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XXXXX COMPANY, as Issuer,
each of the Guarantors named herein
and
U.S. Trust Company of California, N.A.
as Trustee
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INDENTURE
Dated as of April 22, 1998
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up to $150,000,000
10% Senior Notes due 2008, Series A
10% Senior Notes due 2008, Series B
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA Indenture
Section Section
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310(a)(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10
(a)(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10
(a)(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(a)(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(a)(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.08; 7.10;
11.02
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
311(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.11
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.11
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
312(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.05
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.03
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.03
313(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.06
(b)(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(b)(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.06
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.06; 11.02
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.06
314(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.06; 4.08;
11.02
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(c)(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.04
(c)(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.04
(c)(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.05
(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
315(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.01(b)
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.05; 11.02
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.01(a)
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.01(c)
(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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.04
317(a)(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.08
(a)(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.09
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.04
318(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.01
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.01
N.A. means Not Applicable.
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Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of TIA.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication; Aggregate Principal Amount. . 28
SECTION 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Assets in Trust. . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SECTION 2.05. Holder Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Notes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Notes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 2.09. Treasury Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Notes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Numbers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SECTION 2.14. Deposit of Monies.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SECTION 2.15. Restrictive Legends.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SECTION 2.16. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Security . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 2.17. Special Transfer Provisions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01 Notices to Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 3.03. Optional Redemption.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 3.04. Notice of Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 3.05. Effect of Notice of Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 3.06. Deposit of Redemption Price.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 3.07. Notes Redeemed in Part. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 4.03. Corporate Existence.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 4.04. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 4.05. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance.. . . . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 4.06. Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default.. . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 4.07. Compliance with Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 4.08. Reports to Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 4.09. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.. . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 4.10. Limitation on Restricted Payments.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SECTION 4.11. Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates.. . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 4.12. Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness.. . . . 53
SECTION 4.13. Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting Subsidiaries.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 4.14. Change of Control.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 4.15. Limitation on Asset Sales.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 4.16. Limitation on Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries. . 59
SECTION 4.17. Limitation on Liens.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SECTION 4.18. Additional Subsidiary Guarantees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 4.19. Conduct of Business.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.01. Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets. . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
ARTICLE SIX
REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 6.07. Right of Holders To Receive Payment.. . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 6.10. Priorities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Default.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.. . . . . 75
ARTICLE EIGHT
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01. Termination of Company's Obligations. . . . . . . . . . . . 76
SECTION 8.02. Application of Trust Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
SECTION 8.03. Repayment to the Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
SECTION 8.04. Reinstatement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
SECTION 8.05. Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . 80
ARTICLE NINE
MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with TIA.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
SECTION 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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ARTICLE TEN
GUARANTEE OF NOTES
SECTION 10.01. Unconditional Guarantee.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
SECTION 10.02. Limitations on Guarantees.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
SECTION 10.03. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.. . . . . . . . . . . . 86
SECTION 10.04. Release of Guarantors.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
SECTION 10.05. Waiver of Subrogation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
SECTION 10.06. Immediate Payment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
SECTION 10.07. Obligations Continuing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
SECTION 10.08. Obligations Reinstated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
SECTION 10.09. Obligations Not Affected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
SECTION 10.10. Waiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
SECTION 10.11. No Obligation To Take Action Against the Company. . . . . . 89
SECTION 10.12. Dealing with the Company and Others.. . . . . . . . . . . . 89
SECTION 10.13. Default and Enforcement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
SECTION 10.14. Amendment, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
SECTION 10.15. Acknowledgment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
SECTION 10.16. Costs and Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
SECTION 10.17. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
SECTION 10.18. Survival of Obligations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
SECTION 10.19. Guarantee in Addition to Other Obligations. . . . . . . . . 91
SECTION 10.20. Severability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
SECTION 10.21. Successors and Assigns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01. TIA Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
SECTION 11.02. Notices.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
SECTION 11.03. Communications by Holders with Other Holders. . . . . . . . 93
SECTION 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. . . . . 93
SECTION 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.. . . . . . . 94
SECTION 11.06. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar.. . . . . . . . . 94
SECTION 11.07. Legal Holidays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
SECTION 11.08. Governing Law.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
SECTION 11.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.. . . . . . . 95
SECTION 11.10. No Personal Liability.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
SECTION 11.11. Successors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
SECTION 11.12. Duplicate Originals.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
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SECTION 11.13. Severability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
SECTION 11.14. Independence of Covenants.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Exhibit A - Form of Initial Note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Exhibit B - Form of Exchange Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Exhibit C Form of Certificate To Be Delivered in Connection with
Transfers to Non-QIB Accredited Investors . . . . . . . . . C-1
Exhibit D - Form of Certificate To Be Delivered in Connection with
Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S. . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Exhibit E - Form of Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1
Note: This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
part of the Indenture
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INDENTURE, dated as of April 22, 1998, among XXXXX COMPANY, a
California corporation (the "Company"), each of the Guarantors named herein (the
"Guarantors"), as guarantors, and U.S. Trust Company of California, N.A., as
Trustee (the "Trustee").
The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of 10%
Senior Notes due 2008, Series A, and 10% Senior Notes due 2008, Series B, to be
issued in exchange for the 10% Senior Notes due 2008, Series A, pursuant to a
Registration Rights Agreement (as defined) and, to provide therefor, the Company
has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture. All things
necessary to make the Notes (as defined), when duly issued and executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid and binding
obligations of the Company and to make this Indenture a valid and binding
agreement of the Company, have been done.
Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the other
parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company's
10% Senior Notes due 2008, Series A and Series B:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. DEFINITIONS.
"ACQUIRED INDEBTEDNESS" means Indebtedness of a Person or any of
its Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company or at the time it merges or consolidates with the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or assumed in connection with the acquisition
of assets from such Person and in each case not incurred by such Person in
connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or such acquisition, merger or
consolidation.
"AFFILIATE" means, with respect to any specified Person, any
other Person who directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries
controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified
Person. The term "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative of the foregoing.
"AFFILIATE TRANSACTION" has the meaning provided in Section
4.11.
"AGENT" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-Registrar.
"AGENT MEMBERS" has the meaning provided in Section 2.16.
"ASSET ACQUISITION" means (a) an Investment by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any other Person pursuant to which
such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or shall be merged with or into the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or (b) the acquisition by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of the assets of any
Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) which constitute all
or substantially all of the assets of such Person or comprise any division or
line of business of such Person or any other properties or assets of such Person
other than in the ordinary course of business.
"ASSET SALE" means any direct or indirect sale, issuance,
conveyance, transfer, lease (other than operating leases entered into in the
ordinary course of business), assignment or other transfer for value by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction) to any Person other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company of (a) any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company; or (b) any other property or assets of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company other than in the ordinary course of
business; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Asset Sales shall not include (i) a
transaction or series of related transactions for which the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries receive aggregate consideration of less than $500,000
and (ii) the sale, lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company as permitted under Section 5.01.
"AUTHENTICATING AGENT" has the meaning provided in Section 2.02.
"BANKRUPTCY LAW" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar
Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means, as to any Person, the board of
directors of such Person or any duly authorized committee thereof.
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"BOARD RESOLUTION" means, with respect to any Person, a copy of
a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person
to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in
full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
any other day on which commercial banking institutions in the City of New York
are required or authorized by law or other governmental action to be closed.
"CANADIAN CREDIT FACILITY" means the Credit Agreement dated as
of February 27, 1995, between Bakor Holdings Inc. and National Bank of Canada,
together with the related documents thereto (including, without limitation, any
guarantee agreements and security documents), in each case as such agreements
may be amended (including any amendment and restatement thereof), supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement extending the
maturity of, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring (including
increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder (PROVIDED that such
increase in borrowings is permitted by Section 4.12) or adding Restricted
Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder)
all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or any successor or
replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or
group of lenders.
"CAPITAL STOCK" means (i) with respect to any Person that is a
corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock, including
each class of Common Stock and Preferred Stock of such Person, and (ii) with
respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership or
other equity interests of such Person.
"CAPITALIZED LEASE OBLIGATION" means, as to any Person, the
obligations of such Person under a lease that are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital lease obligations under GAAP and, for purposes of this
definition, the amount of such obligations at any date shall be the capitalized
amount of such obligations at such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.
"CASH EQUIVALENTS" means (i) marketable direct obligations
issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or
issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the
United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof; (ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of
the
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United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any
public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two
highest ratings obtainable from either Standard & Poor's Corporation ("S&P") or
Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"); (iii) commercial paper maturing no
more than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of
acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from
Moody's; (iv) certificates of deposit or bankers' acceptances maturing within
one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under
the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank or (with respect to any Restricted
Subsidiary) any foreign country in which such Restricted Subsidiary is
principally located, having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital
and surplus of not less than $250,000,000; (v) repurchase obligations with a
term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types
described in clause (i) above entered into with any bank meeting the
qualifications specified in clause (iv) above; (vi) in the case of any foreign
Restricted Subsidiary, Investments: (a) in direct obligations of the sovereign
nation (or any agency thereof) in which such foreign Restricted Subsidiary is
organized or is conducting a substantial amount of business or in obligations
fully and unconditionally guaranteed by such sovereign nation (or any agency
thereof), (b) of the type and maturity described in clauses (i) through
(v) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parents of
such obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from
comparable foreign rating agencies or (c) of the type and maturity described in
clauses (i) through (v) above of foreign obligors (or the parents of such
obligors), which Investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors), are
not rated as provided in such clauses or in clause (vi) (b) but which are, in
the reasonable judgment of the Company, comparable in investment quality to such
Investments and obligors (or the parents of such obligors); and
(vii) investments in money market funds which invest substantially all their
assets in securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (vi) above.
"CERTIFICATED SECURITIES" means Notes in definitive registered
form.
"CHANGE OF CONTROL" means the occurrence of one or more of the
following events: (i) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one
transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company to any Person or group of related Persons for purposes
of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (a "Group"), together with any Affiliates
thereof (whether or not otherwise in compliance
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with the provisions of the Indenture); (ii) the approval by the holders of
Capital Stock of the Company of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the
provisions of the Indenture); (iii) any Person or Group (other than the
Permitted Holders) shall become the owner, directly or indirectly, beneficially
or of record, of shares representing more than 50% of the aggregate ordinary
voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the
Company; or (iv) the replacement of a majority of the Board of Directors of the
Company over a two-year period from the directors who constituted the Board of
Directors of the Company at the beginning of such period, and such replacement
shall not have been approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Board of
Directors of the Company then still in office who either were members of such
Board of Directors at the beginning of such period or whose election as a member
of such Board of Directors was previously so approved.
"CHANGE OF CONTROL OFFER" has the meaning provided in
Section 4.14.
"CHANGE OF CONTROL PAYMENT DATE" has the meaning provided in
Section 4.14.
"COMMISSION" means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
"COMMON STOCK" of any Person means any and all shares, interests
or other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and
whether voting or non-voting) of, such Person's common stock, whether
outstanding on the Issue Date or issued after the Issue Date, and includes,
without limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.
"COMPANY" means Xxxxx Company, a California corporation.
"CONSOLIDATED EBITDA" means, with respect to any Person, for any
period, the sum (without duplication) of (i) Consolidated Net Income and (ii) to
the extent Consolidated Net Income has been reduced thereby, (A) all income
taxes of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued in
accordance with GAAP for such period (other than income taxes attributable to
extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains or losses or taxes attributable to
sales or dispositions outside the ordinary course of business), (B) Consolidated
Interest Expense and (C) Consolidated Non-cash Charges (1) LESS any non-cash
items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (but not including
non-cash income recognized under the Company's warranty programs where such
income reflects cash al-
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ready or simultaneously received by the Company), and (2) LESS any cash payments
of prior accruals under the caption "accounting method change -non-cash
environmental charge," as set forth in the Consolidated Statements of Operations
of Monsey Products Co. for the year ended December 31, 1997, all as determined
on a consolidated basis for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP.
"CONSOLIDATED FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO" means, with respect
to any Person, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person during the four
full fiscal quarters (the "Four Quarter Period") ending on or prior to the date
of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio (the "Transaction Date") to Consolidated Fixed Charges of
such Person for the Four Quarter Period. In addition to and without limitation
of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, "Consolidated EBITDA" and
"Consolidated Fixed Charges" shall be calculated after giving effect on a PRO
FORMA basis for the period of such calculation to (i) the incurrence or
repayment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds thereof) giving rise to the
need to make such calculation and any incurrence or repayment of other
Indebtedness (and the application of the proceeds thereof), other than the
incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business for
working capital purposes pursuant to working capital facilities, occurring
during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the
Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such
incurrence or repayment, as the case may be (and the application of the proceeds
thereof), occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period and (ii) any
asset sales or other distribution or Asset Acquisitions (including, without
limitation, any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such
calculation as a result of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(including any Person who becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the
Asset Acquisition) incurring, assuming or otherwise being liable for Acquired
Indebtedness and also including any Consolidated EBITDA (provided that such
Consolidated EBITDA shall be included only to the extent includible pursuant to
the definition of "Consolidated Net Income") attributable to the assets which
are the subject of the Asset Acquisition or asset sale or other disposition
during the Four Quarter Period) occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at
any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior
to the Transaction Date, as if such asset sale or other disposition or Asset
Acquisition (including the incurrence, assumption or liability for any such
Acquired Indebtedness) occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period. If
such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly
guarantees Indebtedness of a
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third Person, the preceding sentence shall give effect to the incurrence of such
guaranteed Indebtedness as if such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such
Person had directly incurred or otherwise assumed such guaranteed Indebtedness.
Furthermore, in calculating "Consolidated Fixed Charges" for purposes of
determining the denominator (but not the numerator) of this "Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio," (1) interest on outstanding Indebtedness determined on a
fluctuating basis as of the Transaction Date and which will continue to be so
determined thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum
equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in effect on the Transaction
Date; (2) if interest on any Indebtedness actually incurred on the Transaction
Date may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a
prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rates,
then the interest rate in effect on the Transaction Date will be deemed to have
been in effect during the Four Quarter Period; and (3) notwithstanding clause
(1) above, interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis, to the
extent such interest is covered by agreements relating to Interest Swap
Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after
giving effect to the operation of such agreements.
"CONSOLIDATED FIXED CHARGES" means, with respect to any Person
for any period, the sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Interest
Expense, plus (ii) the product of (x) the amount of all dividend payments on any
series of Preferred Stock of such Person (other than dividends paid in Qualified
Capital Stock) or any Guarantor paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or accrued
during such period times (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the
denominator of which is one minus the then current effective consolidated
federal, state and local tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal.
"CONSOLIDATED INTEREST EXPENSE" means, with respect to any
Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication: (i) the aggregate of
the interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including
without limitation, (a) any amortization of debt discount and amortization or
write-off of deferred financing costs, (b) the net costs under Interest Swap
Obligations, (c) all capitalized interest and (d) the interest portion of any
deferred payment obligation; and (ii) the interest component of Capitalized
Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued by such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period as determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
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"CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME" means, with respect to any Person, for
any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance
with GAAP; PROVIDED that there shall be excluded therefrom (a) after-tax gains
or losses from Asset Sales or abandonments or reserves relating thereto, (b)
after-tax items classified as extraordinary or nonrecurring gains, (c) the net
income of any Person acquired in a "pooling of interests" transaction accrued
prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the referent Person or
is merged or consolidated with the referent Person or any Restricted Subsidiary
of the referent Person, (d) the net income (but not loss) of any Restricted
Subsidiary of the referent Person to the extent that the declaration of
dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that income
is restricted by a contract, operation of law or otherwise, (e) the net income
of any Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the referent Person, except
to the extent of cash dividends or distributions paid to the referent Person or
to a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the referent Person by such Person,
(f) any restoration to income of any contingency reserve, except to the extent
that provision for such reserve was made out of Consolidated Net Income accrued
at any time following the Issue Date, (g) income or loss attributable to
discontinued operations (including, without limitation, operations disposed of
during such period whether or not such operations were classified as
discontinued), and (h) in the case of a successor to the referent Person by
consolidation or merger or as a transferee of the referent Person's assets, any
earnings of the successor corporation prior to such consolidation, merger or
transfer of assets.
"CONSOLIDATED NET WORTH" of any Person means the consolidated
stockholders' equity of such Person, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP, less (without duplication) amounts attributable to
Disqualified Capital Stock of such Person.
"CONSOLIDATED NON-CASH CHARGES" means, with respect to any
Person, for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other
non-cash expenses of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing
Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding
any such charges constituting an extraordinary item or loss or any such charge
which requires an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future
period).
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the office of the Trustee at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which office at the
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date of execution of this Indenture is located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
0000, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, except that with respect to
presentation of Notes for payment or for registration of transfer or exchange,
such term shall mean any office or agency of the Trustee at which, at any
particular time, its corporate agency business shall be conducted.
"COVENANT DEFEASANCE" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01.
"CURRENCY AGREEMENT" means any foreign exchange contract,
currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to
protect the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company against
fluctuations in currency values.
"CUSTODIAN" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"DEFAULT" means an event or condition the occurrence of which
is, or with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event
of Default.
"DEPOSITORY" means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees
and successors.
"DISQUALIFIED CAPITAL STOCK" means that portion of any Capital
Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is
convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any
event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund
obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the sole option of the holder
thereof on or prior to the final maturity date of the Notes.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning provided in Section 6.01.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any successor statute or statutes thereto.
"EXCHANGE NOTES" means the 10% Senior Notes due 2008, Series B
to be issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement or, with respect to Initial Notes issued under this Indenture
subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 2.02, a registration rights
agreement substantially identical to the Registration Rights Agreement.
"EXCHANGE OFFER" has the meaning set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
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"EXCHANGE REGISTRATION STATEMENT" means the registration
statement filed by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
"FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, with respect to any asset or
property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm's-length, free market
transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer,
neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the
transaction. Fair market value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of
the Company acting reasonably and in good faith and shall be evidenced by a
Board Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company delivered to the
Trustee.
"FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary of the Company which
(i) is not organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or
the District of Columbia and (ii) conducts substantially all of its business
operations in a country other than the United States of America.
"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 may be approved by a significant segment of
the accounting profession of the United States, which are in effect as of the
Issue Date.
"GLOBAL NOTE" has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
"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, letters of
credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of
any Indebtedness.
"GUARANTEE" means the guarantee of the Notes by the Guarantors.
