EXHIBIT T3C
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ASSISTED LIVING CONCEPTS, INC.
AND
CARRIAGE HOUSE ASSISTED LIVING, INC.
HOME AND COMMUNITY CARE, INC.
ALC INDIANA, INC., as guarantors
JUNIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 20[11]
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INDENTURE
Dated as of [Effective Date], 2001
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BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY
Trustee
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
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310(a)(1)..................................................... 7.10
(a)(2)..................................................... 7.10
(a)(3)..................................................... N.A.
(a)(4)..................................................... N.A.
(a)(5)..................................................... 7.10
(b)........................................................ 7.10
(c)........................................................ N.A.
311(a)........................................................ 7.11
(b)........................................................ 7.11
(c)........................................................ N.A.
312(a)........................................................ 2.05
(b)........................................................ 14.03
(c)........................................................ 14.03
313(a)........................................................ 7.06
(b)(1)..................................................... 11.03
(b)(2)..................................................... 7.06; 7.07
(c)........................................................ 7.06;14.02
(d)........................................................ 7.06
314(a)........................................................ 4.03;14.05
(b)........................................................ 11.02
(c)(1)..................................................... 14.04
(c)(2)..................................................... 14.04
(c)(3)..................................................... N.A.
(d)........................................................ 11.03, 11.04, 11.05
(e)........................................................ 14.05
(f)........................................................ N.A.
315(a)........................................................ 7.01
(b)........................................................ 7.05, 14.02
(c)........................................................ 7.01
(d)........................................................ 7.01
(e)........................................................ 6.11
316(a) (last sentence)........................................ 2.09
(a)(1)(A).................................................. 6.05
(a)(1)(B).................................................. 6.04
(a)(2)..................................................... N.A.
(b)........................................................ 6.07
(c)........................................................ 2.12;9.04
317(a)(1)..................................................... 6.08
(a)(2)..................................................... 6.09
(b)........................................................ 2.04
318(a)........................................................ 14.01
(b)........................................................ N.A.
(c)........................................................ 14.01
N.A. means not applicable.
* This Cross Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions................................................................1
Section 1.02. Other Definitions.........................................................20
Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.........................21
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.....................................................21
ARTICLE 2.
THE NOTES
Section 2.01. Form and Dating...........................................................22
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication..............................................22
Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent................................................23
Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.......................................23
Section 2.05. Holder Lists..............................................................24
Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.....................................................24
Section 2.07. Replacement Notes.........................................................27
Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes.........................................................27
Section 2.09. Treasury Notes............................................................27
Section 2.10. Temporary Notes...........................................................27
Section 2.11. Cancellation..............................................................28
Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest........................................................28
ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee........................................................28
Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Repurchased..........................28
Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption......................................................29
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption............................................29
Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price...............................................30
Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part....................................................30
Section 3.07. Optional Redemption.......................................................30
Section 3.08. Mandatory Redemption......................................................30
Section 3.09. Offers to Repurchase by the Company.......................................30
ARTICLE 4.
COVENANTS
Section 4.01. Payment of Notes..........................................................32
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency...........................................33
Section 4.03. Reports...................................................................33
Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate....................................................33
Section 4.05. Taxes.....................................................................34
Section 4.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws............................................34
Section 4.07. Restricted Payments.......................................................35
Section 4.08. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries............36
Section 4.09. Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock................37
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Section 4.10. Asset Sales of Note Collateral............................................39
Section 4.11. Transactions with Affiliates..............................................40
Section 4.12. Liens.....................................................................41
Section 4.13. Line of Business..........................................................41
Section 4.14. Corporate Existence.......................................................41
Section 4.15. Offers to Repurchase by the Company.......................................42
Section 4.16. Insurance.................................................................44
Section 4.17. Maintenance of Property...................................................44
Section 4.18. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.............................44
Section 4.19. Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Equity Interests in Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiaries...................................................45
Section 4.20. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries...................45
Section 4.21. Additional Subsidiary Note Guarantees.....................................45
Section 4.22. No Amendment to Certain Provisions of the Junior Note Indenture...........46
Section 4.23. No Senior Subordinated Debt...............................................46
ARTICLE 5.
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation or the Transfer of All or Substantially All of
the Assets of the Company.................................................47
Section 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.........................................48
ARTICLE 6.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01. Events of Default.........................................................48
Section 6.02. Acceleration..............................................................49
Section 6.03. Other Remedies............................................................50
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults...................................................50
Section 6.05. Control by Majority.......................................................50
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits.......................................................50
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.............................51
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee................................................51
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..........................................51
Section 6.10. Priorities................................................................52
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.....................................................52
ARTICLE 7.
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.........................................................53
Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee.........................................................54
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee..............................................54
Section 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer......................................................54
Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults........................................................55
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes................................55
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity................................................55
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee....................................................56
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc..........................................57
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.............................................57
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.........................57
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ARTICLE 8.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance..................57
Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge............................................57
Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance.......................................................58
Section 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance................................58
Section 8.05. Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions..................................................60
Section 8.06. Repayment to Company......................................................60
Section 8.07. Reinstatement.............................................................60
ARTICLE 9.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of Notes.......................................61
Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders of Notes..........................................61
Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.......................................63
Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.........................................63
Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes..........................................63
Section 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc...........................................64
ARTICLE 10.
SUBORDINATION
Section 10.01. Agreement to Subordinate..................................................64
Section 10.02. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy......................................64
Section 10.03. Default on Senior Indebtedness............................................64
Section 10.04. Acceleration of Securities................................................65
Section 10.05. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.......................................65
Section 10.06. Notice by Company.........................................................66
Section 10.07. Subrogation...............................................................66
Section 10.08. Relative Rights...........................................................66
Section 10.09. Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company..............................67
Section 10.10. Distribution or Notice to Representative..................................67
Section 10.11. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent........................................67
Section 10.12. Authorization to Effect Subordination.....................................67
Section 10.13. Amendments................................................................67
ARTICLE 11.
COLLATERAL AND SECURITY
Section 11.01. Collateral Documents......................................................68
Section 11.02. Recording and Opinions....................................................68
Section 11.03. Release of Note Collateral................................................69
Section 11.04. Certificates of the Company...............................................70
Section 11.05. Certificates of the Trustee...............................................70
Section 11.06. Authorization of Actions to Be Taken by the Trustee Under the
Collateral Documents......................................................70
Section 11.07. Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Collateral
Documents.................................................................70
Section 11.08. Termination of Security Interest..........................................71
ARTICLE 12.
NOTE GUARANTEES
Section 12.01. Guarantee.................................................................71
Section 12.02. Subordination of Note Guarantee...........................................72
Section 12.03. Limitation on Guarantor Liability.........................................72
Section 12.04. Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee..................................72
Section 12.05. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms........................73
Section 12.06. Releases Following Sale of Assets.........................................73
ARTICLE 13.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 13.01. Satisfaction and Discharge................................................74
Section 13.02. Application of Trust Money................................................75
ARTICLE 14.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls..............................................75
Section 14.02. Notices...................................................................75
Section 14.03. Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.............77
Section 14.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent........................77
Section 14.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.............................77
Section 14.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents...............................................77
Section 14.07. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Stockholders
and Agents................................................................77
Section 14.08. Governing Law.............................................................78
Section 14.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.............................78
Section 14.10. Successors................................................................78
Section 14.11. Severability..............................................................78
Section 14.12. Counterpart Originals.....................................................78
Section 14.13. Table of Contents, Headings, etc..........................................78
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A FORM OF NOTE
Exhibit B FORM OF NOTE GUARANTEE
Exhibit C FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Exhibit D LIST OF COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS
Exhibit E LIST OF UNITS IN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES
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INDENTURE dated as of [Effective Date], 2001 between Assisted Living
Concepts, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), Carriage House Assisted
Living, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Carriage House") Home and Community Care,
Inc., a Nevada corporation ("HCCI"), and ALC Indiana, a Nevada Corporation
("ALCI" and, together with Carriage House and HCCI, the "Initial Guarantors"),
as guarantors, and BNY Midwest Trust Company, an Illinois trust company, as
trustee (the "Trustee").
The Company, the Initial Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for
the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders
of the Junior Secured Notes due 20[11] the "Notes"):
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions.
"Acquired Debt" means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other
Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person,
whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a
Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by
such specified Person.
"Additional Notes" means the Notes subject to the Reserve (as defined in
the Plan) and issued subsequent to the Effective Date following the
determination of the total amount of all Allowed Class 4 Claims.
"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 purposes of this definition, "control,"
as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
agreement or otherwise; provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the
Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes of this
definition, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control
with" have correlative meanings.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.
"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or exchange
of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of
the Depositary that apply to such transfer or exchange.
"Allowed Class 4 Claim" has the meaning given that term in the Plan.
"Asset Sale" means:
(a) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any assets or rights whether or not
constituting Note Collateral; provided that the sale,
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conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by
Sections 4.15(a) and 5.01 of this Indenture and not by Sections 4.10 and
4.15(c); and
(b) the issuance of Equity Interests in any of the Company's Restricted
Subsidiaries or the sale by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of
Equity Interests in any of their Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items will not be deemed to
be Asset Sales:
(a) a transfer of assets between or among the Company and the
Guarantors, between or among any Xxxxxx Debtor Subsidiaries or between or among
any Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(b) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Subsidiary of the Company to
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(c) the sale or lease of equipment, inventory, accounts receivable or
other assets in the ordinary course of business;
(d) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents; and
(e) a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted by
section 4.07.
"Attributable Debt" in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction
means, the product of 8.0 multiplied by the aggregate net rental payments
payable by the lessee in respect of the lease for the 12 month period commencing
on the first date of the month in which such sale and leaseback transaction
takes place.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or
state law for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means:
(a) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the
corporation;
(b) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general
partner of the partnership; and
(c) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such
Person serving a similar function.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
"Capital Lease Obligation" means, at the time any determination is to be
made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at
that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with
GAAP.
"Capital Stock" means any and all shares or other equivalents (however
designated) of capital stock, including all common stock and all preferred
stock, in the case of a corporation, or partnership interests or other
equivalents (however designated) in the case of a partnership or common shares
of beneficial interest or other equivalents (however designated) in the case of
a trust.
"Carriage House" means Carriage House Assisted Living, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
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"Cash Equivalents" means:
(a) United States dollars;
(b) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the
United States government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States
government (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is
pledged in support of those securities) having maturities of not more than six
months from the date of acquisition;
(c) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities
of six months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers' acceptances with
maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case,
with any lender party as of the Effective Date to the Xxxxxx Loan Agreement or
with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0
million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of "B" or better;
(d) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for
underlying securities of the types described in clauses (b) and (c) above
entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified
in clause (c) above;
(e) commercial paper having the highest rating obtainable from Xxxxx'x
Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Rating Services and in each case
maturing within six months after the date of acquisition; and
(f) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute
Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (a) through (e) of this
definition.
"Change in Control" means the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person or related
group of Persons;
(b) the consummation of any consolidation or merger of the Company:
(i) in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving
corporation, other than a consolidation or merger:
(1) with a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company in which all
of the common stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to the
effectiveness thereof is changed into or exchanged for the same
consideration), or
(2) in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior
to the consummation of such consolidation or merger own greater than 50%
of the total voting power of all classes of capital shares of the
continuing or surviving corporation immediately following the
consummation of such consolidation or merger; or
(ii) pursuant to which the shares of common stock of the Company are
converted into cash, securities, or other property, unless the stockholders of
the Company immediately prior to the consummation of such consolidation or
merger own greater than 50% of the total voting power of all classes of capital
shares of the continuing or surviving corporation immediately following the
consummation of such consolidation or merger,
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(c) the acquisition by any Person individually or any Persons (in each
case other than an Excluded Person or Excluded Persons) acting together that
would constitute a "group" for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act,
together with any affiliates thereof, of beneficial ownership (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of greater than 50% of the total voting power
of all classes of capital shares of the Company entitled to vote generally in
the election of directors of the Company; or
(d) the first day on which a majority of members of the Board of
Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors.
Notwithstanding clause (a) of the definition of "Change in Control", a
Change in Control will not be deemed to have occurred as a result of a
transaction in which either:
(a) the holders of the shares of common stock of the Company immediately
prior to the sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets have,
directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the shares of common stock of the
corporation to which such assets were sold immediately after such asset sale; or
(b) the holders of the shares of common stock of the Company immediately
prior to the consolidation or merger have, directly or indirectly, at least a
majority of the shares of common stock of the continuing or surviving
corporation immediately after such consolidation or merger.
Notwithstanding clause (c) of the definition of "Change in Control", a
Change in Control will not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of any of
the following Persons filing or becoming obligated to file a report under or in
response to Schedule 13D or Schedule 14D-1 (or any successor schedule, form, or
report) under the Exchange Act disclosing beneficial ownership by it of shares
or securities of the Company, of greater than 50% of the total voting power
referred to in clause (c) of the foregoing definition or otherwise:
(a) the Company;
(b) any Subsidiary;
(c) any employee share purchase plan, share option plan, or other share
incentive plan or program;
(d) retirement plan or automatic dividend reinvestment plan; or
(e) any substantially similar plan of the Company or any Subsidiary or
any Person holding securities of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any
such employee benefit plan.
"Collateral Agent" means the party named as such in the Collateral
Documents until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of the
Collateral Documents and thereafter means the successor serving thereunder.
"Collateral Documents" means all agreements, instruments, documents,
pledges or filings that evidence, perfect, set forth or limit the security
interest of the Collateral Agent in the Note Collateral.
"Company" means Assisted Living Concepts, Inc., and any and all
successors thereto.
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"Consolidated Cash Flow" means, with respect to any specified Person for
any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus:
(a) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net loss realized
by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset
Sale or the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of
its Subsidiaries, in each case to the extent such losses were deducted in
computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(b) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision
for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(c) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and whether or not
capitalized (including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs
and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component
of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments
associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to
Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in
respect of letter of credit or bankers' acceptance financings, and net of the
effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations), to the
extent that any such expense was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
Income; plus
(d) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of goodwill and
other intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were
paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash
expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash
expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was
paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash
expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; minus
(e) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such
period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business,
in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
Notwithstanding the preceding, the provisions for taxes based on the
income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash
expenses of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall be added to
Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company only to
the extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of
determination to be dividended to the Company by that Restricted Subsidiary
without prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained), and without
direct or indirect restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all
agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and
governmental regulations applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its
stockholders.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any specified Person
for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in
accordance with GAAP; provided that:
(a) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is accounted for by
the equity method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the
amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;
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(b) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded to the
extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by
that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of
determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not
been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its
charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or
governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its
stockholders;
(c) the Net Income of any Person acquired in a pooling of interests
transaction for any period prior to the date of such acquisition will be
excluded;
(d) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be
excluded; and
(e) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary will be
excluded, whether or not distributed to the specific Person or one of its
Subsidiaries.
"Continuing Directors" means, as of any date of determination, any
member of the Board of Directors of the Company who:
(a) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of this
Indenture; or
(b) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors
with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of
such Board at the time of such nomination or election.
"Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee" shall be at the address of the
Trustee specified in Section 14.02 hereof or such other address as to which the
Trustee may give notice to the Company and the Holders.
"Credit Facilities" means, one or more debt facilities (including,
without limitation, the facilities under the Xxxxxx Loan Agreement) or
commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional
lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing
(including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose
entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters
of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded,
replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time.
"Custodian" means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in
global form, or any successor entity thereto.
"Default" means any event that is or with the passage of time or the
giving of notice or both would be an Event of Default.
"Definitive Note" means a certificated Note registered in the name of
the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not
bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the "Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in
whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as
the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto
appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the
applicable provision of this Indenture.
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"Designated Assets" means, collectively, the following properties owned
by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries:
(a) Magnolia House, Sabal House, Forsyth House and Xxxxxxx House, each
of which is located in the State of Florida;
(b) Wisdom House, which is located in the State of Georgia;
(c) Xxxxxx House, which is located in the State of Ohio;
(d) Xxxxx House, which is located in the State of Iowa; and
(e) Xxxxxxx House, Xxxxxxx House, Xxxxxxxx House, Monroe House and York
House, each of which is located in the State of Indiana.
"Disqualified Stock" means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by
the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is
exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or
upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant
to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the
holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that
is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock
solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the
Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change in
control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of
such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any
such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or
redemption complies with Section 4.07.
"Domestic Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United
States or the District of Columbia, a majority of the fixed assets of which are
located in the United States or that guarantees or otherwise provides direct
credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company.
"EBITDA" for any period for a particular assisted living facility means
the Net Income for such period attributable to that facility of the entity
owning such facility plus the following to the extent deducted in calculating
such Net Income:
(a) income tax expense;
(b) the consolidated interest expense of the entity that owns such
facility or, if such entity owns more than one facility or has subsidiaries or
other assets, the proportion of consolidated interest expense equal to the
proportion of the fair market value of the assets of such entity represented by
such facility;
(c) depreciation expense related to such facility;
(d) amortization expense related to such facility; and
(e) any management fee paid with respect to such facility to the Company
or any wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company.
"Effective Date" means ____________________.
