IKON Office Solutions, Inc. SENIOR UNSECURED FLOATING RATE NOTES DUE 2012 Indenture Dated as of December 20, 2007 The Bank of New York Trustee
Exhibit
10.1
Execution
Version
IKON Office
Solutions, Inc.
SENIOR
UNSECURED FLOATING RATE NOTES DUE 2012
___________________
Indenture
Dated
as of December 20, 2007
___________________
The
Bank of New York
Trustee
___________________
CROSS-REFERENCE
TABLE*
Trust
Indenture Act Section
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Indenture
Section
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310(a)(1)
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7.10
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(a)(2)
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7.10
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(a)(3)
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N.A.
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(a)(4)
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N.A.
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(a)(5)
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7.10
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(b)
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7.10
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(c)
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N.A.
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311(a)
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7.11
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(b)
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7.11
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(c)
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N.A.
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312(a)
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2.06
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(b)
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11.03
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(c)
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11.03
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313(a)
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7.06
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(b)(1)
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N.A.
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(b)(2)
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7.06,
7.07
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(c)
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7.06,
11.02
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(d)
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7.06
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314(a)
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4.03,
4.04, 11.05
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(b)
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N.A.
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(c)(1)
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11.04
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(c)(2)
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11.05
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(c)(3)
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N.A.
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(d)
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N.A.
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(e)
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11.05
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(f)
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N.A.
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315(a)
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7.01
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(b)
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7.05
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(c)
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7.01
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(d)
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7.01
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(e)
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6.11
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316(a)
(last sentence)
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2.10
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(a)(1)(A)
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6.05
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.04
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(a)(2)
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N.A.
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(b)
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6.07
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(c)
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11.14
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317(a)(1)
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6.08
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(a)(2)
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6.09
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(b)
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2.05
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318(a)
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11.01
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(b)
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N.A.
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(c)
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N.A.
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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
ONE
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DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION
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BY
REFERENCE
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Section
1.01
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Definitions
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1
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Section
1.02
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Other
Definitions.
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26
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Section
1.03
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Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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27
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Section
1.04
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Rules
of Construction
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28
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ARTICLE
TWO
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THE
NOTES
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Section
2.01
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Form
and Dating
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28
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Section
2.02
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Execution
and Authentication
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29
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Section
2.03
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Methods
of Receiving Payments on the Notes
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30
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Section
2.04
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Registrar
and Paying Agent
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30
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Section
2.05
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Paying
Agent to Hold Money in Trust
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31
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Section
2.06
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Holder
Lists
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31
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Section
2.07
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Transfer
and Exchange
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31
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Section
2.08
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Replacement
Notes
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43
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Section
2.09
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Outstanding
Notes
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44
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Section
2.10
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Treasury
Notes
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44
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Section
2.11
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Temporary
Notes
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44
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Section
2.12
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Cancellation
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45
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Section
2.13
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Defaulted
Interest
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45
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Section
2.14
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CUSIP
Numbers
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45
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ARTICLE
THREE
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REDEMPTION
AND OFFERS TO
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PURCHASE
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Section
3.01
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Notices
to Trustee
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46
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Section
3.02
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Selection
of Notes to Be Redeemed
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46
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Section
3.03
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Notice
of Redemption
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46
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Section
3.04
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Effect
of Notice of Redemption
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47
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Section
3.05
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Deposit
of Redemption Price
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47
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Section
3.06
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Notes
Redeemed in Part
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47
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Section
3.07
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Optional
Redemption
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48
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Section
3.08
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Repurchase
Offers
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48
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Section
3.09
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Mandatory
Redemption
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50
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ARTICLE
FOUR
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COVENANTS
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Section
4.01
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Payment
of Notes
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50
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Section
4.02
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Maintenance
of Office or Agency
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51
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Section
4.03
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Reports
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51
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Section
4.04
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Compliance
Certificate
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52
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Section
4.05
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Calculation
of Original Issue Discount
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52
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Section
4.06
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Stay,
Extension and Usury Laws
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52
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Section
4.07
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Restricted
Payments
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52
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Section
4.08
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Dividend
and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries
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56
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Section
4.09
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Incurrence
of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock
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58
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Section
4.10
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Asset
Sales
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61
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Section
4.11
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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62
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Section
4.12
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Liens
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63
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Section
4.13
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Business
Activities
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64
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Section
4.14
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Repurchase
upon a Change of Control
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64
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Section
4.15
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Redemption
or Repurchase of 2015 Notes
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65
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Section
4.16
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Designation
of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries
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65
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Section
4.17
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Payments
for Consent
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66
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Section
4.18
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[intentionally
omitted]
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66
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Section
4.19
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Sale
and Leaseback Transactions
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66
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Section
4.20
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[intentionally
omitted]
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67
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Section
4.21
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Issuances
of Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries
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67
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ARTICLE
FIVE
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SUCCESSORS
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Section
5.01
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Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Assets
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68
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Section
5.02
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Successor
Corporation Substituted
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68
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ARTICLE
SIX
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DEFAULTS
AND REMEDIES
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Section
6.01
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Events
of Default
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69
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Section
6.02
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Acceleration
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70
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Section
6.03
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Other
Remedies
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70
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Section
6.04
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Waiver
of Past Defaults
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71
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Section
6.05
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Control
by Majority
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71
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Section
6.06
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Limitation
on Suits
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72
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Section
6.07
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Rights
of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment
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72
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Section
6.08
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Collection
Suit by Trustee
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72
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Section
6.09
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Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim
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73
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Section
6.10
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Priorities
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73
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Section
6.11
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Undertaking
for Costs
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73
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ARTICLE
SEVEN
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TRUSTEE
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Section
7.01
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Duties
of Trustee
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74
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Section
7.02
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Certain
Rights of Trustee
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75
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Section
7.03
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Individual
Rights of Trustee
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76
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Section
7.04
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Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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76
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Section
7.05
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Notice
of Defaults
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76
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Section
7.06
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Reports
by Trustee to Holders of the Notes
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76
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Section
7.07
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Compensation
and Indemnity
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77
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Section
7.08
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Replacement
of Trustee
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78
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Section
7.09
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Successor
Trustee by Xxxxxx, Etc
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79
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Section
7.10
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Eligibility;
Disqualification
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79
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Section
7.11
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company
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79
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ARTICLE
EIGHT
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DEFEASANCE
AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Section
8.01
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Option
to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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79
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Section
8.02
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Legal
Defeasance and Discharge
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79
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Section
8.03
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Covenant
Defeasance
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80
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Section
8.04
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Conditions
to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
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80
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Section
8.05
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Deposited
Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous
Provisions
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82
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Section
8.06
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Repayment
to the Company
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82
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Section
8.07
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Reinstatement
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82
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ARTICLE
NINE
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AMENDMENT,
SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
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Section
9.01
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Without
Consent of Holders of Notes
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83
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Section
9.02
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With
Consent of Holders of Notes
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84
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Section
9.03
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Compliance
with Trust Indenture Act
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85
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Section
9.04
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Revocation
and Effect of Consents
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85
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Section
9.05
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Notation
on or Exchange of Notes
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86
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Section
9.06
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Trustee
to Sign Amendments, Etc
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86
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ARTICLE
TEN
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SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
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Section
10.01
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Satisfaction
and Discharge
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86
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Section
10.02
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Deposited
Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous
Provisions
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87
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Section
10.03
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Repayment
to the Company
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88
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iii
ARTICLE
ELEVEN
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
11.01
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Trust
Indenture Act Controls
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88
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Section
11.02
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Notices
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88
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Section
11.03
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Communication
by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes
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90
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Section
11.04
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Certificate
and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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90
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Section
11.05
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Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion
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90
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Section
11.06
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Rules
by Trustee and Agents
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91
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Section
11.07
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No
Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders
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91
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Section
11.08
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Governing
Law
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91
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Section
11.09
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Consent
to Jurisdiction
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91
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Section
11.10
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No
Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
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91
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Section
11.11
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Successors
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91
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Section
11.12
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Severability
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92
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Section
11.13
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Counterpart
Originals
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92
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Section
11.14
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Acts
of Holders
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92
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Section
11.15
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Benefit
of Indenture
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93
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Section
11.16
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Table
of Contents, Headings, Etc
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93
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A
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FORM
OF NOTE
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Exhibit
B
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FORM
OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
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Exhibit
C
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FORM
OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
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Exhibit
D
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FORM
OF CERTIFICATE FROM ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
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iv
INDENTURE
dated
as of December
20, 2007 among IKON Office Solutions, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), and The Bank
of New
York as trustee.
The
Company has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from
time
to time of its Senior Unsecured Floating Rate Notes due 2012 to be issued
in one
or more series as provided in this Indenture. All things necessary to make
this
Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms,
have
been done.
The
Company and the Trustee (as defined
below) agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal
and
ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined below) of the Senior Unsecured
Floating Rate Notes due 2012:
ARTICLE
ONE
DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION
BY
REFERENCE
Section
1.01 Definitions.
“144A
Global Note” means a
global note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto
bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited
with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or
its
nominee, that shall be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding
principal amount at maturity of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule
144A.
“2015
Indenture” means that
certain indenture by and between the Company and The Bank of New York,
as
trustee, dated as of September 21, 2005, as amended by the First Supplemental
Indenture dated as of March 29, 2007, between the Company and The Bank
of New
York, as trustee, and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“2015
Notes” means those
certain 7.75% senior notes due 2015 issued pursuant to the 2015
Indenture.
“2015
Notes Issue Date” means
September 21, 2005.
“Additional
Interest” means all
additional interest then owing pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“Additional
Notes” means an
unlimited maximum aggregate principal amount of Notes (other than the Notes
issued on the date hereof) issued under this Indenture in accordance with
Section 2.02 and 4.09 hereof.
“Adjusted
Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets” of any Person means, as of any date, the amount which, in
accordance with GAAP, would be set forth under the caption “Total Assets” (or
any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal
quarter
for which internal financial statements are available, less (1) all intangible
assets, including, without limitation, goodwill, organization costs, patents,
trademarks, copyrights, franchises, and research and development costs,
(2)
current liabilities and (3) all finance receivables.
“Affiliate”
of
any specified
Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled
by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.
For
purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person,
shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct
or
cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise provided that for purposes
of
Sections 4.07, 4.10 and 4.11 only, beneficial ownership of 10% or more
of the
Voting Stock of a Person shall be deemed to be control. For purposes of
this
definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control
with” shall have correlative meanings.
“Agent”
means
any Registrar,
Paying Agent or co-registrar.
“Applicable
Procedures” means,
with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests
in any
Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and
Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
“Asset
Sale”
means:
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(1)
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the
sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or
rights;
provided that
the
sale, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially
all of the
assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as
a whole
will be governed by Section 4.14 and/or Section 5.01 and not
by Section
4.10; and
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(2)
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the
issuance of Equity Interests by any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company
(other than directors’ qualifying shares) or the sale by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests in any
of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
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Notwithstanding
the preceding, the following items shall be deemed not to be Asset
Sales:
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(1)
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any
single transaction or series of related transactions that involves
assets
having a Fair Market Value of less than $3.0 million;
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(2)
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a
transfer of assets between or among the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
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(3)
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an
issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company to
the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
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(4)
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the
sale or lease of equipment, inventory, accounts receivable or
other assets
in the ordinary course of business;
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(5)
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the
sale or other disposition of Cash Equivalents or marketable securities;
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2
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(6)
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any
transaction that constitutes a Permitted Investment or a Restricted
Payment that is permitted by Section 4.07;
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(7)
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any
sale or disposition of any property or equipment that has become
damaged,
worn out, obsolete or otherwise unsuitable for use in connection
with the
business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(8)
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the
creation of a Lien not prohibited by this Indenture;
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(9)
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sales
or grants of licenses or sublicenses to use the patents, trade
secrets,
know-how and other intellectual property of the Company or any
Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company to the extent such license does not
interfere
with the business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of the
Company;
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(10)
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any
surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release
or
surrender of contract, tort or other claim of any kind; and
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(11)
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a
Permitted Asset Securitization.
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“Attributable
Debt” in respect
of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, at the time of determination,
(a) if
such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is a Capital Lease Obligation, the
amount of
Indebtedness represented thereby according to the definition of “Capital Lease
Obligation”, and (b) in all other instances, the present value of the obligation
of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the
lease
included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, including any period for
which
such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended.
Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the
rate
of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“Bankruptcy
Law” means Title
11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of
debtors.
“Beneficial
Owner” has the
meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange
Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular
“person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such
“person” shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that
such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other
securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable
only
upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and
“Beneficially Owned” shall have a corresponding meaning.
“Board
of Directors”
means:
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(1)
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with
respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation;
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(2)
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with
respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general
partner of
the partnership; and
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(3)
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with
respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person
serving
a similar function.
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3
“Board
Resolution” means a
resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company
to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and
to be in
full force and effect on the date of such certification.
“Broker-Dealer”
has
the meaning
set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Borrowing
Base” means the
amount equal to 25% of the sum of (a) the book value of the accounts receivable
of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries plus (b) the book value
of the
inventory of the Company, in each case as of the end of the most recently
ended
fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements of the Company
have
been made available.
“Business
Day” means any day
other than a Legal Holiday.
“Capital
Lease Obligation”
means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the
amount of the
liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required
to
be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital
Stock”
means:
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(1)
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in
the case of a corporation, shares of corporate stock;
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(2)
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in
the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares,
interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however
designated) of corporate stock;
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(3)
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in
the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership
or
membership interests (whether general or limited); and
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(4)
|
any
other interest or participation that confers on a Person the
right to
receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions
of assets
of, the issuing Person.
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“Cash
Equivalents”
means:
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(1)
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United
States dollars;
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(2)
|
securities
issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United
States
government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided
that the
full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support
thereof)
having maturities of not more than one year from the date of
acquisition;
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(3)
|
time
deposits, money market deposits and certificates of deposit with
maturities of 270 days or less from the date of acquisition,
with any
commercial banks organized under the laws of the United States,
the United
Kingdom or Canada, each having capital and surplus in excess
of $500.0
million and a rating of “A” or better by a nationally recognized
statistical rating agency;
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4
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(4)
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repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying
securities
of the types described in clauses (2) or (3) of this definition
entered
into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications
specified
in clause (3) of this definition, or any primary government securities
dealer reporting to the Market Reports Division of the Federal
Reserve
Bank of New York;
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(5)
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tax-free
variable rate demand notes which are fully supported by letters
of credit
with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified
in
clause (3) of this definition;
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(6)
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commercial
paper having the highest rating obtainable from Xxxxx’x or S&P and in
each case maturing within 270 days after the date of acquisition;
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(7)
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instruments
equivalent to those referred to in clauses (1) through (6) of
this
definition denominated in Euros or any other foreign currency
comparable
in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and customarily
used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction
outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in
connection
with any business conducted by any Restricted Subsidiary organized
in such
jurisdiction; and
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(8)
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investment
in funds which invest substantially all of their assets in Cash
Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (7)
of this
definition.
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“Change
of Control” means the
occurrence of any of the following:
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the
direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
(other
than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of
related
transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or
assets of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
to any
“person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act);
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(2)
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the
adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution
of the
Company;
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(3)
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any
“person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of
the Exchange Act) becomes the ultimate Beneficial Owner, directly
or
indirectly, of a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock
of the
Company;
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the
first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of
Directors of
the Company are not Continuing Directors; or
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(5)
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the
Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person,
or any
Person consolidates with, or merges with or into the Company,
in any such
event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding
Voting
Stock of the Company or such other Person is converted into or
exchanged
for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction
where (A) the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately
prior to
such transaction is converted into or exchanged for Voting Stock
(other
than Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee Person
constituting a majority of the outstanding shares of such Voting
Stock of
such surviving or transferee Person (immediately after giving
effect to
such issuance) and (B) immediately after such transaction, no
“person” or
“group” (as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange
Act) becomes, directly or indirectly, the ultimate Beneficial
Owner of a
majority of the voting power of all classes of the Voting Stock
of the
Company.
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“Clearstream”
means
Clearstream
Banking, société anonyme, Luxembourg (formerly Cedel Bank, société anonyme), and
any successor thereto.
“Commission”
means
the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common
Stock” means, with
respect to any Person, any Capital Stock (other than Preferred Stock) of
such
Person.
“Company”
means
the corporation
named as “the Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture, not including
any of its subsidiaries, until a successor corporation shall have become
such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter,
the
“Company” shall mean such successor corporation.
“Consolidated
Cash Flow” means,
with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net
Income
of such Person for such period plus:
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provision
for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision
for taxes
was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
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(2)
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Fixed
Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period to
the extent that such Fixed Charges were deducted in computing
such
Consolidated Net income; plus
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(3)
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depreciation,
amortization (including amortization of goodwill and other intangibles
but
excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid
in a prior
period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash
expense
to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for
cash
expenses in any future period) of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation,
amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing
such
Consolidated Net Income; minus
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(4)
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non-cash
items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period,
other than
the accrual of revenue consistent with past practice and any
items which
represent the reversal of any accrual of, or reserve for, anticipated
cash
charges or asset valuation adjustments made in any prior period,
in each
case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with
GAAP.
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Notwithstanding
the preceding, the
provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, the Fixed Charges
of, and
the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses of, a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to
compute
Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company only to the extent that a corresponding
amount of Consolidated Net Income of such Restricted Subsidiary would be
permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the Company
by such
Restricted Subsidiary without prior governmental approval (that has not
been
obtained), and without direct or indirect restriction pursuant to the terms
of
its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders,
statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Restricted
Subsidiary or its stockholders.
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“Consolidated
Net Income”
means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the
aggregate of the
Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period,
on a
consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:
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(1)
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the
Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary,
of any
Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity
method of
accounting shall be excluded, provided that,
to the
extent not previously included in Consolidated Net Income, Consolidated
Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of
dividends or
distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash
(or to the
extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a Restricted
Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period;
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(2)
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the
income reflected on the “finance income” line on the Company’s
consolidated statement of income and the interest expense reflected
on the
“finance interest expense” line on the Company’s consolidated statement of
income, together with the related provision for taxes on such
amounts
calculated using the same effective tax rate as the consolidated
effective
tax rate for the same period, shall be excluded (except to the
extent
included pursuant to clause (1) above);
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(3)
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the
Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded to
the extent
that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions
by
that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date
of
determination permitted without any prior governmental approval
(that has
not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of
the terms
of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree,
order,
statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted
Subsidiary or its equity holders, unless such restriction with
respect to
the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally
waived;
provided that, to the extent not previously included in Consolidated
Net
Income, Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased
by the
amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are
actually
paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to such Person
or a
Restricted Subsidiary thereof (subject to the provisions of this
clause
(3)) in respect of such period;
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(4)
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the
Net Income of any Person acquired during the specified period
for any
period prior to the date of such acquisition shall be excluded;
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(5)
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the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall
be excluded;
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(6)
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restructuring
charges related to actions taken prior to July 1, 2005, together
with the
related provision for taxes on such charges calculated using
the same
effective tax rate as the consolidated effective tax rate for
the same
period, shall be excluded;
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non-cash
compensation charges, including any such charges arising from
stock
options, restricted stock grants or other equity-incentive programs,
shall
be excluded; and
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(8)
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unrealized
gains and losses from Hedging Obligations that do not constitute
Indebtedness shall be excluded.
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“Continuing
Directors” means,
as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of
the
Company who:
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(1)
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was
a member of such Board of Directors on the 2015 Notes Issue Date;
or
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(2)
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was
nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors
with the
approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members
of
such Board at the time of such nomination or election.
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“Corporate
Trust Office of the
Trustee” shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section
11.02 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice
to
the Company.