"GUARANTOR" means (i) the domestic Subsidiaries of the Company
on the Issue Date and (ii) each of the Company's Restricted Subsidiaries that in
the future executes a supplemental indenture in which such Restricted Subsidiary
agrees to be bound by the terms of the Indenture as a Guarantor; provided that
any Person constituting a Guarantor as described above shall cease to constitute
a Guarantor when its respective Guarantee is released in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture.
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"HOLDER" means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on
the Registrar's books.
"INCUR" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12.
"INDEBTEDNESS" means with respect to any Person, without
duplication, (i) all Obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all
Obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other
similar instruments, (iii) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person,
(iv) all Obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase
price of property, all conditional sale obligations and all Obligations under
any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and other
accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business that are not
overdue by 90 days or more or are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted), (v) all Obligations
for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker's
acceptance or similar credit transaction, (vi) guarantees and other contingent
obligations in respect of Indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through
(v) above and clause (viii) below, (vii) all Obligations of any other Person of
the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) which are secured by any lien
on any property or asset of such Person, the amount of such Obligation being
deemed to be the lesser of the fair market value of such property or asset or
the amount of the Obligation so secured, (viii) all Obligations under currency
agreements and interest swap agreements of such Person, (ix) all Obligations for
Preferred Stock of a Guarantor and all Disqualified Capital Stock issued by such
Person with the amount of Indebtedness represented by such Preferred Stock or
Disqualified Capital Stock being equal to the greater of its voluntary or
involuntary liquidation preference and its maximum fixed repurchase price, but
excluding accrued dividends, if any. For purposes hereof, the "maximum fixed
repurchase price" of any Preferred Stock of any Guarantor or Disqualified
Capital Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated
in accordance with the terms of such Preferred Stock or Disqualified Capital
Stock as if such Preferred Stock or Disqualified Capital Stock were purchased on
any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to
the Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market
value of such Preferred Stock or Disqualified Capital Stock, such fair market
value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors
of the issuer of such Preferred Stock or Disqualified Capital Stock.
"INDENTURE" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
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"INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVISOR" means a firm (i) which does not,
and whose directors, officers and employees or Affiliates do not, have a direct
or indirect financial interest in the Company and (ii) which, in the judgment of
the Board of Directors of the Company, is otherwise independent and qualified to
perform the task for which it is to be engaged.
"INITIAL NOTES" means, collectively, (i) the 10% Senior Notes
due 2008, Series A, of the Company issued on the Issue Date and (ii) one or more
series of 10% Senior Notes due 2008 that are issued under this Indenture
subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 2.02, in each case for so long
as such securities constitute Restricted Notes.
"INITIAL PURCHASER" means BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated.
"INTEREST" when used with respect to any Note means the amount
of all interest accruing on such Note, including any applicable defaulted
interest pursuant to Section 2.12 and any Liquidated Damages pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE" means the stated maturity of an
installment of interest on the Notes.
"INTEREST SWAP OBLIGATIONS" means the obligations of any Person
pursuant to any arrangement with any other Person, whereby, directly or
indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic
payments calculated by applying either a floating or a fixed rate of interest on
a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such other
Person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same
notional amount and shall include, without limitation, interest rate swaps,
caps, floors, collars and similar agreements.
"INTERNAL REVENUE CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter.
"INVESTMENT" means, with respect to any Person, any direct or
indirect loan or other extension of credit (including, without limitation, a
guarantee) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other
property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or
use of others), or any purchase or acquisition by such Person of any Capital
Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidences of Indebtedness
issued by, any Person. "Investment" shall exclude extensions of trade credit by
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on commercially reasonable
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terms in accordance with normal trade practices of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. For the purposes of Section 4.10,
(i) "Investment" shall include and be valued at the fair market value of the net
assets of any Restricted Subsidiary at the time that such Restricted Subsidiary
is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary and shall exclude the fair market value
of the net assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time that such
Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) the
amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the
cost of all additional Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or
write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment, reduced by
the payment of dividends or distributions in connection with such Investment or
any other amounts received in respect of such Investment; PROVIDED that no such
payment of dividends or distributions or receipt of any such other amounts shall
reduce the amount of any Investment if such payment of dividends or
distributions or receipt of any such amounts would be included in Consolidated
Net Income. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or
otherwise disposes of any Common Stock of any direct or indirect Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or
disposition, the Company no longer owns, directly or indirectly, 50% of the
outstanding Common Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall be
deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition
equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary
not sold or disposed of.
"ISSUE DATE" means April 22, 1998.
"LEGAL DEFEASANCE" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01.
"LEGAL HOLIDAY" has the meaning provided in Section 11.07.
"LIEN" means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security
interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any
agreement to give any security interest).
"LIQUIDATED DAMAGES" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"MATURITY DATE" means April 15, 2008.
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"MOODY'S" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. and its
successors.
"NET CASH PROCEEDS" means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the
proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect
of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of cash or Cash
Equivalents (other than the portion of any such deferred payment constituting
interest) received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from
such Asset Sale net of (a) reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and fees relating
to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and
investment banking fees and sales commissions), (b) taxes paid or payable after
taking into account any reduction in consolidated tax liability due to available
tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, (c) repayment of
Indebtedness that is required to be repaid in connection with such Asset Sale
and (d) appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against
any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, after such Asset Sale, including,
without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities,
liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any
indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale.
"NET PROCEEDS OFFER" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.15.
"NET PROCEEDS OFFER AMOUNT" has the meaning set forth in Section
4.15.
"NET PROCEEDS OFFER PAYMENT DATE" has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.15.
"NET PROCEEDS OFFER TRIGGER DATE" has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.15.
"NEW BANK CREDIT FACILITY" means the Amended and Restated
Financing and Security Agreement dated as of April 22, 1998, between the
Company, Monsey Products Co., Kimberton Enterprises, Inc. and Monsey Products of
Arizona LLC and NationsBank, N.A., together with the related documents thereto
(including, without limitation, any guarantee agreements and security
documents), in each case as such agreements may be amended (including any
amendment and restatement thereof), supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, including any agreement extending the maturity of, refinancing,
replacing or otherwise restructuring (including increasing the amount of
available borrowings thereunder (PROVIDED that such increase in bor-
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rowings is permitted by Section 4.12) or adding Restricted Subsidiaries of the
Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder) all or any portion of
the Indebtedness under such agreement or any successor or replacement agreement
and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.
"NOTES" means, collectively, the Initial Notes, the Private
Exchange Notes, if any, and the Exchange Notes, treated as a single class of
securities, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture, that are issued pursuant to this Indenture.
"OBLIGATIONS" means all obligations for principal, premium,
interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other
liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
"OFFERING MEMORANDUM" means the confidential Offering Memorandum
dated April 15, 1998 of the Company relating to the offering of the Notes.
"OFFICER" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the
Board of Directors, any Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief
Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial
Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller, or the Secretary of such Person, or any
other officer designated by the Board of Directors serving in a similar
capacity.
"OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice
President and the Chief Financial Officer or any Treasurer of such Person that
shall comply with applicable provisions of this Indenture.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion from legal counsel
who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee complying with the requirements of
Sections 11.04 and 11.05, as they relate to the giving of an Opinion of Counsel,
and delivered to the Trustee.
"PAYING AGENT" has the meaning provided in Section 2.03.
"PERMITTED HOLDER" means Warner X. Xxxxx, and each of his
immediate family members, the Warner X. Xxxxx Living Trust, trustees of the
Warner X. Xxxxx Living Trust or trusts, entities or arrangements for the benefit
of the foregoing persons and entities.
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"PERMITTED INDEBTEDNESS" means, without duplication, each of the
following:
(i) Indebtedness under the Notes issued in the offering up
to $85.0 million and the Guarantees thereof;
(ii) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the New Bank Credit
Facility in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to
exceed $25,000,000 and Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Canadian
Credit Facility in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding
not to exceed Canadian $8,000,000, in each case, less any required
permanent repayments (which are accompanied by a corresponding permanent
commitment reduction) thereunder; and additional Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to a capital expenditure facility under the New Bank Credit
Facility in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to
exceed $10,000,000.
(iii) other Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date reduced by the amount of any
scheduled amortization payments or mandatory prepayments when actually
paid or permanent reductions thereon;
(iv) Interest Swap Obligations of the Company covering
Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and
Interest Swap Obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
covering Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that such Interest Swap Obligations are entered into to protect the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries from fluctuations in interest
rates on Indebtedness incurred in accordance with the Indenture to the
extent the notional principal amount of such Interest Swap Obligation
does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness to which such
Interest Swap Obligation relates;
(v) Indebtedness under Currency Agreements; PROVIDED that in
the case of Currency Agreements which relate to Indebtedness, such
Currency Agreements do not increase the Indebtedness of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding other than as a result of
fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or by reason of fees,
indemnities and compensation payable thereunder;
(vi) Indebtedness of a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company to the Company or to a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company for so long as such Indebtedness is held by the Company or a
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, in each case subject
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to no Lien held by a Person other than the Company or a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; PROVIDED that if as of any date
any Person other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company owns or holds any such Indebtedness or holds a
Lien in respect of such Indebtedness, such date shall be deemed the
incurrence of Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness by
the issuer of such Indebtedness;
(vii) Indebtedness of the Company to a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company for so long as such Indebtedness is held by a
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, in each case subject
to no Lien; PROVIDED that (a) any Indebtedness of the Company to any
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company is unsecured and
subordinated, pursuant to a written agreement, to the Company's
obligations under the Indenture and the Notes and (b) if as of any date
any Person other than a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company owns or holds any such Indebtedness or any Person holds a Lien
in respect of such Indebtedness, such date shall be deemed the
incurrence of Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness by
the Company;
(viii) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or
other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument
inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against
insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five business
days of incurrence;
(ix) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries represented by letters of credit for the account of the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in order to
provide security for workers' compensation claims, payment obligations
in connection with self- insurance or similar requirements in the
ordinary course of business;
(x) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company providing for indemnification,
adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case,
incurred in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or
Restricted Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by
any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or
Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
PROVIDED that the maximum aggregate liability in respect of all such
Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually
received by the
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Company and the Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such
disposition;
(xi) Refinancing Indebtedness; and
(xii) additional Indebtedness of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$10,000,000 at any one time outstanding.
"PERMITTED INVESTMENTS" means (i) Investments by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any Person that is or will become
immediately after such Investment a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company or that will merge or consolidate into the Company or a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) Investments in the Company by any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; PROVIDED that any Indebtedness evidencing
such Investment is unsecured and subordinated, pursuant to a written agreement,
to the Company's obligations under the Notes and the Indenture;
(iii) investments in cash and Cash Equivalents; (iv) loans and advances to
employees and officers of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business for bona fide business purposes not in excess of
$1,000,000 at any one time outstanding; (v) Currency Agreements and Interest
Swap Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of the Company's or its
Restricted Subsidiaries' businesses and otherwise in compliance with the
Indenture; (vi) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries not to exceed
$2,500,000 at any one time outstanding; PROVIDED that such Unrestricted
Subsidiary is engaged in a business or businesses which are the same, similar or
related to the businesses in which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
are engaged on the Issue Date; (vii) Investments in securities of trade
creditors or customers received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or
similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade creditors or
customers; (viii) Investments made by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries
as a result of consideration received in connection with an Asset Sale made in
compliance with Section 4.15; (ix) Investments by the Company or a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company not in excess of $500,000 at any one time
outstanding in any partnership, joint venture, limited liability partnership,
limited liability company or similar entity of which (A) at least 50% of the
capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or
general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company whether in the form of membership, general, special or
limited partnership interests or otherwise and (B) the Company or any Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company is a controlling general partner,
member or manager or otherwise controls such entity
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which is engaged in a business or businesses which are the same, similar or
related to the businesses in which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
are engaged on the Issue Date; and (x) additional Investments not to exceed
$2,500,000 at any one time outstanding.
"PERMITTED LIENS" means the following types of Liens:
(i) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or
claims either (a) not delinquent or (b) contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and as to which the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may be
required pursuant to GAAP;
(ii) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers,
warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, repairmen and other
Liens imposed by law incurred in the ordinary course of business for
sums not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith, if such
reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by
GAAP shall have been made in respect thereof;
(iii) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course
of business in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment
insurance and other types of social security, including any Lien
securing letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice in connection therewith, or to secure the
performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds,
bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return-of-money
bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the
payment of borrowed money);
(iv) judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so
long as such Lien is adequately bonded and any appropriate legal
proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such
judgment shall not have been finally terminated or the period within
which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;
(v) easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions and other
similar charges or encumbrances in respect of real property not
interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the
business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(vi) any interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized
Lease Obligation; PROVIDED that such Liens do
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not extend to any property or assets which is not leased property
subject to such Capitalized Lease Obligation;
(vii) purchase money Liens to finance property or assets of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company acquired in the
ordinary course of business; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (A) the related
purchase money Indebtedness shall not exceed the cost of such property
or assets and shall not be secured by any property or assets of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company other than the
property and assets so acquired and (B) the Lien securing such
Indebtedness shall be created within 90 days of such acquisition;
(viii) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods
and proceeds of any Person securing such Person's obligations in respect
of bankers' acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person
to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or
other goods;
(ix) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to
commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other property
relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof (or
encumber up to $600,000 in cash collateral pledged to PNC Bank, National
Association prior to April 30, 1998);
(x) Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations
arising from statutory, regulatory, contractual, or warranty
requirements of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
including rights of offset and set-off;
(xi) leases or subleases granted to others that do not
materially interfere with the ordinary course of business of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(xii) Liens arising from filing Uniform Commercial Code
financing statements regarding leases;
(xiii) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities
arising as a matter of law to secure payment of custom duties in
connection with the importation of goods;
(xiv) Liens securing Interest Swap Obligations which Interest
Swap Obligations relate to Indebtedness that is otherwise permitted
under the Indenture;
(xv) Liens securing Indebtedness under Currency Agreements;
and
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(xvi) Liens securing Acquired Indebtedness incurred in
accordance with Section 4.12; PROVIDED that (A) such Liens secured such
Acquired Indebtedness at the time of and prior to the incurrence of such
Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company and were not granted in connection with, or in anticipation of,
the incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and (B) such Liens do not extend to
or cover any property or assets of the Company or of any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries other than the property or assets that secured
the Acquired Indebtedness prior to the time such Indebtedness became
Acquired Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company and are no more favorable to the lienholders than those securing
the Acquired Indebtedness prior to the incurrence of such Acquired
Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.
"PERSON" means an individual, partnership, corporation,
unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture, or a governmental agency or
political subdivision thereof.
"PHYSICAL NOTES" has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
"PLAN OF LIQUIDATION" means, with respect to any Person, a plan
(including by operation of law) that provides for, contemplates or the
effectuation of which is preceded or accompanied by (whether or not
substantially contemporaneously) (a) the sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Person otherwise
than as an entirety or substantially as an entirety and (b) the distribution of
all or substantially all of the proceeds of such sale, lease, conveyance or
other disposition and all or substantially all of the remaining assets of such
Person to holders of Capital Stock of such Person.
"PREFERRED STOCK" of any Person means any Capital Stock of such
Person that has preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of such Person
with respect to dividends or redemptions or upon liquidation.
"PRINCIPAL" of any Indebtedness (including the Notes) means the
principal amount of such Indebtedness plus the premium, if any, on such
Indebtedness.
"PRIVATE EXCHANGE NOTES" has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
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"PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND" means the legend initially set forth
on the Notes in the form set forth in Section 2.15.
"PRO FORMA" means, with respect to any calculation made or
required to be made pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, a calculation in
accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, as
determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in consultation with its
independent public accountants.
"PUBLIC EQUITY OFFERING" means an underwritten public offering
of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company pursuant to a registration statement
filed with the Commission in accordance with the Securities Act.
"PURCHASE MONEY INDEBTEDNESS" means Indebtedness of the Company
or its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred for the purpose of financing all or any
part of the purchase price or the cost of installation, construction or
improvement of any property.
"QUALIFIED CAPITAL STOCK" means any Capital Stock that is not
Disqualified Capital Stock.
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" or "QIB" shall have the meaning
specified in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
"RECORD DATE" means the Record Date specified in the Notes.
"REDEMPTION DATE," when used with respect to any Note to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture
and the Notes.
"REDEMPTION PRICE," when used with respect to any Note to be
redeemed, means the price fixed for such redemption, including principal and
premium, if any, pursuant to this Indenture and the Notes.
"REFERENCE DATE" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
"REFINANCE" means, in respect of any security or Indebtedness,
to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire,
or to issue a security or Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such
security or Indebtedness in whole or in part. "Refinanced" and "Refinancing"
shall have correlative meanings.
"REFINANCING INDEBTEDNESS" means any Refinancing by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of In-
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debtedness incurred in accordance with Section 4.12 (other than pursuant to
clause (ii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x) or (xii) of the
definition of Permitted Indebtedness), in each case that does not (1) result in
an increase in the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of such Person as
of the date of such proposed Refinancing (plus the amount of any premium
required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing such
Indebtedness and plus the amount of reasonable expenses incurred by the Company
in connection with such Refinancing) or (2) create Indebtedness with (A) a
Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is less than the Weighted Average Life to
Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced or (B) a final maturity earlier
than the final maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced; PROVIDED that
(x) if such Indebtedness being Refinanced is Indebtedness of the Company, then
such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be Indebtedness solely of the Company and
(y) if such Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinate or junior to the Notes,
then such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinate to the Notes at least to
the same extent and in the same manner as the Indebtedness being Refinanced.
"REGISTRAR" has the meaning provided in Section 2.03.
"REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT" means the Registration Rights
Agreement dated as of the Issue Date among the Company, the Guarantors and the
Initial Purchaser.
"REGULATION S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
"REPLACEMENT ASSETS" means assets of a kind used or usable in
the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as conducted on the
date of the relevant Asset Sale.
"RESTRICTED PAYMENT" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.10.
"RESTRICTED SECURITY" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee
shall be entitled to request and conclusively rely on an Opinion of Counsel with
respect to whether any Note constitutes a Restricted Security.
"RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" of any Person means any Subsidiary of
such Person which at the time of determination is not an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
"REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY" means one or more revolving credit
facilities under the New Bank Credit Facility or the Canadian Credit Facility.
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"RULE 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
"SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTION" means any direct or indirect
arrangement with any Person or to which any such Person is a party, providing
for the leasing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of any property,
whether owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary at the Issue Date or
later acquired, which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person from whom funds
have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such Property.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Rating Services, a division of The
McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" shall have the meaning set forth in
Rule 1.02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.