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"Equity Interests" means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or
other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is
convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Excluded Indebtedness" means, collectively:
(a) Indebtedness under the Xxxxxx Loan Agreement;
(b) Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under clauses (c) and (j) of
the second paragraph of Section 4.09, and
(c) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness of the Indebtedness described in
clauses (a) and (b) above incurred under clause (d) of the second paragraph of
Section 4.09.
"Excluded Person" means any Person who is a holder of more than 5% of
all classes of capital shares of the Company as of the Effective Date.
"Existing Indebtedness" means up to $118.0 million in aggregate
principal amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including,
for purposes of this definition, Indebtedness under the Xxxxxx Loan Agreement
but excluding Indebtedness under this Indenture and the Junior Note Indenture)
in existence on the date of the Indenture, until such amounts are repaid;
provided that if the Meditrust Acquisition shall not have taken place on or
before the Effective Date the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness
shall not exceed (1) $118.0 million minus (2) the difference between $44.0
million and the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness under the Xxxxxx
Loan Agreement.
"Fixed Charges" means, with respect to any specified Person for any
period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(a) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without
limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount,
non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment
obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital
Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt,
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter
of credit or bankers' acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all
payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations; plus
(b) the consolidated interest of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus
(c) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is
Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a
Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or
not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus
(d) the product of (i) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and
whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable
solely in Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or to
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, times (ii) a fraction,
the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then
current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person,
expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance
with GAAP.
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"Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means with respect to any specified Person
for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period. In the event that the specified
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, Guarantees,
repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working
capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent
to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is
being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the
calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the "Calculation Date"),
then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect
to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase or redemption
of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock,
and the use of the proceeds therefrom as if the same had occurred at the
beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio:
(a) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations and
including any related financing transactions, during the four-quarter reference
period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation
Date will be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of
the four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference
period will be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with Regulation S-X
under the Securities Act, but without giving effect to clause (c) of the proviso
set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income;
(b) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations,
as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of
prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded; and
(c) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as
determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of
prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the
obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the
specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation
Date.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession, which are in effect from time to time.
"Global Notes" means each of the global Notes issued in accordance with
Section 2.01 and substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto that,
except as otherwise provided in Section 2.01(b) hereof, bear the Global Note
Legend and that have the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note"
attached thereto, and that are deposited with or on behalf of and registered in
the name of the Depositary.
"Global Note Legend" means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f),
which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
"Government Securities" means direct obligations of, or obligations
guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the
United States pledges its full faith and credit.
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"Guarantee" means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable
instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or
indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of
assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
"Guarantors" means each of:
(a) Carriage House,
(b) HCCI, and
(3) any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that executes a Note
Guarantee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
"HCCI" means Home and Community Care, Inc., a Nevada corporation.
"Hedging Obligations" means, with respect to any specified Person, the
obligations of such Person under:
(a) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and
interest rate collar agreements; and
(b) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person
against fluctuations in interest rates entered into in the ordinary course of
business, and consistent with past practice.
"Xxxxxx" means Xxxxxx Healthcare Finance, Inc.
"Xxxxxx Collateral" means all property, now owned or hereafter acquired,
of the Company and its Subsidiaries that, pursuant to the collateral documents
entered into pursuant to the Xxxxxx Loan Agreement, is subject to a security
interest in favor of the lenders under the Xxxxxx Loan Agreement or a
representative on their behalf.
"Xxxxxx Debtor Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company that:
(a) is a party to the Xxxxxx Loan Agreement, and
(b) grants a security interest pursuant to Section 11.01 in one or more
assisted living properties to secure the Obligations of the Company under this
Indenture, the Notes and the Collateral Documents to which the Company is party.
"Xxxxxx Loan Agreement" means the Loan Agreement, dated as of February
20, 2001, among Xxxxxx and certain Subsidiaries of the Company, as amended by
First Amendment to Loan Documents, dated as of June 29, 2001, among Xxxxxx, the
Company and certain Subsidiaries of the Company, as further amended by Second
Amendment to Loan Documents, dated as of October 3, 2001, among Xxxxxx, the
Company and certain Subsidiaries of the Company.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any specified Person, any
indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(a) in respect of borrowed money;
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(b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or
letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(c) in respect of banker's acceptances;
(d) representing Capital Lease Obligations;
(e) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price
of any property, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or
trade payable; or
(f) representing any Hedging Obligations,
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit
and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the
specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term
"Indebtedness" includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any
asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by
the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee
by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:
(a) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any
Indebtedness issued with original issue discount;
(b) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, together with any interest
on the Indebtedness that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other
Indebtedness;
(c) in the case of a Guarantee of Indebtedness, the maximum amount of
the Indebtedness guaranteed under such Guarantee; and
(d) in the case of Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset
of the specified Person, the fair market value of the asset(s) subject to such
Lien.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time.
"Initial Notes" means the Notes issued under this Indenture on the date
hereof.
"Intercreditor Agreements" means collectively, (i) the Intercreditor
Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, among the Company, the Guarantors,
the Trustee and one or more representatives of Xxxxxx Healthcare Finance, Inc.,
and (ii) the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, among the
Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Junior Note Trustee, in each case,
as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
"Investments" means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect
investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms
of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital
contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and
employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other
acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other
securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as
investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company
or any Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity
Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company such that, after
giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a
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Subsidiary of the Company, the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment
on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of
the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an amount
determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 4.07. The acquisition
by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an
Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Company
or such Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the fair market
value of the Investment held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an
amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 4.07.
"Indirect Participant" means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in
a Global Note through a Participant.
"Legal Holiday" means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in the City of New York, the City of Chicago or at a place of
payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.
If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made
at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no
interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset,
whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law,
including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in
the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security
interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under
the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
"Meditrust Acquisition" means the acquisition by the Company and/or one
or more of its Subsidiaries of sixteen properties located in Texas currently
leased from T and F Properties, L.P., pursuant to an option granted by T and F
Properties, L.P. to Texas ALC Partners, L.P. or its assignee on September 25,
2001.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any specified Person, the net income
(loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any
reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:
(a) any gain (but not loss), together with any related provision for
taxes on such gain (but not loss), realized in connection with: (i) any Asset
Sale; or (ii) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(b) any extraordinary gain (but not loss), together with any related
provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain (but not loss).
"Net Proceeds" means:
(a) with respect to any Asset Sale, the aggregate cash proceeds received
by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset
Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other
disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of
the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation,
legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any
relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or
payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into account
any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements and
amounts required to be applied (whether pursuant to a mandatory redemption,
offer to repurchase or otherwise) to repay Indebtedness
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secured by a security interest on the asset or assets that were the subject of
such Asset Sale, including amounts required to be applied under the Senior Note
Indenture to the repayment or repurchase of Senior Notes and amounts required to
be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness under the Xxxxxx Loan Agreement and
any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets
established in accordance with GAAP; and
(b) with respect to any incurrence by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness, the aggregate cash proceeds received by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any incurrence
of Indebtedness, net of the direct costs relating to such incurrence, including,
without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales
commissions, amounts required to be applied (whether pursuant to mandatory
redemption, offer to repurchase or otherwise) to the repayment of the Senior
Notes in accordance with Section 4.15(b) of the Senior Note Indenture and
amounts required to be applied (whether pursuant to a mandatory redemption, an
offer to repurchase or otherwise) to refinance, replace, defease or refund any
then existing Indebtedness secured by a security interest on an asset of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, if the net proceeds of such new
Indebtedness are used to refinance, replace, defease or refund such existing
Indebtedness.
"Non-Recourse Debt" means Indebtedness:
(a) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (i) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking,
agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (ii) is directly or
indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or (iii) constitutes the lender;
(b) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the
holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against an
Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any
holder of any other Indebtedness (other than the Notes or the Junior Notes or
the Xxxxxx Loan Agreement) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of the
Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity; and
(c) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will
not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Note Collateral" means all property, now owned or hereafter acquired,
of the Company, the Guarantors and the Xxxxxx Debtor Subsidiaries that, pursuant
to the Collateral Documents, is subject to a security interest in favor of the
Collateral Agent.
"Note Guarantee" means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Company's
payment obligations under this Indenture and on the Notes, executed pursuant to
the provisions of this Indenture.
"Notes" has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this
Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a
single class for all purposes under this Indenture.
"Obligations" means any principal, interest, premium, if any, penalties,
fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable
under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
"Officer" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board,
the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the
Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller,
the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.
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"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed on behalf of the
Company or a Guarantor by two Officers of the Company or such Guarantor, as the
case may be, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal
financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the
Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, that meets the requirements of
Section 14.05 hereof.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion from legal counsel who is
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section
14.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.
"Participant" means, with respect to the Depositary, a Person who has an
account with the Depositary.
"Payment Blockage Notice" means a notice of a default that has occurred
and is continuing on Senior Indebtedness that permits holders to accelerate the
maturity of the Senior Indebtedness.
"Permitted Business" means:
(a) the assisted living residence business, including nursing
facilities, long-term care facilities or other facilities used or useful in the
provision of healthcare services;
(b) the provision of personal care and support (including nursing)
services in connection with the assisted living residence business; and
(c) any business that is ancillary to any of the foregoing, including,
without limitation, rehabilitation programs, therapies, pharmaceutical services,
participation in provider service organizations, health care information
services business, distribution of medical supplies, geriatric care and home
healthcare or other businesses which provide ancillary services to residents in
long-term and specialty healthcare facilities.
"Permitted Investments" means:
(a) any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company;
(b) any Investment in cash or Cash Equivalents;
(c) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:
(i) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
or
(ii) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or
into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is
liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(d) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash
consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance
with Sections 4.10 and 4.15(c);
(e) any acquisition of assets solely in exchange for the issuance of
Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;
(f) any Investments received in compromise of obligations of such
Persons incurred in the ordinary course of trade creditors or customers that
were incurred in the ordinary course of business,
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including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the
bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer;
(g) Hedging Obligations;
(h) Investments represented by accounts receivable created or acquired
in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance
with customary trade terms;
(i) Investments in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for
collection, and lease, utility and worker's compensation, performance and other
similar deposits; and
(j) other Investments in 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 (j) that are at the time outstanding
not to exceed $5.0 million.
"Permitted Junior Securities" means:
(a) Equity Interests in the Company or any Guarantor; or
(b) debt securities that are subordinated to all Senior Indebtedness to
substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Notes and the
Note Guarantees are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness under this Indenture.
"Permitted Liens" means:
(a) Liens created, or intended to be created, under the Collateral
Documents;
(b) Liens on assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary securing
Indebtedness and other Obligations under Credit Facilities that are permitted by
the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;
(c) Liens in favor of the Company, the Guarantors or the Xxxxxx Debtor
Subsidiaries;
(d) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is
merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to
the contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any
assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the
Company or the Restricted Subsidiary;
(e) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition of such
property by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided
that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such
acquisition;
(f) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or
appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred
in the ordinary course of business;
(g) Liens on assets or rights which are not Note Collateral and which
secure:
(i) Indebtedness permitted by clause (c) or clause (j) of the
second paragraph of Section 4.09; or
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(ii) Indebtedness permitted under any clause of such covenant so
long as the Notes are repaid in full with the proceeds of, and concurrently with
the incurrence of, such Indebtedness;
(h) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture;
(i) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that
are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded, provided that any
reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP
has been made therefor;
(j) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with respect to obligations that are
not Indebtedness that do not exceed $1.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(k) Liens on assets of Unrestricted Subsidiaries that secure
Non-Recourse Debt of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(l) statutory Liens of landlords and carriers, warehousemen, mechanics,
suppliers, materialmen, repairmen or other like Liens arising in the ordinary
course of business and with respect to amounts not yet delinquent for a period
of more than 90 days or which are being contested in good faith; provided that a
reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required by GAAP shall have
been made therefor;
(m) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, zoning, minor defects or
irregularities in title and other similar charges or encumbrances not
interfering in any material respect with the business or assets of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, incurred in the ordinary
course of business;
(n) Liens arising by reason of any judgment not constituting an Event of
Default under this Indenture; provided that:
(i) such Liens are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, and
(ii) such Liens are adequately bonded or adequate reserves have
been established on the books of the Company in accordance with GAAP;
(o) Uniform Commercial Code financing statements filed for precautionary
purposes in connection with any true lease of property leased by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that any such financing statement
does not cover any property other than the property subject to such lease and
the proceeds thereof; and
(p) renewals or refundings of any Liens referred to in clauses (a), (b),
(d), (e), (g), (h) and (k) above; provided that:
(i) such new Liens will be limited to all or part of the same
property that secured the original Liens (plus improvements to or on such
property); and
(ii) the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such
Liens at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (1)
the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the
Indebtedness described under clauses (a), (b), (d), (e), (g), (h) and (k) above
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immediately prior to such renewal or refunding, and (2) an amount necessary to
pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such renewals or
refundings.
"Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net
proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or
refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries (other
than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:
(a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or
accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest on the
Indebtedness and the amount of all expenses and premiums incurred in connection
therewith);
(b) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date
later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to
Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the
Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or
refunded;
(c) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the
final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes on
terms at least as favorable to the Holders of the Notes as those contained in
the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and
(d) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by the
Restricted Subsidiary which is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government (or any agency, instrumentality or
political subdivision thereof).
"Plan" means the Joint Plan of Reorganization of the Company and
Carriage House, dated as of October 1, 2001, as amended, modified or otherwise
supplemented through the Effective Date.
"Pro Rata Share" has the meaning given that term in the Plan.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights Agreement,
dated as of the Effective Date, by and among the Company and the other parties
named on the signature pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time.
"Release Price" means, with respect to any Asset Sale of a property, the
greater of (1) the product of 6.5 multiplied by the EBITDA of such property for
the period of two fiscal quarters of the Company ending immediately prior to the
date of such Asset Sale multiplied by 2.0, and (2) the product of $10,000
multiplied by the number of units in such property.
"Representative" means the Senior Note Trustee or other trustee, agent
or representative for any Senior Indebtedness.
"Repurchase Date" means the Asset Sale Repurchase Date, the Change in
Control Repurchase Date or the Debt Incurrence Repurchase Date, as applicable.
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"Repurchase Price" means the Asset Sale Repurchase Price, the Change in
Control Repurchase Price or the Debt Incurrence Repurchase Price, as applicable.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee located at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or
any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with
respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such
matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Restricted Investment" means an Investment other than a Permitted
Investment.
"Restricted Subsidiary" of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent
Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Senior Indebtedness" means:
(a) the Senior Notes issued pursuant to the Senior Note Indenture and
the Senior Note Guarantees;
(b) the Indebtedness under the Xxxxxx Loan Agreement and any Guarantees
of that Indebtedness given by any Guarantor;
(c) Indebtedness issued in exchange for the items listed in the
preceding clauses (a) or (b) to the extent the consolidated Indebtedness of
Company and the Guarantors is not increased thereby; and
(d) all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding
clauses (a), (b) and (c).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding, Senior
Indebtedness shall not include:
(a) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing
by the Company;
(b) any intercompany Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to the Company or any of its Affiliates;
(c) any trade payables; or
(d) the portion of any Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of
this Indenture.
"Senior Note Guarantees" means the Guarantees given by the Guarantors in
respect of the obligations under the Senior Note Indenture.
"Senior Note Indenture" means the indenture, dated as of the date of
this Indenture, to be executed by the Company, the Guarantors and the Senior
Note Trustee.
"Senior Note Trustee" means BNY Midwest Trust Company in its capacity as
trustee under the Senior Note Indenture, and any successor trustee, if any,
under the Senior Note Indenture.
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"Senior Notes" means those notes issued pursuant to the Senior Note
Indenture.
"Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any installment of interest or
principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of
interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation
governing such Indebtedness, and will not include any contingent obligations to
repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date
originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any specified Person:
(a) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more
than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without
regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of
directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other
business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by
that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a
combination thereof); and
(b) any partnership (i) the sole general partner or the managing general
partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (ii) the only
general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that
Person (or any combination thereof).
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections
77aaa-77bbbb), as amended, as in effect on the date hereof until such time as
this Indenture is qualified under the TIA and thereafter as in effect on the
date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA.
"Trustee" means the party named as such above until a successor replaces
it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter
means the successor serving hereunder.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company that is
designated by the Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a
resolution of the Board of Directors, but only to the extent that such
Subsidiary:
(a) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;
(b) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or
understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding
are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those
that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the
Company;
(c) is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (i) to subscribe
for additional Equity Interests or (ii) to maintain or preserve such Person's
financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of
operating results;
(d) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided
credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(e) has at least one director on its Board of Directors that is not a
director or executive officer of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries and has at least one executive officer that is not a director or
executive officer of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided
that if such Unrestricted Subsidiary fails to have at least one such director,
such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary
solely because of its failure to have at least one such director so
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long as such Unrestricted Subsidiary is using its commercially reasonable
efforts to appoint at least one such director; and
(f) does not own any Capital Stock of, or own or hold any Lien on any
property of, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a
certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such
designation and an officers' certificate certifying that such designation
complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 4.07. If, at
any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding
requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of
such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be
incurred as of such date under Section 4.09, the Company will be in default of
such covenant. The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate
any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such
designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary and such designation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness
is permitted under the covenant described under Section 4.09, calculated on a
pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the
four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be
in existence following such designation.
"Voting Stock" of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of
such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of
Directors of such Person.