“Credit
Agreement” means that
certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2006,
by and
among the Company, as borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto
and
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Collateral
Agent, providing for up to $200 million of revolving credit borrowings,
including any related letters of credit, notes, Guarantees, collateral
documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith,
and in
each case as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or
refinanced from time to time by one or more credit facilities, in which
case,
the credit agreement or similar agreement together with all other documents
and
instruments related shall constitute the “Credit Agreement,” whether with the
same or new agents and lenders.
“Credit
Facilities” means, one
or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement
(and any hedging arrangements with the lenders thereunder or Affiliates
of such
lenders, secured by the collateral securing the Company’s Obligations under the
Credit Agreement), commercial paper facilities, fiscal agency agreements
or
indentures, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders or a
trustee,
providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing
(including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special
purpose
entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables),
letters
of credit or issuance of notes, bonds, debentures or other evidences of
Indebtedness, in each case as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded,
replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time by one or
more of
such facilities or forms of Indebtedness.
“Custodian”
means
the Trustee,
as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor
entity
thereto.
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“Default”
means
any event that
is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be,
an
Event of Default.
“Definitive
Note” means a
certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued
in
accordance with Section 2.07 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not
have
the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached
thereto.
“Depositary”
means,
with
respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form,
the
Person specified in Section 2.04 hereof as the Depositary with respect
to the
Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder
and
having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this
Indenture.
“Disqualified
Stock” means any
Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into
which it
is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option
of
the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise,
or
redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on
or prior
to the date that is one year after the date on which the Notes mature.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute
Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to
require
the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change
of
control or an asset sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock
if:
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(1)
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the
“asset sale” or “change of control” provisions applicable to such Capital
Stock are not more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock
than the
terms applicable to the Notes and described in Sections 4.10
and 4.14; and
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(2)
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any
such requirement only becomes operative after compliance with
such terms
applicable to the Notes, including the purchase of any Notes
tendered
pursuant thereto.
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The
term “Disqualified Stock” shall
also include any options, warrants or other rights that are convertible
into
Disqualified Stock or that are redeemable at the option of the holder,
or
required to be redeemed, prior to the date that is one year after the date
on
which the Notes mature. The amount of any Disqualified Stock that does
not have
a fixed redemption, repayment or repurchase price will be calculated in
accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock as if such Disqualified
Stock were redeemed, repaid or repurchased on any date on which the amount
of
such Disqualified Stock is to be determined pursuant to the Indenture;
provided, however,
that if such
Disqualified Stock could not be required to be redeemed, repaid or repurchased
at the time of such determination, the redemption, repayment or repurchase
price
will be the book value of such Disqualified Stock as reflected in the most
recent financial statements of such Person.
“Domestic
Subsidiary” means any
Subsidiary of the Company that was formed under the laws of the United
States or
any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
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“Equity
Interests” means
Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital
Stock
(but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable
for,
Capital Stock) of any Person.
“Exchange
Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange
Notes” means the
Notes issued in the Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with subsection
2.07(f) hereof.
“Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“Existing
Indebtedness” means
Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness
under
the Credit Agreement) in existence on the date of this Indenture (including,
without limitation, the 2015 Notes).
“Euroclear”
means
the Euroclear
Clearance System and any successor thereto.
“Fair
Market Value” means the
price that would be paid in an arm’s-length transaction between an informed and
willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and willing
buyer
under no compulsion to buy, as determined in good faith by the Company
or, if
such amount exceeds $20.0 million, by the Board of Directors, whose
determination shall be conclusive.
“Finance
Subsidiary” means (1)
IKON Office Solutions Dublin Limited and IKON Capital PLC and (2) each
other
Subsidiary created or acquired after the 2015 Notes Issue Date the primary
business of which is the leasing or other financing of products distributed
by
the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio”
means with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio
of the
Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges
of
such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or
any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases
or
redeems any Indebtedness or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock
subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge
Coverage
Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event
for
which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the
“Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated
giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment,
repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase
or
redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom as
if the
same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference
period.
In
addition, for purposes of
calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:
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acquisitions
and dispositions of business entities or property and assets
constituting
a division or line of business of any Person and Investments
that have
been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
including through mergers or consolidations and including any
related
financing transactions, during the four-quarter reference period
or
subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation
Date shall be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred
on the first
day of the four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash
Flow for
such reference period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis
in
accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act;
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(2)
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the
Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations,
as
determined in accordance with GAAP, shall be excluded;
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(3)
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the
Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined
in
accordance with GAAP, shall be excluded, but only to the extent
that the
obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations
of
the specified Person or any of its Subsidiaries following the
Calculation
Date; and
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(4)
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consolidated
interest expense attributable to interest on any Indebtedness
(whether
existing or being incurred) computed on a pro forma basis and
bearing a
floating interest rate shall be computed as if the rate in effect
on the
Calculation Date (taking into account any interest rate option,
swap, cap
or similar agreement applicable to such Indebtedness if such
agreement has
a remaining term in excess of 12 months or, if shorter, at least
equal to
the remaining term of such Indebtedness) had been the applicable
rate for
the entire period.
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For
purposes of making the computation
referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit
facility computed on a pro
forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of
such Indebtedness during the applicable period.
“Fixed
Charges” means, with
respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication,
of:
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(1)
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the
consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including,
without
limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original
issue
discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component
of any
deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments
associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with
respect
to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and
charges
incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings,
and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant
to
interest rate Hedging Obligations; plus
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(2)
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the
consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus
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(3)
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any
interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is Guaranteed
by
such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured
by a Lien on
assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
whether or
not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus
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the
product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether
or not
in cash, on any series of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock
of such
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends
on
Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company
(other
than Disqualified Stock) or to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
of
the Company, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is
one and the
denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal,
state
and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal,
in
each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP;
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provided
that
in no event
shall interest expense reflected on the “finance interest expense” line on the
Company’s consolidated statement of income be included within Fixed
Charges.
“Foreign
Subsidiary” means any
Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“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, the opinions and pronouncements of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board and in the statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity
as
have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession,
which
are in effect from time to time.
“Global
Note Legend” means the
legend set forth in clause (2) of subsection 2.07(g) hereof, which is required
to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
“Global
Notes” means,
individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and
the
Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
issued in accordance with Section 2.01, subsection 2.07(b), 2.07(d) or
2.07(f)
of this Indenture.
“Government
Securities” means
securities that are direct obligations of the United States of America
for the
timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged.
“Guarantee”
means
a guarantee
other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the
ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including,
without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of
credit or
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any
Indebtedness.
“Hedging
Obligations” means,
with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person
under:
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interest
rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest
rate collar
agreements and other agreements or arrangements designed to protect
such
Person against fluctuations in interest rates;
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(2)
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commodity
swap agreements, commodity option agreements, forward contracts
and other
agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against
fluctuations in commodity prices; and
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(3)
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foreign
exchange contracts, currency swap agreements and other agreements
or
arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations
in
foreign currency exchange rates.
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“Holder”
means
a Person in
whose name a Note is registered.
“incur”
means,
with respect to
any Indebtedness, to incur, create, issue, assume, Guarantee or otherwise
become
directly or indirectly liable for or with respect to, or become responsible
for,
the payment of, contingently or otherwise, such Indebtedness; provided that (1) any
Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company will be deemed to be incurred by such Restricted
Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
and (2)
neither the accrual of interest nor the accretion of original issue discount
nor
the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness (to the
extent
provided for when the Indebtedness on which such interest is paid was originally
issued) shall be considered an incurrence of Indebtedness.
“Indebtedness”
means,
with
respect to any specified Person (without duplication):
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any
indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, other
than
indebtedness supporting finance contracts and unsold residual
value that
is non-recourse to, and is not otherwise guaranteed by (other
than
performance Guarantees not involving a monetary obligation in
connection
with such indebtedness), the Company or any other Restricted
Subsidiary
thereof,
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in
respect of borrowed money;
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(b)
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evidenced
by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters
of credit
(or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), but excluding
obligations with respect to letters of credit (including trade
letters of
credit) securing obligations described in clause (e) below entered
into in
the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent
such letters
of credit are not drawn upon or, if drawn upon, to the extent
such drawing
is reimbursed no later than the third business day following
receipt by
such Person of a demand for reimbursement;
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(c)
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representing
banker’s acceptances;
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(d)
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in
respect of Hedging Obligations, other than Hedging Obligations
that are
incurred for the purpose of protecting the Company or any of
its
Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates,
commodity
prices or foreign currency exchange rates, and not for speculative
purposes, and that do not increase the Indebtedness of the obligor
outstanding at any time other than as a result of fluctuations
in interest
rates, commodity prices or foreign currency exchange rates or
by reason of
fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder; or
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representing
the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any
property
which purchase price is due more than six months after the date
of placing
such property in service or taking delivery and title thereto
or the
completion of such services, except any such balance that constitutes
an
accrued expense or trade payable;
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Capital
Lease Obligations and Attributable Debt; and
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(3)
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Disqualified
Stock.
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In
addition, the term “Indebtedness”
includes (x) all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset
of the
specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified
Person), provided that
the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the lesser of (A) the Fair Market
Value
of such asset at such date of determination and (B) the amount of such
Indebtedness, and (y) to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee
by the
specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.
The
amount of any Indebtedness
outstanding as of any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date
of all
unconditional obligations as described above and, with respect to contingent
obligations, the maximum liability upon the occurrence of the contingency
giving
rise to the obligation, and shall be:
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the
accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued
with
original issue discount; and
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(2)
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in
the case of a Hedging Obligation that constitutes Indebtedness
shall be
equal to the notional amount of such Hedging Obligation;
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provided
that
the obligation
to repay money borrowed and set aside at the time of the incurrence of
any
Indebtedness in order to pre-fund the payment of the interest on such
Indebtedness shall be deemed not to be “Indebtedness” so long as such money is
held to secure the payment of such interest.
“Indenture”
means
this
Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Indirect
Participant” means a
Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a
Participant.
“Initial
Purchaser” means
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC.
“Institutional
Accredited
Investor” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as
defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, who
is not
also a QIB.
“Investments”
means,
with
respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person
in
other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans or other extensions
of credit (including Guarantees and other arrangements, but excluding advances
to customers or suppliers in the ordinary course of business that are,
in
conformity with GAAP, recorded as accounts receivable, prepaid expenses
or
deposits on the balance sheet of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries
and
endorsements for collection or deposit arising in the ordinary course of
business), advances (excluding commission, payroll, travel and similar
advances
to officers and employees made consistent with past practices), capital
contributions (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),
purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity
Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would
be
classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
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If
the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests
of
any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that,
after
giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer
a
Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall be deemed to have made an
Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the portion
(proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair
Market Value of the net assets of such former Restricted Subsidiary at
the time
of such sale or other disposition.
“Issue
Date” means December 20,
2007.
“Legal
Holiday” means a
Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in The City of
New
York are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain
closed.
“Legended
Regulation S Global
Note” means a global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the
Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with
or on
behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee,
issued in
a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount at maturity of
the
Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
“Letter
of Transmittal” means
the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Company and sent to all
Holders
of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the Registered
Exchange
Offer.
“Lien”
means,
with respect to
any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance
of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or
otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale
or
other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option
or
other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of
or
agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial
Code (or
equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction. An Operating Lease shall not
constitute a Lien on the assets subject thereto.
“Moody’s”
means
Xxxxx’x
Investor Services, Inc. or any successor rating agency.
“Net
Income” means, with
respect to any specified Person, the net income (loss) of such Person,
determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect
of
preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:
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any
gain (or loss), together with any related provision for taxes
on such gain
(or loss), realized in connection with: (a) any asset sale outside
the
ordinary course of business of such Person or its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any
of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness
of such
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
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any
extraordinary gain or loss of such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries,
together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary
gain
(or loss).
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“Net
Leverage Ratio” means, for
any person as of any date (the “Leverage Calculation Date”), the ratio of (i) an
amount equal to (a) Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
on the Leverage Calculation Date less (b) the cash and marketable securities
of
such person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Leverage Calculation
Date,
determined on a pro forma basis, to (ii) the Consolidated Cash Flow of
such
Person for such Person’s four most recently ended fiscal quarters for which
financial statements are available. For purposes of calculating the Net
Leverage
Ratio, acquisitions and dispositions of business entities or property and
assets
constituting a division or line of business of any Person and Investments
that
have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
including through mergers or consolidations and including any related financing
transactions, subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the
Net
Leverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the Leverage Calculation
Date during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference
period and on or prior to the Leverage Calculation Date, shall be given
pro
forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter
reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference period shall
be
calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with Regulation S-X under
the
Securities Act.
“Net
Proceeds” means the
aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation,
any
cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration
received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset
Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking
fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a
result
thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, in each case, after
taking
into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements, and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of
Indebtedness, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject
of
such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price
of
such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.
“Non-U.S.
Person” means a
Person who is not a U.S. Person.
“Notes”
means
the Senior
Unsecured Floating Rate Notes due 2012 of the Company issued on the date
hereof
and any Additional Notes, including any Exchange Notes. The Notes and the
Additional Notes, if any, shall be treated as a single class for all purposes
under this Indenture.
“Obligations”
means
any
principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements,
damages
and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness.
“Officer”
means,
with respect
to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer,
the
President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any
Vice-President of such Person.
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“Officers’
Certificate”
means
a
certificate signed on behalf of the Company by at least two Officers of
the
Company, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal
financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of
the
Company, that meets the requirements of this Indenture.
“Operating
Lease” means, as to
any Person as determined in accordance with GAAP, any lease of property
(whether
real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee which is not a Capital
Lease
Obligation.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means an
opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee
(who may
be counsel to or an employee of the Company) that meets the requirements
of this
Indenture.
“Participant”
means,
with
respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an
account
with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and with respect
to
DTC (as defined in Section 2.01), shall include Euroclear and
Clearstream).
“Permitted
Asset
Securitization” means each Permitted Lease Receivable Securitization and
each Permitted Trade Receivable Securitization.
“Permitted
Business” means any
business conducted or proposed to be conducted (as described in the final
offering memorandum dated September 16, 2005 relating to the offering of
the
2015 Notes) by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the 2015
Notes
Issue Date and other businesses reasonably related, complementary or ancillary
thereto.
“Permitted
Investments”
means:
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(1)
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any
Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company;
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(2)
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any
Investment in cash or Cash Equivalents;
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(3)
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any
Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company in a
Person, if as a result of such Investment:
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(a)
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such
Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or
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(b)
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such
Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or
transfers
or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated
into, the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
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(4)
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any
Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration
from
an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with
Section
4.10;
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(5)
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Hedging
Obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness;
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(6)
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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;
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(7)
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stock,
obligations or securities received in settlement of debt or satisfaction
of judgments;
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(8)
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commission,
payroll, travel, relocation and similar advances to officers
and employees
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are
expected at
the time of such advance ultimately to be recorded as an expense
in
conformity with GAAP;
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any
Investment where such Investment was acquired by the Company
or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (a) in exchange for any other Investment
or
accounts receivable held by the Company or any such Restricted
Subsidiary
in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization
or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or
accounts
receivable or (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Company
or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment
or
other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment
in default;
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(10)
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any
Investment to the extent such Investment is made by the Company
or a
Restricted Subsidiary for consideration consisting only of Capital
Stock
(other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;
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(11)
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any
Investment to the extent such Investment existed on the 2015
Notes Issue
Date and any Investment that replaces, refinances or refunds
such an
Investment, provided that the new Investment is in an amount
that does not
exceed the amount replaced, refinanced or refunded in the same
Person as
the Investment replaced, refinanced or refunded;
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(12)
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Investments
in Finance Subsidiaries or any Subsidiary SPC used to effect
a Permitted
Asset Securitization in an amount which, when taken together
with all
other Investments made pursuant to this clause (12) and then
outstanding,
does not exceed (a) the greater of (i) £100.0 million and (ii) 15% of
Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (calculated in dollars
and
converted into pounds sterling at the time of the proposed Investment)
in
the case of a Permitted Lease Receivable Securitization and (b)
the
greater of (i) $100.0 million and (ii) 10% of Adjusted Consolidated
Net
Tangible Assets in the case of a Permitted Trade Receivable
Securitization; and
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Investments
not otherwise permitted by this definition in an amount which,
when taken
together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause
(13) and
then outstanding, does not exceed the greater of $25.0 million and 2.5% of
Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
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“Permitted
Lease Receivable
Securitization” means, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries,
any pledge, sale, transfer, contribution, conveyance or other disposition
of
accounts, chattel paper or related rights (each as defined in the UCC)
and
associated collateral, lockbox and other collection accounts, records and/or
proceeds relating to lease receivables of any Finance Subsidiary or Subsidiary
SPC, which such sale, transfer, contribution, conveyance or other disposition
is
funded by the recipient of such assets in whole or in part by borrowings
or the
issuance of instruments or securities that are paid principally from the
cash
derived from such assets or interests in such assets; provided that the aggregate
amount of gross proceeds available to the Company or any Subsidiary in
connection with all such transactions shall not at any time exceed the
greater
of (i) £100.0 million and (ii) 15% of Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible Assets
(calculated in dollars and converted into pounds sterling at the time of
the
proposed Investment) and provided further that any
such Permitted Lease Receivable Securitization shall be non-recourse to,
and
shall not otherwise be Guaranteed by (other than performance Guarantees
not
involving a monetary obligation in connection with such Permitted Lease
Receivable Securitization) the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary
thereof.