"SUBSIDIARY", with respect to any Person, means (i) any
corporation of which the outstanding Capital Stock having at least a majority of
the votes entitled to be cast in the election of directors under ordinary
circumstances shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person
or (ii) any other Person of which at least a majority of the voting interest
under ordinary circumstances is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by
such Person.
"SURVIVING ENTITY" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.01.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections
77aaa-77bbbb), as amended, as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except
as otherwise provided in Section 9.03.
"TRUST OFFICER" means any officer or assistant officer of the
Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer this Indenture, or in the case of
a successor trustee, an officer assigned to the department, division or group
performing the corporate trust work of such successor and assigned to administer
this Indenture.
"TRUSTEE" means the party named as such in this Indenture until
a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and
thereafter means such successor.
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"UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" of any Person means (i) any Subsidiary
of such Person that at the time of determination shall be or continue to be
designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of such Person
in the manner provided below and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary (including any
newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary
unless such Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or owns or holds any Lien on
any property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company that is not
a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; PROVIDED that (x) the
Company certifies to the Trustee that such designation complies with Section
4.10 and (y) each Subsidiary to be so designated and each of its Subsidiaries
has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur,
issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with
respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of
the assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. The Board of
Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted
Subsidiary only if (x) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the
Company is able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than
Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with Section 4.12 and (y) immediately
before and immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Any such designation by
the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with
the Trustee a copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and
an officers' certificate certifying that such designation complied with the
foregoing provisions.
"U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" mean direct obligations of, and
obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which
the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged.
"U.S. LEGAL TENDER" means such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts.
"WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE TO MATURITY" means, when applied to any
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the then
outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness into (b) the sum of
the total of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then
remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment
of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by
(ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will
elapse between such date and the making of such payment.
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"WHOLLY OWNED RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" of any Person means any
Restricted Subsidiary of such Person of which all the outstanding voting
securities (other than in the case of a foreign Restricted Subsidiary,
directors' qualifying shares or an immaterial amount of shares required to be
owned by other Persons pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such Person or
any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of such Person.
SECTION 1.02. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TIA.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, such
provision is incorporated by reference in, and made a part of, this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"indenture securities" means the Notes.
"indenture security holder" means a Holder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the
Trustee.
"obligor" on the Indenture securities means the Company or any
other obligor on the Notes.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by
the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission
rule and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them
therein.
SECTION 1.03. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP of any date of determination;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and words in
the plural include the singular;
(5) "herein," "hereof" and other words of similar import
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision; and
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(6) any reference to a statute, law or regulation means that
statute, law or regulation as amended and in effect from time to time
and includes any successor statute, law or regulation; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that any reference to the Bankruptcy Law shall mean the
Bankruptcy Law as applicable to the relevant case.
ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. FORM AND DATING.
The Initial Notes and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication relating thereto shall be substantially in the form of EXHIBIT A.
The Exchange Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication relating
thereto shall be substantially in the form of EXHIBIT B. The Notes may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
depository rule or usage. The Company and the Trustee shall approve the form of
the Notes and any notation, legend or endorsement on them. If required, the
Notes may bear the appropriate legend regarding any original issue discount for
federal income tax purposes. Each Note shall be dated the date of its issuance
and shall show the date of its authentication. Each Note shall have an executed
Guarantee from each of the Guarantors endorsed thereon substantially in the form
of EXHIBIT E hereto.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes, annexed hereto
as EXHIBITS A AND B, shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of
this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, 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.
Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A and Notes
offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the
form of one or more permanent global Notes in registered form, substantially in
the form set forth in EXHIBIT A (the "Global Note"), deposited with the Trustee,
as custodian for the Depository, duly executed by the Company (and having an
executed Guarantee from each of the Guarantors endorsed thereon) and
authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided and shall bear all the
legends set forth in Section 2.15. The aggregate principal amount of the Global
Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the
records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depository, as hereinafter
provided.
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Notes issued in exchange for interests in a Global Note pursuant
to Section 2.16 may be issued in the form of permanent certificated Notes in
registered form in substantially the form set forth in EXHIBIT A (the "Physical
Notes") and shall bear the first legend set forth in Section 2.15. All Notes
offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall remain in the form of a
Global Note until the consummation of the Exchange Offer pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that all of the time periods
specified in the Registration Rights Agreement to be complied with by the
Company have been so complied with.
SECTION 2.02. EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION; AGGREGATE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT.
Two Officers, or an Officer and an Assistant Secretary, shall
sign, or one Officer or an Assistant Secretary (each of whom shall, in each
case, have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate actions) shall attest
to, the Notes for the Company, and the Guarantees for the Guarantors, by manual
or facsimile signature.
If an Officer or Assistant Secretary whose signature is on a
Note or a Guarantee, as the case may be, was an Officer or Assistant Secretary
at the time of such execution but no longer holds that office or position at the
time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated
under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall authenticate (i) Initial Notes for original
issue in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $150,000,000 in one or
more series, provided that the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes on
the Issue Date shall not exceed $85,000,000, and further provided that the
Company complies with Section 4.12 of this Indenture, (ii) Private Exchange
Notes from time to time only in exchange for a like principal amount of Initial
Notes and (iii) Exchange Notes from time to time only in exchange for (A) a like
principal amount of Initial Notes or (B) a like principal amount of Private
Exchange Notes, in each case upon a written order of the Company in the form of
an Officers' Certificate of the Company. Each such written order shall specify
the amount of Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the Notes are to
be authenticated, whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes, Private Exchange
Notes or Exchange Notes and whether (subject to Section 2.01) the Notes are to
be issued as Physical Notes or Global Notes or such other information as the
Trustee may rea-
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sonably request. In addition, with respect to authentication pursuant to clause
(iii) of the first sentence of this paragraph, the first such written order from
the Company shall be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel of the Company in a
form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that the issuance of the
Exchange Notes does not give rise to an Event of Default, complies with this
Indenture and has been duly authorized by the Company. The aggregate principal
amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed $150,000,000, except as
provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.08.
In the event that the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate any Notes issued under this Indenture subsequent to the Issue Date
pursuant to clauses (i) and (iii) of the first sentence of the immediately
preceding paragraph, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain the
same "CUSIP" number for such Notes as is printed on the Notes outstanding at
such time; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if any series of Notes issued under this
Indenture subsequent to the Issue Date is determined, pursuant to an Opinion of
Counsel of the Company in a form satisfactory to the Trustee to be a different
class of security than the Notes outstanding at such time for federal income tax
purposes, the Company may obtain a "CUSIP" number for such Notes that is
different than the "CUSIP" number printed on the Notes then outstanding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Notes issued under this
Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters (as to which any of
such Notes may vote or consent) as one class and no series of Notes will have
the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent (the
"Authenticating Agent") reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate
Notes. Unless otherwise provided in the appointment, 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
Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as an Agent
to deal with the Company or with any Affiliate of the Company.
The Notes shall be issuable in fully registered form only,
without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 2.03. REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency (which shall be
located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, State of New York)
where (a) Notes may be presented or
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surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar"),
(b) Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment ("Paying Agent") and
(c) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this
Indenture may be served. The office or agency in respect of clauses (a) and (b)
shall be the Trustee, x/x Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Trust Company of New York (770 Xxxxxxxx,
00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attn: Corporate Trust Services), and the
office or agency in respect of clause (c) shall be the Trustee, c/o United
States Trust company of New York (114 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Attn: Corporate Trust Administration), unless in either case the Company
shall designate and maintain some other office or agency for one or more of such
purposes. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their
transfer and exchange. The Company, upon prior written notice to the Trustee,
may have one or more co-Registrars and one or more additional paying agents
acceptable to the Trustee. The term "Paying Agent" includes any additional
Paying Agent. The Company may act as its own Paying Agent, except that for the
purposes of payments on the Notes pursuant to Sections 4.14 and 4.15, neither
the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company may act as Paying Agent.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement
with any Agent not a party to this Indenture, which agreement shall incorporate
the provisions of the TIA and implement the provisions of this Indenture that
relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee, in advance, of the
name and address of any such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a
Registrar or Paying Agent, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee
shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation in
accordance with Section 7.07.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying
Agent and agent for service of demands and notices in connection with the Notes,
until such time as the Trustee has resigned or a successor has been appointed.
Any of the Registrar, the Paying Agent or any other agent may resign upon 30
days' notice to the Company.
SECTION 2.04. PAYING AGENT TO HOLD ASSETS IN TRUST.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the
Trustee to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the
benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all assets held by the Paying Agent for
the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes (whether
such assets have been distributed to it by the Company or any other obligor on
the Notes), and the Company and the Paying Agent shall notify the Trustee of any
Default by the
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Company (or any other obligor on the Notes) in making any such payment. The
Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by
it to the Trustee and account for any assets disbursed and the Trustee may at
any time during the continuance of any payment Default, upon written request to
a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to
the Trustee and to account for any assets distributed. Upon distribution to the
Trustee of all assets that shall have been delivered by the Company to the
Paying Agent, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for such assets.
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
the Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish or
cause the Registrar to furnish to the Trustee five (5) Business Days before each
Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in
writing a list as of such date and in such form as the Trustee may require of
the names and addresses of the Holders, which list may be conclusively relied
upon by the Trustee.
SECTION 2.06. TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
When Notes are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with
a request to register the transfer of such Notes or to exchange such Notes for
an equal principal amount of Notes or other authorized denominations, the
Registrar or co-Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as
requested if its requirements for such transaction are met; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Notes presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar or co-Registrar,
duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate Notes (and each of the Guarantors shall execute a
Guarantee thereon). No service charge shall be made for any registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any transfer tax, fee or similar governmental charge payable in connection
therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge
payable upon exchanges or transfers pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.04, 4.14, 4.15
or 9.05, in which event the Company shall be responsible for the payment of such
taxes).
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Xxx Xxxxxxxxx or co-Registrar shall not be required to register
the transfer of or exchange of any Note (i) during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of
Notes and ending at the close of business on the day of such
mailing,(ii) selected for redemption in whole or in part pursuant to Article
Three, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part or
(iii) between a Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
Any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall, by
acceptance of such Global Note, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in
such Global Notes may be effected only through a book entry system maintained by
the Holder of such Global Note (or its agent), and that ownership of a
beneficial interest in the Note shall be required to be reflected in a book
entry system.
SECTION 2.07. REPLACEMENT NOTES.
If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or if the
Holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully
taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement
Note and each of the Guarantors shall execute a Guarantee thereon if the
Trustee's requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such
Holder must provide satisfactory evidence of such loss, destruction or taking,
and an indemnity bond or other indemnity of reasonable tenor, sufficient in the
reasonable judgment of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, to protect
the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss which any of
them may suffer if a Note is replaced. Every replacement Note shall constitute
an obligation of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Trustee
each may charge such Holder for its expenses in replacing such Note.
SECTION 2.08. OUTSTANDING NOTES.
Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes that have been
authenticated by the Trustee except those canceled by it, those delivered to it
for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.09, a Note does not cease to be
outstanding because the Company or any of its Affiliates holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 (other than a
mutilated Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless
the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by
a BONA FIDE purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surren-
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der of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.07.
If on a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date the Paying Agent
holds U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay all of
the principal, premium, if any, and interest due on the Notes payable on that
date and is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders thereof
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes
shall be deemed not to be outstanding and interest on them shall cease to
accrue.
SECTION 2.09. TREASURY NOTES.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver, consent or notice,
Notes owned by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company shall be considered as
though they are 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 which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows are
so owned shall be so considered. The Company shall notify the Trustee, in
writing, when it or, to its knowledge, any of its Affiliates repurchases or
otherwise acquires Notes, of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes so
repurchased or otherwise acquired and such other information as the Trustee may
request and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely thereon.
SECTION 2.10. TEMPORARY NOTES.
Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may
prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes and the Guarantors
shall prepare temporary Guarantees thereon upon receipt of a written order of
the Company in the form of an Officers' Certificate. The Officers' Certificate
shall specify the amount of temporary Notes to be authenticated and the date on
which the temporary Notes are to be authenticated. Temporary Notes shall be
substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the
Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and so indicate in the
Officers' Certificate. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare
and execute, the Trustee shall authenticate, and the Guarantors shall execute
Guarantees on, upon receipt of a written order of the Company pursuant to
Section 2.02, definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
SECTION 2.11. CANCELLATION.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent
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shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for transfer,
exchange or payment. The Trustee, or at the direction of the Trustee, the
Registrar or the Paying Agent, and no one else, shall cancel and, at the written
direction of the Company, shall dispose, in its customary manner, of all Notes
surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation. Subject to Section
2.07, the Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. If the Company shall acquire any of
the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of
the Indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.11.
SECTION 2.12. DEFAULTED INTEREST.
The Company will pay interest on overdue principal from time to
time on demand at the rate of interest then borne by the Notes. The Company
shall, to the extent lawful, pay interest on overdue installments of interest
(without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at
the rate of interest then borne by the Notes. Interest will be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months, and, in the case of a
partial month, the actual number of days elapsed.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes,
it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent lawful) any interest
payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a
subsequent special record date, which special record date shall be the fifteenth
day next preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of defaulted
interest or the next succeeding Business Day if such date is not a Business Day.
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
(a "Default Interest Payment Date"), and at the same time the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the
date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled to such defaulted interest as provided in
this Section; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in no event shall the Company deposit
monies proposed to be paid in respect of defaulted interest later than 11:00
a.m. New York City time of the proposed Default Interest Payment Date. At least
15 days before the subsequent special record date, the Company shall mail (or
cause to be mailed) to each Holder, as of a recent date selected by the Company,
with a copy to the Trustee, a notice that states the subsequent special record
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date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest, and interest
payable on such defaulted interest, if any, to be paid. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any interest which is paid prior to the expiration of the 30-day
period set forth in Section 6.01(a) shall be paid to Holders as of the regular
record date for the Interest Payment Date for which interest has not been paid.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may make payment of any defaulted
interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of
any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice
as may be required by such exchange.
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP NUMBERS.
The Company in issuing the Notes may use one or more "CUSIP"
numbers, and, if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP numbers in notices of
redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no
representation is hereby deemed to be made by the Trustee as to the correctness
or accuracy of the CUSIP number printed in the notice or on the Notes, and that
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Notes. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP
numbers.
SECTION 2.14. DEPOSIT OF MONIES.
Prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City time on each Interest Payment
Date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date, Change of Control Payment Date and Net
Proceeds Offer Payment Date, the Company shall have deposited with the Paying
Agent in immediately available funds money sufficient to make cash payments, if
any, due on such Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date, Change
of Control Payment Date and Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, as the case may be,
in a timely manner which permits the Paying Agent to remit payment to the
Holders on such Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date, Change of
Control Payment Date and Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, as the case may be.
SECTION 2.15. RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS.
Each Global Note and Physical Note that constitutes a Restricted
Security or is sold in compliance with Regulation S shall bear the following
legend (the "Private Placement Legend") on the face thereof until after the
second anniversary of the later of the Issue Date and the last date on which the
Company or any Affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Note (or any
predecessor security) (or such shorter period of time as permitted by Rule
144(k) under the Securities Act or any successor provision thereunder) (or such
longer period of time as may be required under the Securities Act or applicable
state
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securities laws in the opinion of counsel for the Company, unless otherwise
agreed by the Company and the Holder thereof):
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S.
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES
OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS
SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1)
REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS
DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS NOT
A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS TWO
YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY RESELL OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY
THEREOF OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES
TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN
"ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR
(7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR") THAT,
PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES (OR HAS FURNISHED ON ITS
BEHALF BY A U.S. BROKER-DEALER) TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER
CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO
THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (THE FORM OF WHICH
LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE FOR THIS SECURITY), (D)
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN
COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) PURSUANT
TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND
(3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS
SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF
THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY
WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY,
IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, THE HOLDER
MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND THE
COMPANY SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION
AS EITHER OF THEM MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A
TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS "OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION," "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S.
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PERSON" HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT.
Each Global Note shall also bear the following legend on the
face thereof:
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR
SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF
THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY ANY SUCH NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY
THE DEPOSITORY OR NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR ANY
SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW
YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO
TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO.
OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND
TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED
TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH
IN SECTION 2.17 OF THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE.
SECTION 2.16. BOOK-ENTRY PROVISIONS FOR GLOBAL SECURITY.
(a) The Global Notes initially shall (i) be registered in
the name of the Depository or the nominee of such Depository, (ii) be delivered
to the Trustee as custodian for such Depository and (iii) bear legends as set
forth in Section 2.15.
Members of, or participants in, the Depository ("Agent Members")
shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held
on their behalf by the Depository, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the
Global Notes, and the Depository may be treated by the Company, the
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Trustee and any Agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of
such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any Agent of the
Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or
other authorization furnished by the Depository or impair, as between the
Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing
the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.
(b) Transfers of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers
in whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or their respective
nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Note may be transferred or
exchanged for Physical Notes in accordance with the rules and procedures of the
Depository and the provisions of Section 2.17. In addition, Physical Notes
shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial
interests in a Global Note if (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for the Global Notes and a
successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such
notice or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
Registrar has received a written request from the Depository to issue Physical
Notes.
(c) In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion
of the beneficial interest in a Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to
paragraph (b), the Registrar shall (if one or more Physical Notes are to be
issued) reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the
principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount
of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be transferred, and the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more
Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.
(d) In connection with the transfer of an entire Global Note
to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b), such Global Note shall be deemed
to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall
execute, the Guarantors shall execute Guarantees on and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository
in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Note, an equal aggregate
principal amount of Physical Notes of authorized denominations.
(e) Any Physical Note constituting a Restricted Security
delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant to paragraph (b)
or (c) shall, except as otherwise provided by paragraphs (a)(i)(x) and (c) of
Section 2.17, bear
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the Private Placement Legend applicable to the Physical Notes set forth in
Section 2.15.
(f) The Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and
otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may
hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is
entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.
SECTION 2.17. SPECIAL TRANSFER PROVISIONS.
