MOBILE SATELLITE VENTURES LP and MSV FINANCE CO., as Issuers, the GUARANTORS named herein and , as Trustee INDENTURE Dated as of January 6, 2009 16.0% Senior Notes due 2013
Exhibit
10.4
MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES LP
and
MSV
FINANCE CO.,
as
Issuers,
the
GUARANTORS named herein
and
,
as Trustee
_____________________
Dated
as of January 6, 2009
_____________________
16.0%
Senior Notes due 2013
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
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ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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Section
1.01
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Definitions
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1
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Section
1.02
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Other
Definitions
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26
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Section
1.03
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Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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27
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Section
1.04
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Rules
of Construction
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27
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ARTICLE
II
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THE
NOTES
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Section
2.01
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Form
and Dating
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28
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Section
2.02
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Execution
and Authentication
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29
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Section
2.03
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Registrar
and Paying Agent
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30
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Section
2.04
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Paying
Agent to Hold Money in Trust
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30
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Section
2.05
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Holder
Lists
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30
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Section
2.06
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Transfer
and Exchange
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31
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Section
2.07
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Replacement
Notes
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41
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Section
2.08
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Outstanding
Notes
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41
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Section
2.09
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Temporary
Notes
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42
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Section
2.10
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Cancellation
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42
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Section
2.11
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Defaulted
Interest
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42
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Section
2.12
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Deposit
of Moneys
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42
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Section
2.13
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CUSIP
Number
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43
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ARTICLE
III
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REDEMPTION
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Section
3.01
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Notices
to Trustee
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43
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Section
3.02
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Selection
by Trustee of Notes to Be Redeemed
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43
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Section
3.03
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Notice
of Redemption
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43
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Section
3.04
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Effect
of Notice of Redemption
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44
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Section
3.05
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Deposit
of Redemption Price
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44
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Section
3.06
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Notes
Redeemed in Part
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45
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ARTICLE
IV
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COVENANTS
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Section
4.01
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Payment
of Notes
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45
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Section
4.02
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SEC
Reports
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45
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Section
4.03
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Waiver
of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws
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46
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Section
4.04
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Compliance
Certificate
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47
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Section
4.05
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Taxes
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47
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Section
4.06
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Limitation
on Indebtedness
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47
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Section
4.07
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Limitation
on Issuance or Sale of Capital Stock of Restricted
Entities
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51
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Section
4.08
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Limitation
on Restricted Payments
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51
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Section
4.09
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Limitation
on Liens
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55
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Section
4.10
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Limitation
on Sale of Assets and Subsidiary Stock
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56
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Section
4.11
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Limitation
on Transactions with Affiliates
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59
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Section
4.12
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Future
Guarantors
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60
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Section
4.13
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Limitation
on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries and
Restricted Entities
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60
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Section
4.14
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Payments
for Consent
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62
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Section
4.15
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Corporate
Existence
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62
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Section
4.16
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Change
of Control
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62
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Section
4.17
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Maintenance
of Office or Agency
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63
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Section
4.18
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Maintenance
of Insurance
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64
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Section
4.19
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Limitation
on Business Activities of Finance Co.
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64
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Section
4.20
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Certain
Matters in Connection with Licenses
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65
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Section
4.21
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Limitation
on Line of Business
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65
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Section
4.22
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Calculation
of Original Issue Discount
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65
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Section
4.23
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Reimbursement
Offer
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65
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ARTICLE
V
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SUCCESSOR
CORPORATION
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Section
5.01
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Limitation
on Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Property
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66
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Section
5.02
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Substitution
of Company
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68
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ARTICLE
VI
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DEFAULTS
AND REMEDIES
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Section
6.01
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Events
of Default
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69
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Section
6.02
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Acceleration
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70
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Section
6.03
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Other
Remedies
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71
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Section
6.04
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Waiver
of Past Defaults and Events of Default
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71
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Section
6.05
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Control
by Majority
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71
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Section
6.06
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Limitation
on Suits
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71
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Section
6.07
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Rights
of Holders to Receive Payment
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72
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Section
6.08
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Collection
Suit by Trustee
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72
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Section
6.09
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Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim
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72
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Section
6.10
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Priorities
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73
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Section
6.11
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Undertaking
for Costs
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73
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ARTICLE
VII
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TRUSTEE
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Section
7.01
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Duties
of Trustee
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73
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Section
7.02
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Rights
of Trustee
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74
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Section
7.03
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Individual
Rights of Trustee
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76
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Section
7.04
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Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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76
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Section
7.05
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Notice
of Defaults
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76
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Section
7.06
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Reports
by Trustee to Holders
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76
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Section
7.07
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Compensation
and Indemnity
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77
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Section
7.08
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Replacement
of Trustee
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78
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Section
7.09
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Successor
Trustee by Consolidation, Merger or Conversion
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78
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Section
7.10
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Eligibility;
Disqualification
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79
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Section
7.11
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company
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79
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Section
7.12
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Paying
Agents
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79
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ARTICLE
VIII
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AMENDMENTS,
SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
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Section
8.01
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Without
Consent of Holders
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79
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Section
8.02
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With
Consent of Holders
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81
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Section
8.03
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Revocation
and Effect of Consents
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82
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Section
8.04
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Notation
on or Exchange of Notes
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82
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Section
8.05
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Trustee
to Sign Amendments, etc.
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82
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ARTICLE
IX
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DISCHARGE
OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
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Section
9.01
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Discharge
of Indenture
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83
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Section
9.02
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Legal
Defeasance
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84
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Section
9.03
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Covenant
Defeasance
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84
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Section
9.04
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Conditions
to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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84
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Section
9.05
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Deposited
Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions
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85
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Section
9.06
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Reinstatement
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86
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Section
9.07
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Moneys
Held by Paying Agent
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86
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Section
9.08
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Moneys
Held by Trustee
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86
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ARTICLE
X
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GUARANTEE
OF SECURITIES
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Section
10.01
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Guarantee
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87
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Section
10.02
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Execution
and Delivery of Guarantees
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88
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Section
10.03
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Limitation
of Guarantee
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88
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Section
10.04
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Additional
Guarantors
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88
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Section
10.05
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Release
of Guarantor
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88
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Section
10.06
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Waiver
of Subrogation
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89
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Section
10.07
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Taxes
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89
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ARTICLE
XI
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
11.01
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Notices
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90
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Section
11.02
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Communications
by Holders with Other Holders
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90
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Section
11.03
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Certificate
and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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91
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Section
11.04
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Statements
Required in Certificate and Opinion
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91
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Section
11.05
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When
Treasury Notes Disregarded
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91
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Section
11.06
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Rules
by Trustee and Agents
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91
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Section
11.07
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Legal
Holidays
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92
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Section
11.08
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Governing
Law
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92
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Section
11.09
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No
Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
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92
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Section
11.10
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No
Recourse Against Others
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92
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Section
11.11
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Successors
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92
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Section
11.12
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Multiple
Counterparts
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92
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Section
11.13
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Table
of Contents, Headings, etc.
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92
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Section
11.14
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Separability
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93
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Section
11.15
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Waiver
of Jury Trial
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93
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Section
11.16
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Force
Majeure
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93
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Section
11.17
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Currency
of Account; Conversion of Currency; Foreign Exchange
Restrictions
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93
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Section
11.18
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Agent
for Service
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00
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Xxxxxxx
00.00
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxx (Xxxxxx)
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95
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Section
11.20
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Joint
and Several Obligations
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95
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Exhibits
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Exhibit
A-1
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Form
of Face of Certificated Notes
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X-0
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Xxxxxxx
X-0
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Form
of Restricted Global Note
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X-0
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Xxxxxxx
X-0
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Form
of Regulation S Global Note
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X-0
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Xxxxxxx
X-0
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Form
of Reverse of Notes
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A-4
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Certificate of Transfer
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B-1
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Exhibit
C
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Form
of Certificate of Exchange
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C-1
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Exhibit
D
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Form
of Certificate of Acquiring Institutional
Accredited
Investors
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D-1
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INDENTURE,
dated as of January 6, 2009 (the “Indenture”), among MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company”), MSV FINANCE CO.,
a
Delaware corporation (“Finance
Co.” and, together with the Company, the “Issuers”), the GUARANTORS
(as
defined herein) parties hereto
and ,
a corporation,
as Trustee (the “Trustee”).
Each
party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal
and ratable benefit of the holders of the Issuers’ 16.0% Senior Notes due 2013
(collectively, the “Notes”): The term
Notes shall include the Notes issued on the Issue Date, any Payment-in-Kind
Notes and any Notes issued on a subsequent closing and funding date all
considered as one series.
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section
1.01
|
Definitions.
|
“144A
Global Note” means a
Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A2 and A4 hereto bearing the
Global Note Legend and the Restricted Notes Legend and deposited with or on
behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depository or its nominee that
will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount
of
the Notes resold in reliance on Rule 144A.
“Additional
Assets”
means:
(1) any
property, plant, license, equipment or any other tangible asset or any
improvement thereto (including improvements to existing assets) used or useful
in a Related Business;
(2) all
or substantially all of the assets of, or the Capital Stock of a Person that
becomes a Restricted Entity as a result of the acquisition of such Capital
Stock
by the Company or another Restricted Entity; or
(3) Capital
Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such time is a
Restricted Entity;
provided,
however,
that any such
Restricted Entity described in clause (2) or (3) above is primarily engaged
in a
Related Business.
“Affiliate”
of
any specified
Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled
by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified
Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with
respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies
of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. For purposes
of Sections 4.08, 4.10 and 4.11 only (and for the avoidance of doubt, not
Section 11.05), “Affiliate” shall also mean any beneficial owner of Capital
Stock representing 20% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock
(on
a fully diluted basis) of the General Partner or the Capital Stock of the
Company or of rights or warrants to purchase such Capital Stock (whether or
not
currently exercisable) and any Person who would be an Affiliate of any such
beneficial owner pursuant to the first sentence hereof.
“Agent”
means
any Registrar,
Paying Agent, co-registrar or agent for service of notices and
demands.
“Applicable
Currency
Equivalent” means, with respect to any monetary amount in a currency
other than U.S. Dollars, at any time for the determination thereof, the amount
of U.S. Dollars obtained by converting such foreign currency involved in such
computation into U.S. Dollars at the spot rate for the purchase of U.S. Dollars
with the applicable foreign currency as quoted by Reuters at approximately
10:00 A.M. (New York time) on the date not more than two Business Days
prior to such determination
“Applicable
Premium” means,
with respect to any Note on any redemption date, the greater of:
(1) 1.0%
of the then outstanding principal amount of the Note; and
(2) the
excess of:
(a) the
present value at such redemption date of the redemption price of the Note at
January 1, 2011, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate
as of
such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over
(b) the
then outstanding principal amount of the Note.
“Applicable
Procedures” means,
with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in
any
Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depository that apply to such
transfer or exchange.
“Asset
Disposition” means any
sale, lease (other than an operating lease entered into in the ordinary course
of business), transfer or other disposition (or series of related sales, leases,
transfers or dispositions) by the Company or any Restricted Entity, including
any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction
(each
referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”),
of:
(1) any
shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Entity (other than directors’ qualifying
shares or shares required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than
the Company or a Restricted Entity);
(2) all
or substantially all the assets of any division or line of business of the
Company or any Restricted Entity; or
(3) any
other assets of the Company or any Restricted Entity outside of the ordinary
course of business of the Company or such Restricted Entity;
other
than, in the case of clauses (1), (2) and (3) above,
(A) a
disposition by a Restricted Entity to the Company or by the Company or a
Restricted Entity to a Guarantor;
(B) for
purposes of Section 4.10 only, (i) a disposition that constitutes a Restricted
Payment (or would constitute a Restricted Payment but for the exclusions from
the definition thereof) or a Permitted Investment and that is not prohibited
by
Section 4.08, (ii) the making of an
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Asset
Swap and (iii) a disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the
Company in accordance with Article 5;
(C) a
disposition of assets in a transaction or series of related transactions with
a
fair market value of less than $10 million;
(D) a
disposition of cash or Temporary Cash Investments;
(E) the
creation of a Lien permitted by this Indenture (but not the sale or other
disposition of the property subject to such Lien);
(F) the
licensing or sublicensing of intellectual property or other general intangibles;
provided, however, such
licensing or sublicensing shall not interfere in any material respect with
the
Company’s continuing use of such intellectual property or other general
intangibles in its business;
(G) disposition
of damaged, obsolete or worn out property in the ordinary course of business;
or
(H) granting
a Permitted Lien.
“Asset
Swap” means the
concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets between
the
Company or any of the Restricted Entities and another Person.
“Attributable
Debt” in respect
of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction means, as at the time of determination, the
present value (discounted at the interest rate borne by the Notes, compounded
annually) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during
the
remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction
(including any period for which such lease has been extended); provided, however,
that if such
Sale/Leaseback Transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount
of
Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the
definition of “Capital Lease Obligation”.
“Average
Life” means, as of
the date of determination, with respect to any Indebtedness, the quotient
obtained by dividing:
(1) the
sum of the products of the numbers of years from the date of determination
to
the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of or redemption or
similar payment with respect to such Indebtedness multiplied by the amount
of
such payment by
(2) the
sum of all such payments.
“Board
of Directors” means the
Board of Directors (or similar body) of the Company (or if the Company is a
limited partnership, the general partner thereof) or any committee thereof
duly
authorized to act on behalf of such Board.
“Board
Resolution” means a
resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors, certified by the Secretary
or
an Assistant Secretary of the Company (or if the Company is a limited
partnership, the General Partner) to have been duly adopted and to be in full
force and effect on the date of such certification.
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“Boeing
Agreement” means the
agreement between the Company and Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc. for the MSV
L-Band Space Based Network, dated January 9, 2006, as amended March 9, 2006,
September 11, 2006, July 3, 2008 (and the additional amendments contemplated
thereby), and from time to time in a manner not materially more burdensome,
taken as a whole, to the holders of the Notes.
“Business
Day” means each day
which is not a Legal Holiday.
“Canadian
Guarantors” means
the Canadian Joint Ventures and the Existing Canadian Subsidiary.
“Canadian
Joint Ventures”
means Mobile Satellite Ventures Holdings (Canada) Inc. and Mobile Satellite
Ventures (Canada) Inc. and their successors.
“Capital
Lease Obligation”
means an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted
for as a
capital lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and
the
amount of Indebtedness represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized
amount of such obligation determined in accordance with GAAP; and the Stated
Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other
amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may
be
terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty. For purposes
of Section 4.09, a Capital Lease Obligation will be deemed to be secured by
a
Lien on the property being leased.
“Capital
Stock” of any Person
means any and all shares, interests (including partnership interests and
membership interests in a limited liability company), rights to purchase,
warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in
(however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock,
but
excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.
“Change
of Control” means the
occurrences of any of the following events:
(1) any
“person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders (individually or as
a
member of such group), is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules
13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that for purposes of this clause
(1) such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all
shares that any such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or
indirectly, of (a) more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock
of the General Partner or (b) more than 50% of the total economic or voting
power of the Capital Stock of the Company (for the purposes of this clause
(1),
such other person or group shall be deemed to beneficially own any Voting Stock
or Capital Stock of a Person (the “specified person”) held by
any other Person (including one or more Permitted Holders) (the “parent entity”), if such
other person or group is the beneficial owner (as defined above in this clause
(1)), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting power of the Voting
Stock or 50% of the economic or voting power of the Capital Stock, as
applicable, of such parent entity);
(2) on
and after the occurrence of any Public Offering, individuals who on the Issue
Date constituted the Board of Directors (together with any new directors whose
election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the
shareholders of the Parent, the Company or the General Partner was approved
by a
vote of a majority of the directors of the Parent, the Company or the General
Partner then still in office who were either directors on the Issue Date or
whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease
for
any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors then in
office;
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(3) the
adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
or
(4) the
merger or consolidation of the Company or the General Partner with or into
another Person (other than one or more Permitted Holders) or the merger of
another Person (other than one or more Permitted Holders) with or into the
Company or the General Partner, or the sale of all or substantially all the
assets of the Company or the General Partner (determined on a consolidated
basis) to another Person (other than one or more Permitted Holders) other than
a
transaction following which in the case of a merger or consolidation
transaction, holders of securities that represented 100% of the Voting Stock
of
the General Partner and 100% of the Capital Stock of the Company immediately
prior to such transaction (or other securities into which such securities are
converted as part of such merger or consolidation transaction) own directly
or
indirectly at least a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the
surviving Person of the General Partner and at least a majority of the economic
or voting power of the Capital Stock of the surviving Person or the Company
(whether or not the surviving Person is in the same corporate form) in such
merger or consolidation transaction immediately after such
transaction.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no Change of Control will be deemed to occur as a result of
any
reorganization of the Company or a Permitted Holder as contemplated in the
MCSA.
“Code”
means
the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company”
means
the party
named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor
replaces such party pursuant to Article 5 of this Indenture and thereafter
means
the successor.
“Company
Request” means any
written request signed in the name of the Company by the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company (or if
the
Company is a limited partnership, the general partner thereof) and delivered
to
the Trustee.
“Consolidated
Income Tax
Expense” means, with respect to the Company for any period, the provision
for federal, state, local and foreign taxes based on income or profits
(including franchise taxes) payable by the Company and the Restricted Entities
for such period and any Permitted Tax Distributions for such period as
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Interest
Expense” means, for any period, the total interest expense of the Company
and the Restricted Entities for such period, whether paid or accrued and whether
or not capitalized (including 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 and Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts
and
other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’
acceptance financings), and net of the effect of all payments made or received
pursuant to Hedging Obligations.
“Consolidated
Leverage Ratio”
as of any date of determination means the ratio of (x) the aggregate
amount of
Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Entities as of such date of
determination to (y) Consolidated Operating Cash Flow for the most recent four
consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to such date of determination for
which
financial information is available (the “Reference Period”); provided,
however,
that:
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(1) if
the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Leverage
Ratio is an Incurrence of Indebtedness, the amount of such Indebtedness shall
be
calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such
Indebtedness;
(2) if
the Company or any Restricted Entity has repaid, repurchased, defeased or
otherwise discharged any Indebtedness that was outstanding as of the end of
such
fiscal quarter or if any Indebtedness is to be repaid, repurchased, defeased
or
otherwise discharged on the date of the transaction giving rise to the need
to
calculate the Consolidated Leverage Ratio (other than, in each case,
Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving credit agreement), the aggregate
amount of Indebtedness shall be calculated on a pro forma basis and Consolidated
Operating Cash Flow shall be calculated as if the Company or such Restricted
Entity had not earned the interest income, if any, actually earned during the
Reference Period in respect of cash or Temporary Cash Investments used to repay,
repurchase, defease or otherwise discharge such Indebtedness;
(3) if
since the beginning of the Reference Period the Company or any Restricted Entity
shall have made any Asset Disposition, the Consolidated Operating Cash Flow
for
the Reference Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated
Operating Cash Flow (if positive) directly attributable to the assets which
are
the subject of such Asset Disposition for the Reference Period or increased
by
an amount equal to the Consolidated Operating Cash Flow (if negative) directly
attributable thereto for the Reference Period;
(4) if
since the beginning of the Reference Period the Company or any Restricted Entity
(by merger or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in any Restricted Entity
(or any Person which becomes a Restricted Entity) or an acquisition of assets
which constitutes all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business,
Consolidated Operating Cash Flow for the Reference Period shall be calculated
after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the Incurrence of any
Indebtedness) as if such Investment or acquisition had occurred on the first
day
of the Reference Period; and
(5) if
since the beginning of the Reference Period any Person (that subsequently became
a Restricted Entity or was merged with or into the Company or any Restricted
Entity since the beginning of such Reference Period) shall have made any Asset
Disposition, any Investment or acquisition of assets that would have required
an
adjustment pursuant to clause (3) or (4) above if made by the Company or a
Restricted Entity during the Reference Period, Consolidated Operating Cash
Flow
for the Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect
thereto as if such Asset Disposition, Investment or acquisition had occurred
on
the first day of the Reference Period.
For
purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an
acquisition of assets, the amount of income or earnings relating thereto and
the
amount of Consolidated Interest Expense associated with any Indebtedness
Incurred in connection therewith, the pro forma calculations shall be determined
in accordance with GAAP in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting
Officer of the Company. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of
interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness
shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had
been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging
Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a
remaining term in excess of 12 months). If any Indebtedness is
Incurred under a revolving credit facility and is being given pro forma effect,
the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated based on the average
daily
balance of such Indebtedness for the four fiscal quarters subject to the pro
forma calculation to the extent such Indebtedness was Incurred solely for
working capital purposes.
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“Consolidated
Net Income”
means, for any period, the net income of the Company and its consolidated
Restricted Entities; provided, however,
that there shall not
be included in such Consolidated Net Income:
(1) any
net income of any Person (other than the Company) if such Person is not a
Restricted Entity, except that:
(A) subject
to the exclusion contained in clauses (3), (4) and (5) below, the Company’s
equity in the net income of any such Person for such period shall be included
in
such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually
distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or a Restricted
Entity as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend
or other distribution paid to a Restricted Entity, to the limitations contained
in clause (2) below); and
(B) the
Company’s equity in a net loss of any such Person for such period shall be
included in determining such Consolidated Net Income to the extent such loss
has
been funded with cash from the Company or a Restricted Entity;
(2) any
net income of any Restricted Entity if such Restricted Entity is subject to
restrictions, directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making
of distributions by such Restricted Entity, directly or indirectly, to the
Company, except that:
(A) subject
to the exclusion contained in clauses (3), (4) and (5) below, the Company’s
equity in the net income of any such Restricted Entity for such period shall
be
included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash
that
could have been distributed by such Restricted Entity during such period to
the
Company or another Restricted Entity as a dividend or other distribution
(subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution paid to another
Restricted Entity, to the limitation contained in this clause); and
(B) the
Company’s equity in a net loss of any such Restricted Entity for such period
shall be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income;
(3) any
gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any assets of
the
Company or its consolidated Restricted Entities (including pursuant to any
Sale/Leaseback Transaction) which is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the
ordinary course of business and any gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or
other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person;
(4) extraordinary
gains or losses;
(5) the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;
(6) all
deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid in connection with an
early extinguishment of Indebtedness;
(7) any
non-cash compensation charge arising from any grant of stock, stock option,
or
other equity based awards; and
(8) expenses
related to the offering of Notes,
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in
each case, for such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) for
the purposes of Section 4.08 only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated
Net
Income any repurchases, repayments or redemptions of Investments, proceeds
realized on the sale of Investments or return of capital to the Company or
a
Restricted Entity to the extent such repurchases, repayments, redemptions,
proceeds or returns increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under
Section 4.08(a)(3)(D) and (y) Consolidated Net Income shall be reduced by the
amount of Permitted Tax Distributions.
“Consolidated
Operating Cash
Flow” means, with respect to the Company and the Restricted Entities on a
consolidated basis, for any period, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income
for such period increased (without duplication) by the sum of:
(a) Consolidated
Income Tax Expense accrued for such period to the extent deducted in determining
Consolidated Net Income for such period;
(b) Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period to the extent deducted in determining
Consolidated Net Income for such period;
(c) transition
costs for customers under contract in connection with migrating such customers’
end user equipment to end user equipment that functions on the Company’s planned
network not to exceed $10.0 million in any fiscal year; and
(d) depreciation,
amortization and any other noncash items for such period to the extent deducted
in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period (other than any noncash
item which requires the accrual of, or a reserve for, cash charges for any
future period) of the Company and the Restricted Entities (including
amortization of capitalized debt issuance costs for such period), all of the
foregoing determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, and
decreased by noncash items to the extent they increase Consolidated Net Income
(including the partial or entire reversal of reserves taken in prior periods,
but excluding reversals of accruals or reserves for cash charges taken in prior
periods) for such period.
“Consolidated
Revenues” means,
for any period, the consolidated net revenue of the Company and the Restricted
Entities for such period determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Total Assets”
means the total assets of the Company and its consolidated Restricted
Entities,
as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Company, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Coop
Agreement" means that
certain Cooperation Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2007, by and among
Mobile Satellite Ventures, LP, Mobile Satellite Ventures (Canada) Inc., Skyterra
Communications, Inc. and Inmarsat Global Limited, as the same may be amended
from time to time.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means
the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be principally administered, which office at the date of
execution of this Indenture is located at: • Attention: •
or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice
to the Noteholders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office
of
any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may
designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders and the
Company).
“Default”
means
any event
which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of
Default.
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“Definitive
Note” means a
certificated Note registered in the name of the holder thereof and issued in
accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibits
A-1
and A-4 hereto and 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.
“Depository”
means,
with
respect to the Notes issued in the form of one or more Global Notes, The
Depository Trust Company or another Person designated as Depository by the
Company, which Person must be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange
Act.
“Designated
Equity
Contributions” means Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company or the
Parent (to the extent the net proceeds thereof are contributed to the equity
capital of the Company (other than in the form of Disqualified Stock) or are
used to purchase Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock))
from the issuance or sale of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock)
subsequent to the Issue Date and designated in an Officer’s Certificate as
Designated Equity Contributions executed by the principal financial officer
of
the Company.
“Designated
Equity Election”
means the delivery to the Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate stating that the
Company elects to include Designated Equity Contributions under Section
4.08(a)(3)(B).
“Designated
Noncash
Consideration” means the fair market value of noncash consideration
received by the Company or a Restricted Entity in connection with an Asset
Disposition that is so designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant
to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed
by the principal financial officer of the Company, less the amount of cash
or
cash equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such
Designated Noncash Consideration.
“Disqualified
Stock” means,
with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock which by its terms (or by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is
exchangeable at the option of the holder) or upon the happening of any
event:
(1) matures
or is mandatorily redeemable (other than redeemable only for Capital Stock
of
such Person which is not itself Disqualified Stock) pursuant to a sinking fund
obligation or otherwise;
(2) is
convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holder for Indebtedness or
Disqualified Stock; or
(3) is
mandatorily redeemable or must be purchased upon the occurrence of certain
events or otherwise (including, without limitation, at the option of the holder
thereof), in whole or in part;
in
each case on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the Stated Maturity
of
the Notes; provided,
however,
that any
Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions
thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to purchase
or
redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an “asset sale” or “change of
control” shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if:
(A) the
“asset sale” or “change of control” provisions applicable to such Capital Stock
are not more favorable, taken as a whole, to the holders of such Capital Stock
than the terms applicable to the Notes and under Sections 4.10 and 4.16;
and
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(B) any
such requirement only becomes operative after compliance with such terms
applicable to the Notes, including the purchase of any Notes tendered pursuant
thereto.
The
amount of any Disqualified Stock that does not have a fixed redemption,
repayment or repurchase price will be calculated in accordance with the terms
of
such Disqualified Stock as if such Disqualified Stock were redeemed, repaid
or
repurchased on any date on which the amount of such Disqualified Stock is to
be
determined pursuant to this Indenture; provided, however,
that if such
Disqualified Stock could not be required to be redeemed, repaid or repurchased
at the time of such determination, the redemption, repayment or repurchase
price
will be the book value of such Disqualified Stock as reflected in the most
recent financial statements of such Person.
“Equity
Offering” means a
primary public or private offering of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the Company or the Parent ((to the extent the net proceeds thereof
are
contributed to the equity capital of the Company (other than in the form of
Disqualified Stock) or are used to purchase Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company)) other than offerings with respect to the
Company’s or Parent’s Capital Stock or options, warrants or rights registered on
Form S-4 or S-8.
“Exchange
Act” means the U.S.
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Existing
Canadian Subsidiary”
means Mobile Satellite Ventures Corp., a Nova Scotia unlimited liability
company, and its successors.
“FCC”
means
the Federal
Communications Commission or any successor agency thereto.
“FCC
License Subsidiary” means
Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC, a wholly owned Subsidiary of the
Company that owns all of the Company’s FCC Licenses in the United
States.
“FCC
Licenses” means
broadcasting and other licenses, authorizations, waivers and permits which
are
issued from time to time by the FCC.
“14%
Senior Secured Notes”
means the 14% Senior Secured Discount Notes due 2013 issued by the Issuers
and
the Guarantors thereof.
“Full
In-Orbit Insurance”
means insurance coverage of satellites following the period of time
that is
customarily covered by launch insurance and provides coverage against partial
losses, constructive total losses and complete losses.