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“Permitted
Liens”
means:
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(1)
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Liens
on the assets of the Company securing Obligations relating to
Indebtedness
incurred under subsection 4.09(b)(1);
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(2)
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Liens
on the assets of the Company securing Obligations relating to
Indebtedness
incurred in compliance with Section 4.09 other than clause (1),
(4) or
(11) of paragraph (b) thereof, provided that
the
aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness secured by such
liens at
any time outstanding shall not exceed the greater of $25.0 million
and
2.5% of Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;
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(3)
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Liens
securing the Notes or any Guarantee of the Notes;
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(4)
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Liens
in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
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(5)
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Liens
on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged
with or
into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of the
Company; provided
that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation
of
such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets
other than
those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company
or such
Restricted Subsidiary;
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(6)
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Liens
on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the
Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided that such
Liens were in
existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition and
do not extend
to any property other than the property so acquired by the Company
or such
Restricted Subsidiary;
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(7)
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Liens
existing on the date of this Indenture;
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(8)
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Liens
to secure Obligations relating to Indebtedness (including Capital
Lease
Obligations) permitted by subsection 4.09(b)(4); provided, however,
that any such
Lien may not extend to any property or assets of the Company
or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company other than the property
or assets
purchased, leased, constructed or approved with the proceeds
of such
Indebtedness and any improvements or accessions thereto;
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(9)
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statutory
and common law Liens of landlords and carriers, warehousemen,
mechanics,
suppliers, materialmen, repairmen or other similar Liens arising
in the
ordinary course of business and with respect to amounts not yet
delinquent
or being contested in good faith by appropriate legal proceedings
promptly
instituted and diligently conducted and for which a reserve or
other
appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity
with
GAAP shall have been made;
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(10)
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Liens
on cash or Cash Equivalents (a) securing Hedging Obligations
of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, which are incurred
for the
purpose of fixing, hedging or swapping interest rate, commodity
price or
foreign currency exchange rate risk (or to reverse or amend any
such
agreements previously made for such purposes), and not for speculative
purposes, or (b) securing letters of credit that support such
Hedging
Obligations;
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(11)
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Liens
incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business
in connection
with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance or other social
security obligations;
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(12)
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Liens,
deposits or pledges to secure the performance of bids, tenders,
contracts
(other than contracts for the payment of Indebtedness), leases,
or other
similar obligations arising in the ordinary course of business;
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(13)
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survey
exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights
of
others for, rights of way, zoning or other restrictions as to
the use of
properties, and defects in title which, in the case of any of
the
foregoing, were not incurred or created to secure the payment
of
Indebtedness, and which in the aggregate do not materially adversely
affect the value of such properties or materially impair the
use for the
purposes of which such properties are held by the Company or
any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
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judgment
and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default and
notices of
lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being
contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate
reserves have
been made;
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(15)
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Liens,
deposits or pledges to secure public or statutory obligations,
surety,
stay, appeal, indemnity, performance or other similar bonds or
obligations; and Liens, deposits or pledges in lieu of such bonds
or
obligations, or to secure such bonds or obligations, or to secure
letters
of credit in lieu of or supporting the payment of such bonds
or
obligations;
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(16)
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Liens
in favor of collecting or payor banks having a right of setoff,
revocation, refund or chargeback with respect to money or instruments
of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on deposit with or in
possession of
such bank;
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any
interest or title of a lessor, licensor or sublicensor in the
property
subject to any lease, license or sublicense (other than any property
that
is the subject of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction);
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(18)
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Liens
for taxes, assessments and governmental charges not yet delinquent
or
being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves
have been
established to the extent required by GAAP;
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(19)
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Liens
arising from precautionary UCC financing statements regarding
operating
leases or consignments;
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(20)
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Liens
of franchisors in the ordinary course of business not securing
Indebtedness;
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(21)
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Liens
on trade receivables of the Company or assets of Finance Subsidiaries
or
Subsidiary SPCs arising pursuant to a Permitted Asset Securitization
(which Liens shall be limited to accounts, including lease receivables,
and chattel paper therein), in an amount at any time outstanding
not to
exceed (a) the greater of (i) £100.0 million and (ii) 15% of Adjusted
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (calculated in dollars and converted
into
pounds sterling at the time of the proposed Investment) in the
case of a
Permitted Lease Receivable Securitization and (b) the greater
of (i)
$100.0 million and (ii) 10% of Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets
in the case of a Permitted Trade Receivable Securitization;
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(22)
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Liens
on the assets of Foreign Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness incurred
under
subsection 4.09(b)(11);
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(23)
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Liens
on the property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of
the Company to secure any Obligations incurred in refinancing,
in whole or
in part, any Indebtedness secured by Xxxxx referred to in clause
(3), (5),
(6) or (7) above; provided, however,
that any such
Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property or
assets that
secured the original Lien (together with improvements and accessions
to
such property or assets) and the aggregate principal amount of
Indebtedness that is secured by such Lien shall not be increased
to any
amount greater than the sum of:
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(a)
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the
outstanding principal amount, or, if greater, the committed amount,
of the
Indebtedness secured by Xxxxx described under clause (3), (5),
(6) or (7)
above, as the case may be, at the time the original Lien became
a
Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and
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(b)
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an
amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums
and
defeasance costs, incurred by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary in
connection with such refinancing;
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(24)
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Liens
securing Obligations relating to Indebtedness of the Company
or its
Subsidiaries relating to Rental Pool Capital Expenditures in
an aggregate
amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (a)
$100.0
million and (b) 40% of the sum of the “Property and Equipment, net” and
“Equipment on operating leases, net of accumulated depreciation” line
items on the Company’s balance sheet for the most recently ended fiscal
quarter; and
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Liens
on lease receivables, financing contracts and related assets
securing
Obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant
to the
Amended and Restated Program Agreement dated April 1, 2006 between
the
Company and General Electric Capital Corporation, including the
Canadian
Rider dated June 30, 2004, as the same may be amended, supplemented,
extended or replaced from time to time.
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“Permitted
Refinancing
Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of
which are
used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Indebtedness
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that:
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(1)
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the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount
(or accreted
value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest
thereon
and the amount of any premium and defeasance costs necessary
to accomplish
such refinancing and such reasonable expenses incurred in connection
therewith);
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(2)
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such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date
no earlier
than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life
to
Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to
Maturity
of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
defeased or refunded;
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(3)
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if
the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
defeased
or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes,
such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of
payment to
the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes
as those
contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being
extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded;
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(4)
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if
the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
defeased
or refunded is pari
passu in right of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness is pari
passu with, or subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes;
and
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(5)
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such
Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by the Restricted
Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.
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“Permitted
Trade Receivable
Securitization” means, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries,
any pledge, sale, transfer, contribution, conveyance or other disposition
of
accounts, chattel paper or related rights (each as defined in the UCC)
and
associated collateral, lockbox and other collection accounts, records and/or
proceeds relating to trade receivables of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary SPC, which such sale, transfer,
contribution, conveyance or other disposition is funded by the recipient
of such
assets in whole or in part by borrowings or the issuance of instruments
or
securities that are paid principally from the cash derived from such assets
or
interests in such assets; provided that the aggregate
amount of gross proceeds available to the Company or any Subsidiary in
connection with all such transactions shall not at any time exceed the
greater
of (i) $100.0 million and (ii) 10% of Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets
and provided further
that any such
Permitted Trade Receivable Securitization shall be
non-recourse to, and shall not otherwise be Guaranteed by (other than
performance Guarantees not involving a monetary obligation in connection
with
such Permitted Trade Receivable Securitization) the Company or any other
Restricted Subsidiary thereof.
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“Person”
means
any individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government
or
other entity.
“PORTAL”
means
the Private
Offering Resale and Trading through Automatic Linkage Market operated by
the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or any successor
thereto.
“Preferred
Stock” means, with
respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person that has preferential
rights to any other Capital Stock of such Person with respect to dividends
or
redemptions upon liquidation.
“Private
Placement Legend”
means the legend set forth in clause (1) of subsection 2.07(g) to
be placed on
all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted
by the
provisions of this Indenture.
“QIB”
means
a “qualified
institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
“Registered
Exchange Offer” has
the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Registration
Rights Agreement”
means (1) with respect to the Notes issued on the date of this Indenture,
the
Registration Rights Agreement, to be dated the date of this Indenture,
between
the Company and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and (2) with respect to any
Additional Notes, any registration rights agreement between the Company
and the
other parties thereto relating to the registration by the Company of such
Additional Notes under the Securities Act.
“Regulation
S” means Regulation
S promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Regulation
S Global Note”
means a Legended Regulation S Global Note or an Unlegended Regulation
S Global
Note, as appropriate.
“Rental
Pool Capital
Expenditures” means, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries for
any period, all expenditures made in connection with the acquisition,
replacement or repair of any equipment that will be revenue producing and
rented
or leased to customers of such Persons.
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“Replacement
Assets” means (1)
assets (other than cash, Cash Equivalents or securities) that will be used
or
useful in a Permitted Business or (2) substantially all the assets of a
Permitted Business or a majority of the Voting Stock of any Person engaged
in a
Permitted Business that will become on the date of acquisition thereof
a
Restricted Subsidiary or (3) Capital Stock constituting a minority interest
in a
Restricted Subsidiary.
“Responsible
Officer” when used
with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust
Administration of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or
any
other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those
performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with
respect
to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such
matter is
referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
“Restricted
Definitive Note”
means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
“Restricted
Global Note” means
a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
“Restricted
Investment” means
an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“Restricted
Period” means the
40-day distribution compliance period as such term is used in Rule 903(b)(2)
of
Regulation S.
“Restricted
Subsidiary” of a
Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“Rule
144” means Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule
144A” means Rule 144A
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule
903” means Rule 903
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule
904” means Rule 904
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“S&P”
means
Standard &
Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., or any
successor rating agency.
“Sale
and Leaseback
Transaction” means, with respect to any Person, any transaction involving
any of the assets or properties of such Person whether now owned or hereafter
acquired (other than transient ownership of equipment to be subject to
an
Operating Lease after its acquisition), whereby such Person sells or transfers
such assets or properties and then or thereafter leases such assets or
properties or any part thereof or any other assets or properties which
such
Person intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as
the
assets or properties sold or transferred.
“Securities
Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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“Shelf
Registration Statement”
means the Shelf Registration Statement as defined in the Registration
Rights
Agreement.
“Significant
Subsidiary” means
any Subsidiary that would constitute a “significant subsidiary” within the
meaning of Article 1 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act.
“Stated
Maturity” means, with
respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of
Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of interest or principal was
scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness,
and shall not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase
any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for
the
payment thereof.
“Subordinated
Indebtedness”
means Indebtedness of the Company that is subordinate or junior
in right of
payment to the 2015 Notes or the Notes, in either case, pursuant to a written
agreement to that effect.
“Subsidiary”
means,
with
respect to any specified Person:
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(1)
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any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more
than 50%
of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled
(without
regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election
of
directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned
or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or
more of the
other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof);
and
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(2)
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any
partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general
partner
of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b)
the only
general partners of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries
of
such Person (or any combination thereof).
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“Subsidiary
Guarantee” means
the Guarantee by any Subsidiary Guarantor of the Company’s payment obligations
under the Notes.
“Subsidiary
Guarantors” means
each Subsidiary that executes a Guarantee in accordance with the provisions
of
this Indenture, and their respective successors and assigns until released
from
their obligations under their Guarantees and the Indenture in accordance
with
the terms of the Indenture.
“Subsidiary
SPC” means each
Subsidiary organized as a special purpose entity solely (1) to acquire
accounts,
chattel paper or related rights from the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant
to
one or more Permitted Asset Securitizations, and (2) to sell, convey, pledge
or
otherwise transfer such assets, any interests therein and any assets related
thereto, to one or more trusts, partnerships, corporations or other entities
under such Permitted Asset Securitizations.
“TIA”
means
the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified
under
the TIA.
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“Trustee”
means
The Bank of New
York, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions
of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving
hereunder.
“UCC”
means
the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York, as amended or modified
from time to time.
“Unlegended
Regulation S Global
Note” means a Global Note in the form of Exhibit
A hereto
bearing the Global Note Legend, deposited with or on behalf of and registered
in
the name of the Depositary or its nominee and issued following expiration
of the
Restricted Period.
“Unrestricted
Definitive Note”
means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not
required to bear
the Private Placement Legend.
“Unrestricted
Global Note”
means a permanent Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit
A attached
hereto that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges
of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and that is deposited with or
on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing
a series
of Notes, and that does not bear the Private Placement Legend.
“Unrestricted
Subsidiary” means
any Subsidiary of the Company that is designated by the Board of Directors
of
the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution
in
compliance with Section 4.16, and any Subsidiary of such
Subsidiary.
“U.S.
Person” means a U.S.
person as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.
“Voting
Stock” of any Person as
of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time
entitled
to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
“Weighted
Average Life to
Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number
of years obtained by dividing:
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(1)
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the
sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of
each then
remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other
required
payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in
respect
thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest
one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making
of such
payment; by
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the
then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
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“Wholly
Owned Restricted
Subsidiary” of any specified Person means a Restricted Subsidiary of such
Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests
of
which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or Investments by foreign
nationals mandated by applicable law) shall at the time be owned by such
Person
or by one or more Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of such
Person.
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Section
1.02 Other
Definitions.
Term
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Defined
in Section
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“Act”
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“Affiliate
Transaction”
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“Asset
Sale Offer”
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“Authentication
Order”
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“Change
of Control Offer”
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“Change
of Control Payment”
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4.14 | |||
“Change
of Control Payment Date”
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4.14 | |||
“Covenant
Defeasance”
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“DTC”
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“Event
of Default”
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6.01 | |||
“Excess
Proceeds”
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4.10 | |||
“Legal
Defeasance”
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8.02 | |||
“Offer
Amount”
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3.08 | |||
“Offer
Period”
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3.08 | |||
“Paying
Agent”
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2.04 | |||
“Permitted
Debt”
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4.09 | |||
“Purchase
Date”
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3.08 | |||
“Registrar”
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2.04 | |||
“Related
Proceedings”
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11.09 | |||
“Repurchase
Offer”
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3.08 | |||
“Restricted
Payments”
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4.07 | |||
“Specified
Courts”
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Section
1.03 Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act.
Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated
by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The
following TIA terms used in this
Indenture have the following meanings:
“indenture
securities” means
the Notes;
“indenture
security holder”
means a Holder of a Note;
“indenture
to be qualified”
means this Indenture;
“indenture
trustee” or “institutional
trustee” means
the Trustee; and
“obligor”
on
the indenture
securities means the Company and any successor obligor upon the indenture
securities.
All
other terms used in this Indenture
that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute
or
defined by Commission rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned
to
them.
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Section
1.04 Rules
of Construction. Unless the
context otherwise requires:
(a) a term
has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;
(c) “or” is
not exclusive;
(d) words in
the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the
singular;
(e)
provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(f)
references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed
to
include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted
by the
Commission from time to time.
ARTICLE
TWO
THE
NOTES
Section
2.01 Form
and Dating.
(a) General. The Notes and
the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A
hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required
by law,
stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication. The Notes shall be issued in registered, global form without
interest coupons in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples
of
$1,000 in excess thereof.
The
terms and provisions contained in
the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this
Indenture and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery
of
this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be
bound
thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with
the
express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture
shall
govern and be controlling.
(b) Global Notes. Notes issued
in
global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto (and shall include the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of
Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in
definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of
Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note
represents such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein
and each
shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal
amount
of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced
or
increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement
of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall
be
made by the Trustee or, if the Custodian and the Trustee are not the same
Person, by the Custodian at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance
with
instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.07
hereof. Any Global Note may be endorsed with or have incorporated in
the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with
the
provisions of this Indenture as may be required by the Trustee, the Depositary
or by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. in order for
the
Notes to be tradable on PORTAL or tradable on Euroclear or Clearstream
or as may
be required for the Notes to be tradable on any other market developed
for
trading of securities pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S under the
Securities Act or required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation
thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange
or
automated quotation system upon which the Notes may be listed or traded
or to
conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special
limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are
subject.
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(c) Regulation S Global
Notes.
Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially
in
the form of the Legended Regulation S Global Note, which shall be deposited
on
behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee,
as
custodian for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) in New York,
New York,
and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary
for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or
Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee
as
hereinafter provided. Following the termination of the Restricted Period,
beneficial interests in the Legended Regulation S Global Note may be exchanged
for beneficial interests in Unlegended Regulation S Global Notes pursuant
to
Section 2.07 and the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the
authentication of Unlegended Regulation S Global Notes, the Trustee shall
cancel
the Legended Regulation S Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of
the
Regulation S Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased
by
adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its
nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as
hereinafter provided.
(d) Euroclear and Clearstream
Procedures
Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear
System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General
Terms and Conditions” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream shall be applicable
to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Notes that
are
held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
Section
2.02 Execution
and
Authentication.
At
least one Officer of the Company
shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile
signature.
If
an Officer whose signature is on a
Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the
Note
shall nevertheless be valid.
A
Note shall not be valid until
authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. Such signature shall
be
conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this
Indenture.
The
aggregate principal amount of Notes
which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is
unlimited.
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The
Company may, subject to Article
Four of this Indenture and applicable law and such Additional Notes being
fungible with the previously issued Notes for federal income tax purposes,
issue
Additional Notes under this Indenture, including Exchange Notes. The Notes
issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Notes subsequently issued shall
be
treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture.
The
Trustee shall, upon a written order
of the Company signed by two Officers of the Company (an “Authentication Order”),
authenticate Notes for original issue on the date hereof of $150.0 million.
At
any time and from time to time after the execution of this Indenture, the
Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate Notes
for
original issue in an aggregate principal amount specified in such Authentication
Order. The Authentication Order shall specify the amount of Notes to be
authenticated and the date on which the Notes are to be
authenticated.
The
Trustee may appoint an
authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An
authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do
so. Each
reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes
authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights
as an
Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section
2.03 Methods
of Receiving Payments on the
Notes.
All
payments on Notes shall be made at
the office or agency of the Paying Agent and Registrar within the City
and State
of New York unless the Company elects to make interest payments by check
mailed
to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of
Holders.
Section
2.04 Registrar
and Paying
Agent.
(a) The
Company shall maintain a registrar with an office or agency where Notes
may be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (a “ Registrar”) and a paying
agent
with an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (a “Paying Agent”). The Registrar
shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange.
The
Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional
paying
agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying
Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying
Agent or Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Company shall
notify
the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party
to this
Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as
Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or
any of
its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
(b) The
Company initially appoints DTC to act as Depositary with respect to the
Global
Notes.
(c) The
Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying
Agent
and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
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Section
2.05 Paying
Agent to Hold Money in
Trust.
The
Company shall require each Paying
Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent
shall
hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held
by the
Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium or Additional Interest,
if
any, or interest on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any default
by
the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues,
the
Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee.
The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held
by it
to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if
other
than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries) shall have no further liability
for
the money. If the Company or one of its Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent,
it
shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the
Holders
all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization
proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying
Agent for
the Notes.
Section
2.06 Holder
Lists.
The
Trustee shall preserve in as
current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available
to it
of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with
TIA
Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall
furnish
to the Trustee at least five Business Days before each interest payment
date and
at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such
form
and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names
and
addresses of the Holders of Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply
with
TIA Section 312(a).
Section
2.07 Transfer
and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange
of Global
Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the
Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary
to the
Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary
or any
such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor
Depositary. All Global Notes shall be exchanged by the Company for Definitive
Notes if (1) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary
that
it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or the Company
becomes aware that DTC has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under
the
Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed
by the
Company within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary
or the
date the Company becomes aware of such circumstance; (2) the Company at
its
option notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to exchange the Global
Notes (in whole but not in part) for Definitive Notes; or (3) there shall
have
occurred and be continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to
the
Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in clause (1),
(2) or
(3) immediately above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as
the
Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged
or
replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.08 and 2.11 hereof.
Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of,
a Global
Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to the applicable provisions of Section
2.07 or Section 2.08 or 2.11 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered
in the
form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged
for
another Note other than as provided in this subsection 2.07(a); provided, however, beneficial
interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided
in
subsection 2.07(b), (c) or (f) hereof.
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(b) Transfer and Exchange
of Beneficial
Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial
interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary,
in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures.
Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to
restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent
required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the
Global
Notes also shall require compliance with either clause (1) or (2) of this
subsection, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following
clauses, as applicable:
(1)
Transfer of Beneficial
Interests in
the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note
may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of
a
beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with
the
transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however,
that prior to the
expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests
in the
Legended Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for
the
account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than the Initial Purchaser).
Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred
to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in an
Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required
to
be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this
clause
(1) of subsection 2.07(b).
(2)
All Other Transfers
and Exchanges of
Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers
and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to clause (1)
of this
subsection 2.07(b), the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver
to
the Registrar either (A) (i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect
Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures
directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial
interest
in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to
be
transferred or exchanged and (ii) instructions given in accordance with
the
Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant
account
to be credited with such increase or (B) (i) a written order from a Participant
or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a
Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred
or exchanged and (ii) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar
containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive
Note
shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (B)(i)
immediately above. Upon consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer by
the
Company in accordance with subsection 2.07(f) hereof, the requirements
of this
clause (2) of subsection 2.07(b) shall be deemed to have been satisfied
upon
receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of
Transmittal delivered by the holder of such beneficial interests in the
Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for
transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained
in this
Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act,
the
Trustee shall adjust the principal amount at maturity of the relevant Global
Notes pursuant to subsection 2.07(h) hereof.
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(3)
Transfer of Beneficial
Interests to
Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted
Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in
the
form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the
transfer
complies with the requirements of clause (2) of this subsection 2.07(b)
and the
Registrar receives the following:
(A)
if the transferee shall take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest
in
the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in
the form
of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and
(B)
if the transferee shall take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest
in a
Legended Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof.