(a) TRANSFERS TO NON-QIB INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS
AND NON-U.S. PERSONS. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the
registration of any proposed transfer of a Note constituting a Restricted
Security to any Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB or to any
Non-U.S. Person:
(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer of any Note
constituting a Restricted Security, whether or not such Note bears the
Private Placement Legend, if (x) the requested transfer is after the
second anniversary of the Issue Date (PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that neither
the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company has held any beneficial
interest in such Note, or portion thereof, at any time on or prior to
the second anniversary of the Issue Date) or (y) (1) in the case of a
transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB
(excluding Non-U.S. Persons), the proposed transferee has delivered to
the Registrar a certificate substantially in the form of EXHIBIT C and
any legal opinions and certifications required thereby or (2) in the
case of a transfer to a Non-U.S. Person, the proposed transferor has
delivered to the Registrar a certificate substantially in the form of
EXHIBIT D; and
(ii) if the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a
beneficial interest in the Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of
(x) the certificate, if any, required by paragraph (i) above and (y)
written instructions given in accordance with the Depository's and the
Registrar's procedures,
whereupon (a) the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and
(if the transfer does not involve a transfer of outstanding Physical Notes) a
decrease in the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the
principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be
transferred, and (b) the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver one or more Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.
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(b) TRANSFERS TO QIBS. The following provisions shall apply
with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Note constituting
a Restricted Security to a QIB (excluding transfers to Non-U.S. Persons):
(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer of any
Restricted Note, whether or not such Note bears the Private Placement
Legend, if (x) the requested transfer is after the second anniversary of
the Issue Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that neither the Company nor any
Affiliate of the Company has held any beneficial interest in such Note,
or portion thereof, at any time on or prior to the second anniversary of
the Issue Date or (y) if such transfer is being made by a proposed
transferor who has checked the box provided for on the form of Note
stating, or has otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in
writing, that the sale has been made in compliance with the provisions
of Rule 144A to a transferee who has signed the certification provided
for on the form of Note stating, or has otherwise advised the Company
and the Registrar in writing, that it is purchasing the Note for its own
account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment
discretion and that it and any such account is a QIB within the meaning
of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance
on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information
regarding the Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has
determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the
transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to
claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A; and
(ii) if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the
Notes to be transferred consist of Physical Notes which after transfer
are to be evidenced by an interest in a Global Note, upon receipt by the
Registrar of written instructions given in accordance with the
Depository's and the Registrar's procedures, the Registrar shall reflect
on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal
amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of
the Physical Notes to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the
Physical Notes so transferred.
(c) PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND. Upon the transfer, exchange
or replacement of Notes not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar
shall deliver Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend. Upon the
transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend,
the Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend
unless (i) the requested transfer is after the sec-
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ond anniversary of the Issue Date (PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that neither the Company
nor any Affiliate of the Company has held any beneficial interest in such Note,
or portion thereof, prior to or on the second anniversary of the Issue Date), or
(ii) there is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee to the effect that neither such
legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to
maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act.
(d) GENERAL. By its acceptance of any Note bearing the
Private Placement Legend, each Holder of such a Note acknowledges the
restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the
Private Placement Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note only as
provided in this Indenture.
The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and
other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.16 or this Section
2.17. The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such
letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time during
the Registrar's normal business hours upon the giving of reasonable written
notice to the Registrar.
(e) TRANSFERS OF NOTES HELD BY AFFILIATES. Any certificate
(i) evidencing a Note that has been transferred to an Affiliate of the Company
within two years after the Issue Date, as evidenced by a notation on the
Assignment Form for such transfer or in the representation letter delivered in
respect thereof or (ii) evidencing a Note that has been acquired from an
Affiliate (other than by an Affiliate) in a transaction or a chain of
transactions not involving any public offering, shall, until two years after the
last date on which either the Company or any Affiliate of the Company was an
owner of such Note, in each case, bear a legend in substantially the form set
forth in Section 2.15, unless otherwise agreed by the Company (with written
notice thereof to the Trustee).
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. NOTICES TO TRUSTEE.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Paragraph 5 of
the Notes and Section 3.03, it shall notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent in
writing of the Redemption Date and the principal amount of the Notes to be
redeemed.
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The Company shall give each notice provided for in this Section
3.01 at least 45 but not more than 90 days before the Redemption Date (unless a
shorter notice period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee, as evidenced in a
writing signed on behalf of the Trustee), together with an Officers' Certificate
stating that such redemption shall comply with the conditions contained herein
and in the Notes, the Redemption Date, the redemption price and the principal
amount of the Notes to be redeemed.
If the Company is required to make an offer to redeem Notes
pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.14 or 4.15 hereof, it shall furnish to
the Trustee at least 45 days but not more than 90 days before a Redemption Date
(or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Trustee in writing), an
Officers' Certificate setting forth (i) the Section of this Indenture pursuant
to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the Redemption Date, (iii) the
principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, (iv) the redemption price and (v) a
statement to the effect that (a) the Company or one of its Subsidiaries has
effected an Asset Sale and the conditions set forth in Section 4.15 have been
satisfied or (b) a Change of Control has occurred and the conditions set forth
in Section 4.14 have been satisfied, as applicable.
SECTION 3.02. SELECTION OF NOTES TO BE REDEEMED.
In the event that less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed
at any time, selection of such Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee
in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities
exchange, if any, on which such Notes are listed or, if such Notes are not then
listed on a national securities exchange, on a PRO RATA basis or by lot;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Notes of a principal amount of U.S. $1,000 or less
shall be redeemed in part; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that if a partial redemption is
made with the proceeds of a Public Equity Offering, selection of the Notes or
portions thereof for redemption shall be made by the Trustee only on a PRO RATA
basis or on as nearly a PRO RATA basis as is practicable (subject to DTC
procedures), unless such method is otherwise prohibited. Notice of redemption
shall be mailed by first-class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before
the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered
address. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption
that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in a principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon
cancellation of the original Note. On and after the redemption date, interest
will cease to accrue on Notes or
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portions thereof called for redemption as long as the Company has deposited with
the Paying Agent funds in satisfaction of the applicable redemption price
pursuant to this Indenture.
SECTION 3.03. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
(a) The Notes will be redeemable, at the Company's option,
in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on and after April 15, 2003,
upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the following redemption
prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount thereof) if redeemed
during the twelve-month period commencing on April 15 of the year set forth
below, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the
date of redemption:
Year Percentage
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2003............................ 105.000%
2004............................ 103.333%
2005............................ 101.667%
2006 and thereafter............. 100.000%
(b) At any time, or from time to time, on or prior to
April 15, 2001, the Company may, at its option, use the net cash proceeds of one
or more Public Equity Offerings to redeem up to 35% of the sum of (i) the
initial aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued in the offering on the
Issue Date and (ii) the respective initial aggregate principal amounts of the
Notes issued under this Indenture after the Issue Date, at a redemption price
equal to 110.000% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon, if any, to the date of redemption; PROVIDED that at least 65%
of the sum of (i) the initial aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued in
the offering on the Issue Date and (ii) the respective initial aggregate
principal amounts of the Notes issued under this Indenture after the Issue Date
remains outstanding immediately after any such redemption. In order to effect
the foregoing redemption with the proceeds of any Public Equity Offering, the
Company shall make such redemption not more than 120 days after the consummation
of any such Public Equity Offering.
SECTION 3.04. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption
Date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed a notice of redemption by
first class mail to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered
address, with a copy to the Trustee and any Paying Agent. At the Company's
request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company's name
and at the Company's expense. The Company shall provide such notices of
redemption to the Trustee at least five
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days before the intended mailing date. In any case, failure to give such notice
or any defect in the notice to the holder of any Note shall not affect the
validity of the proceeding for the redemption of any other Note.
Each notice of redemption shall identify (including the CUSIP
number) the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the redemption price and the amount of accrued interest,
if any, to be paid;
(3) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(4) the subparagraph of the Notes pursuant to which such
redemption is being made;
(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to
the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price plus accrued interest,
if any;
(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making the
redemption payment, interest on Notes or applicable portions thereof
called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date,
and the only remaining right of the Holders of such Notes is to receive
payment of the redemption price plus accrued interest as of the
Redemption Date, if any, upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the Notes
redeemed;
(7) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of
the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the
Redemption Date, and upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in
the aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof
will be issued; and
(8) if fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the
identification of the particular Notes (or portion thereof) to be
redeemed, as well as the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be
redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be outstanding
after such partial redemption.
No representation is made as to the accuracy of the CUSIP
numbers listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1
under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and
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regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in
connection with the purchase of Notes.
SECTION 3.05. EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with
Section 3.04, such notice of redemption shall be irrevocable and Notes called
for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the
redemption price plus accrued interest as of such date, if any. Upon surrender
to the Trustee or Paying Agent, such Notes called for redemption shall be paid
at the redemption price plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date,
but installments of interest, the maturity of which is on or prior to the
Redemption Date, shall be payable to Holders of record at the close of business
on the relevant record dates referred to in the Notes. Interest shall accrue on
or after the Redemption Date and shall be payable only if the Company defaults
in payment of the redemption price.
SECTION 3.06. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or before 11:00 a.m. New York City time on the Redemption
Date and in accordance with Section 2.14, the Company shall deposit with the
Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the redemption price plus
accrued interest, if any, of all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Paying
Agent shall promptly return to the Company any U.S. Legal Tender so deposited
which is not required for that purpose, except with respect to monies owed as
obligations to the Trustee pursuant to Article Seven.
Unless the Company fails to comply with the preceding paragraph
and defaults in the payment of such redemption price plus accrued interest, if
any, interest on the Notes to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the
applicable Redemption Date, whether or not such Notes are presented for payment.
SECTION 3.07. NOTES REDEEMED IN PART.
Upon surrender of a Note that is to be redeemed in part, the
Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Note or Notes equal in principal
amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.
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ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. PAYMENT OF NOTES.
(a) The Company shall pay the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes
and in this Indenture.
(b) An installment of principal of or interest on the Notes
shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent
(other than the Company or any of its Affiliates) holds, prior to 11:00 a.m. New
York City time on that date, U.S. Legal Tender designated for and sufficient to
pay the installment in full and is not prohibited from paying such money to the
Holders pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or the Notes.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Indenture, the Company may, to the extent it is required to do so by law,
deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States of
America from principal or interest payments hereunder.
SECTION 4.02. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company shall maintain the office or agency required under
Section 2.03. The Company shall give prior written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the
Trustee set forth in Section 11.02.
SECTION 4.03. CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Except as provided in Article Five, the Company shall do or
shall cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force
and effect its corporate existence and the corporate, partnership or other
existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with the
respective organizational documents of the Company and each such Restricted
Subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory) and material franchises of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
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SECTION 4.04. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS.
The Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or
discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all material taxes,
assessments and governmental charges (including withholding taxes and any
penalties, interest and additions to taxes) levied or imposed upon the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries or properties of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries and (ii) all material lawful claims for labor, materials and
supplies that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon the property of the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall
not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such
tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is
being contested in good faith by appropriate negotiations or proceedings
properly instituted and diligently conducted for which adequate reserves, to the
extent required under GAAP, have been taken.
SECTION 4.05. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES AND INSURANCE.
(a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall cause all
material properties owned by or leased to it and used or useful in the conduct
of its business to be maintained and kept in normal condition, repair and
working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and shall cause to be
made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements
thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company or such Subsidiary may be
necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously conducted at all times; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
from discontinuing the use, operation or maintenance of any of such properties,
or disposing of any of them, if such discontinuance or disposal is, in the
judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company or of the Board of Directors
of the Subsidiary concerned, or of an officer (or other agent employed by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries) of the Company or such Subsidiary having
managerial responsibility for any such property, desirable in the conduct of the
business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(b) The Company and the Subsidiaries shall cause to be
provided insurance (including appropriate self-insurance) against loss or damage
of the kinds that, in the good faith judgment of the respective Boards of
Directors or other governing body or officer or other agent of the Company or
such Subsidiaries, as the case may be, are adequate and appropriate for the
conduct of the business of the Company or such Subsidiaries, as the case may be,
with reputable insurers or with the
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government of the United States of America or an agency or instrumentality
thereof, in such amounts, with such deductibles, and by such methods as shall be
customary, in the good faith judgment of the respective Boards of Directors or
other governing body or officer or other agent of the Company or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, for companies similarly situated in the
industry.
SECTION 4.06. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE; NOTICE OF DEFAULT.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days
after the end of each of the Company's fiscal years, an Officers' Certificate
(signed by the principal executive officer, principal financial officer and/or
principal accounting officer) stating that a review of its activities and the
activities of its Restricted Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has
been made under the supervision of the signing officers with a view to
determining whether it has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its
obligations under this Indenture and further stating, as to each such officer
signing such certificate, that to the best of such officers' knowledge the
Company during such preceding fiscal year has kept, observed, performed and
fulfilled each and every such obligation and no Default or Event of Default
occurred during such year and at the date of such certificate there is no
Default or Event of Default that has occurred and is continuing or, if such
signers do know of such Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall
describe the Default or Event of Default and its status with particularity. The
Officers' Certificate shall also notify the Trustee should the Company elect to
change the manner in which it fixes its fiscal year end.
(b) The annual financial statements delivered pursuant to
Section 4.08 shall be accompanied by a written report of the Company's
independent certified public accountants (who shall be a firm of established
national reputation) stating (A) that their audit examination has included a
review of the terms of this Indenture and the form of the Notes as they relate
to accounting matters, and (B) whether, in connection with their audit
examination, any Default or Event of Default has come to their attention and if
such a Default or Event of Default has come to their attention, specifying the
nature and period of existence thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, without any
restriction as to the scope of the audit examination, such independent certified
public accountants shall not be liable by reason of any failure to obtain
knowledge of any such Default or Event of Default that would not be disclosed in
the course of an audit examination conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards.
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(c) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding (i) if any
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) if any Holder
seeks to exercise any remedy hereunder with respect to a claimed Default under
this Indenture or the Notes, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Trustee
by registered or certified mail or by telegram, telex or facsimile transmission
followed by hard copy by registered or certified mail an Officers' Certificate
specifying such event, notice or other action promptly of its becoming aware of
such occurrence.
SECTION 4.07. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.
The Company shall comply, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to comply, with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders
and restrictions of the United States of America, all states and municipalities
thereof and of any governmental department, commission, board, regulatory
authority, bureau, agency and instrumentality of the foregoing, in respect of
the conduct of their respective businesses and the ownership of their respective
properties, except for such noncompliances as could not singly or in the
aggregate reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.08. REPORTS TO HOLDERS.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after
the filing of the same with the Commission, copies of the quarterly and annual
reports and of the information, documents and other reports, if any, which the
Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to the
reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company
shall file with the Commission, to the extent permitted, and provide the Trustee
and Holders with such annual reports and such information, documents and other
reports specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company
shall also comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a).
SECTION 4.09. WAIVER OF STAY, EXTENSION OR 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 or extension law or any
usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying
all or any portion of the principal of or interest on the Notes as
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contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or
which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the
extent that it may lawfully do so) the Company hereby expressly waives all
benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not 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
had been enacted.
SECTION 4.10. LIMITATION ON RESTRICTED PAYMENTS.
The Company shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, (a) declare or pay any
dividend or make any distribution (other than dividends or distributions payable
in Qualified Capital Stock of the Company) on or in respect of shares of the
Company's Capital Stock to holders of such Capital Stock, (b) purchase, redeem
or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Capital Stock of the Company or any
warrants, rights or options to purchase or acquire shares of any class of such
Capital Stock, (c) make any principal payment on, purchase, defease, redeem,
prepay, decrease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to any
scheduled final maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment,
any Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor that is subordinate or junior in
right of payment to the Notes or a Guarantee, as the case may be, or (d) make
any Investment (each of the foregoing actions set forth in clauses (a), (b),
(c) and (d), other than Permitted Investments, being referred to as a
"Restricted Payment"), if at the time of such Restricted Payment or immediately
after giving effect thereto, (i) a Default or an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or (ii) the Company is not able to incur at least
$1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in
compliance with Section 4.12 or (iii) the aggregate amount of Restricted
Payments (including such proposed Restricted Payment) made subsequent to the
Issue Date shall exceed the sum of: (w) 50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net
Income (or if cumulative Consolidated Net Income shall be a loss, minus 100% of
such loss) of the Company earned subsequent to the Issue Date and on or prior to
the date the Restricted Payment occurs (the "Reference Date") (treating such
period as a single accounting period); plus (x) 100% of the aggregate net cash
proceeds received by the Company from any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the
Company) from the issuance and sale subsequent to the Issue Date and on or prior
to the Reference Date of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company; plus (y) to the
extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income of the Company, an
amount equal to the net reduction in Investments (other than reductions in
Permitted Indebtedness) in Unrestricted Subsidiaries resulting from divi-
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dends, interest payments, repayments of loans or advances, or other transfers of
cash, in each case, to the Company or to any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company from Unrestricted Subsidiaries, or from redesignations of
Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries (in each case valued as
provided in the definition of "Investment"), not to exceed, in the case of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, the amount of Investments previously made by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in such Unrestricted
Subsidiary and which were treated as a Restricted Payment under this Indenture;
plus (z) without duplication of any amounts included in clause (iii)(x) above,
100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds of any equity contribution received by
the Company from a holder of the Company's Capital Stock (excluding, in the case
of clauses (iii)(x) and (z), any net cash proceeds from a Public Equity Offering
to the extent used to redeem the Notes).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions set forth in the
immediately preceding paragraph do not prohibit: (1) the payment of any
dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration of such dividend if the
dividend would have been permitted on the date of declaration; (2) if no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the acquisition of
any shares of Capital Stock of the Company, either (i) solely in exchange for
shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or (ii) through the application
of net proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for cash (other than to a
Subsidiary of the Company) of shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company;
(3) if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
acquisition of any Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor that is
subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes or a Guarantee, as the
case may be, either (i) solely in exchange for shares of Qualified Capital Stock
of the Company, or (ii) through the application of net proceeds of a
substantially concurrent sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of the
Company) of (A) shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or (B)
Refinancing Indebtedness; (4) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, (i) repurchases by the Company of Common Stock
of the Company (or rights to acquire such Common Stock) from employees of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their authorized representatives upon the
death, disability or termination of employment of such employees, or as
otherwise required by existing employment agreements, in an aggregate amount not
to exceed $500,000 in any calendar year and $3,000,000 in the aggregate
(PROVIDED that, notwithstanding the foregoing $500,000 per year limitation, on
or after April 22, 2003, the Company may repurchase Common Stock of the Company
(or rights to acquire such Common Stock) through the issuance of indebtedness
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes in an aggregate principal amount
of not more than
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$3,000,000 less the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to
this clause (4) prior to the date of such issuance, which indebtedness shall
provide for no payments of principal in excess of $500,000 per year prior to the
repayment in full of the Notes) plus (ii) the aggregate cash proceeds from any
payments on life insurance policies for which the Company or its Subsidiaries is
the beneficiary with respect to any employees, officers or directors of the
Company and its Subsidiaries which proceeds are used to purchase the Common
Stock of the Company held by any such employees, officers or directors. In
determining the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made subsequent to the
Issue Date in accordance with clause (iii) of the immediately preceding
paragraph, amounts expended pursuant to clauses (1), (2)(ii), (3)(ii)(A), and
(4)(i) shall be included in such calculation.