“GAAP”
means
generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect
as
of the Original Issue Date, including those set forth in:
(1) the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants;
(2) statements
and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board;
(3) such
other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment
of
the accounting profession; and
(4) the
rules and regulations of the SEC governing the inclusion of financial statements
(including pro forma financial statements) in periodic reports required to
be
filed pursuant
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to
Section 13 of the Exchange Act, including opinions and pronouncements in staff
accounting bulletins and similar written statements from the accounting staff
of
the SEC.
“General
Partner” means Mobile
Satellite Ventures GP Inc. and its successors.
“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.
“Global
Notes” means,
individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the
Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibits A2 through
A4
hereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(vi) or 2.06(d)(iii)
hereof.
“Governmental
Authority” means
any Federal, state, provincial, local, foreign or other governmental,
quasi-governmental or administrative (including self-regulatory) body,
instrumentality, department, agency, authority, board, bureau, commission,
office of any nature whatsoever or other subdivision thereof, or any court,
tribunal, administrative hearing body, arbitration panel or other similar
dispute-resolving body, whether now or hereafter in existence, or any officer
or
official thereof, having jurisdiction over either of the Issuers.
“Guarantee”
means
any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly
guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any Person and any obligation, direct or
indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:
(1) to
purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of)
such
Indebtedness of such Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership
arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods,
securities or services, to take-or-pay or to maintain financial statement
conditions or otherwise); or
(2) entered
into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such
Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss
in
respect thereof (in whole or in part);
provided,
however,
that the term
“Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the
ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has
a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantor”
means
each
Subsidiary of the Company and the Canadian Joint Ventures that guarantee the
Notes under Article 10.
“Hedging
Obligations” of any
Person means the obligations of such Person under:
(1) currency
exchange or interest rate swap agreements, currency exchange or interest rate
cap agreements or currency exchange or interest rate collar agreements;
or
(2) other
agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations
in currency exchange or interest rate prices.
“holder”
or
“Noteholder”
means
the Person
in whose name a Note is registered on the register kept by the Registrar
pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof.
“Immaterial
Subsidiary” means
any Subsidiary of the Company that owns less than 1.0% of the Consolidated
Total
Assets and generates less than 1.0% of the Consolidated Revenues for the latest
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four
quarters then ended for which financial statements are available and which
does
not guarantee and is not an obligor under any other Indebtedness of the Company
and the Restricted Entities.
“Incur”
means
issue, assume,
Guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided, however,
that any
Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted
Entity (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be
deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Restricted
Entity. The term “Incurrence” when used as a noun shall have a
correlative meaning. Solely for purposes of determining compliance
with Section 4.06:
(1) except
in respect of Indebtedness Incurred under Section 4.06(b)(1) (under which any
amortization of debt discount or accretion of principal will be deemed an
Incurrence), amortization of debt discount or the accretion of principal with
respect to a non-interest bearing or other discount security;
(2) the
payment of regularly scheduled interest in the form of additional Indebtedness
of the same instrument (such as PIK Interest) or the payment of regularly
scheduled dividends on Capital Stock in the form of additional Capital Stock
of
the same class and with the same terms; and
(3) the
obligation to pay a premium in respect of Indebtedness arising in connection
with the issuance of a notice of redemption or making of a mandatory offer
to
purchase such Indebtedness
will
not be deemed to be the Incurrence of Indebtedness.
“Indebtedness”
means,
with
respect to any Person on any date of determination (without
duplication):
(1) the
principal in respect of (A) indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed
and
(B)indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar
instruments for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable,
including, in each case, any premium on such indebtedness to the extent such
premium has become due and payable;
(2) all
Capital Lease Obligations of such Person and all Attributable Debt in respect
of
Sale/ Leaseback Transactions entered into by such Person;
(3) all
obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price
of
property, all conditional sale obligations of such Person and all obligations
of
such Person under any title retention agreement (but excluding any accounts
payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course
of
business), in each case only if and to the extent due more than 12 months after
the delivery of property;
(4) the
principal component of all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement
of
any obligor on any letter of credit, bankers’ acceptance or similar credit
transaction (other than obligations with respect to letters of credit securing
obligations (other than obligations described in clauses (1) through (3) above)
entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent
such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon,
such drawing is reimbursed no later than the tenth Business Day following
payment on the letter of credit);
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(5) the
principal component of the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect
to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock
of
such Person or, with respect to any Preferred Stock of any Restricted Entity
of
such Person, the principal amount of such Preferred Stock to be determined
in
accordance with this Indenture (but excluding, in each case, any accrued
dividends);
(6) all
obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (5) of other Persons
and all dividends of other Persons for the payment of which, in either case,
such Person is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor,
guarantor or otherwise, including by means of any Guarantee;
(7) all
obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (6) of other Persons
secured by any Lien on any property or asset of such Person (whether or not
such
obligation is assumed by such Person), the amount of such obligation being
deemed to be the lesser of the fair market value of such property or assets
and
the amount of the obligation so secured; and
(8) to
the extent not otherwise included in this definition, Hedging Obligations of
such Person.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in connection with the purchase by the Company or any Restricted
Entity of any business, the term “Indebtedness” will exclude post-closing
payment adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such
payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment depends
on the performance of such business after the closing; provided, however,
that, at the time of
closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable and, to the extent
such payment thereafter becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid within
30 days thereafter.
The
amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding
balance at such date of all obligations as described above; provided, however,
that in the case of
Indebtedness sold at a discount, the amount of such Indebtedness at any time
will be the accreted value thereof at such time.
“Indenture”
means
this
Indenture, as defined in the first paragraph hereof, as may be amended from
time
to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Indirect
Participant” means a
Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a
Participant.
“Industry
Canada” means the
Canadian Federal Minister of Industry and his or her designees, including the
Department of Industry and its successors.”
“Industry
Canada Licenses”
means all licenses, approvals in principle, permits or authorizations
issued by
Industry Canada to the Canadian Joint Ventures or the Existing Canadian
Subsidiary for purposes of carrying on their respective businesses in
Canada.
“Institutional
Accredited
Investor” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as
defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act (or an
entity in which all of the equity owners are the foregoing) and that is not
also
a QIB.
“Interest
Payment Date” means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on the Notes.
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“Investment”
by
any Person in
any other Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan (other than advances
to customers in the ordinary course of business that are recorded as accounts
receivable on the balance sheet of the lender) or other extensions of credit
(including by way of Guarantee or similar arrangement) or capital contribution
to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment
for property or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase
or
acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued
by such Person. If the Company or any Restricted Entity issues, sells
or otherwise disposes of any Capital Stock of a Person that is a Restricted
Entity such that, after giving effect thereto, such Person is no longer a
Restricted Entity, any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Entity in
such Person remaining after giving effect thereto will be deemed to be a new
Investment at such time. Except as otherwise provided for herein, the
amount of an Investment shall be its fair market value at the time the
Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value;
provided that none of
the following will be deemed to be an Investment:
(1) Hedging
Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business and in compliance
with this Indenture; and
(2) endorsements
of negotiable instruments and documents in the ordinary course of business;
and
(3) any
transaction to the extent that the consideration provided by the Company or
a
Restricted Entity consists of Capital Stock of the Company or the Parent (other
than Disqualified Stock).
For
purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Entity”, Section 4.08 and the
definition of “Restricted Payment”, “Investment” shall include:
(1) the
portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of
the fair market value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of the Company at
the
time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Entity; provided, however,
that upon a
redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall
be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Entity
equal to an amount (if positive) equal to (A) the Company’s “Investment” in such
Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (B) the portion (proportionate
to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of
the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation;
and
(2) any
property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Entity shall be valued at its
fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined
in
good faith by the Board of Directors.
“Issue
Date” means the first
date that the Notes are issued pursuant to this Indenture.
“L-Band
Spectrum” means
capacity or other right to use, for a satellite and/or ATC network, using the
frequency band residing at 1626.5-1660.5 MHz (Earth to space), 1668-1675 MHz
(Earth to space) and 1518-1559 MHz (space to Earth) as allocated for mobile
satellite services by the International Telecommunications Union.
“Legal
Holiday” means a
Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are not required
to be
open in the State of New York.
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“Lien”
means
any mortgage,
pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including
any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature
thereof).
“Maturity
Date” means July 1,
2013.
“MCSA”
means
the Master
Contribution and Support Agreement dated •, 2008 among Harbinger Capital
Partners Master Fund I, Ltd., Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situation
Fund,
L.P., Harbinger Co-Investment Fund I, L.P., SkyTerra Communications, Inc. the
Company and the FCC License Subsidiary.
“Moody’s”
means
Xxxxx’x
Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency
business.
“Net
Available Cash” from an
Asset Disposition means cash payments received by the Company or a Restricted
Entity therefrom (including any cash payments received by way of deferred
payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise
and proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any securities received
as
consideration, but only as and when received, but excluding any other
consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of
Indebtedness or other obligations relating to such properties or assets or
received in any other non-cash form), in each case net of:
(1) all
legal, title, accounting, broker and recording tax expenses, commissions and
other fees and expenses Incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign
and local taxes required to be accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a
consequence of such Asset Disposition;
(2) all
payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by any assets subject to
such
Asset Disposition pursuant to a Lien that is permitted by this Indenture prior
to any Lien on such assets securing the Notes, in accordance with the terms
of
any Lien upon or other security agreement of any kind with respect to such
assets;
(3) all
distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest
holders in Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such Asset
Disposition;
(4) the
deduction of appropriate amounts provided by the seller as a reserve, in
accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the property
or
other assets disposed in such Asset Disposition and retained by the Company
or
any Restricted Entity after such Asset Disposition; and
(5) any
portion of the purchase price from an Asset Disposition placed in escrow,
whether as a reserve for adjustment of the purchase price, for satisfaction
of
indemnities in respect of such Asset Disposition or otherwise in connection
with
that Asset Disposition; provided, however,
that upon the
termination of that escrow, Net Available Cash will be increased by any portion
of funds in the escrow that are released to the Company or any Restricted
Entity.
“Net
Available Reimbursement
Proceeds”, means the cash proceeds of any rights offering of any parent
of the Issuers required pursuant to Article XIX of the MCSA, net of attorneys’
fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, discounts or
commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred or
payable in connection with such offering.
“Net
Cash Proceeds”, with
respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock or Indebtedness, means the
cash
proceeds of such issuance or sale net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees,
under-
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writers’
or placement agents’ fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant
and other fees actually incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and
net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.
“Non-U.S.
Person” means a
Person who is not a U.S. Person as defined in Regulation S.
“Notes”
has
the meaning given
such term in the second introductory paragraph hereto.
“Obligations”
means,
with
respect to any Indebtedness, all obligations for principal, premium, interest,
penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements and other amounts payable
pursuant to the documentation governing such Indebtedness.
“Officer”
means
the Chairman
of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary
of the Company (or if the Company is a limited partnership, of the general
partner).
“Officer’s
Certificate” means
a certificate signed by any Officer and delivered to the Trustee.
“Old
Indentures” means the
Indentures, dated as of March 30, 2006 and January 7, 2008, by and among the
Issuers, the Guarantors and the Trustee, as the same may be modified,
supplemented, amended, refinanced, renewed or replaced.
“Old
Notes” means the 14%
Senior Secured Notes and the 16.5% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2013 issued by
the
Issuers and the Guarantees thereof and any “Additional Notes” as defined in and
issued pursuant to Article 2 of the 14% Senior Secured Notes and in compliance
with Sections 4.06 and 4.09 of such Indenture after the March 30, 2006 issue
date. The 16.5% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2013 will continue to
constitute Old Notes following any amendment that subordinates such Notes to
other Indebtedness of the Issuer, including, the 14% Senior Secured
Notes.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a
written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel
may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.
“Original
Issue Date” means
March 30, 2006.
“Parent”
means
SkyTerra
Communications, Inc., or any other direct or indirect parent company of the
Company.
“Pari
Passu Indebtedness”
means the Old Notes and any other Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor
that is paripassu
in right of payment
(and not expressly subordinated) to the Notes or, in the case of a Guarantor,
that is paripassu
in right of payment
(and not expressly subordinated) to its Guarantee.
“Participant”
means,
with
respect to the Depository, a Person who has an account with the
Depository.
“Payment-in-Kind
Notes” means
additional Notes issued under this Indenture on the same terms and conditions
as
the Notes issued on the Issue Date in connection with PIK
Interest. For purposes of this Indenture, all references to “Notes”
shall include any related Payment-in-Kind Notes.
“Permitted
Holder Change of
Control” means, with respect to a Permitted Holder, the occurrence of a
Change of Control of such Permitted Holder (with references in the definition
of
Change
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of
Control (and other defined terms referenced therein) to the General Partner
or
the Company being deemed to be references to such Permitted
Holder).
“Permitted
Holders” means each
of (i) Xxxxxxx Management Corporation, Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund
I,
Ltd., Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situation Fund, L.P. and their
Affiliates, (ii) SkyTerra Communications, Inc. so long as a Permitted Holder
Change of Control with respect to SkyTerra Communications, Inc. shall not have
occurred; and (iii) any group (as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d)
of the Exchange Act) if the owner of a majority of the shares of Voting Stock
of
the General Partner beneficially owned by such group consist of one or more
persons identified in the foregoing clauses.
“Permitted
Investment” means
an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Entity in:
(1) the
Company, a Guarantor or a Person that will, upon the making of such Investment,
become a Guarantor; provided, however,
that the primary
business of such Guarantor is a Related Business;
(2) another
Person if, as a result of such Investment, such other Person is merged or
consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all
its
assets to, the Company or a Guarantor; provided, however,
that such Person’s
primary business is a Related Business;
(3) a
Restricted Entity that is not organized in the United States of America or
any
State thereof or the District of Columbia in an amount outstanding not to exceed
$15 million since the Issue Date;
(4) cash
and Temporary Cash Investments;
(5) receivables
owing to the Company or any Restricted Entity if created or acquired in the
ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with
customary trade terms; provided, however,
that such trade
terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the Company or any such
Restricted Entity deems reasonable under the circumstances;
(6) payroll,
travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time
of
such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes
and
that are made in the ordinary course of business;
(7) loans
or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business consistent
with
past practices of the Company or such Restricted Entity not to exceed $2.5
million at any time outstanding;
(8) stock,
obligations or securities received in settlement of debts created in the
ordinary course of business and owing to the Company or any Restricted Entity
or
in satisfaction of judgments or pursuant to any plan of reorganization or
similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of a debtor or foreclosure
of a Lien;
(9) any
Person to the extent such Investment represents the non-cash portion of the
consideration received for (A) an Asset Disposition as permitted pursuant to
Section 4.10 or (B) a disposition of assets not constituting an Asset
Disposition;
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(10) any
Person where such Investment was acquired by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (A) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts
receivable held by the Company or any such Restricted Entity in connection
with
or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization
of
the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable or (B) as a result
of
a foreclosure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect
to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured
Investment in default;
(11) any
Person to the extent such Investments consist of prepaid expenses, negotiable
instruments held for collection and lease, utility and workers’ compensation,
performance and other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business
by the Company or any Restricted Entity;
(12) any
Person to the extent such Investments consist of Hedging Obligations otherwise
permitted under Section 4.06;
(13) any
Person to the extent such Investment exists on the Issue Date, and any
extension, modification or renewal of any such Investments existing on the
Issue
Date, but only to the extent not involving additional advances, contributions
or
other Investments of cash or other assets or other increases thereof (other
than
as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount
or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities, in each case, pursuant to the terms
of such Investment as in effect on the Issue Date);
(14) any
Person having an aggregate fair market value (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
(14)
that are still outstanding, do not exceed $10.0 million in any calendar year
and
$60.0 million in the aggregate since the Issue Date;
(15) Investments
in Persons for the purpose of using or selling satellite capacity in Mexico
or
Latin America that is not being used by the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries, which Investments are in the form of transfers to such Persons
of
such unutilized satellite capacity for fair market value not to exceed $25.0
million at any time outstanding under this clause; and
(16) Investments
consisting of nonexclusive licensing of intellectual property pursuant to joint
marketing arrangements with other Persons, for which license or contribution
the
Company and the Restricted Entities receives fair market value.
“Permitted
Liens” means, with
respect to any Person:
(1) pledges
or deposits by such Person under worker’s compensation laws, unemployment
insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection
with
bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases
to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory
obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or United States government
bonds
to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits
as
security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in
each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(2) Liens
imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, in each
case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and
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as
to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have set aside
on its books such reserves as may be required pursuant to GAAP so long as any
forfeiture (foreclosure) of collateral proceedings are stayed, Liens arising
solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s
Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts
or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution; provided, however,
that (A) such
deposit account is not a dedicated cash collateral account and is not subject
to
restrictions against access by the Company in excess of those set forth by
regulations promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board and (B) such deposit
account is not intended by the Company or any Restricted Entity to provide
collateral to the depository institution;
(3) judgment
Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as such Lien is adequately
bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated
for the review of such judgment shall not have been previously terminated or
the
period within which such proceeding may be initiated shall not have
expired;
(4) Liens
for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet subject to
penalties for non-payment or which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and as to which the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may be required
pursuant to GAAP so long as any forfeiture (foreclosure) of collateral
proceedings are stayed;
(5) Liens
in favor of issuers of surety bonds or letters of credit issued pursuant to
the
request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its
business; provided,
however,
that such
letters of credit do not constitute Indebtedness;
(6) minor
survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights
of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and
telephone lines and other similar purposes or zoning or other restrictions
as to
the use of real property or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business
of
such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not Incurred in
connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially
adversely affect the value or marketability of said properties or materially
impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person at the real
property affected thereby;
(7) Liens
securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 4.06(b)(13) incurred to finance
the
construction, purchase or lease of, or repairs, improvements or additions to,
property, plant or equipment of such Person; provided, however,
that the Lien may
not extend to any other property owned by such Person or any of their Restricted
Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is Incurred (other than assets and property
affixed or appurtenant thereto), and the Indebtedness (other than any interest
thereon) secured by the Lien may not be Incurred more than 180 days after the
later of the acquisition, completion of construction, repair, improvement,
addition or commencement of full operation of the property subject to the
Lien;
(8) Liens
on L-Band Spectrum in North America leased under Capital Lease Obligations
or
purchased with Purchase Money Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under
Section 4.06(b)(12) and securing only such Indebtedness;
(9) Liens
existing on the Original Issue Date or incurred after the Original Issue Date
and prior to the Issue Date in compliance with the terms of the Old
Indentures;
(10) Liens
on property or shares of Capital Stock of another Person at the time such other
Person becomes a Restricted Entity; provided, however,
that the Liens may
not extend to
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any
other property owned by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other
than assets and property affixed or appurtenant thereto);
(11) Liens
on property at the time such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
acquires the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or
consolidation with or into such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person; provided, however,
that the Liens may
not extend to any other property owned by such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than assets and property affixed or appurtenant
thereto);
(12) Liens
securing Hedging Obligations so long as such Hedging Obligations are permitted
to be Incurred under this Indenture;
(13) leases,
licenses, subleases and sublicenses of assets (including, without limitation,
real property and intellectual property rights) which do not materially
interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of
its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(14) Liens
securing Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred under Section 4.06(b)(1),
including Guarantees thereof;
(15) Liens
securing obligations in respect of the Old Notes;
(16) Liens
arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding
operating leases entered into by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
in
the ordinary course of business;
(17) Liens
on any ownership interest of the Company or any Restricted Entity in satellites
and related assets that are being produced by Boeing to secure amounts owing
to
Boeing (including under Section 4.06(b)(18)) and that do not restrict the
granting of a Lien on such satellite and related assets to secure the Notes
and
the Guarantees; provided that upon the risk of loss with respect to a satellite
and related assets passing to the Company, if the Company is current in its
payment of all construction deferrals and other payments payable with respect
to
the satellite being released at such time, the Lien on such satellite and
related work shall be automatically released; and
(18) Liens
to secure any Refinancing (or successive Refinancings) as a whole, or in part,
of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clause
(7),
(9), (10), (11) or (15); provided, however,
that:
(A) such
new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property and assets that
secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original Lien
arose, could secure the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to,
such
property or proceeds or distributions thereof); and
(B) the
Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount
greater than the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater,
committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clause (7), (9), (10),
(11)
or (15) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien and (ii) an amount
necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such
refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, “Permitted Liens” will not include any Lien described in clause
(7), (10) or (11) above to the extent such Lien applies to any Additional Assets
acquired directly or indirectly with Net Available Cash pursuant to Section
4.10. For purposes of this definition, the term “Indebtedness” shall
be deemed to include interest on such Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, with respect to any property subject to any mortgages, “Permitted
Liens” will not include the Liens described in clause (1) above.
“Permitted
Tax Distributions”
means dividends or distributions permitted by Section 4.08(b)(11).
“Person”
means
any individual,
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
“PIK
Interest” means interest
paid with respect to the Notes in the form of Payment-in-Kind
Notes.
“Preferred
Stock”, as applied
to the Capital Stock of any Person, means Capital Stock of any class or classes
(however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or
distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over shares of Capital
Stock of any other class of such Person.
“Principal”
of
a Note means
the then outstanding principal amount of the Note plus the premium, if any,
payable on the Note which is due or overdue or is to become due at the relevant
time.
“Public
Offering” means any
Equity Offering pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with
the
SEC.
“Purchase
Money Indebtedness”
means Indebtedness:
(1) consisting
of the deferred purchase price of an asset, conditional sale obligations,
obligations under any title retention agreement and other purchase money
obligations, in each case where the maturity of such Indebtedness does not
exceed the anticipated useful life of the asset being financed, and
(2) Incurred
to finance the acquisition, lease or construction by the Company or a Restricted
Entity of such asset, including additions and improvements;
provided,
however,
that such
Indebtedness is Incurred within 180 days after the acquisition by the Company
or
such Restricted Entity of such asset.
“QIB”
means
a “qualified
institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
“Redemption
Date” means any
date on which Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Notes
and
the terms of this Indenture.
“Refinance”
means,
in respect
of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay,
purchase, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue other Indebtedness in exchange
or replacement for, such Indebtedness. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have
correlative meanings.
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“Refinancing
Indebtedness”
means Indebtedness that Refinances any Indebtedness of the Company or
any
Restricted Entity existing on the Issue Date or Incurred in compliance with
this
Indenture, including Indebtedness that Refinances Refinancing Indebtedness;
provided, however,
that:
(1) such
Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity no earlier than the Stated
Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced or, if such Refinancing
Indebtedness is a Subordinated Obligation, no earlier than 91 days after the
Stated Maturity of the Notes;
(2) such
Refinancing Indebtedness has an Average Life at the time such Refinancing
Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal to or greater than the Average Life
of
the Indebtedness being Refinanced or, if such Refinancing Indebtedness is a
Subordinated Obligation, equal to or greater than the then remaining Average
Life of the Notes;
(3) such
Refinancing Indebtedness has an aggregate principal amount (or if Incurred
with
original issue discount, an aggregate issue price, and including any additional
Indebtedness actually issued in satisfaction of payment in kind interest (such
as PIK Notes)), that is equal to or less than the aggregate principal amount
(or
if Incurred with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value including
and any additional Indebtedness actually issued in satisfaction of payment
in
kind interest (such as PIK Notes)) then outstanding (plus fees and expenses,
including any premium and defeasance costs) under the Indebtedness being
Refinanced; and
(4) if
the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the
Notes, such Refinancing Indebtedness (a) is subordinated in right of payment
to
the Notes at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being Refinanced,
(b)
has a Stated Maturity that is at least 91 days after the later of (x) the Stated
Maturity of the Notes and (y) the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being
Refinanced and (c) has an Average Life at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness
is Incurred that is greater than (x) the Average Life of the Notes and (y)
the
Average Life of the Indebtedness being Refinanced;
providedfurther,
however,
that Refinancing
Indebtedness shall not include (A) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that Refinances
Indebtedness of the Company or (B) Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted
Entity that Refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Entity.
“Regulation
S” means
Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Regulation
S Global Note”
means the Global Note in the form of Exhibits A3 and A4 hereto representing
the
Notes offered and sold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation
S.
"Reimbursement
Event" has the
meaning set forth in the MCSA.
“Related
Business” means any
business in which the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries was engaged
on the Issue Date and the Company’s next generation business and any business
related, ancillary or complementary to such business or which is a reasonable
extension thereof or any business the assets of which, in the good faith
determination of the Board of Directors, are useful or may be used in any such
business.
“Related
Business Assets”
means assets used or useful in a Related Business (including acquisition
of
Capital Stock of another entity that will become a Restricted Entity that only
owns assets that are used or useful in a Related Business).
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“Responsible
Officer,” when
used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer assigned to the Corporate
Trust Division — Corporate Finance Unit of the Trustee (or any successor unit or
department of the Trustee) located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
who has direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and,
for
the purposes of Section 7.01(c)(2) and the second sentence of Section 7.05,
shall also include any officer of the Trustee to whom any matter is referred
because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
“Restricted
Definitive Note”
means a Definitive Note bearing the Restricted Notes Legend.
“Restricted
Entity” means any
Restricted Subsidiary and any of the Canadian Joint Ventures.
“Restricted
Global Note” means
a Global Note bearing the Restricted Notes Legend.
“Restricted
Notes Legend”
means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(i) to be placed on all
Notes
issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions
of this Indenture.
“Restricted
Payment” with
respect to any Person means:
(1) the
declaration or payment of any dividends or any other distributions of any sort
in respect of its Capital Stock (including any payment in connection with any
merger or consolidation involving such Person) or similar payment to the direct
or indirect holders of its Capital Stock (other than (A) dividends or
distributions payable solely in its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock), (B) dividends or distributions payable solely to the Issuers or a
Restricted Entity and (C) pro
rata dividends or other distributions made by a Subsidiary or a Canadian
Joint Venture that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to minority stockholders
(or
owners of an equivalent interest in the case of a Subsidiary that is an entity
other than a corporation));
(2) the
purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement
for value of any Capital Stock of the Company held by any Person (other than
by
a Restricted Entity) or of any Capital Stock of a Restricted Entity held by
any
Affiliate of the Company (other than by a Restricted Entity), including in
connection with any merger or consolidation and including the exercise of any
option to exchange any Capital Stock (other than into Capital Stock of the
Company that is not Disqualified Stock);
(3) the
purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement
for value, prior to scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking
fund payment of any Subordinated Obligations (other than (A) from the Company
or
a Guarantor or (B) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other
acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Obligations purchased in anticipation
of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final
maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such purchase,
repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement);
or
(4) the
making of any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) in any
Person.
“Restricted
Period” means the
40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (i) the
commencement of the offering of the Notes to persons other than distributors
(as
defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S and (ii) the date of
the original issuance of the Notes (which may include issuances after the Issue
Date).
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“Restricted
Subsidiary” means
any Subsidiary of the Company that is not an Unrestricted Entity.
“Rule
144” means Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule
144A” means Rule 144A
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule
501” means Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule
903” means Rule 903
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule
904” means Rule 904
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Sale/Leaseback
Transaction”
means an arrangement relating to property owned by the Company or a
Restricted
Entity on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired by the Company or a Restricted
Entity whereby the Company or a Restricted Entity transfers such property to
a
Person and the Company or a Restricted Entity leases it from such
Person.
“SEC”
means
the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities
Act” means the
U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securities
Purchase
Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement dated •, 2008 by and
between the Issuers and Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd. and
Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situation Fund, L.P.
“Significant
Subsidiary” means
any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the
Issuers within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by
the
SEC.
“Standard
&
Poor’s”
means
Standard & Poor’s, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., and any
successor to its rating agency business.
“Stated
Maturity” means, with
respect to any security or any installment of interest thereon, the date
specified in such security as the fixed date on which the final payment of
principal of such security, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption
provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such
security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any
contingency unless such contingency has occurred) or such installment of
interest is due and payable.
“Subordinated
Obligation”
means, with respect to the Company or a Guarantor, any Indebtedness
of such
Person (whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) which
is
subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes (or the Guarantee of
such
Guarantor, as applicable) pursuant to a written agreement to that
effect.