(4)
Transfer and Exchange
of Beneficial
Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an
Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any
Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any Holder thereof for a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who
takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global
Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of clause
(2) of
this subsection 2.07(b) and:
(A)
such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered Exchange
Offer
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of
the
beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter
of
Transmittal that (1) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage
in, and
has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in,
a
distribution of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer,
(2) it is
not an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company and (3) it is
acquiring
the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business;
(B)
such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement
in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C)
such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
or
(D)
the Registrar receives the following:
(i)
if the holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange
such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or
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(ii)
if the holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer
such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in
the form
of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate
from such
holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and,
in
each such case set forth in this subclause (D), if the Registrar or the
Company
so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an opinion of counsel
in
form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the Company to the effect
that
such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and
that the
restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement
Legend
are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act.
If
any such transfer is effected
pursuant to subclause (B) or (D) immediately above at a time when an
Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue
and,
upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02
hereof,
the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in
an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial
interests transferred pursuant to subclause (B) or (D) immediately
above.
Beneficial
interests in an Unrestricted
Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take
delivery
thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange
of Beneficial
Interests for Definitive Notes.
(1)
Beneficial Interests
in Restricted
Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form
of a
Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the
following
documentation:
(A)
if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes
to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note,
a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B)
if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance
with
Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth
in
Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C)
if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited
Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements
of the
Securities Act other than that listed in subclause (B) above, a certificate
to
the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications, certificates and opinion of counsel required
by
item (3)(b) thereof, if applicable; or
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(D)
if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any
of its
Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof,
the
Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global
Note
to be reduced accordingly pursuant to subsection 2.07(h) hereof, and the
Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person
designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal
amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest
in a
Restricted Global Note pursuant to this clause (1) of subsection 2.07(c)
shall
be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination
or
denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct
the
Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant
or
Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to
the
Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note
issued
in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant
to
this clause (1) of subsection 2.07(c) shall bear the Private Placement
Legend
and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained
therein.
(2)
Beneficial Interests
in Restricted
Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest
for
an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest
to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive
Note
only if:
(A)
such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered Exchange
Offer
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of
the
beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter
of
Transmittal that (1) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage
in, and
has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in,
a
distribution of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer,
(2) it is
not an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company and (3) it is
acquiring
the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business;
(B)
such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement
in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C)
such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
or
(D)
the Registrar receives the following:
(i)
if the holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange
such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private
Placement Legend, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or
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(ii)
if the holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer
such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in
the form
of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form
of Exhibit B
hereto, including the applicable certifications in item (4)
thereof;
and,
in
each such case set forth in this subclause (D), if the Registrar or the
Company
so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an opinion of counsel
in
form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the Company to the effect
that
such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and
that the
restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement
Legend
are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act.
(3)
Beneficial Interests
in Unrestricted
Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange
such
beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or to transfer
such
beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form
of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions
set
forth in clause (2) of subsection 2.07(b) hereof, the Trustee shall cause
the
aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced
accordingly pursuant to subsection 2.07(h) hereof, and the Company shall
execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated
in the
instructions an Unrestricted Definitive Note in the appropriate principal
amount. Any Unrestricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest pursuant to this clause (3) of subsection 2.07(c) shall be registered
in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations
as
the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through
instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant.
The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose
names
such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for
a
beneficial interest pursuant to this clause (3) of subsection 2.07(c) shall
not
bear the Private Placement Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange
of Definitive
Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes.
(1)
Restricted Definitive
Notes to
Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a
Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive
Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar
of the
following documentation:
(A)
if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such
Note
for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from
such
Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof; or
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(B)
if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred in accordance with
Rule
144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof; or
(C)
if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person
in
an “offshore transaction” in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof,
the
Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause
to be
increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of subclause (A)
above,
the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of subclause (B) above,
the
144A Global Note, and in the case of subclause (C) above, the Regulation
S
Global Note, in accordance with subsection 2.07(h) hereof.
(2)
Restricted Definitive
Notes to
Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a
Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest
in
an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note
to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in an
Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A)
such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered Exchange
Offer
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of
the
beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter
of
Transmittal that (1) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage
in, and
has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in,
a
distribution of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer,
(2) it is
not an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company and (3) it is
acquiring
the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business;
(B)
such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement
in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C)
such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
or
(D)
the Registrar receives the following:
(i)
if the Holder
of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Notes for
a
beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from
such
Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
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(ii)
if the Holder
of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to transfer such Notes to a
Person
who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
the
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of
Exhibit B hereto,
including the applicable certifications in item (4) thereof;
and,
in
each such case set forth in this subclause (D), if the Registrar or the
Company
so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an opinion of counsel
in
form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the Company to the effect
that
such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and
that the
restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement
Legend
are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act.
Upon
satisfaction of the conditions of
any of the subclauses in this clause (2) of subsection 2.07(d), the Trustee
shall cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased
the
aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
(3)
Unrestricted Definitive
Notes to
Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest
in
an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Note
to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in an
Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such
an
exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted
Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal
amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If
any such exchange or transfer from a
Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subclause
(2)(B), (2)(D) or clause (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global
Note
has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee
shall
authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so
transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange
of Definitive
Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes
and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this subsection 2.07(e), the
Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes.
Prior to
such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall
present
or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied
by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar
duly
executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing.
In
addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications,
documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following
provisions of this subsection 2.07(e).
(1)
Restricted Definitive
Notes to
Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be
transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery
thereof
in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the
following:
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(A)
if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred in accordance with
Rule
144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate
in
the form of Exhibit
B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B)
if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person
in
an “offshore transaction” in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item 2 thereof;
(C)
if the transfer shall be made pursuant to any other exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required
by
item (3) thereof, if applicable; or
(D)
if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company
or any of
its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B, including
the certifications in item 3(a) thereof.
(2)
Restricted Definitive
Notes to
Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be
exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or
transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form
of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note if:
(A)
such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered Exchange
Offer
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of
the
beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter
of
Transmittal that (1) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage
in, and
has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in,
a
distribution of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer,
(2) it is
not an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company and (3) it is
acquiring
the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business;
(B)
any such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement
in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C)
any such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange
Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
or
(D)
the Registrar receives the following:
(i)
if the Holder
of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form
of
Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or
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(ii)
if the Holder
of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to transfer such Note to a
Person
who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive
Note,
a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the applicable certifications in item (4) thereof;
and,
in
each such case set forth in this subclause (D), if the Registrar so requests,
an
opinion of counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the
effect
that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act
and that
the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement
Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
(3)
Unrestricted Definitive
Notes to
Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes
may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form
of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such
a
transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes
pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) Exchange Offer. Upon the
occurrence of the Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication
Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate (1)
one or
more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the
principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes
tendered for acceptance by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters
of
Transmittal that (A) they are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage
in,
and have no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate
in, a
distribution of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer,
(B) they
are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company, and (C) they
are
acquiring the Exchange Notes in their ordinary course of business, and
(2)
Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the
principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange
in the
Registered Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes,
the
Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted
Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Company shall execute and
the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the
Holders
of Restricted Global Notes so accepted Unrestricted Global Notes in the
appropriate principal amount.
(g) Legends. The following
legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes
issued
under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable
provisions of this Indenture.
(1)
Private Placement Legend.
Except as permitted below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and
all
Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the
legend
in substantially the following form:
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“THE
SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN
A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY
EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH
PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE
SELLER
MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY
EVIDENCED XXXXXX AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT:
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(A)
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SUCH
SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED,
ONLY
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(i)
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(a)
TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT) IN
A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A
TRANSACTION
MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
(c) FOR SO
LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE
144A, TO A
PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER
THAT
PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHICH NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER
IS BEING
MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (d) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
TO A NON-U.S.
PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903
OR 904 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, (e) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS
DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF THE SECURITIES
ACT (AN
“INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR”)) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER,
FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS
AND AGREEMENTS (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE)
AND,
IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF NOTES
LESS THAN $100,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE ISSUER
THAT
SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (f)
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF
THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IF
THE ISSUER SO
REQUESTS),
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(ii)
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TO
THE ISSUER, OR
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(iii)
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PURSUANT
TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, AND, IN EACH CASE, IN
ACCORDANCE
WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED
STATES OR
ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION;
AND
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(B)
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THE
HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY
ANY
PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE
RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.”
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any
Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to clause (b)(4), (c)(2),
(c)(3),
(d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2), (e)(3) or subsection (f) to this Section 2.07 (and
all
Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear
the
Private Placement Legend.
(2)
Global Note Legend. Each
Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form:
THIS
GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING
THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL
OWNERS
HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT
THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED
IN
WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III)
THIS
GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION
2.12 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
(h) Cancellation and/or
Adjustment of
Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular
Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global
Note
has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each
such
Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee
in
accordance with Section 2.12 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation,
if
any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred
to a
Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in
another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes
represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement
shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at
the
direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if any beneficial
interest in a Global Note is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person
who
shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another
Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and
an
endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the
Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such
increase.
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(i) General Provisions Relating
to
Transfers and Exchanges.
(1)
To permit
registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and
the
Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Company’s
written order or at the Registrar’s request.
(2)
No service
charge shall be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note
or to
a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange,
but
the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer
tax or
similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than
any such
transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or
transfer
pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.06, 3.07, 3.08, 4.10, 4.14 and 9.05
hereof).
(3)
The Registrar
shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note
selected
for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any
Note
being redeemed in part.
(4)
All Global
Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange
of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the
same
benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(5)
The Company
shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange
any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days
before
the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof
and
ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register
the
transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole
or in
part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part,
(C) to
register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and
the
next succeeding interest payment date or (D) to register the transfer of
or to
exchange a Note tendered and not withdrawn in connection with a Change
of
Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer.
(6)
Prior to due
presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee,
any
Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note
is
registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving
payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes,
and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by
notice to
the contrary.
(7)
The Trustee
shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with
the
provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
(8)
All
certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted
to
the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.07 to effect a registration of
transfer
or exchange may be submitted by facsimile with the original to follow by
first
class mail.
Section
2.08 Replacement
Notes.
(a) If any
mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee
receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft
of any
Note, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication
Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are
met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must
be
supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee
and the
Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating
agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced.
The
Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.
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(b) Every
replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and shall be
entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately
with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section
2.09 Outstanding
Notes.
(a) The Notes
outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee
except
for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those
reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section
2.09
as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.10 hereof, a Note
does not
cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company
holds
the Note.
(b) If a Note
is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding
unless
the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is
held by
a bona fide purchaser or protected purchaser.
(c) If the
principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof,
it
ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
(d) If the
Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or an
Affiliate of any of the foregoing) holds, on a redemption date or maturity
date,
money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that
date
such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease
to accrue
interest.
Section
2.10 Treasury
Notes.
In
determining whether the Holders of
the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction,
waiver
or consent, Notes owned by the Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control
with the
Company, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for
the
purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying
on any
such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee knows are
so
owned shall be so disregarded.
Section
2.11 Temporary
Notes.
(a) Until
certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may
prepare
and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate
temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of
Definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate
for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall
authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
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(b) Holders
of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this
Indenture.
Section
2.12 Cancellation.
The
Company at any time may deliver
Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent,
if
different Persons from the Trustee, shall forward to the Trustee any Notes
surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment.
The
Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration
of
transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose
of
canceled Notes in accordance with its procedures for the disposition of
canceled
securities in effect as of the date of such disposition (subject to the
record
retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the disposition
of
all canceled Notes shall be delivered to the Company. The Company may not
issue
new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered
to the
Trustee for cancellation.
Section
2.13 Defaulted
Interest.
If
the Company defaults in a payment of
interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful
manner
plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest,
to the
Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case
at the
rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company shall
notify
the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to
be paid
on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix
or
cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date, provided that no such
special
record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date
for
such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date,
the
Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the
name
and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to
Holders a
notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and
the
amount of such interest to be paid.
Section
2.14 CUSIP
Numbers.
The
Company in issuing the Notes may
use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall
use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such
notice
may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such
numbers
either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption
and
that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed
on
the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect
in or
omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee
of any
change in the “CUSIP” numbers.
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ARTICLE
THREE
REDEMPTION
AND OFFERS TO
PURCHASE
Section
3.01 Notices
to Trustee.
(a) If the
Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions
of
Section 3.07 hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days
but not
more than 60 days (or such shorter period as is acceptable to the Trustee)
before a redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth (1) the clause
of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (2) the
redemption date, (3) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, (4)
the
redemption price and (5) whether the Company requests that the Trustee
give the
notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense.
Section
3.02 Selection
of Notes to Be
Redeemed.
(a) If less
than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall
select
Notes for redemption on a pro
rata basis, by lot or in accordance with any other method the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate. In the event of partial redemption by
lot, the
particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided
herein, by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called
for
redemption.
(b) The
Trustee shall notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption
and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed, within 15 days of receiving the Officers’
Certificate pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof. No Notes in amounts of $1,000
or
less shall be redeemed in part. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall
be in
amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000, except that if all of the
Notes
of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes
held by
such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed. Except
as
provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply
to
Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for
redemption.
Section
3.03 Notice
of Redemption.
(a) At least
30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company
shall
mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption
to each
Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.
The
notice shall identify the Notes to
be redeemed and shall state:
(1)
the
redemption date;
(2)
the
redemption price;
(3)
if any Note
is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such
Note to
be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such
Note, a
new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of
the
original Note shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon
cancellation of the original Note;
(4)
the name and
address of the Paying Agent;
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(5)
that Notes
called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect
the
redemption price and become due on the date fixed for redemption;
(6)
that, unless
the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest, if any,
on
Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption
date;
(7)
the paragraph
of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes
called
for redemption are being redeemed; and
(8)
that no
representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number,
if
any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
(b) The
notice of redemption, if mailed in the manner provided herein, shall be
presumed
to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice.
Section
3.04 Effect
of Notice of
Redemption.
Once
notice of redemption is mailed in
accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become
irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price.
A
notice of redemption may not be conditional.
Section
3.05 Deposit
of Redemption
Price.
(a) Not later
than 11:00 am Eastern Time on the redemption date, the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption
price of and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any,
on all
Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall
promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or
the
Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the
redemption price of, and accrued interest and Additional Interest on, all
Notes
to be redeemed.
(b) If the
Company complies with the provisions of subsection 3.05(a), on and after
the
redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions
of
Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after an interest
record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then
any
accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such
Note
was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note
called
for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because
of the
failure of the Company to comply with subsection 3.05(a), interest shall
be paid
on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until such principal
is paid,
and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal,
in
each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01
hereof.
Section
3.06 Notes
Redeemed in Part.
Upon
surrender of a Note that is
redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate
for
the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal
amount to
the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered. No Notes in denominations
of
$1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part.
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Section
3.07 Optional
Redemption.
(a) The
Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30
nor
more than 60 days’ prior notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as
percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid
interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon, to, but not including,
the
applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the periods indicated
below:
Period
|
Percentage
|
Issue
Date through July 1, 2008
|
100.00%
|
July
2, 2008 through April 1, 2009
|
103.00%
|
April
2, 2009 through January 1, 2010
|
102.00%
|
After
January 1, 2010
|
100.00%
|
(b) Any
redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the
provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Section
3.08 Repurchase
Offers.
(a) In the
event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.14 hereof, the Company shall
be
required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase all or a portion
of
their respective Notes (a “Repurchase Offer”), it shall
follow the procedures specified in such Sections and, to the extent not
inconsistent therewith, the procedures specified in this Section
3.08.
(b) The
Repurchase Offer shall remain open for a period of no less than 30 days
and no
more than 60 days from the date a notice is mailed in accordance with subsection
4.14(a), except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable
law
(the “Offer Period”). No
later than three Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period
(the
“Purchase Date”), the
Company shall purchase the principal amount of Notes required to be purchased
pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.14 hereof (the “Offer Amount”) or, if less
than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes validly tendered in
response
to the Repurchase Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made
in the
same manner as interest payments are made.
(c) If the
Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the
related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest shall be
paid to
the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business
on such
record date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who
tender
Notes pursuant to the Repurchase Offer.
(d) Upon the
commencement of a Repurchase Offer, the Company shall send, by first class
mail,
a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee.
The
notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable
such
Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Repurchase Offer. The Repurchase
Offer
shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which shall govern the terms
of the
Repurchase Offer, shall state:
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(1)
that the
Repurchase Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.08 and Section
4.10 or
Section 4.14 hereof, and the length of time the Repurchase Offer shall
remain
open;
(2)
the Offer
Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(3)
that any Note
not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest
and
Additional Interest, if any;
(4)
that, unless
the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note (or portion thereof)
accepted for payment pursuant to the Repurchase Offer shall cease to accrue
interest and Additional Interest, if any, on and after the Purchase
Date;
(5)
that Holders
electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Repurchase Offer may elect
to
have Notes purchased in integral multiples of $1,000 only;
(6)
that Holders
electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Repurchase Offer shall
be
required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to
Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry
transfer, to the Company, a depositary, if appointed by the Company, or
a Paying
Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the expiration of
the
Offer Period;
(7)
that Holders
shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary
or
the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration
of
the Offer Period, a notice in the form specified in the Repurchase Offer
setting
forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder
delivered for purchase and a statement that such Xxxxxx is withdrawing
his
election to have such Note purchased;
(8)
that, in the
case of a Repurchase Offer pursuant to Section 4.10, if the aggregate amount
of
Notes surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee shall
select
the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as
may be
deemed appropriate by the Trustee so that only Notes in denominations of
$1,000,
or integral multiples thereof, shall be purchased); and
(9)
that Holders
whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal
in
principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or
transferred by book-entry transfer).
(e) On the
Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, accept for payment
the
Offer Amount of Notes (or portions thereof) tendered pursuant to the Repurchase
Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered,
and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such
Notes (or portions thereof) were accepted for payment by the Company in
accordance with the terms of this Section 3.08. In the case of a Repurchase
Offer made pursuant to Section 4.10, if the aggregate amount of Notes tendered
exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased
on
a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by
the
Trustee so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples
thereof, shall be purchased). The Company, the Depositary or the Paying
Agent,
as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any case not later than three
days
after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount
equal to the purchase price of Notes tendered by such Holder, as the case
may
be, and accepted by the Company for purchase. If a Holder tendered a portion
of
a Note or if only a portion of a Note tendered by a Holder was purchased
by the
Company, the Company shall promptly issue a new Note and the Trustee, upon
written request from the Company, shall authenticate and mail or deliver
such
new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount at maturity equal to any
unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall
be
promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the respective Holder thereof.
The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Repurchase Offer
on or as
soon as practicable after the Purchase Date.
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(f) 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
or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the
Notes
pursuant to a Repurchase Offer and shall not be deemed to have breached
its
obligations under Section 3.08, 4.10 or 4.14 by virtue of such
compliance.
Section
3.09 Mandatory
Redemption.
Except
as set forth in Sections 4.10
and 4.14 hereof, the Company is not required to make mandatory redemption
or
sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
ARTICLE
FOUR
COVENANTS
Section
4.01 Payment
of Notes.
(a) The
Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any,
and
interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes.
Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the
date
due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries,
holds as of 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by
the
Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient
to pay
all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. The Company shall
pay all
Additional Interest, if any, in the same manner on the dates and in the
amounts
set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
(b) The
Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding
under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to 1%
per annum
in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent
lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest,
and
Additional Interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at
the same
rate to the extent lawful.
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Section
4.02 Maintenance
of Office or
Agency.
(a) The
Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
an
office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an agent of
the
Trustee or Registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company
in
respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall
give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in
the
location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail
to
maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee
with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands
may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
(b) The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices
or
agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all
such
purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however,
that no such
designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City
of New York for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice
to
the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in
the
location of any such other office or agency.
(c) The
Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as
one such
office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.04 of this
Indenture.
Section
4.03 Reports.
(a) Whether
or not required by the Commission, so long as any Notes are outstanding,
the
Company shall furnish to the Holders of the Notes and to the Trustee, within
the
time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations:
(1)
all quarterly
and annual financial information that would be required to be contained
in a
filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required
to file such Forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to the annual
information only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Company’s
certified independent accountants; and
(2)
all current
reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form
8-K if
the Company were required to file such reports.