The amount of any non-cash Restricted Payment shall be the fair
market value, on the date such Restricted Payment is made, of the assets or
securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to such Restricted Payment.
The fair market value of any non-cash Restricted Payment shall be determined by
the Board of Directors of the Company whose resolution with respect thereto
shall be delivered to the Trustee, such determination to be based upon an
opinion or appraisal issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking
firm of national standing if such fair market value exceeds $10,000,000. Not
later than 50 days after the end of any fiscal quarter (100 days in the case of
the last fiscal quarter of the fiscal year) during which any Restricted Payment
is made, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
stating that all Restricted Payments made during such fiscal quarter were
permitted and setting forth the basis upon which the calculations required by
this covenant were computed, together with a copy of any opinion or appraisal
required by this Indenture.
SECTION 4.11. LIMITATIONS ON TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to
exist any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without
limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the
rendering of any service) with, or for the benefit of, any of its Affiliates
(each an "Affiliate Transaction"), other than (x) Affiliate Transactions
permitted under paragraph (b) below and (y) Affiliate Transactions on terms that
are no less favorable than those that might reasonably have been obtained in a
comparable transaction at such time on an arm's-length basis from a Person that
is not an Affiliate of the Company or such Restricted Sub-
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sidiary. All Affiliate Transactions (and each series of related Affiliate
Transactions which are similar or part of a common plan) involving aggregate
payments or other property with a fair market value in excess of $500,000 shall
be approved by a majority of non-interested directors of the Board of Directors
of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, such approval
to be evidenced by a Board Resolution stating that such majority of
non-interested directors of the Board of Directors have determined that such
transaction complies with the foregoing provisions. If the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company enters into an Affiliate Transaction (or a
series of related Affiliate Transactions related to a common plan) that involves
an aggregate fair market value of more than $5,000,000, the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall, prior to the consummation
thereof, obtain a favorable opinion as to the fairness of such transaction or
series of related transactions to the Company or the relevant Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, from a financial point of view, from an
Independent Financial Advisor and file the same with the Trustee.
(b) The restrictions set forth in clause (a) shall not apply to
(i) reasonable fees and compensation paid to and indemnity provided on behalf
of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as determined in good faith by the
Company's Board of Directors or senior management; (ii) transactions exclusively
between or among the Company and any of its Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries
or exclusively between or among such Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries,
provided such transactions are not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture;
(iii) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or any amendment thereto
or any transaction contemplated thereby (including pursuant to any amendment
thereto) in any replacement agreement thereto so long as any such amendment or
replacement agreement is not more disadvantageous to the Holders in any material
respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date; and
(iv) Restricted Payments permitted by this Indenture.
SECTION 4.12. LIMITATION ON INCURRENCE OF ADDITIONAL
INDEBTEDNESS.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume,
guarantee, acquire, become liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to,
or otherwise become responsible for payment of (collectively, "incur") any
Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of
or as a consequence of the incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the Company or
any of its Guarantors may in-
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cur Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Acquired Indebtedness) if on
the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, after giving effect to the
incurrence thereof, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company
is greater than 2.0 to 1.0.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Guarantor to,
incur any Indebtedness which by its terms (or by the terms of any agreement
governing such Indebtedness) is subordinated in right of payment to any other
Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such
Indebtedness is also by its terms (or by the terms of any agreement governing
such Indebtedness) made expressly subordinate in right of payment to the Notes
or the Guarantee of such Guarantor, as the case may be, pursuant to
subordination provisions that are substantively identical to the subordination
provisions of such Indebtedness (or such agreement) that are most favorable to
the holders of any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor, as the
case may be.
SECTION 4.13. LIMITATION ON DIVIDEND AND OTHER PAYMENT
RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING SUBSIDIARIES.
The Company shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or
permit to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the
ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to (a) pay dividends or make
any other distributions on or in respect of its Capital Stock; (b) make loans or
advances or to pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to the Company or
any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or (c) transfer any of its
property or assets to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by
reason of: (1) applicable law; (2) this Indenture; (3) customary non-assignment
provisions of any contract or any lease governing a leasehold interest of any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; (4) any instrument governing Acquired
Indebtedness, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person,
or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or the
properties or assets of the Person so acquired; (5) agreements existing on the
Issue Date to the extent and in the manner such agreements are in effect on the
Issue Date (including the New Bank Credit Facility); or (6) an agreement
governing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance the Indebtedness issued, assumed or
incurred pursuant to an agreement referred to in clause (2), (4) or (5) above;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the provisions relating to such encumbrance or
restriction contained in any such Indebtedness are no less favorable to the
Company in any material respect as determined by the Board of
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Directors of the Company in their reasonable and good faith judgment than the
provisions relating to such encumbrance or restriction contained in agreements
referred to in such clause (2), (4) or (5).
SECTION 4.14. CHANGE OF CONTROL.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder
shall have the right to require that the Company purchase all or a portion of
such Holder's Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the "Change of
Control Offer"), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount
thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of
purchase.
(b) Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of
Control occurred, the Company shall send, by first class mail, a notice to each
Holder at such Holder's last registered address, with a copy to the Trustee,
which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. The notice
to the Holders shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable
such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer. Such
notice shall state:
(i) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant
to this Section 4.14 and that all Notes tendered and not withdrawn shall
be accepted for payment;
(ii) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued
interest) and the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days
nor later than 45 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than
as may be required by law) (the "Change of Control Payment Date");
(iii) that any Note not tendered shall continue to accrue
interest;
(iv) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment
therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of
Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control
Payment Date;
(v) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant
to a Change of Control 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, to the Paying Agent at the address
specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third
business day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date;
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(vi) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their
election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the second
business day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram,
telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the
Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for
purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election
to have such Notes purchased;
(vii) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part
shall be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased
portion of the Notes surrendered; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each Note
purchased and each new Note issued shall be in an original principal
amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof; and
(viii) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such
Change of Control.
On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the
extent permitted by law, (i) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof
properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the
Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control Payment in
respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered and (iii) deliver, or cause
to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes so accepted together
with an Officers' Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof have
been tendered to and purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly
either (x) pay to the Holder against presentation and surrender (or, in the case
of partial payment, endorsement) of the Global Notes or (y) in the case of
Certificated Securities, mail to each Holder of Notes the Change of Control
Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver
to the Holder of the Global Notes a new Global Note or Notes or, in the case of
Physical Notes, mail to each Holder new Certificated Securities, as applicable,
equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered,
if any, provided that each new Certificated Security shall be in a principal
amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. The Company shall notify the
Trustee and the Holders of the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as
soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
Neither the Board of Directors of the Company nor the Trustee
may waive the provisions of this Section 4.14 relating to the Company's
obligation to make a Change of Control Offer or a Holder's right to redemption
upon a Change of Control.
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The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1
under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder
to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that
the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the
provisions of this Section 4.14, the Company shall comply with the applicable
securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached their
obligations under the provisions of this Section 4.14 by virtue thereof.
SECTION 4.15. LIMITATION ON ASSET SALES.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless (i) the Company or
the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration
at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the
assets sold or otherwise disposed of (as determined in good faith by the
Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received
by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset
Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the
time of such disposition; PROVIDED that the provisions of this clause (ii) shall
not apply to an Asset Sale to the extent comprised of real property; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company shall apply, or cause
such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such
Asset Sale within 360 days of receipt thereof either (A) to prepay any
Indebtedness under the New Bank Credit Facility and, in the case of any
Indebtedness under any Revolving Credit Facility, effect a permanent reduction
in the availability under such Revolving Credit Facility, (B) to make an
investment in properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that
were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that shall be
used in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as existing on the
Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets"),
or (C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing
clauses (iii)(A) and (iii)(B). On the 361st day after an Asset Sale or such
earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such
Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to
such Asset Sale as set forth in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the
next preceding sentence (each, a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date"), such
aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before
such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A),
(iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer
Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make
an offer to purchase (the "Net Proceeds Offer") on a
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date (the "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 45
days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, from all Holders
on a PRO RATA basis, that amount of Notes equal to the Net Proceeds Offer Amount
at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be purchased,
plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in
connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed
of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash
consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to
constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be
applied in accordance with this covenant. The Company may defer the Net
Proceeds Offer until there is an aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount
equal to or in excess of $5,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at
which time, the entire unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount, and not just the
amount in excess of $5,000,000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this
paragraph).
Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale
without complying with such paragraph to the extent (i) at least 75% of the
consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and (ii) such
Asset Sale is for fair market value; PROVIDED that any consideration not
constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under
this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of
the two preceding paragraphs.
Each Net Proceeds Offer shall be mailed to the record Holders as
shown on the register of Holders within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer
Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures
set forth in this Indenture. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer,
Holders may elect to tender their Notes in whole or in part in integral
multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender
Notes in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Notes of tendering
Holders shall be purchased on a PRO RATA basis (based on amounts tendered). A
Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 business days or such
longer period as may be required by law.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1
under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder
to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of Notes
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pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any
securities laws or regulations conflict with this covenant, the Company shall
comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be
deemed to have breached its obligations under this covenant by virtue thereof.
SECTION 4.16. LIMITATION ON PREFERRED STOCK OF
RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES.
The Company shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
that is not a Guarantor to issue any Preferred Stock (other than to the Company
or to a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) or permit any Person
(other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company)
to own any Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is
not a Guarantor.
SECTION 4.17. LIMITATION ON LIENS.
The Company shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or
permit or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind against or upon any property or
assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries whether owned on the
Issue Date or acquired after the Issue Date, or any proceeds therefrom, or
assign or otherwise convey any right to receive income or profits therefrom
unless (i) in the case of Liens securing Indebtedness that is expressly
subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes or any Guarantee, the
Notes and such Guarantee, as the case may be, are secured by a Lien on such
property, assets or proceeds that is senior in priority to such Liens and
(ii) in all other cases, the Notes and the Guarantees are equally and ratably
secured, except for (A) Liens existing as of the Issue Date to the extent and in
the manner such Liens are in effect on the Issue Date; (B) Liens securing
Indebtedness under the New Bank Credit Facility or the Canadian Credit Facility;
(C) Liens securing the Notes and the Guarantees; (D) Liens in favor of the
Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company on assets of any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; (E) Liens securing Refinancing
Indebtedness which is incurred to Refinance any Indebtedness which has been
secured by a Lien permitted under this Indenture and which has been incurred in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such
Liens (A) are no less favorable to the Holders and are not more favorable to the
lienholders with respect to such Liens than the Liens in respect of the
Indebtedness being Refinanced and (B) do not extend to or cover any property or
assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not securing the
Indebtedness so Refinanced; and (F) Permitted Liens.
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SECTION 4.18. ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.
If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries transfers
or causes to be transferred, in one transaction or a series of related
transactions, any property to any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Foreign
Subsidiary) that is not a Guarantor, or if the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries shall organize, acquire or otherwise invest in another Restricted
Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) having total assets with a book
value in excess of $500,000, then such transferee or acquired or other
Restricted Subsidiary shall (i) execute and deliver to the Trustee a
supplemental indenture in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee pursuant
to which such Restricted Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the
Company's obligations under the Notes and this Indenture on the terms set forth
in this Indenture and (ii) deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that
such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
such Restricted Subsidiary and constitutes a legal, valid, binding and
enforceable obligation of such Restricted Subsidiary. Thereafter, such
Restricted Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor for all purposes of this Indenture.
SECTION 4.19. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS.
The Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not engage in
any businesses which are not the same, similar or related to the businesses in
which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the Issue Date.
ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.01. MERGER, CONSOLIDATION AND SALE OF ASSETS.
(a) The Company shall not, in a single transaction or series of
related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any Person, or sell,
assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of (or cause or permit any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or
otherwise dispose of) all or substantially all of the Company's assets
(determined on a consolidated basis for the Company and the Company's Restricted
Subsidiaries) whether as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any
Person unless: (i) either (1) the Company shall be the surviving or continuing
corporation or (2) the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is
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merged or the Person which acquires by sale, assignment, transfer, lease,
conveyance or other disposition the properties and assets of the Company and of
the Company's Restricted Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety (the
"Surviving Entity") (x) shall be a corporation organized and validly existing
under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of
Columbia and (y) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture (in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trustee), executed and delivered to the Trustee,
the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and
interest on all of the Notes and the performance of every covenant of the Notes,
this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement on the part of the Company
to be performed or observed; (ii) immediately after giving effect to such
transaction and the assumption contemplated by clause (i)(2)(y) above (including
giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred or
anticipated to be incurred in connection with or in respect of such
transaction), the Company or such Surviving Entity, as the case may be,
(1) shall have a Consolidated Net Worth equal to or greater than the
Consolidated Net Worth of the Company immediately prior to such transaction and
(2) shall be able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than
Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 4.12; (iii) immediately before and
immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption
contemplated by clause (i)(2)(y) above (including, without limitation, giving
effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to
be incurred and any Lien granted in connection with or in respect of the
transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be
continuing; and (iv) the Company or the Surviving Entity shall have delivered to
the Trustee an officers' certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating
that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance
or other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection
with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture and that all conditions precedent in this Indenture
relating to such transaction have been satisfied.
(b) For purposes of this Section 5.01, the transfer (by lease,
assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of
transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or
more Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company the Capital Stock of which
constitutes all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Company, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of the Company.
(c) Each Guarantor (other than any Guarantor whose Guarantee is
to be released in accordance with the terms of the
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Guarantee and this Indenture in connection with any transaction complying with
the provisions of Section 4.15) shall not, and the Company shall not cause or
permit any Guarantor to, consolidate with or merge with or into any Person other
than the Company or any other Guarantor unless: (i) the entity formed by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Guarantor) or to
which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is
a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any
State thereof or the District of Columbia; (ii) such entity assumes by
supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Guarantor on the Guarantee;
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and (iv) immediately after
giving effect to such transaction and the use of any net proceeds therefrom on a
PRO FORMA basis, the Company could satisfy the provisions of clause (ii) of the
first paragraph of this Section 5.01. Any merger or consolidation of a
Guarantor with and into the Company (with the Company being the surviving
entity) or another Guarantor that is a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company need only comply with clause (iv) of the first paragraph of
Section 5.01(a).
SECTION 5.02. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED.
Upon any consolidation, combination or merger or any transfer of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section
5.01, in which the Company is not the continuing corporation, the successor
Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to
which such conveyance, lease or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under
this Indenture and the Notes with the same effect as if such surviving entity
had been named as such.
ARTICLE SIX
REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
An "Event of Default" means any of the following events:
(a) the failure to pay interest on any Notes when the same
becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30
days;
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(b) the failure to pay the principal on any Notes, when such
principal becomes due and payable, at maturity, upon redemption or
otherwise (including the failure to make a payment to purchase Notes
tendered pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or a Net Proceeds Offer);
(c) a default in the observance or performance of any other
covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture which default
continues for a period of 30 days after the Company receives written
notice specifying the default (and demanding that such default be
remedied) from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes (except in the case of a
default with respect to Section 5.01, which shall constitute an Event of
Default with such notice requirement but without such passage of time
requirement);
(d) the failure to pay at final maturity (giving effect to any
applicable grace periods and any extensions thereof) the principal
amount of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company, or the acceleration of the final stated maturity of any
such Indebtedness if the aggregate principal amount of such
Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such
Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at final maturity
or which has been accelerated, aggregates $2,500,000 or more at any
time;
(e) one or more judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of
$2,500,000 shall have been rendered against the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and such judgments remain undischarged, unpaid
or unstayed for a period of 60 days after such judgment or judgments
become final and non-appealable;
(f) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant
to or under or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case or proceeding;
(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it
or for all or substantially all of its property;
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of
its creditors; or
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(v) shall generally not pay its debts when such
debts become due or shall admit in writing its inability to pay
its debts generally;
(g) 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
Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding,
(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of
its Significant Subsidiaries for all or substantially all of
their properties taken as a whole, or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, the
Company or any of their Significant Subsidiaries,
and in each case the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for
60 days; or
(h) any of the Guarantees ceases to be in full force and effect
or any of the Guarantees is declared to be null and void and
unenforceable or any of the Guarantees is found to be invalid, in each
case by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable
judgment, or any of the Guarantors denies its liability under its
Guarantee (other than by reason of release of a Guarantor in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture).
SECTION 6.02. ACCELERATION.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified
in Section 6.01 (f) or (g) relating to the Company) shall occur and be
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of
outstanding Notes may declare the principal of and accrued interest on all the
Notes to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee
specifying the respective Event of Default and that it is a declaration of
acceleration, and the same shall become immediately due and payable. If an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01 (f) or (g) with respect to the
Company occurs and is continuing, then all unpaid principal of, and premium, if
any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all of the outstanding Notes shall IPSO
FACTO become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other
act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to
the Notes as described in the preceding paragraph, the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Notes may
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rescind and cancel such declaration and its consequences (a) if the rescission
would not conflict with any judgment or decree, (b) if all existing Events of
Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest
that has become due solely because of the acceleration, (c) to the extent the
payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest
and overdue principal, which has become due otherwise than by such declaration
of acceleration, has been paid, (d) if the Company has paid the Trustee its
reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses,
disbursements and advances and (e) in the event of the cure or waiver of an
Event of Default of the type described in Section 6.01, the Trustee shall have
received an Officers' Certificate and an opinion of counsel that such Event of
Default has been cured or waived. No such rescission shall affect any
subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 6.03. OTHER REMEDIES.
(a) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to
collect the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this
Indenture.
(b) All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Notes may be enforced by the Trustee 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 in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an
Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of
or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other
remedy. All available remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 6.04. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
Prior to the acceleration of the Notes, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice
to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, waive any
existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture,
except a Default or Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) or in
respect of any provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the Holder so affected pursuant to Section 9.02. When a Default or
Event of Default is so waived, it shall be deemed cured and shall cease to
exist. This Section 6.04 shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA
and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA is hereby expressly excluded from this
Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by the TIA.
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SECTION 6.05. CONTROL BY MAJORITY.