“Subsidiary”
means,
with
respect to any Person, any corporation, association, partnership or other
business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares
of
Voting Stock is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly,
by:
(1) such
Person;
(2) such
Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person; or
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(3) one
or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Temporary
Cash Investments”
means any of the following:
(1) any
investment in direct obligations of the United States of America or any agency
thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency
thereof;
(2) investments
in demand and time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market
deposits maturing within 365 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued
by a
bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of the United States
of
America, any State thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United
States of America, and which bank or trust company has capital, surplus and
undivided profits aggregating in excess of $50.0 million (or the foreign
currency equivalent thereof) and has outstanding debt which is rated “A” (or
such similar equivalent rating) or higher by at least one nationally recognized
statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities
Act) or any money-market fund sponsored by a registered broker dealer or mutual
fund distributor;
(3) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities
of
the types described in clause (1) above entered into with a bank meeting the
qualifications described in clause (2) above;
(4) investments
in commercial paper, maturing not more than 365 days after the date of
acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Issuers)
organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or
any
foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a rating at
the
time as of which any investment therein is made of “P-2” (or higher) according
to Moody’s or “A-2” (or higher) according to Standard & Poor’s;
(5) investments
in securities with maturities of twelve months or less from the date of
acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory
of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof, and rated at least “A” by Standard & Poor’s or “A” by
Moody’s; and
(6) investments
in money market funds that, in the aggregate, have at least $1,000 million
in
assets.
“Treasury
Rate” means, as of
any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United
States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published
in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) that has become
publicly available at least two business days prior to the redemption date
(or,
if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available
source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the
redemption date to April 1, 2011; provided, however
that if the period
from the redemption date to April 1, 2011 is less than one year, the weekly
average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted
to a
constant maturity of one year will be used.
“Trust
Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the
Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the Issue
Date.
“Trustee”
means ,
as trustee, until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the
successor.
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“Unrestricted
Definitive Note”
means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required
to bear
the Restricted Notes Legend.
“Unrestricted
Entity”
means:
(1) any
Subsidiary of the Company (other than Finance Co.) that at the time of
determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Entity by the Board of
Directors in the manner provided below; and
(2) any
Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Entity.
The
Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any
newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Entity unless
such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Capital Stock or
Indebtedness of, or holds any Lien on any property of, the Company or any other
Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be
so
designated; provided,
however,
that either
(A) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total assets of $1,000 or less or
(B)
if such Subsidiary has assets greater than $1,000, such designation would be
permitted under Section 4.08; providedfurther
that neither the FCC
License Subsidiary nor the Canadian Joint Ventures nor any other Subsidiary
that
holds or owns a similar telecommunications license nor Finance Co. may be
designated an Unrestricted Entity.
The
Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Entity to be a Restricted
Entity; provided, however,
that immediately
after giving effect to such designation the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is
equal
to or better than the Consolidated Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such
transaction. Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced
to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution
of
the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s
Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing
provisions.
“Unrestricted
Global Note”
means a permanent Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibits
A2 through
A4 attached hereto that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule
of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and that is
deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depository,
representing a series of Notes that do not bear the Restricted Notes
Legend.
“U.S.
Government Obligations”
means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership
interest in
such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or
instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit
of
the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable at the
issuer’s option.
“Voting
Stock” of a Person
means all classes of Capital Stock of such Person then outstanding and normally
entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the
election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.
“Wholly
Owned Subsidiary”
means a Restricted Entity all the Capital Stock of which (other than
directors’
qualifying shares) is owned by the Issuers or one or more other Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries.
Section
1.02
|
Other
Definitions.
|
The
definitions of the following terms may be found in the sections indicated as
follows:
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Term
|
Defined
in
Section
|
“Affiliate
Transaction”
|
4.11
|
“Bankruptcy
Law”
|
6.01
|
“Change
of Control
Offer”
|
4.17
|
“Covenant
Defeasance”
|
9.03
|
“Custodian”
|
6.01
|
“Event
of
Default”
|
6.01
|
“IAI
Global
Note”
|
2.01
|
“Legal
Defeasance”
|
9.02
|
“Offer”
|
4.10(c)
|
“Offer
Amount”
|
4.10(c)
|
“Offer
Period”
|
4.10(c)
|
“Paying
Agent”
|
2.03
|
“Purchase
Date”
|
4.10(c)
|
“Reimbursement
Offer”
|
4.23(a)
|
“Reimbursement
Offer Amount”
|
4.23(a)
|
“Reimbursement
Offer Period”
|
4.23(a)
|
“Reimbursement
Offer Period
|
4.23(a)
|
“Registrar”
|
2.03
|
Section
1.03
|
Incorporation
by
Reference of Trust Indenture
Act.
|
Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the portion of such provision
referred to is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture
as
if and to the extent this Indenture were qualified under the TIA. The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
“indenture
securities” means
the Notes.
“indenture
securityholder”
means a Noteholder.
“indenture
to be qualified”
means this Indenture (it being understood that this Indenture shall
not be
qualified under the TIA).
“indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means
the Trustee.
“obligor
on the indenture
securities” means the Company, the Guarantors or any other obligor on the
Notes.
All
other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined in
the
TIA by reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings
therein assigned to them.
Section
1.04
|
Rules
of
Construction.
|
Unless
the context otherwise requires:
(1) a
term has the meaning assigned to it herein, whether defined expressly or by
reference;
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(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) words
used herein implying any gender shall apply to every gender;
(6) the
term “aggregate principal amount” or “principal amount” means in each case
“aggregate principal amount at maturity” or “principal amount at
maturity”;
(7) the
words “herein,” “hereof,” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section
or
other subdivision; and
(8) references
to sections herein are references to Sections of this Indenture, unless the
context otherwise requires.
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 Exhibits A1-A4 hereto. The Notes will be offered and sold by the
Issuers pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Securities
Purchase Agreement contemplates the issuance of (i) $150 million aggregate
principal amount of Notes on the Issue Date, (ii) $175 million aggregate
principal amount of Notes on April 1, 2009, (iii) $75 million aggregate
principal amount of Notes on July 1, 2009, and (iv) $100 million aggregate
principal amount of Notes on January 4, 2010, or at such other times as more
fully described in the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Notes will
initially be issued as Restricted Definitive Notes. Upon request of
any of the holders of the outstanding Restricted Definitive Notes and in
accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 2.06(d), the Restricted
Definitive Notes may be exchanged in whole for one or more Global Notes,
registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee; provided, however, if any
Notes are not "fungible," they will be represented by separate Global
Notes. Following the Issue Date, all such Notes may be transferred
to, among others, QIBs, purchasers in reliance on Regulation S and, as set
forth
below, Institutional Accredited Investors. 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, or, in the case of Payment-in-Kind Notes, such
other denominations as may be required.
The
terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby
expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Issuers 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.
(b) Global
Notes. Any
Notes subsequently issued in global form, without interest coupons, shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibits A2-A4 attached hereto (including the
Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the
Global Note” attached thereto).
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(i) Following
the Issue Date and the exchange of the Restricted Definitive Notes for Global
Notes in the manner set forth herein, the Notes resold or otherwise transferred
to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued in the form of one or more
144A
Global Notes, which shall be deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depository
or
will remain in the custody of the Trustee, as custodian, pursuant to an
agreement between the Depository and the Trustee.
(ii) Following
the Issue Date and the exchange of the Restricted Definitive Notes for Global
Notes in the manner set forth herein, the Notes resold or otherwise transferred
in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued in the form of one or more
Regulation S Global Notes, which shall be deposited with, or on behalf of,
the
Trustee as custodian for the Depository.
(iii) Following
the Issue Date and the exchange of the Restricted Definitive Notes for Global
Notes in the manner set forth herein, Notes resold or otherwise transferred
to
Institutional Accredited Investors, may be exchanged for a separate note in
registered form, without interest coupons (the “IAI Global Note”), which will
be deposited with, or on behalf of, a custodian for the Depository, as described
in (i) and (ii) above.
(iv) Following
the Issue Date and the exchange of the Restricted Definitive Notes for Global
Notes in the manner set forth herein, Unrestricted Global Notes shall be issued
in accordance with Sections 2.06(b)(vi), 2.06(d)(ii) and 2.06(d)(iii) and shall
be deposited, duly executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Trustee
as
hereinafter provided.
(v) Notes
issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1
and
A-4 attached hereto (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 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 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.
|
The
Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuers by two Officers of each Issuer
or an Officer and an Assistant Secretary of each Issuer. Such
signature may be either manual or facsimile.
If
an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the
time
the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid
nevertheless.
A
Note shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the Note. Such signature shall be conclusive
evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The
Trustee shall authenticate (i) Notes for original issue in an amount not to
exceed $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount upon one or more Company Requests
and pursuant to the dates and amounts set forth in the Securities Purchase
Agreement and herein, and (ii) any Payment-in-Kind Notes as a result of PIK
Interest for an aggregate principal amount specified in such Company Request
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for
such Payment-in-Kind Notes issued hereunder. Each such Company
Request shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated and the date
on
which the Notes are to be authenticated, whether the Notes are to be
Payment-in-Kind Notes and whether the Notes or Payment-in-Kind Notes, as
applicable, are to be issued as Definitive Notes or Global Notes or such other
information as the Trustee may reasonably request.
The
Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent 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 right as an Agent to deal with the Issuers or an
Affiliate.
The
Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Notes
under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, reasonably
determines that such action may not lawfully be taken, if its own rights, duties
or immunities under the Notes and this Indenture are affected in a manner that
is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or if the Trustee in good faith
shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability
to existing Noteholders.
Section
2.03
|
Registrar
and Paying
Agent.
|
The
Issuers shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for
registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”), an office or
agency located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, State of
New
York where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”) and an office
or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Issuers in respect of the
Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall keep a
register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Issuers
may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying
agents. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company may act
as Paying Agent. The Issuers may change any Paying Agent, Registrar
or co-registrar without notice to any Noteholder.
The
Issuers shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar
or
Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall
implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such
Agent. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee of the name and address
of any such Agent. If the Issuers fail to maintain a Registrar or
Paying Agent, or agent for service of notices and demands, or fail to give
the
foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such. The Issuers
initially appoint the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent, and agent for service
of notices and demands in connection with the Notes.
Section
2.04
|
Paying
Agent to Hold
Money in Trust.
|
On
or before each due date of the principal of and interest on any Notes, the
Issuers shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such
principal and interest so becoming due. The Issuers at any time may
require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and the
Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any Default, upon written
request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to forthwith pay to the
Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent together with a complete
accounting of such sums. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have
no further liability for the money.
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 Noteholders
and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is
not the Registrar, the Issuers shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven
Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as
the
Trustee may request in
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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 Issuers shall otherwise
comply with TIA § 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 Depository to a nominee of the Depository, by a nominee of the Depository
to the Depository or to another nominee of the Depository, or by the Depository
or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such successor
Depository. Global Notes will be exchanged by the Issuers for
Definitive Notes if, and only if, (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee
notice from the Depository that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act
as
Depository or that it ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depository is not appointed by
the
Company, (ii) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that
it elects to cause the issuance of the Definitive Notes or (iii) an Event
of Default has occurred or is continuing and the Registrar has received a
request from the Depository to issue Definitive Notes. Upon the
occurrence of any of the preceding events in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above,
Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depository shall instruct
the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole
or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.09 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 2.09 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)
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
Depository, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the
Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global
Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set
forth
herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of
beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with
subparagraphs (i) through (v) below, as applicable, as well as one or more
of
the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(i) Transfer
of Beneficial Interests in
the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted
Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the
form
of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with
the transfer restrictions set forth in the Restricted Notes
Legend. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be
transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted 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
given to the Depository in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing
the Depository 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 Depository in accordance
with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depository 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 Depository
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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. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for
transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this
Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the
Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s)
pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof. Transfers by an owner of a
beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global or the IAI Global Note to a
transferee who takes delivery of such interest through the Regulation S Global
Note, shall be made only upon receipt by the Trustee of a certification from
the
transferor to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with
Regulation S or (if available) Rule 144 under the Securities Act. In
the case of a transfer of a beneficial interest in either the Regulation S
Global Note or the Rule 144A Global Note for an interest in the IAI Global
Note,
the transferee must furnish to the Trustee a signed letter substantially in
the
form of Exhibit D.
(iii) Restrictions
on Transfer of
Regulation S Global Note.
(A) Prior
to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers by an owner of a
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note to a transferee who takes
delivery of such interest through the 144A Global Note or the IAI Global Note
shall be made only in accordance with Applicable Procedures and upon receipt
by
the Trustee of a written certification from the transferor of the beneficial
interest in the form provided by Exhibit B or as otherwise provided by the
Issuers in accordance with applicable law to the effect that such transfer
is
being made to (i) a person whom the transferor reasonably believes is a QIB
in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A or (ii) an IAI
purchasing for its own account, or for the account of such an
IAI. Such written certification shall not be required after the
expiration of the Restricted Period. In the case of a transfer of a
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note for an interest in the
IAI
Global Note, the transferee must furnish to the Trustee a signed letter
substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
(B) Upon
the expiration of the Restricted Period, beneficial ownership interests in
the
Regulation S Global Note shall be transferable in accordance with applicable
law
and the other terms of this Indenture.
(iv) Other
Transfer of Beneficial
Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial
interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted
Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section
2.06(b)(ii) above and the transferor delivers a certificate in the form of
Exhibit B hereto.
(v) Transfer
and Exchange of Beneficial
Interests in Global Notes to Definitive
Notes. In the
event that a Global Note is exchanged for Restricted Definitive Notes in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture, such Notes may be exchanged only
in
accordance with such procedures as are substantially consistent with the
provisions of Sections 2.06(c), (d) and (e) (including the certification
requirements set forth therein intended to ensure that such transfers comply
with Rule 144A, Regulation S or such other applicable exemption from
registration under the Securities Act, as the case may be) and such other
procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Issuers reasonably
necessary to comply with applicable law.
(vi) Transfer
and Exchange of Beneficial
Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an
Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any
Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial in-
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terest
in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the
requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the
following:
(1) if
the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes
to
exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or
(2) if
the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes
to
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof
in
the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate
from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
in item (4) thereof;
and
if the Company or the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures
so
require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company
and
the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance
with
the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and
in
the Restricted Notes Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act.
If
any such transfer is effected at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has
not
yet been issued, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Request
in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one
or
more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests so transferred.
Beneficial
interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred
to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest
in a
Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer
or Exchange of Beneficial
Interests for Definitive Notes.
(i) Beneficial
Interests in Restricted
Global Notes to Restricted Definitive
Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted
Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, if such
exchange complies with Section 2.06(a), and upon receipt by the Registrar of
the
following documentation:
(A) if
the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes
to
exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B) if
such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule
144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including
the
certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if
such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an
offshore transaction and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate
to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (2) thereof;
(D) if
such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from
the
registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144,
a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
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(E) if
such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited
Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of
the
Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above,
a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)(d)
thereof, if applicable;
(F) if
such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Issuers or any of their
Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if
such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect
set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c)
thereof,
the
Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global
Note
to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Issuers
shall execute and the Trustee shall 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 in a Restricted Global Note 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 Depository and the Participant or
Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes
to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any
Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Restricted Notes
Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained
therein.
(ii) Beneficial
Interests in Restricted
Global Notes
to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest
for
an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to
a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive
Note
if such transfer and exchange complies with Section 2.06(a) and if the Registrar
receives the following:
(1) if
the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes
to
exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note that does not bear
the
Restricted Notes Legend, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit
C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or
(2) if
the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes
to
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof
in
the form of a Definitive Note that does not bear the Restricted Notes Legend,
a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (4) thereof;
and
if the Company or the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures
so
require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company
and
the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance
with
the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and
in
the Restricted Notes Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii) Beneficial
Interests in Unrestricted
Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes. If any
holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted 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, if such transfer and exchange
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complies
with Section 2.06(a) and, 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(h) hereof, and the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall
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)(iii) 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 Depository and the
Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such
Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so
registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iii) shall not bear the Restricted
Notes Legend.
(d) Transfer
and Exchange of Definitive
Notes for Beneficial Interests.
(i) Restricted
Definitive Notes to
Beneficial Interests in
Restricted Global Notes. If any holder of a Restricted
Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in
a
Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following
documentation:
(A) if
the holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note
for
a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such
holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(2)(b) thereof;
(B) if
such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance
with
Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if
such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in
an
offshore transaction and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate
to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (2) thereof;
(D) if
such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with
Rule
144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if
such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Institutional
Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs
(B)
through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required
by
item (3)(d) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if
such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Issuers or any
of
their Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if
such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect
set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c)
thereof,
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the
Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to
be
increased the aggregate principal amount of the Restricted Global Note; provided, however, if
any
such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest in
a
Restricted Global Note is effected at a time when a Restricted Global Note
has
not yet been issued, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company
Request in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate
one or more Restricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal
to
the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred; provided, further,
that the Trustee
shall have no duty to take any action to secure eligibility of the Restricted
Global Note for deposit with the Depository.
(ii) Restricted
Definitive Notes to
Beneficial Interests
in
Unrestricted Global Notes. If and to the extent permitted by,
and upon compliance with, the Applicable Procedures, a holder of a Restricted
Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note only if the Registrar receives the
following:
(1) if
the holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a
beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such
holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(1)(c) thereof; or
(2) if
the holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person
who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit
B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and
if the Issuers or the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures
so
require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar
to
the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities
Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted
Notes Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
Upon
satisfaction of the conditions of this Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall
cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate
principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
(iii) Unrestricted
Definitive Notes to
Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. If and to
the extent permitted by, and upon compliance with, the Applicable Procedures,
a
holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive
Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of
a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the
applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased
the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global
Notes.
If
any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest
is
effected pursuant to subparagraph (ii) or (iii) above at a time when an
Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers shall issue and,
upon receipt of a Company Request in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the
Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so
transferred; provided,
however,
that the
Trustee shall have no duty to take any action to secure eligibility of the
Unrestricted Global Note for deposit with the Depository.
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(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 holder or by its attorney,
duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting holder shall
provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable,
required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section
2.06(e):
(i) Restricted
Definitive Notes to
Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note
may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery
thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives
the following:
(A) if
the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if
the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor
must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if
the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption, including any such
transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications,
certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if
applicable.
(ii) Restricted
Definitive Notes to
Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note
may be exchanged by the holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note
or
transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of
an
Unrestricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the
following:
(1) if
the holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes
for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the
form
of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof;
or
(2) if
the holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes
to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and
if the Issuers or the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Issuers to the effect that such exchange or
transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions
on
transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Notes Legend are no longer
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii) Unrestricted
Definitive Notes to
Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of Unrestricted
Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof
in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a
request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the
Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the holder
thereof.
(f) [intentionally
omitted]
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(g) Legends. The
following
legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued
under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable
provisions of this Indenture.
(i) Restricted
Notes
Legend.
(A) Except
as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive
Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall
bear the legend in substantially the following form:
“THE
NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE ‘‘SECURITIES ACT’’). BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE
HOLDER REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED
IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED
INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501 (a)(1), (2), (3), OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT) (OR AN ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE THE
FOREGOING) (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR”) OR (C) IT IS ACQUIRING THIS
NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A)(1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT
OF A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF
RULE
144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
INVESTOR IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND
NOT
FOR DISTRIBUTION, AND A CERTIFICATE WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMPANY
OR
THE TRUSTEE IS DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEREE TO THE COMPANY AND TRUSTEE AND,
IF
REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY,
(4)
PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED
BY
RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES. AN INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY AGREES THAT IT WILL FURNISH TO
THE
COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE SUCH CERTIFICATES, LEGAL OPINIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION
AS THEY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT TRANSFER TO IT OF THIS SECURITY
COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS AND APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS. THE
HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, REPRESENTS AND AGREES FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE
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COMPANY
THAT IT IS (1) A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A
OR (2)(a) PURCHASING FROM A PERSON NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE INITIAL DISTRIBUTION
OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR SECURITY), (b) AN INSTITUTION THAT IS
AN
‘‘ACCREDITED INVESTOR’’ AS DEFINED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (c) HOLDING THIS
SECURITY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR (3) A NON-U.S.
PERSON OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF (OR AN ACCOUNT SATISFYING
THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (k)(2)(i) OF RULE 902 UNDER) REGULATION S UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT.”
(B) Notwithstanding
the
foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraph
(b)(vi), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii) or (e)(iii) of this
Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof)
shall not bear the Restricted Notes Legend.
(ii) Global
Note
Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially
the following form:
THIS
GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITORY (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 2.01(a) 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
2.10 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
(h) 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 2.10
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 Depository at the direction of the Trustee 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 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 Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect
such
increase.
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(i) General
Provisions Relating to Transfers
and
Exchanges.
(i) To
permit registrations of transfers and exchanges to the extent permitted
hereunder, the Issuers 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 Issuers 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 2.09, 4.10, 4.16, 4.18 and 8.04
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 Issuers, 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
Issuers 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 any selection of Notes for redemption under Section
3.02
hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection or (B) 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 Issuers 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 Issuers 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.
(ix) The
Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as
to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or
under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note
(including any transfers between or among Participants or beneficial owners
of
interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such
certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required
by,
and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture,
and
to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the
express requirements hereof.
(x) None
of the Trustee or any Agent shall have any responsibility or obligation to
any
beneficial owner in a Global Note, a member of, or a Participant in the
Depository or other
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Person
with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee
or
of any Participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest
in
the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any Participant, member, beneficial
owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including
any
notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to
such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the
Noteholders and all payments to be made to Noteholders under the Notes and
this
Indenture shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered
holders (which shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of the Global
Note). The rights of beneficial owners in the Global Note shall be
exercised only through the Depository subject to the Applicable
Procedures. The Trustee and each Agent shall be entitled to rely and
shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository
with respect to its members, Participants and any beneficial
owners. The Trustee and each Agent shall be entitled to deal with any
depositary (including the Depository), and any nominee thereof, that is the
registered holder of any Global Note for all purposes of this Indenture relating
to such Global Note (including the payment of principal, premium, if any, and
interest and additional amounts, if any, and the giving of instructions or
directions by or to the owner or holder of a beneficial ownership interest
in
such Global Note) as the sole holder of such Global Note and shall have no
obligations to the beneficial owners thereof. None of the Trustee or
any Agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any acts or
omissions of any such depositary with respect to such Global Note, for the
records of any such depositary, including records in respect of beneficial
ownership interests in respect of any such Global Note, for any transactions
between such depositary and any Participant in such depositary or between or
among any such depositary, any such Participant and/or any holder or owner
of a
beneficial interest in such Global Note, or for any transfers of beneficial
interests in any such Global Security.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, with respect to any Global Note, nothing herein shall prevent
the
Issuers, the Trustee, or any agent of the Issuers or the Trustee (including
any
Agent), from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by any depositary (including the Depository), as a
Noteholder, with respect to such Global Note or impair, as between such
depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such Global Note, the operation
of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such depositary
(or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Note.
Section
2.07
|
Replacement
Notes.
|
If
a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or if the holder of a Note
presents evidence to the satisfaction of the Issuers and the Trustee that the
Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuers shall issue
and
the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section
8-405 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date of this
Indenture are met. An indemnity bond or other security shall be
required that is sufficient in the judgment of the Issuers and the Trustee
to
protect the Issuers, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss which any of them
may suffer if a Note is replaced. In every case of destruction, loss
or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Issuers and to the Trustee
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note
and the ownership thereof. The Issuers and the Trustee may charge for
their expenses in replacing a Note. Every replacement Note is an
additional obligation of the Issuers.
Section
2.08
|
Outstanding
Notes.
|
Notes
outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for
those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, and those
described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding.
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If
a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding until
the Issuers and the Trustee receive proof satisfactory to each of them that
the
replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If
a Paying Agent holds on a Redemption Date or Maturity Date money sufficient
to
pay the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on Notes payable
on
that date, then on and after that date such Notes cease to be outstanding and
interest on them ceases to accrue.
Subject
to Section 11.05, a Note does not cease to be outstanding solely because the
Issuers or an Affiliate holds the Note.
Section
2.09
|
Temporary
Notes.
|
Until
certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuers may prepare
and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes
shall be substantially in the form, and shall carry all rights, of Definitive
Notes but may have variations that the Issuers consider appropriate for
temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuers shall
prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Notes in exchange for
temporary Notes presented to it.
Section
2.10
|
Cancellation.
|
The
Issuers at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the
Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or
payment. The Trustee shall cancel and retain in accordance with its
normal practice or, upon written request of the Issuers, may return to the
Issuers, all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or
cancellation. Subject to Section 2.07 hereof, the Issuers may not
issue new Notes to replace Notes in respect of which it has previously paid
all
principal, premium and interest accrued thereon, or delivered to the Trustee
for
cancellation.
Section
2.11
|
Defaulted
Interest.
|
If
the Issuers default in a payment of interest on the Notes, they shall pay the
defaulted amounts, plus any interest payable on defaulted amounts pursuant
to
Section 4.01 hereof, to the persons who are holders on a subsequent special
record date. The Issuers shall fix the special record date and
payment date in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee and provide the Trustee
at
least 20 days notice of the proposed amount of default interest to be paid
and
the special payment date. At least 15 days before the special record
date, the Issuers shall mail or cause to be mailed to each holder a notice
that
states the special record date, the payment date (which shall be not less than
five nor more than ten days after the special record date), and the amount
to be
paid. In lieu of the foregoing procedures, the Issuers may pay
defaulted interest in any other lawful manner satisfactory to the
Trustee.
Section
2.12
|
Deposit
of
Moneys.
|
Prior
to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on each Interest Payment Date (other
than an Interest Payment Date for which PIK Interest shall be paid), each
Redemption Date and the Maturity Date, the Issuers shall have deposited with
the
Paying Agent in immediately available funds money sufficient to make cash
payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Maturity
Date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits the Trustee to remit
payment to the holders on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the
case may be.
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Section
2.13
|
CUSIP
Number.
|
The
Issuers in issuing the Notes may, but shall not be obligated to, use one or
more
(including if any notes are not fungible) “CUSIP,” “ISIN” or other similar
number(s), and if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar
number(s) in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to holders,
provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to
the
correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar number(s) printed
in
the notice or on the Notes, and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Issuers shall
promptly inform the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar
number(s).
ARTICLE
III
REDEMPTION
Section
3.01
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Notices
to
Trustee.
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If
the Issuers elect to redeem Notes pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Notes,
(i) at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date in the case of a partial
redemption, (ii) at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date in the case
of a total redemption or (iii) during such other period as the Trustee may
agree to, the Issuers shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption
Date, the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the redemption price,
and
deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such redemption
will comply with the conditions contained in paragraph 5 of the
Notes.
Section
3.02
|
Selection
by
Trustee of Notes to Be
Redeemed.
|
In
the event that fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee
shall
select the Notes to be redeemed on either a pro rata basis or by lot, or such
other method as it shall deem fair and equitable. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Issuers of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the
case of any Notes selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof
to be redeemed. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the
principal of Notes that have denominations larger than $1,000. Notes
and portions thereof the Trustee selects shall be redeemed in amounts of $1,000
or whole multiples of $1,000 and, if Payment-in-Kind Notes are issued, a minimum
of $1.00 and an integral multiple of $1.00 (in aggregate principal
amount). For all purposes of this Indenture unless the context
otherwise requires, 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.
|
At
least 30 but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Issuers shall
mail, or cause to be mailed, a notice of redemption by first-class mail to
the
Trustee and to each holder of Notes to be redeemed at its address as the same
appears on the registry books maintained by the Registrar pursuant to Section
2.03 hereof.
The
notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including the CUSIP number(s)
thereof) and shall state:
(1) the
Redemption Date;
(2) the
redemption price;
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(3) 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 and upon surrender
of
such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion will be issued;
(4) the
name and address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that
Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect
the redemption price;
(6) that
unless the Issuers default in making the redemption payment, interest on Notes
called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption
Date;
(7) the
subparagraph of the Notes pursuant to which the Notes are being redeemed;
and
(8) the
aggregate principal amount of Notes that are being redeemed.
At
the Issuers’ request (and upon at least five (5) days prior written notice), the
Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Issuers’ names and at the
Issuers’ sole expense.
Section
3.04
|
Effect
of Notice of
Redemption.
|
Once
the notice of redemption described in Section 3.03 is mailed, Notes called
for
redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the redemption
price, including any premium, plus interest accrued to the Redemption Date,
if
any. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at
the redemption price, including any premium, plus interest accrued to the
Redemption Date, if any; provided that if the
Redemption Date is after a regular interest payment record date and on or prior
to the Interest Payment Date, the accrued interest shall be payable to the
holder of the redeemed Notes registered on the relevant record date, and provided, further,
that if a Redemption
Date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business
Day and no interest shall accrue for the period from such Redemption Date to
such succeeding Business Day.
Section
3.05
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Deposit
of
Redemption
Price.
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On
or prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on each Redemption Date, the
Issuers shall deposit with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds
money
sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes
to
be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions thereof called for
redemption on that date which have been delivered by the Issuers to the Trustee
for cancellation.