(b) In
addition, whether or not required by the Commission, the Company will file
a
copy of all of the information and reports referred to in clauses (1) and
(2) of
Section 4.03(a) with the Commission for public availability within the
time
periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations (unless the
Commission will not accept such a filing) and make such information available
to
prospective investors upon request. In addition, the Company has agreed
that,
for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company will furnish to
the
Holders, to the Trustee and to prospective investors, upon their request,
the
information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under
the
Securities Act.
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Section
4.04 Compliance
Certificate.
(a) The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each
fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of
the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been
made
under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining
whether
the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations
under
this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such
certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge, the Company has
kept,
observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture
and is
not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions
and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default
shall
have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which
he or
she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes
to take
with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event
has
occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account
of the
principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such
event
has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is
taking
or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) The
Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver to
the
Trustee, promptly upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event
of
Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default
and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto.
Section
4.05 Calculation
of Original Issue
Discount.
If
applicable to any outstanding Notes,
the Company shall file with the Trustee at the end of each calendar year
(a) a
written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including
daily
rates and accrual periods) accrued on the outstanding Notes during such
year and
(b) such other specific information relating to such original issue discount
as
may then be required under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from
time to time. Such calculation is provided to the Trustee for informational
purposes only and the Trustee has no duty or obligation to take action
or
investigate further.
Section
4.06 Stay,
Extension and Usury
Laws.
The
Company covenants (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon,
plead, or
in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any
stay,
extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in
force,
that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and
the
Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives
all
benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not,
by resort
to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein
granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every
such
power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section
4.07 Restricted
Payments.
(a) The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to,
directly or indirectly:
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(1)
declare or
pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of
the
Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including,
without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation
involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the
direct or
indirect holders of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity
Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends, payments or
distributions payable (i) in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified
Stock) of
the Company or (ii) to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary (and
if
such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary,
to its
other holders of Equity Interests on a pro rata basis) so long
as,
in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of
any
class or series of Equity Interests issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other
than
a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
receives at least its pro rata
share of such
dividend or distribution in accordance with its ownership
in such class or series of Equity Interests) of the Company);
(2)
purchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation,
in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any
Equity
Interests of the Company (other than any such Equity Interests owned by
any of
the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries) or any Equity Interests of any of its
Subsidiaries (other than any such Equity Interests owned by the Company
or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries) that are held by an Affiliate of the
Company;
(3)
make any
payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise
acquire
or retire for value any Subordinated Indebtedness, except (a) payment of
interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof or to satisfy a scheduled
sinking fund or amortization or other installment obligation thereon or
(b) the
purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement of any such Subordinated
Indebtedness purchased in anticipation of satisfying a payment at the Stated
Maturity thereof or a sinking fund or amortization or other installment
obligation, in each case due within one year of the date of acquisition;
or
(4)
make any
Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions described in
clauses
(1) through (4) in this subsection 4.07(a) being collectively referred
to as
“Restricted
Payments”),
provided,
however,
that the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may make a Restricted Payment if, at
the time
of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(A)
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
would
occur as a consequence thereof; and
(B)
the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving
pro
forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the
beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to
incur at
least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio test set forth in subsection 4.09(a); and
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(C)
such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other
Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
after
the 2015 Notes Issue Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses
(1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (12) of subsection
4.07(b) hereof), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:
(i)
50% of the
Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting
period) from the beginning of the first fiscal quarter commencing after
the 2015
Notes Issue Date to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter
for which financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted
Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit,
less
100%, of such deficit); plus
(ii) 100%
of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of property
and
assets (other than Indebtedness) received by the Company since the 2015
Notes
Issue Date as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue
or
sale of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock)
or from
the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or
convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Company that have been
converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity
Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary
of the
Company); plus
(iii) to
the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the 2015
Notes
Issue Date is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash,
the
lesser of (i) the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted
Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (ii) the initial
amount of
such Restricted Investment; provided, however, that no
amount shall be included under this clause (iii) to the extent it is already
included in Consolidated Net Income; plus
(iv) in
the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted
Subsidiary after the 2015 Notes Issue Date or the merger or consolidation
of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after
the
2015 Notes Issue Date or the transfer of assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary
to
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after the 2015 Notes Issue Date,
the Fair
Market Value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary, as determined
by
the Company in good faith at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of such merger,
consolidation or transfer of assets (other than to the extent the Investment
in
such Unrestricted Subsidiary constituted a Permitted Investment).
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(b) The
provisions of subsection 4.07(a) shall not prohibit:
(1)
the
redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of Capital Stock
of the
Company after the 2015 Notes Issue Date in an amount not to exceed $75.0
million, provided that
the Company may repurchase additional Capital Stock, in an aggregate amount
not
to exceed an additional $75.0 million during the life of the Notes, if
the Net
Leverage Ratio determined as of the end of the Company’s most recently ended
fiscal quarter preceding the date of such proposed redemption, repurchase,
retirement or other acquisition for which financial statements are available
would have been no greater than 2.0:1;
(2)
the payment
of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, provided
that on the date of such declaration such payment would have complied with
the
provisions of this Indenture;
(3)
the
redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of
any
Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or of any Equity Interests of
the
Company in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially
concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity
Interests
of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock);
(4)
the
defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated
Indebtedness of the Company with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence
of
Subordinated Indebtedness in accordance with Section 4.09 hereof;
(5)
Investments
acquired as a capital contribution to, or in exchange for, or out of the
net
cash proceeds of a substantially concurrent offering of, Capital Stock
(other
than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;
(6)
the
redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of Capital Stock
of the
Company deemed to occur upon the exercise of options or warrants if such
Capital
Stock represents all or a portion of the exercise price thereof;
(7)
so long as no
Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, the
repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of
any
Equity Interests of the Company held by any current or former employees
or
directors of the Company pursuant to any management equity subscription
agreement, employee agreement or stock option agreement approved by the
Board of
Directors of the Company; provided that the aggregate
price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity
Interests in any fiscal year shall not exceed the sum of (a) $2.0 million
and
(b) the amount of Restricted Payments permitted but not made pursuant to
this
clause (7) in the immediately preceding fiscal year (including, for the
avoidance of doubt, and without duplication, the fiscal year preceding
the
fiscal year in which the Issue Date occurs);
(8)
dividends
paid on shares of Disqualified Stock of the Company issued in accordance
with
Section 4.09 hereof;
(9)
so long as no
Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, the
declaration and payment of dividends on the Company’s issued and outstanding
Common Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) in an amount not to exceed
$0.04
per share (as adjusted for stock splits and similar transactions after
the date
of this Indenture) per fiscal quarter; provided that the aggregate
amount of all dividends declared or paid pursuant to this clause (9) shall
not
exceed $22.0 million in any fiscal year;
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(10)
Reserved;
(11)
so long as no
Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, Restricted
Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25.0 million; and
(12)
the
redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of Capital Stock
of the
Company or, so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would
be
caused thereby, the declaration and payment of dividends on the Company’s issued
and outstanding Common Stock (other than Disqualified Stock), in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $350.0 million during the life of the Notes if the
Net
Leverage Ratio determined as of the end of the Company’s most recently ended
fiscal quarter preceding the date of such proposed redemption, repurchase,
retirement or other acquisition or such declaration or payment of dividends
for
which financial statements are available would have been no greater than
2.0:1.
(c) The
amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the Fair Market
Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the assets proposed to be
transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be,
pursuant to the Restricted Payment.
Section
4.08 Dividend
and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
(a) The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to,
directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any
consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to:
(1)
pay dividends
or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock (or with respect to
any
other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits) to the
Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or pay any liabilities owed to the
Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2)
make loans or
advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(3)
transfer any
of its properties or assets to the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
(b)
Subsection 4.08(a) shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing
under, by reason of or with respect to:
(1)
the Credit
Agreement, Existing Indebtedness or any other agreements in effect on the
2015
Notes Issue Date and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals,
extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof;
provided that the
encumbrances and restrictions in any such amendments, modifications,
restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements
or
refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those in effect
on
the 2015 Notes Issue Date (as determined in good faith by the Company,
whose
determination will be conclusive);
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(2)
this
Indenture and the Notes;
(3)
any Finance
Subsidiary or Subsidiary SPC that is a Foreign Subsidiary of the
Company;
(4)
applicable
law;
(5)
any Person,
or the property or assets of such Person, acquired by the Company or any
of its
Restricted Subsidiaries existing at the time of such acquisition and not
incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition, which
encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person or the properties
or
assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets
of such
Person, so acquired, and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals,
extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof,
provided that the
encumbrances and restrictions in any such amendments, modifications,
restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements
or
refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those in effect
on
the date of the acquisition (as determined in good faith by the Company,
whose
determination will be conclusive);
(6)
in the case
of clause (3) of subsection 4.08(a):
(A)
that restrict in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer
of
any property or asset that is a lease, license, conveyance or contract
or
similar property or asset;
(B)
existing by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer, option or
right
with respect to, or Lien on, any property or assets of the Company or any
of its
Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture;
or
(C)
arising or agreed to in the ordinary course of business, not relating to
any
Indebtedness, and that do not, individually or in the aggregate, detract
from
the value of property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in any manner material to the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(7)
any agreement
for the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital
Stock of, or property and assets of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company;
(8)
the terms of
any Indebtedness or any agreement pursuant to which such Indebtedness was
issued
if either:
(i)
such
encumbrances or restrictions, taken as a whole, are no more restrictive
in the
aggregate than those contained in this Indenture or the Notes (as determined
in
good faith by the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive),
or
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(ii)
A. the
encumbrance or restriction applies only in the event of a payment default
or a
default with respect to a financial covenant contained in such Indebtedness
or
agreement,
B. the
encumbrance or
restriction is not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders of the
Notes
than is customary in comparable financings (as determined in good faith
by the
Company, whose determination will be conclusive), and
C. the
Company determines in
good faith that any such encumbrance or restriction will not materially
adversely affect the Company’s ability to make principal or interest payments on
the Notes; and
(9)
the terms of
a Permitted Asset Securitization entered into by a Finance Subsidiary,
Subsidiary SPC or a Restricted Subsidiary.
Section
4.09 Incurrence
of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Preferred Stock.
(a) The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to,
directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness, and the Company shall not
permit
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any Preferred Stock; provided, however,
that the Company may
incur Indebtedness if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most
recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements
are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional
Indebtedness is incurred would have been at least 2.0 to 1, determined
on a pro
forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom),
as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred at the beginning of
such
four-quarter period.
(b) Section
4.09(a) hereto will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following
items of
Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):
(1)
the
incurrence by the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness
under Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount which, when taken
together with all other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (1)
and
then outstanding, does not exceed (with letters of credit being deemed
to have a
principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company
and its
Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) the greater of (a) $225.0 million less (i) the aggregate
amount
of all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to permanently repay any such Indebtedness (and,
in the
case of any revolving credit Indebtedness, to effect a corresponding commitment
reduction thereunder) pursuant to Section 4.10 hereto and (ii) the principal
component of amounts outstanding under a Permitted Asset Securitization
to the
extent a corresponding reduction is required under the Credit Facilities
and (b)
the Borrowing Base;
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(2)
Existing
Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3)
the
incurrence by the Company of Indebtedness represented by the Notes to be
issued
on the date of this Indenture and the Exchange Notes to be issued pursuant
to
the Registration Rights Agreement and Guarantees of the Notes and any Exchange
Notes by Restricted Subsidiaries;
(4)
the
incurrence by the Company of Indebtedness (i) represented by Capital Lease
Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each
case,
incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price,
lease or cost of construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment
used in the business of the Company (whether through the direct purchase
of
assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets) at the time
of, or
within 270 days after, such purchase, lease, construction or improvement
or (ii)
as part of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, in an aggregate principal
amount,
including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance
or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to
exceed
the greater of (a) $20.0 million and (b) 1% of Adjusted Consolidated Net
Tangible Assets;
(5)
the
incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which
are used
to refund, refinance or replace Indebtedness (other than intercompany
Indebtedness) that was permitted by this Indenture to be incurred under
subsection 4.09(a) or clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), or (13) of this subsection
4.09(b);
(6)
the
incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany
Indebtedness owing to and held by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; provided,
however, that:
(i)
if the
Company is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness must be
unsecured
and expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all
Obligations with respect to the Notes;
(ii)
(A) any
subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any
such
Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) any sale or other transfer of any such
Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence
of such
Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be,
that was not permitted by this clause (6); and
(iii)
Indebtedness
owed to the Company must be evidenced by an unsubordinated promissory
note;
(7)
the Guarantee
by the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of
a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was permitted to be incurred
by
another provision of this Section 4.09;
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(8)
(i)
Indebtedness of the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under
agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price
or
similar obligations, or Guarantees or letters of credit, surety bonds or
performance bonds securing any obligations of the Company pursuant to such
agreements, in any case incurred in connection with the disposition of
any
business or assets, so long as the principal amount does not exceed the
gross
proceeds actually received by the Company in connection with such disposition,
(ii) Indebtedness of the Company represented by letters of credit for the
account of the Company issued in the ordinary course of business of the
Company
to provide security for workers’ compensation claims or payment obligations in
connection with self-insurance or similar requirements in the ordinary
course of
business and other Indebtedness with respect to worker’s compensation claims,
self-insurance obligations, performance, surety and similar bonds and completion
guarantees provided by the Company in the ordinary course of business and
(iii)
Indebtedness of the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries arising
from
the honoring by a bank or financial institution of a check, draft of similar
instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
provided, however, that, in the case of this clause (iii), such Indebtedness
is
extinguished within five Business Days of its incurrence;
(9)
Guarantees of
the Company with respect to Operating Lease payments;
(10)
Indebtedness
of the Company relating to Rental Pool Capital Expenditures in an aggregate
principal amount which, when taken together with all other Indebtedness
incurred
pursuant to this clause (10) and then outstanding, does not exceed the
greater
of (a) $100.0 million and (b) 40% of the sum of the “Property and Equipment,
net” and “Equipment on operating leases, net of accumulated depreciation” line
items on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets for the most recently ended
fiscal quarter;
(11)
Indebtedness
of any Foreign Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount which, when
taken
together with all other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (11)
and
then outstanding, does not exceed $15.0 million;
(12)
Indebtedness
of the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in connection
with a Permitted Asset Securitization; and
(13)
the
incurrence by the Company of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal
amount which, when taken together with all other Indebtedness incurred
pursuant
to this clause (13) and then outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness
incurred
pursuant to this clause (13), does not exceed $15.0 million.
(c) For
purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event
that any
proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories
of
Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (13) of subsection 4.09(b),
or
is entitled to be incurred pursuant to subsection 4.09(a), the Company
shall be
permitted to classify on the date of its incurrence such item of Indebtedness
in
any manner that complies with this Section 4.09. Indebtedness under the
Credit
Agreement outstanding on the date of this Indenture shall be deemed to
have been
incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by clause (1)
of the
definition of Permitted Debt set forth in subsection 4.09(b). In addition,
any
Indebtedness originally classified as incurred pursuant to clauses (2)
through
(13) of subsection 4.09(b) may later be reclassified by the Company such
that it
will be deemed as having been incurred pursuant to another one or more
of such
clauses to the extent that such reclassified Indebtedness could be incurred
pursuant to such other clause or clauses at the time of such
reclassification.
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(d)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.09, the maximum amount
of
Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to this Section 4.09 shall not
be
deemed to be exceeded with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness, due
solely
to the result of fluctuations in the exchange rates of currencies.
(e) Any
Indebtedness that is permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section
4.09 by
the Company but not a Restricted Subsidiary may be incurred by any Restricted
Subsidiary that Guarantees payment of the Notes and otherwise complies
with the
requirements of Section 4.21 that would be applicable if such Restricted
Subsidiary Guaranteed Indebtedness of the Company.
Section
4.10 Asset
Sales.
(a) The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to,
consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(1)
the Company
(or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration
at
the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of
the
assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;
(2)
such Fair
Market Value, if in excess of $20.0 million, is determined by the Company’s
Board of Directors and evidenced by a Board Resolution set forth in an
Officers’
Certificate delivered to the Trustee; and
(3)
at least 75%
of the consideration therefor received by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Replacement Assets or a combination
of
both. For purposes of this clause (3), each of the following shall be deemed
to
be cash:
(A)
any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most
recent balance sheet) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than contingent liabilities, and liabilities
that are
owed to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) that are assumed by
the
transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary written novation
agreement
that releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability;
and
(B)
any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any
such
Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company
or
such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received
in that
conversion) within 90 days of such Asset Sale.
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(b) Within
360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the
Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary may apply such Net Proceeds at its
option:
(1)
to repay (i)
Indebtedness secured by such assets, (ii) Indebtedness under a Credit Facility
or (iii) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and, if
the
Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly
reduce
commitments with respect thereto; or
(2)
to purchase
Replacement Assets or make a capital expenditure in or that is used or
useful in
a Permitted Business.
(c) Pending
the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily
reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds
in any
manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
(d) Any Net
Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided
in
subsection 4.10(b) above within 360 days after the receipt of such Net
Proceeds
(or, if later, 90 days after the execution of any agreement with respect
to such
application, which agreement is signed within 360 days after the date of
the
receipt of such Net Proceeds) will constitute “Excess Proceeds.” Within 30
days after the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $20.0 million,
the
Company will make an offer (an “Asset Sale Offer”) to all
Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes
in
conformance with this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase with
the
proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum principal amount of
Notes
and such other pari passu
Indebtedness
that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer
price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of principal amount
plus
accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to, but not
including, the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess
Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company
may use
such Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture.
If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness
tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds,
the
Trustee shall select the Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness
to be
purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and
such
other pari passu
Indebtedness
tendered. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the
amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
Section
4.11 Transactions
with
Affiliates.
(a) The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to,
make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any
of its
properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter
into,
make, amend, renew or extend any transaction, contract, agreement,
understanding, loan, advance or Guarantee with, or for the benefit of,
any
Affiliate (each, an “Affiliate
Transaction”), unless:
(1)
such
Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company
or
the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained
in a
comparable arm’s-length transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
with a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company (as determined in
good
faith by the Company, whose determination will be conclusive); and
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(2)
the Company
delivers to the Trustee:
(A)
with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate
Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $5.0 million,
a
Board Resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such
Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions complies
with
this Section 4.11 and that such Affiliate Transaction or series of related
Affiliate Transactions has been approved by a majority of the disinterested
members of the Board of Directors of the Company; and
(B)
with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate
Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $15.0 million,
an
opinion as to the fairness to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
of such
Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions from
a
financial point of view issued by an independent accounting, appraisal
or
investment banking firm of national standing.
(b) The
following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore,
will not be subject to the provisions of subsection 4.11(a):
(1)
transactions
between or among the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries or any
of its
wholly-owned Subsidiaries;
(2)
payment of
reasonable and customary fees to directors of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries who are not employees of the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries, and compensation (including amounts paid pursuant to employee
benefit plans or arrangements) paid to, and indemnity provided for the
benefit
of, officers, directors and employees of the Company or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries, so long as the Board of Directors of the Company in good
faith
shall have approved the terms thereof;
(3)
Permitted
Investments or Restricted Payments that are permitted by Section
4.07;
(4)
any issuance
or sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of, or any capital
contribution to, the Company; or
(5)
any
transaction with a wholly-owned Finance Subsidiary or wholly-owned Subsidiary
SPC in connection with a Permitted Asset Securitization.
Section
4.12 Liens.
The
Company shall not, and shall not
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or
otherwise
cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind (other
than
Permitted Liens) upon any of their property or assets now owned or hereafter
acquired, that secures Indebtedness, unless all payments due under this
Indenture and the Notes are secured on an equal and ratable basis with
(or, in
the case of Subordinated Indebtedness, prior to) the obligations so secured
until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by such
Lien.