Holders of the Notes may not enforce this Indenture or the Notes
except as provided in this Article Six and under the TIA. The Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on
the Trustee, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee may refuse to follow any
direction (a) that conflicts with any rule of law or this Indenture, (b) that
the Trustee, in its sole discretion, determines may be unduly prejudicial to the
rights of another Holder (it being understood that the Trustee shall have no
duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forebearances are unduly
prejudicial to such Holders), or (c) that may expose the Trustee to personal
liability for which adequate indemnity provided to the Trustee against such
liability is not reasonably assured to it; PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOWEVER, that the
Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not
inconsistent with such direction or this Indenture. This Section 6.05 shall be
in lieu of Section 316(a)(1)(A) of the TIA, and such Section 316(a)(1)(A) of
the TIA is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Notes, as
permitted by the TIA.
SECTION 6.06. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
No Holder of any Notes shall have any right to institute any
proceeding with respect to this Indenture or the Notes or any remedy hereunder,
unless the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity,
to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as Trustee under the Notes and this
Indenture, the Trustee has failed to institute such proceeding within 30 days
after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity and the Trustee,
within such 30-day period, has not received directions inconsistent with such
written request by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes.
The foregoing limitations shall not apply to a suit instituted
by a Holder of a Note for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on, such Note on or after the respective due dates
expressed or provided for in such Note.
A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
any other Holders or to obtain priority or preference over such other Holders.
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SECTION 6.07. RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the right
of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on such Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed or
provided for in such Note, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after the respective due dates, is absolute and unconditional and
shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.
SECTION 6.08. COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE.
If an Event of Default specified in clause (a) or (b) of Section
6.01 occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name
and as trustee of an express trust against the Company, or any other obligor on
the Notes for the whole amount of the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued
interest remaining unpaid, together with interest on overdue principal and, to
the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue
installments of interest, in each case at the rate per annum provided for by the
Notes and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other
amounts due the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.07.
SECTION 6.09. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents, counsel, accountants and
experts) and the Holders 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 and receive any monies or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same,
and any Custodian in any such judicial proceedings is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to
the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07. 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
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thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 6.10. PRIORITIES.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article Six
it shall pay out such money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due
under Section 7.07, including payment of all compensation, expense and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the cost
and expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders for interest accrued on the Notes, ratably,
without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due
and payable on the Notes for interest;
Third: to Holders for the principal amounts (including any
premium) owing under the Notes, ratably, without preference or priority
of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for
the principal (including any premium); and
Fourth: the balance, if any, to the Company.
The Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Company, may fix a
record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section
6.10.
SECTION 6.11. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as Trustee, a court may in its discretion 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, against any party litigant in the suit, having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party
litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to any suit by the Trustee, any suit
by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by a Holder or Holders of more
than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
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 thereof as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no covenants or obligations
shall be implied in this Indenture that are adverse to the Trustee.
(2) The Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of
the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to
the requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of any such
certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically
required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the
certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to
the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained,
the Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its
own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of
paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01.
(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved that
the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.02, 6.04 or 6.05.
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(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
(e) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates
to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this
Section 7.01 and Section 7.02.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
or assets received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the
Company. Assets held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other
assets except to the extent required by law.
SECTION 7.02. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in acting
or refraining from acting 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
consult with counsel of its selection and may require an Officers'
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, which shall conform to
Sections 11.04 and 11.05. 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 to 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 that it
takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be
authorized or within its rights or powers.
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(e) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in
its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such
facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine
to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled,
upon reasonable notice to the Company, to examine the books, records,
and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney and to
consult with the officers and representatives of the Company, including
the Company's accountants and attorneys.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
its rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request,
order or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of
this Indenture, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by it in compliance with
such request, order or direction.
(g) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or
surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.
(h) Delivery of reports, information and documents to the
Trustee under Section 4.08 is for informational purposes only and the
Trustee's receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive
notice of any information contained therein or determinable from
information contained therein, including the Company's compliance with
any of their covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to
rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
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, the
Company, or any of the Subsidiaries, or their respective Affiliates with the
same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same
with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
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SECTION 7.04. TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, and it shall not be accountable for the
Company's use of the proceeds from the Notes, 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 of the Company in
this Indenture or the Notes other than the Trustee's certificate of
authentication.
SECTION 7.05. NOTICE OF DEFAULT.
If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and
if it is known to a Trust Officer, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice
of the uncured Default or Event of Default within 90 days after obtaining
knowledge thereof. Except in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in
payment of principal of, or interest on, any Note, including an accelerated
payment, a Default in payment on the Change of Control Payment Date pursuant to
a Change of Control Offer or on the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date pursuant to
a Net Proceeds Offer and a Default in compliance with Article Five hereof, the
Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as its Board of Directors, the
executive committee of its Board of Directors or a committee of its directors
and/or Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in
the interest of the Holders. The foregoing sentence of this Section 7.05 shall
be in lieu of the proviso to Section 315(b) of the TIA and such proviso to
Section 315(b) of the TIA is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and
the Notes, as permitted by the TIA.
SECTION 7.06. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS.
Within 60 days after May 15 of each year beginning with 1998,
the Trustee shall, to the extent that any of the events described in TIA Section
313(a) occurred within the previous twelve months, but not otherwise, mail to
each Holder a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA Section
313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA Sections 313(b), (c) and (d).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders
shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the Commission and each stock
exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed.
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee if the Notes
become listed on any stock exchange and the Trustee shall comply with TIA
Section 313(d).
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SECTION 7.07. COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such
compensation for its services as has been agreed to in writing signed by the
Company and the Trustee. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any
law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall
reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred or made by it in connection with the performance of its duties under
this Indenture. Such expenses shall include the reasonable fees and expenses of
the Trustee's agents, counsel, accountants and experts.
The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee (or any
predecessor Trustee) and its agents, employees, stockholders, Affiliates and
directors and officers for, and hold them each harmless against, any and all
loss, liability, damage, claim or expense (including reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel), including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of
the Trustee) incurred by them except for such actions to the extent caused by
any negligence or willful misconduct on their part, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust including the
reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their rights,
powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of
any claim asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek indemnity. Failure
by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its
Obligations hereunder except to the extent such failure shall have prejudiced
the Company. At the Trustee's sole discretion, the Company shall defend the
claim and the Trustee shall cooperate and may participate in the defense;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any settlement of a claim shall be approved in writing
by the Trustee if such settlement would result in an admission of liability by
the Trustee or if such settlement would not be accompanied by a full release of
the Trustee for all liability arising out of the events giving rise to such
claim. Alternatively, the Trustee may at its option have separate counsel of
its own choosing and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of
such counsel.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this
Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all assets or
money held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except
assets or money held in trust to pay principal of or premium, if any, or
interest on particular Notes.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(f) occurs,
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such expenses and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
The provisions of this Section 7.07 shall survive the
termination of this Indenture.
SECTION 7.08. REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may
remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee with the Company's consent,
by so notifying the Company and the Trustee. The Company may remove the Trustee
if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the
Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in
the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall notify each Holder of
such event and shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year
after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to
replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that,
the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the
successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided in Section 7.07, 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 Company shall mail notice of such successor Trustee's
appointment to each Holder.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after
the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or
the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
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If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and
the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding any resignation or replacement of the Trustee pursuant
to this Section 7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 shall
continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.09. SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another
corporation, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any
further act shall, if such resulting, surviving or transferee corporation is
otherwise eligible hereunder, be the successor Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article Seven.
SECTION 7.10. ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirement of TIA Sections 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee (or, in the
case of a Trustee that is a subsidiary of another bank or a corporation included
in a bank holding company system, the related bank or bank holding company)
shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 million as
set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition, and have a
corporate trust office in the City of New York. In addition, if the Trustee is
a subsidiary of another bank or a corporation included in a bank holding company
system, the Trustee, independently of such bank or bank holding company, shall
meet the capital requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(2). The Trustee shall
comply with TIA Section 310(b); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that there shall be excluded
from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under
which other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other
securities, of the Company are outstanding, if the requirements for such
exclusion set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met. The provisions of TIA
Section 310 shall apply to the Company, as obligor of the Notes.
SECTION 7.11. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.
The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned
or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated
therein.
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ARTICLE EIGHT
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01. TERMINATION OF COMPANY'S OBLIGATIONS.
This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further
effect (except as to surviving rights or registration of transfer or exchange of
the Notes, as expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all outstanding
Notes when (a) either (i) all Notes, theretofore authenticated and delivered
(except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and
Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company
or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation or (ii) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation have become due and payable and the Company has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in an amount
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the date of deposit together with
irrevocable instructions from the Company directing the Trustee to apply such
funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be; (b)
the Company has paid all other sums payable under this Indenture by the Company;
and (c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture
relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied
with; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such counsel may rely, as to matters of fact, on a
certificate or certificates of officers of the Company.
The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have its
obligations and the obligations of the Guarantors discharged with respect to the
outstanding Notes ("Legal Defeasance"). Such Legal Defeasance means that the
Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness
represented by the outstanding Notes, except for (a) the rights of Holders to
receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on the Notes when such payments are due, (b) the Company's obligations with
respect to the Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of Notes,
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an office or
agency for payments, (c) the rights, powers, trust, duties and immunities of the
Trustee and the Company's obligations in connection therewith and (d) the Legal
Defeasance provisions of this Section 8.01. In addition, the Company may, at
its option and at any time, elect to have the
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obligations of the Company released with respect to covenants contained in
Sections 4.04, 4.05, 4.08 and 4.10 through 4.19 and Article Five ("Covenant
Defeasance") and thereafter any omission to comply with such obligations shall
not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes. In the
event of Covenant Defeasance, those events described under Section 6.01 (except
those events described in Section 6.01(a),(b),(f) and (g)) shall no longer
constitute an Event of Default with respect to the 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
U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as
shall 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 Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the
applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(b) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered
to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (i) the Company has received
from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling
or (ii) 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 shall
not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a
result of such Legal Defeasance and in either case, and (iii) the Holders
shall be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the
same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal
Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, 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 shall not
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result
of such Covenant Defeasance and shall 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 or
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insofar as Events of Default under Section 6.01(f) or (g) from bankruptcy
or insolvency events 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 this Indenture or
any other material agreement or instrument 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) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the
intent of preferring the Holders over any other creditors of the Company or
with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other
creditors of the Company or others;
(g) 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, as the case may be, have been complied with; and
(h) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required by
clause (b) with respect to Legal Defeasance need not be delivered if all the
Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become
due and payable or (ii) shall become due and payable on the maturity date within
one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice
of redemption by such Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.
SECTION 8.02. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
The Trustee or Paying Agent shall hold in trust U.S. Legal Tender or
U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01, and
shall apply the deposited U.S. Legal Tender and the money from U.S. Government
Obligations in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of the principal of
and interest on the Notes. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to invest
said U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations.
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The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee
or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Legal Tender or U.S.
Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.01 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 outstanding Notes.
SECTION 8.03. REPAYMENT TO THE COMPANY.
Subject to Sections 7.07 and 8.01, the Trustee and the Paying Agent
shall promptly pay to the Company upon request any excess U.S. Legal Tender or
U.S. Government Obligations held by them at any time and thereupon shall be
relieved from all liability with respect to such money. The Trustee and the
Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for
the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for one year after
the due date for payment of such principal or interest; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the Company shall, if requested by the Trustee or Paying Agent, give to the
Trustee or Paying Agent, indemnification reasonably satisfactory to it against
any and all liability which may be incurred by it by reason of such paying;
PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required
to make any payment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published
once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York or mail to
each Holder entitled to such money notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that after a date specified therein which shall be at least 30 days from the
date of such publication or mailing any unclaimed balance of such money then
remaining shall be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company, Holders
entitled to such money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors
unless an applicable law designates another Person, and all liability of the
Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
SECTION 8.04. REINSTATEMENT.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. Legal
Tender or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.01 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 obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall
be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
Section 8.01 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to
apply all such U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance
with Section 8.01; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Company has made any payment
of interest on or principal of any Notes because of
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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 U.S. Legal
Tender or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
SECTION 8.05. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DISCHARGE BY TRUSTEE.
After (i) the conditions of Section 8.01 have been satisfied, (ii) the
Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the
Company and (iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent referred to in clause (i) above relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, the Trustee upon request
shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company's obligations under
this Indenture except for those surviving obligations specified in Section 8.01,
PROVIDED the legal counsel delivering such Opinion of Counsel may rely as to
matters of fact on one or more Officers' Certificates of the Company.
ARTICLE NINE
MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE
SECTION 9.01. WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Subject to the provisions of Section 9.02, the Company, the Guarantors
and the Trustee may amend, waive or supplement this Indenture without notice to
or consent of any Holder: (a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to comply with Section 5.01 of this Indenture; (c) to provide for
uncertificated Notes in addition to certificated Notes; (d) to comply with any
requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification
of this Indenture under the TIA; or (e) to make any change that would provide
any additional benefit or rights to the Holders or that does not adversely
affect the rights of any Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee,
the Guarantors and the Company may not make any change pursuant to this Section
9.01 that adversely affects the rights of any Holder under this Indenture
without the consent of such Holder. In formulating its determination on such
matters, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on such evidence as it deems
appropriate, including, without limitation, solely on an Opinion of Counsel, and
may not be held liable therefor.
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Upon the request of the Company and the Guarantors accompanied by a
Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in
Section 9.06, 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 which may be therein contained, but the Trustee may but shall not
be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture which affects
its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 9.02. WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement
this Indenture or the Notes or any amended or supplemental Indenture with the
written consent of the Holders of Notes of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in
connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes).
Upon the request of the Company and the Guarantors accompanied by a
Board Resolution 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 9.06, the Trustee shall join
with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such amended or
supplemental Indenture unless such amended or supplemental Indenture affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in
which case the Trustee may in its sole 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 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, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may waive compliance in
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ticular instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the
Notes. However, without the consent of each Holder of the Notes affected
thereby, an amendment or waiver may not, directly or indirectly: (i) reduce the
amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment; (ii) reduce the rate
of or change or have the effect of changing the time for payment of premium, if
any, and interest, including defaulted interest, on any Notes; (iii) reduce the
principal of or change or have the effect of changing the fixed maturity of any
Notes, or change the date on which any Notes may be subject to redemption or
repurchase, or reduce the redemption or repurchase price therefor; (iv) make any
Notes payable in money other than that stated in the Notes; (v) make any change
in provisions of this Indenture protecting the right of each Holder to receive
payment of premium, if any, principal of and interest on such Note on or after
the due date thereof or to bring suit to enforce such payment, or permitting
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes to waive Defaults or
Events of Default; (vi) after the Company's obligation to purchase Notes arises
thereunder, amend, change or modify in any material respect the obligation of
the Company to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer in the event of a
Change of Control which has occurred or make and consummate a Net Proceeds Offer
with respect to any Asset Sale that has been consummated or modify any of the
provisions or definitions with respect thereto; (vii) modify or change any
provision of this Indenture or the related definitions affecting the ranking of
the Notes or any Guarantee in a manner which adversely affects the Holders; or
(viii) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Guarantee or
this Indenture otherwise than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 9.03. COMPLIANCE WITH TIA.
Every amendment, waiver or supplement of this Indenture or the Notes
shall comply with the TIA as then in effect; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this
Section 9.03 shall not of itself require that this Indenture or the Trustee be
qualified under the TIA or constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any
party hereto that any such qualification is required prior to the time this
Indenture and the Trustee are required by the TIA to be so qualified.
SECTION 9.04. REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS.
Until an amendment, waiver or supplement becomes effective, a consent
to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent
Holder of a 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. Subject to the following paragraph, any such Holder or subse-
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xxxxx Xxxxxx may revoke the consent as to such Holder's Note or portion of such
Note by notice to the Trustee or the Company received before the date on which
the Trustee receives an Officers' Certificate certifying that the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Notes have consented (and not theretofore revoked
such consent) to the amendment, supplement or waiver. An amendment, supplement
or waiver becomes effective upon receipt by the Trustee of such Officers'
Certificate and evidence of consent by the Holders of the requisite percentage
in principal amount of outstanding Notes.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a Record Date for
the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment,
supplement or waiver. If a Record Date is fixed, then notwithstanding the
second sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were
Holders at such Record Date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those
Persons, shall be entitled to revoke any consent previously given, whether or
not such Persons continue to be Holders after such Record Date. No such consent
shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such Record Date unless
consents from Holders of the requisite percentage in principal amount of
outstanding Notes required hereunder for the effectiveness of such consents
shall have also been given and not revoked within such 90 day period.
SECTION 9.05. NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF NOTES.
If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the
Trustee may require the Holder of such Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The
Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note about the changed terms
and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so
determine, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee
shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms.
SECTION 9.06. TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC.
The Trustee shall execute any amendment, supplement or waiver
authorized pursuant to this Article Nine; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee
may, but shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or
waiver which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture. In executing such amendment, supplement or waiver the Trustee shall
be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, and shall be
fully protected in relying upon an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers'
Certificate of the Company, stating that no Event of Default shall occur as a
result of such amendment, supplement or waiver and that the execution of such
amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or per-
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mitted by this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the legal counsel delivering
such Opinion of Counsel may rely as to matters of fact on one or more Officers'
Certificates of the Company. Such Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of
the Trustee.
ARTICLE 10
GUARANTEE OF NOTES
SECTION 10.01. UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTEE.
Subject to the provisions of this Article Ten, each Guarantor hereby,
jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, on a senior
basis (such guarantee to be referred to herein as a "Guarantee") 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 or any other Guarantor to
the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder, that: (a) the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Notes (and any Liquidated Damages payable
thereon) shall be duly and punctually paid in full when due, whether at
maturity, upon redemption at the option of Holders pursuant to the provisions of
the Notes relating thereto, by acceleration or otherwise, and interest on the
overdue principal and (to the extent permitted by law) interest, if any, on the
Notes and all other obligations of the Company or the Guarantors to the Holders
or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder (including amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.07) and all other obligations shall 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, the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in
accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so
guaranteed, or failing performance of any other obligation of the Company to the
Holders under this Indenture or under the Notes, for whatever reason, each
Guarantor shall be obligated to pay, or to perform or cause the performance of,
the same immediately. An Event of Default under this Indenture or the Notes
shall constitute an event of default under this Guarantee, and shall entitle the
Holders of Notes to accelerate the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder in
the same manner and to the same extent as the obligations of the Company.