"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
(a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of
each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required
payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the
Indebtedness, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest
one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment;
by
(b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
"Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary" of any specified Person means a
Restricted Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or
other ownership interests of which (other than directors' qualifying shares)
will at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person.
Section 1.02. Other Definitions.
Defined in
Term Section
---- ----------
"Affiliate Transaction".............................................. 4.11
"Asset Sale Offer"................................................... 4.15
"Asset Sale Repurchase Date"......................................... 4.15
"Asset Sale Repurchase Price"........................................ 4.15
"Authentication Order"............................................... 2.02
"Change in Control Offer"............................................ 4.15
"Change in Control Repurchase Date".................................. 4.15
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Defined in
Term Section
---- ----------
"Change in Control Repurchase Price"................................. 4.15
"Covenant Defeasance"................................................ 8.03
"Debt Incurrence Offer" ............................................. 4.15
"Debt Incurrence Repurchase Date" ................................... 4.15
"Debt Incurrence Repurchase Price" .................................. 4.15
"DTC" ............................................................... 2.03
"Event of Default"................................................... 6.01
"incur".............................................................. 4.09
"Legal Defeasance"................................................... 8.02
"Offer" ............................................................. 3.09
"Offer Amount"....................................................... 3.09
"Offer Period"....................................................... 3.09
"Paying Agent"....................................................... 2.03
"Permitted Debt"..................................................... 4.09
"Registrar".......................................................... 2.03
"Restricted Payments"................................................ 4.07
"Trustee" ........................................................... 8.05
Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision
is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC;
"indenture securities" means the Notes;
"indenture security holder" means a Holder of a Note;
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture;
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee; and
"obligor" on the Notes and the Note Guarantees means the Company and the
Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Note
Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA
have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to
it in accordance with GAAP;
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(c) "or" is not exclusive;
(d) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include
the singular;
(e) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(f) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor
sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
ARTICLE 2.
THE NOTES
Section 2.01. Form and Dating.
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. Each Note shall include
the Note Guarantee executed by each of the Guarantors in the form of Exhibit B
hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law,
stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $1,000 (before giving
effect to the capitalization of interest through the interest payment date
immediately following the third anniversary of the Effective Date pursuant to
Section 4.01) and integral multiples thereof; provided that the issuance of
Notes (after giving effect to the issuance of Additional Notes) to each Holder
pursuant to the Plan shall be in a principal amount equal to such Holder's Pro
Rata Share of its Allowed Class 4 Claim(s) multiplied by $15,250,000.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes and the Note Guarantees
shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture, and
the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of
this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound
thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note or Guarantee conflicts
with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture
shall govern and be controlling.
(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in
the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon
and the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached
thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and
without the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached
thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as
shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed
thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented
thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to
reflect exchanges, redemptions and transfers of interests therein in accordance
with this Indenture. 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.
Two Officers of the Company shall sign the Notes for the Company by
manual or facsimile signature. The Company's seal shall be reproduced on the
Notes and may be in facsimile form.
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If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office
at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of
an authorized signatory of the Trustee on the certificate of authentication of
the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been
authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company signed by two
Officers of the Company specifying the date on which the Notes are to be
authenticated and whether the Notes are Definitive Notes or Global Notes (an
"Authentication Order"), authenticate Notes for original issue up to the
aggregate principal amount stated in paragraph 4 of the Notes. The aggregate
principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed such amount
except as provided in Section 2.07 hereof.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the
Company to authenticate Notes. The Company shall pay all reasonable fees payable
to the authenticating agent. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes
whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an
Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar") and an
office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent"). The
Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange.
The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional
paying agents. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrar and the term
"Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any
Paying Agent or Registrar upon prior written notice to the Trustee without
notice to any Holder. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
name and address and any change in the name or address of any Agent not a party
to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as
Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of
its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar except that for purposes
of Articles 3 and 13 and Sections 4.01, 4.10 and 4.15 neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries shall act as Paying Agent.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the
provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent and shall, if required,
incorporate the provisions of the TIA.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") to
act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and
Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of
Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of
principal, or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the
Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such
default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held
by it to the Trustee. The Company at any
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time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon
payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a
Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the
Trustee. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent (subject to Section
2.03), it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of
the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or
reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as
Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05. Holder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee
is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven
Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the
Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Notes, including the aggregate principal amount held by each Holder, and the
Company shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).
Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be
transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary,
by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the
Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary
or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by
the Company for Definitive Notes if (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee
notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as
Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary or (ii)
following the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default or Event of
Default, any Person holding a beneficial interest in a Global Note requests that
the Global Notes should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written
notice to such effect to the Trustee. Upon the occurrence of either of the
preceding events in (i) or (ii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such
names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be
exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and
2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu
of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or
Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form
of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another
Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a); provided, however, that
beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as
provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes.
The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be
effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. No written orders or instructions shall
be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers of
beneficial interests in a Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for
Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note
proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of a Definitive Note, then the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal
amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to
Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
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
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pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and
in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such
beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the
Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests
in Global Notes. A Holder of a Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a
beneficial interest in a Global Note or transfer such Definitive Note to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a
Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or
transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase
or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Global
Notes.
(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. A Holder of Definitive Notes may
transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
Definitive Note.
(f) Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all
Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture in substantially
the following form unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable
provisions of this Indenture.
(i) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
"THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL
OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 9.05 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE,
(III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT
TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO
A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF ASSISTED LIVING
CONCEPTS, INC."
(ii) Note Legend. Each Note shall bear legends in substantially
the following forms:
"DUE TO THE PROVISIONS FOR THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE, THE
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN
ON THE FACE HEREOF. ANYONE PURCHASING THIS NOTE MAY ASCERTAIN THE OUTSTANDING
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT HEREOF BY INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE."
"THIS SECURITY WAS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT UNDER SECTIONS
1272, 1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. YOU MAY
CONTACT THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF ASSISTED LIVING CONCEPTS, INC. AT 00000
XX XXXXX XXXXXX XXXXX, XXXXXXXX X, XXXXXXXX, XXXXXX 00000-0000, TELEPHONE
NUMBER: (000) 000-0000, WHO WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY REQUIRED INFORMATION
REGARDING THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT."
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(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all
beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for
Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or
canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or
retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At
any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note
is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in
the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive
Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be
reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the
Trustee or by the Depositary 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
Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes
and Definitive Notes upon the Company's order or at the Registrar's
request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial
interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Trustee or the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar
governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such
transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or
transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05
hereof).
(iii) The Registrar shall not be required to register the
transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in
part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes
shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt,
and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global
Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer
or exchange.
(v) The Company shall not be required (A) to issue, to register
the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes
for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of
business on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to
exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except
the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part or (C) to
register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and
the next succeeding interest payment date.
(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer
of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent, any Guarantor and the Company may
deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the
absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and
none of the Trustee, any Agent, or Guarantor or the Company shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
(vii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive
Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
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(viii) All certifications and certificates required to be
submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a
registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
Section 2.07. Replacement Notes.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and
the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Note, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee's
requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity
bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the
Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any
authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is
replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and
shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the
Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation,
those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section as
not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not
cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds
the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be
outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section
4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money
sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such
Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue
interest.
Section 2.09. Treasury Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the
Company or any of its Affiliates, shall be considered as though not outstanding,
except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that
the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.10. Temporary Notes.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the
Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order,
shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in
the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company
considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the
Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
After the preparation of Definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be
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exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the
office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose pursuant to Section
4.02 hereof, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of
any one or more temporary Notes, the Company (and the Guarantors) shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange
thereof the same aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized
denominations.
Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of
this Indenture.
Section 2.11. Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any
Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The
Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy
canceled Notes in accordance with its normal practice and applicable law.
Certification of the destruction of all canceled Notes shall be delivered to the
Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has
redeemed or repurchased or paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall
pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful,
interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a
subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes
and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of
the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date
of the proposed payment. The Company shall with the consent of the Trustee fix
or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date, provided
that each such special record date shall be at the earliest practicable date but
in all events shall not be less than five Business Days prior to the related
payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special
record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be
mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related
payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional
redemption provisions of Section 3.07 or is required to redeem Notes pursuant to
Section 4.10, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers' Certificate setting forth
(i) the clause of Section 3.07 pursuant to which the redemption shall occur or
stating that the redemption is pursuant to Section 4.10, (ii) the redemption
date, (iii) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption
price.
Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Repurchased.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an
offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed
or purchased among the Holders of the Notes in compliance with the requirements
of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are
listed or, if the Notes are not so listed, pro rata in accordance with the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes outstanding immediately prior to such
redemption or purchase.
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The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company, the Registrar and the
Paying Agent in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of
any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $1,000 or
whole multiples of $1,000; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be
redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if
not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding
sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption
also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption.
Subject to the provisions of Sections 3.08 and 3.09 hereof, at least 30
days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail
or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each
Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.
The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price;
(c) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal
amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon
surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;
(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent to which the Notes are to
be surrendered for redemption;
(e) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying
Agent to collect the redemption price;
(f) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment,
interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the
redemption date;
(g) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant
to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(h) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of
the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at the Company's expense; provided,
however, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days,
or such shorter period allowed by the Trustee, prior to the redemption date, an
Officers' Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting
forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding
paragraph.
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03
hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the
redemption date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be
conditional. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder
shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.
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Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to 11:00 a.m., Chicago time, not less than one Business Day prior
to the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the
Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued
interest (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date
to receive interest due on the related interest payment date) on all Notes to be
redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to
the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the
Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and
accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed.
If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph,
on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or
the portions of Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after
an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date,
then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name
such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any
Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption
because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph,
interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until
such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on
such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in
Section 4.01 hereof.
Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall
issue and, upon the Company's written request, the Trustee shall authenticate
for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal
amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 3.07. Optional Redemption.
(a) The Company may, at its option at any time after the Effective Date,
redeem all, but not less than all, of the Notes, on at least 30 days' but not
more than 60 days' notice to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed in cash at its
registered address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date;
provided that such optional redemption shall only be permitted if no Senior
Notes remain outstanding or if, concurrently with the redemption of the Notes,
the Company redeems all Senior Notes then outstanding.
(b) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant
to the provisions of Section 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.08. Mandatory Redemption.
Other than as set forth in Section 4.10 below, the Company shall not be
required to make mandatory prepayments with respect to the Notes.
Section 3.09. Offers to Repurchase by the Company.
In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.15(a), Section 4.15(b) or
Section 4.15(c) hereof, the Company shall be required to commence an offer to
all Holders to purchase Notes (an "Offer"), it shall follow the procedures
specified below.
The Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days following
its commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a longer period is
required by applicable law (the "Offer Period"). No
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later than the applicable Repurchase Date, the Company shall purchase the
principal amount of Notes (plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon) required to
be purchased pursuant to Section 4.15(a), 4.15(b) or Section 4.15(c) hereof, as
applicable (the "Offer Amount") or, if less than the Offer Amount has been
tendered, all Notes tendered in response to the Offer.
If the applicable Repurchase Date is on or after an interest record date
and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid
interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the
close of business on such record date, and no additional interest shall be
payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Offer; provided that if the
Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, fail to mail or
deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the
Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase pursuant
to this Section 3.09, interest shall be paid by the Company on the unpaid
principal from such interest record date until such principal is paid and to the
extent lawful on any interest not paid on such interest, in each case at the
rate provided in the Notes.
Upon the commencement of an Offer, the Company shall send, by first
class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a copy to the
Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to
enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Offer. The Offer shall be
made to all Holders. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Offer,
shall state:
(a) that the Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and
Section 4.15(a), Section 4.15(b) or 4.15(c), as applicable, hereof and the
length of time the Offer shall remain open;
(b) in the case of an Offer made pursuant to Section 4.15(a), the event
constituting, and the date of, the Change in Control;
(c) in the case of an Offer made pursuant to Section 4.15(b), the event
constituting, and the date of, the incurrence of Indebtedness;
(d) in the case of an Offer made pursuant to Section 4.15(c), the event
constituting, and date of, the Asset Sale;
(e) the Offer Amount, the Repurchase Price and the Repurchase Date;
(f) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to
accrue interest;
(g) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note
accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer shall cease to accrue interest after
the Repurchase Date;
(h) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Offer
may elect to have Notes purchased in full or in integral multiples of $1,000;
(i) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Offer
shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of
Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, or transfer by
book-entry transfer, to the Company, a depositary, if appointed by the Company,
or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least ten days
before the Repurchase Date;
(j) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Company, the depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not
later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, telex, facsimile
transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal
amount
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of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder
is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;
(k) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by
Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Notes to be
purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed
appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000, or
integral multiples thereof, shall be purchased); and
(l) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued
new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes
surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).
On or before the Repurchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent
lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis in accordance with the principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding (subject to the requirements of the
principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed)
to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered
pursuant to the Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all
Notes tendered, and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the
Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09. The Company, the
Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any
case not later than five days after the Repurchase Date) mail or deliver to each
tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by
such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company shall
promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the
Company shall authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in
a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any
Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the
Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Offer on
or as soon as reasonably practicable following the Repurchase Date.
Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any purchase
pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of
Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
ARTICLE 4.
COVENANTS
Section 4.01. Payment of Notes.
The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the
Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the
date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof,
holds as of noon Eastern Time on the due date, money deposited by the Company in
immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all
principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.
The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to
1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the
extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest
(without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent
lawful.
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Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New
York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate
of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The
Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any
change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or
all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided,
however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the
Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any
change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03.
Section 4.03. Reports.
(a) Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so
long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee and
the Holders of Notes within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and
regulations (i) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be
required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K (or any
successor forms) if the Company were required to file such forms, including a
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations" and, with respect to the annual information only, a report on the
annual financial statements by the Company's certified independent accountants
and (ii) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on
Form 8-K (or any successor forms) if the Company were required to file such
reports. In addition, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of
the SEC, the Company shall file a copy of all such information and reports with
the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the SEC's
rules and regulations (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and make
such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon
request. The Company shall at all times comply with TIA Section 314(a).
(b) If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information
required by Section 4.03(a) shall include a reasonably detailed presentation,
either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and
in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations", of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and
results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company.
Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor is
so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate stating that a review of
the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal
year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to
determining whether each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has kept, observed,
performed and fulfilled its
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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 of the
Company and its Subsidiaries has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each
and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the
performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this
Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing
all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and
what action the Company and its Subsidiaries are taking or propose 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, its nature and status and what action
the Company and its Subsidiaries are taking or propose to take with respect
thereto.
(b) So long as not contrary to the then current recommendations of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the year-end financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.03(a) above shall be accompanied by a
written statement of the Company's independent public accountants (who shall be
a firm of established national reputation) that in making the examination
necessary for certification of such financial statements, nothing has come to
their attention that would lead them to believe that the Company has violated
any provisions of Article 4 or Article 5 hereof or, if any such violation has
occurred, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it being
understood that such accountants shall not be liable directly or indirectly to
any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such violation.
(c) The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding,
deliver to the Trustee, within 10 days of any Officer of the Company or a
Guarantor becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers'
Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default, the period of existence
thereof and what action the Company or such Guarantor is taking or proposes to
take with respect thereto.
(d) In the event that any Indebtedness of the Company that is
contractually subordinated to the Notes is declared due and payable before the
Stated Maturity of such Indebtedness because of the occurrence of an event of
default thereunder, the Company shall give prompt notice in writing of such
happening to the Trustee.
Section 4.05. Taxes.
The Company shall pay, and shall cause each of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to pay or discharge, prior to delinquency, all material taxes,
assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith
and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is
not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it
shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law
that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes in accordance with this
Indenture, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture, and the Company (to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or
advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not, by resort to any
such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to
the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
though no such law has been enacted.
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Section 4.07. Restricted Payments.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly: (a) declare or pay any dividend or make
any other payment or distribution on account of the Company's or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries' Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any
payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect Holders of the
Company's or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries' Equity Interests in their
capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company or payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company); (b) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value
(including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation
involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company held by any Person (other than the Company or any of
its Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries); (c) make any payment on or with
respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for
value any Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Notes or the Note Guarantees,
except a payment of interest or principal and premium, if any, at the Stated
Maturity thereof; or (d) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and
other actions set forth in these clauses (a) through (d) being collectively
referred to as "Restricted Payments"), unless, at the time of and after giving
effect to such Restricted Payment:
(i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;
and
(ii) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment
and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment
had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period,
have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness
pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first
paragraph of Section 4.09 hereof; and
(iii) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate
amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries after the date of this Indenture (excluding
Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the next
succeeding paragraph), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period
(taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of the first fiscal
quarter commencing after the date of this Indenture to the end of the
Company's most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal
financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted
Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a
deficit, less 100% of such deficit), plus (2) 100% of the aggregate net
cash proceeds received by the Company since the date of this Indenture
as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale
of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or
from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock
or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Company that have
been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than
Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a
Subsidiary of the Company), plus (3) (A) to the extent that any
Restricted Investment that was made after the date of this Indenture is
sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash for an amount
in excess of the initial amount of such Restricted Investment, the sum
of (x) 50% of the cash proceeds with respect to such Restricted
Investment in excess of the aggregate amount invested in such Restricted
Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (y) the aggregate
amount invested in such Restricted Investment, and (B) to the extent
that any such Restricted Investment is sold for cash or otherwise
liquidated or repaid in cash for an amount equal to or less than the
initial amount of such Restricted Investment, the cash return of capital
with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of
disposition, if any); provided that the amount of any Net
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Proceeds that are applied to repurchase the Notes pursuant to Section
4.15(c) shall be excluded from this clause (iii) (3) to the extent
otherwise includible; plus (4) 50% of any dividends received by the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture from
an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company, to the extent that such
dividends were not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income of the
Company for such period, plus (5) to the extent that any Unrestricted
Subsidiary of the Company is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary
after the date of this Indenture, the lesser of (x) the fair market
value of the Company's Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of
such redesignation or (y) such fair market value as of the date on which
such Subsidiary was originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused
thereby, the preceding provisions shall not prohibit: (a) the payment of any
dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend, if at the
date of declaration the dividend payment would have complied with the provisions
of this Indenture; (b) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other
acquisition of subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness; (c) the payment of any dividend by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata
basis; and (d) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for
value of any Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company held by any member of the Company's (or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries') management pursuant to any management equity subscription
agreement, stock option agreement or similar agreement; provided that the
aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired
Equity Interests may not exceed $250,000 in any twelve-month period.
