A Holder of Definitive Note may exchange such
Note for a beneficial interest in Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes
to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or
transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase
or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Global
Notes.
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If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive
Note to a beneficial interest is effected at a time when
Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue
and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance
with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one
or more Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes.
Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such
Holder's compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar
shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such
registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or
surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by
a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly
executed by such Xxxxxx or by his attorney, duly authorized in writing.
(f) Legend.
The following legend shall appear on the face of all
Global Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in
the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
"THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE
INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT
TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT
(I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS
GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT
TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE
MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN
CONSENT OF THE COMPANY."
(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes.
At such time as all beneficial interests in a
particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular
Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part,
each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the
Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such
cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or
transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the
principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced
accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee
or by the Depositary to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest
is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof
in the form of a beneficial interest in
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another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and
an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the
Depositary to reflect such increase.
(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and
exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global
Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Company's order or at the Registrar's
request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a
beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable
in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar
governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10,
3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 hereof).
(iii) The Registrar shall not be required to register
the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in
part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued
upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive
Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt,
and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or
Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(v) The Company shall not be required (A) to issue,
to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning
at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of
redemption of Notes selected for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending
at the close of business on the day of such mailing, (B) to register the
transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in
part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part or (C) to
register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the
next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of
a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and
treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of
such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on
such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the
Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(vii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and
Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
(viii) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be
submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a
registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
SECTION 2.07. REPLACEMENT NOTES.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the
Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the
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Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order,
shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee's requirements are met. If
a Note is destroyed, lost or stolen, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the
Holder that is sufficient in the reasonable judgment of the Trustee and the
Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating
agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The
Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the
Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally
and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
SECTION 2.08. OUTSTANDING NOTES.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes
authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to
it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected
by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in
this Section as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a
Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of
the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section
3.07(b) hereof.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it
ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it
that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under
Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to
accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or
an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money
sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such
Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue
interest.
SECTION 2.09. TREASURY NOTES.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned
by the Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company, shall
be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such
direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. The Company agrees
to notify the Trustee of the existence of any Notes owned by the Company, any
Guarantor, or any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Guarantor.
SECTION 2.10. TEMPORARY NOTES.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery,
the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication
Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be
substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have
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variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as
shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the
Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the
benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.11. CANCELLATION.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any
Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The
Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of
such cancelled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures subject to any
requirements imposed by law. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace
Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
SECTION 2.12. DEFAULTED INTEREST.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes,
it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent
lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are
Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided
in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and
the date of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed
each such special record date and payment date, provided that no such special
record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for
such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the
Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name
and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a
notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the
amount of such interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP NUMBERS.
The Company in issuing the Notes may use "CUSIP" numbers (if
then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice
may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers
either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and
that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on
the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any
change in the "CUSIP" numbers.
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ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
SECTION 3.01. NOTICES TO TRUSTEE.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional
redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee,
at least 45 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an
Officers' Certificate setting forth (i) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to
which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal
amount of Notes to be redeemed, (iv) the redemption price, and (v) the CUSIP
numbers of the Notes to be redeemed.
If the Company is required to make an offer to purchase Notes
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.09 or 4.15 hereof, it shall furnish to
the Trustee an Officers' Certificate setting forth (i) the Section of this
Indenture pursuant to which the purchase shall occur, (ii) the purchase date,
(iii) the principal amount of Notes to be purchased, (iv) the purchase price and
(v) a statement to the effect that (a) the Company or one of its Subsidiaries
has effected an Asset Sale and the conditions set forth in Sections 3.09 and
4.10 have been satisfied or (b) a Change of Control has occurred and the
conditions set forth in Section 4.15 have been satisfied, as applicable.
SECTION 3.02. SELECTION OF NOTES TO BE REDEEMED.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased
in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be
redeemed or purchased among the Holders of the Notes in compliance with the
requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the
Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot
or in accordance with any other method the Trustee considers fair and
appropriate. In the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes to
be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than
30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee from the
outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of
the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for
partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes and
portions of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of
$1,000; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the
entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple
of $1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence,
provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also
apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
SECTION 3.03. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 hereof, at least 30
days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail
or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each
Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.
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The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed, including
the CUSIP numbers, and shall state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price;
(c) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the
principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date
upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to
the unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;
(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(e) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to
the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(f) that, unless the Company defaults in making such
redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on
and after the redemption date;
(g) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this
Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed;
and
(h) that no representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the
Notes.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the
notice of redemption in the Company's name and at its expense; provided,
however, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days
prior to the redemption date, an Officers' Certificate requesting that the
Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such
notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.
SECTION 3.04. EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section
3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on
the redemption date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be
conditional.
SECTION 3.05. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
One Business Day prior to the redemption date, the Company
shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay
the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that
date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any
money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of
the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on,
all Notes to be redeemed.
If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding
paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on
the Notes or the portions of Notes
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called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after an interest record date
but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and
unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was
registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for
redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the
failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be
paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until such principal is
paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid
principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01
hereof.
SECTION 3.06. NOTES REDEEMED IN PART.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company
shall issue and, upon the Company's written request, the Trustee shall
authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in
principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.
SECTION 3.07. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
(a) Except as set forth in clause (b) of this Section 3.07,
the Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes pursuant to this
Section 3.07 prior to [___________], 2004. Thereafter, the Company shall have
the option to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor
more than 60 days' notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of
principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, thereon to the applicable redemption date, if
redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on [____________] of the years
indicated below:
YEAR PERCENTAGE
2004......................................... [____.___]%
2005......................................... [____.___]%
2006......................................... [____.___]%
2007 and thereafter.......................... 100.000%
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to [___________],
2002, the Company may, on any one or more occasions, redeem up to 35% of the
aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued in the Offering at a
redemption price of [____.___]% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued
and unpaid interest, thereon to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds
of an offering of common equity of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock);
provided that (i) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes
originally issued in the Offering remain outstanding immediately after the
occurrence of each such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company and its
Subsidiaries) and (ii) each such redemption shall occur within 75 days after the
date of the closing of any such offering of common equity of the Company.
(c) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
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SECTION 3.08. MANDATORY REDEMPTION.
The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption
payments with respect to the Notes.
SECTION 3.09. OFFER TO PURCHASE BY APPLICATION OF EXCESS PROCEEDS.
In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the
Company shall be required to commence an Asset Sale Offer, it shall follow the
procedures specified below.
The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20
Business Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent
that a longer period is required by applicable law (the "Offer Period"). No
later than five Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the
"Purchase Date"), the Company shall purchase the principal amount of Notes
required to be purchased pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof (the "Offer Amount")
or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered in
response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be
made in the same manner as interest payments are made.
If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date
and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid
interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the
close of business on such record date, and no additional interest shall be
payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.
Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company
shall send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the
Holders. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to
enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The Asset
Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which shall govern the
terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:
(a) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer
shall remain open;
(b) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase
Date;
(c) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall
continue to accrete or accrue interest;
(d) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment,
any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to
accrete or accrue interest after the Purchase Date;
(e) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to
an Asset Sale Offer may only elect to have all of such Note purchased and may
not elect to have only a portion of such Note purchased;
(f) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to
any Asset Sale Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form
entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note
completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the
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Company, a depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the
address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;
(g) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election
if the Company, the depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be,
receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a facsimile
transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal
amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such
Xxxxxx is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;
(h) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes
surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select the
Notes to be purchased 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 thereof, shall be purchased); and
(i) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall
be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the
Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).
On or before the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to
the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent
necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to
the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all
Notes tendered, and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the
Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09. The Company, the
Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any
case not later than five days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each
tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by
such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company shall
promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the
Company shall authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in
a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any
Note 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 Asset
Sale Offer on the Purchase Date.
Other than as specifically provided in this Section
3.09, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the
provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
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ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. PAYMENT OF NOTES.
The Company or a Guarantor shall pay or cause to be paid the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest, on the Notes on the dates and in
the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest, if
any, shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than
the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the
due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and
designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and
interest, then due.
The Company or a Guarantor shall pay interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue
principal at the rate equal to 1% per annum in excess of the then applicable
interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest
(including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on
overdue installments of interest and Liquidated Damages (without regard to any
applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.
SECTION 4.02. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the
City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or
an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be
served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company 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 Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where the Notes 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, the City of New York for such purposes. The Company shall
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission
and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with
Section 2.03.
SECTION 4.03. REPORTS.
(a) Whether or not required by the rules and
regulations of the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee and the Holders of Notes (i) all quarterly and annual
financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with
the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such forms,
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including a "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations" that describes the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (showing in
reasonable detail, either on the face of the financial statements or in the
footnotes thereto and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations, the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the
financial information and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries
of the Company) and, with respect to the annual information only, a report
thereon by the Company's certified independent accountants and (ii) all current
reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if the
Company were required to file such reports, in each case, within the time
periods specified in the SEC's rules and regulations. In addition, following
consummation of the Exchange Offer, whether or not required by the rules and
regulations of the SEC, the Company shall file a copy of all such information
and reports with the SEC for public availability within the time periods
specified in the SEC's rules and regulations (unless the SEC will not accept
such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and
prospective investors upon request. The Company shall at all times comply with
TIA Section314(a). Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the
Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such
reports, information and documents shall not constitute constructive notice of
any information contained therein or determinable from the information contained
therein, including the Company's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder
(as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers'
Certificates).