On
and after any Redemption Date, if money sufficient to pay the redemption price
of and accrued interest on Notes called for redemption shall have been made
available in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the Notes called for
redemption will cease to accrue or accrete interest and the only right of the
holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of the redemption price of
and,
subject to the first proviso in Section 3.04, accrued and unpaid interest on
such Notes to the Redemption Date. If any Note called for redemption
shall not be so paid, interest will be paid, from the Redemption Date until
such
redemption payment is made, on the unpaid principal of the Note and any interest
not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case, at the rate and in the manner
provided in the Notes.
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Section
3.06
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Notes
Redeemed in
Part.
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Upon
surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate
for
a holder a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of
the
Note surrendered.
ARTICLE
IV
COVENANTS
Section
4.01
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Payment
of
Notes.
|
The
Issuers shall pay the principal of and interest on the Notes on the dates and
in
the manner provided in the Notes and this Indenture. An installment
of principal of or interest on the Notes shall be considered paid on the date
it
is due if the Trustee or any Paying Agent holds on that date money designated
for and sufficient to pay the installment. PIK Interest shall be
considered paid on the date due, unless interest is otherwise paid in cash,
if
the Trustee is directed on or prior to such date to issue Payment-in-Kind Notes
in an amount equal to the amount of the applicable PIK
Interest. Interest will be computed on the basis set forth in the
Notes. All references to interest in this Indenture shall include any
additional interest payable to holders pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
The
Issuers shall pay interest on overdue principal (including post-petition
interest in a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law), and overdue interest, to
the
extent lawful, at the rate specified in the Notes.
No
provision of this Section 4.01 shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation
on the Trustee to calculate the installment of principal of or interest on
the
Notes on any Interest Payment Date or to monitor the calculation thereof by
the
Issuers.
Section
4.02
|
SEC
Reports.
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(a) If
and for so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and any Notes are outstanding, the
Company shall file with the SEC and provide the Trustee and holders of Notes
with such annual reports and such information, documents and other reports
as
are specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and applicable to
a
U.S. person subject to such Sections, such information, documents and reports
to
be so filed and provided at the times specified for the filing of such
information, documents and reports under such Sections; provided,
however, that (i) the
Company shall not be so obligated to file such information, documents and
reports with the SEC if the SEC does not permit such filings and (ii) the
Company shall not be required to include the separate financial statements
of
any Guarantor in any such filing.
(b) At
any time when the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and any Notes are outstanding, the
Company will provide to the Trustees and the holders of Notes:
(1) within
90 days after the end of the Company’s fiscal year, financial statements and a
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations substantially equivalent to that which would be required to be
included in an Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company were the Company
subject to an obligation to file such a report under the Exchange
Act;
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(2) within
45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters in each fiscal
year of the Company, financial statements and a Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations substantially
equivalent to that which would be required to be included in a Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q of the Company were the Company subject to an obligation to file
such a report under the Exchange Act; and
(3) within
the time periods required by the SEC for issuers subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 13(d) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the information
that
would be required to be filed with the SEC in Current Reports on Form 8-K (other
than in respect of Items 1.01, 2.02, 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 5.02 (in the case of
entry into material definitive agreements, management compensation and similar
agreements only), 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 7.01, 8.01 and 9.01 (or any successor items)
under Form 8-K) if the Company were subject to such reporting
requirements;
provided,
however, that the
reports set forth in clauses (1), (2) and (3) above shall not be required
to: (a) contain any certification required by any such form or
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, (b) include the separate financial statements
of
any Guarantor in any such filing or (c) include any
exhibit. Additionally, substantially concurrently with the delivery
to the Trustee and the holders of the Notes of the reports specified in (1),
(2)
and (3) above, the Company shall (i) post copies of such reports on its website
and (ii) in the case of clauses (1) and (2) above, commencing with the
report covering the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2009, hold a conference
call
with holders of Notes covering such matters as are reasonably customary for
companies with publicly traded debt or equity securities. For the
avoidance of doubt, the financial statements required herein may be financial
statements of the Parent if the Parent holds no other material assets other
than
cash and the Capital Stock of the Issuers and equity securities in any Person
that Parent does not control and whose financial results are not consolidated
with the Parent, including the Common Stock of TerreStar Networks, Inc., and
such financial statements are accompanied by an explanation as to the
differences between the Parent's financial statements and the financial
statements that would have been provided by the Company.
(c) The
Company shall cause information, documents and reports required to be provided
to the Trustee and to the holders to be mailed at the Company’s expense to the
Trustee at its address set forth in this Indenture and to the holders at their
addresses appearing in the register of Notes maintained by the
Registrar.
Delivery
of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute
constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from
information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of
its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively
on Officer’s Certificates).
(d) For
so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company shall make available upon
request, to any holder, any holder of a beneficial interest in a Note and,
upon
request of any holder or any such holder, any prospective purchaser of a Note
or
a beneficial interest therein, the information required pursuant to Rule
144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act during any period in which the Company
is
not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Section
4.03
|
Waiver
of Stay,
Extension or Usury Laws.
|
The
Issuers and the Guarantors covenant (to the extent that they may lawfully do
so)
that they will not at any time insist upon, or plead (as a defense or otherwise)
or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any
stay
or extension law or any usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive
the Issuers or the Guarantors from paying all or any portion of the principal
of,
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premium,
if any, and/or interest on the Notes, as contemplated herein, wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or
the
performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that they may lawfully do
so)
the Issuers and the Guarantors hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage
of any such law, and covenant that they will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit
the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
Section
4.04
|
Compliance
Certificate.
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(a) The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year, an Officer’s Certificate stating that a review of the activities of
the Company and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year has been made under
the
supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether each
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 each 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 hereof and thereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred, describing all of such Defaults or Events of Default of which he
or
she may have knowledge and what action each 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 each is taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) The
Company will, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver to the
Trustee, forthwith within 30 days after any event which would constitute a
Default or Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate specifying such Default or
Event of Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes
to take with respect thereto.
Section
4.05
|
Taxes.
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The
Company shall, and shall cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, and
the
Restricted Entities shall, pay prior to delinquency all material taxes,
assessments, and governmental levies except as contested in good faith and
by
appropriate proceedings.
Section
4.06
|
Limitation
on
Indebtedness.
|
(a) The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, and each
Restricted Entity shall not, Incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness;
provided, however,
that the Issuers and
the Guarantors shall be entitled to Incur Indebtedness if, on the date of such
Incurrence and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis, the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio would be less than 6.00 to 1.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing paragraph (a), the Company and the Restricted Entities shall
be
entitled to Incur any or all of the following Indebtedness:
(1) Indebtedness
Incurred by the Issuers or any Guarantor under this clause (1) that, after
giving effect to any such Incurrence and assuming all amortization of debt
discount, accretion of principal and payment of interest in kind over the life
of such Indebtedness has occurred at the time of initial Incurrence, does not
exceed $250.0 million in principal amount at any one time
outstanding; provided that, prior to any
Incurrence of Indebtedness under this clause (1), the Company shall have
received at least $1.0 billion of Net Cash Proceeds after the Original Issue
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Date
from the issue or sale of Capital Stock of the Company or cash contributed
to
the capital of the Company (in each case other than proceeds of Disqualified
Stock or sales of Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries);
provided, further,
however,
that any Net Cash
Proceeds received by the Company or cash contributions to the Company’s capital
and used to Incur Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (1) shall be excluded
from the calculation of amounts under Section 4.08(a)(3)(B);
(2) Indebtedness
Incurred by the Issuers or any Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount which,
when taken together with all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause
(2) and then outstanding, does not exceed the greater of (a) $500 million and
(b) an amount equal to 125% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by the
Company since the Original Issue Date from the issue or sale of Capital Stock
of
the Company or cash contributed to the capital of the Company (in each case
other than proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Capital Stock to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries); provided, however,
that, any
Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (2) shall have a weighted Average Life
that is greater than the then remaining weighted Average Life of the Notes;
provided further,
however,
that any Net Cash
Proceeds received by the Company or cash contributions to the Company’s capital
and used to Incur Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (2) shall be excluded
from the calculation of amounts under Section 4.08(a)(3)(B);
(3) Indebtedness
owed to and held by the Company or a Restricted Entity (including intercompany
indebtedness); provided,
however,
that (A) any
subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock which results in any such
Restricted Entity ceasing to be a Restricted Entity or any subsequent transfer
of such Indebtedness (other than to the Company or a Restricted Entity) shall
be
deemed, in each case, to constitute the Incurrence of such Indebtedness by
the
obligor thereon and (B) if the Company or Finance Co. is the obligor on such
Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to the prior payment
in full in cash of all obligations with respect to the Notes and if a Guarantor
is an obligor under such Indebtedness or such Indebtedness is owed to a
Restricted Entity that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness is expressly
subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all obligations with
respect to the Guarantee of such Guarantor;
(4) the
Old Notes and Guarantees thereof (including any future guarantees
thereof);
(5) Indebtedness
outstanding on the Issue Date;
(6) Indebtedness
of a Restricted Entity Incurred and outstanding on or prior to the date on
which
such Restricted Entity was acquired by the Company or a Restricted Entity (other
than Indebtedness Incurred in connection with, or to provide all or any portion
of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series
of related transactions pursuant to which such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary
or
was acquired by the Company); provided, however,
that on the date of
such acquisition and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Company would
have been entitled to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant
to paragraph (a) of this Section 4.06;
(7) Refinancing
Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to paragraph (a)
or
pursuant to clause (4), (5) or (6) or this clause (7); provided, however,
that such
Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include Refinancing Indebtedness of the
Issuers or a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is
not
a Guarantor or co-issuer of the Notes;
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(8) Hedging
Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for
speculative purposes;
(9) obligations
with respect to letters of credit and bank guarantees, including without
limitation, letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims,
health, disability or other benefits to former employees or their families
or
property, casualty or liability or self-insurance obligations, performance,
bid
and surety bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Company or any
Restricted Entity in the ordinary course of business;
(10) Indebtedness
arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check,
draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary
course of business; provided, however,
that such
Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its
Incurrence;
(11) Subordinated
Obligations Incurred by the Issuers or any of the Guarantors to finance the
purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment
that
is used or useful in a Related Business (whether through the direct purchase
of
assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets) within 180 days
of
such purchase, lease or improvement, and any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred
to Refinance such Indebtedness, which, when added together with the amount
of
all other Subordinated Obligations Incurred pursuant to this clause (11) and
then outstanding, does not exceed $250 million; provided, however,
that any
Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (11) shall have a weighted Average
Life
that is greater than the then remaining weighted Average Life of the Notes
and a
final maturity date that is later than the date that is 91 days after the Stated
Maturity of the Notes;
(12) Capital
Lease Obligations or Purchase Money Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor
Incurred to finance the lease or purchase of L-Band Spectrum in North America;
provided that in the
case of Capital Lease Obligations, the rights of the lessor under such Capital
Lease Obligations shall be limited to the L-Band Spectrum leased and, in the
case of Purchase Money Indebtedness, the lenders of such Purchase Money
Indebtedness shall only have recourse to the L-Band Spectrum purchased and
shall
have no other claim against the Company and the Restricted Entities; provided, further,
that the Company
shall have received at least $500.0 million of Designated Equity Contributions
prior to any Incurrence under this clause (12) and shall not have made a
Designated Equity Election;
(13) Purchase
Money Indebtedness and Capital Lease Obligations of the Company or any Guarantor
in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $50 million outstanding at
any
time;
(14) Indebtedness
arising from agreements of the Company or any of the Restricted Entities
providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar
obligations, in each case, Incurred or assumed in connection with the
disposition of any business, assets or Capital Stock of a Restricted Entity,
provided, however,
the maximum
aggregate liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed
the gross proceeds actually received by the Company and the Restricted Entities
in connection with such disposition;
(15) Indebtedness
of the Company or of any of the Restricted Entities in an aggregate principal
amount which, when taken together with all other Indebtedness of the Company
and
the Restricted Entities Incurred pursuant to this clause (15) and then
outstanding does not exceed $50 million;
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(16) Guarantees
by the Issuers or any Guarantor of Indebtedness of the Issuers or the Guarantors
so long as such Indebtedness is otherwise permitted to be incurred
hereunder;
(17) Indebtedness
representing the financing of installments of insurance premiums;
and
(18) Indebtedness
of the Company and the Guarantors to Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc. (“Boeing”) and its Affiliates
incurred to finance the purchase of one or more satellites from Boeing or such
Affiliate in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any one time $110.0
million.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, neither the Issuers nor any Guarantor shall be
entitled to Incur any Indebtedness (1) senior in right of payment to the Notes
or pari passu in right of payment to the Notes, but without limiting the ability
to Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to clauses (4), (5), (6), (7) (insofar as
the
indebtedness being refinanced was senior or pari
passu in right of payment to
the Notes), (8), (9), (10), (12), (13), (14), (16) (insofar as the indebtedness
being Guaranteed was senior or pari passu in right of
payment to the Notes, (17) and (18) of paragraph (b) above; or (2) pursuant
to the foregoing paragraph (b) if the proceeds thereof are
used, directly or indirectly, to Refinance any Subordinated Obligations
unless such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Notes or the Guarantee
of
such Guarantor, as applicable, to at least the same extent as such Subordinated
Obligations. The foregoing shall not prevent the Issuers from Issuing
additional Notes or the Guarantors from guaranteeing such Notes after the Issue
Date in accordance with the Securities Purchase
Agreement. Additionally, notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, clause (1) of this paragraph shall cease to be of further
effect in the event the Notes contemplated to be issued on the Second Closing
Date (as such term is defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) are not
issued in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement other
than a failure by the Parent, the Issuers or their Subsidiaries to act in good
faith to satisfy the closing conditions specified in the Securities Purchase
Agreement for the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date.
(d) For
purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.06:
(1) in
the event that an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the
criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness described above, the
Company, in its sole discretion, will classify such item of Indebtedness (or
any
portion thereof) at the time of Incurrence and will only be required to include
the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one of the above
clauses;
(2) the
Company will be entitled to divide and classify (and later reclassify) an item
of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described above,
including under paragraph (a) above;
(3) Guarantees
of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness
which is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of
Indebtedness shall not be included;
(4) the
principal amount of any Disqualified Stock of the Company or Preferred Stock
of
a Restricted Entity, will be equal to the greater of the maximum mandatory
redemption or repurchase price (not including, in either case, any redemption
or
repurchase premium) or the liquidation preference thereof; and
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(5) increases
in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations
in
the exchange rate of currencies shall not be deemed to be an Incurrence of
Indebtedness for purposes of this covenant.
For
purposes of this Section 4.06, all outstanding Indebtedness under the Notes
and
the Guarantees thereof issued on the Issue Date and the Notes and the Guarantees
thereof subsequently issued in accordance with the Securities Purchase Agreement
will be deemed to have been Incurred pursuant to clause (2) of paragraph (b)
of
this Section 4.06.
Section
4.07
|
Limitation
on Issuance or
Sale of Capital Stock of Restricted
Entities.
|
The
Company:
(a) shall
not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, and each Restricted
Entity shall not, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Capital
Stock of any Restricted Entity to any Person (other than the Company or a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary; provided that Capital Stock
owned by the Company or a Guarantor may only be issued or transferred to the
Company or another Guarantor), and
(b) shall
not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, and each Restricted Entity shall not,
issue any of its Capital Stock (other than, if necessary, shares of its Capital
Stock constituting directors’ or other legally required qualifying shares) to
any Person (other than to the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary; provided that Capital Stock
owned by the Company or a Guarantor may only be issued or transferred to the
Company or another Guarantor),
unless:
(1) immediately
after giving effect to such issuance, sale or other disposition, neither the
Company nor any of their Subsidiaries own any Capital Stock of such Restricted
Entity; or
(2) such
issuance, sale or other disposition is treated as an Asset Disposition and
immediately after giving effect to such issuance, sale or other disposition,
such Restricted Entity would continue to be a Restricted Entity; or
(3) immediately
after giving effect to such issuance, sale or other disposition, such Restricted
Entity would no longer constitute a Restricted Entity and any Investment in
such
Person remaining after giving effect thereto is treated as a new Investment
by
the Company and such Investment would be permitted to be made under Section
4.08
if made on the date of such issuance, sale or other disposition.
For
purposes of this Section 4.07, the creation of a Lien on any Capital Stock
of a
Restricted Entity to secure Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be a violation of this Section 4.07; provided, however,
that any sale or
other disposition by the secured party of such Capital Stock following
foreclosure of its Lien shall be subject to this Section 4.07.
Section
4.08
|
Limitation
on
Restricted Payments.
|
(a) The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, and each
Restricted Entity shall not, directly or indirectly, make a Restricted Payment
if at the time the Company or such Restricted Entity makes such Restricted
Payment:
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(1) a
Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result
therefrom);
(2) the
Company is not entitled to Incur an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant
to
Section 4.06(a) after giving effect, on a pro forma basis, to such Restricted
Payment; or
(3) the
aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all other Restricted Payments
since the Original Issue Date would exceed the sum of (without
duplication):
(A) 100%
of Consolidated Operating Cash Flow accrued during the period (treated as one
accounting period) from the beginning of the first fiscal quarter during which
the Company generates positive Consolidated Operating Cash Flow following the
Original Issue Date to the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which
internal financial statements are available less 1.4 times the Consolidated
Interest Expense for the same period (if such amount in this clause (A) is
a
negative amount, minus the amount by which such amount is less than zero);
plus
(B) 100%
of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company from the issuance
or
sale of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) subsequent to the
Original Issue Date (other than an issuance or sale to a Subsidiary of the
Company or to the Canadian Joint Ventures and other than an issuance or sale
to
an employee stock ownership plan) and 100% of any cash capital contribution
received by the Company subsequent to the Original Issue Date; provided, however,
that there shall be
excluded from the calculation of Net Cash Proceeds and cash capital
contributions under this clause (B) any Net Cash Proceeds received by the
Company from the issue or sale of its Capital Stock or cash capital
contributions received by the Company and which is deemed to be used to Incur
Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(1) or (b)(2) until and to the extent
any such Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(1) or (b)(2) in
respect of such Net Cash Proceeds or cash capital contributions has been
redesignated to another subclause of Section 4.06(b) or Section 4.06(a); provided, further,
however,
that Designated
Equity Contributions shall not be permitted to be included in this clause (3)(B)
unless the Company has made a Designated Equity Election, in which case the
amount by which such Designated Equity Contributions exceeds the net present
value of all payments to be made under Capital Lease Obligations and Purchase
Money Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(12) shall be permitted
to be included in this clause (3)(B); plus
(C) the
amount by which Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Entity is reduced
on the Company’s balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange subsequent to the
Original Issue Date of any Indebtedness convertible or exchangeable for Capital
Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company (less the amount of any
cash, or the fair value of any other property, distributed by the Company upon
such conversion or exchange); plus
(D) an
amount equal to the sum of (i) the net reduction in the Investments (other
than
Permitted Investments) made by the Company or any Restricted Entity in any
Person resulting from repurchases, repayments or redemptions of such Investments
by such Person, proceeds realized on the sale of such Investment and proceeds
representing the return of capital (excluding dividends and distributions to the
extent included in Consolidated Operating Cash Flow), in each case received
by
the Company or any Restricted Entity, and (ii) to the extent such Person is
an
Unrestricted Entity, the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest
in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such
Unrestricted Entity at the time such Unrestricted Entity is designated a
Restricted Entity; provided, however,
that the foregoing
sum shall not exceed, in the case of any such Person or Unrestricted Entity,
the
amount of Investments (excluding Permitted Investments) previously made (and
treated as a Restricted Payment) by the Company or any Restricted Entity in
such
Person or Unrestricted Entity.
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(b) The
preceding provisions shall not prohibit:
(1) any
Restricted Payment in an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds of the
substantially concurrent sale of, or made by exchange for, Capital Stock of
the
Company (other than Disqualified Stock and other than Capital Stock issued
or
sold to a Subsidiary of the Company or a Canadian Joint Venture or an employee
stock ownership plan) or a substantially concurrent cash capital contribution
received by the Company; provided, however,
that (A) such
Restricted Payment shall be excluded from subsequent calculations of the amount
of Restricted Payments and (B) the Net Cash Proceeds from such sale or such
cash
capital contribution (to the extent so used for such Restricted Payment) shall
be excluded from the calculation of amounts under clause (3)(B) of paragraph
(a)
above and shall be excluded from the calculation of amounts under Section
4.06(b)(2);
(2) any
purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement
for value of Subordinated Obligations made by exchange for, or out of the
proceeds of the substantially concurrent Incurrence of, Subordinated Obligations
that are permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.06 that have, at the
time of Incurrence, a weighted Average Life that is greater than the then
remaining weighted Average Life of the Notes and a Stated Maturity that is
later
than the date that is 91 days after the Stated Maturity of the Notes; provided, however,
that such purchase,
repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value
shall be excluded from subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted
Payments;
(3) dividends
paid within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof if at such date of
declaration such dividend would have complied with this covenant; provided, however,
that such dividend
shall be included in subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted
Payments;
(4) so
long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, the purchase, redemption
or
other acquisition of shares of Capital Stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries from employees, former employees, consultants, directors or former
directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or permitted transferees
of
such employees, former employees, former consultants, directors or former
directors), pursuant to the terms of the agreements (including employment
agreements) or plans (or amendments thereto) under which such individuals
purchase or sell or are granted the option to purchase or sell, shares of such
Capital Stock; provided, however,
that the aggregate
amount of such Restricted Payments (excluding amounts representing cancellation
of Indebtedness) shall not exceed $2.5 million in the aggregate since the
Original Issue Date; provided further,
however,
that such
repurchases and other acquisitions shall be excluded from subsequent
calculations of the amount of Restricted Payments;
(5) the
declaration or payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock issued in compliance
with Section 4.06; provided, however,
that at the time of
declaration of such dividend, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing
(or result therefrom); provided further,
however,
that such dividends
shall be excluded from subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted
Payments;
(6) repurchases
of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon exercise of options to purchase limited
partnership interests, stock options, warrants or other convertible securities
if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price thereof; provided, however,
that such Restricted
Payments shall be excluded from subsequent calculations of the amount of
Restricted Payments;
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(7) cash
payments not to exceed $2.5 million since the Original Issue Date in lieu of
the
issuance of fractional shares in connection with a reverse stock split of the
Capital Stock of the Company or the exercise of warrants, options, or other
securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock of the Company;
provided, however,
that any such cash
payment shall not be for the purpose of evading the limitation of the covenant
described under this subheading; provided further,
however,
that such payments
shall be excluded in subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted
Payments;
(8) in
the event of a Change of Control or to the extent permitted by Section 4.10,
and
if no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the payment, purchase,
redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated
Obligations, in each case, at a purchase price not greater than 101% of the
principal amount of such Subordinated Obligations, plus any accrued and unpaid
interest thereon; provided, however,
that prior to such
payment, purchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement,
the Issuers (or a third party to the extent permitted by this Indenture) have
made a Change of Control Offer, or sale of assets offer, with respect to the
Notes and has repurchased all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn in
connection with such Change of Control Offer, or sale of assets offer; provided further,
however,
that such payments,
purchases, redemptions, defeasances or other acquisitions or retirements shall
be excluded from subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted
Payments;
(9) payments
of intercompany subordinated Indebtedness, the Incurrence of which was permitted
under Section 4.06(b)(3); provided, however,
that such payments
shall be excluded from subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted
Payments;
(10) other
Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate
since the Original Issue Date; provided, however,
that no Default has
occurred and is continuing or would otherwise result therefrom; provided further,
however,
that such payments
shall be excluded from subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted
Payments;
(11) the
payment of dividends, or distributions or amounts by the Company to its direct
parents or to the limited partners or the General Partner in amounts required
to
pay the tax obligations of any such direct parent, limited partners or the
General Partner that are solely attributable to the income of the Company and
its Subsidiaries by virtue of the Company being a pass-through entity for
Federal, state or foreign income tax purposes; provided, however,
that (a) the amount
of dividends or distributions paid pursuant to this clause (11) to enable any
of
the Company’s direct parents, limited partners or the General Partner to pay
Federal, state or foreign income taxes at any time will not exceed the amount
of
such Federal, state or foreign income taxes actually owing by any such direct
parent or the General Partner or the Company’s limited partners at such time for
the respective period (excluding any tax liability or tax benefit of any such
direct parent or the General Partner or the Company’s limited partners not
attributable to the Company or its Subsidiaries) (provided that the Company
may
make periodic payments based on an estimate of such tax liability with an annual
reconciliation at the end of each tax year) and (b) any refunds received by
or on behalf of, or any overpayment based on the annual reconciliation to,
any
of the Company’s direct parents, limited partners or the General Partner
attributable to the Company and its Subsidiaries shall promptly be returned
by
any such direct parent or the General Partner or the Company’s limited partners
to the Company; and provided further,
however,
that such payments
shall be excluded from subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted
Payments;
(12) the
dividend or distribution of all of the shares of MSV International, LLC to
the
equity holders of the Company or the designation of MSV International, LLC
as an
Unrestricted
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Entity;
provided that all
Investments in MSV International, LLC made since the Original Issue Date and
all
payments made under the Boeing Agreement on behalf of any satellite to be
transferred or assigned to MSV International, LLC shall have either been
reimbursed in cash in full to the Company or be deemed to be a permanent
Investment by the Company in MSV International, LLC (provided that such Investment
is otherwise permitted by this Indenture); provided, however,
that no Default has
occurred and is continuing or would otherwise result therefrom; and provided further,
however,
that such dividend
or distribution shall be excluded from subsequent calculations of the amount
of
Restricted Payments;
(13) the
payment of dividends or distributions by the Company to Parent or the making
of
loans by the Company to Parent for Parent to pay fees and expenses related
to
(a) Parent’s corporate existence and expenses of Parent as a public company, and
(b) general corporate overhead expense of Parent and customary compensation
payable to officers, employees and directors of Parent in the case of (b) to
the
extent such fees and expenses relate to the ownership of the Company; provided, however,
that amounts paid
under this clause (13) shall not exceed $2.5 million during any calendar year,
provided, further,
however,
that no Default has
occurred and is continuing or would otherwise result therefrom; provided further,
however,
that such payments
shall be excluded from subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted
Payments;
(14) the
payment of costs and expenses incurred by the General Partner on behalf of
the
Company or the Restricted Entities in the ordinary course of business and
administrative and corporate fees and expenses of the General Partner in the
ordinary course of business not to exceed in the aggregate under this clause
(14) $1.0 million per year; provided further,
however,
that such payments
shall be excluded from subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted
Payments; and
(15) the
distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or
Indebtedness owed to, the Company or a Restricted Entity by, an Unrestricted
Entity.
The
amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market
value on the date of such Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities
proposed to be paid, transferred or issued by the Company or such Restricted
Entity, as the case may be, pursuant to such Restricted Payment. The
fair market value of any cash Restricted Payment shall be its face amount and
any non-cash Restricted Payment shall be determined conclusively by the Board
of
Directors acting in good faith.
Section
4.09
|
Limitation
on
Liens.
|
The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, and each
Restricted Entity shall not, directly or indirectly, Incur or permit to exist
any Lien of any nature whatsoever on any of its properties (including Capital
Stock of a Subsidiary), whether owned at the Issue Date or thereafter acquired,
securing any Indebtedness, other than Permitted Liens, unless:
(1) in
the case of Liens securing Subordinated Obligations of the Company or a
Guarantor, the Notes are or such Guarantor’s Guarantee is, as the case may be,
secured by a Lien on such property that is senior in priority to such Liens;
and
(2) in
all other cases, the Notes are or such Guarantor’s Guarantee is, as the case may
be, equally and ratably secured by a Lien on such property.
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Section
4.10
|
Limitation
on Sale of
Assets and Subsidiary Stock.