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Section
4.13 Business
Activities.
The
Company shall not, and shall not
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other
than
Permitted Businesses, except to such extent as would not be material to
the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Section
4.14 Repurchase
upon a Change of
Control.
(a) If a
Change of Control occurs, each Holder of Notes shall have the right to
require
the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof) of that Holder’s Notes pursuant to an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) at
an offer price (a “Change of
Control Payment”) in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount
of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest,
if any, thereon, to, but not including, the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment
Date” which date will be no earlier than the date of such Change of
Control). Within 10 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall
mail
a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that
constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the
Change
of Control Payment Date specified in such notice, which date shall be no
earlier
than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed,
pursuant to the procedures described in Section 3.08 (including the notice
required thereby).
(b) On the
Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent
lawful:
(1)
accept for
payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the
Change
of Control Offer;
(2)
deposit with
the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect
of
all Notes or portions thereof so tendered; and
(3)
deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with
an
Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or
portions thereof being purchased by the Company.
(c) The
Paying Agent shall promptly mail or wire transfer to each Holder of Notes
so
tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee
shall
promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry),
to
each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion
of
the Notes tendered, if any; provided that each such
new
Note shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof.
(d) The
Company shall publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer
on or
as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
(e)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.14, the Company
shall
not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control
if a
third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times
and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section
4.14 and
all other provisions of this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control
Offer
made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn
under such Change of Control Offer.
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Section
4.15 Redemption
or Repurchase of 2015
Notes. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, optionally redeem, optionally repurchase or otherwise
optionally acquire or retire for value, in whole or in part, any Indebtedness
evidenced by the 2015 Indenture, whether pursuant to a tender offer, open market
purchases or otherwise.
Section
4.16 Designation
of Restricted and Unrestricted
Subsidiaries.
(a) The Board
of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to
be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, provided that:
(1)
the
Subsidiary to be so designated has total assets of $1,000 or less;
or
(2)
if such
Subsidiary has total assets of more than $1,000:
(A)
any Guarantee by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any
Indebtedness of the Subsidiary being so designated that survives such
designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by the Company
or
such Restricted Subsidiary (or both, if applicable) at the time of such
designation, and such incurrence of Indebtedness would be permitted under
Section 4.09;
(B)
the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by
the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary being so designated
(including any Guarantee by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
of
any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary) will be deemed to be an Investment
made as
of the time of such designation and that such Investment either (i) would
be
permitted under Section 4.07 or (ii) would constitute a Permitted
Investment;
(C)
such Subsidiary does not own any Equity Interests of, or hold any Liens
on any
property of, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(D)
the Subsidiary being so designated:
(i)
is a Person
with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity
Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to
cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results;
and
(ii)
has not
Guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support
for any
Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except
to the
extent such Guarantee or credit support would be released upon such designation;
and
(E)
no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation;
or
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(3)
such
designation is effective immediately upon such entity becoming a
Subsidiary.
(b) Any
designation of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee
a
certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation
and an
Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the
preceding conditions and was permitted by this Indenture. Upon designation
of a
Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in compliance with
this
Section 4.16, such Restricted Subsidiary shall, by execution and delivery
of a
supplemental indenture in form satisfactory to the Trustee, be released
from any
Subsidiary Guarantee previously made by such Restricted Subsidiary.
(c) The Board
of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted
Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary, provided that:
(1)
such
designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary and such designation shall only be permitted if such Indebtedness
is
permitted under Section 4.09, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such
designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter
reference period;
(2)
all
outstanding Investments owned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be
deemed to
be made as of the time of such designation and such Investments shall only
be
permitted if such Investments (a) would be permitted under Section 4.07
or (b)
would constitute Permitted Investments;
(3)
all Liens of
such Unrestricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness existing at the time
of such
designation would be permitted under Section 4.12; and
(4)
no Default or
Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.
Section
4.17 Payments
for Consent.
The
Company shall not, and shall not
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay
or
cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder
of Notes
for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the
terms
or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration
is
offered to be paid and is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent,
waive
or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents
relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
Section
4.18 [intentionally
omitted].
Section
4.19 Sale
and Leaseback
Transactions.
(a) The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to,
enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, provided that the Company
or
any or its Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into a Sale and Leaseback
Transaction if:
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(1)
the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, could have incurred (a)
Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt relating to such
Sale
and Leaseback Transaction under the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test in
subsection 4.09(a) and (b) a Lien to secure such Indebtedness pursuant
to
Section 4.12;
(2)
the gross
cash proceeds of that Sale and Leaseback Transaction are at least equal
to the
Fair Market Value, as determined in good faith by the Company, whose
determination shall be conclusive, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate
delivered to the Trustee, of the property that is the subject of that Sale
and
Leaseback Transaction; and
(3)
the Company
applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with Section
4.10.
Section
4.20 [intentionally
omitted].
Section
4.21 Issuances
of Guarantees by Restricted
Subsidiaries.
(a) The
Company shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, directly or
indirectly, to Guarantee or pledge any assets to secure the payment of
any other
Indebtedness of the Company, unless (i) such Restricted Subsidiary
simultaneously executes and delivers a supplemental indenture providing
for the
Guarantee of the payment of the Notes by such Restricted Subsidiary, which
Subsidiary Guarantee shall be senior to or pari passu with such
Subsidiary’s Guarantee of or pledge to secure such other Indebtedness; (ii) such
Restricted Subsidiary waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim
or take
the benefit or advantage of any rights or reimbursement, indemnity or
subrogation or any other rights against the Company or any other Restricted
Subsidiary as a result of any payment by such Restricted Subsidiary under
its
Subsidiary Guarantee of the Notes; and (iii) such Restricted Subsidiary
shall
deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (A) such
Subsidiary Guarantee has been duly executed and authorized and (B) such
Subsidiary Guarantee constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable obligation
of
such Restricted Subsidiary, except insofar as enforcement thereof may be
limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws (including, without limitation,
all
laws relating to fraudulent transfers) and except insofar as enforcement
thereof
is subject to general principles of equity.
(b)
Subsection 4.21(a) shall not apply to any Guarantee:
(1)
of
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clauses (1) and (2) of the definition
of
Permitted Debt contained in Section 4.09(b) or Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness in respect thereof; or
(2)
that
constitutes a Permitted Lien.
(c) The
Subsidiary Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor will be automatically
released:
(1)
in connection
with any sale or other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of a Subsidiary
Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect
to such
transaction) an Affiliate of the Company, if the sale or other disposition
complies with Section 4.10; or
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(2)
in connection
with the release or discharge of the Guarantee which resulted in the creation
of
such Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to this Section 4.21, except a discharge
or
release by, or as a result of, a payment under such Guarantee.
ARTICLE
FIVE
SUCCESSORS
Section
5.01 Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of
Assets.
(a) The
Company shall not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge with
or into
another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation)
or (2)
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety, in one or more related transactions, to another Person or Persons,
unless:
(1)
either: (A)
the Company is the surviving corporation; or (B) the Person formed by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company)
or to
which such conveyance, transfer or lease shall have been made (i) is a
corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States,
any state
thereof or the District of Columbia and (ii) assumes all the obligations
of the
Company under the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement
pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(2)
immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default
exists;
and
(3)
immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, the Company or the Person formed
by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company),
or to
which such conveyance, transfer or lease shall have been made, will, on
the date
of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related
financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of
the
applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test
set
forth in Section 4.09(a).
(b) Clause
(3) of subsection 5.01(a) shall not apply to any merger, consolidation
or
conveyance, transfer or lease of assets between or among the Company and
any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Section
5.02 Successor
Corporation
Substituted.
The
Person formed by or surviving any
such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such
conveyance, transfer or lease shall have been made, shall succeed to, and
be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company
under
this Indenture, and the predecessor Company, except in the case of a lease,
shall be released from any obligation to pay the principal or premium,
if any,
and interest on, the Notes.
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ARTICLE
SIX
DEFAULTS
AND REMEDIES
Section
6.01 Events
of Default.
(a) Each of
the following is an “Event of
Default”:
(1)
default for
30 days in the payment when due of interest (including any Additional Interest)
on the Notes;
(2)
default in
payment when due (whether at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or
otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes;
(3)
failure by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with Sections
4.10,
4.14, 4.15 or 5.01;
(4)
failure by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 30 days after written
notice by the Trustee or Holders representing 25% or more of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes outstanding to comply with any of the other agreements
in this Indenture;
(5)
default under
any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or
by
which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed
by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which
is
Guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) whether
such
Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of this
Indenture, if that default:
(A)
is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if
any, on
such Indebtedness at final maturity thereof; or
(B)
results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its final
maturity,
and,
in
each case the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with
the
principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been
a
similar default, aggregates $20.0 million or more;
(6)
failure by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final judgments
aggregating in excess of $20.0 million, net of any amount covered by insurance
issued by a reputable and creditworthy insurer that has not contested coverage
with respect to the underlying claim, which judgments are not paid, discharged
or stayed for a period of 60 days;
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(7)
the Company
or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to or within the
meaning
of Bankruptcy Law:
(A)
commences a voluntary case,
(B)
consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case;
or
(C)
makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, and
(8)
a court of
competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law
that:
(A)
is for relief against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
that is
a Significant Subsidiary, in an involuntary case; or
(B)
appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
that
is a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property
of
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant
Subsidiary, or
(C)
orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
that
is a Significant Subsidiary;
and
the order or decree remains
unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.
A
Default under clause (4) of
subsection 6.01(a) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the
Holders
of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding
notify the Company (and in the case of such notice by Holders, the Trustee)
of
the Default and the Company does not cure such Default within the time
specified
after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand
that
it be remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of Default”.
Section
6.02 Acceleration.
In
the case of an Event of Default
specified in clause (7) or (8) of subsection 6.01(a) hereof, with respect
to the
Company, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately
without
further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount
of
the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable
immediately by notice in writing to the Company specifying the Event of
Default.
Section
6.03 Other
Remedies.
(a) If an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available
remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest,
and
Additional Interest, if any, with respect to, the Notes or to enforce the
performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
(b) The
Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the
Notes
or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission
by the
Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing
upon
an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute
a waiver
of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative
to the
extent permitted by law.
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Section
6.04 Waiver
of Past Defaults.
(a) Subject
to Sections 6.07 and 9.02, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount
of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee, may on behalf of
the
Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default
and
its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default
in
the payment of interest or Additional Interest on, or the principal of,
the
Notes; provided, however,
that the Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind
an
acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default
that
resulted from such acceleration if:
(1)
the Company
has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:
(A)
all overdue interest on all outstanding Notes,
(B)
all unpaid principal of (and premium, if any, on) any outstanding Notes
that has
become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration,
(C)
to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue
interest and overdue principal at the rate borne by such Notes, and
(D)
all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents
and counsel; and
(2)
all Events of
Default, other than the non-payment of amounts of principal (or premium,
if any,
on) or interest on Notes which have become due solely by such declaration
of
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in subsection
6.04(a).
(b) The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the
requisite percentage of Holders have consented to the waiver provided in
subsection 6.04(a) and attaching copies of such consents. In case of any
such
waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored to their
former positions and rights hereunder and under the Notes, respectively.
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. Upon any such waiver, such Default
shall
cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed
to
have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver
shall
extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
Section
6.05 Control
by Majority.
The
Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes will have the right to direct the
time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy
available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on
the
Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts
with law or this Indenture, that may involve the Trustee in personal liability,
or that the Trustee determines in good faith may be unduly prejudicial
to the
rights of Holders of Notes not joining in the giving of such direction
and may
take any other action it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any
such
direction received from Holders of Notes.
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Section
6.06 Limitation
on Suits.
(a) A Holder
may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes
unless:
(1)
the Holder
gives the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;
(2)
the Holders
of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes make
a
written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3)
such Holder
or Holders offer the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against
any
costs, liability or expense;
(4)
the Trustee
does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request
and
the offer of indemnity; and
(5)
during such
60-day period, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the
outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent
with
the request.
(b) A Holder
of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another
Holder
of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of
a
Note.
Section
6.07 Rights
of Holders of Notes to Receive
Payment.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of
this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of
the
principal of, or interest or premium and Additional Interest, if any, on
such
Note or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment, on or after
the
due date expressed in the Notes, shall not be impaired or affected without
the
consent of such Holder.
Section
6.08 Collection
Suit by
Trustee.
If
an Event of Default specified in
clause (1) or (2) of subsection 6.01(a) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
is
authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium,
if any,
interest, and Additional Interest, if any, remaining unpaid on the Notes
and
interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent lawful,
interest and Additional Interest, if any, 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.
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Section
6.09 Trustee
May File Proofs of
Claim.
The
Trustee is authorized to file such
proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable
in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial
proceedings relative to the Company, its creditors or its property and
shall be
entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or
other
securities or property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any
custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to
make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall
consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay
to the
Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and
any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the
payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee
under
Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be
denied
for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and
shall be
paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and
other
properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding
whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement
or
otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee
to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any
plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes
or
the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect
of the
claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section
6.10 Priorities.
(a) If the
Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article Six, it shall pay out
the
money in the following order:
First:
to the Trustee, its agents and
attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment
of all
compensation, expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made,
by the
Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second:
to Holders of Notes for amounts
due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, interest and
Additional Interest, if any, ratably, without preference or priority of
any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal,
premium, if any, interest, and Additional Interest, if any, respectively;
and
Third:
to the Company or to such party
as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
(b) The
Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders
of
Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section
6.11 Undertaking
for Costs.
In
any suit for the enforcement of any
right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee
for any
action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may
require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking
to pay
the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable
costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the
suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses
made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit
by the
Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof,
or a suit
by Holders of more than ten percent in principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes.
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ARTICLE
SEVEN
TRUSTEE
Section
7.01 Duties
of Trustee.
Except
to the extent, if any, provided
otherwise in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as from time to time in
effect):
(a) If an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise
such
of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same
degree
of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent man 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 duties of
the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this
Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically
set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee;
and
(2)
in the
absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as
to the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to
the
requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the
certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The
Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action,
its
own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except
that:
(1)
this
subsection does not limit the effect of subsection (b) of this Section
7.01;
(2)
the Trustee
shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent
in
ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(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
6.05
hereof.
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(d) Whether
or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture
that in
any way relates to the Trustee is subject to subsections (a), (b) and (c)
of
this Section 7.01.
(e) No
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk
its own
funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be under no obligation
to
exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request
of any
Holders, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee security
and
indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, costs, liability or expense
that
might be incurred by it in connection with the request or
direction.
(f) Money
held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except
to
the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for
interest
on any money received by it hereunder except to the extent the Trustee
may, at
its sole option, otherwise agree with the Company.
Section
7.02 Certain
Rights of
Trustee.
(a) The
Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine
and
to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need
not
investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before
the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be
liable
for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such
Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with
counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall
be full
and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of
any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
reliance
thereon.
(c) The
Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible
for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due
care.
(d) The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in
good
faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers
conferred
upon it by this Indenture or the Notes.
(e) Unless
otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request,
direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an
Officer
of the Company.
(f) The
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the
Holders
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it against the losses, expenses and liabilities
that
might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction.
(g) The
Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default
unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof
or
unless written notice of such event is sent to the Trustee in accordance
with
Section 11.02 hereof, and such notice references the Notes.
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(h) The
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order 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 sees fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine
to
make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine
books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or
attorney.
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 become
a
creditor of, or otherwise deal with, the Company or any of its Affiliates
with
the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event
that
the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest as described in the TIA,
it must
eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the Commission for permission
to continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights
and
duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11
hereof.
Section
7.04 Trustee’s
Disclaimer.
The
Trustee shall not be responsible
for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this
Indenture, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds
from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction
under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for
the use
or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the
Trustee,
and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or
any
statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale
of the
Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of
authentication.
Section
7.05 Notice
of Defaults.
If
a Default or Event of Default occurs
and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall
mail to
Holders of Notes a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90
days
after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in
payment
of principal, premium, interest or Additional Interest on any Note, the
Trustee
may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible
Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the
interests of the Holders of the Notes.
Section
7.06 Reports
by Trustee to Holders of the
Notes.
(a) Within 60
days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date hereof,
and
for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the
Holders
of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies
with
TIA Section 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA Section 313(a) has
occurred
within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be
transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b)(2).
The
Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA Section
313(c).
(b) A copy of
each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes shall be
mailed
to the Company and filed with the Commission and each stock exchange on
which
the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA Section 313(d). The Company
shall
promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange
or
any delisting thereof.
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Section
7.07 Compensation
and
Indemnity.
(a) The
Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such reasonable compensation
for its acceptance of this Indenture and services, including for any agent
capacity in which it acts, hereunder as may be agreed between the Trustee
and
the Company. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on
compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse
the
Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances
and
expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its
services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements
and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.
(b) The
Company shall indemnify the Trustee and its officers, directors, employees,
representatives and agents against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses
incurred by it, including for any agent capacity in which it acts, arising
out
of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties
under
this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture
against the Company (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself
against
any claim (whether asserted by either of the Company or any Holder or any
other
person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of
any of
its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability
or
expense may be attributable to its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it
may seek
indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve
the
Company of its obligations hereunder unless the failure to notify the Company
impairs the Company’s ability to defend such claim. The Company shall defend the
claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have
separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses
of
such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without
its
consent.
(c) The
obligations of the Company under this Section 7.07 shall survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and resignation or removal
of the
Trustee.
(d) To secure
the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien
prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee,
except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes.
Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
and
resignation or removal of the Trustee.
(e) When the
Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified
in clause (7) or (8) of subsection 6.01(a) hereof occurs, the expenses
and the
compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents
and
counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any
Bankruptcy Law.
(f) The
Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 313(b)(2) to the
extent
applicable.
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Section
7.08 Replacement
of Trustee.
(a) A
resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee
shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of
appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.
(b) The
Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust
hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by
so
notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove
the
Trustee if:
(1)
the Trustee
fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
(2)
the Trustee
is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered
with
respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(3)
a custodian
or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(4)
the Trustee
becomes incapable of acting.
(c) If the
Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee
for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.
Within
one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority
in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor
Trustee
to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
(d) If a
successor Xxxxxxx does not take office within 30 days after the retiring
Trustee
resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders
of
Notes of at least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
may
petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction
for
the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the
Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for
at least
six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder may petition
any
court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) A
successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment
to the
retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal
of
the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee
shall
have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture.
The
successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to the Holders.
The
retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee
to
the successor Trustee, provided all sums owing
to
the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for
in
Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant
to this
Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue
for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
(g) If the
Trustee is removed without cause, all of the Trustee’s fees and expenses
incurred prior to such removal shall be paid to the Trustee
promptly.
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Section
7.09 Successor
Trustee by Xxxxxx,
Etc.
If
the Trustee consolidates, merges or
converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust
business to, another Person, the successor Person without any further act
shall
be the successor Trustee.
Section
7.10 Eligibility;
Disqualification.
There
shall at all times be a Trustee
hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the
laws of
the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized
under
such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision
or
examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital
and
surplus of at least $50.0 million as set forth in its most recent published
annual report of condition.
This
Indenture shall always have a
Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and
(5).
The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 310(b).
Section
7.11 Preferential
Collection of Claims Against
Company.
The
Trustee is subject to TIA Section
311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b).
A
Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section
311(a)
to the extent indicated therein. The Trustee hereby waives any right to
set-off
any claim that it may have against the Company in any capacity (other than
as
Trustee and Paying Agent) against any of the assets of the Company held
by the
Trustee; provided,
however,
that if the
Trustee is or becomes a lender of any other Indebtedness permitted hereunder
to
be pari passu with the
Notes, then such waiver shall not apply to the extent of such
Indebtedness.