SECTION 4.04. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE.
(a) The Company and each Guarantor (to the extent
that such Guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee,
within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate
stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries
during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the
signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept,
observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and
further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the
best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and
fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in
default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and
conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she
may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has
occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the
principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event
has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking
or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) So long as not contrary to the then current
recommendations of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the
year-end financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.03(a) above shall
be accompanied by a written statement of the Company's independent public
accountants (who shall be a firm of established national reputation) that in
making the examination necessary for certification of such financial statements,
nothing has come to their attention that would lead them to believe that the
Company has violated any provisions of Article 4 or Article 5 hereof or, if any
such violation has occurred, specifying the
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nature and period of existence thereof, it being understood that such
accountants shall not be liable directly or indirectly to any Person for any
failure to obtain knowledge of any such violation.
(c) The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes
are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming
aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers' Certificate specifying
such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 4.05. TAXES.
The Company shall pay, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and
governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not
adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
SECTION 4.06. STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS.
The Company and each of the Guarantors covenants (to the
extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon,
plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of,
any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter
in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture;
and the Company and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully
do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and
covenants that it shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede
the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and
permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
SECTION 4.07. RESTRICTED PAYMENTS.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly: (i) declare or pay any
dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company's
or any of its Restricted Subsidiary's Equity Interests (including, without
limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) or to any direct or indirect holders
of the Company's Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than
dividends or distributions (a) payable in Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company or (b) to the Company or any Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company); (ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with
any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent
of the Company (other than any such Equity Interests owned by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or Permitted Investments); (iii) make any
payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire
or retire for value any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
that is subordinated to the Notes or any guarantee of the Notes, except a
payment of interest or principal at Stated Maturity; or (iv) make any Restricted
Investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through
(iv) above being collectively
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referred to as "Restricted Payments"), unless, at the time of and after giving
effect to such Restricted Payment:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; and
(b) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted
Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment
had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been
permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the
Debt to Cash Flow Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of Section 4.09
hereof, and
(c) such Restricted Payment, together with the
aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries after the date of this Indenture (excluding Restricted
Payments permitted by clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of the next succeeding
paragraph), is less than the sum, without duplication, of (i) an amount equal to
the Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company for the period (taken as one
accounting period) from the beginning of the first fiscal quarter commencing
after the date of this Indenture to the end of the Company's most recently ended
full fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC
(the "Basket Period") less the product of 1.4 times the Consolidated Interest
Expense of the Company for the Basket Period), plus (ii) 100% of the aggregate
net cash proceeds received by the Company as a contribution to its common equity
capital or from the issue or sale since the date of this Indenture of Equity
Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or
sale of Disqualified Stock or debt securities of the Company that have been
converted into such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or
Disqualified Stock or convertible debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the
Company and other than Disqualified Stock or convertible debt securities that
have been converted into Disqualified Stock), plus (ii) to the extent that any
Restricted Investment that was made after the date of this Indenture is sold for
cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (A) the cash
return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of
disposition, if any) and (B) the initial amount of such Restricted Investment.
The foregoing provisions will not prohibit (i) the
payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if
at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions
of this Indenture; (ii) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or
other acquisition of any Equity Interests of Company or subordinated
Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor in exchange for, or out of the net
cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary
of the Company) of, other Equity Interests of the Company (other than any
Disqualified Stock); provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that
are utilized for any such redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or
other acquisition shall be excluded from clause (c)(ii) of the preceding
paragraph; and, provided further, that no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing immediately after such transaction; (iii) the
defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of subordinated
Indebtedness with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing immediately after such transaction; (iv) the
payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the holders
of Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;
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(v) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of
any Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
held by any member of the Company's (or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries')
management or board of directors pursuant to any management equity subscription
agreement, stock option agreement or other similar agreement; provided that the
aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired
Equity Interests shall not exceed $5.0 million (excluding for purposes of
calculating such amounts during any period, loans incurred to finance the
purchase of such Equity Interests that are repaid contemporaneously) in any
twelve-month period and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing immediately after such transaction; (vi) repurchases of stock
deemed to have occurred by virtue of the exercise of stock options; and (vii)
other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5 million in any
twelve-month period so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing.
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than
cash) shall be the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of
the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted
Payment. The fair market value of any non-cash Restricted Payment shall be
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors whose resolution with respect
thereto shall be delivered to the Trustee. Not later than the date of making any
Restricted Payment, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that such Restricted Payment is permitted and setting forth
the basis upon which any calculation required by this Section 4.07 were
computed.
The Board of Directors may designate any Restricted
Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such designation would not cause
a Default. For purposes of making such determination, the aggregate fair market
value of all outstanding Investments by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be a Restricted
Payment at the time of such designation and will reduce the amount available for
Restricted Payments under the first paragraph of this covenant. Such designation
will only be permitted if such Restricted Payment would be permitted at such
time and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall
be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the
Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers' Certificate
certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions. If, at
any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the definition of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted
Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such
Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company as of such date (and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be
incurred as of such date under Section 4.09 hereof, the Company shall be in
default). The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any
Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such
designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary and such designation shall only be permitted if (i) such Indebtedness
is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof, calculated on a pro forma basis as if
such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference
period and (ii) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence immediately
following such designation.
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SECTION 4.08. DIVIDEND AND OTHER PAYMENT RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING
SUBSIDIARIES.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or
suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the
ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (a)(i) pay dividends or make any other
distributions to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (A) on its
Capital Stock or (B) with respect to any other interest or participation in, or
measured by, its profits or (ii) pay any indebtedness owed to the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) make loans or advances to the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) transfer any of its properties or assets
to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except for such
encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) Existing
Indebtedness as in effect on the date hereof, (ii) the Senior Credit Facilities
and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases,
supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof, and any other
agreement governing or relating to Senior Debt, provided that such amendments,
modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings,
replacements or refinancings and other agreements are, taken as a whole, no more
restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than
those contained in the Senior Credit Facilities, (iii) this Indenture as in
effect on the date hereof, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, (iv)
applicable law, (v) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a
Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in
effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness
was incurred in connection with or in anticipation of such acquisition), which
encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or
assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the
Person, so acquired, provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such
Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred, (vi)
by reason of customary non-assignment provisions in leases and other agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practices, (vii) purchase money obligations (including Capital Lease
Obligations) for property acquired in the ordinary course of business that
impose restrictions of the nature described in clause (c) above on the property
so acquired, (viii) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that the
restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness are no more restrictive, taken as a whole than those contained in
the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced, (ix) secured
Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to the provisions of
Section 4.12 hereof that limits the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets
securing such Indebtedness, (x) provisions with respect to the disposition or
distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements and other similar
agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (xi) restrictions on
cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered
into in the ordinary course of business, and (xii) any agreement for the sale or
other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by
that Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition.
SECTION 4.09. INCURRENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS AND ISSUANCE OF PREFERRED
STOCK.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue,
assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable,
contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, "incur") any
Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue any shares of Disqualified Stock
and will not
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permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred
stock; provided, however, that, so long as no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Company may incur Indebtedness (including
Acquired Debt) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock and the Guarantors may
issue shares of preferred stock if, in each case, the Company's Debt to Cash
Flow Ratio at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness or the issuance of
such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, after giving pro
forma effect to such incurrence or issuance as of such date and to the use of
the proceeds therefrom as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the most
recently ended four full fiscal quarter period of the Company for which internal
financial statements are available, would have been no greater than 7.0 to 1.0.
The provisions of the first paragraph of this covenant will
not apply to the incurrence of any of the following (collectively, "Permitted
Debt"):
(i) the incurrence by the Company (and the guarantee
thereof by any Restricted Subsidiary) of Indebtedness and Letters of Credit
under one or more Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any time
outstanding not to exceed $250.0 million (with letters of credit being deemed to
have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company
and the Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder), less the aggregate amount of all
mandatory repayments of the principal of any term Indebtedness under a Credit
Facility that have been made since the date hereof (other than from the proceeds
of any other Credit Facility) and less the aggregate amount of all commitment
reductions of any revolving Indebtedness under a Credit Facility pursuant to
clause (i) of the third paragraph of Section 4.10 hereof;
(ii) the incurrence by the Company and the guarantee
thereof by the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the
Subsidiary Guarantees;
(iii) the incurrence by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness;
(iv) the incurrence by the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage
financings or Purchase Money Indebtedness, in each case incurred for the purpose
of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or
improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5.0 million
at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Debt incurred
pursuant to clause (v) below to refund, replace or refinance any Indebtedness
pursuant to this clause (iv);
(v) the incurrence by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for,
or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace
Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by this
Indenture to be incurred by the first paragraph of this Section 4.09, or by
clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vii), (xviii), (ix), (x), (xi) or (xii) of this
paragraph;
(vi) the incurrence of Indebtedness between or among
the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that (a)
if the Company is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is
expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full of
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all Senior Debt and all Obligations with respect to the Notes and (b) any
subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such
Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary, and any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person
that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, shall be deemed, in
each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be;
(vii) the incurrence by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations that are incurred for the purpose
of fixing or hedging interest rate risk with respect to any floating rate
Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding;
(viii) the guarantee by the Company or any of the
Guarantors (or, in the case of a Credit Facility, any Restricted Subsidiary) of
Indebtedness that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this
Section 4.09;
(ix) the accrual of interest, the accretion or
amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any
Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the
payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of
the same class of Disqualified Stock;
(x) the incurrence by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness consisting of performance, bid or
advance payment bonds, surety bonds, custom bonds, utility bonds and similar
obligations arising in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) the incurrence by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from agreements providing for
indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each
case incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business,
asset or Subsidiary of the Company, provided that the maximum assumable
Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the disposition of
any business, asset or Subsidiary of the Company; and
(xii) the incurrence by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal
amount at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to clause (v) above to refund, refinance or replace any
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (xii), not to exceed $10 million.