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the
fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or
securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment.
The fair market value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued
by this Section 4.07 shall be determined by the Board of Directors in good
faith, whose resolution with respect thereto shall be delivered to the Trustee.
The Board of Directors' determination must be based upon an opinion or appraisal
issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national
standing if the fair market value exceeds $3.0 million. Not later than the date
of making any Restricted Payment, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that such Restricted Payment is permitted and
setting forth the basis upon which the calculations required by this Section
4.07 were computed, together with a copy of any fairness opinion or appraisal
required by this Indenture.
Section 4.08. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become
effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any
Restricted Subsidiary to: (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on
its Capital Stock to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect
to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay
any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (b)
make loans or advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(c) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
However, the preceding restrictions shall not apply to encumbrances or
restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(a) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and Credit Facilities
(including, without limitation, the Xxxxxx Loan Agreement) as in effect on the
date of this Indenture and any amendments,
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modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings,
replacements or refinancings of those agreements, provided that the amendments,
modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings,
replacement or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, with
respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in
those agreements on the date of this Indenture;
(b) this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees;
(c) the Junior Note Indenture, the Junior Notes and the Junior Note
Guarantees;
(d) applicable law;
(e) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person
acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at
the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness or Capital
Stock was incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition),
which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the
properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or
assets of the Person, so acquired, provided that, in the case of Indebtedness,
such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;
(f) customary non-assignment provisions in any contract or licensing
agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with
past practices;
(g) purchase money obligations or Capital Lease Obligations or other
mortgage financings permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (c) of the
second paragraph of Section 4.09 that impose restrictions on that property of
the nature described in clause (c) of the preceding paragraph;
(h) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted
Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending
its sale or other disposition;
(i) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that the restrictions
contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the
agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(j) Liens securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred under
the provisions of Section 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of
the assets subject to such Liens;
(k) provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets
or property in joint venture agreements, assets sale agreements, stock sale
agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of
business; and
(l) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by
customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business.
Section 4.09. Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise
become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to
(collectively, "incur") any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the
Company shall not issue any Disqualified Stock and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that the
Company may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified
Stock, and the Company's Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness or
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issue preferred stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company's most
recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements
are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional
Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued
would have been at least 2.0 to 1, determined on a pro forma basis (including a
pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional
Indebtedness had been incurred or the preferred stock or Disqualified Stock had
been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
The first paragraph of this Section 4.09 shall not prohibit the
incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively,
"Permitted Debt"):
(a) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the
Existing Indebtedness;
(b) the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of Indebtedness
represented by the Notes, the Junior Notes and the related Subsidiary Guarantees
to be issued on the date of this Indenture and the date of the Junior Note
Indenture, respectively, or pursuant to Section 4.21 of this Indenture or
Section 4.21 of the Junior Note Indenture, respectively;
(c) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or
purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing
all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of
property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (c), not to exceed $2.5 million at
any time outstanding;
(d) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of
which are used to refund, refinance or replace Indebtedness (other than
intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by this Indenture to be incurred
under the first paragraph of this Section 4.09 or clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) or
(j) of this paragraph;
(e) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that:
(i) if the Company or any Guarantor is the obligor on such
Indebtedness, such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to the
prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with respect to the
Notes, in the case of the Company, or its Note Guarantee, in the case of
a Guarantor; and
(ii) (1) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests
that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and (2) any sale
or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not
either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall be
deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness
by the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not
permitted by this clause (e);
(f) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
of Hedging Obligations that are incurred for the purpose of fixing or hedging
interest rate risk with respect to any floating rate Indebtedness that is
permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding;
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(g) the Guarantee by the Company or any of the Guarantors of
Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was
permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.09;
(h) the accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original
issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of
additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on
Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of
Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an
issuance of Disqualified Stock for purposes of this Section 4.09; provided, in
each such case, that the amount thereof is included in Fixed Charges of the
Company as accrued;
(i) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to the
extent that the Net Proceeds thereof are promptly:
(i) used to purchase Notes tendered in an offer to purchase made
as a result of a Change in Control, or
(ii) deposited to defease the Notes pursuant to Article 8
hereof.
(j) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
of additional Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) in an aggregate principal
amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (j), not to exceed $5.0 million;
and
(k) the incurrence by the Company's Unrestricted Subsidiaries of
Non-Recourse Debt, provided, however, that if any such Indebtedness ceases to be
Non-Recourse Debt of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such event shall be deemed to
constitute an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company that was not permitted by this clause (k).
The Company shall not incur any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt)
that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness
of the Company unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in
right of payment to the Notes on substantially identical terms; provided,
however, that no Indebtedness of the Company shall be deemed to be contractually
subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company solely
by virtue of being unsecured.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the
event that an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one
of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (a) through (k) above,
or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section
4.09, the Company shall be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on
the date of its incurrence, or later reclassify all or a portion of such item of
Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09.
Section 4.10. Asset Sales of Note Collateral.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit its Restricted Subsidiaries
to, make an Asset Sale of assets or rights constituting Note Collateral unless:
(a) except in the case of an Asset Sale of a Designated Asset, the
amount of the gross proceeds of such Asset Sale equals or exceeds the total
Release Price relating to the Note Collateral which is the subject of such Asset
Sale, and
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(b) the ratio of the aggregate fair market value of the Note Collateral
after giving effect to such Asset Sale to the aggregate principal amount of the
Indebtedness under the Notes and the Junior Notes, after giving effect to the
mandatory redemption required by the immediately following paragraph is not less
than 1.6:1.0.
If on any date the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall receive
Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale of Note Collateral, then within 10 days after
the receipt of such Net Proceeds, the Company, subject to the provisions of
Article 10, shall deliver to the Trustee for deposit in an interest bearing cash
collateral account held by the Paying Agent and pledged for the benefit of the
Holders of Notes and the holders of Senior Notes an amount sufficient to allow
the Trustee, on behalf of the Company, to redeem a principal amount of Notes
equal to such Net Proceeds, pro rata in accordance with the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes (subject to the requirements of the principal
national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed), at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with
accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes.
At any time as the aggregate Net Proceeds of all Asset Sales of Note
Collateral equals or exceeds $1.0 million, the Company shall deliver on the date
of the deposit causing such threshold to be reached the notice required by
Section 3.01. The redemption shall take place in accordance with Sections 3.01
to 3.06 hereof.
Section 4.11. Transactions with Affiliates.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or
assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract,
agreement, understanding, loan, advance or Guarantee with, or for the benefit
of, any Affiliate (each, an "Affiliate Transaction"), unless:
(a) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to
the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have
been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
(b) the Company delivers to the Trustee:
(i) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in
excess of $1.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth
in an Officers' Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction
complies with this covenant and that such Affiliate Transaction has been
approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of
Directors; and
(ii) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in
excess of $2.5 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the Holders of
such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by an
accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing.
The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions
and, therefore, shall not be subject to the provisions of the prior paragraph:
(a) any employment agreement that is in effect on the date of this
Indenture or that is entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the past
practice of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary;
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(b) transactions between or among the Company and/or its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(c) payment of reasonable directors fees to Persons who are not
otherwise Affiliates of the Company;
(d) sales of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) to
Affiliates of the Company;
(e) Restricted Payments that are permitted by Section 4.07;
(f) advances to Officers of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company in the ordinary course of business to provide for the payment of
reasonable expenses incurred by such Persons in the performance of their
responsibilities to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or in connection
with any relocation;
(g) reasonable fees and compensation (including, without limitation,
bonuses, retirement plans and securities, equity options and equity ownership
plans) paid or issued to and indemnities provided on behalf of, Officers,
directors, employees or consultants of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
in the ordinary course of business; and
(h) any other transactions expressly authorized by the Court pursuant to
the Plan or any order entered by the Court in respect thereof.
Section 4.12. Liens.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to
directly or indirectly (a) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of
any kind securing Indebtedness, Attributable Debt or trade payables on any asset
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries now owned or hereafter acquired or on
any income or profits therefrom, or (b) assign or convey any right to receive
income therefrom, securing Indebtedness, Attributable Debt or trade payables,
except in each case for Permitted Liens.
Section 4.13. Line of Business.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, engage in any business other than the Permitted Business, except to such
extent as would not be material to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
taken as a whole.
Section 4.14. Corporate Existence.
Subject to the provisions of Section 5.1, the Company shall do or cause
to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:
(a) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other
existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in accordance with the
respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to
time) of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary, and
(b) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the
corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no
longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not
adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
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Section 4.15. Offers to Repurchase by the Company.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company occurring
after the date of issuance of the Notes and on or prior to maturity, subject to
the provisions of Article 10, the Company shall make an offer to each Holder (a
"Change in Control Offer") to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an
integral multiple thereof) of each Holder's Notes on the date, which must be a
Business Day (the "Change in Control Repurchase Date") that is selected by the
Company (subject to compliance with the minimum Offer Period specified in
Section 3.09) that is not more than 60 days after the date the Company gives
notice of the Change in Control at a price (the "Change in Control Repurchase
Price") equal to 101.0% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued
and unpaid interest to the Change in Control Repurchase Date. Not less than one
Business Day prior to the Change in Control Repurchase Date, the Company shall
be required to deposit with the Trustee or a Paying Agent an amount of money
sufficient to pay the Change in Control Repurchase Price of the Notes that are
to be repaid on the Change in Control Repurchase Date. On or before the 15th day
after the last date on which, in accordance with the Senior Note Indenture,
holders of Senior Notes are permitted to deliver written notice of exercise of
their right to require the Company to repurchase the Senior Notes pursuant to
Section 4.15(a) of the Senior Note Indenture upon a Change in Control, the
Company shall mail to all Holders the information and documentation required to
be provided pursuant to Section 3.09. The Company shall comply with any
applicable requirements of Rules 13e-4 and 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and
regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes in
connection with a Change in Control and shall be deemed not to have breached its
obligations under this Section 4.15(a) as a result of such compliance. To the
extent that the aggregate amount of Notes tendered pursuant to a Change in
Control Offer is less than the aggregate Net Proceeds included in such Change in
Control Offer, the Company may use such deficiency for any purpose not
prohibited under this Junior Note Indenture.
Prior to complying with this Section 4.15(a), but in any event within 90
days following a Change in Control, the Company shall either (1) repay all
outstanding Senior Indebtedness (other than the Senior Notes) and offer to
repurchase all outstanding Senior Notes in accordance with the terms of the
Senior Note Indenture or (2) obtain the requisite consents, if any, under all
agreements governing outstanding Senior Indebtedness to permit the repurchase of
the Notes required by this Section 4.15(a).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15(a), the
Company shall not be required to make a Change in Control Offer upon a Change in
Control if a third party makes the Change in Control Offer in the manner, at the
times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this
Section 4.15(a) and Section 3.09 hereof and all other provisions of this
Indenture applicable to a Change in Control Offer made by the Company and
purchases all Senior Notes and all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn
under the change in control offer required to be made under the Senior Note
Indenture and under such Change in Control Offer.
(b) In the event that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall
receive Net Proceeds from an incurrence of Indebtedness (other than Excluded
Indebtedness) occurring after the date of issuance of the Notes and on or prior
to maturity, the Company, subject to the provisions of Article 10, shall offer
to (a "Debt Incurrence Offer") repurchase the Notes, pro rata in accordance with
the outstanding principal amount of the Notes (subject to the requirements of
the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are
listed), with such Net Proceeds, at a repurchase price (the "Debt Incurrence
Repurchase Price") equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with
accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes. The repurchase date (the "Debt
Incurrence Repurchase Date") shall be a date, which must be a Business Day
selected by the Company (subject to compliance with the minimum Offer Period
specified in Section 3.09) that is not more than 60 days after the date the
Company gives notice of such incurrence of Indebtedness. Not less than one
Business Day prior to the Debt Incurrence
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Repurchase Date, the Company shall be required to deposit with the Trustee or a
Paying Agent an amount of money sufficient to pay the Debt Incurrence Repurchase
Price of the Notes that are to be repaid on the Debt Incurrence Repurchase Date.
On or before the 15th day after the last date on which, in accordance with the
Senior Note Indenture, holders of Senior Notes are permitted to deliver written
notice of exercise of their right to require the Company to repurchase the
Senior Notes pursuant to Section 4.15(b) of the Senior Note Indenture upon an
incurrence of Indebtedness, the Company is obligated to mail to all Holders the
information and documentation required to be provided pursuant to Section 3.09.
The Company shall comply with any applicable requirements of Rules 13e-4 and
14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection
with the repurchase of Notes in connection with an Incurrence of Indebtedness
and shall be deemed not to have breached its obligations under this Section
4.15(b) as a result of such compliance. To the extent that the aggregate amount
of Notes tendered pursuant to a Debt Incurrence Offer is less than the aggregate
Net Proceeds included in such Debt Incurrence Offer, the Company (or such
Restricted Subsidiary) may use such deficiency for any purpose not otherwise
prohibited by this Indenture.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company
shall not be required to make a Debt Incurrence Offer until such time as the
aggregate Net Proceeds of all Asset Sales of assets or rights that do not
constitute Note Collateral and the Net Proceeds of all incurrences of
Indebtedness, in each case that are required to be used to offer to repurchase
Senior Notes pursuant to the Senior Note Indenture or Notes pursuant to Sections
4.15(b) and 4.15(c), since (1) the date of this Indenture, in the case of the
initial offer to repurchase Notes, or (2) the date of the immediately preceding
offer to repurchase Notes, in the case of any subsequent offer to repurchase
Notes, equals or exceeds $3.0 million; provided, that prior to such repurchase,
such Net Proceeds shall be deposited in an interest bearing cash collateral
account held by the Paying Agent and pledged for the benefit of the Holders of
Notes and the holders of Junior Notes.
(c) In the event that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall
receive Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale of assets or rights that do not
constitute Note Collateral occurring after the date of issuance of the Notes and
on or prior to maturity, the Company, subject to the provisions of Article 10,
shall offer (an "Asset Sale Offer") to repurchase the Notes, pro rata in
accordance with the outstanding principal amount of the Notes (subject to the
requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the
Notes are listed), with such Net Proceeds, at a repurchase price (the "Asset
Sale Repurchase Price") equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together
with accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes. The repurchase date (the "Asset
Sale Repurchase Date") shall be the date, which must be a Business Day, selected
by the Company (subject to compliance with the minimum Offer Period specified in
Section 3.09) that is not more than 60 days after the date the Company gives
notice of such Asset Sale. Not less than one Business Day prior to the Asset
Sale Repurchase Date, the Company shall be required to deposit with the Trustee
or a Paying Agent an amount of money sufficient to pay the Asset Sale Repurchase
Price of the Notes that are to be repaid on the Asset Sale Repurchase Date. On
or before the 15th day after the last date on which, in accordance with the
Senior Note Indenture, holders of the Senior Notes are permitted to deliver
written notice of their exercise right to require the Company to repurchase
Senior Notes pursuant to Section 4.15(c) of the Senior Note Indenture upon such
Asset Sale, the Company is obligated to mail to all Holders the information and
documentation required to be provided pursuant to Section 3.09. The Company
shall comply with any applicable requirements of Rules 13e-4 and 14e-1 under the
Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the
extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of Notes in connection with an Asset Sale and shall be deemed not to
have breached its obligations under this Section 4.15(c) as a result of such
compliance. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes tendered pursuant
to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the aggregate Net Proceeds included in such
Asset Sale Offer, the Company
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(or such Restricted Subsidiary) may use such deficiency for any purpose not
otherwise prohibited by this Indenture.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company
shall not be required to make an Asset Sale Offer until such time as the
aggregate Net Proceeds of all Asset Sales of assets or rights that do not
constitute Note Collateral and the Net Proceeds of all incurrences of
Indebtedness, in each case that are required to be used to offer to repurchase
Senior Notes pursuant to the Senior Note Indenture or Notes pursuant to Sections
4.15(b) and 4.15(c), since (1) the date of this Indenture, in the case of the
initial offer to repurchase Notes, or (2) the date of the immediately preceding
offer to repurchase Notes, in the case of any subsequent offer to repurchase
Notes, equals or exceeds $3.0 million; provided, that prior to such repurchase,
such Net Proceeds shall be deposited in an interest bearing account held by the
Paying Agent and pledged for the benefit of the Holders of Notes and the holders
of Junior Notes.