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(a) The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, and each
Restricted Entity shall not, directly or indirectly, consummate any Asset
Disposition unless:
(1) the
Company or such Restricted Entity receives consideration at the time of such
Asset Disposition at least equal to the fair market value (including as to
the
value of all non-cash consideration), as determined in good faith by the Board
of Directors, of the shares and assets subject to such Asset
Disposition;
(2) at
least 75% of the consideration thereof received by the Company or such
Restricted Entity is in the form of cash, Temporary Cash Investments or
Designated Noncash Consideration; provided, however,
that the amount of
any Designated Noncash Consideration received by the Company or any Restricted
Entity in such Asset Disposition having an aggregate fair market value, taken
together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration received pursuant
to
this clause (2) at the time of determination, shall not exceed an amount equal
to the greater of (x) $25 million and (y) 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets
at
the time of the receipt of such Designated Noncash Consideration, with the
fair
market value of each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured
at
the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value;
provided further
that the amount
of:
(a) any
liabilities of the Company or any Restricted Entity of the Issuer (other than
Subordinated Obligations) that are assumed by the transferee of any such
assets,
(b) any
notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Company
or such Restricted Entity of the Company from such transferee that are converted
by the Company or such Restricted Entity of the Company into cash within 180
days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received),
and
(c) any
Indebtedness of a Restricted Entity (other than Subordinated Obligations) that
is no longer a Restricted Entity as a result of the Asset
Disposition
shall
be deemed to be cash for the purposes of this provision;
(3) an
amount equal to 100% of the Net Available Cash from such Asset Disposition
is
applied by the Company or such Restricted Entity, as the case may
be:
(A) first,
to the extent the
Company or such Restricted Entity elects, to acquire Additional Assets or
improve Additional Assets within one year from the later of the date of such
Asset Disposition or the receipt of such Net Available Cash; provided, however,
that the Company
shall have an additional six months to apply such Net Available Cash pursuant
to
this clause (A) if it shall have entered into a binding acquisition or purchase
contract in respect of Additional Assets prior to the expiration of such
one-year period; provided further
that if the Net
Available Cash from any Asset Disposition of an FCC License, Industry Canada
License or any similar telecommunications license or any Capital Stock of the
FCC License Subsidiary, MSV Canada Inc. or any other entity holding a
telecommunications license is in excess of $10.0 million, the Net Available
Cash
from such Asset Disposition may not be applied as provided in this clause (A)
and shall be immediately applied as required in clause (b) below;
and
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(B) second,
to the extent of the
balance of such Net Available Cash after application in accordance with clause
(A) above:
(1) to
the extent required by the terms of the 14% Senior Secured Notes or any other
secured Indebtedness of either Issuer or any Restricted Entity, make an offer
to
the holders of the 14% Senior Secured Notes and the holders of such other
secured Indebtedness that requires such an offer to purchase, prepay or repay
the 14% Senior Secured Notes and such other secured Indebtedness pursuant to
the
terms thereof; and
(2) to
the extent that such Net Available Cash is remaining after application in
accordance with Section 4.10(a)(3)(B)(1) above, to make an offer to holders
of
the Notes (and to holders of other Pari Passu Indebtedness that requires such
an
offer) to purchase Notes (and such other Pari Passu Indebtedness that require
such an offer) pursuant to and subject to the conditions contained in this
Indenture; provided,
that such offer to holders of Notes is for no less than the Noteholders’ prorata
amount of such Net
Available Cash (based on the then outstanding principal amount of the Notes
outstanding and the principal amount (or accreted value if issued with discount)
of such other Pari Passu Indebtedness);
provided,
however,
that in connection
with any prepayment, repayment or purchase of Indebtedness pursuant to clause
(3)(B) above, the Issuers or such Restricted Entity shall permanently retire
such Indebtedness and shall cause the related loan commitment (if any) to be
permanently reduced in an amount equal to the principal amount so prepaid,
repaid or purchased; provided, however,
that the prior
proviso shall not affect the ability of the Company of the Restricted Entities
to incur Indebtedness under Section 4.06(b).
Pending
application of Net Available Cash pursuant to this covenant, such Net Available
Cash shall be invested in Temporary Cash Investments or applied to temporarily
reduce revolving credit indebtedness, unless required to do otherwise pursuant
to the terms of the 14% Senior Secured Notes or any other outstanding secured
Indebtedness of either Issuer or Restricted Entity.
(b) In
the event of an Asset Disposition that requires the Issuers to make an offer
to
purchase the Notes (and other Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 4.10(a)(3)(B)(2)
the Issuers shall purchase Notes tendered pursuant to an offer by the Issuers
for the Notes (and such other Indebtedness) (the “Offer”) at a purchase price
of 100% of their then outstanding principal amount (such other Indebtedness
at a
purchase price of 100% of its principal amount or, in the event such other
Indebtedness was issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the
accreted value thereof) without premium, plus accrued but unpaid interest (or,
in respect of such other Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be
provided for by the terms of such Indebtedness) in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Section 4.10(c). If the aggregate purchase price
of the Notes (and such other Indebtedness) tendered exceeds the Net Available
Cash allotted to their purchase, the Trustee will select the Notes and such
other Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis but in round
denominations, which in the case of the Notes will be denominations of $1,000
principal amount or multiples thereof. The Company shall not be required
to make such an Offer to purchase Notes (and other Indebtedness) pursuant to
Section 4.10(a)(3)(B)(2) if the Net Available Cash available therefrom is less
than $15.0 million (which lesser amount shall be carried forward for
purposes of determining whether such an Offer is required with respect to the
Net Available Cash from any subsequent Asset Disposition). To the extent
that the aggregate amount of Notes and other Indebtedness tendered is less
than
the Net Available Cash required to be used to make an Offer to the holders
of
Notes and such Indebtedness, the Company may use such excess Net Available
Cash
for any other purpose not prohibited by this Indenture.
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(c) Promptly,
and in any event within 10 days after the Company becomes obligated to make
an Offer pursuant to Section 4.10(a)(3)(B)(2), the Company shall deliver to
the
Trustee and send, by first-class mail to each holder, a written notice stating
that the holder may elect to have its Notes purchased by the Issuers either
in
whole or in part (subject to prorating as described in Section 4.10(b) in the
event the Offer is oversubscribed) in integral multiples of $1,000 principal
amount, at the applicable purchase price set forth in Section 4.10(b).
The notice shall specify a purchase date not less than 30 days nor more
than 60 days after the date of such notice (the “Purchase Date”) and shall
contain such information concerning the business of the Issuers which the
Issuers in good faith believe will enable such holders to make an informed
decision and all instructions and materials necessary to tender Notes pursuant
to the Offer, together with the information contained in clause
(3).
(1) Not
later than the date upon which written notice of an Offer is delivered to the
Trustee as provided below, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate as to (A) the amount of the Offer (the “Offer Amount”), including
information as to any Pari Passu Indebtedness included in the Offer,
(B) the allocation of the Net Available Cash from the Asset Dispositions
pursuant to which such Offer is being made and (C) the compliance of such
allocation with the provisions of Section 4.10(a) and (b). On
such date, the Company shall irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with a
Paying Agent in Temporary Cash Investments, maturing on the last day prior
to
the Purchase Date or on the Purchase Date if funds are immediately available
by
open of business, an amount equal to the Offer Amount to be held for payment
in
accordance with the provisions of this Section. If the Offer includes
other Pari Passu Indebtedness, the portion of the deposit described in the
preceding sentence that is applicable to such other Pari Passu Indebtedness
may be made with any other paying agent pursuant to arrangements satisfactory
to
the Trustee. Upon the expiration of the period for which the Offer remains
open (the “Offer Period”),
the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes or portions thereof which
have
been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Company. The Trustee
shall, on the Purchase Date, mail or deliver payment (or cause the delivery
of
payment) to each tendering holder in the amount of the purchase price. In the
event that the aggregate purchase price of the Notes delivered by the Company
to
the Trustee is less than the Offer Amount applicable to the Notes, the Trustee
shall deliver the excess to the Company immediately after the expiration of
the
Offer Period for application in accordance with this Section 4.10.
(2) Holders
electing to have Notes purchased shall be required to surrender the Notes,
with
an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company at the address specified
in
the notice at least three Business Days prior to the Purchase Date. Holders
shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company
receives not later than one Business Day prior to the Purchase Date, a facsimile
transmission or letter setting forth the name of the holder, the principal
amount of the Notes which were delivered for purchase by the holder and a
statement that such holder is withdrawing his election to have such Notes
purchased. Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part shall be issued new
Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes
surrendered.
(3) At
the time the Company delivers Notes to the Trustee which are to be accepted
for
purchase, the Company shall also deliver an Officer’s Certificate stating that
such Notes are to be accepted by the Company pursuant to and in accordance
with
the terms of this Section. Notes shall be deemed to have been
accepted for purchase at the time the Trustee, directly or through an agent,
mails or delivers payment therefor to the surrendering holder.
(d) The
Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, and each
Restricted Entity will not, engage in any Asset Swaps, unless:
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(1) at
the time of entering into such Asset Swap and immediately after giving effect
to
such Asset Swap, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;
(2) the
Related Business Assets that are the subject of such Asset Swap have a
substantially comparable fair market value;
(3) in
the event such Asset Swap involves the transfer by the Company or any Restricted
Entity of assets having an aggregate fair market value, as determined by the
Board of Directors in good faith, in excess of $10 million, the terms of such
Asset Swap have been approved by a majority of the members of the Board of
Directors; and
(4) any
cash received shall be applied in accordance with Section
4.10(a)(3).
(e) To
the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict
with provisions of this Section 4.10, the Issuers will comply with the
applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have
breached its obligations hereunder and this Section 4.10 by virtue of its
compliance with such securities laws or regulations.
Section
4.11
|
Limitation
on
Transactions with
Affiliates.
|
(a) The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, and each
Restricted Entity shall not, enter into or permit to exist any transaction
(including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property, employee
compensation arrangements or the rendering of any service) with, or for the
benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (an “Affiliate Transaction”)
involving (together
with any related Affiliate Transactions) aggregate consideration in excess
of
$10 million, unless:
(1) the
terms of the Affiliate Transaction are not materially less favorable taken
as a
whole to the Company or such Restricted Entity than those that could be obtained
at the time of the Affiliate Transaction in arm’s-length dealings with a Person
who is not an Affiliate; and
(2) if
such Affiliate Transaction (together with any related Affiliate Transactions)
involves an amount in excess of $15.0 million, the terms of the Affiliate
Transaction are set forth in writing and a majority of the non-employee
directors of the General Partner disinterested with respect to such Affiliate
Transaction have determined in good faith that the criteria set forth in clause
(1) are satisfied and have approved the relevant Affiliate
Transaction.
(b) The
provisions of the preceding paragraph (a) shall not prohibit:
(1) Restricted
Payments, in each case permitted to be made pursuant to Section 4.08, and
Permitted Investments;
(2) any
issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities
or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock
options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of
Directors;
(3) loans
or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business in accordance with
the past practices of the Company or the Restricted Entities, but in any event
not to exceed $2.5 million in the aggregate outstanding at any one
time;
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(4) the
payment of reasonable and customary fees to, and indemnity provided on behalf
of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Company or the
Restricted Entities;
(5) transactions
between or among the Company and the Restricted Entities;
(6) the
issuance or sale of any Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the
Company and the granting and the performance of registration
rights;
(7) any
agreement as in effect on the Issue Date, as these agreements may be amended,
modified, supplemented, extended or renewed from time to time (so long as any
amendment, modification, supplement, extension or renewal is not materially
less
favorable, taken as a whole, to the Company and the Restricted Entities) and
the
transactions evidenced or contemplated thereby or as these agreements may be
extended or renewed in accordance with this clause (7);
(8) transactions
with customers, clients, suppliers, or purchasers or sellers of goods or
services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in
compliance with the terms of this Indenture which are fair to the Company and
the Restricted Entities, in the reasonable determination of the Board of
Directors or the senior management of the Company, or are on terms at least
as
favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an
unaffiliated party;
(9) the
entering into agreements with equity holders of the Company including, without
limitation, the entering into and performance of shareholder agreements and
registration rights agreements and amendments to existing similar
agreements;
(10) Affiliate
Transactions with a Person solely in its capacity as a holder of debt or equity
securities where such Person is treated no more favorably in such transaction
than any other security holders who are not Affiliates; and
(11) Transactions
pursuant to, contemplated by or in connection with (i) the Coop Agreement,
(ii)
the MCSA, and/or (iii) the Securities Purchase Agreement.
Section
4.12
|
Future
Guarantors.
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If
the Company or any of the Restricted Entities acquires or creates another
domestic Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, then that newly acquired
or created domestic Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor and execute a
supplemental indenture within 10 Business Days of the date on which it was
acquired or created; provided that all
Subsidiaries that are Immaterial Subsidiaries or that have properly been
designated as Unrestricted Entities under this Indenture shall not become
Guarantors for so long as they continue to constitute Immaterial Subsidiaries
or
Unrestricted Entities, as the case may be. Additionally, the Company
shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel,
each stating that such supplemental Indenture complies with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, that all conditions precedent in this Indenture
relating to such transaction have been satisfied and that such supplemental
Indenture is enforceable, subject to customary qualifications.
Section
4.13
|
Limitation
on
Restrictions on Distributions
from Restricted
Subsidiaries and Restricted
Entities.
|
The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, and each
Restricted Entity shall not, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or
become effective any consensual
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encumbrance
or consensual restriction on the ability of any Restricted Entity to (a) pay
dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company
or
a Restricted Entity or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any
Restricted Entity, (b) make any loans or advances to the Company or any
Restricted Entity or (c) transfer any of its property or assets to the Company
or any Restricted Entity, except:
(1) with
respect to clauses (a), (b) and (c),
(A) any
encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement in effect at or entered
into
on the Issue Date;
(B) any
encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted Entity pursuant to
an
agreement relating to any Capital Stock or Indebtedness Incurred by such
Restricted Entity on or prior to the date on which such Restricted Entity was
acquired by the Company (other than Indebtedness Incurred as consideration
in,
or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to
consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which
such Restricted Entity became a Restricted Entity or was acquired by the
Company) and outstanding on such date;
(C) any
encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement effecting a Refinancing
of
Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to an agreement referred to in clause (A)
or (B) of clause (1) of this Section 4.13 or this clause (C) or contained
in any amendment supplement, restatement, renewal or modification to an
agreement referred to in clause (A) or (B) of clause (1) of this Section 4.13
or
this clause (C); provided, however,
that the
encumbrances and restrictions with respect to such Restricted Entity contained
in any such refinancing agreement or amendment are not materially more
restrictive, taken as a whole, to the Company and the Restricted Entities than
encumbrances and restrictions with respect to such Restricted Entity contained
in such predecessor agreements on the Issue Date or the date such Restricted
Entity became a Restricted Entity, whichever is applicable;
(D) any
encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted Entity (or any of its
property or assets) imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale
or disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of such
Restricted Entity (or the property or assets that are subject to such
restriction) pending the closing of such sale or disposition;
(E) any
encumbrance or restriction consisting of net worth provisions in leases and
other agreements entered into by the Company or any Restricted Entity in the
ordinary course of business;
(F) any
encumbrance or restriction consisting of customary provisions in joint venture
agreements relating to joint ventures that are not Restricted Entities and
other
similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(G) customary
non-assignment provisions in contracts, licenses and leases entered into in
the
ordinary course of business; and
(H) restrictions
contained in any agreement related to property acquired after the Issue Date
and
which is not applicable to any other property and which were not put in place
in
contemplation of the acquisition of such property;
(2) with
respect to clause (c) only,
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(A) any
encumbrance or restriction consisting of customary nonassignment provisions
in
leases governing leasehold interests to the extent such provisions restrict
the
assignment or transfer of the lease or the property leased thereunder;
and
(B) Liens
securing Indebtedness that are permitted hereunder that limit the right of
the
debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Lien.
Section
4.14
|
Payments
for
Consent.
|
The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary or Affiliate
to, and each Restricted Entity and Affiliate shall not, directly or indirectly,
pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of cash, securities,
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 agreed
to be paid to all holders of the Notes which so consent, waive or agree to
amend
in the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent,
waiver or agreement.
Section
4.15
|
Corporate
Existence.
|
Subject
to Article 5 hereof, the Company and each Restricted Entity shall do or cause
to
be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect
(i) its existence in accordance with the respective organizational
documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company and
each
Restricted Entity and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and
franchises of the Company and its Restricted Entities; provided, however,
that, except as
otherwise required by this Indenture, the Company and each Restricted Entity
shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or
the
corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Restricted Entities,
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
Restricted Entities, taken as a whole. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Section 4.15 the Company or any Restricted Entity
may change its partnership, corporate or other existence to another form of
existence; provided,
that for so long as the Company or any successor or obligor under the Notes
is a
limited liability company, partnership or trust there shall be a co-issuer
of
the Notes that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company and that is a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof or the District of Columbia.
Section
4.16
|
Change
of
Control.
|
(a) Upon
the occurrence of a Change of Control, each holder shall have the right to
require that the Issuers repurchase such holder’s Notes at a purchase price in
cash equal to 101% of the then outstanding principal amount thereof on the
date
of purchase plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but excluding) the
date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant
record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date),
in
accordance with the terms contemplated in this Section 4.16.
(b) Within
30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to
each
holder with a copy to the Trustee (the “Change of Control Offer”)
stating:
(1) that
a Change of Control has occurred and that such holder has the right to require
us to purchase such holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of
the then outstanding principal amount thereof on the date of purchase, plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but excluding) the date of
purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record
date
to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date);
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(2) the
circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control;
(3) the
purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days
from the date such notice is mailed); and
(4) the
instructions, as determined by the Company, consistent with this Section 4.16
that a holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased.
(c) Holders
electing to have Notes purchased will be required to surrender the Notes, with
an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company at the address specified
in
the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. Holders
will
be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receives
not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date, a telegram,
facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the holder, the
principal amount of the Notes which was delivered for purchase by the holder
and
a statement that such holder is withdrawing his election to have such Notes
purchased.
(d) On
the purchase date, all Notes purchased by the Issuers under this Section shall
be delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuers
shall pay the purchase price specified in paragraph (a) plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the holders entitled thereto.
(e) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Issuers shall not be required to make a Change of Control
Offer following 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 4.16 applicable to a Change of Control
Offer made by us and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn
under such Change of Control Offer. In addition, the Issuers shall not be
required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if
the
Issuers have exercised their right to redeem all, but not less than all, of
the
Notes.
(f) The
Issuers will comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section
14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in
connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control
Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.16, the Issuers
will
comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will be deemed
not to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.16 by virtue of such
compliance.
Section
4.17
|
Maintenance
of Office
or Agency.
|
The
Issuers shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this
Indenture may be served. The Issuers 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 Issuers shall fail to maintain any such
required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address
thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or
served at the address of the Trustee as set forth in Section 11.01.
The
Issuers 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. The
Issuers shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of such designation
or
rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.
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The
Issuers hereby initially designate the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
set
forth in Section 11.01 as such office of the Company.
Section
4.18
|
Maintenance
of
Insurance.
|
(a) The
Company shall obtain, and shall cause the Restricted Subsidiaries to obtain,
and
the Restricted Entities shall obtain, prior to the launch of each satellite
and
shall maintain launch insurance with respect to each satellite launch covering
the period from the launch to 180 days following the launch of each satellite
on
such terms (including coverage period, exclusions, limitations on coverage,
co-insurance, deductibles and coverage amount) as is customary in the industry
for similar persons at the time of such launch. In the event that the
Company constructs a spare satellite (“ground spare”), the amount of
coverage may be reduced if it is in the best interest of the Company, but in
no
event to an amount less than the cost to launch and insure the launch for the
ground spare.
(b) The
Company shall, and shall cause the Restricted Subsidiaries to, and the
Restricted Entities shall, procure and maintain Full In-orbit Insurance, with
respect to each satellite they own (other than satellites that were in orbit
as
of the Original Issue Date) unless at the time of securing such Full In-Orbit
Insurance there has occurred and is continuing a material adverse change in
market conditions for the obtaining of Full In-orbit Insurance since the Issue
Date such that it would be commercially unreasonable for the Company and the
Restricted Entities to maintain such Full In-orbit Insurance. Such Full
In-Orbit Insurance shall be on such terms (including exclusions, limitations
on
coverage, coinsurance, deductibles and coverage amount) as is customary in
the
industry for similar persons at the time of procurement; provided, however,
that with the
exception of the initial procurement of Full In-Orbit Insurance for a satellite
that experienced a loss that either occurred during the launch insurance
coverage period or was otherwise covered by launch insurance, in no event shall
the coverage amount be less than the net book value of the satellite, assuming
straight-line depreciation over the life of the satellite, as adjusted for
impairment. In the event that the expiration and non-renewal of Full
In-Orbit Insurance for such a satellite resulting from a claim of loss under
such policy causes a failure to comply with the proviso to the immediately
preceding sentence the Company shall be deemed to be in compliance with the
proviso to the immediately preceding sentence for the 120 days immediately
following such expiration or non-renewal, provided that the Company
procures such Full In-Orbit Insurance as necessary to comply with the preceding
proviso within 120 day period.
Insurance
policies obtained or renewed after the Issue Date required by the foregoing
paragraphs (a) and (b) shall:
(1) contain
no exclusions other than exclusions as may be customary for policies of such
type and such other exclusions or limitations of coverage as may be applicable
to a substantial portion of satellites of the same model or relating to systemic
failures or anomalies as are then customary in the satellite insurance market;
and
(2) provide
coverage for all risks of loss and damage to the satellite.
Section
4.19
|
Limitation
on Business
Activities of Finance Co.
|
Finance
Co. shall not hold any material assets, become liable for any material
obligations, engage in any trade or business, or conduct any business activity,
other than the issuance of its Capital Stock to the Company or any Wholly Owned
Subsidiary, the Incurrence of Indebtedness as a co-obligor or guarantor of
Indebtedness Incurred by the Company, including the Notes and the Old Notes,
that is permitted to be Incurred by the Company under Section 4.06 and
activities incidental thereto. For so long as the Company or any
successor or obligor under the Notes is a limited liability company, partnership
or
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trust
there shall be a co-issuer of the Notes that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of
the
Company and that is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
the
United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
Section
4.20
|
Certain
Matters in
Connection with Licenses.
|
The
Company shall maintain direct ownership of all of the Capital Stock of the
FCC
License Subsidiary. All FCC Licenses in existence on the Issue Date
or acquired after the Issue Date shall be held by the FCC License Subsidiary
except as required by law or administrative action; provided that MSV
International LLC is permitted to own the FCC License with respect to the
operation of a satellite in Latin America that it owned as of the Original
Issue
Date. The Company shall not transfer or dispose of any Capital Stock
it directly or indirectly owns in Mobile Satellite Ventures (Canada)
Inc. All Industry Canada Licenses in existence on the Issue Date or
acquired after the Issue Date shall be held by Mobile Satellite Ventures Corp.
or Mobile Satellite Ventures (Canada) Inc., as the case may be, except as
required by law or administrative action.
Section
4.21
|
Limitation
on Line of
Business.
|
The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, and each
Restricted Entity shall not, engage in any business other than a Related
Business.
Section
4.22
|
Calculation
of
Original Issue Discount.
|
The
Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year
(i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including
daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on outstanding Notes as of
the end of such year and (ii) such other specific information relating to such
original issue discount as may be required to be provided to the Trustee or
to
the holders of the Notes pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the regulations issued thereunder.
Section
4.23
|
Reimbursement
Offer.
|
(a) In
the event of a Reimbursement Event, the Issuers shall make an offer to holders
of the Notes (a “Reimbursement Offer”)
to purchase the
Notes tendered pursuant to the Reimbursement Offer at a purchase price of
100% of their then outstanding principal amount plus accrued and unpaid
interest to the date of the purchase, in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Section 4.23(b). If the aggregate purchase price
of the Notes tendered exceeds the Net Available Reimbursement Proceeds, the
Trustee will select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis but in round
denominations, which in the case of the Notes will be denominations of $1,000
principal amount or multiples thereof. To the extent that the aggregate
amount of Notes tendered is less than the Net Available Reimbursement Proceeds
required to be used to make the Reimbursement Offer to the holders of Notes,
the
Company may use such excess Net Available Reimbursement Proceeds for any other
purpose not prohibited by this Indenture.
(b) Promptly,
and in any event within 10 days after the Company becomes obligated to make
a Reimbursement Offer pursuant to Section 4.23, the Company shall deliver to
the
Trustee and send, by first-class mail to each holder, a written notice stating
that the holder may elect to have its Notes purchased by the Issuers either
in
whole or in part (subject to prorating as described in Section 4.23(a) in the
event the Reimbursement Offer is oversubscribed) in integral multiples of $1,000
principal amount, at the applicable purchase price set forth in
Section 4.23(a). The notice shall specify a purchase date not less
than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the date of such notice (the “Reimbursement Purchase
Date”) and shall
contain all instructions and materials necessary to tender Notes pursuant to
the
Reimbursement Offer, together with the information contained in clause
(3).
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(1) Not
later than the date upon which written notice of a Reimbursement Offer is
delivered to the Trustee as provided below, the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee an Officer’s Certificate as to the amount of the Reimbursement
Offer (the “Reimbursement
Offer Amount”). On
the
Reimbursement Purchase Date, the Company shall irrevocably deposit with the
Trustee or with a Paying Agent in Temporary Cash Investments, maturing on the
last day prior to the Reimbursement Purchase Date or on the Reimbursement
Purchase Date if funds are immediately available by open of business, an amount
equal to the Reimbursement Offer Amount to be held for payment in accordance
with the provisions of this Section. Upon the expiration of the period for
which the Reimbursement Offer remains open (the “Reimbursement Offer
Period”), the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes or portions thereof which
have
been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Company. The Trustee
shall, on the Reimbursement Purchase Date, mail or deliver payment (or cause
the
delivery of payment) to each tendering holder in the amount of the purchase
price. In the event that the aggregate purchase price of the Notes delivered
by
the Company to the Trustee is less than the Reimbursement Offer Amount
applicable to the Notes, the Trustee shall deliver the excess to the Company
immediately after the expiration of the Reimbursement Offer Period for
application in accordance with this Section 4.23.
(2) Holders
electing to have Notes purchased shall be required to surrender the Notes,
with
an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company at the address specified
in
the notice at least three Business Days prior to the Reimbursement Purchase
Date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or
the
Company receives not later than one Business Day prior to the Reimbursement
Purchase Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of
the
holder, the principal amount of the Notes which were delivered for purchase
by
the holder and a statement that such holder is withdrawing his election to
have
such Notes purchased. Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part shall
be
issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the
Notes surrendered.
(3) At
the time the Company delivers Notes to the Trustee which are to be accepted
for
purchase, the Company shall also deliver an Officer’s Certificate stating that
such Notes are to be accepted by the Company pursuant to and in accordance
with
the terms of this Section. Notes shall be deemed to have been
accepted for purchase at the time the Trustee, directly or through an agent,
mails or delivers payment therefor to the surrendering holder.
(c) To
the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict
with provisions of this Section 4.23, the Issuers will comply with the
applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have
breached its obligations hereunder and this Section 4.23 by virtue of its
compliance with such securities laws or regulations. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Issuers shall not be required to make a Reimbursement Offer
following a Reimbursement Event if a third party makes the Reimbursement Offer
in a manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with this Section
4.23.
ARTICLE
V
SUCCESSOR
CORPORATION
Section
5.01
|
Limitation
on
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of
Property.
|
(a) The
Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer
or
lease, in one transaction or a series of transactions, directly or indirectly,
all or substantially all of its assets to, any Person, unless:
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(1) the
resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”) shall be
a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America,
any State thereof or the District of Columbia and the Successor Company (if
not
the Company) shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this
Indenture;
(2) immediately
after giving pro forma effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness
which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Subsidiary as a
result of such transaction as having been Incurred by such Successor Company
or
such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default shall have occurred
and be continuing;
(3) immediately
after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, the Successor Company would
have a Consolidated Leverage Ratio equal to or better than immediately prior
to
the transaction; and
(4) the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer
and
such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture;
provided,
however,
that clause (3) will
not be applicable to (A) a Restricted Entity consolidating with, merging into
or
transferring all or part of its properties and assets to the Company (so long
as
no Capital Stock of the Company is distributed to any Person) or (B) the Company
merging with an Affiliate of the Company solely for the purpose and with the
sole effect of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction.
For
purposes of this Section 5.01, the sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer
or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets
of
one or more Subsidiaries of the Company or Canadian Joint Ventures, which
properties and assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries
or
Canadian Joint Ventures, would constitute all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of the Company on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed
to
be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of
the
Company.
The
Successor Company will be the successor to the Company and shall succeed to,
and
be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company
under
this Indenture, and the predecessor Company, except in the case of a lease,
shall be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest
on
the Notes.