For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in
the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of
the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (i) through (xii) above or
is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, the
Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify such item of
Indebtedness in whole or in part in any manner that complies with this Section
4.09 and such item of Indebtedness will be treated as having been incurred
pursuant to such clauses or pursuant to the first paragraph hereof. Accrual of
interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest on any
Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same
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terms and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of
additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to
be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for
purposes of this covenant.
SECTION 4.10. ASSET SALES.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless (i) the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the
time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company or such Subsidiary) of
the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of and (ii)
at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that
the amount of (a) any liabilities (as shown on the Company's or such Restricted
Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet) of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their
terms subordinated to the Notes or any guarantee thereof) that are assumed by
the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary novation agreement
that releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability,
and (b) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are immediately converted
by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the
cash received), within 90 days following the closing of such Asset Sale, shall
be considered cash for purposes of this clause (ii).
Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset
Sale without complying with such paragraph if (i) the Company or the applicable
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of
such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets or other
property sold, issued or otherwise disposed of (as evidenced by a resolution of
the Company's Board of Directors set forth in an Officers' Certificate delivered
to the Trustee) and (ii) at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale
constitutes a controlling interest in a Permitted Business, long-term assets
used or useful in a Permitted Business and/or cash or Cash Equivalents; provided
that any cash or Cash Equivalents received by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be
consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Proceeds subject to the
provisions of the next succeeding paragraph.
Within 365 days of the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an
Asset Sale, the Company may apply such Net Proceeds, at its option, (i) to repay
Senior Debt under a Credit Facility (and to correspondingly reduce commitments
with respect thereto in the case of revolving borrowings), (ii) to the
acquisition of a controlling interest in a Permitted Business, or (iii) to the
making of a capital expenditure or the acquisition of other long-term assets, in
each case, used or useful in a Permitted Business. Pending the final application
of any such Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce Senior Debt or
otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this
Indenture. Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as
provided in the first sentence of this paragraph shall be deemed to constitute
"Excess Proceeds." When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10.0
million, the Company shall be required to make an offer to all Holders of Notes
and all holders of other pari passu Indebtedness containing provisions similar
to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or
redeem such other pari passu Indebtedness with the
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proceeds of sales of assets (an "Asset Sale Offer") to purchase the maximum
principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be
purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount
equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, thereon to the date of purchase, in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this Indenture and in such other pari passu Indebtedness. To the extent
that the aggregate amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness
tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the
Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise
prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and
such other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the
amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other
pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of
an Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
SECTION 4.11. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any
property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction,
contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the
benefit of, any Affiliate (each of the foregoing, an "Affiliate Transaction"),
unless (i) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been
obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary with an unrelated Person and (ii) the Company delivers to the Trustee
(a) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate
Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $2.5 million, a
resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers' Certificate
certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (i) above and
that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the members
of the Board of Directors that are disinterested as to such Affiliate
Transaction and (b) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of
$10.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the Company of such Affiliate
Transaction from a financial point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or
investment banking firm of national standing; provided that (1) any transaction
approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, with an officer or director
of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries in his or her capacity as an
officer or director entered into in the ordinary course of business; (2)
transactions between or among the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) payment of reasonable directors fees to the Board of Directors of the
Company and of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (4) fees and compensation paid to,
and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors or employees of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as determined in good faith by
the Board of Directors of the Company or of any such Restricted Subsidiary, to
the extent the same are reasonable and customary; (5) any Restricted Payment
that is permitted by Section 4.07; and (6) agreements in effect on the date of
this Indenture and any modification thereto or any transaction contemplated
thereby (including pursuant to any modification thereto) in any replacement
agreement therefor so long as such modification or replacement is not more
disadvantageous to the holders of the Notes in any material respect than the
original agreement as in effect on the date of this Indenture, in each case,
shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions.
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SECTION 4.12. LIENS.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any Lien securing Indebtedness or trade payables on any asset
now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom or assign or
convey any right to receive income therefrom, except Permitted Liens.
SECTION 4.13. ASSET SWAPS.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, in one or a series of related transactions, directly
or indirectly, engage in any Asset Swaps, unless: (i) at the time of entering
into the agreement to swap assets and immediately after giving effect to the
proposed Asset Swap, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; (ii) the Company would,
after giving pro forma effect to the proposed Asset Swap, have been permitted to
incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Debt to Cash
Flow Ratio in Section 4.09; (iii) the respective fair market values of the
assets being purchased and sold by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (as determined in good faith by the management of the Company or,
if such Asset Swap includes consideration in excess of $1.0 million by the Board
of Directors of the Company, as evidenced by a Board Resolution) are
substantially the same at the time of entering into the agreement to swap
assets; and (iv) at the time of the consummation of the proposed Asset Swap, the
percentage of any decline in the fair market value (determined as aforesaid) of
the asset or assets being acquired by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries shall not be significantly greater than the percentage of any
decline in the fair market value (determined as aforesaid) of the assets being
disposed of by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, calculated from the
time the agreement to swap assets was entered into.
SECTION 4.14. CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to
be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i)
its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of
each of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational
documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any
such Subsidiary and (ii) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and
franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise,
or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if
the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no
longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any
material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
SECTION 4.15. OFFER TO REPURCHASE UPON CHANGE OF CONTROL.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the
Company shall be obligated to make an offer (a "Change of Control Offer") to
each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an
integral multiple thereof) of such Xxxxxx's Notes at an offer price in cash
equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon to
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the date of purchase (the "Change of Control Payment"). Within ten days
following a Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to the Trustee and
each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the
Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the date specified in such
notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days
from the date such notice is mailed (the "Change of Control Payment Date"),
pursuant to the procedures required by this Indenture and described in such
notice. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the
Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the
extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control.
(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the
Company will, to the extent lawful, (i) accept for payment all Notes or portions
thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit
with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in
respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered and (iii) deliver or cause
to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an Officers'
Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof
being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each
Holder of Notes so tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and
the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by
book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any
unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such
new Note will be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof.
The Change of Control provisions described above will be
applicable whether or not any other provisions of this Indenture are applicable.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 4.15, the Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control
Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control
Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the
requirements set forth in this Section 4.15 and Section 3.09 hereof and
purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of
Control Offer.
SECTION 4.16. NO SENIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.09 hereof, (i) the
Company shall not directly or indirectly incur any Indebtedness that is
subordinate or junior in right of payment to any Senior Debt and senior in any
respect in right of payment to the Notes and (ii) no Guarantor shall incur any
Indebtedness that is subordinated or junior in right of payment to any
Guarantees of Senior Debt and senior in any respect in right of payment to the
Subsidiary Guarantees.
SECTION 4.17. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
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SECTION 4.18. LIMITATION ON SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction;
provided that the Company and the Guarantors may enter into a sale and leaseback
transaction if (i) the Company or such Guarantor could have (a) incurred
Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt relating to such sale
and leaseback transaction pursuant to the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio test set forth
in the first paragraph of Section 4.09 hereof and (b) incurred a Lien to secure
such Attributable Debt pursuant to Section 4.12 hereof, (ii) the gross cash
proceeds of such sale and leaseback transaction are at least equal to the fair
market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors in good
faith) of the property that is the subject of such sale and leaseback
transaction and (iii) the transfer of assets in such sale and leaseback
transaction is permitted by, and the proceeds of such transaction are applied in
compliance with Section 4.10 hereof.
SECTION 4.19. PAYMENTS FOR CONSENT.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall,
directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by
way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder of any Notes for or as an
inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions
of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid
or is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in
the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent,
waiver or agreement.
SECTION 4.20. ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.
If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall
acquire or create another Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture
(other than a Subsidiary described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition of
the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries), or any Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than a
Subsidiary described in clause (ii) of the definition of Non-Guarantor
Subsidiary) shall become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, then such
Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor by executing a Supplemental Indenture in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit F and deliver an Opinion of Counsel to the
Trustee to the effect that such Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by such Subsidiary and constitutes a valid and binding
obligation of such Subsidiary, enforceable against such Subsidiary in accordance
with its terms (subject to customary exceptions).
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ARTICLE V
SUCCESSORS
SECTION 5.01. MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, OR SALE OF ASSETS.
The Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into
(whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign,
transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to another
corporation, Person or entity unless (i) the Company is the surviving
corporation or the entity or the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale,
assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been
made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States,
any state thereof or the District of Columbia; (ii) the entity or Person formed
by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or
the entity or Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance
or other disposition shall have been made assumes all the obligations of the
Company under the Notes and the Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture
in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; (iii) immediately after such
transaction no Default or Event of Default exists; and (iv) except in the case
of a merger of the Company with or into a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company, the Company or the entity or Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale,
assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been
made would, both immediately prior to and immediately after giving pro forma
effect thereto as if such transaction had occurred at the beginning of the
applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio test set forth
in Section 4.09 hereof.