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Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its 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, any release of any other Guarantor, the
recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same,
whether or not a Guarantee is affixed to any particular Note, or any other
circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or
defense of a Guarantor. Each of the Guarantors hereby waives the benefit of
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 covenants that its Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in the Notes, this Indenture and this
Guarantee. This Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and not of collection. If
any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the
Company or to any Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other
similar official acting in relation to the Company or such Guarantor, any amount
paid by the Company or such Guarantor to the Trustee or such Holder, this
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full
force and effect. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one
hand, and the Holders of Notes and the Trustee, on the other hand, (a) subject
to this Article Ten, the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be
accelerated as provided in Article Six for the purposes of this Guarantee,
notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such
acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (b) in the
event of any acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article Six, such
obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and
payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee.
No stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator, past,
present or future, or any Guarantor , as such, shall have any personal liability
under this Guarantee by reason of his, her or its status as such stockholder,
officer, director, employee or incorporator.
Each Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under its
Guarantee shall be entitled to a contribution from each other Guarantor,
determined in accordance with GAAP.
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SECTION 10.02. LIMITATIONS ON GUARANTEES.
The obligations of any Guarantor under its Guarantee are limited to
the maximum amount which, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed
liabilities of the Guarantor will result in the obligations of the Guarantor
under the Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent
transfer under any laws of the United States, any state of the United States or
the District of Columbia.
SECTION 10.03. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF GUARANTEE.
To further evidence the Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01, each
Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Guarantee, substantially in the
form of EXHIBIT E, shall be endorsed on each Note authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee. Such Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of each Guarantor by
either manual or facsimile signature of two Officers of the Guarantor, each of
whom, in each case, shall have been duly authorized to so execute by all
requisite corporate action. The validity and enforceability of any Guarantee
shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to any particular Note.
Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section
10.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to
endorse on each Note a notation of such Guarantee.
If an Officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture or a
Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the
Note on which such Guarantee is endorsed or at any time thereafter, such
Guarantor's Guarantee of such Note shall be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication
thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Guarantee set forth in
this Indenture on behalf of each Guarantor.
SECTION 10.04. RELEASE OF GUARANTORS.
(a) If no Default exists or would exist under this Indenture, upon
(i) the sale or other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of any Guarantor
by the Company, or (ii) the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of
the assets of any Guarantor in compliance with all of the terms of this
Indenture, such Guarantor's Guarantee shall be released, and such Guarantor
shall be deemed released from all obligations under this Article Ten without any
further action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. If such
Guarantor is not so released such Guarantor or the entity surviving such
Guarantor,
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as applicable, shall remain or be liable under its Guarantee as provided in this
Article Ten.
(b) The Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing
the release of the Guarantor upon receipt of a request by the Company or the
Guarantor accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
certifying as to the compliance with this Section 10.04, PROVIDED the legal
counsel delivering such Opinion of Counsel may rely as to matters of fact on one
or more Officers Certificates of the Company.
The Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the
Company or the Guarantor in order to evidence the release of the Guarantor from
its obligations under its Guarantee endorsed on the Notes and under this Article
Eleven.
Except as set forth in Articles Four and Five and this Section 10.04,
nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent any
consolidation or merger of the Guarantor with or into the Company or shall
prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of the Guarantor as an entirety
or substantially as an entirety to the Company.
SECTION 10.05. WAIVER OF SUBROGATION.
Until this Indenture is discharged and all of the Notes are discharged
and paid in full, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to
exercise any claim or other rights which it may now or hereafter acquire against
the Company that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement
of the Company's obligations under the Notes or this Indenture and such
Guarantor's obligations under this Guarantee and this Indenture, in any such
instance including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement,
exoneration, contribution, indemnification, and any right to participate in any
claim or remedy of the Holders against the Company, whether or not such claim,
remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract, statute or common law,
including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Company,
directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other
manner, payment or security on account of such claim or other rights. If any
amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and
any amounts owing to the Trustee or the Holders of Notes under the Notes, this
Indenture, or any other document or instrument delivered under or in connection
with such agreements or instruments, shall not have been paid in full, such
amount shall have been deemed to have been paid to such Guarantor for the
benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit of, the Trustee or the Holders and
shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the
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benefit of itself or such Holders to be credited and applied to the obligations
in favor of the Trustee or the Holders, as the case may be, whether matured or
unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Each Guarantor
acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the
financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the waiver set
forth in this Section 10.05 is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
SECTION 10.06. IMMEDIATE PAYMENT.
Each Guarantor agrees to make immediate payment to the Trustee on
behalf of the Holders of all Obligations owing or payable to the respective
Holders upon receipt of a demand for payment therefor by the Trustee to such
Guarantor in writing.
SECTION 10.07. OBLIGATIONS CONTINUING.
The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall be continuing and
shall remain in full force and effect until all the obligations have been paid
and satisfied in full. Each Guarantor agrees with the Trustee that it will from
time to time deliver to the Trustee suitable acknowledgments of this continued
liability hereunder.
SECTION 10.08. OBLIGATIONS REINSTATED.
The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall continue to be
effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment
which would otherwise have reduced the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder
(whether such payment shall have been made by or on behalf of the Company or by
or on behalf of a Guarantor) is rescinded or reclaimed from any of the Holders
upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or
any Guarantor or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. If
demand for, or acceleration of the time for, payment by the Company is stayed
upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company,
all such Indebtedness otherwise subject to demand for payment or acceleration
shall nonetheless be payable by each Guarantor as provided herein.
SECTION 10.09. OBLIGATIONS NOT AFFECTED.
The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected,
impaired or diminished in any way by any act, omission, matter or thing
whatsoever, occurring before, upon or after any demand for payment hereunder
(and whether or not known or consented to by any Guarantor or any of the
Holders)
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which, but for this provision, might constitute a whole or partial defense to a
claim against any Guarantor hereunder or might operate to release or otherwise
exonerate any Guarantor from any of its obligations hereunder or otherwise
affect such obligations, whether occasioned by default of any of the Holders or
otherwise.
SECTION 10.10. WAIVER.
Without in any way limiting the provisions of Section 10.01 hereof,
each Guarantor hereby waives notice or proof of reliance by the Holders upon the
obligations of any Guarantor hereunder, and diligence, presentment, demand for
payment on the Company, protest or notice of dishonor of any of the Obligations,
or other notice or formalities to the Company of any kind whatsoever.
SECTION 10.11. NO OBLIGATION TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE COMPANY.
Neither the Trustee nor any other Person shall have any obligation to
enforce or exhaust any rights or remedies or to take any other steps under any
security for the Obligations or against the Company or any other Person or any
property of the Company or any other Person before the Trustee is entitled to
demand payment and performance by any or all Guarantors of their liabilities and
obligations under their Guarantees or under this Indenture.
SECTION 10.12. DEALING WITH THE COMPANY AND OTHERS.
The Holders, without releasing, discharging, limiting or otherwise
affecting in whole or in part the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor
hereunder and without the consent of or notice to any Guarantor, may
(a) grant time, renewals, extensions, compromises, concessions,
waivers, releases, discharges and other indulgences to the Company or any
other Person;
(b) take or abstain from taking security or collateral from the
Company or from perfecting security or collateral of the Company;
(c) release, discharge, compromise, realize, enforce or otherwise
deal with or do any act or thing in respect of (with or without
consideration) any and all collateral, mortgages or other security given by
the Company or any third party with respect to the obligations or matters
contemplated by this Indenture or the Notes;
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(d) accept compromises or arrangements from the Company;
(e) apply all monies at any time received from the Company or from
any security upon such part of the Obligations as the Holders may see fit
or change any such application in whole or in part from time to time as the
Holders may see fit; and
(f) otherwise deal with, or waive or modify their right to deal with,
the Company and all other Persons and any security as the Holders or the
Trustee may see fit.
SECTION 10.13. DEFAULT AND ENFORCEMENT.
If any Guarantor fails to pay in accordance with Section 10.06, the
Trustee may proceed in its name as trustee hereunder in the enforcement of the
Guarantee of any such Guarantor and such Guarantor 's obligations thereunder and
hereunder by any remedy provided by law, whether by legal proceedings or
otherwise, and to recover from such Guarantor the obligations.
SECTION 10.14. AMENDMENT, ETC.
No amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this
Indenture relating to any Guarantor or consent to any departure by any Guarantor
or any other Person from any such provision will in any event be effective
unless it is signed by such Guarantor and the Trustee.
SECTION 10.15. ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges communication of the terms of this
Indenture and the Notes and consents to and approves of the same.
SECTION 10.16. COSTS AND EXPENSES.
Each Guarantor shall pay on demand by the Trustee any and all costs,
fees and expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees on a solicitor and
client basis) incurred by the Trustee, its agents, advisors and counsel or any
of the Holders in enforcing any of their rights under any Guarantee.
SECTION 10.17. NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES.
No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the
Trustee or the Holders, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under
this Indenture or the
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Notes, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under this
Indenture or the Notes preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies,
powers and privileges in the Guarantee and under this Indenture, the Notes and
any other document or instrument between a Guarantor and/or the Company and the
Trustee are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and
privilege provided by law.
SECTION 10.18. SURVIVAL OF OBLIGATIONS.
Without prejudice to the survival of any of the other obligations of
each Guarantor hereunder, the obligations of each Guarantor under Section 10.01
and shall be enforceable against such Guarantor without regard to and without
giving effect to any right of offset or counterclaim available to or which may
be asserted by the Company or any Guarantor.
SECTION 10.19. GUARANTEE IN ADDITION TO OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
The obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee and this
Indenture are in addition to and not in substitution for any other obligations
to the Trustee or to any of the Holders in relation to this Indenture or the
Notes (including the purchase agreement by and between the Company, the
Guarantors and the Initial Purchaser dated April 15, 1998 and the Registration
Rights Agreement).
SECTION 10.20. SEVERABILITY.
Any provision of this Article Ten which is prohibited or unenforceable
in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions and any such
prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction unless its removal
would substantially defeat the basic intent, spirit and purpose of this
Indenture and this Article Ten.
SECTION 10.21. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
Each Guarantee shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each
Guarantor and the Trustee and the other Holders and their respective successors
and permitted assigns, except that no Guarantor may assign any of its
obligations hereunder or thereunder.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01. TIA CONTROLS.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts
with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the
TIA, the required provision shall control; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this Section
11.01 shall not of itself require that this Indenture or the Trustee be
qualified under the TIA or constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any
party hereto that any such qualification is required prior to the time this
Indenture and the Trustee are required by the TIA to be so qualified.
SECTION 11.02. NOTICES.
Any notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder
shall be in writing, and shall be sufficiently given if made by hand delivery,
by telex, by telecopier or registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return
receipt requested, addressed as follows:
if to the Company or the Guarantors:
Xxxxx Company
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No. (000) 000-0000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
with a copy to:
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Facsimile No. (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
if to the Trustee:
U.S. Trust Company of California, N.A.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
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The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee by written notice to the
other may designate additional or different addresses for notices to such
Person. Any notice or communication to the Company, the Guarantors or the
Trustee shall be deemed to have been given or made as of the date so delivered
if hand delivered; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged,
if faxed; one (1) Business Day after mailing by reputable overnight courier and
five (5) calendar days after mailing if sent by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid (except that a notice of change of address shall not be deemed
to have been given until actually received by the addressee).
Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to him
by first class mail or other equivalent means at his address as it appears on
the registration books of the Registrar ten (10) days prior to such mailing and
shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed within the time prescribed.
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, it is duly given,
whether or not the addressee receives it.
SECTION 11.03. COMMUNICATIONS BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other
Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The
Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and any other Person shall have the
protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 11.04. CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
Upon any request or application by the Company or the Guarantors to
the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish
to the Trustee:
(1) an Officers' Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Trustee, stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions
precedent to be performed by the Company, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent to be performed by the Company, if
any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have
been complied
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with (which counsel, as to factual matters, may rely on an Officers'
Certificate).
SECTION 11.05. STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture, other than the Officers'
Certificate required by Section 4.06, shall include:
(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such
examination or investigation as is reasonably necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such
Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 11.06. RULES BY TRUSTEE, PAYING AGENT, REGISTRAR.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules in accordance with the Trustee's
customary practices for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Paying Agent
or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.
SECTION 11.07. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
A "LEGAL HOLIDAY" used with respect to a particular place of payment
is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New
York or at such place of payment are not required to be open. If a payment date
is a Legal Holiday at such place, payment may be made at such place on the next
succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the
intervening period.
SECTION 11.08. GOVERNING LAW.
THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
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STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAW.
SECTION 11.09. NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or
debt agreement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Any such indenture,
loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
SECTION 11.10. NO PERSONAL LIABILITY.
No director, officer, partner, member, employee or stockholder, as
such, of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any
obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Notes, the Guarantees,
this Indenture or the Registration Rights Agreement or for any claim based on,
in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder
of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver
and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
SECTION 11.11. SUCCESSORS.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall
bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind
its successors.
SECTION 11.12. DUPLICATE ORIGINALS.
All parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together shall represent the
same agreement.
SECTION 11.13. SEVERABILITY.
In case any one or more of the provisions in this Indenture or in the
Notes shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in any respect for any
reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every
other respect and of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby, it being intended that all of the provisions hereof shall
be enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.
SECTION 11.14. INDEPENDENCE OF COVENANTS.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and the Notes shall be
given independent effect so that if any particular action or condition is not
permitted by any of such
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covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or otherwise
be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of
a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.
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SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.
XXXXX COMPANY,
as Issuer
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: President
MONSEY PRODUCTS CO.,
as Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: President
KIMBERTON ENTERPRISES, INC.
as Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: President
MONSEY PRODUCTS OF ARIZONA LLC,
as Guarantor
By: Monsey Products Co.
Designated Manager
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: President
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U.S. TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA,
N.A., as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
CUSIP No.: [ ]
XXXXX COMPANY
10% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2008, SERIES A
No. [ ] $
XXXXX COMPANY, a California corporation (the "Company"), for value
received promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns the principal sum
of Dollars on April 15, 2008.
Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15, commencing
October 15, 1998
Record Dates: April 1 and October 1
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained
herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this
place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed
manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
XXXXX COMPANY
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated: [ ]
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Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the 10% Senior Notes due 2008 referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
U.S. TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA,
N.A., as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
Date of Authentication: [ ]
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(REVERSE OF SECURITY)
10% Senior Note due 2008, Series A
1. INTEREST. XXXXX COMPANY, a California corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the
rate per annum shown above. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most
recent date on which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid,
from April 22, 1998. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on
each Interest Payment Date, commencing October 15, 1998. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and, in the case
of a partial month, the actual number of days elapsed.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue
installments of interest from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the
Notes and on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable
grace periods) to the extent lawful.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes
(except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders at the
close of business on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment
Date even if the Notes are cancelled on registration of transfer or registration
of exchange (including pursuant to an Exchange Offer (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement)) after such Record Date. Holders must surrender
Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay
principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender").
However, the Company may pay principal and interest by its check payable in such
U.S. Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest payment to the
Paying Agent or to a Holder at the Holder's registered address.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, U.S. Trust Company of
California, N.A. (the "Trustee") will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The
Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without notice to
the Holders.
4. INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated
as of April 22, 1998 (the "Indenture"), among the Company, each of the
Guarantors named therein and the Trustee. This Note is one of a duly authorized
issue of Initial Notes of the Company designated as its 10% Senior Notes due
2008, Series A (the "Initial Notes"). The Notes are limited (except as
otherwise provided in the Indenture) in aggregate
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principal amount to $150,000,000, which may be issued under the
Indenture; PROVIDED the principal amount of Initial Notes issued on the Issue
Date will not exceed $85,000,000. The Notes include the Initial Notes, Private
Exchange Notes and the Exchange Notes (as defined in the Indenture) issued in
exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
The Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes are treated as a single class of
securities under the Indenture. Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in
the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. 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 (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the
"TIA"), as in effect on the date of the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders of
Notes are referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of them. The
Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company.
Each Holder, by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound by all of
the terms and provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended from time
to time in accordance with its terms.
5. REDEMPTION. The Notes will be redeemable, at the Company's
option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on and after
April 15, 2003, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the
following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount
thereof) if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on April 15 of
the year set forth below, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, if any, to the date of redemption:
Year Percentage
---- ----------
2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.000%
2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.333%
2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.667%
2006 and thereafter. . . . . . . . . 100.000%
At any time, or from time to time, on or prior to April 15,
2001, the Company may, at its option, use the net cash proceeds of one or more
Public Equity Offerings to redeem up to 35% of the sum of (i) the initial
aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued in the offering on the Issue Date
and (ii) the respective initial aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued
under the Indenture after the Issue Date, at a redemption price equal to
110.000% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, if any, to the date of redemption; PROVIDED that at least 65% of the
sum
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of (i) the initial aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued in the
offering on the Issue Date and (ii) the respective initial aggregate principal
amounts of the Notes issued under the Indenture after the Issue Date remains
outstanding immediately after any such redemption. In order to effect the
foregoing redemption with the proceeds of any Public Equity Offering, the
Company shall make such redemption not more than 120 days after the consummation
of any such Public Equity Offering.
6. 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 of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder's registered address. Notes in
denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, if monies for the
redemption of the Notes called for redemption shall have been deposited with the
Paying Agent for redemption on such Redemption Date, then, unless the Company
defaults in the payment of such redemption price plus accrued interest, if any,
the Notes called for redemption will cease to bear interest from and after such
Redemption Date and the only right of the Holders of such Notes will be to
receive payment of the redemption price plus accrued interest, if any.
7. OFFERS TO PURCHASE. Sections 4.14 and 4.15 of the Indenture
provide that, after certain Asset Sales (as defined in the Indenture) and upon
the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture), and subject
to further limitations contained therein, the Company will make an offer to
purchase certain amounts of the Notes in accordance with the procedures set
forth in the Indenture.
8. REGISTRATION RIGHTS. Pursuant to a registration rights
agreement among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchaser, the
Company and the Guarantors will be obligated to consummate an exchange offer
pursuant to which the Holder of this Note shall have the right to exchange this
Note for Exchange Notes (as defined in the Indenture), which have been
registered under the Securities Act, in like principal amount and having terms
identical in all material respects as the Initial Notes. The Holders of the
Initial Notes shall be entitled to receive certain additional interest payments
in the event such exchange offer is not consummated and upon certain other
conditions, all pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the registration
rights agreement.