(b) No
Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer
or
lease, in one transaction or a series of transactions, directly or indirectly,
all or substantially all its assets to, any Person, unless:
(1) the
Person formed by, resulting from or surviving any such consolidation or merger
(if other than such Guarantor):
(a) expressly
assumes, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the
Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations
of
such Guarantor under its Guarantee and this Indenture; and
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(b) delivers
to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture
(if
any) comply with this Indenture; and
(2) immediately
after giving pro forma effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness
which becomes an obligation of such Person as a result of such transaction
as
having been Incurred by such Person at the time of such transaction), no Default
shall have occurred and be continuing. The provisions of this Section
5.01(b) shall not apply to the merger of any Guarantors with or into each
other or with or into the Company, provided, however,
that such
transaction shall otherwise comply with this Indenture.
Upon
any consolidation or merger, or any transfer of all or substantially all of
the
assets of any Guarantor in accordance with Section 5.01(b), the successor Person
formed by such consolidation or into which the such Guarantor is merged or
to
which such transfer (other than by way of lease) is made shall succeed to,
and
be substituted for, and may exercise every right of, such Guarantor under this
Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as
such Guarantor herein, and thereafter the predecessor Person shall be relieved
of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the
Notes.
Section
5.02
|
Substitution
of
Company.
|
The
Company may substitute the Parent in respect of all of the Company’s obligations
under the Notes and this Indenture on an unsecured and unsubordinated basis
if:
(1) the
Parent shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed
and
delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the
obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture;
(2) immediately
after giving pro forma effect to such substitution (and assuming the covenants
of this Indenture would apply to the Parent on the same basis that they apply
to
the Company immediately prior to such substitution and treating all Indebtedness
of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as Incurred at the time of substitution),
no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(3) immediately
after giving pro forma effect to such substitution, the Parent would have a
Consolidated Leverage Ratio equal to or better than that of the Company
immediately prior to such substitution;
(4) the
Parent shall comply with Section 4.12; and
(5) the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such substitution and such supplemental
indenture comply with this Indenture and stating that this Indenture and the
Notes are the legal valid and binding obligation of the Parent and enforceable
against the Parent in accordance with their terms.
In
the event the Parent is substituted for the Company pursuant to the terms
hereof, the Parent will be the successor to the Company and shall succeed to,
and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, and will
be
subject to all of the obligations and covenants of, the Company and the General
Partner under this Indenture, all obligations of the Guarantors under this
Indenture and the Guarantees shall remain unchanged and the Company shall be
deemed a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent and shall immediately become a
Guarantor hereunder.
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ARTICLE
VI
DEFAULTS
AND REMEDIES
Section
6.01
|
Events
of
Default.
|
Each
of the following is an Event of Default (each, an “Event of
Default”):
(1) a
default in the payment of any interest on any Note when the same becomes due
and
the default continues for a period of 30 days;
(2) a
default in the payment of any principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes
when the same becomes due at its Stated Maturity, upon any optional redemption,
upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or
otherwise;
(3) the
Issuers or any Guarantor defaults in the observation or performance of its
obligations under the provisions of Article 5 above;
(4) the
Issuers or any Guarantor defaults in the observance or performance of any other
covenant or agreement in the Notes or this Indenture (other than a default
that
is the subject of the foregoing clauses (1), (2) or (3)) for 60 days after
the
Company receives written notice thereof specifying the default from the
Trustee, or the Company and the Trustee receive written notice thereof
specifying the default from the holders of not less than 25% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding;
(5) Indebtedness
of the Issuers or any Restricted Entity is not paid within any applicable grace
period after final maturity or is accelerated by the holders thereof because
of
a default and the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated
exceeds $10 million;
(6) any
final, nonappealable judgment or decree for the payment of money which, when
taken together with all other final, nonappealable judgments or decrees for
the
payment of money, causes the aggregate amount of such judgments or decrees
entered against the Issuers or any Restricted Entity to exceed $10 million
(net
of any amounts with respect to which a reputable and creditworthy insurance
company has acknowledged liability), remains outstanding for a period of 60
consecutive days following such judgment and is not discharged, waived or
stayed;
(7) either
Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary or any Canadian Joint Venture that would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary if such entity was a Subsidiary of the
Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences
a voluntary case,
(B) consents
to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case,
(C) consents
to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of
its
property,
(D) makes
a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(E) generally
is not paying its debts as they become due;
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(8) a
court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy
Law that:
(A) is
for relief against either Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary or any Canadian
Joint Venture that would constitute a Significant Subsidiary if such entity
was
a Subsidiary of the Company in an involuntary case or comparable involuntary
bankruptcy proceeding,
(B) appoints
a Custodian of either Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary or any Canadian
Joint Venture that would constitute a Significant Subsidiary if such entity
was
a Subsidiary of the Company or for all or substantially all of the property
of
either Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary or any Canadian Joint Venture
that would constitute a Significant Subsidiary if such entity was a Subsidiary
of the Company, or
(C) orders
the liquidation of either Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary or any
Canadian Joint Venture that would constitute a Significant Subsidiary if such
entity was a Subsidiary of the Company,
and
the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or
(9) any
Guarantee of a Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or Canadian Joint
Venture that would constitute a Significant Subsidiary if such entity was a
Subsidiary of the Company ceases to be in full force and effect or becomes
unenforceable or invalid or is declared null and void (other than in accordance
with the terms of such Guarantee) or any Guarantor denies or disaffirms its
obligations under its Guarantee.
The
term “Bankruptcy Law”
means Title 11, U.S.
Code, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), Companies
Creditors’ Arrangements Act (Canada) and the Winding-Up and Restructuring Act
(Canada) or any similar Federal, state or non-U.S. law or statute for the
supervision, administration or relief of debtors, including, without limitation,
bankruptcy or insolvency laws. The term “Custodian” means any
receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy
Law.
Section
6.02
|
Acceleration.
|
If
an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee, by notice to the
Issuers, or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount
of
the Notes, by written notice to the Issuers and the Trustee, may declare to
be
immediately due and payable the outstanding principal amount of all the Notes
then outstanding, plus premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest to
the
date of acceleration, in which event such amounts shall become immediately
due
and payable. In case an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(7)
or (8) with respect to either Issuer occurs, such then outstanding principal
amount, premium, if any, and interest with respect to all of the Notes shall
be
due and payable immediately without any declaration or other act on the part
of
the Trustee or the holders of the Notes. After any such acceleration
but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration is obtained by the
Trustee, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of outstanding
Notes by notice to the Trustee may rescind and cancel such acceleration and
its
consequences if (i) all existing Events of Default, other than the
nonpayment of accelerated then outstanding principal amount, premium, if any,
or
interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration, have been
cured
or waived, (ii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful,
interest (at the same rate specified in the Notes) on overdue installments
of
interest and overdue then outstanding principal amount, premium, if any, or
interest, which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration, has been paid, (iii) the Company has paid the Trustee its
reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee its expenses, disbursements
and advances, (iv) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and
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(v) in
the event of the cure or waiver of a Default or Event of Default described
in
Section 6.01(7) or (8), the Trustee has received an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel that such Default or Event of Default has been cured or
waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or
impair any right consequent thereto.
Section
6.03
|
Other
Remedies.
|
If
an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any
available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of
then outstanding principal amount or premium, if any, and interest on the Notes
or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture
and may take any necessary action requested of it as Trustee to settle,
compromise, adjust or otherwise conclude any proceedings to which it is a
party.
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 Notes in exercising any right or remedy
accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No
remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are
cumulative.
Section
6.04
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Waiver
of Past
Defaults and Events of
Default.
|
Subject
to Sections 6.02, 6.07 and 8.02 hereof, the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding have the right to waive any
existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of this
Indenture or the Notes. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall
cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed
to
have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any
right consequent thereto.
Section
6.05
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Control
by
Majority.
|
The
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee by this Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to
follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the
Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of another holder
not
taking part in such direction, and the Trustee shall have the right to decline
to follow any such direction if the Trustee, being advised by counsel,
determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the
Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer, determine that the
proceedings so directed may involve it in personal liability; provided that
the
Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.
Section
6.06
|
Limitation
on
Suits.
|
Subject
to Section 6.07 below, a holder may not institute any proceeding with respect
to
this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or pursue
any
remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:
(1) such
holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event
of Default;
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(2) the
registered holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding, have made written request and offered indemnity to the Trustee
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as trustee;
and
(3) the
Trustee shall not have received from the registered holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding a direction
inconsistent with such request and shall have failed to institute such
proceeding within 60 days.
A
holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another holder
or
to obtain a preference or priority over another holder.
Section
6.07
|
Rights
of Holders to
Receive Payment.
|
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any holder of a Note to
receive payment of principal of or premium, if any, and interest on the Note
on
or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note, or to bring suit for
the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, is
absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected without the
consent of the holder.
Section
6.08
|
Collection
Suit by
Trustee.
|
If
an Event of Default in payment of principal, premium or interest specified
in
Section 6.01(l) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against
the
Issuers or the Guarantors (or any other obligor on the Notes) for the whole
amount of unpaid principal, premium and accrued interest remaining unpaid,
together with interest on overdue principal, premium and, to the extent that
payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of
interest, in each case at the rate then borne by the Notes, and such further
amounts as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of
the Trustee and its agents and counsel.
Section
6.09
|
Trustee
May File
Proofs of Claim.
|
The
Trustee may 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 allowed in any judicial
proceedings relative to the Issuers or the Guarantors (or any other obligor
upon
the Notes), its creditors or its property and the Trustee shall be entitled
and
empowered to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same after deduction of
its
charges and expenses to the extent that any such charges and expenses are not
paid out of the estate in any such proceedings and each 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.
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 thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect
of the claim of any holder in any such proceeding.
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Section
6.10
|
Priorities.
|
Any
money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 6, or, after an Event
of
Default, any money or other property distributable in respect of the Issuers’ or
Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture, shall be paid in the following
order:
(1) FIRST: to
the Trustee for all amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof;
(2) SECOND: to
Noteholders for due and unpaid amounts of principal, premium, if any, and
interest on the Notes, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes held by each
holder;
(3) THIRD: to
the Company or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
The
Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to holders
pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section
6.11
|
Undertaking
for
Costs.
|
In
any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or
in
any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee,
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 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a holder
pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof or a suit by holders of more than 10% in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
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 their exercise as a prudent person would exercise
under the same circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own
affairs.
(b) Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) The
Trustee need perform those duties and only those duties that are specifically
set forth in this Indenture and no others shall be inferred or implied, nor
shall any implied covenants or obligations be read into this Indenture against
the Trustee.
(2) In
the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as
to
the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to it and conforming to the
applicable requirements of this Indenture but, 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 requirements of this
Indenture (but need not confirm
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or
investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts, or the
statements or opinions stated therein).
(c) The
Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its
own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except
that:
(1) This
paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraphs (b) and (d) of this Section
7.01.
(2) The
Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by
a
Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that such Person was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(3) 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 6.02 or 6.05 hereof.
(d) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, no provision of this Indenture shall
require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of its duties hereunder, or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds
for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity satisfactory to
it
against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(e) The
Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless
it
receives indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability,
expense or fee.
(f) The
Trustee shall not be liable for interest on, or for the investment of, any
money
or other property received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing
with
the Company, Finance Co. or any Guarantor. Money held in trust by the
Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by
law.
(g) No
provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation
on
the Trustee to perform any act or acts, receive or obtain any interest in
property or exercise any interest in property, or exercise any right, power,
duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which
it
shall be illegal, or in which the Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent
in
accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts, to receive
or
obtain any such interest in property or to exercise any such right, power,
duty
or obligation; and no permissive or discretionary power or authority available
to the Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.
(h) Whether
or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating
to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the
Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section
7.02
|
Rights
of
Trustee.
|
Subject
to Section 7.01 hereof:
(1) The
Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note or any other document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not
investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
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(2) Any
request or direction of the Issuers mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or an Officer’s Certificate and any resolution of
the Board of Directors of the applicable Issuer or any committee thereof (or
committee of officers or other representatives of the Issuers, to the extent
any
such committee or committees have been so authorized by the Board of Directors)
may be sufficiently evidenced by a certified copy thereof.
(3) Before
the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, or both, which shall conform to the
provisions of Section 11.04 hereof. The Trustee shall be protected
and shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith
in reliance on such certificate or opinion.
(4) The
Trustee may act through agents and counsel and shall not be responsible for
the
misconduct or negligence of any agent or counsel appointed by it with due
care.
(5) The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes, suffers or omits to take
in
good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its
discretion, rights or powers.
(6) The
Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion
of
such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization
and
protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered
by
the Trustee hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(7) The
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in the Trustee by this Indenture at the request or direction of any
of
the holders of Notes pursuant to this Indenture, unless such holders shall
have
offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against
the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by the Trustee
in
compliance with such request or direction.
(8) 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, appraisal, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee,
in
its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such
further investigation, it shall be entitled to examine 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.
(9) The
Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of
any
Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has
received at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee from an Issuer, any
Guarantor or any Noteholder written notice of such Default or Event of Default,
and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.
(10) The
rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, the Trustee’s right to be indemnified, are
extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in such capacity
hereunder, and each agent (including each Agent), custodian and other Person
employed to act hereunder.
(11) The
Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officer’s Certificate
setting forth the names of individuals and titles of officers authorized at
such
time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer’s
Certificate may be signed by any person au-
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thorized
to sign an Officer’s Certificate, including any person specified as so
authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not
superseded.
(12) In
no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect,
punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including,
but
not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been
advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form
of
action.
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 make loans to, accept deposits from, perform services for
or
otherwise deal with any Issuer or any Guarantor, or any Affiliates thereof,
with
the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may
do the same with like rights. The Trustee, however, shall be subject
to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
Section
7.04
|
Trustee’s
Disclaimer.
|
The
Trustee does not make any representation as to the validity or adequacy of
this
Indenture or the Notes, and the Trustee shall not be accountable for the
Issuers’ use of the proceeds from the sale of Notes or any money paid to the
Issuers pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or be responsible for any
statement in the Notes other than its certificate of
authentication.
Section
7.05
|
Notice
of
Defaults.
|
If
a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each holder notice of the Default
within 60 days after the Trustee first has knowledge of such
Default. Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal of,
or premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice
if and so long as the executive committee or any trust committee of the board
of
directors of the Trustee and/or its Responsible Officers in good faith
determine(s) that withholding the notice is in the interests of the
holders.
Section
7.06
|
Reports
by Trustee
to Holders.
|
If
required by TIA § 313(a), within 60 days after May 15 of any year,
commencing the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee
shall mail to each holder a brief report dated as of such May 15 that
complies with TIA § 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with
TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all
reports as required by TIA § 313 (c) and TIA
§ 313(d).
Reports
pursuant to this Section 7.06 shall be transmitted by mail:
(a) to
all registered holders of Notes, as the names and addresses of such holders
appear on the Registrar’s books; and
(b) to
such holder of Notes as have, within the two years preceding such transmission,
filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for that purpose.
A
copy of each report at the time of its mailing to holders shall be filed with
the SEC to the extent the SEC will accept such filing.
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Section
7.07
|
Compensation
and
Indemnity.
|
The
Company and the Guarantors shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such
compensation as shall be agreed in writing between the Company and the Trustee
for its services hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust). The Company and the Guarantors shall also reimburse the
Trustee upon request for all reasonable disbursements, expenses and advances
incurred or made by the Trustee in connection with its duties under this
Indenture, including the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses
of
the Trustee’s agents and counsel.
The
Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee
and any predecessor Trustee and their respective officers, employees, directors
and agents (each an “Indemnified Party”) for, and
hold them harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or
reasonable expense, including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of
the
Trustee) incurred, arising out of or in connection with this Indenture,
including in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trusts
and
the performance of their duties under this Indenture, including the reasonable
costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in
connection with enforcement of this provision or the exercise or performance
of
any of their powers or duties hereunder or thereunder (including, without
limitation, settlement costs). The Trustee shall notify the Company
and the Guarantors in writing promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee
of which a Responsible Officer has received a written notice for which it may
seek indemnity. However, the failure by the Trustee to so notify the
Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder except to
the
extent the Company is prejudiced thereby.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company and the Guarantors need not reimburse the Trustee
for
any expense or indemnify it against any loss or liability incurred by the
Trustee through its own negligence or willful misconduct.
As
security for the performance of the obligations of the Company and the
Guarantors under this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to
the
Notes upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such,
except funds paid by the Issuer or any Guarantor and held in trust to pay
principal of and interest on particular Notes for the benefit of the holders
of
particular Notes under this Indenture. The Trustee shall be entitled
to file a proof of claim in any bankruptcy proceeding as a secured creditor
for
any indemnification costs and for its reasonable compensation, fees and expenses
under this Section 7.07.
In
addition and without prejudice to the rights provided to the Trustee under
any
of the provisions of this Indenture, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders
services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(7)
or
Section 6.01(8), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses
of
its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or comparable
expenses in the case of an Event of Default specified in Section
6.01(8).
The
Company’s obligations under this Section 7.07 and the lien referred to in this
Section 7.07 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and/or the termination of this
Indenture for any reason.
“Trustee”
for purposes of this Section 7.07 shall include any co-trustee, separate
trustee, and any predecessor Trustee and the Trustee in each of its capacities
hereunder and to each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act
hereunder; provided,
however,
that the
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of any Trustee, co-trustee, separate
trustee, or any such agent, custodian or other Per-
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son
hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee or any such other
agent, custodian or other Person hereunder.
Section
7.08
|
Replacement
of
Trustee.
|
The
Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company and the Guarantors in
writing. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by notifying the removed Trustee in
writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Company’s written consent,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company may
remove the Trustee at its election if:
(1) the
Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
(2) the
Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(3) a
receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
property;
(4) the
Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting; or
(5) a
successor corporation becomes successor Trustee pursuant to Section 7.09
below.
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.
If
a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after such retiring
Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the expense of the
Company), the Company or the holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
If
the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, any holder 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. Immediately following such
delivery, the retiring Trustee shall, subject to its rights, including its
lien,
under Section 7.07 hereof and payment of its charges hereunder, transfer all
property held by it as Trustee to its successor, the resignation or removal
of
the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall
have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this
Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to
each holder. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to
this Section 7.08, the lien and the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07
hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section
7.09
|
Successor
Trustee
by Consolidation, Merger or
Conversion.
|
If
the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or
substantially all of its corporate trust assets to, another Person, subject
to
Section 7.10 hereof, the successor corporation without any further act shall
be
the successor Trustee.
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Section
7.10
|
Eligibility;
Disqualification.
|
This
Indenture shall always have a Trustee that satisfies the requirements of TIA
§ 310(a)(1) and (2) in every respect. The Trustee shall have a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most
recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply
with TIA § 310(b), including the provision in
§ 310(b)(1).
If
the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning
of
Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall eliminate such
interest within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee
or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the
provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the
extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a
conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture or under
any other indenture or indentures under which other securities, or certificates
of interest or participation in other securities, of the Issuers or any
Guarantor are outstanding. Nothing herein shall prevent the Trustee
from filing with the SEC the application referred to in the second to last
paragraph of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section
7.11
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against
Company.
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The
Trustee shall comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship
listed in TIA § 311 (b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated
therein.
Section
7.12
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Paying
Agents.
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The
Company shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and
deliver to it and the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree
with
the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 7.12:
(A) that
it will hold all sums held by it as agent for the payment of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes (whether such sums have been paid
to
it by the Company or by any obligor on the Notes) in trust for the benefit
of
holders of the Notes or the Trustee;
(B) that
it will at any time during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon written
request from the Trustee, deliver to the Trustee all sums so held in trust
by it
together with a full accounting thereof; and
(C) that
it will give the Trustee written notice within three (3) Business Days of
any failure of the Company (or by any obligor on the Notes) in the payment
of
any installment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes
when the same shall be due and payable.
ARTICLE
VIII
AMENDMENTS,
SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section
8.01
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Without
Consent of
Holders.
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The
Company, Finance Co. and the Guarantors, when authorized by a Board Resolution
of each of them and delivered to the Trustee, and the Trustee may amend or
supplement this Indenture or the Notes or take any of the actions below without
notice to or consent of any holder:
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(1) to
cure any ambiguity, manifest error, omission, defect, mistake or inconsistency
or, in the case of any provision or covenant herein (or any portion thereof)
that is identical to the Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2006, to conform
this
Indenture to the “Description of Notes” section in the Offering Memorandum,
dated March 26, 2006, of the Issuers relating to the offering of the 14% Senior
Secured Notes; (with such changes to reflect the fact that the Notes are
unsecured, and to reflect the potential issuance of the Payment-in-Kind
Notes).
(2) to
provide for the assumption by a successor corporation of the obligations of
the
Issuers or any Guarantor under this Indenture;
(3) to
provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes (provided that
the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section
163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are
described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code);
(4) to
add Guarantees with respect to the Notes, including any subsidiary
guarantees;
(5) to
add to the covenants of the Company or any of the Restricted Entities for the
benefit of the holders of the Notes or to surrender any right or power conferred
upon the Company or any of the Restricted Entities;
(6) to
make any change that does not materially adversely affect the rights, taken
as a
whole, of any holder of the Notes;
(7) to
comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification
of
this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and to provide for a successor
Trustee;
(8) to
make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer,
exchange and legending of Notes; provided, however,
that (a) compliance
with this Indenture as so amended would not result in Notes being transferred
in
violation of the Securities Act or any other applicable securities law and
(b)
such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of holders
to
transfer Notes;
(9) to
confirm and evidence the release, termination or discharge of any Guarantee
or
Lien with respect to or securing the Notes when such release, termination or
discharge is provided for under this Indenture and to release a Guarantor from
its obligations under its Guarantee or this Indenture in accordance with the
applicable provisions of this Indenture;
(10) to
make any amendments to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the issuance
of the Notes in the form of Definitive Notes and/or in the form of Global Notes
or such other amendments as may be necessary to register the Notes in the name
of the Depository or its successor or nominee; or
(11) to
adjust the interest rate for the time periods, in the amounts and subject to
the
conditions set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
The
consent of the holders of the Notes is not necessary under this Indenture to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment. It is
sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed
amendment.
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The
Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Issuers and the Guarantors in
the
execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms
of
this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations
which may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter
into any such supplemental indenture which adversely affects its own rights,
duties or immunities under this Indenture.
Section
8.02
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With
Consent of
Holders.
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Subject
to Section 6.04, the Company, Finance Co., the Trustee and the Guarantors,
with the consent of the registered holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection
with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes), may amend this Indenture
and may waive any past default or compliance with any
provisions. Without the consent of each holder, however, an
amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04
may
not:
(1) reduce
the amount of Notes whose holders must consent to an amendment;
(2) reduce
the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note (other than
a
reduction in the interest rate as set forth in the Securities Purchase
Agreement);
(3) reduce
the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Note;
(4) reduce
the amount payable upon the redemption of any Note or make earlier the time
at
which any Note may be redeemed under Article 3 hereto or paragraph 5 of the
Notes;
(5) make
any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Note;
(6) impair
the right of any holder of the Notes to receive payment of principal of and
interest on such holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to
institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such
holder’s Notes;
(7) make
any change in the amendment provisions which require each holder’s consent or in
the waiver provisions;
(8) make
any change in the ranking or priority of any Note that would adversely affect
the Noteholders; or
(9) release
any Guarantor from its Guarantee that is not otherwise permitted by this
Indenture.
After
an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 8.02 or Section 8.01
becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the holders notice briefly
describing the amendment, supplement or waiver; provided, however, the
failure to give such notice to all holders of the Notes, or any defect therein,
will not impair or affect the validity of the amendment, supplement or
waiver.
Upon
the request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the receipt by the
Trustee of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of
the
holders as aforesaid and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described
above or in Section 8.05 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Issuers and
the
Guarantors in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such
supplemental indenture affects the
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Trustee’s
own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture, in which case the Trustee
may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such
supplemental indenture.
The
Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose
of
determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture supplemental
hereto. If a record date is fixed, the holders on such record date,
or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons shall be entitled to
consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such holders remain
holders after such record date; provided, that unless such consent shall have
become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained
prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such consent
previously given shall automatically and without further action by any holder
be
canceled and of no further effect.
It
shall not be necessary for the consent of the holders under this Section 8.02
to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver,
but
it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance
thereof.
Section
8.03
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Revocation
and
Effect of Consents.
|
Until
an amendment, supplement, waiver or other action becomes effective, a consent
to
it by a holder of a Note is a continuing consent conclusive and binding upon
such holder and every subsequent holder of the same Note or portion thereof,
and
of any Note issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in
place
thereof, even if notation of the consent is not made on any such
Note. Any such holder or subsequent holder, however, may revoke the
consent as to its Note or portion of a Note, if the Trustee receives the notice
of revocation, before the date the amendment, supplement, waiver or other action
becomes effective.
Subject
to the approval requirements of Section 8.02, after an amendment, supplement,
waiver or other action becomes effective, it shall bind every
holder. In the case of any amendment, supplement or waiver specified
in clauses (1) through (9) of the first paragraph of Section 8.02, the
amendment, supplement, waiver or other action shall bind each holder of a Note
who has consented to it and every subsequent holder of a Note or portion of
a
Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting holder’s Note.
Section
8.04
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Notation
on or
Exchange of Notes.
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If
an amendment, supplement, or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee
may
request the holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee. In such
case, the Trustee shall place an appropriate notation on the Note about the
changed terms and return it to the holder. Alternatively, if the
Company or the Trustee so determines, the Issuers in exchange for the Note
shall
issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new security that reflects the
changed terms. 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
8.05
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Trustee
to Sign
Amendments, etc.
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The
Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant
to
this Article 8 if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not affect the
rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does,
the Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing or refusing to
sign such amendment, supplement or waiver the Trustee shall be provided with
and, subject to Section 7.01 hereof, shall be fully protected in relying upon
an
Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment,
supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. Neither Issuer nor any Guarantor may sign an amendment or
supplement until the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors
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of
Finance Co. or the Board of Directors or Board of Managers of such Guarantor,
as
appropriate, approves it.
ARTICLE
IX
DISCHARGE
OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
Section
9.01
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Discharge
of
Indenture.
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The
Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect (except
as
to rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes which shall survive
until all Notes have been canceled) as to all outstanding Notes when
either
(i) all
Notes that have been authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or
destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and any such Notes for the
payment of which money has been deposited in trust or segregated and held in
trust by the Issuers and thereafter repaid to the Issuers or discharged from
this trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or
(ii) the
following conditions are met:
(A) all
Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation otherwise (i) have
become due and payable, (ii) will become due and payable, or may be called
for
redemption, within one year or (iii) have been called for redemption pursuant
to
paragraph 5 of the Notes and, in any case, the Issuers have irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds, in trust
solely for the benefit of the holders of outstanding Notes, U.S. legal tender,
U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will
be
sufficient (without consideration of any reinvestment of interest) to pay and
discharge the entire Debt (including all principal and accrued interest) on
any
Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
(B) the
Issuers have paid all sums payable with respect to the Notes,
(C) the
Issuers have delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the
deposited money toward the payment of the Notes or on the date of redemption,
as
the case may be, and
(D) the
Company has delivered an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the
Trustee stating that the conditions to satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture set forth above have been complied with.
After
such delivery the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the
discharge of the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ obligations under the Notes, the
Guarantees and this Indenture except for those surviving obligations specified
below.
Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Issuers
in Sections 7.07, 9.05 and 9.06 hereof shall survive such satisfaction and
discharge.
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Section
9.02
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Legal
Defeasance.
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The
Issuers may at their option, by Board Resolution delivered to the Trustee,
be
discharged from their obligations with respect to the Notes and the Guarantors
discharged from their obligations under the Guarantees on the date the
conditions set forth in Section 9.04 below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal
Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Legal Defeasance means
that the Issuers shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by the Notes and to have satisfied all its other
obligations under such Notes and this Indenture insofar as such Notes are
concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Issuers, shall, subject to
Section 9.06 hereof, execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except
for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder: (A) the rights of holders of outstanding Notes to
receive solely from the trust funds described in Section 9.04 hereof and as
more
fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due,
(B) the Issuers’ obligations with respect to the Notes under Sections 2.1
through 2.10 hereof, Section 2.13 hereof and Section 4.17 hereof,
(C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder (including claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant
to
Section 7.07 hereof) and (D) this Article 9. If the Issuers
exercises their Legal Defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be
accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect thereto and each
Guarantor will be released from all of its obligations under its
Guarantee. Subject to compliance with this Article 9, the Issuers may
exercise their option under this Section 9.02 with respect to the Notes
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 9.03 below with
respect to the Notes.