SECTION 5.02. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof, the successor
corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is
merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other
disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and
after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the "Company" shall
refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the Company), and may
exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same
effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein;
provided, however, that the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the
obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes except in the case
of a sale of all of the Company's assets that meets the requirements of Section
5.01 hereof.
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ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
An "Event of Default" occurs if:
(a) the Company defaults for 30 days in the payment when due of
interest on, the Notes, whether or not such payment is prohibited by the
provisions of Article 10 hereof;
(b) the Company defaults in payment when due of the principal of or
premium, if any, on the Notes, whether or not such payment is prohibited by the
provisions of Article 10 hereof;
(c) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary fails to comply with any
of the provisions of Section 4.15 or 5.01 hereof;
(d) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary fails for 30 days after
written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount
of the then outstanding Notes to comply with the provisions of Section 3.09,
4.07, 4.09 or 4.10 hereof (such notice must specify the Default, demand that it
be remedied and state that the notice is a "Notice of Default");
(e) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary fails for 60 days after
written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount
of the then outstanding Notes to comply with any of its other agreements in this
Indenture or the Notes (such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be
remedied and state that the notice is a "Notice of Default");
(f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary defaults under any
mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which
there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is
guaranteed by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries), whether such
Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the date hereof, which
default (a) is caused by a failure to pay (a "Payment Default") principal of or
premium, if any, or interest on such Indebtedness when due (after giving effect
to any applicable grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such
default) or (b) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its
express maturity and, in each case, the principal amount of any such
Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness
under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been
so accelerated, aggregates $5.0 million or more;
(g) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries fails to pay
final judgments aggregating in excess of $5.0 million (net of amounts covered by
insurance), which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of
60 days;
(h) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee
shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall
cease for any reason to be in
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full force and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any
Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Subsidiary
Guarantee;
(i) the Company or any of the Company's Restricted Subsidiaries that
constitutes a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of
the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary
pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case,
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it
in an involuntary case,
(iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for
all or substantially all of its property,
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors, or
(v) generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
(j) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under
any Bankruptcy Law that: (i) is for relief against the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries that constitutes a Significant Subsidiary or any group
of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case; (ii) appoints a custodian of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that constitutes a Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the
property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that constitutes a
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a
whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or (iii) orders the
liquidation of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that
constitutes a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries
that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; and the order
or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.
SECTION 6.02. ACCELERATION.
If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
clause (i) or (j) of Section 6.01 hereof with respect to the Company, any
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Significant Subsidiaries that, taken as a
whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or
(j) of Section 6.01 hereof occurs with respect to the Company, any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company that constitutes a Significant Subsidiary or any group
of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute
a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will automatically become due
and payable without further action or notice. Holders of the Notes may not
enforce this Indenture or the Notes except as provided in this Indenture.
Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or
power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any
continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of
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Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interest.
If an Event of Default occurs on or after [_____________],
2004 by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on
behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that
the Company would have had to pay if the Company then had elected to redeem the
Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, then, upon acceleration of the Notes, an
equivalent premium shall also become and be immediately due and payable, to the
extent permitted by law, anything in this Indenture or in the Notes to the
contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default occurs prior to
[_____________], 2004 by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or
not taken) by or on behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding the
prohibition on redemption of the Notes prior to such date, then, upon
acceleration of the Notes, the Make Whole Premium shall also become and be
immediately due and payable.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of
all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences under this Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of
Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes.
The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a
statement regarding compliance with this Indenture, and the Company is required
upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the
Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
SECTION 6.03. OTHER REMEDIES.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if
any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of
the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not
possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A
delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right
or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy
or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies
are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 6.04. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of
the Holders of all of the Notes waive an existing Default or Event of Default
and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default
in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes
(including in connection with an offer to purchase) (provided, however, that the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related
payment default that resulted from such acceleration). 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
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Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 6.05. CONTROL BY MAJORITY.
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any
trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any
direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines
may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may
involve the Trustee in personal liability.
SECTION 6.06. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
A Holder of a Note may pursue a remedy with respect to this
Indenture or the Notes only if:
(a) the Holder of a Note gives to the Trustee written notice
of a continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the
remedy;
(c) such Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes offer and, if
requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against
any loss, liability or expense;
(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60
days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision
of indemnity; and
(e) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a
direction inconsistent with the request.
A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the
rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over
another Holder of a Note.
SECTION 6.07. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES TO RECEIVE PAYMENT.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the
right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium, if any,
and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the
Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for
the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not
be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 6.08. COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b)
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its
own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole
amount of principal of, premium, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on the
Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and
such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
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collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
SECTION 6.09. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and
other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the
claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and
the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the
Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and
shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or
other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian 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 to 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 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out
of the estate in any such proceeding shall be denied for any reason, payment of
the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all
distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that after
giving effect to Article 10 the Holders may be entitled to receive in such
proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or
arrangement or otherwise. 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 Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 6.10. PRIORITIES.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article, it
shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts
due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expense
and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs
and expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the
Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference
or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes
for principal, premium, if any and interest, respectively; and
Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent
jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
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SECTION 6.11. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by
any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit,
and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by
the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit
by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of
more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
SECTION 6.12. NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES
AND STOCKHOLDERS.
No director, officer, employee or stockholder of the Company
or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the
Company or any Guarantor under the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such
obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives
and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to
waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of the
SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.
(a) If 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 its exercise, as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own
affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by
the express provisions of this Indenture and the TIA and the Trustee need
perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and
no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Indenture or the TIA against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, in the
case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under
a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the
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requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy
of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b)
of this Section;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that
the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs
(a), (b), and (c) of this Section.
(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend
or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be under no
obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the
request of any Holders, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee
security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense
that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received
by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in
trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
SECTION 7.02. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon 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 require an
Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be
liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on
such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with
counsel of its reasonable discretion and the advice of such counsel or any
Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from
liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in
good faith and in reliance thereon.
(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.
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(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or
powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any
demand, request, direction or notice from the Company or any Guarantor shall be
sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company or Guarantor issuing such
demand, request, direction or notice.
(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 or direction of
any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee
security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs,
expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction.
(g) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the
Trustee, in its discretion, may make such reasonable further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may determine, and, if the
Trustee makes such inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled on reasonable
prior notice to examine during customary business hours the books, records and
premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of
the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by
reason of such inquiry or investigation.
(h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or
Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual
knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a
Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee,
and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.
(i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given
to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are
extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities
hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act
hereunder.
SECTION 7.03. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting
interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for
permission to continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like
rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
SECTION 7.04. TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no
representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it
shall not be accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Notes or
any money paid to the Company or upon the Company's
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direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for
the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the
Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or
any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of
the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of
authentication.
SECTION 7.05. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and
if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Notes a
notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except
in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if
and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines
that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.
SECTION 7.06. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS OF THE NOTES.
Within 60 days after each [September] 15 beginning with the
[September] 15 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes
remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief
report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA Section 313(a)
(but if no event described in TIA Section 313(a) has occurred within the twelve
months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee
also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by
mail all reports as required by TIA Section 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the
Holders of Notes shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each
stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA
Section 313(d). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are
listed on any stock exchange or of any delisting thereof.
SECTION 7.07. COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY.
The Company and the Guarantors shall pay to the Trustee from
time to time such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and the
rendering by it of the services required hereunder as shall be agreed in writing
with the Company. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on
compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company and the Guarantors
shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable
disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the
compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable
compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel.
The Company and the Guarantors shall indemnify each of the
Trustee and any predecessor of the Trustee against any and all losses,
liabilities, damages, claims or expenses, including taxes (other than taxes
based on the income of the Trustee) incurred by it arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this
Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against
the Company and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07) and defending
itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company and the Guarantors or
any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent
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any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its gross negligence
or bad faith. The Trustee shall notify the Company and the Guarantors promptly
of any claim for which it may seek indemnity.
The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this
Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
To secure the Company's and the Guarantors' payment
obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on
all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in
trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. Compensation, reimbursement
and indemnification of the Trustee under this Section 7.07 is not subordinated
to Senior Debt of the Company.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(i) or (j) hereof occurs, the expenses
and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its
agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under
any Bankruptcy Law.
The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section
313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.
SECTION 7.08. REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's
acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section.
The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be
discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The
Holders of Notes of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing.
The Company may remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an
order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy
Law;
(c) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee
or its property; or
(d) 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
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may
appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the
Company.
If a successor Xxxxxxx does not take office within 60 days
after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the
Company, or the Holders of Notes of at least 10%
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in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition, at the expense
of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder of a Note
who has been a Holder of a Note for at least six months, fails to comply with
Section 7.10, such Holder of a Note may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to Holders of the Notes. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer
all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, provided all sums
owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided
for in Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant
to this Section 7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall
continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.09. SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another
corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the
successor Trustee.
SECTION 7.10. ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a
corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by
federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at
least $50.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of
condition.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to
TIA Section 310(b).
SECTION 7.11. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.
The Trustee is subject to 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
therein.