9. DENOMINATIONS; TRANSFER; EXCHANGE. The Notes are in
registered form, without coupons, and in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000. A Holder shall register the transfer of or exchange Notes
in accordance with the
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Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer
taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as
permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or
exchange of any Notes or portions thereof selected for redemption.
10. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note
shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
11. UNCLAIMED MONEY. If money for the payment of principal or
interest remains unclaimed for one year, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will
pay the money back to the Company. After that, all liability of the Trustee and
such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
12. DISCHARGE PRIOR TO REDEMPTION OR MATURITY. If the Company
at any time deposits with the Trustee U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government
Obligations sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes to
redemption or maturity and complies with the other provisions of the Indenture
relating thereto, the Company will be discharged from certain provisions of the
Indenture and the Notes (including certain covenants, but including, under
certain circumstances, its obligation to pay the principal of and interest on
the Notes but without affecting the rights of the Holders to receive such
amounts from such deposits).
13. AMENDMENT; SUPPLEMENT; WAIVER. Subject to certain
exceptions set forth in the Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended
or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any past Default
or Event of Default or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the
written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the
parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among
other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, provide for
uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, comply
with any requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of the Indenture under the TIA or comply with Article Five of the
Indenture or make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of
any Holder of a Note.
14. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. The Indenture imposes certain
limitations on the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to, among other
things, incur additional Indebtedness, pay dividends or make certain other
Restricted Payments,
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consummate certain Asset Sales, enter into certain transactions with Affiliates,
incur liens, impose restrictions on the ability of a Subsidiary to pay dividends
or make certain payments to the Company and its Subsidiaries, merge or
consolidate with any other Person or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.
Such limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and
exceptions. Pursuant to Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Company must
annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.
15. SUCCESSORS. When a successor assumes, in accordance with
the Indenture, all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the
Indenture, the predecessor, subject to certain exceptions, will be released from
those obligations.
16. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. If an Event of Default occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of Notes then outstanding may declare all the Notes to be due
and payable in the manner, at the time and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except
as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the
Indenture or the Notes unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory
to it. The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided,
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding to direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The
Trustee may withhold from Holders of Notes notice of any continuing Default or
Event of Default (except a Default in payment of principal or interest when due,
for any reason or a Default in compliance with Article Five of the Indenture) if
it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.
17. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may
become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company,
its Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
18. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No partner, director, officer,
employee, member or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor shall
have any liability for any obligation of the Company or any Guarantor under the
Notes, the Guarantees, the Indenture or the Registration Rights Agreement or for
any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their
creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the
issuance of the Notes.
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19. GUARANTEES. This Note will be entitled to the benefits of
certain Guarantees, if any, made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is
hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, the
Trustee and the Holders.
20. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until the
Trustee or Authenticating Agent manually signs the certificate of authentication
on this Note.
21. GOVERNING LAW. This Note and the Indenture shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
as applied to contracts made and performed within the State of New York, without
regard to principles of conflict of laws. Each of the parties hereto agrees to
submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in any action
or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note.
22. ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINED TERMS. Customary abbreviations
may be used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM
(= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint
tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=
Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
23. 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 as a convenience to the Holders
of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as
printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed hereon.
The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Note upon written
request and without charge a copy of the Indenture, which has the text of this
Note. Requests may be made to: Xxxxx Company, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Chief Financial Officer.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
If you the Holder want to assign this Note, fill in the form
below and have your signature guaranteed:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
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(Print or type name, address and zip code and social security or tax ID number
of assignee)
and irrevocably appoint ____________________________________, agent to transfer
this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act
for him.
Dated: Signed:
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(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the other side of
this Note)
Signature Guarantee:
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In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior to
the date which is the earlier of (i) the date of the declaration by the
Commission of the effectiveness of a registration statement under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") covering resales of this Note
(which effectiveness shall not have been suspended or terminated at the date of
the transfer) and (ii) the undersigned confirms that it has not utilized any
general solicitation or general advertising in connection with the transfer:
[CHECK ONE]
(1) to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; or
--
(2) pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of
-- 1933, as amended; or
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(3) to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1),
-- (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) that has
furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain
representations and agreements (the form of which letter can be obtained
from the Trustee); or
(4) outside the United states to a "foreign person" in compliance with Rule
-- 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or
(5) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under
-- the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or
(6) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act
-- of 1933, as amended; or
(7) pursuant to another available exemption from the registration
-- requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
and unless the box below is checked, the undersigned confirms that such Note is
not being transferred to an "affiliate" of the Company as defined in Rule 144
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (an "Affiliate"):
/ / The transferee is an Affiliate of the Company.
Unless one of the items is checked, the Trustee will refuse to
register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any
person other than the registered Holder thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if item
(3), (4), (5) or (7) is checked, the Company or the Trustee may require, prior
to registering any such transfer of the Notes, in their sole discretion, such
written legal opinions, certifications (including an investment letter in the
case of box (3) or (4)) and other information as the Trustee or the Company has
reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an
exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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If none of the foregoing items are checked, the Trustee or
Registrar shall not be obligated to register this Note in the name of any person
other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such
transfer of registration set forth herein and in Section 2.17 of the Indenture
shall have been satisfied.
Dated: Signed:
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(Sign exactly as name appears on the
other side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee:
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing
this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises
sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a "qualified
institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on
Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the
Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined
not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is
relying upon the undersigned's foregoing representations in order to claim the
exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
Dated:
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NOTICE: To be executed by an executive
officer
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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 4.14 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate
box:
Section 4.14 [ ]
Section 4.15 [ ]
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by
the Company pursuant to Section 4.14 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the
amount you elect to have purchased:
$
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Dated:
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NOTICE: The signature on this
assignment must correspond with the
name as it appears upon the face of
the within Note in every particular
without alteration or enlargement
or any change whatsoever and be
guaranteed.
Signature Guarantee:
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EXHIBIT B
CUSIP No.: [ ]
XXXXX COMPANY
10% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2008, SERIES B
No. [ ] $
XXXXX COMPANY, a California corporation (the "Company"), for
value received, promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns the
principal sum of Dollars on April 15, 2008.
Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15, commencing
October 15, 1998
Record Dates: April 1 and October 1
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note
contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set
forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be
signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
XXXXX COMPANY
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated: [ ]
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Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the 10% Senior Notes due 2008, Series B referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
U.S. Trust Company of California,
N.A., as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
Date of Authentication: [ ]
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(REVERSE OF SECURITY)
10% Senior Note due 2008, Series B
1. INTEREST. XXXXX COMPANY, a California corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the
rate per annum shown above. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most
recent date on which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid,
from April 22, 1998. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on
each Interest Payment Date, commencing October 15, 1998. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and, in the case
of a partial month, the actual number of days elapsed.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and on
overdue installments of interest from time to time on demand at the rate borne
by the Notes and on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any
applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company shall pay interest on
the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered
Holders at the close of business on the Record Date immediately preceding the
Interest Payment Date even if the Notes are canceled on registration of transfer
or registration of exchange after such Record Date. Holders must surrender
Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay
principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender").
However, the Company may pay principal and interest by its check payable in such
U.S. Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest payment to the
Paying Agent or to a Holder at the Holder's registered address.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, U.S. Trust
Company of California, N.A. (the "Trustee") will act as Paying Agent and
Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar
without notice to the Holders.
4. INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an
Indenture, dated as of April 15, 1998 (the "Indenture"), among the Company, each
of the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee. This Note is one of a duly
authorized issue of Exchange Notes of the Company designated as its 10% Senior
Notes due 2008, Series B (the "Exchange Notes"). The Notes include the 10%
Notes due 2008, Series A (the "Initial Notes") and the Exchange Notes, issued in
exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to a registration rights agreement. The
Notes are limited (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture) in aggregate
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principal amount to $150,000,000, which may be issued under the Indenture;
PROVIDED the principal amount of Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date will not
exceed $85,000,000. The Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes are treated as a
single class of securities under the Indenture. Capitalized terms herein are
used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. 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 (15 U.S. Code Sections
77aaa-77bbbb) (the "TIA"), as in effect on the date of the Indenture.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all
such terms, and Holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and said Act for
a statement of them. The Notes are general unsecured obligations of the
Company.
Each Holder, by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound by all of
the terms and provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended from time
to time in accordance with its terms.
5. REDEMPTION. The Notes will be redeemable, at the
Company's option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on and
after April 15, 2003, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at
the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount thereof) if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on
April 15 of the years set forth below, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, thereon to the date of redemption:
Year Percentage
---- ----------
2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.000%
2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.333%
2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.667%
2006 and thereafter. . . . . . . . . 100.000%
At any time, or from time to time, on or prior to April 15,
2001, the Company may, at its option, use the net cash proceeds of one or more
Public Equity Offerings to redeem up to 35% of the sum of (i) the initial
aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued in the offering on the Issue Date
and (ii) the respective initial aggregate principal amounts of the Notes issued
under the Indenture after the Issue Date at a redemption price equal to 110.000%
of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if
any, to the date of redemption; PROVIDED that at least 65% of the sum of (i) the
initial aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued in the offering on the
Issue Date and (ii) the respective initial aggregate principal amounts of the
Notes issued under the Indenture after the Issue Date remains outstanding
immedi-
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ately after any such redemption. In order to effect the foregoing redemption
with the proceeds of any Public Equity Offering, the Company shall make such
redemption not more than 120 days after the consummation of any such Public
Equity Offering.
6. 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 of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder's registered address. Notes
in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, if monies for the
redemption of the Notes called for redemption shall have been deposited with the
Paying Agent for redemption on such Redemption Date, then, unless the Company
defaults in the payment of such redemption price plus accrued interest, if any,
the Notes called for redemption will cease to bear interest from and after such
Redemption Date and the only right of the Holders of such Notes will be to
receive payment of the redemption price plus accrued interest, if any.
7. OFFERS TO PURCHASE. Sections 4.14 and 4.15 of the
Indenture provide that, after certain Asset Sales (as defined in the Indenture)
and upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture),
and subject to further limitations contained therein, the Company will make an
offer to purchase certain amounts of the Notes in accordance with the procedures
set forth in the Indenture.
8. DENOMINATIONS; TRANSFER; EXCHANGE. The Notes are in
registered form, without coupons, and in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000. A Holder shall register the transfer of or exchange Notes
in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among
other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to
pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection
therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the
transfer of or exchange of any Notes or portions thereof selected for
redemption.
9. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note
shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
10. UNCLAIMED MONEY. If money for the payment of principal
or interest remains unclaimed for one year, the Trustee and the Paying Agent
will pay the money back to the Company. After that, all liability of the
Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
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11. DISCHARGE PRIOR TO REDEMPTION OR MATURITY. If the
Company at any time deposits with the Trustee U.S. Legal Tender or U.S.
Government Obligations sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the
Notes to redemption and complies with the other provisions of the Indenture
relating thereto, the Company will be discharged from certain provisions of the
Indenture and the Notes (including certain covenants, including, under certain
circumstances, its obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes
but without affecting the rights of the Holders to receive such amounts from
such deposit).
12. AMENDMENT; SUPPLEMENT; WAIVER. Subject to certain
exceptions set forth in the Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended
or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any past Default
or Event of Default or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the
written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the
parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among
other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, provide for
uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, comply
with any requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of the Indenture under the TIA or comply with Article Five of the
Indenture or make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of
any Holder of a Note.
13. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. The Indenture imposes certain
limitations on the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to, among other
things, incur additional Indebtedness, pay dividends or make certain other
Restricted Payments, consummate certain Asset Sales, enter into certain
transactions with Affiliates, incur liens, impose restrictions on the ability of
a Subsidiary to pay dividends or make certain payments to the Company and its
Subsidiaries, merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell, assign,
transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company. Such limitations are subject to a number of important
qualifications and exceptions. Pursuant to Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the
Company must annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.
14. SUCCESSORS. When a successor assumes, in accordance
with the Indenture, all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and
the Indenture, the predecessor, subject to certain exceptions, will be released
from those obligations.
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15. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. If an Event of Default occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of Notes then outstanding may declare all the Notes to be due
and payable in the manner, at the time and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except
as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the
Indenture or the Notes unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory
to it. The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided,
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding to direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The
Trustee may withhold from Holders of Notes notice of any continuing Default or
Event of Default (except a Default in payment of principal or interest when due,
for any reason or a Default in compliance with Article Five of the Indenture) if
it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.
16. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may
become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company,
its Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
17. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No partner, director,
officer, employee, member or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any
Guarantor shall have any liability for any obligation of the Company or any
Guarantor under the Notes, the Guarantees, the Indenture or the Registration
Rights Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such
obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives
and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
18. GUARANTEES. This Note will be entitled to the benefits
of certain Guarantees, if any, made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, the
Trustee and the Holders.
19. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until the
Trustee or Authenticating Agent manually signs the certificate of authentication
on this Note.
20. GOVERNING LAW. This Note and the Indenture shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
as applied to contracts made and performed within the State of New York, without
regard to princi-
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ples of conflict of laws. Each of the parties hereto agrees to submit to the
jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in any action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Note.
21. ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINED TERMS. Customary
abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such
as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT
TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common),
CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
22. 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 as a convenience to the Holders
of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as
printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed hereon.
The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Note upon written
request and without charge a copy of the Indenture, which has the text of this
Note. Requests may be made to: Xxxxx Company, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Chief Financial Officer.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
If you the Holder want to assign this Note, fill in the form
below and have your signature guaranteed:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
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(Print or type name, address and zip code and social security or tax ID number
of assignee)
and irrevocably appoint _______________________________________________________,
agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may
substitute another to act for him.
Dated: Signed:
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(Sign exactly as name appears on the other side
of this Note)
Signature Guarantee:
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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 4.14 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate
box:
Section 4.14 [ ]
Section 4.15 [ ]
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by
the Company pursuant to Section 4.14 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the
amount you elect to have purchased:
$
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Dated:
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NOTICE: The signature on this assignment must
correspond with the name as it appears upon the
face of the within Note in every particular
without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever and be guaranteed.
Signature Guarantee:
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE
DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH
TRANSFERS TO NON-QIB ACCREDITED INVESTORS
[ ], [ ]
U.S. Trust Company of California, N.A.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed purchase of 10% Senior Notes due
2008 (the "Notes") of Xxxxx Company, a California corporation (the "Company"),
we confirm that:
1. We have received a copy of the Offering Memorandum (the
"Offering Memorandum"), dated April 22, 1998, relating to the Notes and
such other information as we deem necessary in order to make our
investment decision. We acknowledge that we have read and agreed to the
matters stated in the section entitled "Transfer Restrictions" of such
Offering Memorandum.
2. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes
is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the
Indenture relating to the Notes (the "Indenture") as described in the
Offering Memorandum and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not
to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes except in compliance
with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), and all applicable State securities
laws.
3. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have
not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes may not
be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or
benefit of, U.S. persons except as permitted in the following sentence.
We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we
are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell any Notes, we
will do so only (i) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (ii)
inside the United States in accordance with Rule 144A under the
Securities Act to a "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined in Rule
144A promulgated under the Securities Act), (iii) inside the United
States to an institutional "ac-
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credited investor" (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer,
furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to
the Trustee (as defined in the Indenture) a signed letter containing
certain representations and agreements relating to the restrictions
on transfer of the Notes (the form of which letter can be obtained
from the Trustee), (iv) outside the United States in accordance with
Rule 904 of Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act to
non-U.S. persons, (v) pursuant to the exemption from registration
provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if available), or (vi)
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act, and we further agree to provide to any person purchasing any of
the Notes from us a notice advising such purchaser that resales of
the Notes are restricted as stated herein.
4. We understand that, on any proposed resale of any Notes,
we will be required to furnish to the Trustee and the Company such
certification, legal opinions and other information as the Trustee and
the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale
complies with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that
the Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
5. We are an institutional "accredited investor" (as
defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the
Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
our investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are
acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or their
investment, as the case may be.
6. We are acquiring the Notes purchased by us for our
account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional
"accredited investor") as to each of which we exercise sole investment
discretion.
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You, the Company, the Trustee and others are entitled to rely
upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy
hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or
official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferee]
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED
IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSFERS
PURSUANT TO REGULATION S
[ ], [ ]
U.S. Trust Company of California, N.A.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Re: Xxxxx Company (the "Company")
10% Senior Notes due 2008 (the "Notes")
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed sale of aggregate principal
amount of the Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and
in accordance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), and, accordingly, we represent that:
(1) the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the
United States;
(2) either (a) at the time the buy offer was originated, the
transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on
our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the
United States, or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the
facilities of a designated off-shore securities market and neither we
nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been
pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;
(3) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United
States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule
904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;
(4) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade
the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and
(5) we have advised the transferee of the transfer
restrictions applicable to the Notes.
You, the Company and counsel for the Company are entitled to
rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a
copy hereof to any interested party
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in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to
the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings
set forth in Regulation S.
Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferor]
By:
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Authorized Signature
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF GUARANTEE
For value received, the undersigned hereby unconditionally
guarantees, as principal obligor and not only as a surety, to the Holder of this
Note the cash payments in United States dollars of principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on this Note (and including Liquidated Damages payable
thereon) in the amounts and at the times when due and interest on the overdue
principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, of this Note, if lawful, and
the payment or performance of all other obligations of the Company under the
Indenture (as defined below) or the Notes, to the Holder of this Note and the
Trustee, all in accordance with and subject to the terms and limitations of this
Note, Article Ten of the Indenture and this Guarantee. This Guarantee will
become effective in accordance with Article Ten of the Indenture and its terms
shall be evidenced therein. The validity and enforceability of any Guarantee
shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to any particular Note.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in the Indenture dated as of April 22, 1998, among Xxxxx Company, a
California corporation, as Company (the "Company"), each of the Guarantors named
therein and U.S. Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trustee (the "Trustee"),
as amended or supplemented (the "Indenture").
The obligations of the undersigned to the Holders of Notes and
to the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set
forth in Article Ten of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the
Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee and all of the other provisions
of the Indenture to which this Guarantee relates.
THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAW. Each Guarantor hereby agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of
the courts of the State of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of
or relating to this Guarantee.
This Guarantee is subject to release upon the terms set forth in
the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused its Guarantee to
be duly executed.
Date:
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MONSEY PRODUCTS CO., as
Guarantor
By:
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Name:
Title:
KIMBERTON ENTERPRISES, INC., as
Guarantor
By:
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Name:
Title:
MONSEY PRODUCTS OF ARIZONA LLC,
as Guarantor
By:
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Name:
Title:
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