Section
9.03
|
Covenant
Defeasance.
|
At
the option of the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution delivered to the
Trustee, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall be released from (A) their
respective obligations under Sections 4.02, 4.04 through 4.14, inclusive, 4.16
and 4.18 through 4.21, inclusive, (B) the operation of
Sections 6.01(5), (6), (7) and (8) (only as such clauses (7) and (8) apply
to Significant Subsidiaries) and (9), and (C) the Company’s obligations under
Section 5.01(a)(3) with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the
date the conditions set forth in Section 9.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter,
“Covenant
Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means
that the Issuers and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and shall have
no
liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any
such
specified Section or portion thereof, whether directly or indirectly by reason
of any reference elsewhere herein to any such specified section or portion
thereof or by reason of any reference in any such specified Section or portion
thereof to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the
remainder of this Indenture and the Notes shall be unaffected
thereby. If the Company exercises its Covenant Defeasance option,
each Guarantor will be released from all its obligations under its
Guarantee.
Section
9.04
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Conditions
to
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
|
The
following shall be the conditions to application of Section 9.02 or Section
9.03
hereof to the outstanding Notes:
(1) the
Issuers shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 7.10 hereof
who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article 9 applicable
to
it) as funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments,
specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit
of
the holders of the Notes, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S.
Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and
interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not
later than the due date of any payment, money in an amount sufficient, in the
opinion of a firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certifica-
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tion
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be
applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge,
the
principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the outstanding Notes
at
the maturity date of such principal, premium, if any, or interest, or on dates
for payment and redemption of such principal, premium, if any, and interest
selected in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of the Notes,
without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations and without
reinvestment of any deposited money;
(2) no
Event of Default or Default with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and
be
continuing on the date of such deposit or after giving effect to such deposit,
or shall have occurred and be continuing at any time during the period ending
on
the 123rd day after the date of such deposit or, if longer, ending on the day
following the expiration of the longest preference period under any Bankruptcy
Law applicable to the Issuers in respect of such deposit (it being understood
that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such
period);
(3) such
Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute default under any other agreement or instrument
to
which the Issuers is a party or by which it is bound;
(4) in
the case of an election under Section 9.02 above, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company
has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service
a ruling to the effect that or (ii) there has been a change in any
applicable Federal income tax law with the effect that, and such opinion shall
confirm that, the holders of the outstanding Notes or persons in their positions
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;
(5) in
the case of an election under Section 9.03 hereof, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the holders
of
the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income
tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to
Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times
as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not
occurred;
(6) the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for
relating to either the Legal Defeasance under Section 9.02 above or the Covenant
Defeasance under Section 9.03 hereof (as the case may be) have been complied
with; and
(7) the
Company shall have paid or duly provided for payment under terms mutually
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee all amounts then due to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof.
Section
9.05
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Deposited
Money and
U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions.
|
All
money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.04 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 as the Trustee may determine, to the holders of such
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Notes,
of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium,
if
any, and accrued interest, but such money need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.
The
Issuers and the Guarantors shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any
tax,
fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government
Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 9.04 hereof or the principal, premium,
if any, 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 9 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver
or
pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S.
Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 9.04 hereof which,
in
the opinion of a nationally-recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are
in
excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to
effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section
9.06
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Reinstatement.
|
If
the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government
Obligations in accordance with Section 9.01, 9.02 or 9.03 hereof by reason
of
any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, the Issuers’ and each Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture,
the Notes and the Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though no
deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 9 until such time as the Trustee
or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government
Obligations in accordance with Section 9.01 hereof; provided, however,
that if the Issuers
or the Guarantors have made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
accrued interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of their obligations,
the Issuers or the Guarantors, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the
rights of the holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money
or
U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
Section
9.07
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Moneys
Held by
Paying Agent.
|
In
connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, all moneys
then held by any Paying Agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall,
upon
demand of the Company, be paid to the Trustee, or if sufficient moneys have
been
deposited pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof, to the Issuers (or, if such moneys
had been deposited by the Guarantors, to such Guarantors), and thereupon such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
moneys.
Section
9.08
|
Moneys
Held by
Trustee.
|
Any
moneys deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or then held by the
Issuers or the Guarantors in trust for the payment of the principal of or
premium, if any, or interest on any Note that are not applied but remain
unclaimed by the holder of such Note for two years after the date upon which
the
principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on such Note shall have
respectively become due and payable shall be repaid to the Company (or, if
appropriate, Finance Co. or the Guarantors) upon Company Request, or if such
moneys are then held by the Issuers or the Guarantors in trust, such moneys
shall be released from such trust; and the holder of such Note entitled to
receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look
only to the Issuers and the Guarantors for the payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money
shall thereupon cease; provided, however,
that the Trustee or
any such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may,
at
the expense of the Company and the Guarantors, either mail to each holder
affected, at the address shown in the register of the Notes maintained by the
Registrar pursuant to Section
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2.03
hereof, or cause to be published once a week for two successive weeks, in a
newspaper published in the English language, customarily published each Business
Day and of general circulation in The City of New York, New York, a 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 mailing or publication,
any
unclaimed balance of such moneys then remaining will be repaid to the
Company. After payment to the Company, Finance Co. or the Guarantors
or the release of any money held in trust by the Company, Finance Co. or any
Guarantors, as the case may be, holders entitled to the money must look only
to
the Company and the Guarantors for payment as general creditors unless
applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.
ARTICLE
X
GUARANTEE
OF SECURITIES
Section
10.01
|
Guarantee.
|
Subject
to the provisions of this Article 10, each Guarantor hereby jointly and
severally unconditionally guarantees to each holder and to the Trustee, on
behalf of the holders, (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal,
and, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when and as the same shall
become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise,
the
due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of, and premium,
if any, and interest on the Notes, including PIK Interest, to the extent lawful,
and the due and punctual performance of all other Obligations of the Issuers
to
the holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms of this Indenture,
and (ii) in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of the
Notes or any of such other Obligations, that the same will be promptly paid
in
full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or
renewal, at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Each
Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and
unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity,
irregularity or unenforceability of any such Note or this Indenture, any failure
to enforce the provisions of any such Note or this Indenture, any waiver,
modification or indulgence granted to the Issuers with respect thereto by the
holder of such Note or the Trustee, or any other circumstances which may
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or such
Guarantor.
Each
Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, filing of claims with a court
in
the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Issuers, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Issuers, protest or notice with respect to any
such
Note or the Indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and
covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged as to any such Note except
by payment in full of the principal thereof, premium if any, and interest
thereon and as provided in Section 9.01 hereof. Each Guarantor
further agrees that, as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the holders
and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Obligations
guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the
purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations
guaranteed hereby, and (ii) 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 each Guarantor
for the purpose of this Guarantee. In addition, without limiting the
foregoing provisions, upon the effectiveness of an acceleration under Article
6
hereof, the Trustee shall promptly make a demand for payment on all Obligations
under the Guarantee provided for in this Article 10 and not
discharged.
The
Guarantee set forth in this Section 10.01 shall not be valid or become
obligatory for any purpose with respect to a Note until the certificate of
authentication on such Note shall have been signed by or on behalf of the
Trustee.
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Section
10.02
|
Execution
and
Delivery of Guarantees.
|
To
evidence the Guarantee set forth in this Article 10, each Guarantor hereby
agrees that a notation of such Guarantee may be placed on each Note
authenticated and made available for delivery by the Trustee and that this
Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of each Guarantor by the manual or
facsimile signature of an Officer of each Guarantor.
Each
Guarantor hereby agrees that the Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 shall
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each
Note a notation of such Guarantee.
If
an Officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on the Guarantee no longer holds
that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which the
Guarantee is endorsed, the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.
The
delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder,
shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture
on
behalf of each Guarantor.
Section
10.03
|
Limitation
of
Guarantee.
|
The
obligations of each Guarantor pursuant to Section 10.01 are limited to the
maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed
liabilities of such Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from
or
payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the
obligations of such other Guarantor under its Guarantee hereunder or pursuant
to
its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations
of
such Guarantor under the Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance
or
fraudulent transfer under federal or state or provincial law. Each
Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under a Guarantee shall be
entitled to a contribution from each other Guarantor and the Company in a pro rata amount based on
the
proportion that the net worth of the Company or the relevant Guarantor
represents relative to the aggregate net worth of the Company and all of the
Guarantors combined.
Section
10.04
|
Additional
Guarantors.
|
Each
of the Issuers covenants and agrees that it will cause any Person which becomes
obligated to guarantee the Notes, pursuant to the terms of Section 4.12
hereof, to execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Guarantor
shall guarantee the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect
to the Notes in accordance with this Article 10 with the same effect and to
the
same extent as if such Person had been named herein as a Guarantor.
Section
10.05
|
Release
of
Guarantor.
|
A
Guarantor shall be released from all of its obligations under its Guarantee
hereunder upon:
(i) the
sale, disposition or other transfer (including through merger, amalgamation
or
consolidation) of the Capital Stock (including any sale, disposition or other
transfer following which an applicable Guarantor is no longer a Restricted
Entity), or all or substantially all the assets, of the applicable Guarantor
if
such sale, disposition or other transfer is made in compliance with this
Indenture;
(ii) the
Issuers designating a Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Entity in accordance
with
Section 4.08 and the definition of “Unrestricted Entity”; or
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(iii) the
Issuers’ exercise of their legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option
set forth in Section 9.02 and Section 9.03, or if the Issuers’ obligations under
the Indenture are discharged in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture;
and
in each such case, the Guarantor delivering to the Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transactions have been complied
with.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, upon designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted
Entity, such Restricted Subsidiary shall, by execution and delivery of a
supplemental indenture, be released from any Guarantee previously made by such
Restricted Subsidiary.
Section
10.06
|
Waiver
of
Subrogation.
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Until
this Indenture is discharged and all of the Notes are discharged and paid in
full, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to exercise any
claim or other rights which it may now or hereafter acquire against the Issuers
that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the
Issuers’ obligations under the Notes or this Indenture and such Guarantor’s
obligations under its Guarantee hereunder and this Indenture, in any such
instance including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement,
exoneration, contribution, indemnification, and any right to participate in
any
claim or remedy of the holders against the Issuers, whether or not such claim,
remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract, statute or common law,
including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Issuers,
directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other
manner, payment or security on account of such claim or other
rights. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of
the preceding sentence and any amounts owing to the Trustee or the Noteholders
under the Notes, this Indenture, or any other document or instrument delivered
under or in connection with such agreements or instruments, shall not have
been
paid in full, such amount shall have been deemed to have been paid to such
Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit of, the Trustee
or the Noteholders and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the benefit
of
itself or such Noteholders to be credited and applied to the obligations in
favor of the Trustee or the Noteholders, as the case may be, whether matured
or
unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture. Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will
receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements
contemplated by this Indenture and that the waiver set forth in this Section
10.06 is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
Section
10.07
|
Taxes.
|
All
payments by the Canadian Guarantors under their Guarantees hereunder will be
made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any and all
Taxes, unless such Taxes are required by applicable law to be deducted or
withheld. If the Canadian Guarantors are required by applicable law
to deduct or withhold any such Taxes from or in respect of any amount payable
under its Guarantee (i) the amount payable shall be increased (and for greater
certainty, in the case of interest, the amount of interest shall be increased)
as may be necessary so that after making all required deductions or withholdings
(including deductions or withholdings applicable to any additional amounts
paid
under this Section 10.07), the Noteholder receives an amount equal to the amount
they would have received if no such deduction or withholding had been made,
(ii)
the Canadian Guarantors will make such deductions or withholdings, and (iii)
the
Canadian Guarantors will immediately pay the full amount deducted or withheld
to
the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable
law.
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ARTICLE
XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
11.01
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Notices.
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Any
notice or other communication shall be given in writing and delivered in person,
sent by facsimile, delivered by commercial courier service or mailed by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
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If
to the Issuers or any Guarantor:
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|
Mobile
Satellite Ventures LP
00000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Attention:
Chief
Financial Officer and General Counsel
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
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If
to the Trustee:
|
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Attention:
Facsimile:
|
Such
notices or communications shall be effective when received and shall be
sufficiently given if so given within the time prescribed in this
Indenture.
The
Issuers, the Guarantors or the Trustee by written notice to the others may
designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
Any
notice or communication mailed to a holder shall be mailed to him by first-class
mail, postage prepaid, at his address shown on the register kept by the
Registrar.
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 to a holder is mailed in the manner provided above, it shall
be
deemed duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
In
case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by reason of any
other cause, it shall be impossible to mail any notice as required by this
Indenture, then such method of notification as shall be made with the approval
of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient mailing of such
notice.
Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no notice or communication given to
the
Trustee shall be effective unless and until it is actually received by the
Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office.
Section
11.02
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Communications
by
Holders with Other Holders.
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Holders
may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other holders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuers, the
Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection
of TIA § 312(c).
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Section
11.03
|
Certificate
and
Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
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Upon
any request or application by the Issuers or any Guarantor to the Trustee to
take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee:
(1) an
Officer’s Certificate (which shall include the statements set forth in Section
11.04 below) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed
action have been complied with; and
(2) except
in the case of the issuance of the Notes on the Issue Date or on a subsequent
issue date as contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement or the
Payment-in-Kind Notes on any Interest Payment Date, an Opinion of Counsel (which
shall include the statements set forth in Section 11.04 below) stating that,
in
the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied
with.
Section
11.04
|
Statements
Required
in Certificate and Opinion.
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Each
certificate and opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a
statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition;
(2) a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion
are based;
(3) a
statement that, in the opinion of such Person, it or he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable it or him to express
an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(4) a
statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such covenant
or
condition has been complied with.
Section
11.05
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When
Treasury Notes
Disregarded.
|
In
determining whether the holders of the required aggregate principal amount
of
Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the
Issuers, any Guarantor or any other obligor on the Notes shall be disregarded,
except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes which
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so
disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith
shall not be disregarded if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of
the
Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to the Notes and that the
pledgee is not an Issuer, a Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Notes or
any
Affiliate of any of them.
Section
11.06
|
Rules
by Trustee
and Agents.
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The
Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or meetings of
holders. The Registrar and Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for
their functions.
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Section
11.07
|
Legal
Holidays.
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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 for the intervening period.
Section
11.08
|
Governing
Law.
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THIS
INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES
HERETO, AND THE HOLDERS BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES, AGREES TO SUBMIT
TO
THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION
OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE
NOTES.
Section
11.09
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No
Adverse
Interpretation of Other Agreements.
|
This
Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan, security or
debt
agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof. No such
indenture, loan, security or debt agreement may be used to interpret this
Indenture.
Section
11.10
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No
Recourse Against
Others.
|
No
director, officer, employee, incorporator, shareholder, parent company, partner
or controlling entities of the Company, Finance Co., the Guarantors, the General
Partner, the Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries (including, without
limitation, 4371593 Ontario Inc. and its successors and assigns) will have
any
liability for any obligations of the Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries 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 of the
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 and release may not be effective to waive
liabilities under the U.S. Federal securities laws, and it is the view of the
SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.
Section
11.11
|
Successors.
|
All
agreements of the Issuers and the Guarantors in this Indenture and the Notes
shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the
Trustee, any additional trustee and any Paying Agents in this Indenture shall
bind their successors.
Section
11.12
|
Multiple
Counterparts.
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The
parties may sign multiple counterparts of this Indenture. Each signed
counterpart shall be deemed an original, but all of them together represent
one
and the same agreement.
Section
11.13
|
Table
of Contents,
Headings, etc.
|
The
table of contents, cross-reference sheet 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 hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict
any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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Section
11.14
|
Separability.
|
Each
provision of this Indenture shall be considered separable and if for any reason
any provision which is not essential to the effectuation of the basic purpose
of
this Indenture or 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
11.15
|
Waiver
of Jury
Trial.
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EACH
OF THE ISSUERS, THE GUARANTORS, EACH HOLDER OF A NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF
AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section
11.16
|
Force
Majeure.
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In
no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay
in
the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by,
directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without
limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil
or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and
interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer
(software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall
use
reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking
industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the
circumstances.
Section
11.17
|
Currency
of
Account; Conversion of Currency; Foreign Exchange
Restrictions.
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(a) U.S.
Dollars are the sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable by
the
Company and the Guarantors under or in connection with the Notes, the Guarantees
of the Notes or this Indenture to the extent it relates to the Notes, including
damages related thereto. Any amount received or recovered in a
currency other than U.S. Dollars by a holder of Notes (whether as a result
of,
or of the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction,
in
the winding-up or dissolution of the Issuers or otherwise) in respect of any
sum
expressed to be due to it from the Issuers shall only constitute a discharge
to
the Issuers to the extent of the U.S. Dollar amount, which the recipient is
able
to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in that other currency
on
the date of that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to make
that
purchase on that date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do
so). If that U.S. Dollar amount is less than the U.S. Dollar amount
expressed to be due to the recipient under the Notes, the Issuers and the
Guarantors shall indemnify it against any loss sustained by it as a result
as
set forth in Section 11.17(b). In any event, the Company and the
Guarantors shall indemnify the recipient against the cost of making any such
purchase. For the purposes of this Section 11.17, it will be
sufficient for the holder of a Note to certify in a satisfactory manner
(indicating sources of information used) that it would have suffered a loss
had
an actual purchase of U.S. Dollars been made with the amount so received in
that
other currency on the date of receipt or recovery (or, if a purchase of U.S.
Dollars on such date had not been practicable, on the first date on which it
would have been practicable, it being required that the need for a change of
date be certified in the manner mentioned above). The indemnities set
forth in this Section 11.17 constitute separate and independent obligations
from other obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors, shall give rise to
a
separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any
indulgence granted by any holder of the Notes and shall continue in full force
and effect despite any other judgment, order, claim or proof for a liquidated
amount in respect of any sum due under the Notes.
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(b) The
Issuers and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, covenant and agree that
the
following provisions shall apply to conversion of currency in the case of the
Notes, the Guarantees and this Indenture:
(1) (A) If
for the purpose of obtaining judgment in, or enforcing the judgment of, any
court in any country, it becomes necessary to convert into a currency (the
“Judgment Currency”) an amount due in any other currency (the “Base Currency”),
then the conversion shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the
Business Day before the day on which the judgment is given or the order of
enforcement is made, as the case may be (unless a court shall otherwise
determine).
(B) If
there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Business Day
before the day on which the judgment is given or an order of enforcement is
made, as the case may be (or such other date as a court shall determine), and
the date of receipt of the amount due, the Issuers and the Guarantors will
pay
such additional (or, as the case may be, such lesser) amount, if any, as may
be
necessary so that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency when converted
at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of receipt will produce the
amount in the Base Currency originally due.
(2) In
the event of the winding-up of the Issuers or any Guarantor at any time while
any amount or damages owing under the Notes, the Guarantees and this Indenture,
or any judgment or order rendered in respect thereof, shall remain outstanding,
the Issuers and the Guarantors shall indemnify and hold the Noteholders and
the
Trustee harmless against any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation
in rates of exchange between (i) the date as of which the Applicable
Currency Equivalent of the amount due or contingently due under the Notes,
the
Guarantees and this Indenture (other than under this subsection (b)(2)) is
calculated for the purposes of such winding-up and (ii) the final date for
the filing of proofs of claim in such winding-up. For the purpose of
this subsection (b)(2), the final date for the filing of proofs of claim in
the
winding-up of the Issuers or any Guarantor shall be the date fixed by the
liquidator or otherwise in accordance with the relevant provisions of applicable
law as being the latest practicable date as at which liabilities of the Issuers
or such Guarantor may be ascertained for such winding-up prior to payment by
the
liquidator or otherwise in respect thereto.
(c) The
obligations contained in subsections (a), (b)(1)(B) and (b)(2) of this Section
11.17 shall constitute separate and independent obligations from the other
obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors under this Indenture, shall give
rise to separate and independent causes of action against the Issuers and the
Guarantors, shall apply irrespective of any waiver or extension granted by
any
Noteholder or the Trustee or either of them from time to time and shall continue
in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order or the filing
of
any proof of claim in the winding-up of the Issuers or any Guarantor for a
liquidated sum in respect of amounts due hereunder (other than under subsection
(b)(2) above) or under any such judgment or order. Any such
deficiency as aforesaid shall be deemed to constitute a loss suffered by the
Noteholders or the Trustee, as the case may be, and no proof or evidence of
any
actual loss shall be required by the Issuers or any Guarantor or the liquidator
or otherwise or any of them. In the case of subsection (b)(2) above,
the amount of such deficiency shall not be deemed to be reduced by any variation
in rates of exchange occurring between the said final date and the date of
any
liquidating distribution.
(d) The
term “rate(s) of exchange” shall mean the rate of exchange quoted by Reuters at
10:00 a.m. (New York time) for spot purchases of the Base Currency with the
Judgment Currency other than the Base Currency referred to in subsections (b)(1)
and (b)(2) above and includes any premiums and costs of exchange
payable.
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Section
11.18
|
Agent
for
Service.
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By
the execution and delivery of this Indenture, each Canadian Guarantor
(i) acknowledges that it has irrevocably designated and appointed CT
Corporation System, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (and any
successor entity) as its authorized agent upon which process may be served
in
any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture, the Notes
and the Guarantees that may be instituted in any Federal or state court in
the
State of New York, The City of New York, the Borough of Manhattan or brought
under Federal or state securities laws, and acknowledges that CT Corporation
System has accepted such designation, (ii) irrevocably submits to the
jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit or proceeding and
(iii) agrees that service of process upon CT Corporation System and written
notice of said service to the Canadian Guarantors in accordance with this
Section 11.18 shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process
upon the Canadian Guarantors, if any, in any such suit or
proceeding. Each Canadian Guarantor further agrees to take any and
all such action, including the execution and filing of any and all such
documents and instruments as may be necessary to continue such designation
and
appointment of CT Corporation System in full force and effect so long as this
Indenture shall be in full force and effect or any of the Notes shall be
outstanding; provided,
however,
that any
Canadian Guarantor may, by written notice to the Trustee, designate such
additional or alternative agent for service of process under this
Section 11.18 that (i) maintains an office located in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, the State of New York, (ii) is a corporate
service company which acts as agent for service of process for other Persons
in
the ordinary course of its business and (iii) agrees to act as agent for
service of process in accordance with this Section 11.18. Such
notice shall identify the name of such agent for process and the address of
such
agent for process in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, the State
of New York.
Section
11.19
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Interest
Act
(Canada).
|
The
Canadian Guarantors acknowledge that certain of the rates of interest applicable
to their obligations may be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days or
365
days, as the case may be, and be paid for the actual number of days
elapsed. For purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), whenever any
interest is calculated using a rate based on a year of 360 days or 365 days,
as
the case may be, such rate determined pursuant to such calculation, when
expressed as an annual rate, is equivalent to (i) the applicable rate based
on a
year of 360 days or 365 days, as the case may be, (ii) multiplied by the actual
number of days in the calendar year in respect of which such interest is
payable, and (iii) divided by 360 or 365, as the case may be.
Section
11.20
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Joint
and Several
Obligations.
|
All
of the obligations of the Issuers under the Notes shall be joint and several
obligations of the Issuers.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed
as
of the date and year first written above.
MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES LP
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(a
Delaware limited partnership) by its general partner, Mobile Satellite
Ventures GP, Inc.
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||
By:
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||
Name:
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||
Title:
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MSV
FINANCE CO.
|
||
(a
Delaware corporation)
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
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||
Title:
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ATC
TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
|
||
(a
Delaware limited liability company)
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
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||
Title:
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MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES SUBSIDIARY LLC
|
||
(a
Delaware limited liability company)
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
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||
Title:
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MSV
INTERNATIONAL, LLC
|
||
(a
Delaware limited liability company)
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
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||
Title:
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MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES INC. OF VIRGINIA
|
||
(a
Virginia corporation)
|
||
By:
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||
Name:
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||
Title:
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MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES CORP.
|
||
(a
Nova Scotia unlimited liability company)
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
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||
Title:
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MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES HOLDINGS (CANADA) INC.
|
||
(an
Ontario corporation)
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
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||
Title:
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MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES (CANADA) INC.
|
||
(an
Ontario corporation)
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
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||
Title:
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as
Trustee
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||
By:
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||
Name:
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Title:
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99
EXHIBIT
A-1
FORM
OF FACE OF CERTIFICATED NOTE
MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES LP
MSV
FINANCE CO.
16.0%
SENIOR NOTES DUE 2013
THIS
NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (“OID”) FOR UNITED STATES
FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF OID, ISSUE
DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS NOTE MAY BE OBTAINED AT ANY TIME BEGINNING
[], 2009 BY WRITING TO: MOBILE SATELLITE VENTURES LP OR
MSV FINANCE CO., C/O MOBILE SATELLITE VENTURES LP, 00000 XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX,
XXXXXX, XXXXXXXX 00000, ATTENTION: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
THIS
NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS
AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND ACCORDINGLY, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED
OR
SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE.
BY
ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER
(1) REPRESENTS
THAT:
(A) IT
IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT); OR
(B) IT
IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501 (a)(1), (2),
(3), OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (OR AN ENTITY IN WHICH
ALL
OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE THE FOREGOING) (AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR);
OR
(C) IT
IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION
S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; AND
(2) AGREES
THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO IN RULE 144(d) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT:
(A) TO
MOBILE SATELLITE VENTURES LP, MSV FINANCE CO. OR ANY SUBSIDIARY
THEREOF;
(B) INSIDE
THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;
(C) OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT;
(D) PURSUANT
TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;
(E) PURSUANT
TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT
(IF AVAILABLE);
(F) PURSUANT
TO ANY AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (PROVIDED THAT AS A CONDITION TO THE REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER
OF
ANY NOTES OTHERWISE THAN AS DESCRIBED HEREIN, THE COMPANY OR THE TRUSTEE MAY,
IN
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ANY OF THEM DEEMS APPROPRIATE, REQUIRE EVIDENCE AS TO
COMPLIANCE WITH ANY SUCH EXEMPTION); AND
(3) AGREES
THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE
SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.
IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO
ABOVE, THE HOLDER MUST CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF
RELATING TO THE MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER AND SUBMIT THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE
TRUSTEE.
AS
USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” AND “UNITED STATES” HAVE THE
MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE INDENTURE
CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER
OF
THIS NOTE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
A-1-2
No.
US$
[●]
MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES LP
MSV
FINANCE CO.
16.0%
SENIOR NOTES DUE 2013
Certificated
Note
Mobile
Satellite Ventures LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and MSV Finance Co.,
a
Delaware Corporation (the “Issuers”), for value
received, hereby promise to pay to [●] upon surrender hereof the principal sum
of [●] UNITED STATES DOLLARS (U.S. $ [●]) on July 1, 2013, or on such earlier
date as the principal hereof may become due in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
Interest
Rate:
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16.0%
per annum. The interest rate is subject to adjustment for the
time periods, in the amounts and subject to the conditions set forth
in
the Securities Purchase Agreement.
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Interest
Payment Dates:
|
July
1 and January 1 of each year, commencing
[ ].
|
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Interest
Record Dates:
|
June
15 and December 15.
|
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PIK
Period:
|
On
or prior to January 1, 2011, interest on the Notes may be paid in
cash or,
at the election of the Issuers, will be payable semi-annually in
the form
of Payment-in-Kind Notes in an amount reflecting the applicable PIK
Interest. After January 1, 2011, all payments of interest must be
in cash
for the remainder of the term of the Notes.
|
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse hereof. Such
further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully
set forth at this place.
This
Note shall not be valid or obligatory until it shall have been duly signed
by
the Trustee acting under the Indenture.
A-1-3
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuers have caused this Note to be signed manually or
by
facsimile by their duly authorized officers.
MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES LP by its general
partner,
Mobile Satellite Ventures GP, Inc.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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MSV
FINANCE CO.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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This
is one of the Notes referred to
in
the within-mentioned Indenture:
Dated: [ ],
[ ]
,
as
Trustee
By:
|
__________________________________
Authorized
Signatory
|
X-0-0
XXXXXXX
X-0
FORM
OF FACE OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE
MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES LP
MSV
FINANCE CO.
16.0%
SENIOR NOTES DUE 2013
THIS
NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (“OID”) FOR UNITED STATES
FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF OID, ISSUE
DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS NOTE MAY BE OBTAINED AT ANY TIME BEGINNING
[], 2009 BY WRITING TO: MOBILE SATELLITE VENTURES LP OR
MSV FINANCE CO., C/O MOBILE SATELLITE VENTURES LP, 00000 XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX,
XXXXXX, XXXXXXXX 00000, ATTENTION: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
THIS
NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND ACCORDINGLY, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR
SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE.