Section 4.16. Insurance.
The Company shall, and shall cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
maintain insurance with responsible carriers against such risks and in such
amounts as is customarily carried by similar businesses with such deductibles,
retentions, self insured amounts and coinsurance provisions as are customarily
carried by similar businesses of similar size, and shall furnish to the Trustee,
upon reasonable written request, full information as to the insurance carried.
Section 4.17. Maintenance of Property.
The Company shall, and shall cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to keep
all property and systems useful and necessary in its business or the business of
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is included in the Note Collateral in
good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and supplied
with all necessary equipment.
Section 4.18. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction; provided that
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into a sale and leaseback
transaction if:
(a) the assets subject to such sale and leaseback transaction are Xxxxxx
Collateral and are not Note Collateral and the Net Proceeds thereof are applied
as Net Proceeds of an incurrence of Indebtedness in accordance with Section
4.15(b), or
(b) each of the following conditions is satisfied:
(i) the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable,
could have (a) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the
Attributable Debt relating to such sale and leaseback transaction
pursuant to Section 4.09 and (b) incurred a Lien to secure such
Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.12;
(ii) the gross cash proceeds of that sale and leaseback
transaction are at least equal to the fair market value, as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and set forth in
an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the property that
is the subject of that sale and leaseback transaction;
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(iii) the rental payments of the Company or that Restricted
Subsidiary, as applicable, under the leaseback arrangement provide for
rental payments in each 12 month period of the lease that are
substantially equal; and
(iv) the transfer of assets in that sale and leaseback
transaction is permitted by, and the Company or that Restricted
Subsidiary applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with
Section 4.10 or Section 4.15(c) as applicable.
Section 4.19. Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Equity Interests in Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, transfer, convey, sell, lease or
otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests in any Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company to any Person (other than the Company or a Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company), unless:
(a) such transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition is of
all the Equity Interests in such Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary; and
(b) the Net Proceeds from such transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or
other disposition are applied in accordance with Section 4.15(c).
In addition, the Company shall not permit any Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company to issue any of its Equity Interests (other than, if
necessary, shares of its Capital Stock constituting directors' qualifying
shares) to any Person other than to the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company.
Section 4.20. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted
Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause
a Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, the aggregate fair market value of all outstanding Investments owned
by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary properly
designated shall be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the
designation and shall reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under
the first paragraph of Section 4.07 or Permitted Investments, as determined by
the Company. That designation shall only be permitted if the Investment would be
permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the
definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may redesignate
any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if the redesignation
would not cause a Default.
Section 4.21. Additional Subsidiary Note Guarantees.
If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires or creates
another Domestic Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary after the date of
this Indenture or properly designates a Domestic Subsidiary as a Restricted
Subsidiary and, in each case, that Domestic Subsidiary becomes party to one or
more Collateral Documents granting a security interest in Note Collateral in
favor of the Collateral Agent, then that newly acquired or created or designated
Domestic Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor and execute and deliver:
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(a) a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Domestic Subsidiary
shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company's obligations under the Notes
and this Indenture on the terms set forth in this Indenture;
(b) any Collateral Documents necessary or reasonably requested by the
Collateral Agent to grant the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Holders of
Notes and the holders of Junior Notes a valid, enforceable, perfected security
interest in the Note Collateral described therein; and
(c) an Opinion of Counsel that such supplemental indenture has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by such Domestic Subsidiary and constitutes a
legally valid and binding and enforceable obligation of such Domestic
Subsidiary,
each reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee within 10 Business Days of the date
on which it was acquired or created or designated.
Thereafter, such Domestic Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor for all
purposes of this Indenture. This covenant shall not apply to any Subsidiaries
that have been properly designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries in accordance
with Section 4.20 for as long as they continue to constitute Unrestricted
Subsidiaries or to any Restricted Subsidiaries that are not party to one or more
Collateral Documents granting a security interest in Note Collateral in favor of
the Collateral Agent.
Section 4.22. No Amendment to Certain Provisions of the Junior Note Indenture.
Without the consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Senior Notes then outstanding, the Company shall not
amend, modify or alter this Indenture in any way to:
(a) increase the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on
any Notes;
(b) increase the principal or premium, if any, of, or advance the final
maturity date of, any Notes;
(c) alter the redemption provisions or the price or terms at which the
Company is required to offer to purchase any Notes; or
(d) amend Article 10 of this Indenture.
Section 4.23. No Senior Subordinated Debt.
The Company shall not incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or
otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in
right of payment to any Senior Indebtedness of the Company and senior in any
respect in right of payment to the Notes. No Guarantor shall incur, create,
issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is
subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Senior Indebtedness of such
Guarantor and senior in any respect in right of payment to such Guarantor's Note
Guarantee.
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ARTICLE 5.
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation or the Transfer of All or Substantially All
of the Assets of the Company.
The Company may not, in a single transaction or through a series of
related transactions, consolidate with or merge into, or transfer all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, to, another Person in any transaction in which the Company is
not the continuing or surviving entity, unless:
(a) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person is a corporation which
assumes by supplemental indenture, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the
obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration
Rights Agreement or is a reorganization within the meaning of Section
368(a)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, and this Indenture remains in full
force and effect;
(b) such corporation is organized and existing under the laws of the
United States, a State thereof or the District of Columbia although it in turn
may be owned by a foreign entity;
(c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Officers'
Certificate referred to in clause (e) of this Section 5.01 reflects that such
Officers are not aware of any such Default or Event of Default that shall have
occurred and be continuing;
(d) each Restricted Subsidiary of the Company immediately prior to the
transaction shall be a Restricted Subsidiary of the resulting, surviving or
transferee Person immediately following the transaction, and the transaction
shall not indirectly effect any change, transfer, borrowing or Lien that would
have been prohibited by this Indenture if done by the Company or any Subsidiary
independent of such transaction or would have caused a Default under this
Indenture if done independent of such transaction; provided, that nothing in
this clause (d) shall prohibit the Company from designating any Restricted
Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.20; and
(e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation,
merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with the preceding
paragraph:
(a) the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which
the Company is merged or to which such transfer is made shall succeed to, and
shall be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company
under this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement with the same effect
as if such successor corporation has been named as the Company in this Indenture
and the Registration Rights Agreement;
(b) the Company shall thereupon be relieved of any further obligation or
liability hereunder or upon the Notes; and
(c) the Company as the predecessor corporation may thereupon or at any
time thereafter be dissolved, wound up or liquidated.
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Such successor corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may
issue either in its own name or in the name of Assisted Living Concepts, Inc.,
any or all of the Notes issuable under this Indenture which theretofore shall
not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. Upon the order
of such successor corporation, instead of the Company, and subject to all the
terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture, the Trustee shall
authenticate and shall deliver any Notes which previously shall have been signed
and delivered by Officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and
any Notes which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed
and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Notes so issued shall in
all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the
Notes theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture as though all such Notes had been issued at the date of execution of
this Indenture.
Section 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer,
lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof, the successor corporation
formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date
of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the
provisions of this Indenture referring to the "Company" shall refer instead to
the successor corporation and not to the Company), and may exercise every right
and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor Person had been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that
the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the
principal of and interest on the Notes except in the case of a sale, assignment,
transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all of the Company's assets that
meets the requirements of Section 5.01 hereof.
ARTICLE 6.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01. Events of Default.
An "Event of Default" occurs if:
(a) the Company defaults in the payment when due of interest on the
Notes and such default continues for a period of 30 days whether or not
prohibited by Article 10;
(b) the Company defaults in the payment when due of principal of or
premium, if any, on the Notes when the same becomes due and payable at maturity,
upon redemption (including in connection with an offer to purchase) or otherwise
whether or not prohibited by Article 10;
(c) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries fail to comply
with any of the provisions of Section 4.10, 4.15 or 5.01 hereof;
(d) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary fails to observe or perform
any other covenant, representation, warranty or other agreement in this
Indenture or the Notes for 60 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or
the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
(including the Additional Notes, if any) then outstanding;
(e) a default occurs under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under
which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any
Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Guarantors (but not
including any indebtedness or obligation for which recourse is
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limited to the property purchased), whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now
exists, or is created after the date of this Indenture, which default results in
the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity and, in each
case, the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal
amount of any other such Indebtedness the maturity of which has been so
accelerated, aggregates $5.0 million or more and such Indebtedness is not paid
or such acceleration is not annulled within 10 days after written notice to the
Company of such acceleration;
(f) a final judgment or final judgments for the payment of money are
entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction against the Company or
any of the Guarantors and such judgment or judgments remain undischarged for a
period (during which execution shall not be effectively stayed) of 60 days,
provided that the aggregate of all such undischarged judgments exceeds $2.0
million;
(g) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to or
within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case,
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in
an involuntary case,
(iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for
all or substantially all of its property,
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors,
(v) admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as the same
become due; or
(vi) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or
(h) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under
any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in an involuntary case;
(ii) appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of the property
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.
Section 6.02. Acceleration.
If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
clause (g) or (h) of Section 6.01 hereof with respect to the Company, any
Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or
the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Upon any such
declaration, the Notes shall become due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in clause (g) or (h) of Section
6.01 hereof occurs with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, all outstanding Notes shall be due and payable immediately without
further action or notice. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice
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to the Trustee may on behalf of all of the Holders rescind an acceleration and
its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or
decree and if all existing Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal,
interest or premium that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have
been cured or waived.
Section 6.03. Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue
any available remedy (under this Indenture or otherwise) to collect the payment
of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the
performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of
the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission
by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy
accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are
cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of
all of the Notes waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences hereunder, except (i) a continuing Default or Event of Default in
the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes
(including in connection with an offer to purchase) or (ii) with respect to any
covenant or provision of this Indenture which cannot be modified or amended
without the consent of the Holders of each outstanding Note affected, (provided,
however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences,
including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration).
Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose
of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05. Control by Majority.
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for
exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power
conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that
conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly
prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the
Trustee in personal liability.
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits.
A Holder of a Note may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture,
the Notes, the Note Guarantees or the Collateral Documents only if:
(a) the Holder of a Note gives to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(c) such Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes offer and, if requested,
provide to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against
any loss, liability or expense;
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(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after
receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of
indemnity; and
(e) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction
inconsistent with the request.
A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Holder of a Note.
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any
Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest
on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note
(including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be
impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder; provided that a Holder
shall not have the right to institute any such suit for the enforcement of
payment if and to the extent that the institution or prosecution thereof or the
entry of judgment therein would, under applicable law, result in the surrender,
impairment, waiver or loss of the Lien of this Indenture upon any property
subject to such Lien.
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as
trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of
principal of, premium, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and
interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the compensation to the Trustee
and its agents for all services rendered by them hereunder as shall have been
agreed upon in writing from time to time among the Trustee or such agents, as
the case may be, and the Company and the costs and expenses of collection,
including the reasonable documented expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel).
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers
or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable documented expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee (including reasonable compensation and
the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel) and the
Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall
be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such
judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to
the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to
it for the reasonable documented expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee (including reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel), and any other amounts due the Trustee
under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out
of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of
the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all
distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the
Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or
under any plan of reorganization
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or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to
authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of
any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10. Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article, it shall pay
out the money in accordance with the requirements of the Intercreditor
Agreements and to the extent received in accordance therewith for distribution
hereunder in the following order:
First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due
under Section 7.07 hereof, including, to the extent permitted
thereunder, payment of all compensation, reasonable documented expenses
and disbursements incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and
the reasonable costs and expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the
Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and
payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest,
respectively;
Third: without duplication, to Holders of Notes for any other
Obligations (other than contingent reimbursement, indemnification or
contribution Obligations) then owing to the Holders of the Notes under
the Notes or this Indenture; and
Fourth: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent
jurisdiction shall direct.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in the event of a conflict
between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreements and the mandatory
provisions of the TIA, upon qualification of this Indenture under the TIA, the
TIA shall control, and distributions shall be made in the order, and to the
Persons specified under, the TIA.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Holders of Notes 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 a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party
litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the
court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party
litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a
Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more
than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
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ARTICLE 7.
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee
shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and
use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own
affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the
express provisions of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and
the Collateral Documents, and the Trustee need perform only those duties
that are specifically set forth in this Indenture, the Intercreditor
Agreements and the Collateral Documents and no others, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture, the
Intercreditor Agreements and the Collateral Documents against the
Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness
of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions
furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Collateral Documents.
However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to
determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Collateral Documents.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of
this Section;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that
the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction
received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs
(a), (b), and (c) of this Section.
(e) No provision of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or the
Collateral Documents shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds
or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of its rights and powers under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or
the Collateral Documents at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder shall
have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it
against any loss, liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received
by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in
trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
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Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be
liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on
such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with
counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall
be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of
any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
reliance thereon.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not
be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due
care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or
powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, the
Intercreditor Agreements or the Collateral Documents, any demand, request,
direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer
of the Company, on behalf of the Company.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements or
the Collateral Documents at the request or direction of any of the Holders
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by
it in compliance with such request or direction.
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner
or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However,
in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must
eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to
continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and
duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
Section 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as
to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be
accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money
paid to the Company or upon the Company's direction under any provision of this
Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money
received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be
responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or
any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this
Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
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Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is
known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the
Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case
of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a
committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding
the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.
Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the
date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee
shall mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting
date that complies with TIA Section 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA
Section 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting
date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA
Section 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as
required by TIA Section 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes
shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on
which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA Section 313(d). The Company
shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock
exchange.
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation
as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for its
acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustee's compensation
shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express
trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all
reasonable documented expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee
(including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel).
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses,
liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the
costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company (including
this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by
the Company or any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with
the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to
the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Trustee shall notify the
Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the
Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its
obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall
cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company
shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not
pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.07 shall survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section, the Company
hereby grants to the Trustee a security interest on all money or property held
or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal,
interest and premium, if any, on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the
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satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture; provided that such Lien shall be
automatically released upon the payment in full of all amounts payable to the
Trustee pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 7.07 and of all other
amounts then due and payable pursuant to the second paragraph of this Section
7.07.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or (h) hereof occurs, the expenses and the
compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and
counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any
Bankruptcy Law.
The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 313(b)(2) to
the extent applicable.
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor
Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's acceptance of
appointment as provided in this Section.
The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the
trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so
notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the
Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for
relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(c) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a
successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or
the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a
Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such 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. Thereupon, the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property
held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, provided all sums owing to the
Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section
7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section
7.08, the Company's obligations
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under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring
Trustee, and the Company shall pay to any such replaced or removed Trustee all
amounts owed to such replaced or removed Trustee under Section 7.07 upon such
replacement or removal.
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all
or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another bank or
corporation, the successor bank or corporation without any further act shall be
the successor Trustee.
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or
of any state thereof or of the District of Columbia that is authorized under
such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state or the District of Columbia authorities and that
has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100.0 million (or $70.0 million,
in the case of BNY Midwest Trust Company) as set forth in its most recent
published annual report of condition.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to
TIA Section 310(b).
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
The provisions of TIA Section 311 shall apply to the Company as obligor on the
Notes.
ARTICLE 8.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a
resolution set forth in an Officers' Certificate, at any time, elect to have
either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon
compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.
Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option
applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company and the Guarantors shall, subject
to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be
deemed to have been discharged from their respective obligations with respect to
all outstanding Notes and the Note Guarantees on the date the conditions set
forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "Legal Defeasance"). For this purpose,
Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors shall be deemed to
have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding
Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for the
purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture
referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other
obligations under such Notes, Note Guarantees and this Indenture (and the
Trustee, on written demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions
which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the
rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund
described
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in Section 8.04 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 Company's obligations with respect to such Notes
under Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.10 and 4.02 hereof, (c) the rights, powers, trusts,
duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company's and the
Guarantors' obligations in connection therewith and (d) the Legal Defeasance
provisions under this Article 8. Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the
Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the
prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.
Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option
applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and the Guarantors shall, subject
to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be
released from their respective obligations under the covenants contained in
Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19,
4.20, 4.21 and 4.22 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after
the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter,
"Covenant Defeasance"), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not
"outstanding" for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration
or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such
covenants, but shall continue to be deemed "outstanding" for all other purposes
hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding
for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with
respect to the outstanding Notes, the Company and its Subsidiaries (including
the Xxxxxx Debtor Subsidiaries) may omit to comply with and shall have no
liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such
covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere
herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant
to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to
comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01
hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such
Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company's exercise
under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 hereof,
subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof,
Sections 6.01(c) through 6.01(f) hereof shall not constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of either
Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof to the outstanding Notes:
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for
the benefit of the Holders, cash in United States dollars, non-callable
Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable
redemption date, as the case may be; and the Company must specify whether the
Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;
(b) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (A) the Company has
received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a
ruling or (B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the
applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based
thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the
outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the
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same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal
Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the
outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting
from the incurrence of Indebtedness all or a portion of the proceeds of which
will be used to defease the Notes pursuant to this Article 8 concurrently with
such incurrence) or in the case of Legal Defeasance, insofar as Events of
Default under Sections 6.01(g) or 6.01(h) hereof are concerned, at any time in
the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;
(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or
instrument (other than this Indenture or the Junior Note Indenture) to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is bound;
(f) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (which may be subject to customary exceptions)
to the effect that, assuming no intervening bankruptcy of the Company or any of
the Guarantors between the date of deposit and the 91st day following the
deposit and assuming that no holder of Notes is an "insider" of the Company
under applicable Bankruptcy Law, after the 91st day following the deposit, the
trust funds shall not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally;
(g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent
of preferring the Holders over any other creditors of the Company or with the
intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of
the Company or other Persons;
(h) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant
Defeasance have been complied with; and
(i) no order or judgment shall prohibit the application by the Trustee
of the funds deposited to effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Insofar as Events of Default of the type specified in clauses (c), (d)
or (e) of Section 6.01 are concerned, if any such event occurs at any time in
the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit which would
constitute an Event of Default had Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance not
occurred, then the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this
Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as
though no such deposit had occurred.
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Section 8.05. Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government
Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other
qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the
"Trustee") pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes
shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the
provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to
become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but
such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government
Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and
interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other
charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the
Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided
in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section
8.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required
to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06. Repayment to Company.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal, and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look
only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or
such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the
Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the
Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment,
may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in The New York
Times (national edition) and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice
that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein,
which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid
to the Company.
Section 8.07. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States
dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or
8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court
or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, or if any event occurs at any time in the period ending on the 91st
day after the date of deposit pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof which event would
constitute an Event of Default under Section 6.01(g) or (h) had Legal Defeasance
or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, not occurred, then the Company's and
the Guarantors' obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived
and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or
8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply
all such money in accordance with Section
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8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company
makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note
following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the
money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 9.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Note
Guarantees, the Notes or the Collateral Documents without the consent of any
Holder of a Note:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of
certificated Notes or to alter the provisions of Article 2 hereof (including the
related definitions) in a manner that does not materially adversely affect any
Holder;
(c) to provide for the assumption of the Company's or a Guarantor's
obligations to the Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Company pursuant
to Article 5 or Article 11 hereof;
(d) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or
benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal
rights hereunder of any Holder of the Notes;
(e) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(f) to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental Indenture and/or a
Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes; provided that the interests of the
Holders would not be adversely affected thereby;
(g) to allow any Guarantor or Xxxxxx Debtor Subsidiary to enter into any
additional Collateral Document; provided that the interests of the Holders would
not be adversely affected thereby; or
(h) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with
the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the date hereof.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board
of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section
7.02(b) hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in
the execution of any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted
by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements
and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be
obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture that affects its
own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders of Notes.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company and the
Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including Section 3.08, 3.09,
4.10 and 4.15 hereof), the Note Guarantees, the
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Notes and the Collateral Documents with the consent of the Holders of at least
66-2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including Additional Notes,
if any) then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a
tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to
Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other
than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an
acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this
Indenture, the Note Guarantees, the Notes or the Collateral Documents may be
waived with the consent of the Holders of at least 66-2/3% in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if
any) (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange
offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08 hereof shall determine which
Notes are considered to be "outstanding" for purposes of this Section 9.02.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board
of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the
Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by
the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02(b) hereof, the Trustee
shall join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental
Indenture unless such amended or supplemental Indenture, by its express terms,
directly affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but
shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under
this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or
waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance
thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section becomes
effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a
notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of
the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in
any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of
not less than 66-2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including
Additional Notes) then outstanding may waive compliance in a particular instance
by the Company with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes, the Note
Guarantees or the Collateral Documents. However, without the consent of each
Holder affected, an amendment waiver or supplement under this Section 9.02 may
not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to
an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or
alter or waive any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes
except as provided above with respect to Sections 3.08, 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15
hereof;
(c) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest,
including default interest, on any Note;
(d) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of
or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes (except a rescission of
acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes) and
a waiver of the payment Default that resulted from such acceleration);
(e) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;
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(f) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to
waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments
of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes;
(g) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 hereof or in the foregoing
amendment and waiver provisions;
(h) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note
Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture; or
(i) waive a redemption payment required to be made, or offered to be
made, by the Company pursuant to Sections 4.10 or 4.15.
In addition, any amendment to, or waiver of, Article 10 of this
Indenture that adversely affects the rights of the Holders of the Notes shall
require the consent of the Holders of 100% in aggregate principal amount of
Notes then outstanding.
Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall be
set forth in a amended or supplemental Indenture that complies with the TIA as
then in effect.
Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to
it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and
every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same
debt as the consenting Holder's Note, even if notation of the consent is not
made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a
Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written
notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes
effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance
with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
The Company may fix a record date for determining which Holders must
consent to such supplemental indenture, amendment or waiver. If the Company
fixes a record date, the record date shall be fixed at (i) the later of 30 days
prior to the first solicitation of such consent or the date of the most recent
list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation pursuant to
Section 2.05, or (ii) such other date as the Company shall designate.
Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment,
supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in
exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment,
supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not
affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
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Section 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized
pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely
affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company
may not sign an amendment or supplemental Indenture until the Board of Directors
approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee
shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section
14.04 hereof, an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that
the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE 10.
SUBORDINATION
Section 10.01. Agreement to Subordinate.
The Company agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that the
Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes and each Note Guarantee is subordinated in
right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article 10,
to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company and the
Guarantors, respectively (whether outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter
created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed), and that the subordination is for the
benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
Section 10.02. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.
Upon any distribution to creditors of the Company or a Guarantor in a
liquidation or dissolution of the Company or a Guarantor or in a bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the
Company or its property or a Guarantor or its property, in an assignment for the
benefit of creditors or any marshaling of the Company's or a Guarantor's assets
and liabilities:
(i) holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive
payment in full of all Obligations due in respect of such Senior
Indebtedness (including interest after the commencement of any such
proceeding at the rate specified in the applicable Senior Indebtedness)
before Holders of the Notes shall be entitled to receive any payment
with respect to the Notes or the Note Guarantees (except that Holders
may receive and retain (A) Permitted Junior Securities and (B) payments
and other distributions made from any defeasance trust created pursuant
to Section 8.01 hereof); and
(ii) until all Obligations with respect to Senior Indebtedness
(as provided in clause (i) above) are paid in full, any distribution to
which Holders would be entitled but for this Article 10 shall be made to
holders of Senior Indebtedness (except that Holders of Notes may receive
(A) Permitted Junior Securities and (B) payments and other distributions
made from any defeasance trust created pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof),
as their interests may appear.
Section 10.03. Default on Senior Indebtedness.
(a) The Company and the Guarantors may not make any payment or
distribution to the Trustee or any Holder in respect of Obligations with respect
to the Notes and the Note Guarantees and may not acquire from the Trustee or any
Holder any Notes for cash or property (other than (A) Permitted Junior
Securities and (B) payments and other distributions made from any defeasance
trust created
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pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof) until all principal and other Obligations with
respect to the Senior Indebtedness have been paid in full if:
(i) a default in the payment of any principal or other
Obligations with respect to Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing
beyond any applicable grace period in the agreement, indenture or other
document governing such Senior Indebtedness; or
(ii) a default, other than a default under clause (i), on Senior
Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that then permits holders of the
Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee receives
a Payment Blockage Notice from a Person who may give it pursuant to
Section 10.11 hereof. If the Trustee receives any such Payment Blockage
Notice, no subsequent Payment Blockage Notice shall be effective for
purposes of this Section unless and until (A) at least 360 days shall
have elapsed since the effectiveness of the immediately prior Payment
Blockage Notice and (B) all scheduled payments of principal, premium, if
any, and interest on the Notes that have come due have been paid in full
in cash. No nonpayment default that existed or was continuing on the
date of delivery of any Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee shall be,
or be made, the basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage Notice unless
such default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less
than 90 days.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors may and shall resume payments on and
distributions in respect of the Notes, and the Note Guarantees and the Company
may acquire the Notes upon the earlier of:
(i) in the case of a default referred to in clause (i) of
Section 10.03(a) hereof, the date upon which the default is cured or
waived, or
(ii) in the case of a default referred to in clause (ii) of
Section 10.03(a) hereof, upon the earlier of the date which such default
is cured or waived or 181 days after the Payment Blockage Notice was
received if the maturity of such Senior Indebtedness has not been
accelerated,
if this Article 10 otherwise permits the payment, distribution or acquisition at
the time of such payment or acquisition.
Section 10.04. Acceleration of Securities.
If payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default,
the Company shall promptly notify holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
acceleration.
Section 10.05. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.
In the event that the Trustee or any Holder receives any payment of any
Obligations with respect to the Notes or under a Note Guarantee at a time when
the Trustee or such Holder, as applicable, has actual knowledge that such
payment is prohibited by Section 10.03 hereof, such payment shall be held by the
Trustee or such Holder, in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid forthwith
over and delivered, upon written request, to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness
as their interests may appear or their Representative under the indenture or
other agreement (if any) pursuant to which Senior Indebtedness may have been
issued or incurred, as their respective interests may appear, for application to
the payment of all Obligations with respect to Senior Indebtedness remaining
unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Obligations in full in accordance
with their terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution
to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
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With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee
undertakes to perform only such obligations on the part of the Trustee as are
specifically set forth in this Article 10, and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe
any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and shall not be
liable to any such holders if the Trustee shall pay over or distribute to or on
behalf of Holders or the Company or any other Person money or assets to which
any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article
10, except if such payment is made as a result of the willful misconduct or
negligence of the Trustee.
Section 10.06. Notice by Company.
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent of
any facts known to the Company that would cause a payment of any Obligations
with respect to the Notes to violate this Article 10, but failure to give such
notice shall not affect the subordination of the Notes and the Note Guarantees
to the Senior Indebtedness as provided in this Article 10.
Section 10.07. Subrogation.
After all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full and until the Notes are
paid in full, Holders of Notes shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with all
other Indebtedness pari passu with the Notes) to the rights of holders of Senior
Indebtedness to receive distributions applicable to Senior Indebtedness to the
extent that distributions otherwise payable to the Holders of Notes have been
applied to the payment of Senior Indebtedness. A distribution made under this
Article 10 to holders of Senior Indebtedness that otherwise would have been made
to Holders of Notes is not, as between the Company and Holders, a payment by the
Company on the Notes.
Section 10.08. Relative Rights.
This Article 10 defines the relative rights of Holders of Notes and
holders of Senior Indebtedness. Nothing in this Indenture shall:
(i) impair, as between the Company and Holders of Notes, the
obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
principal of and interest or premium, if any, on the Notes in accordance
with their terms;
(ii) impair, as between the Guarantors and Holders of Notes, the
obligation of the Guarantors, which is absolute and unconditional, to
pay all amounts required to be paid under the Note Guarantees;
(iii) affect the relative rights of Holders of Notes and
creditors of the Company other than their rights in relation to holders
of Senior Indebtedness; or
(iv) prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Notes from exercising
its available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default, subject to
the rights of holders and owners of Senior Indebtedness to receive
distributions and payments otherwise payable to Holders of Notes.
If the Company fails because of this Article 10 to pay principal of or
interest or premium, if any, on a Note on the due date, the failure is still a
Default or Event of Default.
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Section 10.09. Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company.
No right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness to enforce the
subordination of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes or the Note Guarantees
shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by the Company, any Guarantor or
any Holder or by the failure of the Company, any Guarantor or any Holder to
comply with this Indenture.
Section 10.10. Distribution or Notice to Representative.
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of
Senior Indebtedness, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their
Representative.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in
this Article 10, the Trustee and the Holders of Notes shall be entitled to rely
upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction or upon any
certificate of such Representative or of the liquidating trustee or agent or
other Person making any distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders of Notes
for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such
distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of
the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid
or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article
10.
Section 10.11. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 10 or any other provision
of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the
existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment or
distribution by the Trustee, and the Trustee and the Paying Agent may continue
to make payments on the Notes, unless the Trustee shall have received at its
Corporate Trust Office at least five Business Days prior to the date of such
payment written notice of facts that would cause the payment of any Obligations
with respect to the Notes or the Note Guarantees to violate this Article 10.
Only the Company or a Representative may give the notice. Nothing in this
Article 10 shall impair the claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or
pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior
Indebtedness with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any
Agent may do the same with like rights.
Section 10.12. Authorization to Effect Subordination.
Each Holder of Notes, by the Holder's acceptance thereof, authorizes and
directs the Trustee on such Holder's behalf to take such action as may be
necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this
Article 10, and appoints the Trustee to act as such Holder's attorney-in-fact
for any and all such purposes. If the Trustee does not file a proper proof of
claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding referred to in
Section 6.09 hereof at least 30 days before the expiration of the time to file
such claim, the Representatives are hereby authorized to file an appropriate
claim for and on behalf of the Holders of the Notes.
Section 10.13. Amendments.
The provisions of this Article 10 shall not be amended or modified
without the written consent of the holders of all Senior Indebtedness.
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ARTICLE 11.
COLLATERAL AND SECURITY
Section 11.01. Collateral Documents.
The due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest and
premium, if any, on the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable,
whether on an interest payment date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase,
redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest
and premium (to the extent permitted by law), if any, on the Notes and
performance of all other obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to the
Holders of Notes or the Trustee under this Indenture and the Notes, according to
the terms hereunder or thereunder, shall be secured as provided in the
Collateral Documents which the Company, the Guarantors and the Xxxxxx Debtor
Subsidiaries have entered into simultaneously with the execution of this
Indenture and which are listed on Exhibit D hereto. Each Holder of Notes, by its
acceptance thereof, consents and agrees to the terms of the Collateral Documents
(including, without limitation, the provisions providing for foreclosure and
release of Note Collateral) as the same may be in effect or may be amended from
time to time in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents and
authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to enter into the Collateral
Documents and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in
accordance therewith. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee copies of all
documents delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral
Documents, and shall do or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be
necessary or proper, or as may be required by the provisions of the Collateral
Documents or as may be reasonably requested in writing by the Trustee, to assure
and confirm to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent the security interest in the
Note Collateral contemplated hereby and by the Collateral Documents or any part
thereof, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available
(subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements) for the security and
benefit of this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees secured by the
Collateral Documents, according to the intent and purposes therein expressed.
Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, the Company shall take, or
shall cause its Restricted Subsidiaries that are party to one or more Collateral
Documents to take, upon request of the Trustee, any and all actions reasonably
required to cause the Collateral Documents to create and maintain, as security
for the Obligations of the Company hereunder and of the Guarantors under their
Guarantees, a valid and enforceable perfected Lien in and on all the Note
Collateral, in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders of
Notes with the priority required under the Collateral Documents, subject to
Permitted Liens.
Section 11.02. Recording and Opinions.
(a) The Company and the Guarantors shall furnish to the Trustee
simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Indenture an Opinion of
Counsel either (i) stating that in the opinion of such counsel all action has
been taken with respect to the recording, registering and filing of this
Indenture, financing statements or other instruments necessary to make effective
the Lien intended to be created by the Collateral Documents and reciting with
respect to the security interests in the Collateral, the details of such action,
or (ii) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is
necessary to make such Lien effective (or an Opinion of Counsel substantially to
the effect of subparagraphs (i) and (ii) above, taking into account the
governing law of such Opinion of Counsel).
(b) The Company and the Guarantors shall furnish to the Trustee and the
Collateral Agent within 10 days following December 31 in each year beginning
with December 31, 2002, an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of the date such opinion
is furnished, either (i) (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all
action has been taken with respect to the recording, registering, filing,
re-recording, re-registering and refiling of all supplemental indentures,
financing statements, continuation statements or other instruments of further
assurance as is necessary to maintain the Lien of the Collateral Documents
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and reciting with respect to the security interests in the Collateral the
details of such action or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such
details are given, or (ii) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such
action is necessary to maintain such Lien.
(c) The Company shall otherwise comply with the provisions of TIA
Section 314(b).
Section 11.03. Release of Note Collateral.
(a) Subject to subsections (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 11.03, upon
a sale of any Note Collateral in accordance with Section 4.10 hereof and
application of the Net Proceeds of such sale to repay the Notes in accordance
with the terms of Section 4.10, the Collateral Agent shall release the security
interests in favor of the Collateral Agent in the Note Collateral sold;
provided, that such Net Proceeds have been or shall be applied in accordance
with this Indenture and the Junior Note Indenture; provided further that, prior
to the application of such Net Proceeds, such Net Proceeds shall be deposited in
an interest bearing cash collateral account held by the Paying Agent and pledged
for the benefit of the Holders of Notes and the holders of Junior Notes.