ARTICLE
EIGHT
DEFEASANCE
AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section
8.01 Option
to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.
The
Company may, at its option, at any
time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all
outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in
this
Article Eight.
Section
8.02 Legal
Defeasance and
Discharge.
Upon
the Company’s exercise under
Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the
Company
shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section
8.04
hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect
to
all outstanding Notes on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied
(hereinafter, “Legal
Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company
shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented
by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding”
only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of
this
Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its
other
obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand
of
and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall
survive
until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders
of
outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section
8.04 hereof, and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect
of
the principal of, premium, if any, interest and Additional Interest, if
any, on
such Notes when such payments are due, (b) the Company’s obligations with
respect to such Notes under Article 2 concerning issuing temporary Notes,
registration of Notes and mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and
the
Company’s obligations under Section 4.02 hereof, (c) the rights, powers, trusts,
duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s obligations in
connection therewith and (d) this Article 8. Subject to compliance with
this
Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03
hereof.
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Section
8.03 Covenant
Defeasance.
Upon
the Company’s exercise under
Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the
Company
shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section
8.04
hereof, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained
in
Sections 4.03, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16,
4.17,
4.19 and 4.21 and shall not be subject to clause (3) of subsection 5.01(a)
hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the
Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any
direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the
consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants and conditions,
but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder
(it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for
accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that,
with
respect to the outstanding Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and
shall
have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth
in
any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in
any such
covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such
omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default
under
Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this
Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon
the
Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this
Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section
8.04 hereof, clauses (3) through (6) of subsection 6.01(a) shall not constitute
Events of Default.
Section
8.04 Conditions
to Legal or Covenant
Defeasance.
(a) The
following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section
8.02 or
8.03 hereof to the outstanding Notes:
(1)
the Company
must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of
the
Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities,
or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the
opinion
of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay
the
principal of, and interest and premium and Additional Interest, if any,
on the
outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable redemption
date,
as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are
being
defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;
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(2)
in the case
of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion
of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (A) the
Company
has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service
a ruling or (B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change
in the
applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and
based
thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the
outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income
tax
purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times
as
would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(3)
in the case
of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an
Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that
the
Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss
for
federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and
will be
subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and
at the
same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had
not
occurred;
(4)
no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either: (A) on the
date
of such deposit; or (B) insofar as the Events of Default set forth in clauses
(7) and (8) of subsection 6.01(a) are concerned, at any time in the period
ending on the 123rd day after the date of deposit;
(5)
such Legal
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation
of,
or constitute a default under any 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;
(6)
the Company
must have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that the
defeasance trust does not constitute, or is qualified as, a regulated investment
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940;
(7)
if the Notes
are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity, the Company must deliver
to
the Trustee irrevocable instructions to redeem all of the Notes on the
specified
redemption date; and
(8)
the Company
must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel,
each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance
or
the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
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Section
8.05 Deposited
Money and Government Securities to
Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
(a) Subject
to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities
(including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section
8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust
and
applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes
and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine,
to
the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in
respect
of principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest, but
such
money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by
law.
(b) The
Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other
charge
imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities
deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest
received
in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by
law is
for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
(c) Anything
in this Article Eight to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall
deliver
or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company
any
money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section
8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered
to the
Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under subsection 8.04(a) hereof),
are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited
to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section
8.06 Repayment
to the Company.
Any
money deposited with the Trustee or
any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment
of the
principal of, premium, if any, interest, or Additional Interest, if any,
on any
Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium,
if
any, interest, or Additional Interest, if any, has become due and payable
shall
be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company)
shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter
look
only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee
or
such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of
the
Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however,
that the Trustee or
such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may
at the
expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times
and The
Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains
unclaimed
and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than
30 days
from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance
of such
money then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.
Section
8.07 Reinstatement.
If
the Trustee or Paying Agent is
unable to apply any United States dollars or non-callable Government Securities
in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by
reason of
any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining,
restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s
obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated
as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof
until
such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such
money in
accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however,
that, if the Company
makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any
Note
following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from
the
money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE
NINE
AMENDMENT,
SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section
9.01 Without
Consent of Holders of
Notes.
(a)
Notwithstanding subsection 9.02(e) of this Indenture, the Company and the
Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without the
consent
of any Holder of a Note:
(1)
to cure any
ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(2)
to make any
change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of the Notes
in
any material respect;
(3)
to provide
for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes;
(4)
to provide
for the assumption of the Company’s obligations to Holders of Notes in the case
of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets;
(5)
to make any
change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders
of
Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture
of
any such Holder;
(6)
to comply
with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(7)
to comply
with Section 4.21, including to release any Subsidiary Guarantor upon its
sale
or designation as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or other permitted release
from its
Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture;
(8)
to provide a
Guarantee of the Notes by one or more Subsidiaries of the Company;
(9)
to evidence
and provide for the acceptance of appointment of a successor Trustee;
or
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(10)
to provide
for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations
set
forth in this Indenture.
(b) Upon the
request of the Company accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the
execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and upon receipt
by the
Trustee of any documents requested under subsection 7.02(b) hereof, the
Trustee
shall join with the Company in the execution of any amended or supplemental
Indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to
make any
further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained,
but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or
supplemental Indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities
under
this Indenture or otherwise.
Section
9.02 With
Consent of Holders of
Notes.
(a) Except as
otherwise provided in this Section 9.02, the Company and the Trustee may
amend
or supplement this Indenture or the Notes with the consent of the Holders
of at
least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including,
without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of,
or
tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04
and
6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with
any
provision of this Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent
of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
(including Additional Notes, if any) (including, without limitation, consents
obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange
offer
for, Notes).
(b) The
Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose
of
determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture supplemental
hereto. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or
its duly
designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent
to such
supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after
such
record date; provided
that unless such
consent shall have become effective by virtue of the
requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date which is 90
days
after such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically
and without further action by any Holder be cancelled and be of no further
effect.
(c) Upon the
request of the Company accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the
execution of any such amendment or supplement to this Indenture, and upon
the
filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the
consent
of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of
the
documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall join with
the
Company in the execution of such amendment or supplement unless such amendment
or supplement directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities
under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its
discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amendment or
supplement.
(d) 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, supplement or
waiver,
but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance
thereof.
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(e) After an
amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section becomes effective, the
Company shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly
describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company
to
mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way
impair
or affect the validity of any such amendment, supplement or waiver. Subject
to
Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if any)
may
waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision
of
this Indenture, or the Notes. However, without the consent of each Holder
affected, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with
respect
to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
(1)
reduce the
principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement
or waiver;
(2)
reduce the
principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter the provisions,
or waive any payment, with respect to the redemption of the Notes;
(3)
reduce the
rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;
(4)
waive a
Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest,
or
premium or Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes (except a rescission
of
acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment default that
resulted
from such acceleration);
(5)
make any Note
payable in money other than U.S. dollars;
(6)
make any
change in Section 6.04 or 6.07;
(7)
impair the
right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect
to
the Notes;
(8)
except as
otherwise permitted under Section 5.01, consent to the assignment or transfer
by
the Company of any of their rights or obligations under this Indenture;
or
(9)
make any
change in this subsection 9.02(e).
Section
9.03 Compliance
with Trust Indenture
Act.
Every
amendment or supplement to this
Indenture or the Notes shall be set forth in a document that complies with
the
TIA as then in effect.
Section
9.04 Revocation
and Effect of
Consents.
Until
an amendment, supplement or
waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing
consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or
portion
of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if
notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder
of a
Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note
if the
Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver,
supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver
becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every
Holder.
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Section
9.05 Notation
on or Exchange of
Notes.
(a) The
Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement
or
waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for
all
Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication
Order,
authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or
waiver.
(b) Failure
to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the
validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section
9.06 Trustee
to Sign Amendments,
Etc.
The
Trustee shall sign any amendment or
supplement to this Indenture or any Note authorized pursuant to this Article
Nine if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights,
duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign
an
amendment or supplemental Indenture or Note until its Board of Directors
approves it. In executing any amendment or supplement or Note, the Trustee
shall
be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) shall be fully
protected in relying upon an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such amendment or supplement is authorized
or
permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE
TEN
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
Section
10.01 Satisfaction
and
Discharge.
(a) This
Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect as
to all
Notes issued hereunder, when:
(1)
either:
(A)
all Notes that have been authenticated (except lost, stolen or destroyed
Notes
that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company)
have
been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B)
all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
have
become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption
or
otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Company
has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust
funds
in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars,
non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts
as
will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest,
to pay
and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the
Trustee
for cancellation for principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any,
and
accrued interest to the Stated Maturity or the date of maturity or
redemption;
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(2)
no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will
not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any
material
agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the
Company
is bound;
(3)
the Company
has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture;
and
(4)
the Company
has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture
to
apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or
the
redemption date, as the case may be.
(b) In
addition, the Company must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction
and
discharge have been satisfied.
(c)
Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section 10.01 above, the Trustee
shall
pay to the Company from time to time upon its request any cash or Government
Securities held by it as provided in this section which, in the opinion
of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed
in a
written certification delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount
thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect a satisfaction
and
discharge under this Article Ten.
(d) After the
conditions to discharge contained in this Article Ten have been satisfied,
and
the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder
by
the Company, and delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion
of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction
and
discharge have been satisfied, the Trustee upon written request shall
acknowledge in writing the discharge of the obligations of the Company
under
this Indenture.
Section
10.02 Deposited
Money and Government Securities to
Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject
to Section 10.03 hereof, all
money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof)
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof in respect
of the
outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in
accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the
payment,
either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting
as
Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes
of all
sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and
Additional Interest, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.
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Section
10.03 Repayment
to the Company.
Any
money deposited with the Trustee or
any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment
of the
principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, or interest on any
Note
and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium
or
Additional Interest, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall
be
paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall
be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter
look
only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee
or
such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of
the
Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however,
that the Trustee or
such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may
at the
expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times
or The
Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains
unclaimed
and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than
30 days
from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance
of such
money then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.
ARTICLE
ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
11.01 Trust
Indenture Act
Controls.
If
any provision of this Indenture
limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA Section 318(c),
the imposed duties shall control.
Section
11.02 Notices.
(a) Any
notice or communication by the Company, on the one hand, or the Trustee
on the
other hand, to the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person
or
mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested),
telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to
the
others’ address:
If
to the
Company :
IKON
Office Solutions, Inc.
00
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Malvern,
PA 19355
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
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With
a
copy to:
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP
Worldwide
Plaza
000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
New
York,
NY 10019-7475
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
If
to the
Trustee:
The
Bank
of New York
Corporate
Trust Division
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx — Floor 8W
New
York,
NY 10286
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
Corporate Trust Division
(b) The
Company or the Trustee, by notice to the other may designate additional
or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
(c) All
notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be
deemed to
have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered;
three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid,
if
mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business
Day
after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier
guaranteeing next day delivery.
(d) Any
notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail,
certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air
courier
guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept
by the
Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any Person
described in TIA Section 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure
to
mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not
affect
its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
(e) Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived
in
writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or
after
the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers
of
notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall
not be
a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance on
such
waiver.
(f) In case
by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any
other
cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such
notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute
a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
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(g) If a
notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the
time
prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives
it.
(h) If the
Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy
to the
Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section
11.03 Communication
by Holders of Notes with Other
Holders of Notes.
Holders
may communicate pursuant to TIA
Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to its 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.
(a) Upon any
request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action
under
this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(1)
an Officers’
Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
(which
shall include the statements set forth in Section 11.05 hereof) stating
that, in
the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if
any,
provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
satisfied; and
(2)
an Opinion of
Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which
shall include the statements set forth in Section 11.05 hereof) stating
that, in
the opinion of such counsel (who may rely upon and Officers’ Certificate as to
matters of fact), all such conditions precedent and covenants have been
satisfied.
Section
11.05 Statements
Required in Certificate or
Opinion.
(a) Each
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant
to
TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section
314(e)
and shall include:
(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 or she has made such examination
or
investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion
as to
whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with;
and
(4)
a statement
as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or
covenant
has been complied with.
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Section
11.06 Rules
by Trustee and
Agents.
The
Trustee may make reasonable rules
for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent
may make
reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section
11.07 No
Personal Liability of Directors, Officers,
Employees and Stockholders.
No
director, officer, employee,
incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as such, shall have any liability
for any obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture, or
for any
claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their
creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases
all such
liability. This waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance
of
the Notes.
Section
11.08 Governing
Law.
THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL
GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES.
Section
11.09 Consent
to Jurisdiction.
Any
legal suit, action or proceeding
arising out of or based upon this Indenture or the transactions contemplated
hereby (“Related
Proceedings”) may be instituted in the federal courts of the United
States of America located in the City of New York or the courts of the
State of
New York in each case located in the City of New York (collectively, the
“Specified Courts”), and each
party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts
in
any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice
or
document by mail (to the extent allowed under any applicable statute or
rule of
court) to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of
process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court.
The
parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying
of
venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and
irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in
any
such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
Section
11.10 No
Adverse Interpretation of Other
Agreements.
This
Indenture may not be used to
interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or
any of
its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt
agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
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.
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Section
11.12 Severability.
In
case any provision in this Indenture
or the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity,
legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be
affected
or impaired thereby.
Section
11.13 Counterpart
Originals.
The
parties may sign any number of
copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all
of them
together represent the same agreement.
Section
11.14 Acts
of Holders.
(a) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by the Holders may
be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing;
and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee
and,
where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument
or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are
herein
sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders
signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument
or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose
of this
Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made
in the
manner provided in this Section 11.14.
(b) The fact
and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing
may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate
of a
notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments
of
deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing
acknowledged to such witness, notary or officer the execution thereof.
Where
such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient
proof
of authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument
or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be
proved
in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11.14,
the
principal amount and serial numbers of Notes held by any Holder, and the
date of
holding the same, shall be proved by the register of the Notes maintained
by the
Registrar as provided in Section 2.04 hereof.
(d) If the
Company shall solicit from the Holders of the Notes any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company
may,
at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record
date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the
Company
shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c),
such
record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board
Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior
to the
first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith or the
date of
the most recent list of Holders forwarded to the Trustee prior to such
solicitation pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof and not later than the date
such
solicitation is completed. If such a record date is fixed, such request,
demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given
before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the
close of
business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes
of
determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of the then outstanding
Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for
that
purpose the then outstanding Notes shall be computed as of such record
date;
provided that no such
authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date
shall be
deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions
of
this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date.
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(e) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act
of the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note
and
the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration or transfer thereof
or in
exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted
or
suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon,
whether
or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.
(f) Without
limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action
hereunder
with regard to any particular Note may do so itself with regard to all
or any
part of the principal amount of such Note or by one or more duly appointed
agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard
to all
or any part of such principal amount.
Section
11.15 Benefit
of Indenture.
Nothing,
in this Indenture or in the
Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties
hereto, any Paying Agent, any Registrar and its successors hereunder, and
the
Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this
Indenture.
Section
11.16 Table
of Contents, Headings,
Etc.
The
Table of Contents, Cross-Reference
Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have
been
inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a
part of
this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms
or
provisions hereof.
[SIGNATURE
PAGES FOLLOW]
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Very
truly yours,
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IKON
Office Solutions, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: Vice
President and Treasurer
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The
Bank of New York, as Trustee
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By:
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Name:
Xxxx XxXxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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EXHIBIT
A
[Face
of
Note]
IKON
OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC.
SENIOR
UNSECURED FLOATING RATE NOTES DUE 2012
[Global
Note Legend]
THIS
GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING
THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL
OWNERS
HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT
THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED
IN
WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III)
THIS
GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION
2.12 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
[Private
Placement Legend]
THE
SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN
A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY
EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH
PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE
SELLER
MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY
EVIDENCED XXXXXX AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT:
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(A)
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SUCH
SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED,
ONLY
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(i)
(a)
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TO
A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A
TRANSACTION
MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING
THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) FOR SO
LONG AS THE
SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO
A PERSON IT
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES
FOR
ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER TO
WHICH NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE
ON RULE
144A, (d) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN A
TRANSACTION
MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (e)
TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1),
(2), (3) OR (7) OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
INVESTOR”)) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED
LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS (THE
FORM OF
WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER
IS IN
RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES LESS THAN $100,000,
AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH TRANSFER
IS IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (f) IN ACCORDANCE WITH
ANOTHER
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES
ACT (AND
BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IF THE ISSUER SO REQUESTS),
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(ii)
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TO
THE ISSUER, OR
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(iii)
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PURSUANT
TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT,
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AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION; AND |
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(B)
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THE
HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY
ANY
PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE
RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.
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CUSIP
No.
[_______]
ISIN
No.
[_______]
No.
**$______________**
IKON
OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC.
SENIOR
UNSECURED FLOATING RATE NOTES DUE 2012
Issue
Date:
IKON
Office Solutions, Inc., an Ohio
corporation (the “Company”, which term includes
any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received,
promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns, the principal sum
of [Amount of Note] on January 1, 2012.
Interest
Payment Dates: January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, commencing April
1,
2008.
Record
Dates: March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15.
Reference
is hereby made to the further
provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further
provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth
at this
place.
[SIGNATURE
PAGE
FOLLOWS]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually
or by
facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
IKON
OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC.
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(Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication)
This
is
one of the Senior Unsecured Floating Rate Notes due 2012 described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
The
Bank of New York,
as
Trustee
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By:
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Authorized
Signatory
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A-5
[Reverse
Side of Note]
IKON
OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC.
SENIOR
UNSECURED FLOATING RATE NOTES DUE 2012
Capitalized
terms used herein shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless
otherwise indicated.
1.
Interest. The Company
promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at a variable
rate, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR (as defined below) plus the
Applicable
Margin (as defined below) from the date hereof until maturity and shall
pay the
Additional Interest, if any, payable pursuant to Section 4 of the Registration
Rights Agreement referred to below. The Company shall pay interest and
Additional Interest, if any, quarterly in arrears on January 1, April 1,
July 1
and October 1 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on
the
next succeeding Business Day (each an “Interest Payment Date”).
Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the date of original issuance or
if
interest has already been paid from the most recent interest payment date
to
which interest has been paid; provided that the first
Interest Payment Date shall be April 1, 2008. The Company shall pay interest
(including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy
Law) on
overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a
rate
that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect, to the extent
lawful;
it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding
under
any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and additional
interest
(without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand
at
the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest shall be computed on the basis
of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to
the contrary, in no event shall the aggregate amounts deemed interest hereunder
be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law, as the same
may be
modified by United States law of general application.
So
long as any of the Notes remain
outstanding, the Company shall maintain under appointment a calculation
agent
(the “Calculation
Agent”) for the purpose of the Notes, which initially shall be the
Trustee. If the Trustee shall be unable or unwilling to continue to
act as Calculation Agent or if the Calculation Agent fails to calculate
properly
the rate of interest for any Interest Period, the Company shall appoint
another
commercial or investment bank engaged in the London interbank market to
act as
the Calculation Agent. The Company may change the Calculation Agent without
notice. The Calculation Agent may not resign in its duties, and the Company
may
not change the Calculation Agent, without a successor Calculation Agent
having
been appointed that meets the requirements of this paragraph.
All
certificates, communications,
opinions, determinations, calculations, quotations and decisions given,
expressed, made or obtained for the purposes of the provisions hereof relating
to the payment and calculation of interest on the Notes, whether by the
reference banks referred to below (or any of them) or the Calculation Agent,
shall (in the absence of manifest error) be binding on the Company, the
Calculation Agent and all of the Holders and owners of beneficial interests
in
these Notes, and no liability shall (in the absence of manifest error)
attach to
the Calculation Agent in connection with the exercise or non-exercise by
it or
its powers, duties and discretions.