ARTICLE VIII
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01. OPTION TO EFFECT LEGAL DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors
evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers' Certificate, at any time,
elect to have either Section 8.02 or
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8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the
conditions set forth below in this Article 8.
SECTION 8.02. LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the
option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company shall, subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to
have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes
and to have each Guarantor's obligation discharged with respect to its
Subsidiary Guarantee on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied
(hereinafter, "Legal Defeasance"). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that
the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness
represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be
"outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other
Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have
satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the
Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which
shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights
of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described
in Section 8.04 hereof, and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in
respect of the principal of and premium and interest, on such Notes when such
payments are due, (b) the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes under
Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company's obligations in connection
therewith and (d) this Article 8. Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the
Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the
prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.
SECTION 8.03. COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the
option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and each Guarantor shall,
subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof,
be released from their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections
4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20,
5.01 and 11.01 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the
date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter,
"Covenant Defeasance"), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not
"outstanding" for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration
or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such
covenants, but shall continue to be deemed "outstanding" for all other purposes
hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding
for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with
respect to the outstanding Notes, the Company and each Guarantor may omit to
comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or
limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by
reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of
any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other
document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event
of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the
remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In
addition, upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option
applicable to this Section 8.03 hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in
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Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(d) through 6.01(f) hereof shall not
constitute Events of Default.
SECTION 8.04. CONDITIONS TO LEGAL OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of
either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof to the outstanding Notes:
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in
trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in United States dollars,
non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as
will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium and, if any,
and interest on the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or
on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must
specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular
redemption date;
(b) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United
States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (A) the Company has
received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a
ruling or (B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the
applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based
thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the
outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United
States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the
outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default
resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness all or a portion of the proceeds
of which will be used to defease the Notes pursuant to this Article 8
concurrently with such incurrence) or insofar as Sections 6.01(i) or 6.01(j)
hereof is concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the
date of deposit (or greater period of time in which any such deposit of trust
funds may remain subject to bankruptcy or insolvency laws insofar as those apply
to the deposit by the Company);
(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material
agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound;
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(f) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel (which may be subject to customary exceptions) to the effect that (A)
on the 91st day following the deposit (or greater period of time in which any
such deposit of trust funds may remain subject to bankruptcy or insolvency laws
insofar as those apply to the deposit by the Company), the trust funds will not
be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and (B) the
trust funds will not be subject to the rights of holders of Indebtedness other
than the Notes;
(g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with
the intent of preferring the Holders over any other creditors of the Company or
with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other
creditors of the Company or others; and
(h) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the
Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
SECTION 8.05. DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TO BE HELD IN
TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable
Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the
Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section
8.05, the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the
outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in
accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment,
either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as
Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all
sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and
interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
The Company and the Guarantors shall pay and indemnify the
Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the
cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04
hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any
such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of
the outstanding Notes.
Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the
request of the Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by
it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion
delivered under Section 8.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof
that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Any deposit made pursuant to this Article VIII shall be
subject to the provisions of Article X only if payment in respect of the Notes
is prohibited under Article X on the date such deposit is made.
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SECTION 8.06. REPAYMENT TO COMPANY.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or
then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal, and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as a
secured creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money,
and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease;
provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required
to make any such repayment, shall at the expense of the Company cause to be
published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national
edition), 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
notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 8.07. REINSTATEMENT.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United
States dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section
8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of
any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise
prohibiting such application, then the Company's obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had
occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee
or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section
8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company
makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note
following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the
money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
SECTION 9.01. WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF NOTES.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Company, a
Guarantor (with respect to a Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture to which it
is a party) and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the
Subsidiary Guarantee or the Notes without the consent of any Holder of a Note:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in
place of certificated Notes or to alter the provisions of Article 2 hereof
(including the related definitions) in a manner that does not materially
adversely affect any Holder;
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(c) to provide for the assumption of the Company's or a
Guarantor's obligations to the Holders of the Notes by a successor to the
Company or a Guarantor pursuant to Article 5 or Article 11 hereof;
(d) to make any change that would provide any additional
rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect
the legal rights hereunder of any Holder of the Notes;
(e) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect
or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of
its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or
supplemental Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents
described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company and
the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental Indenture
authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further
appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the
Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental
Indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture
or otherwise.
SECTION 9.02. WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF NOTES.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company and
the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including Section 3.09, 4.10
and 4.15 hereof), the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Notes may be amended or
supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (including
consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or
purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any
existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default
in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes,
except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded)
or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or
the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class
(including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer
for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08 hereof shall determine which Notes
are considered to be "outstanding" for purposes of this Section 9.02.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of
its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or
supplemental Indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence
satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid,
and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02
hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such amended
or supplemental Indenture unless such amended or supplemental Indenture directly
affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.
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It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of
Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed
amendment 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 of Notes 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 amended or
supplemental Indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding voting as a single class may waive compliance in a particular
instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes.
However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver
under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a
non-consenting Holder):
(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must
consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of
any Note or alter or waive any of the provisions with respect to the redemption
of the Notes except as provided above with respect to Sections 3.09, 4.10 and
4.15 hereof;
(c) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
interest on any Note;
(d) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
principal of or premium or interest on the Notes (except a rescission of
acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment
default that resulted from such acceleration);
(e) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in
the Notes;
(f) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture
relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes to
receive payments of principal of or premium or interest on the Notes;
(g) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note (other
than a payment required by one of the covenants described in Sections 3.09, 4.10
and 4.15).
(h) release any Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee; or
(i) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 hereof or in the
foregoing amendment and waiver provisions.
In addition, any amendment to the provisions of Article 10 of
this Indenture (which relate to subordination) will require the consent of the
Holders of at least 75% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding if such amendment would adversely affect the rights of Holders of
Notes.
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SECTION 9.03. COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes
shall be set forth in a amended or supplemental Indenture that complies with the
TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 9.04. REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a
consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a
Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences
the same debt as the consenting Xxxxxx's Note, even if notation of the consent
is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder
of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written
notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes
effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance
with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
SECTION 9.05. NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF NOTES.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an
amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The
Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt
of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment,
supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note
shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or
waiver.
SECTION 9.06. TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC.
The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental Indenture
authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not
adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee.
The Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental Indenture until the Board
of Directors approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof)
shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required
by Section 12.04 hereof, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
stating that (i) the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture, (ii) such amended or supplemental
indenture complies with this Indenture and, (iii) in the event that such
amendment or supplemental indenture is being executed pursuant to Section 5.01
or 11.01 hereof, the surviving Person assumes the Obligations of this Indenture
and the Notes.
ARTICLE X
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 10.01. AGREEMENT TO SUBORDINATE.
The Company and the Guarantors agree, and each Holder by
accepting a Note and Subsidiary Guarantee agrees, that the principal of and
interest and premium (if any) on the Notes and all Subsidiary Guarantees in
respect thereof are subordinated in right of payment, to the
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extent and in the manner provided in this Article 10 and Section 11.03, to
the prior payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all Senior Debt
(whether outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter created, incurred, assumed
or guaranteed), and that the subordination is for the benefit of the holders of
Senior Debt, each of whom shall be entitled to enforce this Article 10 and
Section 11.02 as a third party beneficiary hereof.
SECTION 10.02. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.
"Designated Senior Debt" means any Indebtedness outstanding
under the Senior Credit Facilities until the Senior Credit Facilities have been
paid in full in cash and discharged, and thereafter means any Credit Facility
designated by the Company as "Designated Senior Debt" for the purposes of this
Article 10.
"Permitted Junior Securities" means Equity Interests in the
Company or debt securities of the Company or the relevant Guarantor that are
subordinated to all Senior Debt (and any debt securities issued in exchange for
Senior Debt) or Guarantor Senior Debt (and any debt securities issued in
exchange for Guarantor Senior Debt), as applicable, to substantially the same
extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Notes are subordinated to Senior
Debt or the Subsidiary Guarantees are subordinated to Guarantor Senior Debt, as
applicable, pursuant to this Indenture.
"Representative" means the indenture trustee or other trustee,
agent or representative for any holder or holders of Senior Debt.
"Senior Debt" means (i) all Indebtedness outstanding under
Credit Facilities and all Hedging Obligations with respect thereto, (ii) any
other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred
under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such
Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity with or
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees and
(iii) all Obligations of the Company or any Guarantor with respect to the
foregoing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Senior
Debt will not include (a) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes
owed or owing by the Company, (b) any Indebtedness of the Company or any
Guarantor to any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates, (c) any trade payables
or (d) any Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of this Indenture;
provided that Indebtedness under Credit Facilities will not cease to be Senior
Debt if incurred based upon a written certificate from a purported officer of
the Company to the effect that such Indebtedness was permitted by this Indenture
to be incurred.
A distribution may consist of cash, securities or other
property, by set-off or otherwise. Any payment pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer
or Change of Control Offer shall constitute a distribution subject to this
Article 10. The making of any deposit pursuant to Article 8 shall constitute a
distribution subject to this Article 10 to the extent provided in Article 8.
SECTION 10.03. LIQUIDATION; DISSOLUTION; BANKRUPTCY.