(b) Subject to subsections (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 11.03, upon
a repurchase by the Company (other than with the proceeds of an Asset Sale) of
all or some of the Notes or Junior Notes or both, in each case in accordance
with the provisions of this Indenture or the Junior Note Indenture or both, as
applicable, the Collateral Agent shall release the security interests in such
Note Collateral as the Company shall identify in writing to the Collateral
Agent, provided that: (1) no Note Collateral shall be released pursuant to this
provision until the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased in
accordance with this Indenture and the Junior Note Indenture exceeds $10.0
million; (2) the ratio of the aggregate fair market value of the Note Collateral
after giving effect to such release of Note Collateral to the aggregate
principal amount of the Indebtedness under the Notes and the Junior Notes after
giving effect to such repurchase is not less than 1.6:1.0; and (3) the
Collateral Agent shall have received from the Company an Officer's Certificate
that such repurchase has been or shall be effected in accordance with this
Indenture or the Junior Note Indenture or both, as applicable. For purposes of
this Section 11.03, the fair market value of any property included in the Note
Collateral so released shall not be less than the greater of (x) the product of
6.5 multiplied by the EBITDA of such real property for the period of two fiscal
quarters of the Company ending immediately prior to the date on which such Note
Collateral is released multiplied by 2.0, and (y) the product of $10,000
multiplied by the number of units in such real property. The number of units in
each assisted living facility included in the Note Collateral is set forth on
Exhibit E hereto.
(c) No Note Collateral shall be released from the Lien and security
interest created by the Collateral Documents pursuant to the provisions of the
Collateral Documents unless there shall have been delivered to the Collateral
Agent the certificates required by this Section 11.03 and by Section 11.04 and
11.05 hereof.
(d) At any time when a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing and the maturity of the Notes shall have been accelerated
(whether by declaration or otherwise) and the Trustee shall have delivered a
notice of acceleration to the Collateral Agent, no release of Note Collateral
pursuant to the provisions of the Collateral Documents shall be effective as
against the Holders of Notes or the Trustee.
(e) The release of any Note Collateral from the terms of this Indenture
and the Collateral Documents shall not be deemed to impair the security under
this Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof if and to the extent
the Note Collateral is released pursuant to the terms of the Collateral
Documents and this Indenture. To the extent applicable, the Company shall cause
TIA Section 313(b), relating
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to reports, and TIA Section 314(d), relating to the release of property or
securities from the Lien and security interest of the Collateral Documents and
this Indenture and relating to the substitution therefor of any property or
securities to be subjected to the Lien and security interest of the Collateral
Documents and this Indenture, to be complied with. Any certificate or opinion
required by TIA Section 314(d) may be made by an Officer of the Company except
in cases where TIA Section 314(d) requires that such certificate or opinion be
made by an independent Person, which Person shall be an independent engineer,
appraiser, accountant or other expert selected or approved by the Trustee and
the Collateral Agent in the exercise of reasonable care.
Section 11.04. Certificates of the Company.
The Company and the Guarantors shall furnish to the Trustee and the
Collateral Agent, prior to each proposed release of Note Collateral pursuant to
the Collateral Documents, (i) all documents required by TIA Section 314(d) and
the Collateral Documents and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel, which may be rendered
by internal counsel to the Company to the effect that such accompanying
documents constitute all documents required by TIA Section 314(d). The Trustee
may, to the extent permitted by Sections 7.01 and 7.02 hereof, accept as
conclusive evidence of compliance with the foregoing provisions the appropriate
statements contained in such documents.
Section 11.05. Certificates of the Trustee.
In the event that the Company or the Guarantors wish to release Note
Collateral in accordance with the Collateral Documents and have delivered the
certificates and documents required by the Collateral Documents and Sections
11.03 and 11.04 hereof, the Trustee shall determine whether it has received all
documentation required by TIA Section 314(d) in connection with such release
and, based on such determination and the Opinion of Counsel delivered pursuant
to Section 11.04(ii), shall deliver a certificate to the Collateral Agent
setting forth such determination.
Section 11.06. Authorization of Actions to Be Taken by the Trustee Under the
Collateral Documents.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 and 7.02 hereof and the
provisions of the Collateral Documents, the Trustee may in the case of an
ongoing Event of Default, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the
Holders of Notes subject to Section 6.05, direct, on behalf of the Holders of
Notes, the Collateral Agent to, take all actions it deems necessary or
appropriate in order to (a) enforce any of the terms of the Collateral Documents
and (b) collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of the
Obligations of the Company and the Guarantors hereunder. The Trustee shall have
power to institute and maintain such suits and proceedings as it may deem
expedient to prevent any impairment of the Note Collateral by any acts that may
be unlawful or in violation of the Collateral Documents or this Indenture, and
such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may deem expedient to preserve or
protect its interests and the interests of the Holders of Notes in the Note
Collateral (including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to
restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other
governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise
invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order
would impair the security interest hereunder or be prejudicial to the interests
of the Holders of Notes or of the Trustee).
Section 11.07. Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the
Collateral Documents.
The Trustee is authorized and required to receive any funds for the
benefit of the Holders of Notes distributed under the Collateral Documents, and
to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders of Notes according to
the provisions of this Indenture and the Collateral Documents.
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Section 11.08. Termination of Security Interest.
Upon the payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent
reimbursement, indemnification and contribution Obligations) of the Company
under this Indenture and the Notes, or upon Legal Defeasance, the Trustee shall,
at the request of the Company, deliver a certificate to the Collateral Agent
stating that such Obligations have been paid in full, and instruct the
Collateral Agent to release the Liens pursuant to this Indenture and the
Collateral Documents to the extent such Liens secure the Obligations of the
Company under this Indenture or the Obligations of the Guarantors under their
Guarantees.
ARTICLE 12.
NOTE GUARANTEES
Section 12.01. Guarantee.
Subject to this Article 12, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and
severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns,
irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or
the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: (a) the principal
of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes will be promptly paid in full
when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and
interest on the overdue principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the
Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the
Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or
performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case
of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other
obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in
accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount
so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the
Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same within one
Business Day following written demand. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a
guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder shall be
unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the
Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any
waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions
hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action
to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor (other than a defense of
payment of the Obligations guaranteed). Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of
insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first
against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant
that this Note Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance
of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to
return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or
other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the
Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full
force and effect.
Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of
subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed
hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each
Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and
the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be
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accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Note
Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing
such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in
the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in
Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall
forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Note
Guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any
non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the
rights of the Holders under this Note Guarantee.
Section 12.02. Subordination of Note Guarantee.
The Obligations of each Guarantor under its Note Guarantee pursuant to
this Article 12 shall be junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of
such Guarantor on the same basis as the Notes are junior and subordinated to
Senior Indebtedness of the Company. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence,
the Trustee and the Holders shall have the right to receive and/or retain
payments by any of the Guarantors only at such times as they may receive and/or
retain payments in respect of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture, including
Article 10 hereof.
Section 12.03. Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby
confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of
such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes
of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent
Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any
Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders
and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such
Guarantor will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other
contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such
laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive
contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in
respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 12, result
in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 12.04. Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee.
To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 12.01, each
Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Note Guarantee substantially in
the form included in Exhibit B shall be endorsed by an Officer of such Guarantor
on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture
shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by its President or one of its
Vice Presidents.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in
Section 12.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure
to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.
If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Note
Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the
Note on which a Note Guarantee is endorsed, the Note Guarantee shall be valid
nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication
thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth
in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
In the event that the Company creates or acquires any new Subsidiaries
subsequent to the date of this Indenture, if required by Section 4.21 hereof,
the Company shall cause such Subsidiaries to execute
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supplemental Indentures to this Indenture and Note Guarantees in accordance with
Section 4.21 hereof and this Article 12, to the extent applicable.
Section 12.05. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 12.06, no Guarantor may
consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the
surviving Person) another Person whether or not affiliated with such Guarantor
unless:
(a) subject to Section 12.06 hereof, the Person formed by or surviving
any such consolidation or merger (if other than a Guarantor or the Company)
unconditionally assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor, pursuant to a
supplemental Indenture in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, under the Notes, this Indenture, the Note Guarantee and the Collateral
Documents on the terms set forth herein or therein; and
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or
Event of Default exists.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon
the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental Indenture, executed and
delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note
Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of
the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor,
such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with
the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor
Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Note Guarantees to be
endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not
have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Note
Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit
under this Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Note
Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding
clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the
Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the
Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the
property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the
Company or another Guarantor.
Section 12.06. Releases Following Sale of Assets.
(a) The Note Guarantee of a Guarantor shall be released and the
Guarantor relieved of any obligation under its Note Guarantee:
(i) in the event of any sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor (including by way of
merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before or after
giving effect to such transaction) a Subsidiary of the Company, so long
as such sale or other disposition complies with Sections 4.10 and
4.15(c) of this Indenture;
(ii) in the event of any sale of all of the Capital Stock of
such Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving
effect to such transaction) a Subsidiary of the Company, so long as such
sale complies with Section 4.15(c) of this Indenture;
(iii) in the event the Company designates any Restricted
Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in
accordance with Section 4.20 of this Indenture; or
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(iv) at such time, if any, as such Guarantor ceases to be party
to any of the Collateral Documents or all of the security interests
granted by such Guarantor in Note Collateral are released in accordance
with this Indenture or the Collateral Documents.
(b) Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or other
disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture, including without limitation Sections 4.10 and 4.15 hereof, the
Trustee shall execute any documents required or reasonably requested and
prepared by the Company or such Guarantor in order to evidence the release of
any Guarantor from its obligations under its Note Guarantee.
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee
shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest and
premium, if any, on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor
under this Indenture as provided in this Article 12.
ARTICLE 13.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 13.01. Satisfaction and Discharge.
This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect
as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:
(1) either:
(a) all Notes that have been authenticated (except lost, stolen or
destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for
whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and
thereafter repaid to the Company) have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation; or
(b) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making
of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and
payable within one year and the Company or any Guarantor has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders,
cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a
combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient
without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay
and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any,
and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;
(2) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on
the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and
such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute
a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any
Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;
(3) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums
payable by it under this Indenture; and
(4) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under
this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the
Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.
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In addition, the Company shall deliver an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction
and discharge have been satisfied.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if
money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of
clause (1) of this Section, the provisions of Section 13.02 and Section 8.06
shall survive.
Section 13.02. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 13.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in
accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment,
either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its
own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto,
of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money
has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or
Government Securities in accordance with Section 13.01 by reason of any legal
proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental
authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the
Company's and any Guarantor's obligations under this Indenture and the Notes
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
Section 13.01; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of
its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of
such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held
by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 14.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
the duties imposed by TIA Section 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.
Section 14.02. Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee
to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by
first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex,
telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the
others' address:
If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:
Assisted Living Concepts, Inc.
00000 XX Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000-0000
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Attention: General Counsel
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to:
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
000 Xxxx 0xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier No. (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx, Esq.
If to the Trustee:
BNY Midwest Trust Company
0 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
With a copy to:
Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxx, Xx., Esq.
The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others may
designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall
be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally
delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage
prepaid, if mailed (provided, however, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have
received such mail until it is received at its address set forth above); when
answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the
next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class
mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept
by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any
Person described in TIA Section 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall
not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above
within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee
receives it (except as set forth above).
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail
a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
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Section 14.03. Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other
Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The
Company, the Guarantors, the Xxxxxx Debtor Subsidiaries, the Trustee, the
Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
Section 14.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers' Certificate in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in
Section 14.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all
conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 14.05
hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions
precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Section 14.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided
pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA
Section 314(e) and shall include:
(c) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has
read such covenant or condition;
(d) 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;
(e) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
satisfied; and
(f) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person,
such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
Section 14.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of
Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set
reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 14.07. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees,
Stockholders and Agents.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator,
stockholder or agent of the Company, any Guarantor or any Xxxxxx Debtor
Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the
Company, such Guarantor or such Xxxxxx Debtor Subsidiary under the Notes, the
Note Guarantees, this Indenture or the Collateral Documents or for any claim
based on, in respect of, or by
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reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for issuance of the Notes.
Section 14.08. Governing Law.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO
CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT
TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION
OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 14.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or
debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any
such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this
Indenture.
Section 14.10. Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind
its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its
successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture shall bind its
successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 12.06.
Section 14.11. Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 14.12. Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture (including
by facsimile). Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together
represent the same agreement.
Section 14.13. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the
Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in
no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
[Signatures on following pages]
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SIGNATURES
Dated as of ________, 200[1]
ASSISTED LIVING CONCEPTS, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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Name:
Title:
CARRIAGE HOUSE ASSISTED LIVING, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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Name:
Title:
HOME AND COMMUNITY CARE, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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Name:
Title:
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ALC INDIANA, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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Name:
Title:
BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
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[Face of Note]
CUSIP/CINS___________
10% Senior Secured Notes due 20[11]
No. _________ $_________
ASSISTED LIVING CONCEPTS, INC.
promises to pay to______________________________________________________________
or registered assigns,
the principal sum of $15,250,000, less any principal amount, if any, then
subject to the Reserve (as defined in the Plan), plus any amounts of interest
that are capitalized in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Note on
______________, 20[11].
Interest Payment Dates: [________] 1 and [________] 1
Record Dates: [________] 15 and [________] 15
Dated: ________________ , ________
ASSISTED LIVING CONCEPTS, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
(SEAL)
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:
BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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[Back of Note]
Junior Secured Notes due 20[11]
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the
Indenture]
DUE TO THE PROVISIONS FOR THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE, THE
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN
ON THE FACE HEREOF. ANYONE PURCHASING THIS NOTE MAY ASCERTAIN THE OUTSTANDING
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT HEREOF BY INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE.
THIS SECURITY WAS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT UNDER SECTIONS
1272, 1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. YOU MAY
CONTACT THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF ASSISTED LIVING CONCEPTS, INC. AT 00000
XX XXXXX XXXXXX XXXXX, XXXXXXXX X, XXXXXXXX, XXXXXX 00000-0000, TELEPHONE
NUMBER: (000) 000-0000, WHO WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY REQUIRED INFORMATION
REGARDING THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT.
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them
in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1. INTEREST. Assisted Living Concepts, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note (i)
until the interest payment date immediately preceding the third anniversary of
the Effective Date by capitalizing and adding the interest to the principal
amount of the Notes at 8.0% per annum, compounded semiannually in arrears, and
(ii) from and after the interest payment date immediately preceding the third
anniversary of the Effective Date at 12.0% per annum until maturity. The Company
will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on [ ] 1 and [ ] 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 date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid,
from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the
payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date
referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date,
interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided,
further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be [ ] 1, 200[2]. The
Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding
under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to
time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in
effect; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest
(without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at
the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except
defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the
close of business on the [ ] 15 or [ ] 15 next preceding the Interest Payment
Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before
such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture
with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal,
premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for such purpose within the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the
Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their
addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by
wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to
principal of and interest, premium, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other
Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the
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Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of
the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, BNY Midwest Trust Company, the
Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company
may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The
Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
4. INDENTURE AND COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS. The Company issued the Notes
under an Indenture dated as of , 200[1] ("Indenture") among the Company, the
Guarantors signatories thereto and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include
those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference
to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code Sections
77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred
to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any
provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture,
the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are
secured obligations of the Company limited in aggregate principal amount to
$15,250,000, plus the amount of any interest that is capitalized in accordance
with paragraph 1 of this Note. The Notes are secured by a grant of a security
interest in the Note Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents referred to
in the Indenture.
5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
The Company may, at its option at any time after the Effective Date,
redeem all, but not less than all, of the Notes, on at least 30 days' but not
more than 60 days' notice to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed in cash at its
registered address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.
6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION.
(a) If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary consummates any Asset
Sales of assets or rights that constitute Note Collateral, then within 10 days
after the receipt of such Net Proceeds, the Company, subject to the provisions
of Article 10 of the Indenture, shall deliver to the Trustee for a deposit in an
interest bearing cash collateral account held by the Paying Agent and pledged
for the benefit of the Holders of Notes and the holders of Senior Notes an
amount sufficient to allow the Trustee, on behalf of the Company, to redeem a
principal amount of Notes equal to such Net Proceeds, pro rata in accordance
with the outstanding principal amount of the Notes (subject to the requirements
of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are
listed), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof
together with accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes.
(b) At any time as the aggregate Net Proceeds of all Asset Sales of Note
Collateral equals or exceeds $1.0 million, the Company shall deliver on the date
of the deposit causing such threshold to be reached the notice required by
Section 3.01 of the Indenture. The redemption shall take place in accordance
with Sections 3.01 to 3.06 of the Indenture.
7. REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDER.
(a) If there is a Change in Control, subject to the provisions of
Article 10 of the Indenture, the Company shall be required to make an offer (a
"Change in Control Offer") to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an
integral multiple thereof) of each Holder's Notes at a purchase price equal to
101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, if any, to the date of purchase the ("Change in Control Repurchase
Price"). Within 15 days after the last date on which, in
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accordance with the Senior Note Indenture, holders of Senior Notes are permitted
to deliver written notice of exercise of their right to require the Company to
repurchase the Senior Notes pursuant to the Senior Note Indenture upon any
Change in Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder setting forth
the procedures governing the Change in Control Offer as required by the
Indenture. Prior to complying with this Section 7, but in any event within 90
days following a Change in Control, the Company shall either (1) repay all
outstanding Senior Indebtedness (other than the Senior Notes) and offer to
repurchase all outstanding Senior Notes in accordance with the terms of the
Senior Note Indenture or (2) obtain the requisite consents, if any, under all
agreements governing outstanding Senior Indebtedness to permit the repurchase of
the Notes required by this Section 7. To the extent that the aggregate amount of
Notes tendered pursuant to a Change in Control Offer is less than the Net
Proceeds included in such Change in Control Offer, the Company may use such
deficiency for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. Holders of
Notes that are subject to a Change in Control Offer will receive a Change in
Control Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect
to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled "Option of Holder
to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Notes.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture or this
Section 7, the Company shall not be required to make a Change in Control Offer
upon a Change in Control if a third party makes the Change in Control Offer in
the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set
forth in the Indenture applicable to a Change in Control Offer made by the
Company and purchases all Senior Notes and all Notes validly tendered and not
withdrawn under the change in control offer required to be made under the Senior
Note Indenture and under the Change in Control Offer.