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For
purposes of the foregoing, the
following defined terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Applicable
Margin” means (a)
from the Issue Date to (but excluding) July 1, 2008, 5.00% and (b) from
(and
including) July 1, 2008, 5.75%.
“Determination
Date” means,
with respect to an Interest Period, the second London Banking Day preceding
the
first day of such Interest Period.
“Interest
Period” means the
period commencing on and including an Interest Payment Date and ending
on and
including the day immediately preceding the next succeeding Interest Payment
Date; provided, however,
that the first
Interest Period shall commence on and include December 20, 2007 and end
on and
include March 31, 2008.
“LIBOR”
with
respect to an
Interest Period, will be the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum)
for
deposits in United States dollars for three-month periods beginning on
the first
day of such Interest Period that appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 as of
11:00
a.m., London time, on the Determination Date. If Reuters Screen
LIBOR01 does not include such a rate or is unavailable on a Determination
Date,
the Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each
of four
major banks in the London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation
Agent, to provide such bank’s offered quotation (expressed as a percentage per
annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Determination
Date,
to prime banks in the London interbank market for deposits in a principal
amount
of not less than $1,000,000 for a three-month period beginning on the first
day
of such Interest Period. If at least two such offered quotations are
so provided, LIBOR for the Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean
of such
quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are so provided, the
Calculation Agent will request each of three major banks in New York City,
as
selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide such bank’s rate (expressed as a
percentage per annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
on
such Determination Date, for loans in a principal amount of not less than
$1,000,000 to leading European banks for a three-month period beginning
on the
first day of such Interest Period. If at least two such rates are so
provided, LIBOR for the Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of
such
rates. If fewer than two such rates are so provided, then LIBOR for
the Interest Period will be LIBOR in effect with respect to the immediately
preceding Interest Period.
“London
Banking Day” is any day
in which dealings in United States dollars are transacted or, with respect
to
any future date, are expected to be transacted in the London interbank
market.
“Reuters
Screen LIBOR01” means
Reuters screen LIBOR01 page or any replacement page or pages on which London
interbank rates of major banks for U.S. dollars are displayed.
2.
Method of
Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except
defaulted interest) and additional interest, if any, to the Persons who
are
registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the record date
immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are
canceled
after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except
as
provided in Section 2.13 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest
and
in Sections 3.07 and 3.08 of the Indenture with respect to redemptions
and
offers to repurchase. All payments on Notes shall be made at the office
or
agency of the Paying Agent and Registrar within the City and State of New
York
unless the Company elects to make interest payments by check mailed to
the
Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders. Such payment
shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at
the time
of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
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3.
Paying Agent and
Registrar. Initially, the Trustee under the Indenture shall act as Paying
Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar
without prior notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries
may
act in any such capacity.
4.
Indenture. The Company
issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of December 20, 2007 (“Indenture”) among the Company
and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture
and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture
Act of
1939, as amended. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders
are
referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To
the
extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions
of the
Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
The
Indenture pursuant to which this Note is issued provides that an unlimited
aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes may be issued
thereunder.
5.
Optional Redemption.
The Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than
30 nor
more than 60 days’ prior notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as
percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid
interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon, to, but not including
the
applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the periods indicated
below:
Period
|
Percentage
|
Issue
Date through July 1, 2008
|
100.00%
|
July
2, 2008 through April 1, 2009
|
103.00%
|
April
2, 2009 through January 1, 2010
|
102.00%
|
After
January 1, 2010
|
100.00%
|
6.
Mandatory
Redemption. The Company shall not be required to make
mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the
Notes.
7.
Repurchase at Option
of
Holder.
(a)
Repurchase Upon
a
Change of Control. If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder
of Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all
or any
part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of that Holder’s Notes
pursuant to an offer by the Company (a “Change of Control Offer”), on
the terms set forth in the Indenture, at an offer price (a “Change of Control Payment”) in
cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased
plus
accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, thereon, to,
but
not including, the Change of Control Payment Date (as defined below), which
date
will be no earlier than the date of such Change of Control. Within 10 days
following any Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each
Holder
describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of
Control
and offering to repurchase Notes on a date (the “Change of Control Payment
Date”) specified in such notice, which date shall be no earlier than
30
days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, pursuant
to
the procedures required by the Indenture and described in such
notice.
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(b) Repurchase with
Proceeds
from Asset Sale. Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds
from an Asset Sale, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary may apply such
Net
Proceeds at its option: to repay (i) Indebtedness secured by such assets;
(ii)
Indebtedness under a Credit Facility or (iii) Indebtedness of a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving
credit
Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;
or to
purchase Replacement Assets or to make a capital expenditure in or that
are used
or useful in a Permitted Business. Pending the final application of any
such Net
Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings
or
otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited
by the
Indenture.
Any
Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that
are not applied or invested as provided in the preceding paragraph within
360
days after the receipt of such Net Proceeds (or, if later, 90 days after
the
execution of any agreement with respect to such application, which agreement
is
signed within 360 days after the date of the receipt of such Net Proceeds)
will
constitute “Excess
Proceeds.” Within 30 days after the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds
exceeds $20.0 million, the Company will make an offer (an “Asset Sale Offer”) to all
Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes
containing provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with
respect
to offers to purchase with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase
the
maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness
that
may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset
Sale
Offer will be equal to 100% of principal amount plus accrued and unpaid
interest
and additional interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of purchase,
and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation
of
an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use such Excess Proceeds for any purpose
not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount
of
Notes and such other pari
passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount
of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness
to be
purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and
such
other pari passu
Indebtedness
tendered. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the
amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
8.
Denominations, Transfer,
Exchange. The Notes are in registered form without interest coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The transfer
of Notes
may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture.
The
Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to
furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require
a
Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.
The Company is not required to transfer or exchange any Note selected for
redemption. Also, the Company is not required to transfer or exchange any
Note
(1) for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed
or (2)
tendered and not withdrawn in connection with a Change of Control Offer
or an
Asset Sale Offer. Transfer may be restricted as provided in the
Indenture.
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9.
Persons Deemed Owners.
The registered Holder of a Note will be treated as its owner for all
purposes.
10.
Amendment, Supplement
and
Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may
be
amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority
in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without
limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender
offer
or exchange offer for, the Notes), and subject to certain exceptions, an
existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the
Notes
may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount
of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents
obtained
in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for,
the
Notes). Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture or the
Notes
may be amended or supplemented to, among other things, cure any ambiguity,
defect or inconsistency, or to make any change that does not adversely
affect
the rights under the Indenture of any such Holder in any material
respect.
11.
Defaults and Remedies.
In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy
or
insolvency with respect to the Company all outstanding Notes will become
due and
payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event
of
Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least
25% in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes
to be
due and payable immediately by notice in writing to the Company specifying
the
Event of Default. Holders of the Notes may not enforce the Indenture or
the
Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations,
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
may
direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. However, the
Trustee
may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture,
that may involve the Trustee in personal liability, or that the Trustee
determines in good faith may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders
of
Notes not joining in the giving of such direction, and may take any other
action
it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any such direction received
from
Holders of Notes. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice
of
any Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating
to the payment of principal, interest or Additional Interest) if it determines
that withholding notice is in their interest. Holders of a majority in
aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee
may, on
behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, rescind and annul a declaration
of
acceleration pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Indenture, and its consequences,
if
certain conditions are satisfied, and waive any related existing Default
or
Event of Default, except an Event of Default in the payment of interest
or
additional interest on, or the principal of, the Notes, if certain conditions
are satisfied.
12.
Trustee Dealings with
Company. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Notes and may be or become a creditor of, or otherwise
deal with, the Company or any of its Affiliates with the same rights it
would
have if it were not Trustee.
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13.
No Recourse Against
Others. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of
the Company, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the
Company under the Notes, the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect
of,
or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes
by
accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release
are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
14.
Authentication. This
Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of
the
Trustee or an authenticating agent.
15.
Additional Rights of
Holders
of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes. In addition
to the rights provided to Holders under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted
Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes shall have all the rights
set forth
in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December 20, 2007, between
the
Company and the parties named on the signature pages thereof or, in the
case of
Additional Notes, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive
Notes shall have the rights set forth in one or more registration rights
agreements, if any, between the Company and the other parties thereto,
relating
to rights given by the Company to the purchasers of Additional Notes (the
“Registration Rights
Agreement”).
16.
CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant
to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security
Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed
on
the Notes and the Trustee will use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption
as a
convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of
such
numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of
redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers
placed thereon.
17.
Copies of Documents.
The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without
charge
a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests
may
be made to:
If
to the
Company:
IKON
Office Solutions, Inc.
00
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Malvern,
PA 19355
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
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Assignment
Form
To
assign
this Note, fill in the form below:
(I)
or
(we) assign and transfer this Note to:
______________________________________________
(INSERT
ASSIGNEE'S LEGAL NAME)
______________________________________________
(Insert
assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
______________________________________________
(Print
or
type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
and
irrevocably appoint________________________________ to transfer this Note
on the
books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for
him.
Date:
________________________
Your
Signature: _________________________
(Sign
exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Signature
Guarantee*:
Date:
|
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Signature
of Signature Guarantee
|
*Signature
must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty
medallion
program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.
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OPTION
OF
HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If
you want to elect to have all or any
portion of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10
(“Asset Sale
Offer”) or Section 4.14 (“Change
of Control
Offer”) of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:
o
|
Asset
Sale Offer:
|
o
|
Change
of Control Offer:
|
|
in
whole
|
o
|
in
whole
|
o
|
|
in
part
|
o
|
in
part
|
o
|
|
Amount
to be
purchased:
$___________
|
Amount
to be
purchased:
$___________
|
Date:
__________________
Your
Signature: _____________________________
Sign
exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
Date:
_________________________________
Signature
Guarantee*: _________________________
Signature
must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty
medallion
program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.
Social
Security Number or
Taxpayer
Identification Number: ______________________________
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[To
be inserted
for Rule 144A Global Note]
SCHEDULE
OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE
The
following exchanges of a part of
this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive
Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note
for an
interest in this Global Note, have been made:
Date
of Exchange
|
Amount
of Decrease in Principal Amount at Maturity of this Global
Note
|
Amount
of Increase in Principal Amount at Maturity of this Global
Note
|
Principal
Amount at
Maturity
of
this Global Note Following such decrease (or increase)
|
Signature
of Authorized Officer of Trustee or Note Custodian
|
||||
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[To
be inserted
for Regulation S Global Note]
SCHEDULE
OF EXCHANGES OF LEGENDED REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE
The
following exchanges of a part of
this Legended Regulation S Global Note for an interest in another Global
Note or
of other Restricted Global Notes for an interest in this Legended Regulation
S
Global Note, have been made:
Date
of Exchange
|
Amount
of Decrease in Principal Amount at Maturity of this Global
Note
|
Amount
of Increase in Principal Amount at Maturity of this Global
Note
|
Principal
Amount at
Maturity
of
this Global Note Following such decrease (or increase)
|
Signature
of Authorized Officer of Trustee or Note Custodian
|
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EXHIBIT
B
FORM
OF
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
IKON
Office Solutions, Inc.
00
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Malvern,
PA 19355
Attention:
Chief Financial Officer
The
Bank
of New York
Corporate
Trust Division
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx — Floor 8W
New
York,
NY 10286
Re:
Senior Unsecured Floating Rate Notes due 2012
Reference
is hereby made to the
Indenture, dated as of December 20, 2007 (the “Indenture”), among IKON
Office
Solutions, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), and The Bank of New York,
as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings given to them in the Indenture.
(the
“Transferor”)
owns and proposes
to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex
A hereto,
in the principal amount at maturity of $ in such
Note[s]
or interests (the “Transfer”), to (the
“Transferee”),
as further
specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor
hereby certifies that:
[CHECK
ALL THAT APPLY]
o
Check if Transferee
will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or
a
Definitive Note Pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being
effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities
Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and,
accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial
interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the
Transferor
reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest
or
Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with
respect to
which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person
and each
such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule
144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such
Transfer is
in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state
of the
United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance
with the
terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive
Note
will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private
Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Definitive
Note and
in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
o
Check if Transferee
will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Legended Regulation
S Global
Note, or a Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The
Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903
or Rule
904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby
further
certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the
United
States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee
was
outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on
its behalf
reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the
United
States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities
of a
designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor
any Person
acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with
a buyer in
the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in
contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation
S
under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan
or scheme
to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv)
the
transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit
of a
U.S. Person (other than the Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of
the
proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the
transferred
beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions
on
transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Legended
Regulation S Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture
and the
Securities Act.
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o
Check and
complete if
Transferee will take delivery of a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant
to any
provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation
S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the
transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted
Global
Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance
with the
Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state
of the
United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies
that
(check one):
(a) such
Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof;
or
(b) such
Transfer is being effected to an Institutional Accredited Investor and
pursuant
to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act other
than Rule 144A, Rule 144 or Rule 904, and the Transferor hereby further
certifies that it has not engaged in any general solicitation within
the meaning
of Regulation D under the Securities Act and the Transfer complies with
the
transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and the
requirements of the exemption claimed, which certification is supported
by (1) a
certificate executed by the Transferee in the form of Exhibit D to
the
Indenture and (2) an opinion of counsel provided by the Transferor or
the
Transferee (a copy of which the Transferor has attached to this certification),
to the effect that such Transfer is in compliance with the Securities
Act. Upon
consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of
the
Indenture, the transferred Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions
on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the
Definitive
Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
o
Check if Transferee
will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note or of
an Unrestricted Definitive Note.
(a) Check if Transfer
is
Pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and
in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance
with the
transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue
sky
securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions
on
transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend
are not
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon
consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of
the
Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will
no longer
be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private
Placement
Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive
Notes
and in the Indenture.
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(b) Check if Transfer
is
Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to
and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act
and in
compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture
and any
applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States
and, in
the case of a transfer from a Restricted Global Note or a Restricted
Definitive
Note, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (a) the Transfer is
not being
made to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order
was
originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor
and
any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that
the
Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed
in,
on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market
and
neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that
the
transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (b) no
directed
selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of
Rule
903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (c) the
transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration
requirements of the Securities Act and (d) the transfer is not being
made to a
U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person, and (ii)
the
restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement
Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act.
Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms
of the
Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will
no longer
be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private
Placement
Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive
Notes
and in the Indenture.
(c) Check if Transfer
is
Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being
effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule
904 and
in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture
and any
applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States
and (ii)
the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private
Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with
the
Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance
with
the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive
Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in
the
Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted
Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
This
certificate and the statements
contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the
Company.
Dated:
[Insert
Name of Transferor]
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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ANNEX
A
TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
1.
The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
[CHECK
ONE OF (a) OR (b)]
o
(a) a
beneficial interest in the:
(i) 144A
Global Note (CUSIP );
or
(ii) Regulation
S Global Note (CUSIP );
or
o
(b) a Restricted Definitive Note.
2.
After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
[CHECK
ONE]
o
(a) a beneficial interest in the:
(i) 144A
Global Note (CUSIP );
or
(ii) Regulation
S Global Note (CUSIP );
or
(iii) Unrestricted
Global Note (CUSIP );
or
o
(b) a Restricted Definitive Note; or
o
(c) an Unrestricted Definitive Note.
in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
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EXHIBIT
C
FORM
OF
CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
IKON
Office Solutions, Inc.
00
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Malvern,
PA 19355
Attention:
Chief Financial Officer
The
Bank
of New York
Corporate
Trust Division
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx — Floor 8W
New
York,
NY 10286
Attention:
Corporate Trust Division
Re:
Senior Unsecured Floating Rate Notes due 2012
Reference
is hereby made to the
Indenture, dated as of December 20, 2007 (the “Indenture”), among IKON
Office
Solutions, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), and The Bank
of New
York, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have
the
meanings given to them in the Indenture.
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(the
“Owner”) owns and
proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified
herein,
in the principal amount at maturity of $ in such
Note[s]
or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection
with
the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
1.
Exchange of
Restricted
Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note
for
Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted
Global
Note.
o
Check if Exchange
is
from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest
in
an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange
of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount
at
maturity, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being
acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has
been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable
to the
Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States
Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the
restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement
Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act
and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being
acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of
any state
of the United States.
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is
from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted
Definitive
Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive
Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired
for
the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected
in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted
Global
Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii)
the
restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement
Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act
and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any
applicable
blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
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o
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is
from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global
Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted
Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note,
the
Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired
for the
Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected
in
compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive
Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii)
the
restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement
Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act
and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with
any
applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United
States.
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is
from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive
Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted
Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby
certifies
(i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own
account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance
with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes
and
pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions
on
transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend
are not
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and
(iv) the
Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any
applicable
blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
2.
Exchange of
Restricted
Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for
Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global
Notes.
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is
from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive
Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive
Note
with an equal principal amount at maturity, the Owner hereby certifies
that the
Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without
transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with
the
terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue
to
be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private
Placement
Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture
and the
Securities Act.
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is
from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global
Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s
Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK
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o 144A
Global Note; or
o Regulation
S Global Note;
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with
an
equal principal amount at maturity, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the
beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without
transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with
the
transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant
to
and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any
applicable
blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation
of
the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture,
the
beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer
enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted
Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
This
certificate and the statements
contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the
Company.
Dated:
_______________________________
[Insert
Name of
Transferor]
By:
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EXHIBIT
D
FORM
OF
CERTIFICATE FROM
ACQUIRING
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
IKON
Office Solutions, Inc.
00
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Malvern,
PA 19355
Attention:
Chief Financial Officer
The
Bank
of New York
Corporate
Trust Division
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx — Floor 8W
New
York,
NY 10286
Attention:
Corporate Trust Division
Re:
Senior Unsecured Floating Rate Notes due 2012
Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of December 20, 2007 (the “Indenture”), among IKON
Office
Solutions, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the “Company”) and The Bank
of New
York, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have
the
meanings given to them in the Indenture.
In
connection with our proposed purchase of $ aggregate
principal amount of:
(a) beneficial
interest in a Global Note, or
(b) a
Definitive Note,
we
confirm that:
1.
We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any interest
therein
is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture
and
the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise
transfer the Notes or any interest therein except in compliance with, such
restrictions and conditions and the United States Securities Act of 1933,
as
amended (the “Securities
Act”).
2.
We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered
under the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein may
not be
offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree,
on our
own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter
stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any interest therein, we shall
do so
only (A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (B) in accordance with
Rule
144A under the Securities Act to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined
therein), (C) to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined below) that,
prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a
U.S.
broker-dealer) to you and to the Company a signed letter substantially
in the
form of this letter and an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable
to
the Company to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act, (D) outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904
of
Regulation S under the Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the provisions of
Rule
144(k) under the Securities Act or (F) pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to
any
person purchasing the Definitive Note or beneficial interest in a Global
Note
from us in a transaction meeting the requirements of clauses (A) through
(E) of
this paragraph a notice advising such purchaser that resales thereof are
restricted as stated herein.
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3.
We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or beneficial interest
therein, we will be required to furnish to you and the Company such
certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Company
may
reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the
foregoing
restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will
bear a
legend to the foregoing effect.
4.
We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1),
(2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and have such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable
of
evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we
and any
accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk
of our
or its investment.
5.
We are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest therein purchased by
us for
our own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional
“accredited investor”) as to each of which we exercise sole investment
discretion.
You
and the Company are entitled to
rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter
or a
copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings
or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Dated: _____________________
[Insert
Name of Accredited Investor]
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