Upon any payment or distribution to creditors of the Company
or any Guarantor in a liquidation or dissolution of the Company or any Guarantor
or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar
proceeding relating to the Company or any Guarantor or its property, in an
assignment for the benefit of creditors or any marshaling of the Company's or
any Guarantor's assets and liabilities:
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(1) holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled to receive
payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all Obligations due in respect of
such Senior Debt (including interest after the commencement of any such
proceeding at the rate and on the terms specified in the applicable Senior Debt
whether or not the claim for such interest is allowable or enforceable in such
proceeding) before Holders of the Notes shall be entitled to receive any payment
or distribution with respect to the Notes (except that Holders may receive (i)
Permitted Junior Securities and (ii) payments and other distributions made from
any defeasance trust created pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof, if payment of the
Notes was permitted on the date the defeasance deposit was made); and
(2) until all Obligations with respect to Senior Debt
(including interest after the commencement of any such proceeding at the rate
and on the terms specified in the applicable Senior Debt whether or not the
claim for such interest is allowable or enforceable in such proceeding) are paid
in full in cash or Cash Equivalents, any payment or distribution to which the
Holders of Notes would be entitled but for this Article 10 shall be made to
holders of Senior Debt (except that Holders of Notes may receive (i) Permitted
Junior Securities and (ii) payments and other distributions made from any
defeasance trust created pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof, if payment of the
Notes was permitted on the date the defeasance deposit was made), as their
interests may appear.
SECTION 10.04. DEFAULT ON DESIGNATED SENIOR DEBT.
The Company may not make (and the Guarantors may not make) any
payment or distribution to the Trustee or any Holder in respect of Obligations
with respect to the Notes and may not acquire from the Trustee or any Holder any
Notes for cash or property (other than (i) Permitted Junior Securities and (ii)
payments and other distributions made from any defeasance trust created pursuant
to Section 8.01 hereof) until all principal and other Obligations with respect
to the Senior Debt have been paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents if:
(i) a default in the payment of any principal or
other Obligations with respect to any Credit Facility occurs and is continuing
beyond any applicable grace period in the agreement, indenture or other document
governing such Credit Facility; or
(ii) a default, other than a payment default, on
Designated Senior Debt occurs and is continuing that then permits holders of the
Designated Senior Debt to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee receives a
notice of the default (a "Payment Blockage Notice") from a Person who may give
it pursuant to Section 10.12 hereof. If the Trustee receives any such Payment
Blockage Notice, no subsequent Payment Blockage Notice shall be effective for
purposes of this Section unless and until (i) at least 360 days shall have
elapsed since the effectiveness of the immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice
and (ii) all scheduled payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on
the Notes that have come due have been paid in full in cash. No nonpayment
default that existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any Payment
Blockage Notice to the Trustee shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent
Payment Blockage Notice.
The Company may and shall resume payments on and distributions
in respect of the Notes and may acquire them upon the earlier of:
(1) the date upon which the default is cured or waived, or
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(2) in the case of a default referred to in Section 10.04(ii)
hereof, 179 days after notice is received if the maturity of such Designated
Senior Debt has not been accelerated, if this Article 10 otherwise permits the
payment, distribution or acquisition at the time of such payment or acquisition.
SECTION 10.05. ACCELERATION OF SECURITIES.
If payment of the Securities is accelerated because of an
Event of Default, the Company shall promptly notify holders of Senior Debt of
the acceleration.
SECTION 10.06. WHEN DISTRIBUTION MUST BE PAID OVER.
In the event that the Trustee receives any payment or
distribution in respect of any Obligations with respect to the Notes at a time
when the Trustee has actual knowledge that such payment or distribution is
prohibited by Section 10.03 or 10.04 hereof or in the event any Holder receives
any payment of any Obligations with respect to the Notes at a time when such
payment is prohibited by Section 10.03 or 10.04 hereof, such payment or
distribution shall be held by the Trustee or such Holder in trust for the
benefit of, and shall be paid forthwith over and delivered, upon written
request, to, the holders of Senior Debt or their Representative under the
indenture or other agreement (if any) pursuant to which Senior Debt may have
been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for application to the
payment of all Obligations with respect to Senior Debt remaining unpaid
(including interest after the commencement of any such proceeding at the rate
and on the terms specified in the applicable Senior Debt whether or not the
claim for such interest is allowable or enforceable in such proceeding) to the
extent necessary to pay such Obligations in full in cash or Cash Equivalents in
accordance with their terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to or for the holders of Senior Debt.
With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee
undertakes to perform only such obligations on the part of the Trustee as are
specifically set forth in this Article 10, and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Debt shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any
fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt.
SECTION 10.07. NOTICE BY COMPANY.
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee and the Paying
Agent of any facts known to the Company that would cause a payment of any
Obligations with respect to the Notes to violate this Article 10, but failure to
give such notice shall not affect the subordination of the Notes to the Senior
Debt or the rights of holders of Senior Debt as provided in this Article 10.
SECTION 10.08. SUBROGATION.
After all Senior Debt is paid in full in cash or Cash
Equivalents and until the Notes are paid in full, Holders of Notes shall be
subrogated (equally and ratably with all other Indebtedness pari passu with the
Notes) to the rights of holders of Senior Debt to receive distributions
applicable to Senior Debt to the extent that distributions otherwise payable to
the Holders of Notes have been applied to the payment of Senior Debt, except
that no right of subrogation shall apply to the extent any distribution is
applied to pay any claim for interest that is not allowed or enforceable in any
proceeding referred to in Section 10.03. A distribution made
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under this Article 10 to holders of Senior Debt that otherwise would have been
made to Holders of Notes is not, as between the Company and Holders, a payment
by the Company on the Notes.
SECTION 10.09. RELATIVE RIGHTS.
This Article 10 defines the relative rights of Holders of
Notes and holders of Senior Debt. Nothing in this Indenture shall:
(1) impair, as between the Company and Holders of Notes, the
obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal
of and interest on the Notes in accordance with their terms;
(2) affect the relative rights of Holders of Notes and
creditors of the Company other than their rights in relation to holders of
Senior Debt; or
(3) prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Notes from exercising
its available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default, subject to the rights
of holders and owners of Senior Debt to receive distributions and payments
otherwise payable to Holders of Notes.
If the Company fails because of this Article 10 to pay
principal of or interest on a Note on the due date, the failure is still a
Default or Event of Default.
SECTION 10.10. SUBORDINATION NOT PREJUDICED.
No right of any holder of any Senior Debt to enforce
subordination as provided in this Article 10 shall at any time in any way be
prejudiced, affected or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by any act or failure to act on the part
of any holder of Senior Debt or by any breach or default by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries in the performance or observance of any promise, covenant or
obligation enforceable by any Holder of the Notes, regardless of any knowledge
thereof that any holder of Senior Debt may have or otherwise be charged with.
Without limiting the foregoing, each holder of any Senior Debt may at any time
and from time to time, without the consent of or notice of any Holder of the
Notes, without incurring any responsibility or liability to any Holder of the
Notes and without in any manner prejudicing, affecting or impairing the
obligations of any Holder of the Notes under this Article 10:
(1) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the
time of payment of, or increase (subject to Section 4.09), renew or alter,
compromise, accelerate, extend or refinance, any Senior Debt or any agreement,
guaranty, lien or obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
other Person in any manner related thereto, or otherwise amend, supplement or
change in any manner any Senior Debt or any such agreement, guaranty, lien or
obligation;
(2) take or fail to take any collateral security for any
Senior Debt or take or fail to take any action which may be necessary or
appropriate to ensure that any security interest or lien upon any property
securing any Senior Debt is duly enforceable or perfected or entitled to
priority as against any other lien or to ensure that any proceeds of any
property subject to any security interest or lien are applied to the payment of
any Senior Debt;
(3) release, discharge or permit the lapse of any or all
security interests or liens upon any property at any time securing any Senior
Debt; or
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(4) exercise or enforce, in any manner, order or sequence, or
fail to exercise or enforce, any right or remedy against the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or any collateral security or any other Person or property in
respect of any Senior Debt or any security interest or lien securing any Senior
Debt or any right under this Indenture, and apply any payment or proceeds of
collateral in any order of application.
No exercise of, delay in exercising or failure to exercise any
right arising under this Article 10, no act or omission of any holder of Senior
Debt in respect of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person or
any collateral security for any Senior Debt or any right arising under this
Article 10, no change, impairment, or suspension of any right or remedy of any
holder of any Senior Debt, no other act, failure to act, circumstance,
occurrence or event which, but for this provision, would or could act as a
release or exoneration of the obligations of the Holders of the Notes under this
Article 10 shall in any way affect, decrease, diminish or impair any of the
obligations of the Holders of the Notes under this Article 10 or give any Holder
of the Notes any recourse or defense against any holder of the Senior Debt in
respect of any right arising under this Article 10.
SECTION 10.11. DISTRIBUTION OR NOTICE TO REPRESENTATIVE.
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to
holders of Senior Debt, the distribution may be made and the notice given to
their Representative.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company
referred to in this Article 10, the Trustee and the Holders of Notes shall be
entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent
jurisdiction or upon any certificate of such Representative or of the
liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any distribution to the
Trustee or to the Holders of Notes for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons
entitled to participate in such 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 10.
SECTION 10.12. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AND PAYING AGENT.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 10 or any other
provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of
the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment or
distribution by the Company, unless the Trustee shall have received at its
Corporate Trust Office not later than the fifth Business Day immediately
preceding the date of such payment written notice of facts that would cause the
payment of any Obligations with respect to the Notes to violate this Article 10.