BY
ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER
(1) REPRESENTS
THAT:
(A) IT
IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT); OR
(B) IT
IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501 (a)(1), (2),
(3), OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (OR AN ENTITY IN WHICH
ALL
OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE THE FOREGOING) (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
INVESTOR”); OR
(C) IT
IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION
S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; AND
(2) AGREES
THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO IN RULE 144(d) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT:
(A) TO
MOBILE SATELLITE VENTURES LP, MSV FINANCE CO. OR ANY SUBSIDIARY
THEREOF;
(B) INSIDE
THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;
(C) OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT;
(D) PURSUANT
TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;
(E) PURSUANT
TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT
(IF AVAILABLE);
(F) PURSUANT
TO ANY AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (PROVIDED THAT AS A CONDITION TO THE REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER
OF
ANY NOTES OTHERWISE THAN AS DESCRIBED HEREIN, THE COMPANY OR THE TRUSTEE MAY,
IN
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ANY OF THEM DEEMS APPROPRIATE, REQUIRE EVIDENCE AS TO
COMPLIANCE WITH ANY SUCH EXEMPTION); AND
(3) AGREES
THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE
SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.
IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO
ABOVE, THE HOLDER MUST CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF
RELATING TO THE MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER AND SUBMIT THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE
TRUSTEE.
AS
USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” AND “UNITED STATES” HAVE THE
MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE INDENTURE
CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER
OF
THIS NOTE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
(THE “DEPOSITORY”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR
TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY
OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
&
CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS
GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITORY (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 2.01(a) 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
2.10 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
X-0-0
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Xx.
0
|
XXXXX:
Xxxxxx
Code:
ISIN
Number:
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MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES LP
MSV
FINANCE CO.
RESTRICTED
GLOBAL NOTE
US$
[●]
MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES LP
MSV
FINANCE CO.
16.0%
SENIOR NOTES DUE 2013
Restricted
Global Note
Mobile
Satellite Ventures LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and MSV Finance Co.,
a
Delaware corporation, (the “Issuers”), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, upon
surrender hereof the principal sum of UNITED STATES DOLLARS (U.S. $ [●]) on July
1, 2013, or on such earlier date as the principal hereof may become due in
accordance with the provisions hereof.
|
Interest
Rate:
|
16.0%
per annum. The interest rate is subject to adjustment for the
time periods, in the amounts and subject to the conditions set forth
in
the Securities Purchase Agreement.
|
|
Interest
Payment Dates:
|
July
1 and January 1 of each year, commencing
[ ].
|
|
Interest
Record Dates:
|
June
15 and December 15.
|
|
PIK
Period:
|
On
or prior to January 1, 2011, interest on the Notes may be paid in
cash or,
at the election of the Issuers, will be payable semi-annually in
the form
of Payment-in-Kind Notes in an amount reflecting the applicable PIK
Interest. After January 1, 2011, all payments of interest must be
in cash
for the remainder of the term of the
Notes.
|
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse hereof. Such
further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully
set forth at this place.
This
Note shall not be valid or obligatory until it shall have been duly signed
by
the Trustee acting under the Indenture.
A-2-3
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuers have caused this Note to be signed manually or
by
facsimile by their duly authorized officers.
MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES LP by its general
partner,
Mobile Satellite Ventures GP, Inc.
|
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By:
|
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Name:
|
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Title:
|
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By:
|
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Name:
|
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Title:
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MSV
FINANCE CO.
|
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By:
|
|||
Name:
|
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Title:
|
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By:
|
|||
Name:
|
|||
Title:
|
This
is one of the Notes referred to
in
the within-mentioned Indenture:
Dated: [ ],
[ ]
,
as
Trustee
By:
|
__________________________________
Authorized
Signatory
|
X-0-0
XXXXXXX
X-0
FORM
OF FACE OF REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE
MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES LP
MSV
FINANCE CO.
16.0%
SENIOR NOTES DUE 2013
THIS
NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (“OID”) FOR UNITED STATES
FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF OID, ISSUE
DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS NOTE MAY BE OBTAINED AT ANY TIME BEGINNING
[], 2009 BY WRITING TO: MOBILE SATELLITE VENTURES LP OR
MSV FINANCE CO., C/O MOBILE SATELLITE VENTURES LP, 00000 XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX,
XXXXXX, XXXXXXXX 00000, ATTENTION: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
THIS
NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND ACCORDINGLY, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR
SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE.
BY
ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER
(1) REPRESENTS
THAT:
(A) IT
IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT); OR
(B) IT
IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501 (a)(1), (2),
(3), OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (OR AN ENTITY IN WHICH
ALL
OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE THE FOREGOING) (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
INVESTOR”); OR
(C) IT
IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION
S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; AND
(2) AGREES
THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO IN RULE 144(k) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT:
(A) TO
MOBILE SATELLITE VENTURES LP, MSV FINANCE CO. OR ANY SUBSIDIARY
THEREOF;
(B) INSIDE
THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;
(C) OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT;
(D) PURSUANT
TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;
(E) PURSUANT
TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT
(IF AVAILABLE);
(F) PURSUANT
TO ANY AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (PROVIDED THAT AS A CONDITION TO THE REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER
OF
ANY NOTES OTHERWISE THAN AS DESCRIBED HEREIN, THE COMPANY OR THE TRUSTEE MAY,
IN
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ANY OF THEM DEEMS APPROPRIATE, REQUIRE EVIDENCE AS TO
COMPLIANCE WITH ANY SUCH EXEMPTION); AND
(3) AGREES
THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE
SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.
IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO
ABOVE, THE HOLDER MUST CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF
RELATING TO THE MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER AND SUBMIT THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE
TRUSTEE.
AS
USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” AND “UNITED STATES” HAVE THE
MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE INDENTURE
CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER
OF
THIS NOTE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
(THE “DEPOSITORY”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR
TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY
OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
&
CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS
GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITORY (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 2.01(a) 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
2.10 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
X-0-0
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Xx.
0
|
XXXXX:
Xxxxxx
Code:
ISIN
Number:
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MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES LP
MSV
FINANCE CO.
REGULATION
S GLOBAL NOTE
US$
[●]
MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES LP
MSV
FINANCE CO.
16.0%
SENIOR NOTES DUE 2013
Regulation
S Global Note
Mobile
Satellite Ventures LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and MSV Finance Co.,
a
Delaware corporation (the “Issuers”), for value received, hereby promises to pay
to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, upon surrender hereof the principal
sum of [●] UNITED STATES DOLLARS (U.S. $ [●]) on July 1, 2013, or on such
earlier date as the principal hereof may become due in accordance with the
provisions hereof.
|
Interest
Rate:
|
16.0%
per annum. The interest rate is subject to adjustment for the
time periods, in the amounts and subject to the conditions set forth
in
the Securities Purchase Agreement.
|
|
Interest
Payment Dates:
|
July
1 and January 1 of each year, commencing
[ ].
|
|
Interest
Record Dates:
|
June
15 and December 15.
|
|
PIK
Period:
|
On
or prior to January 1, 2011, interest on the Notes may be paid in
cash or,
at the election of the Issuers, will be payable semi-annually in
the form
of Payment-in-Kind Notes in an amount reflecting the applicable PIK
Interest. After January 1, 2011, all payments of interest must be
in cash
for the remainder of the term of the
Notes.
|
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse hereof. Such
further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully
set forth at this place.
This
Note shall not be valid or obligatory until it shall have been duly signed
by
the Trustee acting under the Indenture.
A-3-3
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuers have caused this Note to be signed manually or
by
facsimile by their duly authorized officers.
MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES LP by its general partner, Mobile Satellite Ventures
GP, Inc.
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By:
|
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Name:
|
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Title:
|
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By:
|
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Name:
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Title:
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MSV
FINANCE CO.
|
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By:
|
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Name:
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Title:
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By:
|
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Name:
|
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Title:
|
This
is one of the Notes referred to
in
the within-mentioned Indenture:
Dated: [ ],
[ ]
,
as
Trustee
By:
|
__________________________________
Authorized
Signatory
|
X-0-0
XXXXXXX
X-0
[Reverse
of Note]
16.0%
Senior Notes due 2013
[Insert
the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the
Indenture]
[Insert
the Restricted Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the
Indenture]
Capitalized
terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture
referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1. Interest. The
Issuers jointly and severally promise to pay interest on this Note at the rate
of 16.0% per annum. The interest rate is subject to adjustment for the time
periods, in the amounts and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Securities Purchase Agreement. For any interest period through January 1, 2011,
the Issuers may elect to pay interest on the Notes, at their option, (a)
entirely in cash (“Cash
Interest”), or (b) entirely by issuing new Notes (“Payment-in-Kind Notes”) in an
amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable interest period
(rounded up to the nearest whole dollar) on the applicable interest payment
date. Payment of any Cash Interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date shall
be made to the holder of this Note on the relevant record date. The Issuers
shall elect the form of interest payment with respect to each interest period
by
giving notice to the Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the beginning
of the applicable interest period. In the absence of such an election, interest
will be payable in Payment-in-Kind Notes. The first interest payment shall
be
paid in the form of Payment-in-Kind Notes. After January 1, 2011, the Issuers
must pay all interest on the Notes entirely in the form of cash.
The
Issuers will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on July 1 and January 1
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 Interest Payment Date
to
which interest has been paid, either as Cash Interest or Payment-in-Kind Notes,
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 [], 2009. Interest will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Issuers shall pay
interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes, and shall pay
interest on overdue installments of cash interest at the same rate to the extent
lawful.
2. Method
of
Payment. The Issuers shall pay interest on the Notes to the
Persons who are registered holders at the close of business on the June 15
and
December 15 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding the Interest Payment
Date even if Notes are canceled after the record date and on or before the
Interest Payment Date. The holders must surrender Notes to a Paying
Agent to collect principal payments. The Issuers shall pay principal,
premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States of America that
at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts. Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note
(including principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the
Depository. The Issuers will make all payments in respect of a
certificated Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest), at
the
office of each Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the Issuers, payment
of interest may be made by mailing a check to the registered address of each
holder
thereof;
provided, however,
that payments on the
Notes may also be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained
by
the payee with a bank in the United States if such holder elects payment by
wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or a Paying Agent to
such
effect designating such account no later than 10 days immediately preceding
the
relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept
in
its discretion).
3. Paying
Agent and
Registrar. Initially, ,
the 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. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates may act as Paying Agent but they may act as Registrar
or co-registrar.
4. Indenture;
Guarantees;
Restrictive Covenants. The Issuers issued the Notes under an
Indenture dated as of [], 2009 (the “Indenture”), among the
Company, Finance Co., the Guarantors and the Trustee. The Notes are
treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The
terms of this Note include those stated in the Indenture to be applicable by
reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb)
as in effect on the date of the Indenture. This Note is subject to
all such terms, and the holder of this Note is referred to the Indenture for
a
statement of them.
The
Indenture imposes certain limitations on, among other things, indebtedness,
issuance and sale of capital stock of Restricted Entities, restricted payments,
liens, asset sales, transactions with affiliates, and restrictions on
distributions from Restricted Entities.
5. Optional
Redemption.
After
January 1, 2011, the Issuers are entitled to redeem all or, from time to time,
a
portion of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the
redemption prices (expressed in percentages of then outstanding principal amount
on the redemption date), plus accrued interest, if any, to the redemption date
(subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to
receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during
the 12-month period commencing on January 1 of the years set forth
below:
Period
|
Redemption
Price
|
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2011
|
108.000%
|
|
2012
|
104.000%
|
|
2013
and
thereafter
|
100.000%
|
Prior
to January 1, 2011, the Issuers are entitled on one or more occasions to redeem
Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 35% of the originally
issued aggregate principal amount of the Notes at a redemption price (expressed
as a percentage of then outstanding principal amount on the redemption date)
of
116.0%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but excluding) the
redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant
record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date),
with
the net cash proceeds from one or more Equity Offerings by the Company or the
Parent (to the extent the net proceeds thereof are contributed to the equity
capital of the Company (other than in the form of Disqualified Stock) or are
used to purchase Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock));
provided, however,
that
(1) at
least 65% of the originally issued aggregate principal amount of Notes remains
outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption (other
than
Notes held, directly or indirectly, by the Issuers or its Affiliates);
and
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(2) each
such redemption occurs within 180 days after the closing of the related Equity
Offering. The foregoing shall not impact the terms of any
Reimbursement Offer.
At
any time prior to January 1, 2011, the Issuers may also redeem on one or more
occasions all or a portion of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than
60
days’ notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the then outstanding
principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium (calculated
as of
a date no more than three Business Days prior to the relevant redemption notice)
as of the date of redemption.
On
and after any Redemption Date, if money sufficient to pay the redemption price
of and accrued interest on Notes called for redemption shall have been made
available in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Notes called for
redemption will cease to accrue interest and the only right of the holders
of
such Notes will be to receive payment of the redemption price of and, subject
to
the terms of the Indenture, accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes to the
redemption date.
“Applicable
Premium” means,
with respect to any Note on any redemption date, the greater of:
(1) 1.0%
of the then outstanding principal amount of the Note; and
(2) the
excess of:
(a) the
present value at such redemption date of the redemption price of the Note at
January 1, 2011, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate
as of
such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over
(b) the
then outstanding principal amount of the Note.
6. No
Mandatory
Redemption. The Company shall not be required to make
mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.
7. Offers
to
Purchase. The Indenture requires that certain proceeds from
Asset Dispositions be used, subject to further limitations contained therein,
to
make an offer to purchase certain amounts of Notes in accordance with the
procedures set forth in the Indenture. The Company may also be
required to make an offer to purchase Notes pursuant to Section 4.16 of the
Indenture.
8. Denominations;
Transfer;
Exchange. The Notes are in registered form, without coupons,
in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000, or, in the case
of
Payment-in-Kind Notes, such other denominations as may be required. A
holder shall register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with
the
Indenture. The Registrar may require a holder, among other things, to
furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain
transfer taxes or similar governmental charges in connection therewith as
permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the
transfer or exchange of any Notes during a period beginning 15 days before
the
mailing of a redemption notice for any Notes or portions thereof selected for
redemption.
9. Persons
Deemed
Owners. The registered holder of this Note shall be treated as
the owner of it for all purposes.
10. Unclaimed
Money. If money for the payment of principal, premium or
interest on any Note remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying
Agent will pay the money back
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to
the Company at its request. After that, holders entitled to money
must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an “abandoned
property” law designates another person.
11. Amendment,
Supplement and
Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the
Notes may be modified, amended or supplemented by the Company, Finance Co.,
the
Guarantors and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and any existing
default or compliance with any provision may be waived in a particular instance
with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding. Without the consent of holders, the Company,
Finance Co., the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend the Indenture for certain
specified purposes including providing for uncertificated Notes in addition
to
or in place of certificated Notes, and curing any ambiguity, omission, defect
or
inconsistency, or making any other change that does not materially adversely
affect the rights, taken as a whole, of any holder.
12. Successor
Entity. When a successor entity assumes all the obligations of
its predecessors under the Notes and the Indenture and immediately before and
thereafter no Default exists and certain other conditions are satisfied, the
predecessor entity will be released from those obligations.
13. Defaults
and
Remedies. Events of Default are set forth in the
Indenture. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee, by notice to the Issuers, or the holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes, by written notice to the Issuers and
the Trustee, may declare to be immediately due and payable the principal amount
of all the Notes then outstanding plus premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid
interest to the date of acceleration and such amounts shall become immediately
due and payable. In case an Event of Default specified in Section
6.01(7) or (8) with respect to either Issuer occurs, such principal, premium,
if
any, and interest with respect to all of the Notes shall be due and payable
immediately without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee
or
the holders of the Notes. After any such acceleration but before a
judgment or decree based on acceleration is obtained by the Trustee, the holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes (by notice
to
the Trustee) may rescind and cancel such acceleration and its consequences
if
(i) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of
accelerated principal, premium, if any, or interest that has become due solely
because of the acceleration, have been cured or waived, (ii) to the extent
the payment of such interest is lawful, interest (at the same rate specified
in
the Notes) on overdue installments of interest and overdue outstanding principal
amount, premium, if any, or interest, which has become due otherwise than by
such declaration of acceleration, has been paid, (iii) the Company has paid
the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee its expenses,
disbursements and advances, (iv) the rescission would not conflict with any
judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (v) in the
event of the cure or waiver of a Default or Event of Default described in
Section 6.01(7) or (8), the Trustee has received an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel that such Default or Event of Default has been cured or
waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or
impair any right consequent thereto.
14. Trustee
Dealings with the
Issuers. The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or
any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform
services for the Issuers, any Guarantor or their Affiliates, and may otherwise
deal with the Issuers, any Guarantor or their Affiliates as if it were not
Trustee.
15. No
Recourse Against
Others. No director, officer, employee, incorporator,
shareholder, parent company, partner or controlling entities of the Company,
Finance Co., the Guarantors, the General Partner, the Parent or any of their
respective Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, 4371593 Ontario Inc.
and
its successors and assigns) will have any liability for any obligations of
the
Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries under this Note or the Indenture or for
any
claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. The holder of this Note by accepting this Note waives
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and
releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver and release may
not be effective to waive liabilities under the U.S. Federal securities laws,
and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public
policy.
16. Defeasance
and Covenant
Defeasance. The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance
of the entire debt represented by the Notes and for defeasance of certain
covenants in the Indenture upon compliance by the Company in each case with
certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
17. Abbreviations. Customary
abbreviations may be used in the name of a holder of a Note 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).
18. CUSIP
Numbers. The Company has caused CUSIP Numbers to be printed on
the Notes, if applicable, and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers
in
notices of redemption as a convenience to holders of the Notes. 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.
19. Governing
Law. THE
INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES
HERETO AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE
STATE
OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE
INDENTURE OR THE NOTES.
20. Authentication. This
Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the
Trustee or an authenticating agent.
The
Company will furnish to any holder upon written request and without charge
a
copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Mobile
Satellite Ventures LP
00000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Attention: Chief
Financial Officer
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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 legal name)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(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)
Signature
Guarantee*:__________________
* Participant
in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature
guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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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, 4.16, or 4.23 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box
below:
Section
4.10 o Section
4.16 o Section
4.23 o
If
you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.10, 4.16, 4.18 or 4.23 of the Indenture, state the
aggregate principal amount you elect to have purchased:
$_______________
Date:____________
Your
Signature: ________________________________________________
(Sign
exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Signature
Guarantee*:__________________
* Participant
in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature
guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
X-0-0
XXXX
XX XXXXXXXX XX NOTE
RELATING
TO GUARANTEE
Each
Guarantor (a “Guarantor,” which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture) has unconditionally
guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, jointly and severally, to the extent
set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions of the Indenture,
(a) the due and punctual payment of the principal, premium if any, and
interest on the Notes when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether
at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of
interest on the overdue principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Notes, to the extent lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other
Obligations of the Company with respect to the Notes to the holders or the
Trustee, all in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, and
(b) in the case of any extension of time for payment or renewal of any Notes
or
any of such other Obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full
when
due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal,
at
stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
The
obligations of each Guarantor to the holders and to the Trustee pursuant to
such
Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 10 of the
Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms
of
such Guarantee.
This
Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate
of authentication on the Note upon which such Guarantee is noted shall have
been
executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one
of
its authorized signatories.
ATC
TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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(a
Delaware limited liability company)
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES SUBSIDIARY LLC
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(a
Delaware limited liability company)
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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MSV
INTERNATIONAL, LLC
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(a
Delaware limited liability company)
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES INC. OF VIRGINIA
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(a
Virginia corporation)
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES CORP.
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(a
Nova Scotia unlimited liability company)
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES HOLDINGS (CANADA) INC.
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(an
Ontario corporation)
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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MOBILE
SATELLITE VENTURES (CANADA) INC.
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(an
Ontario corporation)
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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SCHEDULE
OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE1
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:
Date
of
Exchange
|
Amount
of decrease in
Principal
Amount
of
this Global
Note
|
Amount
of increase in
Principal
Amount
of
this Global
Note
|
Principal
Amount
of
this Global Note
following
such decrease
(or
increase)
|
Signature
of
authorized
officer of
Trustee
or Note
Custodian
|
____________________________________
1
|
This
schedule should be
included only if the Note is issued in global
form.
|
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EXHIBIT
B
FORM
OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Mobile
Satellite Ventures LP
00000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Attention: Treasurer
[Trustee]
as
Trustee
Attention:
(Mobile
Satellite Ventures LP and MSV Finance Co.
16.0%
Senior Notes due 2013)
Re: 16.0%
Senior Notes due 2013
Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of [], 2009 (the “Indenture”), among Mobile
Satellite Ventures LP, MSV Finance Co., the Guarantors named therein
and ,
as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have
the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
___________________
(the “Transferor”) owns
and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified
in
Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $___________ in such Note[s] or
interests (the “Transfer”),
to ___________________________ (the “Transferee”), as further
specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the
Transferor hereby certifies that:
[CHECK
ALL THAT APPLY]
1. o Check
if
Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note
or a Definitive Note Pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is
being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and,
accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial
interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor
reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or
Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect
to
which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and
each
such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule
144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer
is
in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of
the
United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest
or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated
in
the Restricted Notes Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the
Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
2. o Check
if
Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S
Global Note or Definitive Note pursuant to
Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to
and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and,
accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer
is
not being made to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy
order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such
Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes
that the Transferee was
outside
the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the
facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such
Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was
prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts
have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule
904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, and (iii) the transaction
is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the
Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive
Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the
Restricted Notes Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note and/or
Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
3. o Check
and
complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Global
Note or a Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other
than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being
effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial
interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and
pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue
sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the
Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):
(a) o such
Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under
the
Securities Act;
or
(b) o such
Transfer is being effected to the Company or a Subsidiary thereof;
or
(c) o such
Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement
under
the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements
of the Securities Act;
or
(d) o such
Transfer is being effected to an Institutional Accredited Investor for its
own
account or for the account of such an Institutional Accredited Investor,
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act other than Rule 144A, Rule 144 or Rule 904, and the Transferor hereby
further certifies that it has not engaged in any general solicitation within
the
meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act and the Transfer complies
with
the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in a Restricted
Global Note or Restricted Definitive Notes and the requirements of the exemption
claimed, which certification is supported by (1) a certificate executed by
the
Transferee in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture and (2) an Opinion of
Counsel satisfactory to the Company provided by the Transferor or the Transferee
(a copy of which the Transferor has attached to this certification), to the
effect that such Transfer is in compliance with the Securities
Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive
Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the
Restricted Notes Legend printed on the Definitive Notes and in the Indenture
and
the Securities Act.
4. o Check
if
Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.
(a) o Check
if Transfer is pursuant to Rule
144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the
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transfer
restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities
laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer
contained in the Indenture and the Restricted Notes Legend are not required
in
order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon
consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer
be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Notes
Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes
and in the Indenture.
(b) o Check
if Transfer is Pursuant to
Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant
to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and
in
compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any
applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii)
the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Restricted
Notes
Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive
Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in
the
Restricted Notes Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted
Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(c) o Check
if Transfer is Pursuant to
Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant
to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of
the
Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance
with
the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue
sky
securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions
on
transfer contained in the Indenture and the Restricted Notes Legend are not
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive
Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the
Restricted Notes Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted
Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and
the benefit of the Issuers.
[Insert
Name of Transferor]
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By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Dated:
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ANNEX
A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
1. The
Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
[CHECK
ONE]
(a) o a
beneficial interest in the:
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(i)
|
o |
144A
Global Note (CUSIP _________________),
or
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(ii)
|
o |
IAI
Global Note (CUSIP _________________),
or
|
|
(iii)
|
o |
Regulation
S Global Note (CUSIP
________________),
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or
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(iv)
|
o |
Unrestricted
Global Note (CUSIP ________________),
or
|
(b) o a
Restricted Definitive Note; or
(c) o an
Unrestricted Definitive Note,
2. After
the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
[CHECK
ONE]
(a) o a
beneficial interest in the:
|
(i)
|
o |
144A
Global Note (CUSIP _________________),
or
|
|
(ii)
|
o |
IAI
Global Note (CUSIP _________________),
or
|
|
(iii)
|
o |
Regulation
S Global Note (CUSIP ________________),
or
|
|
(iv)
|
o |
Unrestricted
Global Note (CUSIP ________________),
or
|
(b) o a
Restricted Definitive Note; or
(c) o an
Unrestricted Definitive Note,
in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
B-4
EXHIBIT
C
FORM
OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Mobile
Satellite Ventures LP
00000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Attention: Treasurer
[Trustee]
as
Trustee
Attention:
(Mobile
Satellite Ventures LP and MSV Finance Co.
16.0%
Senior Notes due 2013)
Re: 16.0%
Senior Notes due 2013
Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of [], 2009 (the “Indenture”), among Mobile
Satellite Ventures LP, MSV Finance Co., the Guarantors named therein
and ,
as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have
the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
__________________________
(the “Owner”) owns and
proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein,
in the principal amount of $____________ in such Note[s] or interests (the
“Exchange”). In
connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
1. Exchange
of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global
Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an
Unrestricted Global Note.
(a) o Check
if Exchange is from beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in
an
Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby
certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own
account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance
with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant
to
and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the
“Securities Act”),
(iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Restricted
Notes Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note
is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws
of
any state of the United States.
(b) o Check
if Exchange is from beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive
Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive
Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired
for
the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected
in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global
Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the
restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Restricted Notes
Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act
and
(iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable
blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(c) o Check
if Exchange is from Restricted
Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted
Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the
Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the
Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in
compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive
Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the
restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Restricted Notes
Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act
and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any
applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United
States.
(d) o Check
if Exchange is from Restricted
Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection
with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted
Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive
Note
is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such
Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance
with
the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the
Indenture and the Restricted Notes Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note
is
being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of
any
state of the United States.
2. Exchange
of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global
Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted
Global Notes.
(a) o Check
if Exchange is from beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive
Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive
Note
with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted
Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without
transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will
continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the
Restricted Notes Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the
Indenture and the Securities Act.
(b) o Check
if Exchange is from Restricted
Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. In
connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note with an equal principal amount,
the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for
the
Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in
compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global
Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in
compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the
United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued
will
be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Notes
Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture
and
the Securities Act.
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This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and
the benefit of the Company.
[Insert
Name of Transferor]
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Dated:
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EXHIBIT
D
FORM
OF CERTIFICATE FROM
ACQUIRING
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
Mobile
Satellite Ventures LP
00000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Attention: Treasurer
[Trustee]
as
Trustee
Attention:
(Mobile
Satellite Ventures LP and MSV Finance Co.
16.0%
Senior Notes due 2013)
Re: 16.0%
Senior Notes due 2013
Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of January 6, 2009 (the “Indenture”), among Mobile
Satellite Ventures LP and MSV Finance Co., the Guarantors named therein
and ,
as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have
the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
In
connection with our proposed purchase of $____________ aggregate principal
amount of:
(a) a
beneficial interest in a Global Note, or
(b) a
Definitive Note,
we
confirm that:
1. We
understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any interest therein
is
subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture and
the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise
transfer the Notes or any interest therein except in compliance with, such
restrictions and conditions and the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities
Act”).
2. We
understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under
the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein may not be
offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We
agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting
as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any interest therein,
we will do so only (A) to the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, (B) in
accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a “qualified institutional
buyer” (as defined therein), (C) to an institutional “accredited investor” (as
defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on
its
behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Company a signed letter
substantially in the form of this letter and an Opinion of Counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such transfer is in
compliance with the Securities Act, (D) outside the United States in accordance
with Rule 904 of Regulation S under
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the
Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144(k) under the
Securities Act or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under
the
Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any person purchasing the
Definitive Note or beneficial interest in a Global Note from us in a transaction
meeting the requirements of clauses (A) through (E) of this paragraph a notice
advising such purchaser that resales thereof are restricted as stated
herein.
3. We
understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or beneficial interest
therein, we will be required to furnish to you and the Company such
certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Company
may
reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing
restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us
will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
4. We
are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2),
(3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) or an entity in which
all
of the equity owners are the foregoing and have such knowledge and experience
in
financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we
are
acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its
investment.
5. We
are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest therein purchased by us for
our
own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional
“accredited investor”) as to each of which we exercise sole investment
discretion.
You
and the Issuers are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably
authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party
in
any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to
the
matters covered hereby.
[Insert
Name of Transferor]
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Dated:
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