(b) If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary receives Net Proceeds from
an incurrence of Indebtedness (other than Excluded Indebtedness), subject to the
provisions of Article 10 of the Indenture, the Company shall be required to make
an offer (a "Debt Incurrence Offer") to repurchase all or any part (equal to
$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of each Holder's Notes at a purchase
price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (the "Debt Incurrence
Repurchase Price"). Within 15 days after the last date on which, in accordance
with the Senior Note Indenture, holders of Senior Notes are permitted to deliver
written notice of exercise of their right to require the Company to repurchase
the Senior Notes pursuant to the Senior Note Indenture upon an incurrence of
Indebtedness, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the
procedures governing the Debt Incurrence Offer as required by the Indenture. To
the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes tendered pursuant to a Debt
Incurrence Offer is less than the aggregate Net Proceeds included in such Debt
Incurrence Offer, the Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary) may use such
deficiency for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the
aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the
amount of such Net Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased
pro rata in accordance with the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
Holders of Notes that are the subject of a Debt Incurrence Offer will receive a
Debt Incurrence Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and
may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled "Option
of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Notes.
(c) If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary consummates any Asset
Sales of assets or rights that do not constitute Note Collateral, subject to the
provisions of Article 10 of the Indenture, the Company shall be required to make
an offer (an "Asset Sale Offer") to repurchase the maximum principal amount of
Notes that may be purchased out of the Net Proceeds at an offer price equal to
100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, if any, to the date of purchase (the "Asset Sale Repurchase Price") in
accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. Within 15 days after
the last date on which, in accordance with the Senior Note Indenture, holders of
the Senior Notes are permitted to deliver written notice of their exercise right
to require the
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Company to repurchase Senior Notes upon such Asset Sale pursuant to the Senior
Note Indenture, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the
procedures governing the Asset Sale Offer as required by the Indenture. To the
extent that the aggregate amount of Notes tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale
Offer is less than the aggregate Net Proceeds included in such Asset Sale Offer,
the Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary) may use such deficiency for any
purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal
amount of Notes surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the amount of such Net
Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased pro rata in
accordance with the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Holders of
Notes that are the subject of an Asset Sale Offer will receive an Asset Sale
Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have
such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect
Purchase" on the reverse of the Notes.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture or herein,
the Company shall not be required to make a Debt Incurrence Offer or an Asset
Sale Offer until such time as the aggregate Net Proceeds of all Asset Sales of
assets or rights that do not constitute Note Collateral and the Net Proceeds of
all incurrences of Indebtedness, in each case that are required to be used to
offer to repurchase Senior Notes pursuant to the Senior Note Indenture or Notes
pursuant to Sections 7(b) and 7(c) above, since (1) the date of the Indenture,
in the case of the initial offer to repurchase Notes, or (2) the date of the
immediately preceding offer to repurchase Notes, in the case of any subsequent
offer to repurchase Notes, equals or exceeds $3.0 million; provided, that prior
to such repurchase, such Net Proceeds shall be deposited in an interest bearing
cash collateral account pledged for the benefit of the Holders of Notes and the
holders of Junior Notes.
8. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30
days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose
Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in denominations
larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of
$1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and
after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof
called for redemption.
9. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 (before giving effect to the
capitalization of interest through the interest payment date immediately
following the third anniversary of the Effective Date pursuant to paragraph 1 of
this Note) and integral multiples of $1,000; provided that the issuance of Notes
(after giving effect to the issuance of Additional Notes) to each Holder
pursuant to the Plan shall be in a principal amount equal to such Holder's Pro
Rata Share of its Allowed Class Claim(s) multiplied by $15,250,000. The transfer
of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the
Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other
things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the
Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or
permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the
transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for
the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company
need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days
before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record
date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
10. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be
treated as its owner for all purposes.
11. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the
Indenture, the Note Guarantees, the Notes and the Collateral Documents may be
amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of not less than 66-2/3%
in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including
Additional Notes, if any), and any existing default or compliance with any
provision of
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the Indenture, the Note Guarantees, the Notes or the Collateral Documents may be
waived with the consent of the Holders of not less than 66-2/3% in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if
any). Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture, the Note
Guarantees, the Notes or the Collateral Documents may be amended or supplemented
to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated
Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the
assumption of the Company's or Guarantor's obligations to Holders of the Notes
in case of a merger or consolidation, to make any change that would provide any
additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not
adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to
comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, to allow any
Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture to the Indenture and/or a Note
Guarantee with respect to the Notes provided that the interests of the Holders
would not be adversely affected thereby, to allow any Guarantor or Xxxxxx Debtor
Subsidiary to enter into additional Collateral Documents, provided that the
interests of the Holders would not be adversely affected thereby, or to provide
for the issuance of Additional Notes, in accordance with the limitations set
forth in the Indenture. Any amendment to, or waiver of, Article 10 of the
Indenture that adversely affects the rights of the holders of the Notes shall
require the consent of the holders of 100% in aggregate principal amount of
Notes then outstanding.
12. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (i) default for 30
days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes whether or not prohibited
by Article 10 of the Indenture; (ii) default in payment when due of principal of
or premium, if any, on the Notes when the same becomes due and payable at
maturity, upon redemption (including in connection with an offer to purchase) or
otherwise whether or not prohibited by Article 10 of the Indenture, (iii)
failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with
Section 4.10, 4.15 or 5.01 of the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after notice to the Company by the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes
(including Additional Notes, if any) then outstanding to comply with certain
other agreements in the Indenture or the Notes; (v) default under certain other
agreements relating to Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness for which
recourse is limited to the property purchased) of the Company or any Guarantor
which default results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its
express maturity, if the principal amount of any accelerated Indebtedness
aggregates $5.0 million or more and such Indebtedness is not paid or such
acceleration is not annulled within 10 days after written notice to the Company
of such acceleration; (vi) certain final judgments for the payment of money that
remain undischarged for a period of 60 days; or (vii) certain events of
bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or
the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
may declare all the Notes to be due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or
insolvency, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further
action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture, the Notes, the Note
Guarantees or the Collateral Documents, except as provided in the Indenture.
Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or
power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any
continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default
relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on
behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of
Default and its consequences under the Indenture except (i) a continuing Default
or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, or
premium, if any, on the Notes; or (ii) an Event of Default with respect to any
covenant or provision of the Indenture which cannot be waived without the
consent of the Holders of each Note affected thereby. The Company is required to
deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the
Indenture, and the Company is required upon
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becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a
statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
13. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any
other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services
for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or
its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
14. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director,
officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, of the Company, any Guarantor or
any Xxxxxx Debtor Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any
obligations of the Company, such Guarantor or such Xxxxxx Debtor Subsidiary
under the Notes, the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Collateral Documents
or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or
their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance
of the Notes.
15. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by
the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
16. ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a
Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (=
tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act).
17. CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the
Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused
CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers
in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made
as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without
charge a copy of the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Collateral Documents. Requests may be made to:
Assisted Living Concepts, Inc.
00000 XX Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
18. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF GLOBAL NOTES AND DEFINITIVE NOTES.
In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture,
certain Holders of Global Notes and Definitive Notes shall have all the rights
set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the Effective Date,
among the Company and the parties named on the signature pages thereof (the
"Registration Rights Agreement").
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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 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:
Section 4.15(a) Section 4.15(b) Section 4.15(c)
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.15(a), Section 4.15(b) or Section 4.15(c) of the
Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
$________________
Date:______________________
Your Signature:____________________________
(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the face of
this Note)
Tax Identification No.:____________________
Signature Guarantee*:__________________________
* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in
another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another
Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been
made:
Amount of Amount of Principal Amount Signature of
decrease in increase in of this Global authorized
Principal Amount Principal Amount Note following officer of
of of such decrease Trustee or Note
Date of Exchange this Global Note this Global Note (or increase) Custodian
---------------- ---------------- ---------------- --------------- ---------------
* This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE]
For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor
Person under the Indenture) has, jointly and severally, unconditionally
guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the
provisions in the Indenture dated as of , 20[11] (the "Indenture") among
Assisted Living Concepts, Inc., the Guarantors listed on Schedule I thereto and
BNY Midwest Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"), (a) the due and punctual
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes (as
defined in the Indenture), whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or
otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal and
premium, and, to the extent permitted by law, interest, and the due and punctual
performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the
Trustee all in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and (b) in case of any
extension of time of 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, whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the
Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Note Guarantee and the
Indenture are expressly set forth in Articles 10 and 12 of the Indenture and
reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Note
Guarantee. Each Holder of a Note, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall
be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee, on behalf
of such Holder, to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to
effectuate the subordination as provided in the Indenture and (c) appoints the
Trustee attorney-in-fact of such Holder for such purpose; provided, however,
that the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note Guarantee shall cease to be so
subordinated and subject in right of payment upon any defeasance of this Note in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
[NAME OF GUARANTOR(S)]
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this "Supplemental Indenture"), dated as of
______________, among _________________ (the "Guaranteeing Subsidiary"), a
subsidiary of Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. (or its permitted successor), a
Nevada corporation (the "Company"), the Company, the other Guarantors (as
defined in this Indenture referred to herein) and ______________, as trustee
under the Indenture referred to below (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantors have heretofore executed and
delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the "Indenture"), dated as of
___________, 200__ providing for the issuance of an aggregate original principal
amount of up to $15,250,000 of Junior Secured Notes due 20[11] (the "Notes");
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental
indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally
guarantee all of the Company's Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on
the terms and conditions set forth herein (the "Note Guarantee"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is
authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary, the Company, the other Guarantors (as defined in the
Indenture) and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable
benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees as
follows:
(a) Along with all Guarantors named in the Indenture, to jointly
and severally guarantee to each Holder of a Note authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and
assigns, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or
thereunder, that:
(i) the principal of and interest and premium, if any,
on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at
maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest
and Premium, if any, on the overdue principal of and interest on
the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the
Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder
will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance
with the terms hereof and thereof; and
(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same
will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in
accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether
at stated
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maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due
of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for
whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally
obligated to pay the same immediately.
(b) The obligations hereunder shall be unconditional,
irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes
or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any
waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any
provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the
Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which
might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of
a Guarantor (other than a defense of payment of the Obligations
guaranteed).
(c) The following is hereby waived: diligence presentment,
demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of
insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands
whatsoever.
(d) This Note Guarantee shall not be discharged except by
complete performance of the obligations (other than any contingent
reimbursement, indemnification or contribution obligations) contained in
the Notes and the Indenture, and the Guaranteeing Subsidiary accepts all
obligations of a Guarantor under the Indenture.
(e) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or
otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors, or any Custodian,
Trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to
either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the
Trustee or such Holder, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore
discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.
(f) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall not be entitled to any
right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any
obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations
guaranteed hereby.
(g) As between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders
and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations
guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the
Indenture for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any
stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in
respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of
any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in
Article 6 of the Indenture, such obligations (whether or not due and
payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for
the purpose of this Note Guarantee.
(h) The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution
from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does
not impair the rights of the Holders under the Guarantee.
(i) Pursuant to Section 12.03 of the Indenture, after giving
effect to any maximum amount and any other contingent and fixed
liabilities that are relevant under any applicable Bankruptcy Laws or
fraudulent conveyance laws, and after giving effect to any collections
from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on
behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such
other Guarantor under Article 12 of the Indenture, this new Note
Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount permissible such that
the obligations of such Guarantor under this Note Guarantee will not
constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
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3. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the
Note Guarantees shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any
failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.
4. GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ON CERTAIN TERMS.
(a) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary may not consolidate with or
merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving
Person) another corporation, Person or entity whether or not affiliated
with such Guarantor unless:
(i) subject to Sections 12.05 and 12.06 of the
Indenture, the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than a Guarantor or the
Company) unconditionally assumes all the obligations of such
Guarantor, pursuant to a supplemental indenture in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, under the
Notes, the Indenture, the Note Guarantee and the Collateral
Documents on the terms set forth herein or therein; and
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such
transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists.
(b) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor corporation, by
supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and
satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note Guarantee endorsed upon
the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants
and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such
successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the
Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a
Guarantor. Such successor corporation thereupon may cause to be signed
any or all of the Note Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes
issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the
Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Note Guarantees so issued
shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under the
Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture as though all of such Note
Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
(c) Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 and Section 12.06 of
Article 12 of the Indenture, and notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b)
above, nothing contained in the Indenture or in any of the Notes shall
prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the
Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of
the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an
entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.
5. RELEASES.
(a) The Note Guarantee of a Guarantor shall be released and the
Guarantor relieved of any obligation under its Note Guarantee:
(i) in the event of any sale or other disposition of all
or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor (including by way
of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before or
after giving effect to such transaction) a Subsidiary of the Company, so
long as such sale or other disposition complies with Sections 4.10 and
4.15(c) of the Indenture;
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(ii) in the event of any sale of all of the Capital
Stock of such Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after
giving effect to such transaction) a Subsidiary of the Company, so long
as such sale complies with Section 4.15(c) of the Indenture;
(iii) in the event the Company designates any Restricted
Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary
in accordance with Section 4.20 of the Indenture; or
(iv) at such time, if any, as such Guarantor ceases to
be party to any of the Collateral Documents or all of the security
interests granted by such Subsidiary Guarantor in Note Collateral are
released in accordance with the Indenture or the Collateral Documents.
(b) Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or
other disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the
provisions of the Indenture, including without limitation Sections 4.10
and 4.15 of the Indenture, the Trustee shall execute any documents
required or reasonably requested by the Company or such Guarantor in
order to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its obligations
under its Note Guarantee.
(c) Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its
Note Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of
and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes and for the other
obligations of any Guarantor under the Indenture as provided in Article
12 of the Indenture.
6. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director,
officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company
or any Guarantor or any Xxxxxx Debtor Subsidiary under the Notes, any Note
Guarantees, the Indenture, the Collateral Documents or this Supplemental
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.
7. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE BUT WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
8. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Supplemental Indenture (including by facsimile). Each signed copy shall be an
original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
9. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
10. THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner
whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental
Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which
recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above
written.
Dated: ,
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[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]
By:
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Name:
Title:
ASSISTED LIVING CONCEPTS, INC.
By:
-------------------------------------
Name:
Title:
[EXISTING GUARANTORS]
By:
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Name:
Title:
[TRUSTEE],
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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SCHEDULE I
SCHEDULE OF GUARANTORS
The following schedule lists each Guarantor under the Indenture as of
the Issue Date:
Carriage House Assisted Living, Inc., a Delaware corporation
Home and Community Care, Inc., a Nevada corporation
ALC Indiana, Inc., a Nevada corporation
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EXHIBIT D
LIST OF COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS
Deeds of Trusts/Mortgages encumbering all Note Collateral including:
Security Agreements
Fixture Filings
UCC-1 Financing Statements
Assignments of Rents and Leases
Environmental Indemnity Agreements
Assignments of Property Management Agreements
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EXHIBIT E
LIST OF UNITS IN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES
PROPERTIES UNITS
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1. Atlantic, IA 30
2. New Albany, IN 39
3. Hermitage, PA 39
4. Three Rivers, MI 39
5. Xxxxx, NE 30
6. Kendallville, IN 39
7. Twin Falls, ID 39
8. Warsaw, IN 39
9. Franklin, IN 39
10. Summerville, SC 39
11. Sergeant Bluff, IA 39
12. Xxxxxx, FL 39
13. Estacada, OR 30
14. Xxxxxx, NE 30
15. Fort Xxxxx, IN 39
16. North Augusta, SC 39
17. Port Royal, SC 39
18. Hillsboro, OH 39
19. Aiken, SC 39
20. Jeffersonville, IN 39
21. Quincy, FL 39
22. Greer, SC 39
23. Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00
00. Coldwater, MI 39
25. Johnstown, PA 39
26. Logansport, IN 39
27. Bloomington, IN 39
28. Xxxxxx, XX 00
29. Cantonment, FL 39
30. Xxxxx Island, SC 39
31. Kalamazoo, MI 39
32. DeFuniak Springs, FL 39
33. Houma, LA 48
34. Shelbyville, IN 39
35. Bunkie, LA 39
36. Rome, GA 39
37. Camby, IN 39
38. Marion, IN 39
39. Apache Junction, AZ 48
40. Peoria, AZ 50
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PROPERTIES UNITS
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41. Mesa, AZ 50
42. Yuma, AZ 48
43. Columbus, NE 39
44. Prescott Valley, AZ 39
45. Surprize, AZ 50
46. Payson, AZ 39
47. New Castle, IN 39
48. XxXxxxx, IN 39
49. Bedford, IN 39
50. Zanesville, OH 39
51. Lafayette, IN 39
52. Muncie, IN 39
53. Sandusky, OH 39
54. Seymour, IN 39
55. Huntington, IN 39
56. Crawfordsville, IN 39
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