Only the Company or a Representative (or, if there is no Representative for any
holder of Senior Debt, such holder) may give the notice. Nothing in this Article
10 shall impair the claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to
Section 7.07 hereof.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold
Senior Debt with the same rights, and subject to the same obligations it would
have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and
obligations.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to
the holders of Senior Debt.
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With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee
undertakes to perform or observe only such of its covenants or obligations as
are specifically set forth in this Article and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to holders of Senior Debt shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee.
SECTION 10.13. AUTHORIZATION TO EFFECT SUBORDINATION.
Each Holder of Notes, by the Holder's acceptance thereof,
authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Xxxxxx's behalf to take such action
as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided
in this Article 10, and appoints the Trustee to act as such Xxxxxx's
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. If the Trustee does not file a
proper proof of claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding
referred to in Section 6.09 hereof at least 30 days before the expiration of the
time to file such claim, each Representative is hereby authorized to file an
appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of the Notes.
SECTION 10.14. REINSTATEMENT.
The provisions of this Article 10 shall continue to be
effective or reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any
of the Senior Debt is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the
Representative or any other holder of Senior Debt upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor or otherwise, all
as though such payment had not been made.
SECTION 10.15. AMENDMENTS.
The provisions of this Article 10 and Section 11.02 and
related definitions of terms used therein shall not be amended or modified
without the written consent of the holders of all Senior Debt at the time
outstanding.
ARTICLE XI
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
SECTION 11.01. GUARANTEE.
Subject to this Article 11, each of the Guarantors hereby,
jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors
and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture,
the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: (a)
the principal of and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when
due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest
on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and
all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or
thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with
the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of
payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will
be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of
the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed
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or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be
jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor
agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder
shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or
enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to
enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect
to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the
Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor.
Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing
of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company,
any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and
all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Note Guarantee shall not be
discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the
Notes and this Indenture.
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or
otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee,
liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or
the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this
Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in
full force and effect.
Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any
right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations
guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby.
Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand,
and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof
for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay,
injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the
obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of
acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such
obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and
payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Subsidiary Guarantee. The
Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying
Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of
the Holders under the Guarantee.
SECTION 11.02. SUBORDINATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE.
The Obligations of each Guarantor under its Subsidiary
Guarantee pursuant to this Article 11 shall be junior and subordinated to the
Senior Debt of such Guarantor on the same basis as the Notes are junior and
subordinated to Senior Debt of the Company. For the purposes of the foregoing
sentence, the Trustee and the Holders shall have the right to receive and/or
retain payments by any of the Guarantors only at such times as they may receive
and/or retain payments in respect of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture,
including Article 10 hereof.
SECTION 11.03. LIMITATION ON GUARANTOR LIABILITY.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder,
hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Subsidiary
Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance
for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform
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Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar
federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Subsidiary Guarantee. To
effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors
hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor under its
Subsidiary Guarantee and this Article 11 shall be limited to the maximum amount
as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and
fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after
giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or
payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the
obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 11, result in the
obligations of such Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
SECTION 11.04. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF NOTE GUARANTEE.
To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section
11.01, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee
substantially in the form included in Exhibit E shall be endorsed by an Officer
of such Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by its
President or one of its Vice Presidents.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set
forth in Section 11.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any
failure to endorse on each Subsidiary a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.
If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the
Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee
authenticates the Note on which a Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed, the
Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the
authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the
Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
In the event that the Company creates or acquires any new
domestic Restricted Subsidiaries subsequent to the date of this Indenture, if
required by Section 4.20 hereof, the Company shall cause such domestic
Restricted Subsidiaries to execute supplemental indentures to this Indenture in
the form included in Exhibit F and Subsidiary Guarantees in the form included in
Exhibit E in accordance with Section 4.20 hereof and this Article 11, to the
extent applicable.
SECTION 11.05. GUARANTORS MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS.
No Guarantor may consolidate with or merge with or into
(whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person) another corporation,
Person or entity whether or not affiliated with such Guarantor unless:
(a) subject to the provisions of Section 11.06 hereof, the
Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than a
Guarantor) assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor pursuant to a
supplemental indenture in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, under the Notes, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement;
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(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default exists; and
(c) the Company would be permitted by virtue of the Company's
pro forma Debt to Cash Flow Ratio, immediately after giving effect to such
transaction, to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the
Debt to Cash Flow Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09 hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance
and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture,
executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee,
of the Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual
performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be
performed by the Guarantor, such successor Person shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named
herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed
any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes
issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company
and delivered to the Trustee. All the Subsidiary Guarantees so issued shall in
all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the
Subsidiary Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture as though all of such Subsidiary Guarantees had been
issued at the date of the execution hereof.
Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and
notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture
or in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor
with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or
conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an
entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.
SECTION 11.06. RELEASES FOLLOWING SALE OF ASSETS.
If any Guarantor at any time ceases to be a Subsidiary of the
Company by reason of any Asset Sale, merger or consolidation or otherwise, or in
the event of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of any Guarantor, then such Guarantor (in the event of any Asset Sale or
other disposition, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, of capital
stock of such Guarantor) or the Person acquiring the property (in the event of a
sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such
Guarantor) will be released and relieved of any obligations (if any) under the
Guarantor's Subsidiary Guarantee. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of
an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale
or other disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.10 hereof
(to the extent application to such sale or disposition at the time of
consummation thereof), the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably
required in order to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its obligations
under its Subsidiary Guarantee.
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and
interest on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this
Indenture as provided in this Article 11.
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ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 12.01. TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or
conflicts with the duties imposed by a provision of the TIA or another provision
that would be required or deemed under the TIA to be part of and govern this
Indenture if this Indenture were subject thereto, the latter provision shall
control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision
of the TIA that may be so modified or excluded, the later provision shall be
deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case
may be.
SECTION 12.02. NOTICES.
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or
the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or
mailed by first class mail, telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing
next day delivery, to the others' address:
If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:
Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
With a copy to:
Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx & Handler LLP
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telecopier No. (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx., Esq.
If to the Trustee:
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00 Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Trustee Administration
The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the
others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to
Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand,
if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail,
postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt
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acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to
the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by
first class mail or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to
its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or
communication shall also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA
Section 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or
communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency
with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided
above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee
receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it
shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
SECTION 12.03. COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS OF NOTES WITH OTHER HOLDERS OF
NOTES.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with
other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes.
The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the
protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 12.04. 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:
(a) an Officers' Certificate in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in
Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all
conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in
Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
SECTION 12.05. STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate
provided pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of
TIA Section 314(e) and shall include:
(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has
been satisfied; and
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(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
SECTION 12.06. RULES BY TRUSTEE AND AGENTS.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a
meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and
set reasonable requirements for its functions.
SECTION 12.07. NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES
AND STOCKHOLDERS.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee,
incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have
any liability for any obligations of the Company or such Guarantor under the
Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, this Indenture or for any claim based on, in
respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by
accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.
The waiver and release are part of the consideration for
issuance of the Notes.
SECTION 12.08. GOVERNING LAW.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE
USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
SECTION 12.09. NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other
indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any
other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to
interpret this Indenture.
SECTION 12.10. SUCCESSORS.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes
shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall
bind its successors.
SECTION 12.11. SEVERABILITY.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
SECTION 12.12. COUNTERPART ORIGINALS.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture.
Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the
same agreement.
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SECTION 12.13. TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of
the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience
of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall
in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
[Signatures on following page]
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SIGNATURES
Dated as of October __, 1999
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM NETWORK, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SBS PROMOTIONS, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SBS FUNDING, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
XXXXXXX HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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SBS OF GREATER NEW YORK, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM OF FLORIDA, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM OF GREATER MIAMI, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM OF PUERTO RICO, INC.
(DELAWARE)
By:
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Name:
Title:
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC. (A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION)
By:
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Name:
Title:
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM OF SAN ANTONIO, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM OF PUERTO RICO, INC.
(PUERTO RICO)
By:
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
(Face of Note)
[THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE
INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY
BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY
BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE
INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR
CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE
MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF
THE COMPANY.]
CUSIP/CINS _________
[_____]% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009
No.________ $__________
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.
promises to pay to _________________________________________ registered assigns,
the principal sum of _______________ Dollars on _________, 2008.
Interest Payment Dates: ___________, and __________.
Record Dates: ____________ and ____________.
DATED: , 1999
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.
BY:
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Name:
Title:
BY:
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Name:
Title:
This is one of the Global
Notes referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture:
The Bank of New York,
as Trustee
By:
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Date of Authentication:
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(Reverse face of Note)
_____% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1. INTEREST. Spanish Broadcasting System, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of
this Note at _____% per annum from ____________, 1999 until maturity. The
Company will pay interest semi-annually on [_____________] and [_____________]
of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding
Business Day (each an "Interest Payment Date"). Interest on the Notes will
accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no
interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no
existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated
between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest
Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be
[_____________], 2000. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition
interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and
premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in
excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue
installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from
time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the
Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of
Notes at the close of business on the [_____________] or [_____________] next
preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such
record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in
Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will
be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within or without the City and
State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be
made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register
of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available
funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest and premium on,
all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided
written wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent on or
prior to the record date. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, The Bank of New
York, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar.
The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any
Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
4. INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture
dated as of October [__], 1999 ("Indenture") between the Company and the
Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those
made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are
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subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such
Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note
conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the
indenture shall govern and be controlling. The aggregate principal amount of the
Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture is unlimited.
5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
(a) Except as set forth in clause (b) of this Section 5, the
Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes pursuant to this Section 5
prior to [_____________], 2004. Thereafter, the Company shall have the option to
redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60
days' notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal
amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, thereon to the
applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning
on [_____________] of the years indicated below:
YEAR PERCENTAGE
2004....................................... [___.___]%
2005....................................... [___.___]%
2006....................................... [___.___]%
2007 and thereafter........................ 100.000%
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to [_____________],
2002, the Company may, on any one or more occasions, redeem up to 35% of the
aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued in the Offering at a
redemption price of [___.___]% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and
unpaid interest, thereon to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of
an offering of common equity of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock);
provided that (i) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes
originally issued in the Offering remain outstanding immediately after the
occurrence of each such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company and its
Subsidiaries) and (ii) each such redemption shall occur within 75 days after the
date of the closing of any such offering of common equity of the Company.
6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION.
Except as set forth in paragraph 7 below, the Company shall
not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with
respect to the Notes.
7. REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDER.
(a) If there is a Change of Control, the Company shall be
obligated to make an offer (a "Change of Control Offer") to each Holder of Notes
to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof)
of such Xxxxxx's Notes at an offer price in cash equal to 101% of the principal
amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, thereon to the date of
purchase (the "Change of Control Payment"). Within ten days following a Change
of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder describing the
transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering
to repurchase Notes on the date specified in such notice, which date shall be no
earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date
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such notice is mailed (the "Change of Control Payment Date"), pursuant to the
procedures required by the Indenture and described in such notice.
(b) If the Company or a Subsidiary consummates any Asset
Sales, when the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10.0 million, the
Company shall be required to make an offer to all Holders of Notes and all
holders of other pari passu Indebtedness containing provisions similar to those
set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem such
other pari passu Indebtedness with the proceeds of sales of assets (an "Asset
Sale Offer") to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other
pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an
offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof,
plus accrued and unpaid interest, thereon to the date of purchase, in accordance
with the procedures set forth in the Indenture and in such other pari passu
Indebtedness. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and such other
pari passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than
the Excess Proceeds, the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for any
purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal
amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered by Holders
thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the
Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata
basis. Upon completion of an Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds
shall be reset at zero.
8. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed
at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each
Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in
denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole
multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be
redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or
portions thereof called for redemption.
9. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be
exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may
require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and
transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and
fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not
exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for
redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in
part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes
for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes to
be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding
Interest Payment Date.
10. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may
be treated as its owner for all purposes.
11. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain
exceptions, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be amended
or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class
(including without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase
of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), and any existing default or
compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the
Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the
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then outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including consents obtained in
connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Notes). Without the consent
of any Holder of Notes, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes
may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency,
to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Company's or any Guarantor's
obligations to Holders of the Notes in the case of a merger or consolidation or
sale of substantially all of the Company's assets, to make any change that would
provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that
does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such
Holder or to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
12. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (a) the
Company defaults for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on, the Notes,
whether or not such payment is prohibited by the provisions of Article 10 of the
Indenture; (b) the Company defaults in payment when due of the principal of or
premium, if any, on the Notes, whether or not such payment is prohibited by the
provisions of Article 10 of the Indenture; (c) the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary fails to comply with any of the provisions of Section 4.15 or 5.01 of
the Indenture; (d) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary fails for 30 days
after written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes to comply with the provisions of Section
3.09, 4.07, 4.09 or 4.10 of the Indenture; (e) the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary fails for 60 days after written notice by the Trustee or the Holders
of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes to comply with
any of its other agreements in the Indenture or the Notes; (f) the Company or
any Significant Subsidiary defaults under any mortgage, indenture or instrument
under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced
any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries), whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or
is created after the date of the Indenture, which default (i) is caused by a
failure to pay (a "Payment Default") principal, or interest on such Indebtedness
when due (after giving effect to any applicable grace period provided in such
Indebtedness on the date of such default) or (ii) results in the acceleration of
such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity and, in each case, the principal
amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other
such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity
of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $5.0 million or more; (g) the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries fails to pay final judgments
aggregating in excess of $5.0 million (net of amounts covered by insurance),
which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days; (h)
except as permitted by the Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee shall be held in
any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any
reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on
behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee; (i) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with
respect to the Company or any of the Company's Restricted Subsidiaries that
constitutes a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of
the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary. If
any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the
Notes to be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or
insolvency, with respect to the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company that
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constitutes a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of
the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all
outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice.
Holders of the Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as
provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its
exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the
Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or
Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it
determines that withholding notice is in their interest. In the case of any
Event of Default occurring by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken
(or not taken) by or on behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding
payment of the premium that the Company would have had to pay if the Company
then had elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 of the Indenture,
an equivalent premium shall also become and be immediately due and payable to
the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Notes. If an Event of
Default occurs on or after [ ], 2004 by reason of any willful action (or
inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of the Company with the intention
of avoiding payment of the premium that the Company would have had to pay if the
Company then had elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to the redemption
provisions contained in the Notes, then upon acceleration of the Notes, an
equivalent premium shall also become and be immediately due and payable, to the
extent permitted by law, anything in the Indenture or in the Notes to the
contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default occurs prior to [_________],
2004 by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on
behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding the prohibition on
redemption of the Notes prior to such date, then the Make Whole Premium
specified in the Indenture shall also become immediately due and payable to the
extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Notes. The Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice
to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any
existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture
except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on,
or the principal of, the Notes. The Company is required to deliver to the
Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the
Company is required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to
deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
13. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its
individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and
perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with
the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
14. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee,
incorporator or stockholder, of the Company, as such, shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or
for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or
their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance
of the Notes.
15. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until
authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
16. ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the
name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT
(= tenants by the 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).
17. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND
BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS NOTE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE
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APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
18. SUBORDINATION. Principal of and interest and premium (if
any) on this Note and all Subsidiary Guarantees in respect hereof are
subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in
the Indenture, to the prior payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all
Senior Debt (each as defined in the Indenture).
19. CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by
the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has
caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP
numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation
is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request
and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer
this Note to __________________________________________________________________
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint ______________________ to transfer this Note on the
books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Date: __________________ Your Signature: _________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the
face of this Note)
Tax Identification No: __________________________
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:
_________________________________________________
Signatures must be
guaranteed by an "eligible
guarantor institution"
meeting the requirements of
the Registrar, which
requirements include
membership or participation
in the Security Transfer
Agent Medallion Program
("STAMP") or such other
"signature guarantee
program" as may be
determined by the Registrar
in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP,
all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the box below:
[ ] Section 4.10 [ ] Section 4.15
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased
by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state
the amount you elect to have purchased: $________
Date: ____________ Your Signature:___________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the
face of this Note)
Tax Identification No:____________________
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:
__________________________________________
Signatures must be
guaranteed by an "eligible
guarantor institution"
meeting the requirements of
the Registrar, which
requirements include
membership or participation
in the Security Transfer
Agent Medallion Program
("STAMP") or such other
"signature guarantee
program" as may be
determined by the Registrar
in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP,
all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an
interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part
of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note,
have been made:
Principal Amount of
Amount of increase this Global Note Signature of
Amount of decrease in Principal following such authorized officer
in Principal Amount Amount of this decrease (or of Trustee or Note
Date of Exchange of this Global Note Global Note increase) Custodian
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GUARANTY
For good and valuable consideration received from the Company by the
undersigned (hereinafter referred to as the "Guarantors," which term includes
any successor or additional Guarantors), the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, subject to Section 11.03 of the Indenture, each of the
Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees,
irrespective of the validity or enforceability of the Obligations of the Company
under the Indenture, the Notes or the Obligations of any other party under the
Notes or the Indenture: (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal and
premium, if any, of and interest on the Notes, whether at maturity, or on an
interest payment date, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, (b)
the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal and premium,
if any, of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, (c) the due and
punctual payment and performance of all other Obligations of the Company under
the Indenture and the Notes, all in accordance with the terms set forth in the
Indenture; and (d) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any
Notes or any of such other Obligations under the Indenture of the Notes, the due
and punctual payment or performance thereof in accordance with the terms of the
extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Reference is made to Article 11 of the Indenture for a further description
of the terms of this Guaranty.
This Guaranty is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in
the manner provided in the Indenture, to the prior payment in full in cash or
Cash Equivalents of all Senior Debt (each as defined in the Indenture).
SIGNATURES
Dated as of October , 1999
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM OF CALIFORNIA,
INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM NETWORK, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SBS PROMOTIONS, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SBS FUNDING, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
XXXXXXX HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SBS OF GREATER NEW YORK, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM OF FLORIDA, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM OF GREATER MIAMI,
INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM OF PUERTO RICO,
INC. (DELAWARE)
By:
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Name:
Title:
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.
(NEW JERSEY)
By:
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Name:
Title:
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM OF SAN ANTONIO,
INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM OF PUERTO RICO,
INC. (PUERTO RICO)
By:
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Name:
Title:
