CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD. as Issuer, CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES N.V. and CME MEDIA ENTERPRISES B.V. as Subsidiary Guarantors, BNY CORPORATE TRUSTEE SERVICES LIMITED as Trustee, THE BANK OF NEW YORK as Security Trustee, Principal...
Exhibit
10.65
EXECUTION
COPY
as
Issuer,
CENTRAL
EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES N.V.
and
CME
MEDIA
ENTERPRISES B.V.
as
Subsidiary Guarantors,
BNY
CORPORATE TRUSTEE SERVICES LIMITED
as
Trustee,
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK
as
Security Trustee, Principal Paying Agent and Transfer Agent,
and
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.
As
Registrar, Luxembourg Transfer Agent
and
Luxembourg Paying Agent
____________________________
Dated
as
of May 16, 2007
____________________________
Senior
Floating Rate Notes due 2014
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Page
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ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
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1
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SECTION
1.1
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Definitions
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1
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SECTION
1.2
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Rules
of Construction
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26
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ARTICLE
II
THE
NOTES
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26
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SECTION
2.1
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Form
and Dating
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26
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SECTION
2.2
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Execution
and Authentication
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27
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SECTION
2.3
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Registrar
and Paying Agent
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28
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SECTION
2.4
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Paying
Agent to Hold Assets
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30
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SECTION
2.5
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List
of Holders of Notes
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30
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SECTION
2.6
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Book-Entry
Provisions for Global Notes.
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30
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SECTION
2.7
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Registration
of Transfer and Exchange.
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31
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SECTION
2.8
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Replacement
Notes
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36
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SECTION
2.9
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Outstanding
Notes
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36
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SECTION
2.10
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Treasury
Notes
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36
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SECTION
2.11
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Temporary
Notes
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37
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SECTION
2.12
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Cancellation
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37
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SECTION
2.13
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Defaulted
Interest
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37
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SECTION
2.14
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ISIN
and Common Codes
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37
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SECTION
2.15
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Deposit
of Moneys
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38
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SECTION
2.16
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Certain
Matters Relating to Global Notes
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38
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ARTICLE
III
REDEMPTION
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38
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SECTION
3.1
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Optional
Redemption
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38
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SECTION
3.2
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Notices
to Trustee
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38
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SECTION
3.3
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Selection
of Notes to Be Redeemed
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39
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SECTION
3.4
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Notice
of Redemption
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39
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SECTION
3.5
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Effect
of Notice of Redemption
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40
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SECTION
3.6
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Deposit
of Redemption Price
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40
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SECTION
3.7
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Notes
Redeemed in Part
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41
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ARTICLE
IV
COVENANTS
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41
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SECTION
4.1
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Payment
of Notes.
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41
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SECTION
4.2
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Maintenance
of Office or Agency
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42
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SECTION
4.3
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Limitation
on Indebtedness
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42
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SECTION
4.4
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Limitation
on Restricted Payments.
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45
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SECTION
4.5
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Corporate
Existence
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49
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SECTION
4.6
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Limitation
on Liens
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49
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SECTION
4.7
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Waiver
of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws
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49
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SECTION
4.8
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Limitation
on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted
Subsidiaries
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49
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SECTION
4.9
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Limitation
on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock
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51
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SECTION
4.10
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Limitation
on Affiliate Transactions
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53
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SECTION
4.11
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Listing.
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55
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SECTION
4.12
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Reports.
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55
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SECTION
4.13
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Limitation
on Lines of Business
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56
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SECTION
4.14
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Change
of Control and Rating Decline
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56
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SECTION
4.15
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Additional
Amounts
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58
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SECTION
4.16
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Payment
of Non-Income Taxes and Similar Charges
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58
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SECTION
4.17
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Compliance
Certificate; Notice of Default
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58
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SECTION
4.18
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Merger,
Amalgamation and Consolidation
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59
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SECTION
4.19
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Payments
for Consent.
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60
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SECTION
4.20
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Limitations
on Sale of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries
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61
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SECTION
4.21
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Limitation
on Guarantees of the Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantor
Indebtedness
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61
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SECTION
4.22
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Impairment
of Security Interest
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61
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ARTICLE
V SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
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61
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ARTICLE
VI DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
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61
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SECTION
6.1
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Events
of Default
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61
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SECTION
6.2
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Acceleration
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63
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SECTION
6.3
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Other
Remedies
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64
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SECTION
6.4
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The
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities
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64
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SECTION
6.5
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Rights
and Remedies Cumulative
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64
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SECTION
6.6
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Delay
or Omission Not Waiver
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64
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SECTION
6.7
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Waiver
of Past Defaults
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64
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SECTION
6.8
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Control
by Majority
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65
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SECTION
6.9
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Limitation
on Suits
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65
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SECTION
6.10
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Rights
of holders of the Notes to Receive Payment
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65
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SECTION
6.11
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Collection
Suit by Trustee
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65
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SECTION
6.12
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Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim
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66
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SECTION
6.13
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Priorities
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66
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SECTION
6.14
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Restoration
of Rights and Remedies
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67
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SECTION
6.15
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Undertaking
for Costs
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67
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SECTION
6.16
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Notices
of Default
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67
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ARTICLE
VII
TRUSTEE
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67
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SECTION
7.1
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Duties
of Trustee.
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67
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SECTION
7.2
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Rights
of Trustee
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68
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SECTION
7.3
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Individual
Rights of Trustee
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70
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SECTION
7.4
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Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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70
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SECTION
7.5
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Notice
of Default
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70
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SECTION
7.6
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Compensation
and Indemnity
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70
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SECTION
7.7
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Replacement
of Trustee
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71
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SECTION
7.8
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Successor
Trustee by Merger, etc.
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73
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ARTICLE
VIII SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF
INDENTURE
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73
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SECTION
8.1
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Option
to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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73
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SECTION
8.2
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Legal
Defeasance and Discharge
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73
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SECTION
8.3
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Covenant
Defeasance
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74
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SECTION
8.4
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Conditions
to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
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74
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SECTION
8.5
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Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture
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75
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SECTION
8.6
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Survival
of Certain Obligations
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76
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SECTION
8.7
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Acknowledgment
of Discharge by Trustee
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76
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SECTION
8.8
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Application
of Trust Moneys
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76
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SECTION
8.9
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Repayment
to the Issuer; Unclaimed Money
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76
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SECTION
8.10
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Reinstatement
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77
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ARTICLE
IX
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
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77
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SECTION
9.1
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Without
Consent of holders of the Notes
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77
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SECTION
9.2
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With
Consent of Holders of Notes
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78
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SECTION
9.3
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Revocation
and Effect of Consents
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79
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SECTION
9.4
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Notation
on or Exchange of Notes
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80
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SECTION
9.5
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Trustee
to Sign Amendments, etc.
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80
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ARTICLE
X GUARANTEES
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80
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SECTION
10.1
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Subsidiary
Guarantee.
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80
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SECTION
10.2
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Limitation
on Liability
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81
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SECTION
10.3
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No
Subrogation
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81
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SECTION
10.4
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Release
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81
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ARTICLE
XI SECURITY AND SECURITY TRUSTEE
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SECTION
11.1
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Collateral
and Security Documents
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SECTION
11.2
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Responsibilities
of Security Trustee.
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84
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SECTION
11.3
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Security
Trustee’s Individual Capacity
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84
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SECTION
11.4
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Trustee
May Perform
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84
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SECTION
11.5
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Fees,
etc.
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85
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SECTION
11.6
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Indemnification:
Disclaimers, etc.
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85
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SECTION
11.7
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Illegality;
No inconsistency
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85
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SECTION
11.8
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Rights
of Trustee, the Security Trustee and the Paying Agent
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85
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SECTION
11.9
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Parallel
Debt.
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85
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ARTICLE
XII MISCELLANEOUS
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87
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SECTION
12.1
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Notices
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87
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SECTION
12.2
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Certificate
and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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89
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SECTION
12.3
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Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion
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90
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SECTION
12.4
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Rules
by Trustee, Paying Agent (Including Principal Paying Agent),
Xxxxxxxxx
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SECTION
12.5
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Legal
Holidays
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91
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SECTION
12.6
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Governing
Law
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91
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SECTION
12.7
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Submission
to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service
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91
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SECTION
12.8
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No
Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
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92
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SECTION
12.9
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No
Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators
or
Stockholders
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92
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SECTION
12.10
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Currency
Indemnity
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92
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SECTION
12.11
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Currency
Calculation
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92
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SECTION
12.12
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Information
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92
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SECTION
12.13
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Successors
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93
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SECTION
12.14
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Counterpart
Originals
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93
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SECTION
12.15
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Severability
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93
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SECTION
12.16
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Table
of Contents, Headings, etc.
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93
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iii
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A
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Form
of Global Note
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Exhibit
B
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-
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Form
of Definitive Note
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Exhibit
C
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Form
of Transfer Certificate for Transfer from U.S. Global Note
to International Global Note
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Exhibit
D
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Form
of Transfer Certificate for Transfer from International Global
Note
to U.S. Global Note
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Exhibit
E
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Form
of Supplemental Indenture
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NOTE: This
Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this
Indenture.
i
INDENTURE,
dated as of May 16, 2007 among (i) CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.,
a
company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda (the “Issuer”), (ii)
CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES N.V., a company organized and existing under
the laws of the Netherlands Antilles (“CME NV”), (iii) CME MEDIA
ENTERPRISES B.V., a company organized and existing under the laws of the
Netherlands (“CME BV” and, together with CME NV, the “Subsidiary
Guarantors”), (iv) BNY Corporate Trustee Services Limited as Trustee, (v)
The Bank of New York as Transfer Agent, Principal Paying Agent and Security
Trustee and (vi) The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A. as Registrar, Luxembourg
Transfer Agent and Luxembourg Paying Agent.
The
Issuer has duly authorized the creation and issuance of its €150,000,000 Senior
Floating Rate Notes due 2014 (such notes, together with any Additional Notes
(as
defined herein), being referred to as the “Notes”); and, to provide
therefor, the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors have duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture. Except as otherwise
provided herein, €150,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes shall be
initially issued on the date hereof.
Each
party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for
the
equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Notes:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION
1.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Indenture,
unless otherwise specifically indicated herein, the term “consolidated” with
respect to any Person refers to such Person consolidated with its Restricted
Subsidiaries, and excludes from such consolidation any Unrestricted Subsidiary
as if such Unrestricted Subsidiary were not an Affiliate of such
Person. In addition, for purposes of the following definitions and
this Indenture generally, all ratios and computations based on GAAP shall be
made in accordance with GAAP and shall be based upon the consolidated financial
statements of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries prepared in conformity with
GAAP. As used in this Indenture, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“Additional
Amounts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.15.
“Additional
Assets” means:
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(1)
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any
property or assets (other than Indebtedness and Capital Stock) to
be used
by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in a Permitted
Business;
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(2)
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the
Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as
a result
of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Issuer; or
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(3)
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Capital
Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such
time is
a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer; provided,
however, that, in the case of clauses (2) and (3), such
Restricted Subsidiary is primarily engaged in a Permitted
Business.
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1
“Additional
Notes” means any additional principal amounts of Notes due 2014 issued from time
to time under the terms of this Indenture after the Issue Date.
“Affiliate”
of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly,
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used
with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies
of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing; provided that
beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person shall be
deemed to be control and provided further that PPF shall not be deemed
an affiliate of the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries so long as its
beneficial ownership in the Issuer does not exceed 15% of the Voting Stock
of
the Issuer.
“Affiliate
Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
“Agent”
means the Principal Paying Agent, any Registrar, Transfer Agent, Paying Agent,
Authenticating Agent, co-Registrar or the Security Trustee.
“Agent
Members” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(h).
“Asset
Disposition” means any direct or indirect sale, lease (other than an operating
lease entered into in the ordinary course of business), transfer, issuance
or
other disposition, or a series of related sales, leases, transfers, issuances
or
dispositions that are part of a common plan, of shares of Capital Stock of
a
Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares), property or other assets
(each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”) by the
Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including any disposition by
means
of a merger, amalgamation, consolidation or similar transaction.
Notwithstanding
the preceding, the following items shall not be deemed to be Asset
Dispositions:
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(1)
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a
disposition by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or by the Issuer
or a
Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted
Subsidiary;
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(2)
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the
sale of Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of
business;
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(3)
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a
disposition of inventory or other assets in the ordinary course of
business;
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(4)
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a
disposition of obsolete or worn out equipment or equipment that is
no
longer useful in the conduct of the business of the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries and that is disposed of in each case in the
ordinary course of business;
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(5)
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transactions
permitted under Section 4.18;
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(6)
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an
issuance of Capital Stock by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer
to the
Issuer or to a Restricted
Subsidiary;
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(7)
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for
purposes of Section 4.9 only, the making of a Permitted Investment
or a
disposition subject to Section 4.4;
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2
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(8)
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in
addition to dispositions covered by the other clauses of this paragraph,
dispositions of assets in a single transaction or series of related
transactions with an aggregate fair market value in any calendar
year of
not more than €5 million;
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(9)
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dispositions
in connection with Permitted Liens;
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(10)
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the
licensing or sublicensing of intellectual property or other general
intangibles and licenses, leases or subleases of other property in
the
ordinary course of business which do not materially interfere with
the
business of the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
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(11)
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dispositions
of assets or Capital Stock by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary
in
connection with the making of an Investment permitted under Clause
(11) of
the definition of “Permitted Investments”;
and
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(12)
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foreclosure
on assets.
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“Asset
Disposition Offer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.9.
“Asset
Disposition Offer Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.9.
“Asset
Disposition Offer Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.9.
“Asset
Disposition Purchase Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.9.
“Attributable
Indebtedness” in respect of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction means, as at the time
of determination, the present value (discounted at the interest rate borne
by
the Notes, compounded semi-annually) of the total obligations of the lessee
for
rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such
Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been
extended).
“Authenticating
Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Average
Life” means, as of the date of determination, with respect to any Indebtedness
or Preferred Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the
products of the numbers of years from the date of determination to the dates
of
each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption
or similar payment with respect to such Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount
of such payment by (2) the sum of all such payments.
“Bankruptcy
Law” means (i) for the purposes of the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors, any
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar statute, regulation or provision of
any
jurisdiction in which the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors are organized
or
are conducting business and (ii) for purposes of the Trustee and the holders
of
the Notes, Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar United States federal, state
or
foreign law for the relief of debtors.
“Board
of
Directors” means the board of directors of the Issuer or any committee thereof
duly authorized to act on behalf of such board.
3
“Board
Resolution” means a duly authorized resolution of the Board of Directors
certified by an Officer and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business
Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, any other day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York, Bermuda, London or the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg or a place of payment are authorized or required by law to close
or a
day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express
Transfer System in not open for settlement of payments in euros.
“Capital
Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase,
warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in
(however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock,
but
excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.
“Capitalized
Lease Obligations” means an obligation that is required to be classified and
accounted for as a capitalized lease for financial reporting purposes in
accordance with GAAP, and the amount of Indebtedness represented by such
obligation will be the capitalized amount of such obligation at the time any
determination thereof is to be made as determined in accordance with GAAP,
and
the Stated Maturity thereof will be the date of the last payment of rent or
any
other amount due under such lease prior to the first date such lease may be
terminated without penalty.
“Cash
Equivalents” means:
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(1)
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securities
issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United
States
Government, or any member state of the European Union or any agency
or
instrumentality thereof (each a “Qualified Country A”) (provided
that the full faith and credit of the Qualified Country A is pledged
in
support thereof), having maturities of not more than one
year;
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(2)
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securities
issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by Croatia or
Ukraine
or any agency or instrumentality thereof (each a “Qualified Country B”)
(provided that the full faith and credit of the Qualified Country
B is pledged in support thereof), having maturities of not more than
30
days;
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(3)
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marketable
general obligations issued by any political subdivision of any Qualified
Country A or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one
year
from the date of acquisition thereof (provided that the full
faith and credit of the Qualified Country A is pledged in support
thereof)
and, at the time of acquisition, having a credit rating of “A” or better
from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or Xxxxx’x Investors
Service, Inc.;
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(4)
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marketable
general obligations issued by any political subdivision of any Qualified
Country B or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within 30
days
from the date of acquisition thereof (provided that the full
faith and credit of the Qualified Country B is pledged in support
thereof)
and, at the time of acquisition, having a credit rating of “A” or better
from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or Xxxxx’x Investors
Service, Inc.;
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(5)
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certificates
of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits, overnight bank
deposits or bankers’ acceptances having maturities of not more than one
year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank the
long-term
debt of which is rated at the time of acquisition thereof at least
“A” or
the equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, or “A”
or the equivalent thereof by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., and having
combined capital and surplus in excess of $500
million;
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4
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(6)
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repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying
securities of the types described in clauses (1), (2) and (3) entered
into
with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (5)
above;
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(7)
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commercial
paper rated at the time of acquisition thereof at least “A-2” or the
equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or “P-2” or
the equivalent thereof by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., or carrying an
equivalent rating by an internationally recognized rating agency,
if both
of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of investments,
and in any case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition
thereof; and
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(8)
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interests
in any investment company or money market fund which invests solely
in
instruments of the type specified in clauses (1) through (5)
above.
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“Change
in Tax Law” shall have the meaning set forth in Paragraph 8 of any
Note.
“Change
of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:
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(1)
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any
“person” or “group” of related persons, other than one or more Permitted
Holders, is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly,
of
more than 35% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the
Issuer
and the Permitted Holders beneficially own, directly or indirectly,
in the
aggregate a lesser percentage of the total voting power of the Voting
Stock of the Issuer than such person or
group;
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(2)
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the
sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than
by way
of amalgamation, merger or consolidation), in one or a series of
related
transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer
and
its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” other than
the Permitted Holder;
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(3)
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the
first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors
of
the Issuer are not continuing directors;
or
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(4)
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the
adoption by the shareholders of the Issuer of a plan relating to
the
liquidation or dissolution of the
Issuer.
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For
purposes of this definition: (a) “person” and “group” have the
meanings they have in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act; (b)
“beneficial owner” is used as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under
the U.S. Exchange Act, except that a person shall be deemed to have
“beneficial ownership” of all shares that such person has the right to
acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage
of time; (c) a person will be deemed to beneficially own any Voting Stock of
an
entity held by a parent entity, if such person is the beneficial owner, directly
or indirectly, of more than 35% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of
such
parent entity and the Permitted Holders beneficially own, directly or
indirectly, in the aggregate a lesser percentage of the voting power of the
Voting Stock of such parent entity; and (d) a “Continuing Director”
means any member of the Board of Directors of the Issuer who was
a member of
such Board of Directors on the date of this Indenture or was nominated for
election or was elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of the
majority of Continuing Directors who were members of such Board at the time
of
such nomination or election.
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“Change
of Control Offer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.14.
“Change
of Control Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.14.
“Change
of Control Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.14.
“Change
of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both (i) a Change of
Control and (ii) a Rating Decline.
“Clearing
Agency” means one or more of Euroclear, Clearstream, or the successor of either
of them, in each case acting directly, or through a custodian, nominee or
depository.
“Clearstream”
means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme.
“Code”
means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral”
means the Pledged Shares and the assigned rights under the Framework
Agreement.
“Commission”
means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time
constituted, created under the U.S. Exchange Act, or if at any time after the
execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing
the
duties now assigned to it under the U.S. Securities Act and the U.S. Exchange
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
“Common
Depositary” means The Bank of New York.
“Common
Stock” means with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interest or other
participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and whether voting
or nonvoting) of such Person’s common stock whether or not outstanding on the
Issue Date, and includes, without limitation, all series and classes of such
common stock.
“Company
Order” means a written order or request signed in the name of the Issuer or a
Subsidiary Guarantor by an Officer or duly authorized members of the Management
Board, as applicable.
“Consolidated
Coverage Ratio” means as of any date of determination, with respect to any
Person, the ratio of (x) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA of such
Person for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending
prior to the date of such determination for which financial statements are
in
existence to (y) Consolidated Interest Expense for such four fiscal quarters,
provided, however, that:
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if
the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary:
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(a)
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has
Incurred any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period that
remains
outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction giving
rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is
an
Incurrence of Indebtedness, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated
Interest
Expense for such period will be calculated after giving effect on
a pro
forma basis to such Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had been
Incurred
on the first day of such period (except that in making such computation,
the amount of Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility outstanding
on the date of such calculation will be deemed to be (i) the average
daily
balance of such Indebtedness during such four fiscal quarters or
such
shorter period for which such facility was outstanding or (ii) if
such
facility was created after the end of such four fiscal quarters,
the
average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the period from
the date
of creation of such facility to the date of such calculation) and
the
discharge of any other Indebtedness repaid, repurchased, defeased
or
otherwise discharged with the proceeds of such new Indebtedness as
if such
discharge had occurred on the first day of such period;
or
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has
repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged any Indebtedness
since the beginning of the period that is no longer outstanding on
such
date of determination or if the transaction giving rise to the need
to
calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio involves a discharge of
Indebtedness (in each case other than Indebtedness Incurred under
any
revolving credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been permanently
repaid and the related commitment terminated), Consolidated EBITDA
and
Consolidated Interest Expense for such period will be calculated
after
giving effect on a pro forma basis to such discharge of such Indebtedness,
including with the proceeds of such new Indebtedness, as if such
discharge
had occurred on the first day of such
period;
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if
since the beginning of such period the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary
will have made any Asset Disposition or disposed of any company,
division,
operating unit, segment, business, group of related assets or line
of
business or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate
the
Consolidated Coverage Ratio is such an Asset
Disposition:
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(a)
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the
Consolidated EBITDA for such period will be reduced by an amount
equal to
the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) directly attributable to the
assets
which are the subject of such Asset Disposition for such period or
increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative)
directly attributable thereto for such period;
and
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(b)
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Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period will be reduced by an amount equal
to the
Consolidated Interest Expense directly attributable to any Indebtedness
of
the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, defeased
or
otherwise discharged with respect to the Issuer and its continuing
Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Disposition
for such
period (or, if the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is
sold, the
Consolidated Interest Expense for such period directly attributable
to the
Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Issuer
and
its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such
Indebtedness after such sale);
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(3)
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if
since the beginning of such period the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary
(by merger or otherwise) will have made an Investment in any Restricted
Subsidiary (or any Person which becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or
is
merged with or into the Issuer) or an acquisition of assets, including
any
acquisition of assets occurring in connection with a transaction
causing a
calculation to be made hereunder, which constitutes all or substantially
all of a company, division, operating unit, segment, business, group
of
related assets or line of business, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period will be calculated after giving
pro forma
effect thereto (including the Incurrence of any Indebtedness) as
if such
Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of such period;
and
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(4)
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if
since the beginning of such period any Person (that subsequently
became a
Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) will have
Incurred any Indebtedness or discharged any Indebtedness, made any
Asset
Disposition or any Investment or acquisition of assets that would
have
required an adjustment pursuant to clause (2) or (3) above if made
by the
Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary during such period, Consolidated
EBITDA
and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period will be calculated
after
giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Asset Disposition or Investment
or acquisition of assets occurred on the first day of such
period.
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For
purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any
calculation under this definition, the pro forma calculations will be determined
in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer
(including pro forma expense and cost reductions calculated on a basis
consistent with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act). If any
Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma
effect, the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if
the
rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for
the
entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to
such Indebtedness if such Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term in excess
of 12 months). If any Indebtedness that is being given pro forma
effect bears an interest rate at the option of the Issuer, the interest rate
shall be calculated by applying such optional rate chosen by the
Issuer.
“Consolidated
EBITDA” for any period with respect to any specified Person means, without
duplication, the Consolidated Net Income for such period of such Person, plus
the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net
Income:
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Consolidated
Interest Expense;
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(2)
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Consolidated
Income Taxes;
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(3)
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consolidated
depreciation expense;
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(4)
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consolidated
amortization of intangibles (other than amortization of programming
assets);
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(5)
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other
non-cash charges reducing Consolidated Net Income (excluding any
such
non-cash charge to the extent it represents an accrual of or reserve
for
cash charges in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash
expense that was paid in a prior period not included in the calculation);
and
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(6)
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minority
interest in (income)/loss of consolidated
subsidiaries.
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In
each
case on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Income Taxes” means, with respect to any Person for any period, taxes imposed
upon such Person or other payments required to be made by such Person by any
governmental authority which taxes or other payments are calculated by reference
to the income or profits of such Person or such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries (to the extent such income or profits were included in computing
Consolidated Net Income for such period), regardless of whether such taxes
or
payments are required to be remitted to any governmental authority.
“Consolidated
Interest Expense” means, for any period, the total interest expense of the
Issuer and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, whether paid or accrued,
plus, to the extent not included in such interest expense:
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(1)
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interest
expense attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations and the interest
portion of rent expense associated with Attributable Indebtedness
in
respect of the relevant lease giving rise thereto, determined as
if such
lease were a capitalized lease in accordance with GAAP and the interest
component of any deferred payment
obligations;
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(2)
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amortization
of debt discount and debt issuance
cost;
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(3)
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non-cash
interest expense;
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(4)
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commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters
of
credit and bankers’ acceptance
financing;
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(5)
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interest
actually paid by the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary under
any
Guarantee of Indebtedness or other obligation of any other
Person;
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(6)
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net
costs associated with Hedging Obligations (including amortization
of
fees);
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(7)
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the
consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such
period;
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(8)
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all
dividends paid or payable in cash, Cash Equivalents or Indebtedness
or
accrued during such period on any series of Disqualified Stock of
such
Person or on Preferred Stock of its Restricted Subsidiaries payable
to a
party other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
and
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(9)
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the
cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or similar
trust
to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to
pay
interest or fees to any Person (other than the Issuer) in connection
with
Indebtedness Incurred by such plan or trust; provided,
however, that there will be excluded therefrom any such interest
expense of any Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the related
Indebtedness is not Guaranteed or paid by the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any capitalized or other costs incurred by the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries relating to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness
shall not be included in the calculation of Consolidated Interest
Expense.
For
purposes of the foregoing, total interest expense will be determined after
giving effect to any net payments made or received by the Issuer and its
Subsidiaries with respect to Interest Rate Agreements.
“Consolidated
Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Issuer and its
consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided, however, that there will not be included in such
Consolidated Net Income:
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(1)
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any
net income (loss) of any Person if such Person is not a Restricted
Subsidiary, except that:
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(a)
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subject
to the limitations contained in clauses (3), (4) and (5) below, the
Issuer’s equity in the net income of any such Person for such period will
be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount
of
cash actually distributed by such Person during such period to the
Issuer
or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject,
in the case of a dividend or other distribution to a Restricted
Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (2) below);
and
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(b)
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the
Issuer’s equity in a net loss of any such Person (other than an
Unrestricted Subsidiary) for such period will be included in determining
such Consolidated Net Income to the extent such loss has been funded
with
cash from the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary;
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any
net income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary if such Subsidiary
is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, on the payment
of
dividends or the making of distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary,
directly or indirectly, to the Issuer, except
that:
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(a)
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subject
to the limitations contained in clauses (3), (4) and (5) below, the
Issuer’s equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for
such period will be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to
the
aggregate amount of cash that could have been distributed by such
Restricted Subsidiary during such period to the Issuer or another
Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or distribution paid or permitted
to
be paid, directly or indirectly, by loans, advances, intercompany
transfers or otherwise (for so long as permitted) to the Issuer or
a
Restricted Subsidiary (subject, in the case of such a dividend or
distribution to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation
contained
in this clause); and
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(b)
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the
Issuer’s equity in a net loss of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such
period will be included in determining such Consolidated Net
Income;
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(3)
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any
gain (loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any property,
plant or equipment of the Issuer or its consolidated Restricted
Subsidiaries (including pursuant to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction)
which
is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business
and any gain (loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of
any
Capital Stock of any Person;
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(4)
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any
extraordinary gain or loss;
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(5)
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any
foreign exchange gains or losses;
and
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(6)
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the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principles.
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“Corporate
Trust Office” means the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.1, or
such other address as to which the Trustee may, from time to time, give written
notice to the Issuer.
“Covenant
Defeasance” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.
“Credit
Facility” means one or more debt facilities (including the Existing Credit
Facilities) in the form of loan agreements, revolving credit facilities,
overdraft facilities, working capital facilities, syndicated credit facilities,
letters of credit and other facilities provided by commercial banks and other
financial institutions as each such facility may be amended, restated, modified,
renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured or refinanced in whole or in part
from
time to time.
“Currency
Agreement” means in respect of a Person, any foreign exchange contract, currency
swap agreement or other similar agreement as to which such Person is a party
or
a beneficiary.
“Custodian”
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, examiner, administrator,
sequestration or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
“Default”
means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would
be,
an Event of Default.
“Default
Interest Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.13.
“Definitive
Notes” means Notes in definitive registered form substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto.
“Disqualified
Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which
by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible
or
for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event:
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matures
or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation
or
otherwise;
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(2)
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is
convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock
(excluding Capital Stock which is convertible or exchangeable solely
at
the option of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary);
or
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(3)
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is
redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock thereof,
in
whole or in part, in each case, on or prior to the date that is 91
days
after the date (a) on which the Notes mature or (b) on which there
are no
Notes outstanding, provided that only the portion of Capital
Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible
or
exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof
prior
to such date will be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided,
further, that any Capital Stock that would constitute
Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right
to
require the Issuer to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence
of
a change of control or asset sale (each defined in a substantially
identical manner to the corresponding definitions in this Indenture)
shall
not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock
(and
all such securities into which it is convertible or for which it
is
ratable or exchangeable) provide that the Issuer may not repurchase
or
redeem any such Capital Stock (and all such securities into which
it is
convertible or for which it is ratable or exchangeable) pursuant
to such
provision prior to compliance by the Issuer with Sections 4.9 and
4.14
hereof and such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.4
hereof.
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“EBRD
Loan” means the five year revolving loan agreement dated July 21, 2006, arranged
by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
“Euroclear”
means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear
System.
“Event
of
Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“Excess
Proceeds” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.9.
“Existing
Credit Facilities” means the EBRD Loan; the credit facility dated October 27,
2005 between CET 21 spol. s r.o. and Ceska Sporitelna, a.s.; the working capital
credit facility dated October 27, 2005 between CET 21 spol. s r.o. and Ceska
Sporitelna, a.s.; the factoring facility dated October 27, 2005 between CET
21 s
r.o. and Factoring Ceska Sporitelna, a.s.; and the revolving five-year facility
dated July 29, 2005 between Produkcija Plus d.o.o. and ING Bank N.V., Nova
Ljubljanska d.d., Ljubljana and Bank Austria Creditanstalt d.d.,
Ljubljana.
“Framework
Agreement” means the framework agreement by and between the Issuer and PPF
(Cyprus) Ltd., dated as of December 13, 2004.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
as in effect from time to time, including those set forth in the opinions and
the pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants and the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a
significant segment of the accounting profession. All ratios and
computations based on GAAP contained in this Indenture will be computed in
conformity with GAAP.
“Global
Note” shall mean one or more International Global Notes or U.S. Global
Notes.
“Government
Obligations” means direct non-callable and non-redeemable obligations (in each
case, with respect to the issuer thereof) of any member state of the European
Union that is a member of the European Union as of the date of this Indenture
or
of the United States of America (including, in each case, any agency or
instrumentality thereof), as the case may be, the payment of which is secured
by
the full faith and credit of the applicable member state or of the United States
of America, as the case may be.
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“Guarantee”
means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or
indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation,
direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:
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to
purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment
of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue
of
partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase
assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain
financial statement conditions or otherwise);
or
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(2)
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entered
into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of
such
Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against
loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided,
however, that the term “Guarantee” will not include endorsements
for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The
term
“Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding
meaning.
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“Guarantor
Subordinated Obligations” means, with respect to a Subsidiary Guarantor, any
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor (whether outstanding on the Issue
Date
or thereinafter Incurred) which is expressly subordinate in right of payment
to
the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee
pursuant to a written agreement.
“Hedging
Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any
Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Agreement.
“Incur”
means issue, create, assume, Guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for;
provided, however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a
Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether
by amalgamation, merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) will be deemed
to be incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary; and the terms “Incurred” and “Incurrence” have meanings correlative
to the foregoing.
“Indebtedness”
means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without
duplication):
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the
principal of and premium (if any) in respect of indebtedness of such
Person for borrowed money;
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(2)
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the
principal of and premium (if any) in respect of obligations of such
Person
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments;
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(3)
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the
principal component of all obligations of such Person in respect
of
letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments
(including reimbursement obligations with respect thereto except
to the
extent such reimbursement obligation relates to a trade payable and
such
obligation is satisfied within 30 days of
Incurrence);
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the
principal component of all obligations of such Person to pay the
deferred
and unpaid purchase price of property (except trade payables), which
purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing
such
property in service or taking delivery and title
thereto;
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Capitalized
Lease Obligations and all Attributable Indebtedness of such
Person;
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(6)
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the
principal component or liquidation preference of all obligations
of such
Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase
of
any Disqualified Stock or, with respect to any Subsidiary, any Preferred
Stock (but excluding, in each case, any accrued
dividends);
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(7)
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the
principal component of all Indebtedness of other Persons secured
by a Lien
on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is
assumed
by such Person; provided, however, that the amount of
such Indebtedness will be the lesser of (a) the fair market value
of such
asset at such date of determination and (b) the amount of such
Indebtedness of such other Persons;
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(8)
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the
principal component of Indebtedness of other Persons to the extent
Guaranteed by such Person; and
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(9)
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to
the extent not otherwise included in this definition, net obligations
of
such Person under Currency Agreements and Interest Rate Agreements
(the
amount of any such obligations to be equal at any time to the termination
value of such agreement or arrangement giving rise to such obligation
that
would be payable by such Person at such
time).
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The
amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date will be the outstanding balance
at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and the maximum
liability, upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation,
of any contingent obligations at such date.
In
addition, “Indebtedness” of any Person shall include Indebtedness described in
the preceding paragraph that would not appear as a liability on the balance
sheet of such Person if:
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such
Indebtedness is the obligation of a partnership or Joint Venture
that is
not a Restricted Subsidiary;
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(2)
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such
Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a general partner
of
the Joint Venture (a “General Partner”);
and
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(3)
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there
is recourse, by contract or operation of law, with respect to the
payment
of such Indebtedness to property or assets of such Person or a Restricted
Subsidiary of such Person; and then such Indebtedness shall be included
in
an amount not to exceed:
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the
lesser of (i) the net assets of the General Partner and (ii) the
amount of
such obligations to the extent that there is recourse, by contract
or
operation of law, to the property or assets of such Person or a Restricted
Subsidiary of such Person; or
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if
less than the amount determined pursuant to clause (a) immediately
above,
the actual amount of such Indebtedness that is recourse to such Person
or
a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, if the Indebtedness is evidenced
by a writing and is for a determinable amount and the related interest
expense shall be included in Consolidated Interest Expense to the
extent
actually paid by the Issuer or its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
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“Indenture”
means this Indenture, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time
in
accordance with the terms hereof.
“Intercreditor
Agreement” means the intercreditor deed, dated on or about the Issue Date, among
others, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and the Security
Trustee, as amended from time to time.
“Interest
Rate Agreement” means, with respect to any Person, any interest rate protection
agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement,
interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar
agreement, interest rate hedge agreement or other similar agreement or
arrangement as to which such Person is party or a beneficiary.
“International
Global Note” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1
hereof.
“International
Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 hereof.
“Investment”
means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other
Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of any direct or indirect advance,
loan (other than advances to customers in the ordinary course of business)
or
other extension of credit (including by way of Guarantee or similar arrangement,
but excluding any debt or extension of credit represented by a bank deposit
other than a time deposit) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer
of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services
for
the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock,
Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued by, such Person and all other
items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared
in accordance with GAAP; provided that none of the following will be
deemed to be an Investment:
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(1)
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Hedging
Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business and in
compliance with this Indenture;
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(2)
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endorsements
of negotiable instruments and documents in the ordinary course of
business; and
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(3)
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an
acquisition of assets, Capital Stock or other securities by the Issuer
or
a Subsidiary for consideration to the extent such consideration consists
of common equity securities of the
Issuer.
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For
purposes of Section 4.4 of this Indenture:
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“Investment”
will include the portion (proportionate to the Issuer’s equity interest in
a Restricted Subsidiary to be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary)
of
the fair market value of the net assets of such Restricted Subsidiary
of
the Issuer at the time that such Restricted Subsidiary is designated
an
Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a
redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the
Issuer
will be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an
Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (a) the
Issuer’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation
less (b) the portion (proportionate to the Issuer’s equity interest in
such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets (as
conclusively determined by the Board of Directors of the Issuer in
good
faith) of such Subsidiary at the time that such Subsidiary is so
redesignated a Restricted Subsidiary;
and
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any
property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be
valued
at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case
as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Issuer. If the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Issuer sells or otherwise disposes of any Voting Stock of any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Issuer such that, after giving effect to any such
sale
or disposition, such entity is no longer a Subsidiary of the Issuer,
the
Issuer shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of
any such
sale or disposition equal to the fair market value (as conclusively
determined by the Board of Directors of the Issuer in good faith)
of the
Capital Stock of such Subsidiary not sold or disposed
of.
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“Issue
Date” means the date on which the Notes are originally issued.
“Joint
Venture” means any joint venture entity, whether a company, unicorporated firm,
undertaking, association, joint venture or partnership that is not a Restricted
Subsidiary in which the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer has an interest
from time to time.
“Legal
Defeasance” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2.
“Lien”
means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge
of
any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement
or
lease in the nature thereof).
“Maturity
Date” means May 15, 2014.
“Moody’s”
means Xxxxx’x Investor Service, Inc. or its successor.
“Net
Available Cash” from an Asset Disposition means cash payments received
(including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal
pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and
when
received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of
assumption by the acquiring person of Indebtedness or other obligations relating
to the properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition
or
received in any other non-cash form) therefrom, in each case net
of:
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all
legal, accounting, investment banking, title and recording tax expenses,
commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all national,
provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be paid or accrued
as a
liability under GAAP (after taking into account any available tax
credits
or deductions and any tax sharing agreements), as a consequence of
such
Asset Disposition;
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all
payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by any assets
subject
to such Asset Disposition, in accordance with the terms of any Lien
upon
such assets, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a
necessary
consent to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable law be repaid
out of
the proceeds from such Asset
Disposition;
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(3)
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all
distributions and other payments required to be made to minority
interest
holders in Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures as a result of such Asset
Disposition; and
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(4)
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the
deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the seller as
a
reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated
with
the assets disposed of in such Asset Disposition and retained by
the
Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset
Disposition.
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“Net
Cash
Proceeds,” with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock, means the cash
proceeds of such issuance or sale net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees,
underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, listing fees, discounts or commissions
and brokerage, consultant and other fees and charges actually incurred and
paid
in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as
a
result of such issuance or sale (after taking into account any available tax
credit or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements).
“Non-Recourse
Debt” means Indebtedness:
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(1)
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as
to which neither the Issuer nor any Restricted Subsidiary (a) provides
any
Guarantee or credit support of any kind (including any undertaking,
guarantee, indemnity, agreement or instrument that would constitute
Indebtedness) or (b) is directly or indirectly liable (as a guarantor
or
otherwise); and
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(2)
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no
default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders
thereof may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted
Subsidiary) would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any
holder
of any other Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary
to
declare a default under such other Indebtedness or cause the payment
thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated
maturity.
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“Notes”
shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Indenture.
“Offering
Memorandum” means the Offering Memorandum, dated May 9, 2007, relating to the
Notes.
“Officer”
means the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice
President or the Secretary of the Issuer.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers or by an Officer and
either an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of the
Issuer.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the
Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or the
Trustee.
“Original
Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Indenture.
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“Pari
Passu Indebtedness” means Indebtedness that ranks equally in right of payment to
the Notes.
“Pari
Passu Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.9.
“Paying
Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Payor”
shall mean the Issuer, any Subsidiary Guarantor or a successor of any
thereof.
“Permitted
Business” means (a) any business conducted by the Issuer and any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of this Indenture, (b) any reasonable
extension of such business and (c) any business reasonably related, ancillary
or
complementary thereto.
“Permitted
Holders” means (a) each beneficial owner of the Issuer’s Class B Common Stock on
the Issue Date, (b) family members of any beneficial holder of the Issuer’s
Class B Common Stock on the Issue Date, (c) trusts, the only beneficiaries
of
which are persons or entities described in (a) and (b) above, and (d)
partnerships, corporations, or limited liability companies which are controlled
by the persons or entities described in (a) or (b) above.
“Permitted
Investment” means an Investment by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary
in:
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(1)
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a
Restricted Subsidiary or a Person which will, upon the making of
such
Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary; provided,
however, that the primary business of such Restricted Subsidiary
is a Permitted Business;
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another
Person if as a result of such Investment such other Person is merged
or
consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially
all its assets to, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided, however, that such Person’s primary business
is a Permitted Business;
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cash
and Cash Equivalents;
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(4)
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receivables
owing to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary created or acquired
in
the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance
with customary trade terms; provided, however, that such
trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the Issuer
or
any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the
circumstances;
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payroll,
travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at
the time
of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting
purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of
business;
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(6)
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loans
or advances to employees (other than executive directors) made in
the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practices of the
Issuer
or such Restricted Subsidiary;
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(7)
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Capital
stock, obligations or securities received in settlement of debts
created
in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments or pursuant
to any
plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy
or
insolvency of a debtor;
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(8)
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Investments
made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an
Asset
Disposition that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section
4.9;
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(9)
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Investments
in existence on the Issue Date;
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(10)
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Currency
Agreements, Interest Rate Agreements and related Hedging Obligations,
which transactions or obligations are Incurred in compliance with
Section
4.3 of this Indenture;
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(11)
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Investments
by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in Joint Ventures with another
Person for the purpose of engaging in a Permitted Business; provided
that the Issuer is able to Incur an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness
pursuant to clause (a) of Section 4.3 after giving effect, on a pro
forma basis, to such
Investment;
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(12)
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Investments
by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, together with
all
other Investments pursuant to this clause (12), in an aggregate amount
at
the time of such Investment not to exceed €40 million outstanding at any
one time; and
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(13)
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Guarantees
issued in accordance with Section 4.3 of this
Indenture.
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“Permitted
Liens” means, with respect to any Person:
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(1)
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Liens
securing Indebtedness and other obligations under a Credit Facility
permitted to be Incurred under clause (b)(1) of Section 4.3 of this
Indenture;
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(2)
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Liens
securing Indebtedness and other obligations Incurred under clause
(b)(11)
of Section 4.3;
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(3)
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pledges
or deposits by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment
insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in
connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment
of
Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits
to
secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits
of cash
or Government Obligations to secure surety or appeal bonds to which
such
Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or
import
or customs duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred
in the
ordinary course of business;
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(4)
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Liens
imposed by law, including carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens,
in each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith
by
appropriate proceedings if a reserve or other appropriate provisions,
if
any, as shall be required by GAAP, shall have been made in respect
thereof;
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(5)
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Liens
for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet subject
to
penalties for non payment or which are being contested in good faith
by
appropriate proceedings, provided appropriate reserves required pursuant
to GAAP have been made in respect
thereof;
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Liens
in favor of issuers of surety or performance bonds or letters of
credit or
bankers’ acceptances issued pursuant to the request of and for the account
of such Person in the ordinary course of its business; provided,
however, that such letters of credit do not constitute
Indebtedness;
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encumbrances,
easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses,
rights of
way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other
similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of
real
properties or liens incidental to the conduct of the business of
such
Person or to the ownership of its properties which do not in the
aggregate
materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially
impair their use in the operation of the business of such
Person;
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(8)
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Liens
securing Hedging Obligations so long as the related Indebtedness
is, and
is permitted to be under this Indenture, secured by a Lien on the
same
property securing such Hedging
Obligation;
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(9)
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leases
and subleases of real property which do not materially interfere
with the
ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
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(10)
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judgment
Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as such Lien
is
adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings which may
have
been duly initiated for the review of such judgment have not been
finally
terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated
has not expired;
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Liens
for the purpose of securing the payment of all or a part of the purchase
price of, or Capitalized Lease Obligations with respect to, assets
or
property acquired or constructed in the ordinary course of business;
provided that:
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the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens
is
otherwise permitted to be Incurred under this Indenture and does
not
exceed the cost of the assets or property so acquired or constructed;
and
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(b)
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such
Liens are created within 180 days of construction or acquisition
of such
assets or property and do not encumber any other assets or property
of the
Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary other than such assets or property
and
assets affixed or appurtenant
thereto;
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(12)
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Liens
arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions
relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and
remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a
depositary institution; provided that such deposit account is not
intended by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to provide collateral
to the depository institution;
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(13)
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Liens
arising from United States Uniform Commercial Code financing statement
filings (or similar filings in other applicable jurisdictions) regarding
operating leases entered into by the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business;
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(14)
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Liens
existing on the Issue Date;
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(15)
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Liens
on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person
becomes
a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such
Liens are not created, incurred or assumed in connection with, or
in
contemplation of, such other Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary;
providedfurther, however, that any such Lien
may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary;
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Liens
on property at the time the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired
the
property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation
with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided,
however, that such Liens are not created, incurred or assumed in
connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition;
providedfurther, however, that such Liens may
not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary;
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(17)
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Liens
securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary
owing to the Issuer or another Restricted
Subsidiary;
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(18)
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Liens
securing the Notes or any Subsidiary
Guarantee;
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(19)
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Liens
securing Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness
that
was previously so secured, provided that any such Lien is limited
to all or part of the same property or assets (plus improvements,
replacement accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in
respect
thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which
the
original Lien arose, could secure) the Indebtedness being refinanced
or is
in respect of property that is the security for a Permitted Lien
hereunder;
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(20)
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any
interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease Obligation
or
operating lease; and
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(21)
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Liens
securing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of any customary cash
management, cash pooling or netting or setting off arrangements (notional
or otherwise) entered into in the ordinary course of
business.
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“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association,
company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company,
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other
entity.
“Pledged
Shares” means the shares of the Guarantors pledged as security pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Preferred
Stock,” as applied to the Capital Stock of any corporation, means Capital Stock
of any class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the
payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary
or
involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such corporation, over shares of
Capital Stock of any other class of such corporation.
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“Principal
Paying Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Private
Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.7(g).
“Public
Equity Offering” means a public offering for cash by the Issuer of its common
stock, or options, warrants or rights with respect to its common stock (A)
for
Net Cash Proceeds of at least $50 million and (B) where such common stock is
listed or quoted on a recognized securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation
system.
“Qualified
Institutional Buyer” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 144A under
the U.S. Securities Act.
“Rating
Agencies” means Moody’s or S&P and if Moody’s or S&P shall not make a
rating of the Notes publicly available, an internationally recognized securities
rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, which shall be substituted for
Moody’s or S&P or each of them as the case may be.
“Rating
Date” means the date which is the day prior to the initial public announcement
by the Issuer or the proposed acquirer that (i) the acquirer has entered into
one or more binding agreements with the Issuer and/or shareholders of the Issuer
that would give rise to a Change of Control or (ii) the proposed acquirer has
commenced an offer to acquire outstanding Voting Stock of the
Issuer.
“Rating
Decline” shall be deemed to occur if on the 60th day following
the
occurrence of a Change of Control the rating of the Notes by either Rating
Agency shall have been either (i) withdrawn or (ii) downgraded, by one or more
degradations, from the ratings in effect on the Rating Date.
“Record
Date” means the Record Dates specified in the Notes.
“Redemption
Date” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the date fixed
for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture and Paragraph 7 of any
Note.
“Redemption
Price” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the price fixed
for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture and Paragraphs 7 and 8 of
any Note.
“Refinancing
Indebtedness” means Indebtedness that is Incurred to refund, refinance, replace,
exchange, renew, repay or extend (including pursuant to any defeasance or
discharge mechanism) (collectively, “refinance,” “refinances,” and “refinanced”
shall have a correlative meaning) any Indebtedness existing on the date of
this
Indenture or Incurred in compliance with this Indenture (including Indebtedness
of the Issuer that refinances Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary and
Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of
another Restricted Subsidiary) including Indebtedness that refinances
Refinancing Indebtedness; provided, however,
that:
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(a)
if the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced is earlier
than the Stated Maturity of the Notes, the Refinancing Indebtedness
has a
Stated Maturity no earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness
being refinanced or (b) if the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness
being
refinanced is later than the Stated Maturity of the Notes, the Refinancing
Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity at least 91 days later than the
Stated
Maturity of the Notes;
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the
Refinancing Indebtedness has an Average Life at the time such Refinancing
Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal to or greater than the Average
Life
of the Indebtedness being
refinanced;
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(3)
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such
Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred in an aggregate principal amount
(or
if issued with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price)
that is
equal to or less than the sum of the aggregate principal amount (or
if
issued with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value)
then
outstanding of Indebtedness being refinanced (plus, without duplication,
any additional Indebtedness Incurred to pay interest or premiums
required
by the instruments governing such existing Indebtedness and fees
incurred
in connection therewith); and
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(4)
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if
the Indebtedness being refinanced is subordinated in right of payment
to
the Notes or a Subsidiary Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor, such
Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the
Notes
or such Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, 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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“Registrar”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 of this Indenture.
“Regulation
S” means Regulation S (including any successor regulation thereto) under the
U.S. Securities Act, as it may be amended from time to time.
“Relevant
Taxing Jurisdiction” shall have the meaning set forth in Paragraph 2 of any
Note.
“Restricted
Investment” means any Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“Restricted
Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.
“Restricted
Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(c).
“Restricted
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Issuer other than an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“Rule
144” means Rule 144 (including any successor regulation thereto) under the U.S.
Securities Act, as it may be amended from time to time.
“Rule
144A” means Rule 144A (including any successor regulation thereto) under
the U.S. Securities Act, as it may be amended from time to time.
“Sale/Leaseback
Transaction” means an arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter
acquired whereby the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property
to a Person and the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such
Person.
“Security
Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1.
“Security
Trustee” means the security trustee from time to time under the Security
Documents, which shall initially be The Bank of New York.
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“Significant
Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “Significant
Subsidiary” of the Issuer within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X
promulgated by the Commission as of the date of this Indenture.
“S&P”
means Standard and Poor’s Ratings Group and its successors.
“Stated
Maturity” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such
security as the fixed date on which the payment of principal of such security
is
due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision,
but
shall not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase
any
such principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment
thereof.
“Subordinated
Obligation” means any Indebtedness of the Issuer (whether outstanding on the
Issue Date or thereafter Incurred), which is subordinate or junior in right
of
payment to the Notes pursuant to a written agreement.
“Subsidiary”
of any Person means (i) any corporation, association, partnership, joint
venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which more than
50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other interests
(including partnership and joint venture interests) 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 (1) such Person, (2) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries
of
such Person or (3) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (ii) any
corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company
or other business entity which is consolidated with the Issuer and its
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP. Unless otherwise specified
herein, each reference to a Subsidiary will refer to a Subsidiary of the
Issuer.
“Subsidiary
Guarantee” means, individually, any guarantee of payment of the Notes by a
Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and any
supplemental indenture hereto, and collectively, all such
Guarantees. Each Subsidiary Guarantee will be in a form prescribed
herein.
“Subsidiary
Guarantors” means Central European Media Enterprises N.V. and CME Media
Enterprises B.V.
“Successor
Company” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.18(a)(1).
“Tax
Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the
date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture and Paragraph 8 of
any
Note.
“Taxes”
shall have the meaning set forth in Paragraph 2 of any Note.
“Transfer
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Issuer to effectuate the exchange or
transfer of any Note on behalf of the Issuer hereunder.
“Trust
Officer” means any officer within BNY Corporate Trustee Services Limited (or any
successor group of the Trustee), including any director, managing director,
vice
president, assistant vice president, corporate trust officer, assistant
corporate trust officer, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer, assistant
treasurer, associate or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the persons
who
at that time shall be such officers having direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture, and also means, with respect to a particular
corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such trust matter is referred
because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
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“Trustee”
means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces
it in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means such
successor.
“Unrestricted
Subsidiary” means:
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(1)
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any
Subsidiary of the Issuer that at the time of determination shall
be
designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of
the
Issuer in the manner provided below;
and
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(2)
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any
Subsidiary of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
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The
Board
of Directors of the Issuer may designate any Subsidiary of the Issuer (including
any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary or a Person becoming a Subsidiary
through merger or consolidation or Investment therein) to be an Unrestricted
Subsidiary only if:
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(1)
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such
Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries does not own any Capital Stock
or
Indebtedness of or have any Investment in, or own or hold any Lien
on any
property of, any other Subsidiary of the Issuer which is not a Subsidiary
of the Subsidiary to be so designated or otherwise an Unrestricted
Subsidiary;
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(2)
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all
the Indebtedness of such Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries shall, at
the
date of designation, and will at all times thereafter, consist of
Non-Recourse Debt;
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(3)
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such
designation and the Investment of the Issuer in such Subsidiary complies
with Section 4.4 of this Indenture;
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(4)
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such
Subsidiary, either alone or in the aggregate with all other Unrestricted
Subsidiaries, does not operate, directly or indirectly, all or
substantially all of the business of the Issuer and its
Subsidiaries;
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(5)
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such
Subsidiary is a Person with respect to which neither the Issuer nor
any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect
obligation:
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(a)
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to
subscribe for additional Capital Stock of such Person;
or
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(b)
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to
maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such
Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results;
and
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(6)
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on
the date such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary,
such
Subsidiary is not a party to any agreement, contract, arrangement
or
understanding with the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary with terms
substantially less favorable to the Issuer than those that might
have been
obtained from Persons who are not Affiliates of the
Issuer.
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Any
such
designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by
filing with the Trustee a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Issuer
giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that
such designation complies with the foregoing conditions. If, at any time, any
Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the foregoing requirements as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted
Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such
Subsidiary shall be deemed to be Incurred as of such date.
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The
Board
of Directors of the Issuer may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be
a
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that immediately after giving effect to
such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof and the Issuer could incur
at
least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.3(a) hereof on a pro
forma basis taking into account such designation.
“U.S.
Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“U.S.
Global Note” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
“U.S.
Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
“U.S.
Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“Voting
Stock” of a corporation means all classes of Capital Stock of such corporation
then outstanding and normally entitled to vote in the election of members of
the
board of directors or a management board, directors or persons acting in a
similar capacity on similar corporate bodies.
SECTION
1.2 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 words in the plural include the
singular;
(e) provisions
apply to successive events and transactions; and
(f) “herein,”
“hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole
and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
ARTICLE
II
THE
NOTES
SECTION
2.1 Form and Dating. The Notes and the notation
relating to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication thereof shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibits A or B, as applicable. The
Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock
exchange rules or usage. The Issuer and the Trustee shall approve the
form of the Notes and any notation, legend or endorsement on them not
inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture. Each Note shall be
dated the date of its issuance and shall show the date of its
authentication.
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The
terms
and provisions contained in the Notes, annexed hereto as Exhibits A and B,
shall
constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to
the
extent applicable, the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, the
Security Trustee, the Principal Paying Agent and the Luxembourg Paying Agent,
by
their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms
and provisions and to be bound thereby. The Notes will initially be
represented by the Global Notes.
As
long
as the Notes are in global form, the Principal Paying Agent (in lieu of the
Trustee) shall be responsible for:
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(i)
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effecting
payments due on the Global Notes (following receipt of payment thereof
from Issuer); and
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(ii)
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arranging
on behalf of and at the expense of the Issuer for notices to be
communicated to holders of the Notes in accordance with the terms
of this
Indenture.
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Each
reference in this Indenture to the performance of duties set forth in clauses
(i) and (ii) above by the Trustee includes performance of such duties by the
Principal Paying Agent.
Notes
offered and sold in their initial distribution in reliance on Regulation S
shall be initially issued as one or more global notes, in registered global
form
without interest coupons, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, with
such applicable legends as are provided in Exhibits A hereto, except as
otherwise permitted herein. Such Global Notes shall be referred to
collectively herein as the “International Global Notes.” The
aggregate principal amount of the International Global Notes may from time
to
time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee
(following receipt by the Trustee of all information required hereunder), as
hereinafter provided (or by the issue of a further International Global Note),
in connection with a corresponding decrease or increase in the aggregate
principal amount of the U.S. Global Note (as defined below) or in consequence
of
the issue of Definitive Notes or additional International Notes, as hereinafter
provided. The International Global Note and all other Notes that are
not U.S. Notes shall collectively be referred to herein as the “International
Notes.”
Notes
offered and sold in their initial distribution in reliance on Rule 144A
shall be initially issued as one or more global notes in registered, global
form
without interest coupons, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, with
such applicable legends as are provided in Exhibit A, except as otherwise
permitted herein. Such Global Notes shall be referred to collectively
herein as the “U.S. Global Notes.” The aggregate principal
amount of the U.S. Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased
by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee (following receipt by the
Trustee of all information required hereunder), as hereinafter provided (or
by
the issue of further U.S. Global Notes), in connection with a corresponding
decrease or increase in the aggregate principal amount of the relevant
International Global Notes or in consequence of the issue of Definitive Notes
or
additional U.S. Notes, as hereinafter provided. The U.S. Global Notes
and all other Notes, if any, evidencing the debt, or any portion of the debt,
initially evidenced by such U.S. Global Note, shall collectively be referred
to
herein as the “U.S. Notes.”
SECTION
2.2 Execution and Authentication. One Officer
shall sign the Notes for the Issuer by manual or facsimile
signature.
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If
an
Officer whose signature is on a Note was an Officer at the time of such
execution but no longer holds that office or position at the time the Trustee
authenticates the Notes, the Notes shall be valid nevertheless. The
Trustee shall be entitled to rely on such signature as authentic and shall
be
under no obligation to make any investigation in relation thereto.
A
Note
shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs
the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be
conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this
Indenture.
Except
as
otherwise provided herein, the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may
be
outstanding at any time under this Indenture is not limited in
amount. The Trustee shall authenticate such Notes which shall consist
of (i) Original Notes for original issue on the Issue Date in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed €150,000,000 and (ii) Additional Notes from time
to time for issuance after the Issue Date to the extent otherwise permitted
hereunder (including, without limitation, under Section 4.3 hereof), in each
case upon receipt by the Trustee of a Company Order in the form of an Officers’
Certificate. Additional Notes will be treated as the same series of
Notes as the Original Notes for all purposes under this Indenture, including,
without limitation, for purposes of waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers
to purchase. Such Company Order shall specify the aggregate principal
amount of Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the Notes are to be
authenticated, the issue price and the date from which interest on such Notes
shall accrue, whether the Notes are to be Original Notes or Additional Notes,
whether the Notes are to be issued as Definitive Notes or Global Notes and
whether or not the Notes shall bear the Private Placement Legend, or such other
information as the Trustee may reasonably request. In addition, such
Company Order shall include (a) a statement that the Persons signing the Company
Order have (i) read and understood the provisions of this Indenture relevant
to
the statements in the Company Order and (ii) made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable them to make such statements and (b)
a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
on which the statements set forth in the Company Order are based. In
authenticating the Notes and accepting the responsibilities under this Indenture
in relation to the Notes, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall
be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel in a form reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee stating that the form and terms thereof have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, do not give
rise to a Default and that the issuance of such Notes has been duly authorized
by the Issuer and, if applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors. Upon
receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate Notes in substitution
of Notes originally issued to reflect any name change of the
Issuer.
The
Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent (“Authenticating Agent”)
reasonably acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate Notes. Unless
otherwise provided in the appointment, an Authenticating Agent may authenticate
Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this
Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as
an Agent to deal with the Issuer and Affiliates of the Issuer.
The
Notes
shall be issuable only in denominations of €50,000 and any integral multiple of
€1,000 in excess thereof.
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SECTION
2.3 Registrar and Paying Agent. (a) The Issuer shall maintain
an office or agency in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, where Global Notes may
be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange
(“Registrar”). The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency
in London, England, where (i) Global Notes may be presented or surrendered
for
payment (“Principal Paying Agent”) and (ii) notices and demands in
respect of such Global Notes and this Indenture may be served. In the
event that Definitive Notes are issued, (x) Definitive Notes may be
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange,
(y) Definitive Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment and
(z) notices and demands in respect of the Definitive Notes and this
Indenture may be served at an office of the Registrar or the Principal Paying
Agent, as applicable, in London, England. The Registrar shall keep a register
of
the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Issuer, upon notice
to the Trustee, may have one or more co-Registrars and one or more additional
Paying Agents reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The term
“Registrar” includes any co-Registrar, and the term “Paying Agent”
includes any additional Paying Agent. The Issuer or any of its
Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar for the Notes, provided that,
for so long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the
rules of such stock exchange so require, the Issuer will appoint a person in
The
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee as an
additional Paying Agent for the Notes. The Issuer initially appoints
The Bank of New York as Transfer Agent and Principal Paying Agent until such
time as The Bank of New York has resigned and a successor has been
appointed. In addition, the Issuer appoints The Bank of New York
(Luxembourg) S.A. as Registrar, Luxembourg Paying Agent, and Luxembourg Transfer
Agent provided that, if the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
and the rules of such stock exchange so require, the Issuer will continue to
maintain a Paying Agent in The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg who is reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee. In the event that a Paying Agent or
Transfer Agent is replaced, the Issuer will provide notice thereof, published,
if and so long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and
the
rules of such stock exchange so require, in a daily newspaper with general
circulation in The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (which is expected to be the
d’Wort) or on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange at
xxx.xxxxxx.xx, and, in the case of Definitive Notes, in addition to such
publication, mailed by first-class mail to each holder’s registered address, as
it appears on the register of the Notes held by the Registrar, with a copy
to
the Trustee. The Issuer may change any Registrar or Paying Agent
without prior notice to the holders of the Notes as long as a Luxembourg Paying
Agent is kept so long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
and the rules of such stock exchange so require. Payment of principal
will be made upon the surrender of Definitive Notes at the office of any Paying
Agent, including, if any, the Paying Agent in The Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg. In the case of a transfer of a Definitive Note in part,
upon surrender of the Definitive Note to be transferred, a Definitive Note
shall
be issued to the transferee in respect of the principal amount transferred
and a
Definitive Note shall be issued to the transferor in respect of the balance
of
the principal amount of the transferred Definitive Note at the office of any
Transfer Agent, including, if any, the Transfer Agent in The Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg.
The
Bank
of New York will initially act as Principal Paying Agent for the
Notes. The Issuer will also undertake, to the extent possible, to
maintain a Paying Agent in a European Union member state that will not be
obliged to withhold or deduct tax pursuant to the European Union Directive
2003/48/EC regarding the taxation of savings income (the
“Directive”). The Issuer may change the Paying Agent or Registrar for
the Notes without prior notice to the holders of the Notes, and the Issuer,
or
any of its subsidiaries, may act as Paying Agent or Registrar for the
Notes. In the event that a Paying Agent or the Registrar is replaced,
the Issuer will provide notice thereof in accordance with the procedures
described below under Section 12.1.
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Claims
against the Issuer for payment of principal, interest and Additional Amounts,
if
any, on the Notes will become void unless presentment for payment is made (where
so required herein) within, in the case of principal and Additional Amounts,
if
any, a period of ten years or, in the case of interest, a period of five years,
in each case from the applicable original date of payment therefor.
The
obligations of the Agents are several and not joint.
SECTION
2.4 Paying Agent to Hold Assets. Each Paying Agent
shall hold to the order of the holders of the Notes or the Trustee all assets
received by the Paying Agent (whether such assets have been paid to it by the
Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor) for the payment of principal, premium,
if
any, or interest on, the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any Default
by
the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor in making any such
payment. The Issuer at any time may require a Paying Agent to
distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and account for any assets
disbursed and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any payment
Default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent
to
distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and to account for any assets
distributed. Upon distribution to the Trustee of all assets that
shall have been delivered by the Issuer to the Paying Agent pursuant to this
Section 2.4, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for such
assets. If the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries acts as Paying
Agent, it shall segregate the assets held by it as Paying Agent and hold it
as a
separate trust fund.
SECTION
2.5 List of Holders of Notes. In the event that
Definitive Notes are issued, the Registrar shall preserve, in as current a
form
as is reasonably practicable, the most recent list available to it of the names
and addresses of holders of the Notes, together with the principal amount of
Notes held by each such holder of the Notes and the aggregate principal amount
of debt obligations outstanding. If the Trustee is not the Registrar,
the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee at least two Business Days before each
Record Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
a
list as of such date, and in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require
of
the names and addresses of holders of the Notes, which list may be conclusively
relied upon by the Trustee.
SECTION
2.6 Book-Entry Provisions for Global
Notes. (a) The Global Notes initially shall (i) be
deposited with and registered in the name of a nominee for the Common Depositary
of the Clearing Agencies and (ii) bear legends as set forth in Section 2.7(g)
hereof.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Indenture, a Global Note may not be transferred
as
a whole except by a nominee for the Common Depositary to a successor nominee
for
the Common Depositary. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global
Notes may be transferred or exchanged for Definitive Notes in accordance with
the rules and procedures of the Clearing Agency and the provisions of Section
2.7 of this Indenture. All Global Notes shall be exchanged by the
Issuer (with authentication by the Trustee) for one or more Definitive Notes
if
(a) any Clearing Agency (i) has notified the Issuer that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as a clearing agency and (ii) a successor
to the Clearing Agency is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days of such
notification, (b) any Clearing Agency so requests following an Event of Default
hereunder and which Event of Default is continuing or (c) in whole (but not
in
part) at any time if the Issuer in its sole discretion so determines and
notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to issue Definitive
Notes. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Issuer
shall, at the written request delivered through a Clearing Agency of the holders
of Notes thereof or of the holder of an interest therein, exchange all or part
of a Global Note for one or more Definitive Notes (with authentication by the
Trustee); provided, however, that the principal amount at
maturity of such Definitive Notes and such Global Note after such exchange
shall
be €50,000 and any integral multiple of €1,000 in excess
thereof. Whenever all of a Global Note is exchanged for one or more
Definitive Notes, it shall be surrendered by the holder thereof to the Trustee
for cancellation. Whenever a part of a Global Note is exchanged for
one or more Definitive Notes, the Global Note shall be surrendered by the holder
thereof to the Trustee, who shall cause an adjustment to be made to
Schedule A of such Global Note such that the principal amount of such
Global Note will be equal to the portion of such Global Note not exchanged,
and
shall thereafter return such Global Note to such holder. A Global
Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note other than as provided in this
Section 2.6(b).
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(c) In
connection with the transfer of Global Notes as an entirety to beneficial owners
pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 2.6, the Global Notes shall be deemed
to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuer shall execute,
and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order in the form of an
Officers’ Certificate, authenticate and make available for delivery, to each
beneficial owner in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Notes,
an
equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized
denominations.
(d) Any
Definitive Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant
to Subsection (b) of this Section 2.6 shall, except as otherwise provided by
Section 2.8, bear the Private Placement Legend.
SECTION
2.7 Registration of Transfer and
Exchange. (a)Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary
herein, so long as a Note remains outstanding, transfers and exchange of
beneficial interests in Global Notes or transfers and exchange of Definitive
Notes, in whole or in part, shall be made only in accordance with this Section
2.7.
(b) If
a holder of a beneficial interest in a U.S. Global Note wishes at any time
to
exchange its interest in such U.S. Global Note for an interest in the
International Global Note of the same series, or to transfer its interest in
such U.S. Global Note to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the
form of an interest in such International Global Note, such holder may, subject
to the rules and procedures of the Clearing Agency, to the extent applicable,
and to the requirements set forth in this Subsection (b), exchange or cause
the
exchange or transfer or cause the transfer of such interest for an equivalent
beneficial interest in such International Global Note. Such exchange
or transfer shall only be made upon receipt by any Transfer Agent of (1) written
instructions given in accordance with the procedures of the Clearing Agency,
to
the extent applicable, from or on behalf of a holder of a beneficial interest
in
the U.S. Global Note, directing the Trustee to credit or cause to be credited
a
beneficial interest in the International Global Note of the same series in
an
amount equal to the beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Note to be exchanged
or transferred, (2) a written order given in accordance with the procedures
of
the Clearing Agency, to the extent applicable, containing information regarding
the account to be credited with such increase and the name of such account,
and
(3) a certificate in the form of Exhibit C given by the holder of such
beneficial interest stating that the exchange or transfer of such interest
has
been made pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation
S or Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act. Upon such receipt, the Transfer
Agent shall promptly deliver appropriate instructions to the Clearing Agency
to
reduce or reflect a reduction of the relevant U.S. Global Note by the aggregate
principal amount of the beneficial interest in such U.S. Global Note to be
so
exchanged or transferred from the relevant participant, and the Transfer Agent
shall promptly deliver appropriate instructions to the Clearing Agency
concurrently with such reduction to increase or reflect on its records an
increase of the principal amount of such International Global Note by the
aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interest in such U.S. Global Note
to be so exchanged or transferred, and to credit or cause to be credited to
the
account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest
in
such International Global Note equal to the reduction in the principal amount
of
such U.S. Global Note.
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(c) If
a holder of a beneficial interest in an International Global Note wishes at
any
time to exchange its interest in such International Global Note for an interest
in the U.S. Global Note, or to transfer its interest in such International
Global Note of the same series to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof
in the form of an interest in such U.S. Global Note, such holder may, subject
to
the rules and procedures of the Clearing Agency, to the extent applicable,
and
to the requirements set forth in this Subsection (c), exchange or cause the
exchange or transfer or cause the transfer of such interest for an equivalent
beneficial interest in such U.S. Global Note. Such exchange or
transfer shall only be made upon receipt by a Transfer Agent of (l) written
instructions given in accordance with the procedures of the Clearing Agency,
to
the extent applicable, from or on behalf of a beneficial owner of an interest
in
the International Global Note directing the Transfer Agent to credit or cause
to
be credited a beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Note of the same series
in
an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the International Global Note
to
be exchanged or transferred, (2) a written order given in accordance with the
procedures of the Clearing Agency, to the extent applicable, containing
information regarding the account to be credited with such increase and the
name
of such account, and (3) prior to or on the 40th day after the later of the
commencement of the offering of the Notes and the relevant Issue Date (the
“Restricted Period”), a certificate in the form of Exhibit D given by the
holder of such beneficial interest and stating that the Person transferring
such
interest in such International Global Note reasonably believes that the Person
acquiring such interest in such U.S. Global Note is a Qualified Institutional
Buyer (as defined in Rule 144A) and is obtaining such beneficial interest in
a
transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and any applicable
securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction.
Upon such receipt, the Trustee shall promptly deliver appropriate instructions
to the Clearing Agency to reduce or reflect a reduction of the relevant
International Global Note by the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial
interest in such International Global Note to be exchanged or transferred,
and
the Trustee shall promptly deliver appropriate instructions to the Clearing
Agency concurrently with such reduction, to increase or reflect an increase
of
the principal amount of such U.S. Global Note by the aggregate principal
amount of the beneficial interest in such International Global Note to be so
exchanged or transferred, and credit or cause to be credited to the account
of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in such
U.S.
Global Note equal to the reduction in the principal amount of such International
Global Note. After the expiration of the Restricted Period, the
certification requirement set forth in clause (3) of the second sentence of
this
Section 2.7(c) will no longer apply to such transfers.
(d) Any
beneficial interest in one of the Global Notes that is transferred to a Person
who takes delivery in the form of an interest in one of the other Global Notes
will, upon transfer, cease to be an interest in such Global Note and become
an
interest in one of the other Global Notes and, accordingly, will thereafter
be
subject to all transfer restrictions and other procedures applicable to
beneficial interests in such other Global Note for as long as it remains such
an
interest.
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(e) In
the event that a Global Note is exchanged for Definitive Notes in registered
form without interest coupons, pursuant to Section 2.6(b), or a Definitive
Note
in registered form without interest coupons is exchanged for another such
Definitive Note in registered form without interest coupons, or a Definitive
Note is exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Note, such Notes may
be
exchanged or transferred for one another only in accordance with such procedures
as are substantially consistent with the provisions of Sections 2.7(b) and
(c)
above (including the certification requirements intended to ensure that such
exchanges or transfers comply with Rule 144, Rule 144A or Regulation S, as
the
case may be) and as may be from time to time adopted by the Issuer and the
Trustee.
(f) Prior
to the expiration of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the
International Global Notes may only be exchanged or transferred in accordance
with the certification requirements of Section 2.7(c).
(g) Each
Note issued under this Indenture shall, upon issuance, bear the legend set
forth
herein and such legend shall not be removed from such Note except as provided
in
the next sentence. The legend required for one of the U.S. Notes may
be removed from such U.S. Note if there is delivered to the Issuer and the
Trustee such satisfactory evidence, which may include an opinion of independent
counsel licensed to practice law in the State of New York, as may be
reasonably required by the Issuer and the Trustee, that neither such legend
nor
the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that
transfers of such Note will not violate the registration requirements of the
U.S. Securities Act, and the Issuer and the Trustee consent to such
removal. Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, the Trustee,
at the written direction of the Issuer, shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange for such Note, another Note or Notes having an equal aggregate
principal amount that does not bear such legend. If such a legend
required for one of the U.S. Notes has been removed from such U.S. Note as
provided above, no other Note issued in exchange for all or any part of such
Note shall bear such legend, unless the Issuer has reasonable cause to believe
that such other Note is a “restricted security” within the meaning of
Rule 144 and instructs the Trustee to cause a legend to appear
thereon.
The
Notes
shall bear the following legend (the “Private Placement Legend”) on the
face thereof:
THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “U.S. SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER
JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION
HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH
TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION.
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THE
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF
AND
ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO
OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE
RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL
ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF
THE
ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY),
ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN
DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE
SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE U.S.
SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR
ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM
NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A UNDER
THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS
THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER
THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN
THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT
IS
AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT
OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE
IN
A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE SECURITIES OF $250,000, FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY
DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUER’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT
PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D), (E) OR (F)
TO
REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER
INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED
UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION
DATE.
(h) By
its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private Placement Legend, each holder
of
such a Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth
in
this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend and agrees that it will
transfer such Note only as provided in this Indenture.
Neither
the Trustee nor the Principal Paying Agent, any Paying Agent, Transfer Agent
or
Registrar shall have any obligation or duty to, and shall not be liable for
any
failure to, monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions
on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect
to
any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or
among members of, or participants in, a Clearing Agency (“Agent Members”) or
beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require
delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are
expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms
of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance
as to form with the express requirements hereof.
The
Trustee shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written
communications received pursuant to Section 2.6 or this Section
2.7. The Issuer shall have the right to inspect and make copies of
all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable
time
upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Trustee.
(i) Definitive
Notes shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Definitive Note for
registration of transfer. When a Definitive Note is presented to the
Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar
shall register the transfer as requested if its requirements for such transfers
are met. When Definitive Notes are presented to the Registrar or a
co-Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount
of
Definitive Notes of other denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange
as requested if the same requirements are met. When a Definitive Note
is presented to the Registrar with a request to transfer in part, the transferor
shall be entitled to receive without charge a definitive security representing
the balance of such Definitive Note not transferred. To permit registration
of
transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate Definitive Notes at the Registrar’s or co-Registrar’s
request.
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(j) The
Issuer shall not be required to make, and the Registrar need not register
transfers or exchanges of, Definitive Notes (i) for a period of 15 calendar
days
prior to any date fixed for the redemption of the Notes, (ii) for a period
of 15
calendar days immediately prior to the date fixed for selection of Notes to
be
redeemed in part, (iii) for a payment period of 15 calendar days prior to any
Record Date, or (iv) that the relevant holder of such a Note has tendered (and
not withdrawn) for repurchase in connection with a Change of Control Offer
or
Asset Disposition Offer.
(k) Prior
to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Definitive Note,
the
Issuer, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or any Transfer
Agent, the Registrar or any co-Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose
name a Definitive Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Definitive
Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal, interest or Additional
Amounts, if any, on such Definitive Note and for all other purposes whatsoever,
whether or not such Definitive Note is overdue, and none of the Issuer, any
Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or any Transfer Agent,
the
Registrar or any co-Registrar shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
(l) A
holder of Notes may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with this Indenture
which shall provide that, for so long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg
Stock Exchange and the rules of such stock exchange so require, holders of
Notes
will be able to transfer Notes at an office of the specified transfer agent
in
Luxembourg. The Registrar and the Trustee for the Notes may require a
holder of a Note, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and
transfer documents, and the Issuer may require such holder to pay any taxes
and
fees required by law or permitted by this Indenture. The Issuer is
not required to transfer or exchange any Note selected for
redemption. Also, the Issuer is not required to transfer or exchange
any Note for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be
redeemed. The registered holder of a Note will be treated as the
owner of it for all purposes. No service charge will be made to any
holder of Notes for any registration or transfer or exchange of Notes, but
the
Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or
other similar government charge payable in connection therewith.
(m) All
Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture will evidence the same debt and will be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as the corresponding Notes surrendered upon such transfer
or exchange.
(n) Holders
of Notes (or holders of interests therein) and prospective purchasers designated
by such holders of the Notes (or holders of interests therein) will have the
right to obtain from the Issuer upon request by such holders of the Notes (or
holders of interests therein) or prospective purchasers, during any period
in
which the Issuer is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange
Act, or is exempt from reporting pursuant to 12g3-2(b) under the U.S. Exchange
Act, the information required by Subsection d(4)(i) of Rule 144A in
connection with any transfer or proposed transfer of such Notes.
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SECTION
2.8 Replacement Notes. If a mutilated Definitive
Note is surrendered to the Registrar, if a mutilated Global Note is surrendered
to the Issuer or if the holder of a Note claims that such Note has been lost,
destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuer shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate a replacement Note in such form as the Note being replaced if
the
requirements of the Trustee, the Registrar, the Issuer and the Subsidiary
Guarantors are met. If required by the Trustee, the Registrar, the
Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor, such holder must provide an indemnity bond
or other indemnity, sufficient in the judgment of the Issuer, any Subsidiary
Guarantor, the Registrar and the Trustee, to protect the Issuer, the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the Trustee and the Registrar and any Agent from any loss which
any
of them may suffer when such Note is replaced. The Issuer may charge
such holder of the Notes for its reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses in replacing
a Note, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel. Every
replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Issuer. If any
mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about
to
become due and payable the Issuer may, in its discretion, instead of issuing
a
replacement Note, pay such Note. The provisions of this Section 2.8
are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and
remedies with respect to the replacement of mutilated, destroyed, lost, stolen
or taken Notes.
SECTION
2.9 Outstanding Notes. Notes outstanding at any
time are all the Notes that have been authenticated by the Trustee except those
canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in
the
Global Note effected in accordance with the provisions hereof and those
described in this Section as not outstanding. Subject to
Section 2.10, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Issuer or
any of its Affiliates holds the Note.
If
a Note
is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8 (other than a mutilated Note
surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee
receives proof satisfactory to it, and upon which it shall be entitled to rely
without liability, that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide
purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender
of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.8.
If
the
principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.1 hereof,
it ceases to be outstanding and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on
it
cease to accrue.If on a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date the Paying Agent
holds cash in euro sufficient to pay all of the principal, interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, due on the Notes payable on that date, then on
and
after that date such Notes cease to be outstanding and interest and Additional
Amounts, if any, on such Notes cease to accrue.
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 Issuer or
its
Subsidiaries shall be disregarded, except that, for the purposes of determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver
or consent, only Notes that a Trust Officer actually knows are so owned shall
be
disregarded.
The
Issuer shall notify the Trustee, in writing, when it or any of its Subsidiaries
repurchases or otherwise acquires Notes of the aggregate principal amount of
such Notes so repurchased or otherwise acquired. The Trustee may
require an Officers’ Certificate, which shall be promptly provided, listing
Notes owned by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.
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SECTION
2.11 Temporary Notes. In the event that Definitive
Notes become issuable under the Indenture, until permanent Definitive Notes
are
ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate
temporary Definitive Notes upon receipt of a Company Order pursuant to Section
2.2. The Company Order shall specify the amount of temporary
Definitive Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the temporary
Definitive Notes are to be authenticated. Temporary Definitive Notes
shall be substantially in the form of permanent Definitive Notes but may have
variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Definitive
Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall prepare and the
Trustee shall authenticate, upon receipt of a Company Order pursuant to
Section 2.2, permanent Definitive Notes in exchange for temporary
Definitive Notes.
SECTION
2.12 Cancellation. The Issuer at any time may
deliver Notes to the Registrar for cancellation. The Trustee and the
Paying Agent shall promptly forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to
them
for transfer, exchange or payment. The Registrar, or at the direction
of the Registrar, the Paying Agent, and no one else, shall cancel and, at the
written direction of the Issuer, shall dispose of (subject to the record
retention requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act) all Notes surrendered for
transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation. Upon completion of any disposal,
the Registrar shall (at the Issuer’s expense) deliver a certificate of such
disposal to the Issuer, unless the Issuer directs the Registrar in writing
to
deliver (at the Issuer’s expense) the cancelled Notes to the
Issuer. Subject to Section 2.7, the Issuer may not issue new
Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or delivered to the Registrar for
cancellation. If the Issuer shall acquire any of the Notes, such
acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the
Indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are surrendered
to the Registrar for cancellation pursuant to this
Section 2.12.
SECTION
2.13 Defaulted Interest. If the Issuer defaults in
a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus
(to the extent lawful) any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the
holder of such Note thereof on a subsequent special record date, which date
shall be the fifteenth daynext preceding the date fixed by the Issuer for the
payment of defaulted interest. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee
and the Principal Paying Agent in writing of the amount of defaulted interest
proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (a
“Default Interest Payment Date”), and at the same time the Issuer shall deposit
with the Trustee or the Principal Paying Agent an amount of money equal to
the
aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest
or
shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee or the Principal Paying
Agent for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money
when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
to
such defaulted interest as in this Section 2.13; provided,
however, that in no event shall the Issuer deposit monies proposed to be
paid in respect of defaulted interest later than 12:00 p.m. London time on
the
Business Day prior to the proposed Default Interest Payment Date with respect
to
defaulted interest to be paid on the Note. At least 15 days
before the subsequent special record date, the Issuer shall mail to each holder
of the Notes at its registered address, with a copy to the Trustee and the
Principal Paying Agent, a notice that states the subsequent special record
date,
the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest, and interest payable
on
such defaulted interest, if any, to be paid.
SECTION
2.14 ISIN and Common Codes. The Issuer in
issuing the Notes may use an “ISIN” or “Common Code” number, and
if so, the Trustee shall use the ISIN and Common Codes in notices of redemption
or exchange as a convenience to holders of the Notes; provided,
however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made by
the Trustee as to the correctness or accuracy of the ISIN and Common Codes
printed in the notice or on the Notes, and that reliance may be placed only
on
the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Issuer
shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in any ISIN or Common
Codes.
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SECTION
2.15 Deposit of Moneys. Prior to 10:00 p.m.
London time on the Business Day immediately preceding each interest payment
date
and the Maturity Date, the Issuer shall have deposited with the Trustee or
its
designated Paying Agent (which shall be the Principal Paying Agent unless
otherwise notified to the Issuer by the Trustee) in immediately available funds
money sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such interest payment
date or Maturity Date, as the case may be, on all Notes then
outstanding. Such payments shall be made by the Issuer in a timely
manner which permits the Paying Agent to remit payment to the holders of the
Notes on such interest payment date or Maturity Date, as the case may
be. The Issuer shall, prior to 10:00 p.m. London time on the second
Business Day prior to the date on which the Principal Paying Agent receives
payment, procure that the bank effecting payment confirms by SWIFT message
to
the Trustee that an irrevocable payment instruction has been given.
SECTION
2.16 Certain Matters Relating to Global
Notes. Agent Members shall have no rights under this Indenture or
any of the Global Notes with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf
by
the Clearing Agency, the Common Depositary or its nominee, and the Clearing
Agency, the Common Depositary or its nominee may be treated by the Issuer,
any
Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, any Subsidiary
Guarantor or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Note for all
purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein
shall prevent the Issuer, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee or any agent
of
the Issuer, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee from giving effect to any
written certification, proxy or otherauthorization furnished by the Clearing
Agency or its nominee or impair, as between the Clearing Agency and its Agent
Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the
rights of a holder of any Note.
The
holder of interest in any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize
any person, including Euroclear and Clearstream and their Agent Members and
persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which
a holder of such interest in a Global Note is entitled to take under this
Indenture or the Notes.
ARTICLE
III
REDEMPTION
SECTION
3.1 Optional Redemption. The Notes may be
redeemed, as a whole or from time to time in part, upon the terms and at the
redemption prices set forth in each of the Notes. Any redemption
pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of
this Article III.
SECTION
3.2 Notices to Trustee. If the Issuer elects to
redeem Notes pursuant to Paragraphs 7 or 8 of such Notes, it shall notify
the Trustee and the Principal Paying Agent in writing of the Redemption Date,
the amount of any premium and the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed
at
least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date (or such
shorter period as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall
determine). The Issuer shall give notice of redemption as required
under the relevant paragraph of the Notes pursuant to which such Notes are
being
redeemed.
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SECTION
3.3 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed. If fewer
than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, selection of such Notes
for redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements
of the principal securities exchange, if any, on which such Notes are listed,
or
if the Notes are not so listed or such exchange prescribes no method of
selection, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the
Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem fair and appropriate (and in such
manner as complies with applicable legal and exchange requirements);
provided, however, that no Note of €50,000 in aggregate
principal amount or less shall be redeemed in part. In the event of
partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be
selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 15 nor more than
60
days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes
not
previously called for redemption. The Trustee assumes no liability in
relation to selections made by it pursuant to this Section 3.3.
SECTION
3.4 Notice of Redemption. Other than as provided
in the paragraph below, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a
Redemption Date so long as the Notes are in global form, the Issuer (a) shall
notify the Trustee, the Registrar and the Principal Paying Agent and (b) publish
a notice of redemption in accordance with the provisions of Article 12.1 hereof,
or in the case of Definitive Notes, in addition to such publication, mail such
notice to each holder of the Notes by first-class mail, postage prepaid, with
a
copy to the Trustee at such holder’s address as itappears on the registration
books of the Registrar. At the Issuer’s request made at least 30 days
before the Redemption Date (or such shorter period as the Trustee in its sole
discretion shall determine), the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption
in
the Issuer’s name and at the Issuer’s expense; provided,
however, that the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee (in advance) an
Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting
forth in full the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the
following items.
Each
notice of redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall
state:
(a) the
Redemption Date;
(b) the
Redemption Prices and the amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
Additional Amounts, if any, to be paid (subject to the right of holders of
record of Definitive Notes on the relevant Record Date to receive interest
and
Additional Amounts, if any, due on the relevant interest payment
date);
(c) the
name and address of the Paying Agents;
(d) that
Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to a Paying Agent to collect
the
Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and Additional
Amounts, if any;
(e) that,
unless the Issuer defaults in making the redemption payment, then interest
and
Additional Amounts, if any, on Notes called for redemption cease to accrue
on
and after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the holders
of
such Notes is to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon surrender to
the
Paying Agent of the Notes redeemed;
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(f) (i) if
any Global Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount
of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date, interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, shall cease to accrue on the portion called for
redemption, and upon surrender of such Global Note, the Global Note with a
notation on Schedule A thereof adjusting the principal amount thereof to be
equal to the unredeemed portion, will be returned and (ii) if any
Definitive 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 Definitive Note, a new Definitive Note or Notes in aggregate principal
amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of
the
holder thereof, upon cancellation of the original Note;
(g) if
fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the identification of the
particular Notes (or portion thereof) to be redeemed, as well as the aggregate
principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount
of
Notes to be outstanding after such partial redemption;
(h) the
paragraph of the terms of the Notes pursuant to which the Notes are to be
redeemed; and
(i) the
ISIN or Common Code number, and that no representation is made as to the
correctness or accuracy of the ISIN or Common Code, if any, listed in such
notice or printed on the Notes.
Prior
to
the giving of any notice of redemption pursuant to Paragraph 8 of the Notes,
the
Issuer will deliver to the Trustee (a) an Officers’ Certificate of the
Issuer stating that the Issuer is entitled to effect such redemption and setting
forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right
of
the Issuer so to redeem have occurred and (b) an Opinion of Counsel
qualified under the laws of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction to the effect
that
the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor has or will become obligated to pay
such
Additional Amounts as a result of a Change in Tax Law, and that the Issuer
or
any Subsidiary Guarantor cannot avoid such obligation by taking reasonable
measures available to it.
SECTION
3.5 Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once
notice of redemption is given in accordance with Section 3.4, Notes called
for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the
Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and Additional
Amounts, if any. Upon surrender to the Trustee or Paying Agent, such
Notes called for redemption shall be paid at the Redemption Price (which shall
include accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, and Additional Amounts,
if
any, to the Redemption Date), but (in the case of Definitive Notes) installments
of interest, the maturity of which is on or prior to the Redemption Date, shall
be payable to holders of record at the close of business on the relevant Record
Dates.
SECTION
3.6 Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 10:00
p.m. London time on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date,
the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee or its designated Paying Agent (which
shall be the Principal Paying Agent unless otherwise notified to the Issuer
by
the Trustee) cash in euro sufficient to pay the Redemption Price plus accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, of all Notes to
be
redeemed on that date. The Paying Agent (including the Principal
Paying Agent) shall promptly return to the Issuer any cash in euro so deposited
which is not required for that purpose upon the written request of the
Issuer. The Issuer shall, prior to 10:00 p.m. London time on the
second Business Day prior to the date on which the Principal Paying Agent
receives payment, procure that the bank effecting payment confirms by SWIFT
message to the Trustee that an irrevocable payment instruction has been
given.
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If
the
Issuer complies with the preceding paragraph, then, unless the Issuer defaults
in the payment of such Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if
any, and Additional Amounts, if any, then interest on the Notes to be redeemed
will cease to accrue on and after the applicable Redemption Date, whether or
not
such Notes are presented for payment. With respect to Definitive
Notes, if a Definitive 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, and Additional Amounts, if any, 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 Issuer to comply with
the
preceding paragraph, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, 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 4.1.
SECTION
3.7 Notes Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender and
cancellation of a Definitive Note that is redeemed in part, the Issuer shall
execute and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate
for
the holder of the Notes (at the Issuer’s expense) a new Definitive Note equal in
principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Definitive Note surrendered
and canceled; provided, however, that each such Definitive Note shall
be in a principal amount at maturity of €50,000 and any integral multiple of
€1,000 in excess thereof. Upon surrender of a Global Note that is
redeemed in part, the Paying Agent shall promptly forward such Global Note
to
the Trustee who shall make a notation on Schedule A thereof to reduce the
principal amount of such Global Note to an amount equal to the unredeemed
portion of the Global Note surrendered; provided, however, that each
such Global Note shall be in a principal amount at maturity of €50,000 and any
integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof.
ARTICLE
IV
COVENANTS
SECTION
4.1 Payment of Notes. (a) The Issuer shall pay the
principal, premium, if any, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the
Notes in the manner provided in such Notes and this Indenture. An
installment of principal of or interest on the Notes shall be considered paid
on
the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent (including the Principal
Paying Agent) holds prior to 12:00 p.m. London time
on the Business Day immediately preceding any interest payment date and the
Maturity Date money deposited by the Issuer in immediately available, freely
transferable, cleared funds and designated for, and sufficient to pay the
installment in full and is not prohibited from paying such money to the holders
of the Notes pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
(b) The
Issuer shall pay, to the extent such payments are lawful, interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue
principal and on overdue installments of interest and, on any Additional Amounts
from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Notes plus 1.0% per annum
(except that overdue interest shall bear interest at the rate borne by the
Notes
until the expiry of any grace period, after which it shall bear interest at
the
rate borne by the Notes plus 1.0% per annum). Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day
months.
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SECTION
4.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer
shall maintain the office or agency (which office may be an office of the
Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-Registrar) required
under Section 2.3 where Notes may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer
in
respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer
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 Issuer
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the Trustee set
forth in Section 12.1. The Issuer hereby initially designates the
office of The Bank of New York, as its office or agency at Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxx, X00 0XX, Xxxxxxx as required under Section 2.3
hereof. The Issuer has appointed The Bank of New York (Luxembourg)
S.A., as an additional Paying and Transfer Agent.
SECTION
4.3 Limitation on Indebtedness. (a)The Issuer will
not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, Incur any
Indebtedness; provided, however, that the Issuer and any Subsidiary
Guarantor may Incur Indebtedness if on the date thereof the Consolidated
Coverage Ratio for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries is at least 2.00
to 1.00.
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(b)
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Section
4.3(a) will not prohibit the Incurrence of the following
Indebtedness:
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(1)
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Indebtedness
of the Issuer and of its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred under one
or
more Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount up to €150 million
at any time outstanding;
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(2)
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Indebtedness
of the Issuer owing to and held by any Restricted Subsidiary or
Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to and held by the
Issuer or
any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however,
that
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(a)
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if
the Issuer is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness
is
expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all
obligations with respect to the
Notes;
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(b)
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if
a Subsidiary Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness (other
than
Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or another Subsidiary Guarantor),
such
Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full
in
cash of all obligations with respect to the Notes and the relevant
Subsidiary Guarantee; and
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(c)
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(i)
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any
subsequent issuance or transfer of Capital Stock or any other event
which
results in any such Indebtedness being beneficially held by a Person
other
than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
and
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(ii)
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any
sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person other
than the
Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuershall be deemed, in
each
case, to constitute an Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Issuer
or
such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be;
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(3)
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Indebtedness
represented by Guarantees of the
Notes;
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(4)
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Indebtedness
represented by (a) the Notes issued on the Issue Date, (b) any
Indebtedness (other than the Indebtedness described in clauses (1),
(2),
(3), (6), (7), (8), (9) and (10) of this Section 4.3(b)) outstanding
on
the Issue Date and (c) any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect
of
any Indebtedness described in this clause (4) (other than the EBRD
Loan)
or clause (5) or Incurred pursuant to Section
4.3(a);
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(5)
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Indebtedness
of a Restricted Subsidiary Incurred and outstanding on the date on
which
such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Issuer (other than
Indebtedness Incurred (a) to provide all or any portion of the funds
utilized to consummate the transaction or series of related transactions
pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted
Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by the Issuer or (b) otherwise
in
connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition);
provided, however, that at the time such Restricted
Subsidiary is acquired by the Issuer, the Issuer would have been
able to
Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.3(a)
after
giving effect to such acquisition and the Incurrence of such Indebtedness
pursuant to this clause (5);
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(6)
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Indebtedness
under Currency Agreements and Interest Rate Agreements; provided
that in the case of Currency Agreements, such Currency Agreements
are
related to business transactions of the Issuer or its Restricted
Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business and
not for
speculative purposes and in the case of Currency Agreements and Interest
Rate Agreements, such Currency Agreements and Interest Rate Agreements
are
entered into for bona fide hedging purposes of the Issuer or its
Restricted Subsidiaries (as determined in good faith by the Board
of
Directors or senior management of the
Issuer);
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(7)
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Indebtedness
of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries represented by
Capitalized Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money
obligations with respect to assets other than Capital Stock or other
Investments, in each case incurred for the purpose of financing all
or any
part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvements
of
property used in the business of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary,
in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed €50 million at any time
outstanding;
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(8)
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Indebtedness
incurred in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance
obligations, performance, surety and similar bonds and completion
guarantees provided by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in the
ordinary course of business;
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(9)
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Indebtedness
arising from agreements of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary
providing
for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations,
in each case, Incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition
of
any business, assets or Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary,
provided that the maximum aggregate liability in respect of all
such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually
received by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection
with
such disposition;
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(10)
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Indebtedness
arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution
of a
check, draft or similar instrument (except in the case of daylight
overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinarycourse
of
business, provided, however, that such Indebtedness is
extinguished within five Business Days of Incurrence;
and
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(11)
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in
addition to the items referred to in clauses (1) through (10) of
this
Section 4.3(b), Indebtedness of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries
in an aggregate outstanding principal amount which, when taken together
with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant
to
this clause (11) and then outstanding, will not exceed €100 million at any
time outstanding.
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(c) For
purposes of determining compliance with, and the outstanding principal amount
of
any particular Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to and in compliance with, this
Section 4.3:
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(1)
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in
the event that Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of
the
types of Indebtedness described in Section 4.3(a) and 4.3(b), the
Issuer,
in its sole discretion, will classify such item of Indebtedness on
the
date of Incurrence, and may from time to time reclassify such item
of
Indebtedness, and only be required to include the amount and type
of such
Indebtedness in one of such clauses;
and
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(2)
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the
amount of Indebtedness issued at a price that is less than the principal
amount thereof will be equal to the amount of the liability in respect
thereof determined in accordance with
GAAP.
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Accrual
of interest, accrual of dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the payment
of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness and the payment of dividends
in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock will not be deemed to be
an
Incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 4.3. The amount of
any
Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be (i) the accreted value of
the Indebtedness in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue
discount and (ii) the principal amount or liquidation preference thereof,
together with any interest thereon that is more than 30 days past due, in
the case of any other Indebtedness.
In
addition, the Issuer will not permit any of its Unrestricted Subsidiaries to
Incur any Indebtedness or issue any shares of Disqualified Stock, other than
Non-Recourse Debt. If at any time an Unrestricted Subsidiary becomes
a Restricted Subsidiary, any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall be deemed
to
be Incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer as of such date (and,
if
such Indebtedness is not permitted to be Incurred as of such date under this
Section 4.3, the Issuer shall be in Default hereunder).
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For
purposes of determining compliance with any dollar-denominated restriction
on
the Incurrence of Indebtedness, the dollar-equivalent principal amount of
Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on
the
relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was
Incurred, in the case of term Indebtedness, or first committed, in the case
of
revolving credit Indebtedness; provided that if such Indebtedness is
Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency,
and
such refinancing would cause the applicable dollar-denominated restriction
to be
exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on
the
date of such refinancing, such dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed
not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Refinancing
Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being
refinanced. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.3, the maximum
amount of Indebtedness that the Issuer may Incur pursuant to this Section 4.3
shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the
exchange rate of currencies. The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred
to refinance other Indebtedness, if Incurred in a different currency from the
Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency
exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such Refinancing
Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such
refinancing.
SECTION
4.4 Limitation on Restricted
Payments. (a) The Issuer will not, and will not permit
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to:
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(1)
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declare
or pay any dividend or make any distribution (including any payment
in
connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving
the
Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer) on or in respect of its Capital
Stock except:
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(a)
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dividends
or distributions payable solely in Capital Stock of the Issuer (other
than
Disqualified Stock) or in options or warrants or other rights to
purchase
such Capital Stock of the Issuer;
and
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(b)
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dividends
or distributions payable to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary
of the
Issuer (and, if such Restricted Subsidiary has shareholders other
than the
Issuer or other Restricted Subsidiaries, to its other shareholders
on a
pro rata basis);
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(2)
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purchase,
redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of
the
Issuer held by Persons other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary
(other than in exchange for Capital Stock of the Issuer (other than
Disqualified Stock));
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(3)
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purchase,
repurchase, prepay, repay, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or
retire
for value, prior to scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled
sinking fund payment, any Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor
Subordinated Obligations (other than the purchase, repurchase, prepayment
or repayment redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement
of
Subordinated Obligations purchased in anticipation of satisfying
a sinking
fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each
case due
within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition);
or
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(4)
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make
any Restricted Investment in any
Person;
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(any
such
dividend, distribution, purchase, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, other
acquisition, retirement or Restricted Investment referred to in clauses (1)
through (4) (inclusive) of this Section 4.4(a) shall be referred to herein
as a
“Restricted Payment”), if at the time the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary
makes such Restricted Payment:
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(a)
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a
Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom);
or
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(b)
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the
Issuer is not able to Incur an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant
to Section 4.3(a) after giving effect, on a pro forma basis, to
such Restricted Payment; or
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(c)
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the
aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all other Restricted
Payments declared or made subsequent to the Issue Date would exceed
the
sum of:
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(i)
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(a)
50% of Consolidated Net Income for the period (treated as one accounting
period) from July 1, 2005 to the end of the most recent fiscal quarter
ending prior to the date of such Restricted Payment for which financial
statements are in existence (or, in the event Consolidated Net Income
for
such period is a deficit then, minus 100% of such
deficit);
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(ii)
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100%
of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Issuer from the
issue
or sale of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) or other
capital contributions subsequent to July 1, 2005 (other than Net
Cash
Proceeds received from an issuance or sale of such Capital Stock
to a
Subsidiary of the Issuer or an employee stock ownership plan, option
plan
or similar trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries
to
the extent such sale to an employee stock ownership plan, option
plan or
similar trust is financed by loans from or guaranteed by the Issuer
or any
of its Subsidiaries unless such loans have been repaid with cash on or
prior to the date of
determination);
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(iii)
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the
amount by which Indebtedness of the Issuer is reduced on the Issuer’s
balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange (other than by a Subsidiary
of the Issuer) subsequent to July 1, 2005 of any Indebtedness of
the
Issuer convertible or exchangeable for Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer (less the amount of any cash, or
other
property, distributed by the Issuer upon such conversion or exchange);
and
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(iv)
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the
amount equal to the net reduction in Restricted Investments made
by the
Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Person resulting
from:
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(A)
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repurchases
or redemptions of such Restricted Investments by such Person, proceeds
realized upon the sale of such Restricted Investment to an unaffiliated
purchaser, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of
assets
(including by way of dividend or distribution) by such Person to
the
Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer not to exceed,
in the
case of any Person, the amount of Restricted Investments previously
made
by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person;
or
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(B)
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the
redesignation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries
(valued in each case as provided in the definition of “Investment”) not to
exceed, in the case of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, the amount of
Investments previously made by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary
in
such Unrestricted Subsidiary,
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which
amount in each case under this clause (iv) was included in the calculation
of
the amount of Restricted Payments; provided, however, that no
amount will be included under this clause (iv) to the extent it is already
included in Consolidated Net Income.
(b) The
provisions of Section 4.4(a) will not prohibit:
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(1)
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any
purchase or redemption of Capital Stock or Subordinated Obligations
of the
Issuer made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially
concurrent sale of, Capital Stock of the Issuer (other than Disqualified
Stock and other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a Subsidiary
or an
employee stock ownership plan or similar trust to the extent such
sale to
an employee stock ownership plan or similar trust is financed by
loans
from or guaranteed by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary unless
such
loans have been repaid with cash on or prior to the date of
determination); provided, however, that (a) such
purchase or redemption will be excluded in subsequent calculations
of the
amount of Restricted Payments and (b) the Net Cash Proceeds from
such sale
will be excluded from Section
4.4(a)(4)(c)(ii);
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(2)
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any
purchase or redemption of Subordinated Obligations of the Issuer
made by
exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent
sale
of, Subordinated Obligations of the Issuer or any purchase or redemption
of Guarantor Subordinated Obligations made by exchange for, or out
of
proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of Guarantor Subordinated
Obligations that, in each case, is permitted to be Incurred pursuant
to
Section 4.3 above and that, in each case, qualifies
as Refinancing Indebtedness; provided, however, that
such purchase or redemption will be excluded in subsequent calculations
of
the amount of Restricted Payments;
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(3)
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so
long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
any
purchase or redemption of Subordinated Obligations from Net Available
Cash
to the extent permitted under Section 4.9 below; provided,
however, that such purchase or redemption will be excluded in
subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted
Payments;
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(4)
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dividends
paid within 60 days after the date of declaration if at such date
of
declaration such dividends would have been permitted under this Section
4.4; provided, however, that such dividends will be
included in subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted
Payments;
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(5)
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so
long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the
purchase, redemption or other acquisition, cancellation or retirement
for
value of Capital Stock, or options, warrants, equity appreciation
rights
or other rights to purchase or acquire Capital Stock of the Issuer
or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer or any parent of the Issuer held
by
any existing or former employees or management of the Issuer or any
Subsidiary of the Issuer or their assigns, estates or heirs, in each
case
in connection with the repurchase provisions under employee stock
option
or stock purchase agreements or other agreements to compensate management
employees; provided that such redemptions or repurchases pursuant
to this clause will not exceed €3 million in the aggregate during any
calendar year and €10 million in the aggregate for all such redemptions
and repurchases; provided, however, that the amount of any such
repurchase or redemption will be included in subsequent calculations
of
the amount of Restricted Payments;
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(6)
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repurchases
of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options,
warrants or other convertible securities if such Capital Stock represents
a portion of the exercise price thereof or withholding tax thereon;
provided, however, that such repurchases will be excluded from
subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted
Payments;
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(7)
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so
long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
(or
would result therefrom), the declaration and payment by the Issuer
of
dividends or distributions on the common stock of the Issuer following
a
Public Equity Offering of such common stock in an amount not to exceed
in
any fiscal year 6% of Net Cash Proceeds received by the Issuer from
such
Public Equity Offering; and
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(8)
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so
long as no Default has occurred or is continuing or would be caused
thereby, other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to
exceed
€40 million since the date of this Indenture; provided,
however, that such Restricted Payments will be included in subsequent
calculations of the amount of Restricted
Payments.
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The
amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market
value on the date of such Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities
proposed to be paid, transferred or issued by the Issuer or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to such Restricted Payment. The fair
market value of any cash Restricted Payment shall be its face amount and any
non-cash Restricted Payment shall be determined conclusively by the Board of
Directors acting in good faith, such determination to be based upon a written
opinion of an independent and reputable accounting, appraisal or investment
banking firm of internationally recognized standing if the fair market value
of
such Restricted Payment is estimated to exceed €75 million.
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SECTION
4.5 Corporate Existence. Except as otherwise
permitted by Section 4.18 and Article V hereof, the Issuer and each of the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its respective corporate existence
and the corporate, partnership, limited liability or other existence of each
of
the Issuer’s Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with the respective
organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of
each
such Person and the rights (charter and statutory) of the Issuer’s and each of
the other Subsidiary Guarantors’ Restricted Subsidiaries; provided,
however, that the Issuer shall not be required to preserve any
such
right, or the corporate, partnership,limited liability or other existence of
any
of the Issuer’s Restricted Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors of the Issuer
shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the
conduct of the business of the Issuer and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole.
SECTION
4.6 Limitation on Liens. The Issuer will
not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, create, incur or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted
Liens) upon any of its property or assets (including Capital Stock of Restricted
Subsidiaries of the Issuer), whether owned on the date of this Indenture or
acquired after that date, which Lien is securing any Indebtedness of the Issuer
or any Restricted Subsidiary unless contemporaneously with the Incurrence of
the
Liens effective provision is made to secure the Indebtedness due under this
Indenture and the Notes or, in respect of Liens on any Restricted Subsidiary’s
property or assets, any Subsidiary Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary,
equally and ratably with (or prior to in the case of Liens with respect to
Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations, as the case
may
be) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien for so long as such Indebtedness
is so
secured.
SECTION
4.7 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. The
Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not
at
any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other
law
that would prohibit or forgive the Issuer from paying all or any portion of
the
principal of and/or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture, and (to the extent that it
may
lawfully do so) the Issuer hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage
of
any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit
the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
SECTION
4.8 Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted
Subsidiaries.
(a) The
Issuer will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create or
otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual
encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any Restricted
Subsidiary to:
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(1)
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pay
dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock or
pay any
Indebtedness or other obligations owed to the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary;
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(2)
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make
any loans or advances to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
or
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(3)
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transfer
any of its property or assets to the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary.
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(b)
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The
provisions of Section 4.8(a) will not
prohibit:
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(i)
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any
encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement in effect at
the date
of this Indenture;
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(ii)
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any
encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary
pursuant to an agreement relating to any Indebtedness Incurred by
a
Restricted Subsidiary on or before the date on which such Restricted
Subsidiary was acquired by the Issuer (other than Indebtedness Incurred
as
consideration in, or to provide all or any portion of the funds utilized
to consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions
pursuant
to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary
or was
acquired by the Issuer or in contemplation of the transaction) and
outstanding on such date;
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(iii)
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any
encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary
pursuant to an agreement effecting a refunding, replacement or refinancing
of Indebtedness referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph
or
this clause (iii) or contained in any amendment to an agreement relating
to any Indebtedness referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph
or
this clause (iii); provided, however, that any such restrictions
contained in any such amendments or any agreement effecting refunding,
replacement or refinancing referred to above, are no more restrictive
than
the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the agreements relating
to
the Indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) or (ii) of this paragraph
in
existence on the Issue Date or the date such Restricted Subsidiary
became
a Restricted Subsidiary, whichever is
applicable;
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(iv)
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in
the case of clause (3) of Section 4.8(a) above, any encumbrance or
restriction:
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(a)
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that
restricts in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer
of
any property or asset that is subject to a lease, license or similar
contract, or the assignment or transfer of any such lease, license
or
other contract;
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(b)
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contained
in mortgages, pledges or other security agreements permitted under
this
Indenture securing Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary
to the extent such encumbrances or restrictions restrict the transfer
of
the property subject to such mortgages, pledges or other security
agreements; or
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(c)
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pursuant
to customary provisions restricting dispositions of real property
interests set forth in any reciprocal easement agreements of the
Issuer or
any Restricted Subsidiary;
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(a)
purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary
course of
business and (b) Capitalized Lease Obligations permitted under this
Indenture, in each case, that impose encumbrances or restrictions
of the
nature described in Section 4.8(a)(3) on the property so
acquired;
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(vi)
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any
restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary (or any of its
property or assets) imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into
for the
direct or indirect sale or disposition of all or substantially all
the
Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary (or the property
or
assets that are subject to such restriction) pending the closing
of such
sale or disposition; and
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(vii)
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encumbrances
or restrictions arising or existing by reason of applicable law or
any
applicable rule, regulation or order, including applicable corporate
law
restrictions on the payment of
dividends.
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SECTION
4.9 Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary
Stock. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any Asset Disposition
unless:
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(1)
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the
Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives
consideration at the time of such Asset Disposition at least equal
to the
fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors
(including as to the value of all non-cash consideration), of the
shares
and assets subject to such Asset
Disposition;
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(2)
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at
least 75% of the consideration from such Asset Disposition received
by the
Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the
form
of cash or Cash Equivalents or Additional Assets or a combination
thereof;
and
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(3)
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an
amount equal to 100% of the Net Available Cash from such Asset Disposition
is applied by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may
be:
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(a)
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first,
to the extent the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be,
elects (or is required by the terms of any Indebtedness), to prepay,
repay
or purchase Indebtedness of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock
or
Subordinated Obligations) or Indebtedness (other than any Disqualified
or
Preferred Stock or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations of a Subsidiary
Guarantor) of a Subsidiary Guarantor (in each case other than Indebtedness
owed to the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer) within 360 days
from the
later of the date of such Asset Disposition or the receipt of such
Net
Available Cash; provided, however, that, in connection
with any prepayment, repayment or purchase of Indebtedness pursuant
to
this clause (a), the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary will retire
such
Indebtedness and will cause the related commitment (if any) to be
permanently reduced in an amount equal to the principal amount so
prepaid,
repaid or purchased; and
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second,
to the extent the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary elects, to
invest
in Additional Assets within 360 days from the later of the date of
such
Asset Disposition or the receipt of such Net Available
Cash;
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provided
pending the final application of any such Net Available Cash in accordance
with
clause (a) or clause (b) above, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries
may
temporarily reduce Indebtedness or otherwise invest in such Net Available Cash
in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture.
Any
Net
Available Cash from Asset Dispositions that is not applied or invested as
provided in the preceding paragraph will be deemed to constitute “Excess
Proceeds.” On the 361st day after an Asset Disposition, if the
aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds €15 million, the Issuer will be
required to make an offer (“Asset Disposition Offer”) to all holders of
Notes and to the extent required by the terms of other Pari Passu Indebtedness,
to all holders of other Pari Passu Indebtedness outstanding with similar
provisions requiring the Issuer to make an offer to purchase such Pari Passu
Indebtedness with the proceeds from any Asset Disposition (“Pari Passu
Notes”), to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and any such Pari
Passu Notes to which the Asset Disposition Offer applies that may be purchased
out of the Excess Proceeds, at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to
100%
of the principal amount of the Notes and Pari Passu Notes plus accrued and
unpaid interest and Additional Amounts, if any, to the date of purchase, in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture or the agreements
governing the Pari Passu Notes, as applicable, in denominations of €50,000 and
any integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof in the case of the
Notes. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and Pari
Passu Notes so validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to an Asset
Disposition Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuer may use any
remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to the other
covenants contained in this Indenture. If the aggregate principal
amount of Notes surrendered by holders thereof and other Pari Passu Notes
surrendered by holders or lenders, collectively, exceeds the amount of Excess
Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and Pari Passu Notes to be
purchased on a pro rata basis on the basis of the aggregate principal
amount of tendered Notes and Pari Passu Notes. Upon completion of
such Asset Disposition Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset
at
zero. The Trustee shall have no liability in relation to selections
made by it pursuant to this Section 4.9.
Notice
of
the Asset Disposition Offer will be given in accordance with this
Indenture. The Asset Disposition Offer will remain open for a period
of 20 Business Days following its commencement, except to the extent that a
longer period is required by applicable law (the “Asset Disposition Offer
Period”). No later than five Business Days after the termination of the
Asset Disposition Offer Period (the “Asset Disposition Purchase Date”),
the Issuer will purchase the principal amount of Notes and Pari Passu Notes
required to be purchased pursuant to this Section 4.9 (the “Asset Disposition
Offer Amount”) or, if less than the Asset Disposition Offer Amount has been
so validly tendered, all Notes and Pari Passu Notes validly tendered in response
to the Asset Disposition Offer.
If
the
Asset Disposition Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and
on or
before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest will
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 will be payable to
holders of the Notes who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Disposition
Offer.
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On
or
before the Asset Disposition Purchase Date, the Issuer will, to the extent
lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent
necessary, the Asset Disposition Offer Amount of Notes and Pari Passu Notes
or
portions of Notes and Pari Passu Notes so validly tendered and not properly
withdrawn pursuant to the Asset Disposition Offer, or if less than the Asset
Disposition Offer Amount has been validly tendered and not properly withdrawn,
all Notes and Pari Passu Notes so validly tendered and not properly withdrawn,
in case of the Notes in minimum denominations of €50,000 and any integral
multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof. The Issuer will deliver to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof
were accepted for payment by the Issuer in accordance with the terms of this
Section 4.9 and, in addition, the Issuer will deliver all certificates and
notes
required, if any, by the agreements governing the Pari Passu
Notes. The Issuer or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, will
promptly (but in any case not later than five Business Days after termination
of
the Asset Disposition Offer Period) mail or deliver to each tendering holder
of
Notes or holder or lender of Pari Passu Notes, as the case may be, an amount
equal to the purchase price of the Notes or Pari Passu Notes so validly tendered
and not properly withdrawn by such holder or lender, as the case may be, and
accepted by the Issuer for purchase, and the Issuer will promptly issue a new
Note, and the Trustee, upon delivery of an Officers’ Certificate from the Issuer
will authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such holder, in a
principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered;
provided that each such new Note will be in a principal amount of
€50,000 and any integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof. In
addition, the Issuer will take any and all other actions required by the
agreements governing the Pari Passu Notes. Any Note not so accepted
will be promptly mailed or delivered by the Issuer to the holder
thereof. The Issuer will publicly announce the results of the Asset
Disposition Offer on the Asset Disposition Purchase Date.
For
the
purposes of this Section 4.9, the following will be deemed to be
cash:
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the
assumption by the transferee of Indebtedness (other than Subordinated
Obligations or Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer or Indebtedness
(other
than Disqualified Stock or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations) of
any
Subsidiary Guarantor and the release of the Issuer or such Subsidiary
Guarantors from all liability on such Indebtedness in connection
with such
Asset Disposition (in which case the Issuer will, without further
action,
be deemed to have applied such deemed cash to Indebtedness in accordance
with clause (a) above); and
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(2)
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securities,
notes or other obligations received by the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary from the transferee that are converted within 90 days
by the
Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary into
cash.
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The
Issuer will comply, to the extent applicable, with any securities laws or
regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this
Indenture. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.9, the Issuer will comply
with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed
to
have breached its obligations under this Indenture by virtue of any
conflict.
SECTION
4.10 Limitation on Affiliate
Transactions. (a) The Issuer will not, and will
not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter
into or conduct any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange
of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of the
Issuer (an “Affiliate Transaction”) unless:
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the
terms of such Affiliate Transaction are no less favorable to the
Issuer or
such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that could
be
obtained in a comparable transaction at the time of such transaction
in
arm’s length dealings with a Person who is not such an
Affiliate;
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(2)
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in
the event such Affiliate Transaction involves an aggregate amount
in
excess of €20 million, the terms of such transaction have been approved by
a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Issuer
and by a
majority of the members of such board having no personal stake in
such
transaction, if any (and such majority or majorities, as the case
may be,
determines that such Affiliate Transaction satisfies the criteria
in
clause (1) above); and
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(3)
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in
the event such Affiliate Transaction involves an aggregate amount
in
excess of €75 million, the Issuer has received a written opinion from an
independent investment banking firm of internationally recognized
standing
that such Affiliate Transaction is not materially less favorable
than
those that might reasonably have been obtained in a comparable transaction
at such time on an arms-length basis from a Person that is not an
Affiliate.
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The
Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, enter into or conduct any transaction (including the
purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any
service) with any Affiliate of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer (a
“Restricted Subsidiary Affiliate Transaction”) unless:
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(1)
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the
terms of such Restricted Subsidiary Affiliate Transaction are no
less
favorable to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be,
than those that could be obtained in a comparable transaction at
the time
of such transaction in arm’s length dealings with a Person who is not such
an Affiliate; and
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(2)
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in
the event such Restricted Subsidiary Affiliate Transaction involves
an
aggregate amount in excess of €5 million, the terms of such transaction
have been approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors
of the Issuer and by a majority of the members of such board having
no
personal stake in such transaction, if any (and such majority or
majorities, as the case may be, determines that such Restricted Subsidiary
Affiliate Transaction satisfies the criteria in clause (1)
above);
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(b) Section
4.10(a) shall not apply to:
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(1)
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any
Restricted Payment (other than a Restricted Investment) permitted
to be
made pursuant to Section 4.4
hereof;
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(2)
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any
issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash,
securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment
arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans and other reasonable
fees, compensation, benefits and indemnities paid or entered into
by the
Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business
to or with members of the Board of Directors, officers or employees
of the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries approved by the Board of
Directors;
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loans
or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business of the
Issuer
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and consistent with past practice
of
the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such
loans or advances do not exceed $2 million in the aggregate
outstanding at any one time with respect to all loans or advances
made
since the Issue Date;
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(4)
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any
transaction between the Issuer and a Restricted Subsidiary or between
Restricted Subsidiaries and Guarantees issued by the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary for the benefit of the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with
Section 4.3;
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(5)
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the
payment of reasonable and customary fees paid to, and indemnity provided
on behalf of, directors of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary
of the
Issuer; and
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(6)
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the
performance of obligations of the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries under the terms of any agreement to which the Issuer
or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party as of or on the Issue Date
and
which are described in the Offering Memorandum under the captions
“Related
party transaction” as these agreements may be amended, modified,
supplemented, extended or renewed from time to time; provided,
however, that any future amendment, modification, supplement,
extension or renewal entered into after the Issue Date will be permitted
to the extent that its terms are not more disadvantageous to the
holders
of the Notes than the terms of the arrangements in place on the Issue
Date.
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SECTION
4.11 Listing. The Issuer will use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Notes to be listed on the Luxembourg Stock
Exchange (or, failing the approval of such listing, it will use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Notes to be listed on another stock exchange
reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Initial Purchasers) as soon as
practicable and in any event prior to the date of the first interest payment
and
cause that such listing continues for so long as any of the Notes are
outstanding.
SECTION
4.12 Reports. The Issuer will file with the
Commission, provide to the Trustee and make available to the holders of the
Notes, without cost to the Trustee or the holders of the Notes, within 10 days
after it files them with the Commission, the information required to be
contained in the following reports (or required in such successor or comparable
form), including any guarantor financial information required by Regulation
S-X:
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within
90 days after the end of the Issuer’s fiscal year (or such shorter period
as may be required by the Commission), annual reports on Form 10-K
(or any
successor or comparable form) containing the information required
to be
contained therein (of required in such successor or comparable
form);
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(2)
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within
45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters
in each
fiscal year of the Issuer (or such shorter period as may be required
by
the Commission) reports on Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable
form); and
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(3)
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promptly
from time to time after the occurrence of an event required to be
therein
reported (and in any event within the time period specified for filing
of
current reports on Form 8-K by the Commission), such other reports
on Form
8-K (or any successor or comparable
form).
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If
the
Issuer has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries
and
any such Unrestricted Subsidiary or group of Unrestricted Subsidiaries
constitute Significant Subsidiaries of the Issuer, then the annual and quarterly
information required by the first two clauses of this Section 4.12 shall include
a presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the
footnotes thereto, of the net revenues, operating income, net income, total
assets and total shareholder’s equity of the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations
of
such Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer.
For
so
long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules
of
that Stock Exchange so require, the above information will also be made
available in The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg through the offices of the Paying
Agent in The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
SECTION
4.13 Limitation on Lines of Business. The Issuer
will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any
business other than a Permitted Business.
SECTION
4.14 Change of Control and Rating Decline. If a Change of
Control Triggering Event occurs, each holder of the Notes will have the right
to
require the Issuer to repurchase all or any part (equal to €50,000 and any
integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof) of such holder’s Notes at a
purchase price per note in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of such
Note plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase, although
Notes of €50,000 in original principal amount or less will not be redeemed in
part.
Within
30
days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, the Issuer will provide
notice (the “Change of Control Offer”) in accordance with the procedures
described under Section 12.1 stating:
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that
a Change of Control Triggering Event has occurred and that holders
have
the right to require the Issuer to purchase such holder’s Notes at a
purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of such
Notes
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and premium, if any, to
the date
of purchase (the “Change of Control
Payment”);
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(2)
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the
repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later
than 60
days from the date such notice is mailed) (the “Change of Control
Payment Date”);
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(3)
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the
circumstances and relevant facts regarding the Change of Control;
and
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(4)
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the
procedures determined by the Issuer, consistent with this Indenture,
that
a holder of the Notes must follow in order to have its Notes
repurchased.
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On
the
Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer will, to the extent
lawful:
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(1)
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accept
for payment all Notes or portions of Notes (in denominations of €50,000
and any integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof) properly tendered
under the Change of Control Offer;
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(2)
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deposit
with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment
in
respect of all Notes or portions of Notes so tendered;
and
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(3)
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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 of Notes being purchased by the
Issuer.
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The
Paying Agent will promptly either (x) pay to the holder of the Notes against
presentation and surrender (or, in the case of partial payment, endorsement)
of
the Notes in global form or (y) in the event that the Notes are in the form
of
Definitive Notes, mail to each holder of the Notes so tendered the Change of
Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate
and
deliver (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to the holder of the Notes
in
global form a new Note or Notes in global form or, in the case of Definitive
Notes, mail to each holder a new Note in definitive form equal in principal
amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any;
provided that each such new Note will be in a principal amount of
€50,000 and any integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof.
If
the
Change of Control Payment Date is on or after an interest record date and on
or
before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest,
if
any, will 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 will be payable
to
holders of the Notes who tender pursuant to the Change of Control
Offer.
The
provisions of this Section 4.14 will be applicable whether or not any other
provisions of this Indenture are applicable.
The
Issuer will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event if another party makes the
Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance
with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of
Control Offer made by the Issuer and purchases all Notes validly tendered and
not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
The
Issuer will comply, to the extent applicable, with any applicable securities
laws or regulations, including any securities or other applicable laws of
Bermuda and the requirements of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other
securities exchange on which the Notes are listed in connection with the
repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 4.14. To the extent that
the provisions of any securities or other applicable laws or regulations
conflict with provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer will comply with the
applicable laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its
obligations described in this Indenture by virtue of the conflict.
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SECTION
4.15 Additional Amounts. At least 30 days prior to
each date on which payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the
Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee is due and payable (unless such obligation
to
pay Additional Amounts arises shortly before or at some time after the 30th day prior
to such
date, in which case it shall be as soon as practicable after such obligation
arises),if the Payor will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to
Paragraph 2 of the Notes (the “Additional Amounts”) with respect to any
such payment, the Payor will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
stating that such Additional Amounts will be payable, the amounts so payable
and
will set forth such other information necessary to enable the Trustee or the
Principal Paying Agent, as the case may be, to pay such Additional Amounts
to
the holders of the Notes on the payment date. Each such Officers’
Certificate shall be relied upon until the receipt of a further Officers’
Certificate addressing such matters. The Payor will pay to the
Trustee, or the Principal Paying Agent, as the case may be, such Additional
Amounts and, if paid to a Paying Agent other than the Trustee, shall provide
the
Trustee with documentation evidencing the payment of such Additional
Amounts. Copies of such documentation shall be made available to the
holders of the Notes upon request.
The
Payor
will (i) make any required withholding or deduction and (ii) remit the
full amount deducted or withheld to the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in
accordance with applicable law. The Payor will use all reasonable efforts to
obtain certified copies of tax receipts evidencing the payment of any Taxes
so
deducted or withheld from each Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction imposing such Taxes
and will provide such certified copy to each holder of a Note. The Payor will
attach to each certified copy a certificate stating (x) that the amount of
withholding Taxes evidenced by the certified copy was paid in connection with
payments in respect of the principal amount of Notes then outstanding and
(y) the amount of such withholding Taxes paid per €1,000 principal amount
of the Notes.
The
foregoing obligations of this Section 4.15 will survive any termination,
defeasance or discharge of this Indenture and will apply with appropriate
changes to any jurisdiction in which any successor Person to a Payor is
organized or any political subdivision or taxing authority or agency thereof
or
therein.
Whenever
in this Indenture or in the Notes there is mentioned, in any context, the
payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, or any other amount
payable under or with respect to any Note and the Subsidiary Guarantees, such
mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts
to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would
be
payable in respect thereof.
SECTION
4.16 Payment of Non-Income Taxes and Similar
Charges. The Payor will pay any present or future stamp,
court or documentary taxes, or any other excise or property taxes, charges
or
similar levies which arise in any jurisdiction from the execution, delivery
or
registration of the Notes or any other document or instrument referred to
therein (other than a transfer of the Notes), or the receipt of any payments
with respect to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees, excluding any such
taxes, charges or similar levies imposed by any jurisdiction other than a
Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, other than those resulting from, or required
to be
paid in connection with, the enforcement of the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees
or any other such document or instrument following the occurrence of any Event
of Default with respect to the Notes.
SECTION
4.17 Compliance Certificate; Notice of
Default. The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days
after the end of each fiscal year an Officers’ Certificate stating (a) that in
the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as Officers of
the
Issuer they would normally have knowledge of any Default and whether or not
the
signers know of any Default that occurred during such period. If they
do, the certificate shall describe the Default, its status and what action
the
Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto and (b) that no
recording, filing, re-recording or re-filing of this Indenture and the Security
Documents is necessary to maintain the security interest intended to be created
thereby for the benefit of the holders of the Notes.
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Upon
becoming aware of, and as of such time that the Issuer should reasonably have
become aware of, a Default, the Issuer also shall deliver to the Trustee within
five Business Days of the occurrence of such Default, written notice of such
events which would constitute a Default, their status and what action the Issuer
is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof.
SECTION
4.18 Merger, Amalgamation and
Consolidation.(b)The Issuer will not consolidate with,
amalgamate or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or
substantially all its assets to, any Person, unless:
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the
resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”)
will be a corporation or limited liability company organized and
existing
under the laws of Bermuda, any member state of the European Union
that was
a member of the European Union as of the Issue Date, or of the United
States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia
and the
Successor Company (if not the Issuer) will expressly assume, by
supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form
satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Issuer under
the
Notes and this Indenture;
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immediately
after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness
that becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Subsidiary
of
the Successor Company as a result of such transaction as having been
Incurred by the Successor Company or such Subsidiary at the time
of such
transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be
continuing;
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(3)
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immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, the Successor Company would
be
able to Incur at least an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant
to
Section 4.3(a); and
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(4)
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the
Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such amalgamation, consolidation,
merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply
with
this Indenture.
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For
purposes of this Section 4.18, the sale, lease, conveyance, assignment,
transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties
and
assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Issuer, which properties and assets,
if held by the Issuer instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Issuer on a consolidated
basis, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of the Issuer.
(b) The
Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise
every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture, but, in the case
of a
lease of all or substantially all its assets, the Issuer will not be released
from the obligation to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on
the Notes.
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(c) Notwithstanding
Sections 4.18(a)(3) and Section 4.18(a)(4), any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Issuer may consolidate with, amalgamate, merge into or transfer all or part
of
its properties and assets to the Issuer.
(d) In
addition, the Issuer will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to consolidate
with, amalgamate or merge with or into any Person (other than another Subsidiary
Guarantor), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of
all
or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or a series of related
transactions to, another Person (other than another Subsidiary Guarantor)
whether or not affiliated with such Subsidiary Guarantor
unless:
(1)
(a)
the resulting, surviving or transferee Person will be a corporation or a limited
liability company organized and existing under the laws of Bermuda, any member
state of the European Union that was a member of the European Union as of the
Issue Date, or the United States of America, any State thereof or the District
of Columbia and such Person (if not the Subsidiary Guarantor) will expressly
assume all the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes and
this
Indenture, including the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor,
pursuant to a supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the Trustee
in a
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; (b) immediately
after
giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness that becomes
an
obligation of the resulting, surviving or transferee Person or any Restricted
Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by such
Person or Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default
or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and (c) the Issuer
will
have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer
and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with the indenture;
or
(2)
the
transaction is made in compliance with Section 4.9 above.
The
Person formed by or surviving such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if
other than the Subsidiary Guarantor) or the Person to which such sale,
assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been
made will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right
and
power of, such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture, but in the case of
a
lease of all or substantially all of its assets, such Subsidiary Guarantor
will
not be released from its obligation under its Subsidiary Guarantee to pay the
principal of, premium, if any, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on
the
Notes in the event of a default as described above.
SECTION
4.19 Payments for Consent. The Issuer will not,
and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to, directly or
indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit
of
any holder of the 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.
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SECTION
4.20 Limitations on Sale of Capital Stock of Restricted
Subsidiaries. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to, transfer, convey, sell, lease or
otherwise dispose of any Voting Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary or to issue
any of the Voting Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than, if necessary,
shares of its Voting Stock constituting directors’ qualifying shares) to any
Person except:
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(1)
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to
the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer;
or
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(2)
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in
compliance with Section 4.9 hereof and, immediately after giving
effect to
such issuance or sale, such Restricted Subsidiary would continue
to be a
Restricted Subsidiary.
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Notwithstanding
this Section 4.20, the Issuer may sell all the Voting Stock of a Restricted
Subsidiary as long as the Issuer complies with Section 4.9 hereof.
SECTION
4.21 Limitation on Guarantees of the Issuer and Subsidiary
Guarantor Indebtedness. The Issuer will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor to Guarantee any Indebtedness
of
the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor, unless contemporaneously
therewith (or prior thereto) provision is made to Guarantee the Notes on an
equal and ratable basis with such Guarantee for so long as such Guarantee
remains effective.
SECTION
4.22 Impairment of Security Interest. The Issuer
shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, take or omit
to
take any action that would have the result of materially impairing the security
interest with respect to the Collateral and the Issuer will not, and will not
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to grant to any Person other than
the
Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, any interest whatsoever
in
any of the Collateral, except as permitted in the Security Documents and under
Section 4.6 above.
ARTICLE
V
SUCCESSOR
CORPORATION
In
the
event of the merger, amalgamation or consolidation of the Issuer with or into
another Person (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving corporation), or
the
sale, assignment, conveyance, lease, transfer or other disposition, in one
transaction or a series of transactions, of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Issuer to any other Person in circumstances that do not constitute
an Event of Default, then the Successor Company will succeed to and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Issuer under
this
Indenture with the same effect as if such Successor Company had been named
as
the Issuer herein, and thereafter (except in the case of a sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition) the predecessor corporation
will be relieved of all further obligations and covenants under this Indenture,
the Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees.
ARTICLE
VI
DEFAULT
AND REMEDIES
SECTION
6.1 Events of Default. Whenever used herein with
respect to the Notes, “Event of Default” means any one of the following
events which shall have occurred and be continuing:
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(1)
default in any payment of interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on any Note
when due, continued for 30 days;
(2)
default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on any Note when
due
at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase,
upon
declaration or otherwise;
(3)
failure by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to comply with the provisions
of Section 4.18;
(4)
failure by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to comply for 30 days after
notice with any of the provisions of Section 4.14 or under any of the other
covenants of Article IV (in each case, other than a failure to purchase Notes
which will constitute an Event of Default under clause (2) of this Section
6.1
and other than a failure to comply with Section 4.18, which is covered by clause
(3) of this Section 6.1);
(5)
failure by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to comply for 60 days after
notice with any of its other agreements contained in this
Indenture;
(6)
default under any charge, 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 Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or the
payment of which is Guaranteed by the Issuer or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries), other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary, whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is created
after the date of this Indenture, which default:
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(a)
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is
caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium,
if any,
on such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period
provided
in such Indebtedness; or
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(b)
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results
in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its
maturity;
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and,
in
each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the
principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been
a
payment default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates
$25
million or more;
(7)
(A) a
court having jurisdiction in the premises enters a decree or order for
(i) relief in respect of the Issuer or any Significant Group in an
involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect and such decree or order shall remain unstayed
and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days, (ii) appointment of
a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, examiner,
administrator, sequestration or similar official for the Issuer or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of the property and
assets of the Issuer and any of its Significant Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period
of 60 consecutive days or (iii) the winding up or liquidation of the
affairs of the Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries and, in each case,
such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of
60 consecutive days; or (B) the Issuer, any of its Significant Subsidiaries
or any Significant Group (i) commences a voluntary case (including
taking any action for the purpose of winding up) under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, examination, court protection or other similar law
now
or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in
an
involuntary case under any such law, (ii) consents to the appointment of or
taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
examiner, administrator, sequestration or similar official of the Issuer, any
of
its Significant Subsidiaries or any Significant Group or for all or
substantially all of the property and assets of the Issuer, any of its
Significant Subsidiaries or any Significant Group or (iii) effects any
general assignment for the benefit of creditors;
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(8)
failure by the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary to pay final judgments
aggregating in excess of €25 million (net of any amounts that a reputable and
creditworthy insurance company has acknowledged liability for in writing),
which
judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60
days;
(9)
except as permitted by this Indenture, a Subsidiary Guarantee is held in one
or
more judicial proceedings to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for
any
reason to be in full force and effect or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any Person
acting on behalf of the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor, shall deny or
disaffirm its obligations under this Indenture or the Subsidiary
Guarantee;
(10) any
security interest under the Security Documents shall, at any time, cease to
be
in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the relevant Security
Documents or this Indenture) for any reason other than satisfaction in full
of
all obligations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries under this Indenture or
the
release of any such security interest in accordance with the Security Documents
or this Indenture or any such security interest created thereunder or hereunder
shall be declared invalid or unenforceable or the Issuer shall assent that
any
such security is invalid or unenforceable or any pledgor disaffirms its
obligations under the Security Documents; or
(11) default
under any other Indebtedness that is secured by the Collateral if such default
results in the creditors under such Indebtedness commencing an enforcement
action of their security rights over the Collateral.
However,
a Default under clauses (4) and (5) of this Section 6.1 will not constitute
an
Event of Default until the Trustee or the holders of 25% in principal amount
of
the outstanding Notes notify the Issuer of the default and such default is
not
cured within the time specified by clauses (4) and (5) of this Section 6.1
after
receipt of such notice.
SECTION
6.2 Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other
than an Event of Default described in clause (7) of Section 6.1) occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Issuer, or the holders of at least
25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by notice to the Issuer and
the
Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such holders of the Notes shall,
declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest,
if
any, on all the Notes to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such
principal, premium and accrued and unpaid interest will be due and payable
immediately. In the event of a declaration of acceleration of the Notes because
an Event of Default described in clause (6) of Section 6.1 has occurred and
is continuing, the declaration of acceleration of the Notes shall be
automatically annulled if the event of default or payment default triggering
such Event of Default pursuant to clause (6) of Section 6.1 shall be remedied
or
cured by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer or waived by the
holders of the relevant Indebtedness within 20 days after the declaration
of acceleration with respect thereto and if (x) the annulment of the
acceleration of the Notes would not conflict with any judgment or decree of
a
court of competent jurisdiction and (y) all existing Events of Default,
except non-payment of principal, premium or interest on the Notes that became
due solely because of the acceleration of the Notes, have been cured or waived.
If an Event of Default described in clause (7) of Section 6.1 occurs and is
continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest
on all the Notes will become and be immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holders of the
Notes.
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SECTION
6.3 Other Remedies. If an Event of Default of
which a Trust Officer of the Trustee has knowledge occurs and is continuing,
the
Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to
collect the payment of principal of or, premium, if any, interest, and
Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any
provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
SECTION
6.4 The Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture
and under any Note Guarantee may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee
without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name and as Trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Notes in respect
of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION
6.5 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as
otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in Section 2.8, no right or remedy herein
conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the holders of the Notes is
intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition
to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at
law
or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right
or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent or
subsequent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or
remedy.
SECTION
6.6 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or
omission of the Trustee or of any holder of the Notes to exercise any right
or
remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy
or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence
therein. Every right and remedy given by this Section 6.6 or by law
to the Trustee or to the holders of the Notes maybe exercised from time to
time,
and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the holders of
the
Notes, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION
6.7 Waiver of Past Defaults. Subject to Sections
2.10, 6.10 and 9.2, at any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect
to the Notes as described in Section 6.2, the holders of at least
a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by written notice
to the Issuer and the Trustee, may waive all past defaults (except with respect
to nonpayment of principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts) and rescind
any such declaration of acceleration with respect to the Notes and its
consequences if (i) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (ii) all existing Events of
Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of or, premium, if any,
interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes that have become due
solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or
waived. Such waiver shall not excuse a continuing Event of Default in
the payment of interest, premium, if any, principal or Additional Amounts,
if
any, on such Note held by a non-consenting holder of the Notes, or in respect
of
a covenant or a provision which cannot be amended or modified without the
consent of all holders of the Notes. The Issuer shall deliver to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the requisite percentage of
holders of the Notes has consented to such waiver and attaching copies of such
consents. When a Default or Event of Default is waived, it is cured
and ceases.
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SECTION
6.8 Control by Majority. Subject to Section 2.10,
the holders of the Notes of not less than a majority in principal amount of
the
outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust
or
power conferred on the Trustee. Subject to Section 7.1, however, the
Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with any law or this
Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights
of
another holder of the Notes, or that may involve the Trustee in personal
liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any
other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such
direction.
SECTION
6.9 Limitation on Suits. Subject to Section 6.10
of this Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee, if an Event of Default
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction
of
any of holders unless such holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or
security against any loss, liability or expense satisfactory to the
Trustee. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal,
premium, if any, or interest when due, no holder of the Notes may pursue any
remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:
(1)
such
holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is
continuing;
(2)
holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have
requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3)
such
holders have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it
against any loss, liability or expense;
(4)
the
Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt
of the request and the offer of satisfactory security or indemnity;
and
(5)
the
holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have not
given the Trustee a direction that, in the opinion of the Trustee, is
inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.
SECTION
6.10 Rights of holders of the Notes to Receive
Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture
(including, without limitation, Section 8.9 hereof), the right of any holder
of
the Notes to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest,
and
Additional Amounts, if any, on a Note, on or after the respective due dates
expressed in such Note, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment
on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without
the
consent of such holder of the Notes.
SECTION
6.11 Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of
Default in payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest and Additional
Amounts, if any, specified in clause (1) or clause (2) of Section 6.1 occurs
and
is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee
of an express trust against the Issuer, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other
obligor on the Notes for the whole amount of principal and accrued interest
remaining unpaid, together with interest on overdue principal and, to the extent
that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of
interest, in each case at the rate per annum borne by the Notes and such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee
under
Section 7.6.
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SECTION
6.12 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee
may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary
or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim
for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements, advances or any other
amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.6, its agents, appointees and
counsel, accountants and experts) and the holders of the Notes allowed in any
judicial proceedings relating to the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor, their
creditors or their property or any other obligor on the Notes, its creditors
or
its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any
monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to
distribute the same, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceedings is
hereby authorized by each holder of the Notes 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 of the Notes, to pay to the Trustee any amount
due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agent and appointee and counsel, and any other amounts
due
to the Trustee under Section 7.6. To the extent that the payment of any
such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and appointees and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee
under Section 7.6 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 which the holders of the Notes may be entitled to receive
in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization
or
arrangement or otherwise.
SECTION
6.13 Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money
or property pursuant to this Article VI, it shall pay out the money or
property in the following order:
First: to
the Trustee, the Agents and their agents and appointees and attorneys for
amounts due under Section 7.6, including (but not limited to) payment of all
compensation, fees, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made,
by
the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second: to
holders of the Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal,
premium, if any, interest, and Additional Amounts, 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 Amounts,
if
any, respectively; and
Third:
to
the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes, as their interests may appear,
or
as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
The
Trustee, upon prior notice to the Issuer, may fix a record date and payment
date
for any payment to holders of the Notes pursuant to this Section 6.13;
provided that the failure to give any such notice shall not affect the
establishment of such record date or payment date for holders of the Notes
pursuant to this Section 6.13.
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SECTION
6.14 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the
Trustee or any holder of any Note has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any
right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued
or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee
or
to such holder of the Notes, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Issuer, each Subsidiary Guarantor, the
Trustee and the holders of the Notes shall be restored by the Issuer severally
and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights
and remedies of the Trustee and the holders of the Notes shall continue as
though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION
6.15 Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against
the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its
discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may
assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses,
against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and
good
faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This
Section 6.15 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a holder of
the
Notes pursuant to Section 6.10, or a suit by a holder or holders of more than
10% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.
SECTION
6.16 Notices of Default. If a Default occurs and
is continuing and is actually known to a Trust Officer of the Trustee, the
Trustee must mail to each holder of the Notes notice of the Default within
90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of
principal of,premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Note, the Trustee
may
withhold notice if and so long as the Trustee in good faith determines that
withholding notice is in the interests of holders of the Notes.
ARTICLE
VII
TRUSTEE
SECTION
7.1 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If
an Event of Default actually known to a Trust Officer of the Trustee 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, skill
and
diligence in its exercise as a reasonably prudent person would exercise or
use
in the conduct of his or her own affairs. The Trustee, however, may
refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or
that
the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any
holder of the Notes or that would involve the Trustee in personal
liability.
(b) (1) The
Trustee and the Agents will perform only those duties as are specifically set
forth herein and no others and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read
into this Indenture against the Trustee or the Agents.
(2)
In
the absence of bad faith on their part, the Trustee and the Agents may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the
opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions and such other
documents delivered to them and conforming to the requirements of this
Indenture. However, in the case of any such certificates or opinions
which by any provision hereof are required to be furnished to the Trustee or
the
Agents, the Trustee or the Agents, as applicable, shall examine the certificates
and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of
this Indenture.
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(c) The
Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its
own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except
that:
(1)
this
Subsection (c) does not limit the effect of Subsection (b) of this Section
7.1;
(2)
neither the Trustee nor Agent shall be liable for any error of judgment made
in
good faith by a Trust Officer of such Trustee or Agent, unless it is proved
that
the Trustee or such Agent 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
6.8.
(d) No
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee or any Agent to expend
or
risk its own funds or otherwise incur any liability in the performance of any
of
its duties hereunder or to take or omit to take any action under this Indenture
or take any action at the request or direction of holders of the Notes if it
does not receive such funds or an indemnity satisfactory to it in its sole
discretion against such risk, liability, loss, fee or expense which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(e) 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), (c) and
(d)
of this Section 7.1.
(f) Neither
the Trustee nor the Agents shall be liable for interest on any money received
by
it except as the Trustee and any Agent may agree in writing with the
Issuer. Money held in trust by the Trustee or any Agent need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) Any
provision hereof relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section 7.1.
(h) The
rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its rights to be indemnified, are extended to,
and shall be enforceable by the Trustee in each of its capacities in which
it
may serve, and to each Agent, Custodian and other person employed to act
hereunder.
SECTION
7.2 Rights of Trustee. Subject to Section
7.1:
(a) The
Trustee and each Agent may rely conclusively on and shall be protected from
acting or refraining from acting in good faith based upon any document believed
by them to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
person. Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent order,
approval, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security or other paper
or
document, but the Trustee or its Agent, as the case may be, in its discretion,
may make further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters stated
in
such document and if the Trustee or its Agent as the case may be, shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled
to
examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer or any Subsidiary
Guarantor, at reasonable times during normal business hours, personally or
by
agent or attorney. The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or
any knowledge of any matter (including without limitation Defaults or Events
of
Default) unless a Trust Officer has actual knowledge thereof or unless written
notice thereof is received by the Trustee, (attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx) and such notice clearly references the Notes, the Issuer or this
Indenture.
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(b) Before
the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require (at the Issuer’s
expense) an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both, which shall
conform to the provisions of Sections 12.2 and 12.3. Neither the
Trustee nor any Agent shall be liable for any action it takes or omits to take
in good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion.
(c) The
Trustee and any Agent may act through their attorneys and agents and shall
not
be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent (other than an
agent who is an employee of the Trustee or such Agent) appointed with due
care.
(d) The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or
powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; provided, however,
that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or
bad faith.
(e) The
Trustee or any Agent may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice
or
opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete
authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken,
omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the
advice or opinion of such counsel.
(f) The
Trustee may act and rely and shall be protected in acting and relying in good
faith on the opinion or advice of or information obtained from any accountant,
appraiser, agents or other expert or adviser, whether retained or employed
by
the Issuer or by the Trustee, in relation to any matter arising in the
administration of the trusts hereof provided that selection of such
accountant, appraiser, agent or other expert or adviser, has been made in good
faith by the Trustee.
(g) Prior
to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to
indemnification or security from the holders of the Notes satisfactory to it
against any loss, liability and expense caused by taking or not taking such
action.
(h) The
permissive right of the Trustee to take the actions permitted by this Indenture
will not be construed as a duty to do so.
(i) In
no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay
in
the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of, or caused by,
any
change in applicable law, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military
disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God; it being
understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts that are consistent
with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon
as
practicable under the circumstances.
(j) Except
with respect to Section 4.01, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as
to
the performance of the Issuer with respect to the covenants contained in Article
4.
(k) Under
no circumstances will the Trustee be liable to any person for any consequential
loss or damage (including loss of business, goodwill, opportunity or profit),
even if advised of the possibility of such loss or damage.
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SECTION
7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee or
any Agent in its respective individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer, its
Subsidiaries, or their respective Affiliates with the same rights it would
have
if it were not the Trustee or an Agent.
SECTION
7.4 Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee
shall not be responsible for and make no representation as to the validity,
effectiveness, correctness or adequacy of this Indenture, the offering materials
related to this Indenture or the Notes; it shall not be accountable for the
Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Issuer or
upon the Issuer’s direction under any provision hereof; it shall not be
responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Agent and
it
shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein of the Issuer
or
any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any document issued in connection with the sale
of
Notes or any statement in the Notes other than the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication.
SECTION
7.5 Notice of Default. If an Event of Default
occurs and is continuing and such event is known to a Trust Officer of the
Trustee, the Trustee must deliver to each holder of the Notes, as their names
and addresses appear on the list of holders of the Notes described in Section
2.5, notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after the
occurrence thereof. Except in the case of a Default or Event of
Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, interest and Additional
Amounts, if any, of any Note, including the failure to make payment on (i)
the
Change of Control Payment Date pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or (ii)
the
date required for payment pursuant to an Asset Disposition Offer, the Trustee
may withhold the notice of Default or an Event of Default if and for so long
as
the Trustee in good faith reasonably believes that it is in the best interests
of the holders of the Notes to withhold such notice.
SECTION
7.6 Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuer shall
pay to the Trustee and Agents from time to time such reasonable compensation
as
the Issuer and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for its
acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustee’s
and the Agents’ compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of
a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer shall reimburse the Trustee
and Agents upon request for all reasonable disbursements, expenses and advances
(including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel or appointees) incurred
or
made by them in addition to the compensation for their services, except any
such
disbursements, expenses and advances as may be attributable to the Trustee’s or
any Agent’s negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. Such
expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses
of the Trustee’s and Agents’ accountants, experts and counsel and any taxes or
other expenses incurred by a trust created pursuant to Section 8.4
hereof.
The
Issuer agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee’s legal
counsel, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, in connection with its review, preparation
and delivery of this Indenture and related documentation.
The
Issuer shall indemnify each of the Trustee, any predecessor Trustee and the
Agents (which, for purposes of this paragraph, include such Trustee’s and
Agents’ affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents) and in any other
capacity the Trustee may serve hereunder for, and hold them harmless against,
any and all loss, damage, claim, proceedings, demands, costs, expense or
liability including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee
or franchise, doing business or other similar taxes imposed on the Trustee)
incurred by the Trustee or an Agent without negligence or willful misconduct
on
its part in connection with acceptance of administration of this trust and
performance of any provision under this Indenture, including the reasonable
expenses and counsel fees and expenses of defending itself against any claim
of
liability arising hereunder. The Trustee and the Agents shall notify
the Issuer promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee or such Agent
for
which it may seek indemnity. However, the failure by the Trustee or
the Agent to so notify the Issuer shall not relieve the Issuer of its
obligations hereunder. The Issuer need not reimburse or indemnify
against any loss liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through its own
willful misconduct or negligence. The Issuer shall defend the claim
and the Trustee or such Agent shall cooperate in the defense (and may employ
its
own counsel, but at the Trustee’s expense unless the named parties in any such
proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Issuer and the
Trustee and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be
inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them).
The
Issuer need not pay for any settlement made without its written consent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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To
secure
the Issuer’s payment obligations in this Section 7.6, the Trustee and the Agents
shall have a claim prior to the Notes against all money or property held or
collected by the Trustee and the Agents, in its capacity as Trustee or Agent,
except money or property held in trust to pay principal or premium, if any,
Additional Amounts, if any, or interest on particular Notes.
When
the
Trustee or an Agent incurs expenses or renders services after the occurrence
of
an Event of Default specified in clause (7) of Section 6.1, the expenses
(including the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) and
the
compensation for the services shall be preferred over the status of the holders
of the Notes in a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law and are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
The
Issuer’s obligations under this Section 7.6 and any claim arising hereunder
shall survive the termination of this Indenture, the resignation or removal
of
any Trustee or Agent, the discharge of the Issuer’s obligations pursuant to
Article VIII and any rejection or termination under any Bankruptcy
Law.
Save
as
otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, the Trustee shall have absolute
and uncontrolled discretion as to the exercise of the discretions vested in
the
Trustee by this Indenture but, whenever the Trustee is bound to act under this
Indenture at the request or direction of the holders of the Notes, the Trustee
shall nevertheless not be so bound unless first indemnified to its satisfaction
against all proceedings, claims and demands to which it may render itself liable
and all costs, charges, expenses and liabilities which it may incur by so
doing.
Whether
or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that
in
any way relates to the Trustee is subject to this Section 7.6.
SECTION
7.7 Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee and any
Agent may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer in writing;
provided, however, that this Indenture, the Notes, and the Note
Guarantees shall remain valid notwithstanding a material conflict of interest
of
the Trustee. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee or any Agent by so providing not less
than 30 day’s written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee or such Agent, as the
case may be, in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee or Agent with the
Issuer’s consent. A resignation or removal of the Trustee or any
Agent and an appointment of a successor Trustee or Agent, as the case may be,
shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s or Agent’s acceptance
of appointment, as the case may be, as provided in this Section
7.7. The Issuer may remove the Trustee or any Agent upon no less than
30 day’s written notice if:
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the
Trustee or Agent, as the case may be, is adjudged a bankrupt or an
insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee
or
Agent, as the case may be, under any Bankruptcy
Law;
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a
receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or Agent,
as
the case may be, or its respective property;
or
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the
Trustee or Agent, as the case may be, becomes incapable of acting
with
respect to its duties hereunder.
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If
the
Trustee or an Agent resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office
of Trustee or Agent for any reason, the Issuer shall notify each holder of
the
Notes of such event and shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Agent,
as
the case may be. Within one year after the successor Trustee or Agent
takes office, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may, with the Issuer’s consent, appoint a successor Trustee or
Agent, as the case may be, to replace the successor Trustee or Agent appointed
by the Issuer.
A
successor Trustee or Agent, as the case may be, shall deliver a written
acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee or Agent and to the
Issuer. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee or Agent, as the
case may be, shall transfer, after payment of all sums then owing to the Trustee
or Agent, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 7.6, all property held by
it
as Trustee or Agent to the successor Trustee or Agent, subject to the Lien
provided in Section 7.6, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
or
Agent, as the case may be, shall become effective, and the successor Trustee
or
Agent, as the case may be, shall have all the rights, powers and duties of
the
Trustee or Agent under this Indenture. A successor Trustee or Agent
shall mail notice of its succession to each holder of the Notes.
The
Issuer covenants that, in the event of the Trustee or any agent giving notice
of
its resignation pursuant to this Section 7.7, it shall use its best endeavours
to procure a successor Trustee or Agent to be appointed. If a
successor Trustee or Agent does not take office within 30 days after the
retiring Trustee or Agent resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or Agent
(as the case may be), shall be entitled to appoint a successor Trustee or Agent
reasonably acceptable to the Issuer (such acceptance not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) or the retiring Trustee or Agent (as the case may be),
the
Issuer or the holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee or Agent.
If
the
Trustee, within 90 days after becoming aware that a conflict of interest exists
between such Trustee’s role as a trustee and any other capacity, shall not have
eliminated such conflict of interest or resigned from office, the Issuer or
any
holder of the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
If
the
Trustee or any Agent after written request by any holder of the Notes who has
been a holder for at least six months fails to comply with Section 7.8, such
holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of
the
Trustee or Agent, as the case may be, and the appointment of a successor
thereto.
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Notwithstanding
replacement of the Trustee or an Agent pursuant to this Section 7.7, the
Issuer’s obligations under Section 7.6 shall continue for the benefit of the
retiring Trustee or Agent, as the case may be, and the Issuer shall pay to
any
replaced or removed Trustee or Agent all amounts owed under Section 7.6 upon
such replacement or removal.
SECTION
7.8 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. If
the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or
substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation or
banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without
any further act shall, if such resulting, surviving or transferee corporation
is
otherwise eligible hereunder, be the successor Trustee. In case any
Notes shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then
in
office, any successor by consolidation, merger or conversion to such
authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Notes
so
authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Notes.
ARTICLE
VIII
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
SECTION
8.1 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance. The Issuer (hereafter in this Article VIII, the
“Defeasor”) may, at any time, with respect to the Notes, elect to have either
Section 8.2 or 8.3 be applied to all outstanding Notes and all obligations
of
the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors with respect to the Subsidiary
Guarantees upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article
VIII.
SECTION
8.2 Legal Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the
Defeasor’s exercise under Section 8.1 of the option applicable to this Section
8.2, the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed to have been
discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes and
the
Subsidiary Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied
(hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, such
Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall
be
deemed to have paid and discharged all the obligations relating to the
outstanding Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Notes shall thereafter
be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.6,
Section 8.8 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to below in
this Section 8.2, and to have satisfied all of their other obligations under
such Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees and this Indenture and cured all then
existing Events of Default (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense
of
the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except
for
the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder: (a) the rights of holders of outstanding Notes to
receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, interest
and
Additional Amounts, if any, on such Notes when such payments are due or on
the
Redemption Date solely out of the Defeasance Trust created pursuant to this
Indenture; (b) the Issuer’s obligations with respect to Notes concerning
issuing temporary Notes, or, where relevant, registration of such Notes,
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an office
or
agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust; (c) the
rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and the Issuer’s
and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and (d) this
Article VIII and the obligations set forth in Section 8.6 hereof.
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Subject
to compliance with this Article VIII, the Defeasor may exercise its option
under
this Section 8.2 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section
8.3 with respect to the Notes.
SECTION
8.3 Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Defeasor’s
exercise under Section 8.1 of the option applicable to this Section 8.3, the
Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be released from any obligations
under the covenants contained in Article IV (other than Sections 4.1, 4.2,
4.5,
4.7, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17 and clauses (1), (2) and (4) of
4.18(a)) hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes and
the Note Guarantees on and after the date the conditions set forth below 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 of the Notes (and the
consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall
continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being
understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting
purposes). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, (i)
with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors
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 (ii) payment on the Notes may not be accelerated
because of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(3) (but only if such
Event of Default is triggered solely by a failure to comply with the conditions
set forth in clauses (3) and (4) of Section 4.18(a)), Section 6.1(4) or (5)
(insofar as they relate to Sections 4.3, 4.4, 4.6, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12,
4.13, 4.14, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20, 4.21 or 4.22), 6.1(6), (7) (with respect to a
Significant Subsidiary) or 6.1(8), (9) or (10).
SECTION
8.4 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance. In
order to exercise either of the defeasance options under Section 8.2 or Section
8.3 hereof, the Defeasor must comply with the following conditions:
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the
Defeasor shall have irrevocably deposited in trust (the “Defeasance
Trust”), with the Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Notes,
euro or euro-denominated Government Obligations in such amounts as
will be
sufficient for the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest
and
Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes to redemption or maturity,
as the
case may be;
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the
Defeasor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
(subject to customary exceptions and exclusions) to the effect that
holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for
U.S.
Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance
and
will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amount and
in the
same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if
such
deposit and defeasance had not occurred. In the case of Legal
Defeasance only, such Opinion of Counsel must be based on a ruling
of the
U.S. Internal Revenue Service or other change in applicable U.S.
Federal
income tax law;
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the
Defeasor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
in
Bermuda (subject to customary exceptions and exclusions), to the
effect
that holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss
for
income tax purposes of Bermuda as a result of such deposit and defeasance
and will be subject to income tax in Bermuda for the same amount
and in
the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case
if such
deposit and defeasance had not
occurred;
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no
Default or Event of Default (other than to incur indebtedness used
to
defease the Notes under this Article VIII) shall have occurred and
be
continuing on the date of such deposit in the Defeasance Trust or
insofar
asEvents of Default from bankruptcy or insolvency events are concerned,
at
any time in the period ending on the 91st
day after
the date or deposit;
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such
Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach
or
violation of any material agreement or instrument (other than this
Indenture) to which the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
is a
party or by which the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
is
bound;
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the
Defeasor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuer with the intent
of
preferring the holders of the Notes over any other creditors of the
Issuer
or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding
any
other creditors of the Issuer or
others;
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the
Defeasor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent
provided
for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance
have
been complied with; and
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the
Defeasor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
in the
jurisdiction in which the Defeasance Trust funds are held (subject
to
customary exceptions) to the effect that (A) the Defeasance Trust
funds will not be subject to any rights of holders of Indebtedness,
including, without limitation, those arising under this Indenture
and
(B) after the 181st
day
following the deposit, the Defeasance Trust funds will not be subject
to
the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
or
similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the Defeasance Trust funds are held and that
the
Trustee has a perfected security interest in such Defeasance Trust
funds
for the ratable benefit of the holders of the
Notes.
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SECTION
8.5 Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture. This Indenture will be discharged and will
cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued thereunder when either
(i) all such Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except lost,
stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid
to
the Issuer) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or
(ii) (A) all such Notes not theretofore 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
Defeasor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
as
trust funds in trust an amount of money sufficient to pay and discharge the
entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for
cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest
and
Additional Amounts, if any, to the date of maturity or redemption, (B) no
Default with respect to this Indenture or the Notes shall have occurred and
be
continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such
deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Issuer or any
of
its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound, (C) the
Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors have paid, or caused to be paid, all sums
payable, under this Indenture, and (D) the Issuer has delivered irrevocable
instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to give the notice of
redemptionand apply the deposited money toward the payment of such Notes at
maturity or the Redemption Date, as the case may be. In addition, the Defeasor
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.
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SECTION
8.6 Survival of Certain
Obligations. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture and of the Notes referred to in Section 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
or 8.5, the respective obligations of the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors
and
the Trustee under Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11,
2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 4.1, 4.2, 4.5, 4.7, 4.15, 4.16, 6.10, Article VII and Article
VIII shall survive until the Notes are no longer outstanding, and thereafter
the
obligations of the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee under
Articles VII and VIII shall survive. Nothing contained in this
Article VIII shall abrogate any of the obligations or duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture.
SECTION
8.7 Acknowledgment of Discharge by
Trustee. Subject to Section 8.10, after (i) the conditions of
Section 8.4 or 8.5 have been satisfied, (ii) the Issuer has, or the Subsidiary
Guarantors have, paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder
by
the Issuer and (iii) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent referred to in clause (i) above relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, the Trustee upon written
request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of all obligations of the
Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors under this Indenture except for those
surviving obligations specified in this Article VIII.
SECTION
8.8 Application of Trust Moneys. All cash in euro
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.4 or 8.5 in respect of Notes
shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions
of
such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent as the Trustee may determine, to the holders of the Notes of all
sums due and to become due thereon for principal, premium, if any, interest,
if
any, and Additional Amounts, if any, but such money need not be segregated
from
other funds except to the extent required by law.
The
Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against
any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash deposited
pursuant to Section 8.4 or 8.5 or the principal and interest received in respect
thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the
account of the holders of outstanding Notes.
SECTION
8.9 Repayment to the Issuer; Unclaimed Money. The
Trustee and any Paying Agent shall promptly pay or return to the Issuer any
cash
held by them at any time that is not required for the payment of the principal
of, premium, if any, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes
for
which cash has been deposited pursuant to Section 8.4 or 8.5.
Any
money
held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent under this Article in trust for the
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, interest and Additional Amounts,
if any, on any Note and remaining unclaimed for one year after such principal,
premium, if any, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, that has become due
and payable shall be paid to the Issuer upon Company Order or if then held
by
the Issuer shall be discharged from such trust; and the holder of such Note
shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer
for
payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money, shall thereupon cease; provided, however,
that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer give notice to the holders of the
Notes or cause to be published notice once, in a leading newspaper having a
general circulation in London (which is expected to be the Financial
Times) and, if and so long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock
Exchange and the rules of such stock exchange shall so require, in
a newspaper having a general circulation in The Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg (which is expected to be the d’Wort) or on the website of
the Luxembourg Stock Exchange at xxx.xxxxxx.xx, or in the case of Definitive
Notes, in addition to such publication, mail to holders of the Notes by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, at their respective addresses as they appear
on the registration books of the Registrar, 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, any unclaimed balance of such money
then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.
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Claims
against the Issuer for the payment of principal or interest and Additional
Amounts, if any, on the Notes will become void unless presentation for payment
is made (where so required in this Indenture) within, in the case of principal
and Additional Amounts, if any, a period of ten years, or, in the case of
interest, a period of five years, in each case from the applicable original
payment date therefor.
SECTION
8.10 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent
is unable to apply any cash in accordance with Section 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 or 8.5
by
reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any
court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant
to
Section 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 or 8.5 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent
is
permitted to apply all such cash in accordance with Section 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
or 8.5; provided, however, that if the Issuer has made any
payment of interest on, premium, if any, principal and Additional Amounts,
if
any, of any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer
shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Notes to receive such
payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE
IX
AMENDMENTS,
SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION
9.1 Without Consent of holders of the
Notes. Notwithstanding Section 9.2 hereof, the Issuer, the
Subsidiary Guarantors, and the Trustee together may amend or supplement this
Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any holder of a Note
to:
(1)
cure
any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(2)
provide for the assumption by a successor corporation or limited company of
all
of the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture in the case of amalgamation,
merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Issuer’s
assets;
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(3)
provide for the assumption by a successor corporation or limited liability
company of all of the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor under this
Indenture and the Subsidiary Guarantees;
(4)
provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes;
(5)
add
Guarantees with respect to the Notes;
(6)
secure the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees or any other Guarantee of the
Notes;
(7)
add
to the covenants of the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries for the benefit
of
the holders of the Notes or surrender any right or power conferred upon the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(8)
make
any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder of the
Notes.
Upon
the
request of the Issuer, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the
execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by
the
Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.5, the Trustee shall join
with the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors in the execution of any amended
or
supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture
and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be
therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such
amended or supplemental indenture which adversely affects its own rights, duties
or immunities hereunder or otherwise.
If
and so
long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules
of
such exchange so require, the Issuer will inform the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
of any of the foregoing amendments, supplements and waivers and provide, if
necessary, a supplement to the Offering Memorandum setting forth reasonable
details in connection with any such amendments, supplements or
waivers.
The
consent of the holders of the Notes is not necessary under this Indenture to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment. It is sufficient if
such
consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment. A consent
to any amendment or waiver under this Indenture by any holder of Notes given
in
connection with a tender of such holder’s Notes will not be rendered invalid by
such tender.
SECTION
9.2 With Consent of Holders of Notes. The Issuer,
the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this
Indenture, the Notes or any amended or supplemental indenture with respect
to
the Notes with the written 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, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.7 and 6.10, any existing
Default or Event of Default and its consequences or compliance with any
provisions of this Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of
the
holders of in excess of 50% of the 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, the
Notes). However, without the consent of each holder of an outstanding
Note affected, no amendment or waiver may:
(1)
reduce the amount of Notes whose holders must consent to an
amendment;
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(2)
reduce the stated rate of or extend the stated time for payment of interest
on
any Note;
(3)
reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of any Note;
(4)
reduce the premium payable upon the redemption or repurchase of any Note or
change the time at which any Note may be redeemed or repurchased as described
in
Paragraphs 7 and 8 of the Notes and Sections 4.9 and 4.14 hereof or any similar
provision, whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the
covenants, definitions or otherwise;
(5)
make
any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Note;
(6)
impair the right of any holder of the Notes to receive payment of premium,
if
any, Additional Amounts, if any, principal of and interest on such holder’s
Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the
enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such holder’s
Notes;
(7)
release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Subsidiary
Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with this
Indenture;
(8)
directly or indirectly release the pledges except as permitted by the terms
of
this Indenture and the Security Documents; or
(9)
make
any change in the amendment provisions which require the consent of each holder
of the Notes or in the waiver provisions.
Upon
the
request of the Issuer, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the
execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing
with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of
the
holders of the Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the
documents described in Section 9.5, the Trustee shall join with the Issuer
and the Subsidiary Guarantors in the execution of such amended or supplemental
indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture adversely affects the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities hereunder or otherwise, in which case
the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into
such amended or supplemental indenture. It shall not be necessary for
the consent of the holders under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular
form
of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
approves the substance thereof.
After
an
amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.2 becomes effective, the
Issuer shall mail to the holders of the Notes (with a copy to the Trustee)
a
notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. However, the
failure to give such notice to all holders of the Notes, or any defect therein,
will not in any way impair or affect the validity of such amended or
supplemented indenture or waiver. In addition, for so long as the Notes are
listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of such exchange so
require, the Issuer will publish notice of any amendment, supplement and waiver
in The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in a daily newspaper with general circulation
in The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (which is expected to be the d’Wort)
or on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange at
xxx.xxxxxx.xx.
SECTION
9.3 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 of a
Note.
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The
Issuer may fix a record date for determining which holders of the Notes must
consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver. If the Issuer fixes
a record date, the record date shall be fixed at (i) the later of 30 days prior
to the first solicitation of such consent or the date of the most recent list
of
holders of the Notes furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation
pursuant to Section 2.5 or (ii) such other date as the Issuer shall
designate.
SECTION
9.4 Notation on or Exchange of Notes. The Trustee
may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver
on
any Note thereafter authenticated. The Issuer in exchange for all
Notes may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate new Notes that reflect the
amendment, supplement or waiver. Failure to make the appropriate
notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such
amendment, supplement or waiver.
SECTION
9.5 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.. The Trustee
shall execute any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this
Article IX; provided, however, that the Trustee may, but
shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or waiver
which adversely affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under
this Indenture. The Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon
an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate each stating that the
execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this
Article IX is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and constitutes the
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer enforceable in accordance
with its terms. Any Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the
Trustee.
ARTICLE
X
GUARANTEES
SECTION
10.1 Subsidiary Guarantee. Each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors hereby fully, unconditionally, irrevocably, and jointly and severally
Guarantees on a senior basis, as primary obligor and not merely as surety,
the
full and punctual payment of principal of, or interest on or in respect of
the
Notes when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, under
the Notes and this Indenture (including the repurchase obligation of the Issuer
resulting from a Change of Control Triggering Event). Such Guarantee
shall include, in addition to the amount stated above, any and all costs and
expenses (including counsel fees and expenses) Incurred by the Trustee or the
holders of the Notes in enforcing any rights under the Subsidiary
Guarantees.
In
the
event of default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, interest,
if
any, and any other payment obligations in respect of the Notes (including any
obligation to repurchase the Notes), legal proceedings may be instituted
directly against one or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors without first
proceeding against the Issuer.
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SECTION
10.2 Limitation on Liability. The obligations of
each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder will be limited to the maximum amount that
will result in the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor not constituting
a
fraudulent conveyance or a violation of fraudulent transfer restrictions under
applicable insolvency and other laws.
SECTION
10.3 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment
or payments made by a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, no Subsidiary Guarantor
shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Trustee or any
holder of the Notes against the Issuer or any collateral security or guarantee
or right of offset held by the Trustee or any holder of the Notes for the
payment of amounts owed by the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant
to
this Indenture and the Notes (“Obligations”) nor shall any Subsidiary Guarantor
seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Issuer
in
respect of payments made by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, until all
Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any
Subsidiary Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when
all
of the Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held
by the Subsidiary Guarantor in trust for the Trustee and the holders of the
Notes, segregated from other funds of the Subsidiary Guarantor and shall,
forthwith upon receipt by the Subsidiary Guarantor, be turned over to the
Trustee in the exact form received by the Subsidiary Guarantor (duly indorsed
by
the Subsidiary Guarantor to the Trustee, if required), to be applied against
the
Obligations.
SECTION
10.4 Release.
(c) The Subsidiary
Guarantee of each Subsidiary Guarantor will be
automatically and unconditionally released without further action on the part
of
any holder of the Notes or the Trustee (and thereupon shall terminate and be
discharged and be of no further force and effect) upon full and final payment
and performance of all Obligations under this Indenture and the
Notes.
(b) So
long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Subsidiary
Guarantee of any Subsidiary Guarantor (together with any rights of contribution,
subrogation or other similar rights against the Subsidiary Guarantor) will
be
automatically and unconditionally released without further action on the part
of
any holder of the Notes or the Trustee (and thereupon shall terminate and be
discharged and be of no further force and effect):
(i) if
the Subsidiary is disposed of (whether by amalgamation, merger or consolidation,
the sale of its Capital Stock or the sale or all or substantially all of its
assets (other than by a lease)) to a Person which is not the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer in compliance with the terms of this
Indenture (including Section 4.9 and Section 4.18) so long as (A) such
Subsidiary Guarantor is simultaneously and unconditionally released from its
obligations in respect of any other Indebtedness of the Issuer or any other
Restricted Subsidiary and (B) theproceeds from such sale or disposition are
used
for the purposes permitted or required by this Indenture.
(c) The
Subsidiary Guarantees of the Subsidiary Guarantors will also be released upon
the defeasance or discharge of the Notes as provided in Article VIII under
this
Indenture.
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ARTICLE
XI
SECURITY
AND SECURITY TRUSTEE
SECTION
11.1 Collateral and Security
Documents.(d) The Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors
agree to secure the full and punctual payment when due and the full and punctual
performance of their obligations under this Indenture and the Notes by (i)
a
third-ranking pledge of shares of CME NV and CME BV (the “Pledged
Shares”) and (ii) a third-ranking assignment of the Issuer’s rights under
the Framework Agreement (together with the Pledged Shares, the
“Collateral”). The share pledges in respect of the Pledged
Shares are referred to as the “Share Pledges” and, together with the assignment
agreements evidencing the third-ranking assignment of rights under the Framework
Agreement, are referred to as the “Security Documents.” Subject to the
terms of the Security Documents and this Indenture, the Issuer is permitted
to
pledge the Collateral in connection with future Indebtedness of the Issuer
or
its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred and secured in compliance with this
Indenture and on terms consistent with the relative priority of such
Indebtedness and the Trustee and the Security Trustee may enter into one or
more
additional or amended intercreditor agreements in connection with any such
future pledge of the Collateral. The rights and obligations of the parties
hereunder with respect to the Collateral are subject to the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
So
long
as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any share pledge will
be
released if the Subsidiary whose Capital Stock is pledged is disposed of
(whether by merger, amalgamation or consolidation, the sale of its Capital
Stock
or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets (other than by a lease))
to a Person that is not the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer
in
compliance with the terms of this Indenture (including Section 4.9 and Section
4.20) so long as (i) all other security interests in respect of such
Subsidiary’s Capital Stock securing the Indebtedness of the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary are released and (ii) the proceeds from such sale or
disposition are used for the purposes permitted or required by this
Indenture. In addition, any share pledge will be released if the
Subsidiary whose Capital Stock is pledged is redesignated as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary in compliance with the terms and conditions of this
Indenture. All of the Collateral shall be released upon the
defeasance or discharge of the Notes in accordance with Sections 8.2, 8.3 or
8.5
of this Indenture.
Each
holder of Notes by accepting a Note shall be deemed to have authorized and
directed each of the Trustee and the Security Trustee to execute the
Intercreditor Agreement. Each holder of Notes by accepting a Note consents
and
agrees to the terms of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement
(including, without limitation, the provisions providing for foreclosure and
release of Collateral) as the same may be in effect or may be amended from
time
to time in accordance with their terms and authorizes the Trustee and the
Security Trustee to perform their respective obligations and exercise their
respective rights thereunder in accordance therewith and appoints the Trustee
as
his attorney-in-fact for such purpose, including, in the event of any
liquidation, dissolution, winding up, reorganization, assignment for the benefit
of creditors or marshaling of assets of any Guarantor tending towards
liquidation or reorganization of the business and assets of any Guarantor,
the
immediate filing of a claim for the unpaid balance under its Guarantee
obligations in the form required in said proceedings to cause said claim to
be
approved, provided that it is expressly understood that the Trustee shall not
be
required to exercise any such rights as attorney for any holders of Notes unless
instructed to do so in accordance with Section 7.6
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(b) Each
holder by accepting a Note shall be deemed to appoint the Security Trustee
to
act as its trustee and representative in connection with the Collateral, the
Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and authorizes the Security
Trustee (acting only at the direction of the Trustee) to exercise such rights,
powers and discretions as are specifically delegated to the Security Trustee
by
the terms hereof and together with all rights, powers and discretions as are
reasonably incidental thereto or necessary to give effect to the trusts hereby
created and each holder of Notes by accepting a Note shall be deemed to
irrevocably authorize the Security Trustee on its behalf to release any existing
security being held in favor of the holders, to enter into any and each Security
Document and the Intercreditor Agreement and to deal with any formalities in
relation to the perfection of any security created by such Security Documents
(including, inter alia, entering into such other documents as may be necessary
to such perfection).
(c) (1) The
Security Trustee declares that it shall hold the Collateral on trust for the
holders of Notes and the Trustee on the terms contained in this Indenture and
in
the Security Documents.
(2) Each
holder by accepting a Note shall be deemed to agree that the Security Trustee
shall have only those duties, obligations and responsibilities and such rights
and protections as expressly specified in this Indenture, the Security Documents
and the Intercreditor Agreement (and no others shall be implied).
(d) The
Security Trustee agrees that it will hold the security interests in the
Collateral created under any Security Document to which it is a party as
contemplated by this Indenture and any and all proceeds thereof, for the benefit
of, among others, the Trustee and the holders of Notes, without limiting the
Security Trustee’s rights to act in preservation of the security interest in the
Collateral. The Security Trustee will take action or refrain from
taking action in connection therewith only as directed by the
Trustee.
(e) Each
holder, by accepting a Note, shall be deemed to have agreed to all the terms
and
provisions of the Security Documents.
(f) Beyond
the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, the Security Trustee
shall have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in
the
possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to
preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining
thereto and the Security Trustee shall not be responsible for filing any
financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments
in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining
the perfection of any security interest in the Security. The Security Trustee
shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the
Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment
substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not
be
liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the
Collateral by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency
or
other agent or bailee selected by the Security Trustee in good
faith.
(g) Subject
to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Notes are secured by Liens that rank junior
under local law to the 2005 Notes (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement)
and the EBRD Loan, but, pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement, the parties
thereto have agreed that the Notes shall rank pari passu in relation to the
application or right in and priority of payment of any enforcement proceeds
to
the security interests securing the 2005 Notes and the EBRD Loan, which are
both
secured by the same Collateral.
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(h) Each
holder of Notes by accepting a Note and the related Guarantees agrees that
enforcement of the Collateral is subject to certain limitations to the extent
and in the manner provided in the Intercreditor Agreement and that the order
of
application of any enforcement proceeds means that holders of Notes shall
receive enforcement proceeds, if any. after first being applied in paying all
proper costs, charges and expenses incurred by Secured Parties (as defined
in
the Intercreditor Agreement) in enforcing against the Collateral or collecting
the proceeds thereof. Each holder of Notes, by accepting a Note, shall be deemed
to have agreed to and accepted the terms and conditions of the Intercreditor
Agreement. A copy of the Intercreditor Agreement shall be available on any
Business Day upon prior written request at the offices of the Paying
Agent.
SECTION
11.2 Responsibilities of Security Trustee.
(a) Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Security Trustee shall take such
action as requested by written instructions of the Trustee under this Indenture,
provided that such action does not contradict applicable law or subject
the Security Trustee to any liability under applicable law. In this
regard, the Security Trustee shall be entitled to rely and act upon, and shall
be fully protected in relying and acting upon, any note, writing, resolution,
notice, consent, certificate, request, demand, direction, instruction, waiver,
receipt, agreement, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex
or
teletype message, statement, order or written document or written communication
reasonably believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed,
sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements
of
legal counsel and other experts retained or employed by the Security Trustee
in
its reasonably discretion.
(b) The
Security Trustee shall be deemed to have actual, constructive, direct or
indirect knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default only
upon
receipt by the Security Trustee of a written notice or a certificate from the
Trustee, stating that an Event of Default has occurred. The Security
Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever either prior to or after receiving
such written notice or certificate to inquire whether an Event of Default has
in
fact occurred and shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully
protected in so relying, on any notice or certificate so furnished to
it.
(c) The
Security Trustee shall remit according to the written instructions of the
Trustee any proceeds recovered from enforcement of the Security
Documents.
(d) The
Security Trustee shall take such other actions requested by the Trustee in
accordance with this Indenture.
SECTION
11.3 Security Trustee’s Individual
Capacity. The Security Trustee may accept deposits from,
lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other
business with the Issuer or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries as if it
were
not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other
consideration from the Issuer for services in connection with this Indenture
and
otherwise without having to account for the same to the Trustee or to the
holders from time to time.
SECTION
11.4 Trustee May Perform. If the Security
Trustee shall refuse or be incapable of performing any right or remedy provided
for in this Indenture, the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to take
such
actions, or cause such actions to be taken, on behalf of the Security Trustee
as
appropriate to protect the interests of the Trustee, the Security Trustee or
the
holders of the Notes from time to time hereunder, and shall be entitled, in
addition to the rights of the Security Trustee to all of the immunity, indemnity
and reimbursement provisions hereof to which the Security Trustee would be
entitled, regardless of any prior act or omission by the Security
Trustee.
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SECTION
11.5 Fees, etc. For services rendered as Security
Trustee under this Indenture, the Security Trustee shall be entitled to such
reasonable compensation as is agreed to from time to time in writing between
the
Security Trustee and the Issuer. The Issuer agrees to pay the fees,
expenses and other amounts payable of the Security Trustee under this Indenture,
in addition to any other fees, expenses and other amounts payable that may
arise
under the Security Documents.
SECTION
11.6 Indemnification: Disclaimers, etc.
(a) The
Security Trustee shall be entitled to be indemnified in accordance with the
provisions of Section 7.6 on the same terms as the Trustee.
(b) Without
prejudice to any other provision of this Article XI, the Security Trustee and
the Issuer agree that the Trustee shall have no liability to the Security
Trustee or the Issuer (whether sounding in tort, contract or otherwise)
hereunder except in its capacity as Trustee under, and as provided for in,
this
Indenture.
SECTION
11.7 Illegality; No inconsistency. Nothing
in this Indenture or the Security Documents shall require the Security Trustee
to take any action, which may be inconsistent with, or in violation of any
laws,
rules or regulations in force in the jurisdiction where the Security Trustee
is
located.
SECTION
11.8 Rights of Trustee, the Security Trustee and the Paying
Agent. The Trustee, the Security Trustee and the Paying
Agent may continue to make payments on the Notes (and the Security Trustee
may
pay any monies received by it in respect of the Security Documents to the
Trustee or as it may direct or to a Paying Agent for distribution to holders
of
the Notes) and shall not be charged with the knowledge of existence of facts
that prohibit the making of any such payments unless, not less than two Business
Days prior to the date of such payment, a Trust Officer of the Trustee or an
officer of the Security Trustee within the department of the Security Trustee
responsible for administering the security created by the Security Documents
receives notice in writing satisfactory to it that payments may not be made
under this Article XI.
SECTION
11.9 Parallel Debt.
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(i)
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For
the purpose of this Section 11.9, "Principal Debt Obligations"
means payment obligations of the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors
under the Indenture and the Notes.
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(ii)
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Without
prejudice to the provisions of this Indenture, and for the purpose
of
ensuring and preserving the validity and continuity of the security
rights
granted and to be granted by the Issuer and CME NV under or pursuant
to
the Share Pledges, the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally undertake to pay to the Security
Trustee
amounts equal to and in the currency of the Principal Debt Obligations
from time to time due in accordance with and under the same terms
and
conditions as each of the Principal Debt Obligations (such payment
undertakings and the obligations and liabilities which are the result
thereof hereinafter referred to as the “Parallel
Debt”).
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(iii)
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The
Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Security Trustee acknowledge
that (i) for this purpose, the Parallel Debt constitutes undertakings,
obligations and liabilities of the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors
to
the Security Trustee which are separate and independent from, and
without
prejudice to, the corresponding Principal Debt Obligations which
the
Issuer or the Subsidiary Guarantors have under this Indenture or
under the
Notes and (ii) that the Parallel Debt represents the Security Trustee’s
own claims (vorderingen op naam) to receive payment of the
Parallel Debt, provided that the total amount of the Parallel Debt
shall
never exceed the total amount of the Principal Debt
Obligations.
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(iv)
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Every
payment of monies made by the Issuer or by the Subsidiary Guarantors
to
the Security Trustee shall (conditionally upon such payment not
subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions
or
enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar
laws
of general application) be in satisfaction pro tanto of the
covenant by the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors contained in
Section
(ii), provided that, if any such payment as is mentioned above is
subsequently avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar laws of
general
application, the Security Trustee shall be entitled to receive a
corresponding amount as Parallel Debt under Section (ii) from the
Issuer
or the Subsidiary Guarantors and each of the Issuer and the Subsidiary
Guarantors shall remain liable to satisfy such Parallel Debt and
such
Parallel Debt shall be deemed not to have been
discharged.
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(v)
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Notwithstanding
any of the other provisions of this Section
11.9:
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(a)
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the
total amount due and payable as Parallel Debt under this Section
11.9
shall be decreased to the extent that, and at the same time as, the
Issuer
and/or the Subsidiary Guarantors shall have paid any amounts to reduce
the
outstanding Principal Debt Obligations;
and
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(b)
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to
the extent that, and at the same time as, the Issuer and/or the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall have paid any amounts to the SecurityTrustee
under the Parallel Debt or the Security Trustee otherwise shall have
received monies in payment of the Parallel Debt, the total amount
due and
payable under the Principal Debt Obligations shall be decreased as
if said
amounts were received directly in payment of the Principal Debt
Obligations.
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(vi)
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For
the avoidance of doubt, in the event that the Issuer or any of the
Subsidiary Guarantors is in default in respect of the Principal Debt
Obligations, as set forth in this Indenture, each of the Issuer and
the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall, at the same time, be deemed in default
in
respect of its obligations under the Parallel
Debt.
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(vii)
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The
terms of this Section 11.9 shall be interpreted according to the
internal
laws of the Netherlands, without having regard to any choice of law
principles that would apply the laws of any other jurisdiction to
this
Section 11.9.
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ARTICLE
XII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
12.1 Notices. Any notices or other
communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing, and shall
be
sufficiently given if made by hand delivery, by telecopier or first-class mail,
postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
if
to the
Issuer:
c/o
CME
Development Corporation
Aldwych
House
00
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
XX0X 0XX
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Attention: General
Counsel
Facsimile
no.: x00 00 0000 0000
with
a
copy to:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000-0000
XXX
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
Facsimile
no.: x0 000-000-0000
if
to
Central European Media Enterprises N.V.:
Central
European Media Enterprises N.V.
Schottegatweg
Oost 44
Willemstad
Curacao
Netherlands
Antilles.
Attention: General
Counsel
Facsimile
no.: x00 00 0000 0000
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with
a
copy to the Issuer (as specified above) and to:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000-0000
XXX
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
Facsimile
no.: x0 000-000-0000
if
to CME
Media Enterprises B.V.:
CME
Media
Enterprises X.X.
Xxx
0X
0000
XX
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Attention: General
Counsel
Facsimile
no.: x00 00 0000 0000
with
a
copy to the Issuer (as specified above) and to:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000-0000
XXX
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
Facsimile
no.: x0 000-000-0000
if
to the
Principal Paying Agent:
The
Bank
of New York
Xxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
X00 0XX
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Fax: x00
00 0000 0000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx (indicating in which capacity)
if
to the
Luxembourg Paying Agent:
The
Bank
of New York (Luxembourg) S.A.
0X,
Xxxxxxxxx
X-0000
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx
Fax: x000
00 00 00 0000
Attention:
Manager Corporate Trust Services
if
to the
Trustee:
BNY
Corporate Trustee Services Limited
Xxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
X00 0XX
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Fax: x00
00 0000 0000
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx (indicating in which capacity)
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The
Issuer, each Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee by written notice may designate
additional or different addresses for notices. Any notice or
communication to the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Trustee shall
be
deemed to have been given or made as of the date so delivered if personally
delivered; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and five (5)
calendar days after mailing if sent by first class mail, postage prepaid (except
that a notice of change of address and a notice to the Trustee shall not be
deemed to have been given until actually received by the
addressee).
Any
notice or communication mailed to a holder of the Notes shall be mailed to
such
Person by first-class mail or other equivalent means at such Person’s address as
it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently
given to him if so mailed within the time prescribed.
Failure
to mail a notice or communication to a holder of the Notes or any defect in
it
shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other holders of the
Notes. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided
above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
Notices
regarding the Notes will be sent to the Trustee and published in a leading
newspaper having a general circulation in London (which is expected to be the
Financial Times). Notices to holders of the Notes will be
validly given if mailed to them at their respective addresses in the register
of
holders of such Notes, maintained by the Registrar. In addition, so
long as any of the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the
rules of such stock exchange so require, notices will be published in a leading
newspaper having a general circulation in The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (which
is expected to be the d’Wort) or on the website of the Luxembourg Stock
Exchange at xxx.xxxxxx.xx, or, if in the opinion of the Trustee such publication
is not practicable, in an English language newspaper having general circulation
in Europe. In the case of Definitive Notes, all notices to holders of
the Notes will be validly given if mailed to them at their respective addresses
in the register of the holders of such Notes, if any, maintained by the
Registrar. Each such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the
date of such publication or, if published more than once on different dates,
on
the first date on which publication is made; provided that, if notices
are mailed, such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the later of
such
publication and the seventh day after being so mailed. For so long as
any Notes are represented by Global Notes, all notices to holders of the Notes
will be delivered to Euroclear and Clearstream. Any notice or
communication mailed to a holder of the Notes shall be mailed to such Person
by
first-class mail or other equivalent means and shall be sufficiently given
to
him if so mailed within the time prescribed. Failure to mail a notice
or communication to a holder of the Notes or any defect in it shall not affect
its sufficiency with respect to other holders of the Notes. If a
notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly
given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
SECTION
12.2 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions
Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Issuer
or any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Trustee or an Agent to take any action under
this Indenture, the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor shall furnish to the
Trustee at the request of the Trustee:
(1)
an
Officers’ Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee (which
shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.3), stating that, in the
opinion of the signers thereof, all conditions precedent and covenants, if
any,
provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
satisfied or complied with; and
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(2)
an
Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee or such
Agent (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.3) stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and
covenants have been satisfied or complied with.
In
any
case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
Opinion of Counsel of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such
matters be certified by, or covered by the Opinion of Counsel of, only one
such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an Opinion of Counsel with respect to some
matters and one or more such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person
may certify or give an Opinion of Counsel as to such matters in one or several
documents.
Any
certificate of an Officer of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel,
unless such Officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know,
that such Opinion of Counsel with respect to the matters upon which his
certificate is based is erroneous. Any Opinion of Counsel may be based, and
may
state that it is so based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
certificate of, or representations by, an Officer or Officers of the Issuer
or
any Subsidiary Guarantor stating that the information with respect to such
factual matters is in the possession of the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor,
as the case may be, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable
care should know, that the certificate or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
Where
any
Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this
Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
SECTION
12.3 Statements Required in Certificate or
Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to
compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall
include:
(1)
a
statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition;
(2)
a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion
are based;
(3)
a
statement that, in the opinion of such Person, such Person has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such Person to express
an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(4)
a
statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such Person, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION
12.4 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent (Including Principal Paying
Agent), Registrar. The Trustee, Paying Agent (including the
Principal Paying Agent) or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its
functions.
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SECTION
12.5 Legal Holidays. If a payment date is not a
Business Day, payment may be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business
Day, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
SECTION
12.6 Governing Law. This Indenture and the
Notes, and the rights and duties of the parties hereunder and thereunder, shall
be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
New
York, other than as provided in Section 11.9.
SECTION
12.7 Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for
Service. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each
of the Issuer and each Subsidiary Guarantor irrevocably submits to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of and venue in any federal or state court in the
Borough of Manhattan in the City of Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxx xx Xxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx of America, in any suit or proceeding based on or arising out
of
or under or in connection with this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees,
and irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such suit or proceeding
may
be determined in any such court. Each of the Issuer and each
Subsidiary Guarantor, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
irrevocably and fully waives the defense of an inconvenient forum to the
maintenance of such suit or proceeding and hereby irrevocably designates and
appoints CT Corporation System (the “Authorized Agent”), as its
authorized agent upon whom process may be served in any such suit or
proceeding. CT Corporation System hereby agrees to act as the
Authorized Agent, as the case may be, for the Issuer and each Subsidiary
Guarantor, as the case may be and hereby irrevocably consents to be served
with
notice of service of process by delivery or by registered mail with return
receipt requested to its registered office (which, as of the date hereof, is
000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (which service of process by registered
mail shall be effective with respect to the Issuer and each Subsidiary
Guarantor, as the case may be, so long as such return receipt is obtained,
or in
the refusal to sign such receipt any holder of Notes or the Trustee is able
to
produce evidence of attempted delivery by such means). The Issuer and
each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorize and direct its Authorized
Agent to accept such service. The Issuer and each Subsidiary
Guarantor further agree that service of process upon its Authorized Agent and
written notice of such service to the Issuer and each Subsidiary Guarantor,
as
the case may be, as set forth above shall be deemed in every respect effective
service of process upon the Issuer or each Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case
may
be, in any such suit or proceeding. Nothing herein shall affect the
right of any person to serve process in any other manner permitted by
law. The Issuer and each Subsidiary Guarantor agree that a final
action in any such suit or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced
in
other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other lawful
manner.
The
Issuer and each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby irrevocably waive, to the extent
permitted by law, any immunity to jurisdiction to which it may otherwise be
entitled (including, without limitation, immunity to pre-judgment attachment,
post-judgment attachment and execution) in any legal suit, action or proceeding
against it arising out of or based on this Indenture, the Notes or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
The
provisions of this Section 12.7 are intended to be effective upon the execution
of this Indenture and the Notes without any further action by the Issuer and
the
Subsidiary Guarantors, or the Trustee and the introduction of a true copy of
this Indenture into evidence shall be conclusive and final evidence as to such
matters.
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SECTION
12.8 No Adverse Interpretation of Other
Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to interpret
another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Issuer or any of its
Subsidiaries. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be
used to interpret this Indenture.
SECTION
12.9 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees,
Incorporators or Stockholders. No director, officer,
employee, incorporator or shareholder of the Issuer, or any of its Subsidiaries,
as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or any
of
its Subsidiaries under the Notes, this Indenture or the Subsidiary Guarantees
herein or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such
obligations or their creation. Each holder by accepting a Note waives and
releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for issuance of the Notes.
SECTION
12.10 Currency Indemnity. The euro is the
sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable by the Issuer, or
any
Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture. Any amount received or
recovered in a currency other than euro (whether as a result of the enforcement
of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in the winding-up or
dissolution of the Issuer, any Subsidiary or otherwise) by a holder of Notes
in
respect of any sum expressed to be due to it from the Issuer or any Subsidiary
Guarantor will constitute a discharge of the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantor
only to the extent of the euro amount which the recipient is able to purchase
with the amount so received or recovered in that other currency on the date
of
that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not possible to make that purchase on
that date, on the first date on which it is possible to do so). If
such euro amount is less than the euro amount expressed to be due to the
recipient under any Note or any Subsidiary Guarantee, the Issuer or any
Subsidiary Guarantor of the Notes will indemnify the recipient against any
loss
sustained by it as a result. In any event the Issuer will indemnify
the recipient against the cost of making any such purchase.
For
the
purposes of this Section 12.10, it will be sufficient for the holder of a Note
to certify that it would have suffered a loss had an actual purchase of euro
been made with the amount so received in that other currency on the date of
receipt or recovery (or, if a purchase of euro on such date had not been
practicable, on the first date on which it would have been
practicable). These indemnities constitute a separate and independent
obligation from the other obligations of the Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors,
will give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, will apply
irrespective of any waiver granted by any holder of the Notes and will continue
in full force and effect despite any other judgment, order, claim or proof
for a
liquidated amount in respect of any sum due under any Note or any Subsidiary
Guarantee or any other judgment or order.
SECTION
12.11 Currency Calculation. Except as
otherwise expressly set forth herein, for purposes of determining compliance
with any euro-denominated restriction herein, the euro-equivalent amount for
purposes hereof that is denominated in a non-euro currency shall be calculated
based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such non-euro
amount is incurred or made, as the case may be.
SECTION
12.12 Information. For so long as the Notes
are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of such exchange
so
require, copies of this Indenture will be made available in The Grand Duchy
of
Luxembourg through the offices of the Paying Agent in Luxembourg.
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SECTION
12.13 Successors. All agreements of the
Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors in this Indenture, the Notes and the
Subsidiary Guarantees shall bind their respective successors. All
agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its
successor.
SECTION
12.14 Counterpart Originals. All parties hereto
may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy or
counterpart shall be an original, but all of them together shall represent
one
and the same agreement.
SECTION
12.15 Severability. In case any one or more
of the provisions in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be held invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality
and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby,
it
being intended that all of the provisions hereof shall be enforceable to the
full extent permitted by law.
SECTION
12.16 Table of Contents, Headings, etc. The
Table of Contents 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.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed, as of the date first written above.
CENTRAL
EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES
LTD.
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as
Issuer
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Title:
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Chief
Executive Officer
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CENTRAL
EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES
N.V.
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as
Subsidiary Guarantor
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Title:
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Managing
Director
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CME
MEDIA ENTERPRISES B.V.
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as
Subsidiary Guarantor
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Title:
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Managing
Director
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BNY
CORPORATE TRUSTEE SERVICES LIMITED
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as
Trustee
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
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Authorised
Signatory
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Acknowledged
and agreed by
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The
Bank of New York, as Transfer Agent, Principal Paying Agent and Security
Trustee
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
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Authorised
Signatory
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Acknowledged
and agreed by
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The
Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., as Registrar, Luxembourg Transfer
Agent and Luxembourg Paying Agent
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
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Authorised
Signatory
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Dated:
EXHIBIT
A
TO
THE
INDENTURE
[FORM
OF FACE OF GLOBAL NOTE]
THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “U.S. SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER
JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION
HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH
TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION.
THE
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF
AND
ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO
OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE
RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL
ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF
THE
ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY),
ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN
DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE
SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE U.S.
SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR
ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM
NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A UNDER
THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS
THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER
THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN
THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT
IS
AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT
OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE
IN
A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE SECURITIES OF $250,000, FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY
DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUER’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT
PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D), (E) OR (F)
TO
REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER
INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED
UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION
DATE.
A-1
Senior
Floating Rate Note due 2014
Common
Code: ________
ISIN:
________
No.____
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€150,000,000
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CENTRAL
EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD., a company limited by shares incorporated under
the laws of Bermuda (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor
corporation), for value received promises to pay The Bank of New York Depositary
(Nominees) Limited or registered assigns upon surrender hereof the principal
sum
indicated on Schedule A hereof, on May 15, 2014.
Interest
Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15, commencing November 15,
2007.
Record
Dates: May 1 and November 1 immediately preceding each Interest Payment
Date.
Reference
is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will
for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
A-2
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be signed manually or by
facsimile by its duly authorized officer.
as
Issuer
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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This
is
one of the Notes referred to
in
the
above-mentioned Indenture:
BNY
CORPORATE TRUSTEE
SERVICES
LIMITED
as
Trustee
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Dated:
A-3
[FORM
OF REVERSE]
Senior
Floating Rate Note due 2014
(1) Interest. CENTRAL
EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD., a company limited by shares incorporated under
the laws of Bermuda (the “Issuer”), promises to pay interest on the principal
amount of this Note at the rate and in the manner specified
below. This Note will bear interest at a rate per annum (the “Rate of
Interest”), reset semi-annually, equal to six-month EURIBOR plus 1.625%, as
determined by the calculation agent (the “Calculation Agent”), which shall
initially be The Bank of New York. Interest on this Note will be
payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15, commencing on
November 15, 2007. Interest on this Note will accrue from the most
recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid,
from and including the Issue Date.
“Determination
Date,” with respect to an Interest Period, will be the day that is two
TARGET Settlement Days preceding the first day of such Interest
Period.
“EURIBOR,”
with respect to an Interest Period, will be the rate (expressed as a percentage
per annum) for deposits in euros for a six-month period beginning on the day
that is two TARGET Settlement Days after the Determination Date that appears
on
Telerate Page 248 as of 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on the Determination
Date. If Telerate Page 248 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 Euro-zone inter-bank
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.,
Brussels time, on such Determination Date, to prime banks in the Euro-zone
interbank market for deposits in a Representative Amount in euro for a six-month
period beginning on the day that is two TARGET Settlement Days after the
Determination Date. If at least two such offered quotations are so
provided, the rate 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 London, 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., London time, on such Determination
Date, for loans in a Representative Amount in euros to leading European banks
for a six-month period beginning on the day that is two TARGET Settlement Days
after the Determination Date. If at least two such rates are so
provided, the rate for the Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such
rates. If fewer than two such rates are so provided then the rate of
the Interest Period will be the rate in effect with respect to the immediately
preceding Interest Period.
“Euro-zone”
means the region comprised of member states of the European Union that adopt
the
euro.
“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, with the exception that the first Interest
Period shall commence on and include the Issue Date and end on and include
the
day before the first interest payment date.
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“Representative
Amount” means the greater of (a) €1,000,000 and (b) an amount that is
representative for a single transaction in the relevant market at the relevant
time.
“TARGET
Settlement Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated
Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System is
open.
“Telerate
Page 248” means the display page so designated on Bridge’s Telerate Service
(or such other page as may replace that page on that service, or such other
service as may be nominated as the information vendor).
The
Calculation Agent shall, as soon as practicable after 11:00 a.m. (Brussels
Time)
on each Determination Date, determine the Rate of Interest and calculate the
aggregate amount of interest payable in respect of the following Interest Period
(the “Interest Amount”). The Interest Amount shall be calculated by
applying the Rate of Interest to the principal amount of this Note outstanding
at the commencement of the Interest Period, multiplying such amount by the
actual number of days in the Interest Period concerned divided by 360 and
rounding the resultant figure upwards to the nearest available currency
unit. The determination of the Rate of Interest and the Interest
Amount by the Calculation Agent shall, in the absence of willful default, bad
faith or manifest error, be final and binding on all parties.
The
Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue installments
of
interest and on any Additional Amounts as specified in the
Indenture. Any interest paid on this Note shall be increased to the
extent necessary to pay Additional Amounts as set forth herein.
(2) Additional
Amounts. All payments made by the Issuer or a Subsidiary
Guarantor (each, a “Payor”) under, or with respect to, this Note or a Subsidiary
Guarantee, will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction
for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment
or other governmental charge (including penalties, interest and other
liabilities related thereto) (collectively, “Taxes”) unless the Payor is
required to withhold or deduct such Taxes by law or by the official
interpretation or administration thereof. If the Payor is required to withhold
or deduct any amount for or on account of Taxes imposed or levied by or on
behalf of (i) Bermuda, Netherlands, and Netherlands Antilles or any political
subdivision or governmental authority of any thereof or therein having the
power
to tax, (ii) any jurisdiction from or through which payment on the Notes or
the
Subsidiary Guarantee is made, or any political subdivision or governmental
authority thereof or therein having the power to tax, or (iii) any other
jurisdiction in which a Payor is organized or otherwise considered to be a
resident for tax purposes, or any political subdivision or governmental
authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (any of the aforementioned
being a “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”) from any payment made under or with
respect to this Note or any Subsidiary Guarantee, the Payor will pay such
additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary so that the net
amount received by each holder of this Note (including Additional Amounts)
after
such withholding or deduction will not be less than the amount such holder
would
have received if such Taxes had not been required to be withheld or
deducted; provided, however, that the foregoing
obligation to pay Additional Amounts does not apply to:
(1)
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any
Taxes that would not have been so imposed but for the existence of
any
present or former connection between the relevant holder, including,
withoutlimitation, such relevant holder being or having been a citizen
or
resident thereof or being or having been present or engaged in a
trade or
business therein or having or having had a permanent establishment
therein
(or between a fiduciary, settler, beneficiary, member or shareholder
of,
or possessor of power over the relevant holder, if the relevant holder
is
an estate, nominee, trust or corporation), and the Relevant Taxing
Jurisdiction other than a connection resulting from the mere ownership
or
holding of such Note or enforcement of rights thereunder or under
the
Subsidiary Guarantee or the receipt of payments in respect
thereof;
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any
Taxes that would not have been so imposed if the holder had made
a
declaration of non-residence or any other claim or filing for exemption
to
which it is entitled (provided that (x) such declaration of
non-residence or other claim or filing for exemption is required
by the
applicable law of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition
to
exemption from the requirement to deduct or withhold such Taxes and
(y) at
least 30 days prior to the first payment date with respect to which
such
declaration of non-residence or other claim or filing for exemption
is
required under the applicable law of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction,
the
relevant holder at that time has been notified (in accordance with
the
procedures set forth in Section 12.1 of the Indenture) by the Payor
or any
other person through whom payment may be made that a declaration
of
non-residence or other claim or filing for exemption is required
to be
made);
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any
Note presented for payment (where presentation is required) more
than 30
days after the relevant payment is first made available for payment
to the
holder (except to the extent that the holder would have been entitled
to
Additional Amounts had the Note been presented during such 30 day
period);
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any
Taxes that are payable otherwise than by withholding from a payment
of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest, on the Notes or under
the
Subsidiary Guarantee;
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any
estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar
tax, assessment or other governmental
charge;
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any
withholding or deduction imposed on a payment to an individual and
required to be made pursuant to the European Union Directive on the
taxation of savings income (the “Directive”) which was adopted by the
ECOFIN Council of the European Union (the Council of EU finance and
economic ministers) on June 3, 2003 or any law implementing or complying
with, or introduced in order to conform to, the Directive;
or
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any
Taxes which could have been avoided by the presentation (where
presentation is required) of the relevant Note to another Paying
Agent in
a member state of the European
Union.
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Such
Additional Amounts will also not be payable where, had the beneficial owner
of
the Note been the holder of the Note, it would not have been entitled to payment
of Additional Amounts by reason of any of clauses (1) to (7) inclusive
above.
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Upon
request, the Issuer will provide the Trustee with documentation satisfactory
to
the Trustee evidencing the payment of Additional Amounts. Copies of such
documentation will be made available to the holders of the Notes upon
request.
(3) Method
of
Payment. The Issuer shall pay interest on this Note (except
defaulted interest) to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at
the
close of business on the Record Date for such interest. Holders of
Notes must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal
payments. The Issuer shall pay principal and interest in
euro. Immediately available funds for the payment of the principal
of, premium, if any, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on this Note
due
on any interest payment date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date or other repurchase
date will be made available to the Paying Agent prior to 12.00 p.m. London
time
on the Business Day immediately preceding each interest payment date and the
Maturity Date to permit the Paying Agent to pay such funds to the holders on
such respective dates.
(4) Paying
Agent. Initially, The Bank of New
York will act as Principal Paying Agent. In the
event that a Paying Agent or Transfer Agent is replaced, the Issuer will publish
such notice thereof if and so long as the Notes are Global Notes and are listed
on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of such stock exchange shall
so
require, in a newspaper having a general circulation in The
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (which is expected to be the d’Wort) or on
the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange at xxx.xxxxxx.xx, and (in the
case
of Definitive Notes), in addition to such publication, mail such notice by
first-class mail to each holder’s registered address. The Issuer or
any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar for this
Note.
(5) Indenture. The
Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of May 16, 2007 (the
“Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors, BNY Corporate Trustee
Services Limited as Trustee, The Bank of New York as Transfer Agent, Principal
Paying Agent and Security Trustee and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A.
as
Registrar, Luxembourg Transfer Agent and Luxembourg Paying
Agent. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the
Issuer designated as its Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2014 (the
“Notes”). The terms of the Notes include those stated in the
Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes
are subject to all such terms, and holders of the Notes are referred to the
Indenture for a statement of them. The Notes are general obligations
of the Issuer. The Notes are not limited in aggregate principal
amount and Additional Notes may be issued from time to time under the Indenture,
in each case subject to the terms of the Indenture. Each holder of
the Notes, by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound by all of the terms and
provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended from time to
time.
(6) Ranking. The
Notes will be general, senior secured obligations of the Issuer. In
addition, the Notes have the benefit of the senior secured Guarantees of the
Issuer and certain of its Subsidiaries.
(7) Optional
Redemption. On and after November 15, 2007, the issuer may redeem
all or, from time to time, a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days’ notice, at the following redemption prices (expressed as a
percentage of principal amount) plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes,
if any, to the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of holders
of
record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant
interest payment date), if redeemed during the periods indicated
below:
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(8) Special
Tax
Redemption. The Notes may be redeemed, at the option of the
Issuer, in whole but not in part, at any time, upon giving not less than 30
nor
more than 60 days’ notice to the date fixed by the Issuer for Redemption (a
“Tax Redemption Date”) to each holder of the Notes (which notice will be
irrevocable), at a price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the redemption
date, and Additional Amounts, if any (the “Redemption Price”), which otherwise
would be payable, if the Issuer, with respect to the Notes, and a Subsidiary
Guarantor, with respect to a Subsidiary Guarantee, is, or on the next interest
payment date in respect of the Notes, would be, required to pay Additional
Amounts in respect of any Note pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof
which obligation cannot be avoided by the taking of reasonable measures
available to it as a result of (i) any change in, or amendment to, the law
or
treaties (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of a Relevant
Taxing Jurisdiction affecting taxation or (ii) any amendment to or change in
position regarding the application, administration or interpretation of such
laws, treaties, regulations or rulings (including a holding, judgment or order
by a court of competent jurisdiction)(each of the foregoing clauses (i) and
(ii), a “Change in Tax Law” which becomes effective on or after the Issue Date;
provided, however, that no such notice of redemption will be given (a)
earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Payor would be
obliged to make such payment or withholding if a payment in respect of the
Notes
or the Subsidiary Guarantee were then due and (b) unless at the time such notice
is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts remains in
effect.
(9) Notice
of
Redemption. Notice of redemption will be given at least 30 days
but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date, or Tax Redemption Date,
as
the case may be in accordance with Section 12.1 of the Indenture and, in the
event the Notes are in the form of Definitive Notes, by mailing first-class
mail, with a copy to the Trustee, postage prepaid, to each holder’s respective
address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar.
Notes
in
denominations of €50,000 may be redeemed only in whole. The Trustee
may select for redemption portions (equal to €50,000 and any integral multiple
of €1,000 in excess thereof) of the principal of Notes that have denominations
larger than €50,000.
Except
as
set forth in the Indenture, from and after any Redemption Date, if monies for
the redemption of the Notes called for redemption shall have been deposited
with
the Paying Agent for redemption on such Redemption Date, then, unless the Issuer
defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price, the Notes called for
redemption will cease to bear interest and Additional Amounts, if any, and
the
only right of the holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of the
Redemption Price.
(10) Change
of Control
Offer. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering
Event, the Issuer will be required to make an offer to purchase all or any
part
(equal to €50,000 and any integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof) of
the Notes on the Change of Control Payment Date at a purchase price in cash
equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid
interest and Additional Amounts, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to
the
right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest
due
on the relevant interest payment date). Holders of Notes that are
subject to an offer to purchase will receive a Change of Control Offer from
the
Issuer prior to any related Change of Control Payment Date and may elect to
have
such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect
Purchase” appearing below.
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(11) Limitation
on
Disposition of Assets. In certain circumstances specified in the
Indenture, the Issuer will be required to make an offer (an “Asset Disposition
Offer”) to holders of Notes to purchase a specified amount of such Notes at an
offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount of such
Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts, if any, to the
date of purchase, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
Indenture. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to
purchase will receive an Asset Disposition Offer from the Issuer prior to any
related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing
the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” appearing
below.
(12) Guarantee. This
Note is guaranteed by Central European Media Enterprises N.V. and CME Media
Enterprises B.V. pursuant to the Indenture.
(13) Denominations;
Form. The Global Notes are in registered global form, without
coupons, in minimum denominations of €50,000 and any integral multiples of
€1,000 in excess thereof.
(15) Unclaimed
Funds. If funds for the payment of principal, interest, premium
or Additional Amounts remain unclaimed for one year, the Trustee and the Paying
Agents will repay the funds to the Issuer at its written
request. After that, all liability of the Trustee and such Paying
Agents with respect to such funds shall cease.
(16) Legal
Defeasance and Covenant
Defeasance. The Issuer may be discharged from its obligations
under the Indenture and the Notes except for certain provisions thereof (“Legal
Defeasance”), and may be discharged from its obligations to comply with certain
covenants contained in the Indenture (“Covenant Defeasance”), in each case upon
satisfaction of certain conditions specified in the Indenture.
(17) Amendment;
Supplement;
Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions specified in the Indenture,
the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent
of
the holders of a majority in principal amount of such Notes then outstanding,
and, subject to certain exceptions, any past default or compliance with any
provisions of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of
the
holders of a majority in principal amount of such Notes then
outstanding.
(18) Restrictive
Covenants. The Indenture imposes certain covenants that, among
other things, limit the ability of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries
to
incur additional Indebtedness, make certain distributions and Restricted
Payments, create certain Liens, enter into certain transactions with Affiliates
and third parties, make certain Asset Dispositions, engage in Sale/Leaseback
Transactions and consummate certain mergers, consolidations and amalgamations
or
sales of all or substantially all assets. The limitations are subject
to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. The Issuer
must annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such
limitations.
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(19) Successors. When
a successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes
and
the Indenture in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the predecessor
will be released from those obligations.
(20) Defaults
and
Remedies. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default
specified in clause (7) of Section 6.1 of the Indenture) occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Issuer or the holders of at least
25%
in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be
due
and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the
Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee is not
obligated to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it has received indemnity
satisfactory to it. The Indenture permits, subject to certain
limitations therein provided, holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding to direct the Trustee in its exercise
of
any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from holders of the
Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default
in
payment of principal, premium, interest and Additional Amounts, if any,
including an accelerated payment) if and so long as the Trustee in good faith
determines that withholding such notice is in their interest.
(21) Trustee
Dealings with
Issuer. The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise
deal
with the Issuer, its Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates as if it were
not the Trustee.
(22) No
Recourse Against
Others. No director, officer, employee, or stockholder of the
Issuer, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, as such, shall
have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer, any Subsidiary Guarantor
or any Restricted Subsidiary under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.
Each holder of the Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for
issuance of the Notes.
(23) Authentication. This
Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating agent signs the
certificate of authentication on this Note.
(24) Abbreviations
and
Defined Terms. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of
a holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in
common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with
right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and
U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act). Unless otherwise defined
herein, terms defined in the Indenture are used herein as defined
therein.
(25) ISINs
and Common
Codes. The Issuer will cause ISINs and Common Codes to be printed
on the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such
numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed hereon.
(26) Governing
Law. The Indenture and the Notes, and the rights and
duties of the parties hereunder and thereunder, shall be governed by, and
construed inaccordance with, the laws of the State of New York, other than
as
provided in Section 11.9 of the Indenture.
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SCHEDULE A
SCHEDULE
OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
The
initial principal amount at maturity of this Note shall be
€______. The following decreases/increases in the principal amount at
maturity of this Note have been made:
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of
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in
Principal
Amount
at
Maturity
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Principal
Amount
at
Maturity
Following
such
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OPTION
OF
HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If
you
want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to
Section 4.9 or Section 4.14 of the Indenture, check the appropriate
box:
Section 4.9o
Section 4.14 o
If
you
want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant
to
Section 4.9 or Section 4.14 of the Indenture, state the amount:
€
Date:
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EXHIBIT
B
TO
THE
INDENTURE
[FORM
OF FACE OF DEFINITIVE NOTE]
THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “U.S. SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER
JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION
HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH
TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION.
THE
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF
AND
ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO
OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE
RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL
ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF
THE
ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY),
ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN
DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE
SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE U.S.
SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR
ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM
NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A UNDER
THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS
THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER
THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN
THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT
IS
AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT
OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE
IN
A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE SECURITIES OF $250,000, FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY
DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUER’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT
PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D), (E) OR (F)
TO
REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER
INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED
UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION
DATE.
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Senior
Floating Rate Note due 2014
Common
Code: ________
ISIN:
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No.____
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CENTRAL
EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD., a company limited by shares incorporated under
the laws of Bermuda (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor
corporation), for value received promises to pay The Bank of New York Depositary
(Nominees) Limited or registered assigns upon surrender hereof the principal
sum
indicated on Schedule A hereof, on May 15, 2014.
Interest
Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15, commencing November 15,
2007.
Record
Dates: May 1 and November 1 immediately preceding each Interest Payment
Date.
Reference
is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will
for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be signed manually or by
facsimile by its duly authorized officer.
CENTRAL
EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
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one of the Notes referred to
in
the above-mentioned Indenture:
BNY
CORPORATE TRUSTEE
SERVICES
LIMITED
as
Trustee
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[FORM
OF REVERSE]
CENTRAL
EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
Senior
Floating Rate Note due 2014
(1) Interest. CENTRAL
EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD., a company limited by shares incorporated under
the laws of Bermuda (the “Issuer”), promises to pay interest on the principal
amount of this Note at the rate and in the manner specified
below. This Note will bear interest at a rate per annum (the “Rate of
Interest”), reset semi-annually, equal to six-month EURIBOR plus 1.625%, as
determined by the calculation agent (the “Calculation Agent”), which shall
initially be The Bank of New York. Interest on this Note will be
payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15, commencing on
November 15, 2007. Interest on this Note will accrue from the most
recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid,
from and including the Issue Date.
“Determination
Date,” with respect to an Interest Period, will be the day that is two
TARGET Settlement Days preceding the first day of such Interest
Period.
“EURIBOR,”
with respect to an Interest Period, will be the rate (expressed as a percentage
per annum) for deposits in euros for a six-month period beginning on the day
that is two TARGET Settlement Days after the Determination Date that appears
on
Telerate Page 248 as of 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on the Determination
Date. If Telerate Page 248 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 Euro-zone inter-bank
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.,
Brussels time, on such Determination Date, to prime banks in the Euro-zone
interbank market for deposits in a Representative Amount in euro for a six-month
period beginning on the day that is two TARGET Settlement Days after the
Determination Date. If at least two such offered quotations are so
provided, the rate 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 London, 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., London time, on such Determination
Date, for loans in a Representative Amount in euros to leading European banks
for a six-month period beginning on the day that is two TARGET Settlement Days
after the Determination Date. If at least two such rates are so
provided, the rate for the Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such
rates. If fewer than two such rates are so provided then the rate of
the Interest Period will be the rate in effect with respect to the immediately
preceding Interest Period.
“Euro-zone”
means the region comprised of member states of the European Union that adopt
the
euro.
“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, with the exception that the first Interest
Period shall commence on and include the Issue Date and end on and include
the
day before the first interest payment date.
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“Representative
Amount” means the greater of (a) €1,000,000 and (b) an amount that is
representative for a single transaction in the relevant market at the relevant
time.
“TARGET
Settlement Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated
Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System is
open.
“Telerate
Page 248” means the display page so designated on Bridge’s Telerate Service
(or such other page as may replace that page on that service, or such other
service as may be nominated as the information vendor).
The
Calculation Agent shall, as soon as practicable after 11:00 a.m. (Brussels
Time)
on each Determination Date, determine the Rate of Interest and calculate the
aggregate amount of interest payable in respect of the following Interest Period
(the “Interest Amount”). The Interest Amount shall be calculated by
applying the Rate of Interest to the principal amount of this Note outstanding
at the commencement of the Interest Period, multiplying such amount by the
actual number of days in the Interest Period concerned divided by 360 and
rounding the resultant figure upwards to the nearest available currency
unit. The determination of the Rate of Interest and the Interest
Amount by the Calculation Agent shall, in the absence of willful default, bad
faith or manifest error, be final and binding on all parties.
The
Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue installments
of
interest and on any Additional Amounts as specified in the
Indenture. Any interest paid on this Note shall be increased to the
extent necessary to pay Additional Amounts as set forth herein.
(2) Additional
Amounts. All payments made by the Issuer or a Subsidiary
Guarantor (each, a “Payor”) under, or with respect to, this Note, or a
Subsidiary Guarantee will be made free and clear of and without withholding
or
deduction for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost,
assessment or other governmental charge (including penalties, interest and
other
liabilities related thereto) (collectively, “Taxes”) unless the Payor is
required to withhold or deduct such Taxes by law or by the official
interpretation or administration thereof. If the Payor is required to withhold
or deduct any amount for or on account of Taxes imposed or levied by or on
behalf of (i) Bermuda, Netherlands, and Netherlands Antilles or any political
subdivision or governmental authority of any thereof or therein having the
power
to tax, (ii) any jurisdiction from or through which payment on the Notes or
the
Subsidiary Guarantee is made, or any political subdivision or governmental
authority thereof or therein having the power to tax, or (iii) any other
jurisdiction in which a Payor is organized or otherwise considered to be a
resident for tax purposes, or any political subdivision or governmental
authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (any of the aforementioned
being a “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”) from any payment made under or with
respect to this Note or any Subsidiary Guarantee, the Payor will pay such
additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary so that the net
amount received by each holder of this Note (including Additional Amounts)
after
such withholding or deduction will not be less than the amount such holder
would
have received if such Taxes had not been required to be withheld or
deducted; provided, however, that the foregoing
obligation to pay Additional Amounts does not apply to:
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any
Taxes that would not have been so imposed but for the existence of
any
present or former connection between the relevant holder, including,
without limitation, such relevant holder being or having been a citizen
or
resident thereof or being or having been present or engaged in a
trade or
business therein or having or having had a permanent establishment
therein
(or between a fiduciary, settler, beneficiary, member or shareholder
of,
or possessor of power over the relevant holder, if the relevant holder
is
an estate, nominee, trust or corporation), and the Relevant Taxing
Jurisdiction other than a connection resulting from the mere ownership
or
holding of such Note or enforcement of rights thereunder or under
the
Subsidiary Guarantee or the receipt of payments in respect
thereof;
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any
Taxes that would not have been so imposed if the holder had made
a
declaration of non-residence or any other claim or filing for exemption
to
which it is entitled (provided that (x) such declaration of
non-residence or other claim or filing for exemption is required
by the
applicable law of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition
to
exemption from the requirement to deduct or withhold such Taxes and
(y) at
least 30 days prior to the first payment date with respect to which
such
declaration of non-residence or other claim or filing for exemption
is
required under the applicable law of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction,
the
relevant holder at that time has been notified (in accordance with
the
procedures set forth in Section 12.1 of the Indenture) by the Payor
or any
other person through whom payment may be made that a declaration
of
non-residence or other claim or filing for exemption is required
to be
made);
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any
Note presented for payment (where presentation is required) more
than 30
days after the relevant payment is first made available for payment
to the
holder (except to the extent that the holder would have been entitled
to
Additional Amounts had the Note been presented during such 30 day
period);
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any
Taxes that are payable otherwise than by withholding from a payment
of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest, on the Notes or under
the
Subsidiary Guarantee;
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any
estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar
tax, assessment or other governmental
charge;
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any
withholding or deduction imposed on a payment to an individual and
required to be made pursuant to the European Union Directive on the
taxation of savings income (the “Directive”) which was adopted by the
ECOFIN Council of the European Union (the Council of EU finance and
economic ministers) on June 3, 2003 or any law implementing or complying
with, or introduced in order to conform to, the Directive;
or
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any
Taxes which could have been avoided by the presentation (where
presentation is required) of the relevant Note to another Paying
Agent in
a member state of the European
Union.
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Such
Additional Amounts will also not be payable where, had the beneficial owner
of
the Note been the holder of the Note, it would not have been entitled to payment
of Additional Amounts by reason of any of clauses (1) to (7) inclusive
above.
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Upon
request, the Issuer will provide the Trustee with documentation satisfactory
to
the Trustee evidencing the payment of Additional Amounts. Copies of such
documentation will be made available to the holders of the Notes upon
request.
(3) Method
of Payment. The Issuer shall pay interest on this Note (except
defaulted interest) to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at
the
close of business on the Record Date for such interest. Holders of
Notes must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal
payments. The Issuer shall pay principal and interest in
euro. Immediately available funds for the payment of the principal
of, premium, if any, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on this Note
due
on any interest payment date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date or other repurchase
date will be made available to the Paying Agent prior to 12.00 p.m. London
time
on the Business Day immediately preceding each interest payment date and the
Maturity Date to permit the Paying Agent to pay such funds to the holders on
such respective dates.
(4) Paying
Agent. Initially, The Bank of New
York will act as Principal Paying Agent. In the
event that a Paying Agent or Transfer Agent is replaced, the Issuer will publish
such notice thereof if and so long as the Notes are Global Notes and are listed
on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of such stock exchange shall
so
require, in a newspaper having a general circulation in The Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg (which is expected to be the d’Wort) or on the website of
the Luxembourg Stock Exchange at xxx.xxxxxx.xx, and (in the case of Definitive
Notes), in addition to such publication, mail such notice by first-class mail
to
each holder’s registered address. The Issuer or any of its
Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar for this Note.
(5) Indenture. The
Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of May 16, 2007 (the
“Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors, BNY Corporate Trustee
Services Limited as Trustee, The Bank of New York as Transfer Agent, Principal
Paying Agent and Security Trustee and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A.
as
Registrar, Luxembourg Transfer Agent and Luxembourg Paying
Agent. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the
Issuer designated as its Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2014 (the
“Notes”). The terms of the Notes include those stated in the
Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes
are subject to all such terms, and holders of the Notes are referred to the
Indenture for a statement of them. The Notes are general obligations
of the Issuer. The Notes are not limited in aggregate principal
amount and Additional Notes may be issued from time to time under the Indenture,
in each case subject to the terms of the Indenture. Each holder of
the Notes, by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound by all of the terms and
provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended from time to
time.
(6) Ranking. The
Notes will be general, senior secured obligations of the Issuer. In
addition, the Notes have the benefit of the senior secured Guarantees of the
Issuer and certain of its Subsidiaries.
(7) Optional
Redemption. On and after November 15, 2007, the issuer may redeem
all or, from time to time, a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days’ notice, at the following redemption prices (expressed as a
percentage of principal amount) plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes,
if any, to the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of holders
of
record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant
interest payment date), if redeemed during the periods indicated
below:
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(8) Special
Tax Redemption. The Notes may be redeemed, at the option of the
Issuer, in whole but not in part, at any time, upon giving not less than 30
nor
more than 60 days’ notice to the date fixed by the Issuer for Redemption (a
“Tax Redemption Date”) to each holder of the Notes (which notice will be
irrevocable), at a price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the redemption
date, and Additional Amounts, if any (the “Redemption Price”), which otherwise
would be payable, if the Issuer, with respect to the Notes, and a Subsidiary
Guarantor, with respect to a Subsidiary Guarantee, is, or on the next interest
payment date in respect of the Notes, would be, required to pay Additional
Amounts in respect of any Note pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof
which obligation cannot be avoided by the taking of reasonable measures
available to it as a result of (i) any change in, or amendment to, the law
or treaties (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of a Relevant
Taxing Jurisdiction affecting taxation or (ii) any amendment to or change in
position regarding the application, administration or interpretation of such
laws, treaties, regulations or rulings (including a holding, judgment or order
by a court of competent jurisdiction)(each of the foregoing clauses (i) and
(ii), a “Change in Tax Law” which becomes effective on or after the Issue Date;
provided, however, that no such notice of redemption will be given (a)
earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Payor would be
obliged to make such payment or withholding if a payment in respect of the
Notes
or the Subsidiary Guarantee were then due and (b) unless at the time such notice
is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts remains in
effect.
(9) Notice
of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be given at least 30
days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date, or Tax Redemption
Date, as the case may be in accordance with Section 12.1 of the Indenture and,
in the event the Notes are in the form of Definitive Notes, by mailing
first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, postage prepaid, to each holder’s
respective address as it appears on the registration books of the
Registrar.
Notes
in
denominations of €50,000 may be redeemed only in whole. The Trustee
may select for redemption portions (equal to €50,000 and any integral multiple
of €1,000 in excess thereof) of the principal of Notes that have denominations
larger than €50,000.
Except
as
set forth in the Indenture, from and after any Redemption Date, if monies for
the redemption of the Notes called for redemption shall have been deposited
with
the Paying Agent for redemption on such Redemption Date, then, unless the Issuer
defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price, the Notes called for
redemption will cease to bear interest and Additional Amounts, if any, and
the
only right of the holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of the
Redemption Price.
(10) Change
of Control Offer. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control
Triggering Event, the Issuer will be required to make an offer to purchase
all
or any part (equal to €50,000 and any integral multiple of €1,000 in excess
thereof) of the Notes on the Change of Control Payment Date at a purchase price
in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued
and
unpaid interest and Additional Amounts, if any, to the date of purchase (subject
to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive
interest due on the relevant interest payment date). Holders of Notes
that are subject to an offer to purchase will receive a Change of Control Offer
from the Issuer prior to any related Change of Control Payment Date and may
elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of
Holder to Elect Purchase” appearing below.
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(11) Limitation
on Disposition of Assets. In certain circumstances specified in
the Indenture, the Issuer will be required to make an offer (an “Asset
Disposition Offer”) to holders of Notes to purchase a specified amount of such
Notes at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal
amount of such Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts,
if
any, to the date of purchase, in accordance with the procedures set forth in
the
Indenture. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to
purchase will receive an Asset Disposition Offer from the Issuer prior to any
related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing
the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” appearing
below.
(12) Guarantee. This
Note is guaranteed by Central European Media Enterprises N.V. and CME Media
Enterprises B.V. pursuant to the Indenture.
(13) Denominations;
Form. The Global Notes are in registered global form, without
coupons, in minimum denominations of €50,000 and any integral multiples of
€1,000 in excess thereof.
(14) Persons
Deemed Owners. The registered holder of this Note shall be
treated as the owner of it for all purposes, subject to the terms of the
Indenture.
(15) Unclaimed
Funds. If funds for the payment of principal, interest, premium
or Additional Amounts remain unclaimed for one year, the Trustee and the Paying
Agents will repay the funds to the Issuer at its written
request. After that, all liability of the Trustee and such Paying
Agents with respect to such funds shall cease.
(16) Legal
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. The Issuer may be discharged
from its obligations under the Indenture and the Notes except for certain
provisions thereof (“Legal Defeasance”), and may be discharged from its
obligations to comply with certain covenants contained in the Indenture
(“Covenant Defeasance”), in each case upon satisfaction of certain conditions
specified in the Indenture.
(17) Amendment;
Supplement; Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions specified in
the Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with
the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of such Notes
then
outstanding, and, subject to certain exceptions, any past default or compliance
with any provisions of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent
of the holders of a majority in principal amount of such Notes then
outstanding.
(18) Restrictive
Covenants. The Indenture imposes certain covenants that, among
other things, limit the ability of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries
to
incur additional Indebtedness, make certain distributions and Restricted
Payments, create certain Liens, enter into certain transactions with Affiliates
and third parties, make certain Asset Dispositions, engage in Sale/Leaseback
Transactions and consummate certain mergers, consolidations and amalgamations
or
sales of all or substantially all assets. The limitations are subject
to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. The Issuer
must annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such
limitations.
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(19) Successors. When
a successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes
and
the Indenture in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the predecessor
will be released from those obligations.
(20) Defaults
and Remedies. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of
Default specified in clause (7) of Section 6.1 of the Indenture) occurs and
is
continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Issuer or the holders of at least
25%
in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be
due
and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the
Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee is not
obligated to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it has received indemnity
satisfactory to it. The Indenture permits, subject to certain
limitations therein provided, holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding to direct the Trustee in its exercise
of
any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from holders of the
Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default
in
payment of principal, premium, interest and Additional Amounts, if any,
including an accelerated payment) if and so long as the Trustee in good faith
determines that withholding such notice is in their interest.
(21) Trustee
Dealings with Issuer. The Trustee under the Indenture, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes
and
may otherwise deal with the Issuer, its Subsidiaries or their respective
Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
(22) No
Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, or
stockholder of the Issuer, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Restricted
Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer,
any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary under the Notes or the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such
obligations or their creation. Each holder of the Notes by accepting a Note
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are
part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
(23) Authentication. This
Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating agent signs the
certificate of authentication on this Note.
(24) Abbreviations
and Defined Terms. Customary abbreviations may be used in the
name of a holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (=
tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint
tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=
Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act). Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Indenture are used herein as
defined therein.
(25) ISINs
and Common Codes. The Issuer will cause ISINs and Common Codes to
be printed on the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy
of such numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on
the
other identification numbers printed hereon.
(26) Governing
Law. The Indenture and the Notes, and the rights and
duties of the parties hereunder and thereunder, shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, other than
as
provided in Section 11.9 of the Indenture.
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ASSIGNMENT
FORM
To
assign
this Note fill in the form below:
I
or we
assign and transfer this Note to
(Print
or
type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
(Insert
assignee’s social security or tax I.D. No.)
and
irrevocably
appoint
agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
____________________________________________________________________
Date:
_____________ Your Signature: ______________________
____________________________________________________________________
Sign
exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
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SCHEDULE A
SCHEDULE
OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
The
initial principal amount at maturity of this Note shall be
€______. The following decreases/increases in the principal amount at
maturity of this Note have been made:
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of
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in
Principal
Amount
at
Maturity
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in
Principal
Amount
at
Maturity
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Principal
Amount
at
Maturity
Following
such
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Increase
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by
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OPTION
OF
HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If
you
want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to
Section 4.9 or Section 4.14 of the Indenture, check the appropriate
box:
Section 4.9
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Section 4.14 o
If
you
want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant
to
Section 4.9 or Section 4.14 of the Indenture, state the amount:
€
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B-13
EXHIBIT
C
TO
THE
INDENTURE
FORM
OF
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER FROM
U.S.
GLOBAL NOTE TO INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL NOTE
(Transfers
pursuant to Section 2.7(b) of the Indenture)
CENTRAL
EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
c/o
BNY
Corporate Trustee Services Limited
Xxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx X00
0XX
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RE:
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Senior
Floating Rate Notes Due 2014
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(the
“Notes”) of Central European Media Enterprises
Ltd.
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Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture dated as of May 16, 2007 (the “Indenture”)
between Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., Central European Media
Enterprises N.V., CME Media Enterprises B.V. and BNY Corporate Trustee Services
Limited, as Trustee, The Bank of New York as Transfer Agent, Principal Paying
Agent and Security Trustee and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., as
Registrar, Luxembourg Transfer Agent and Luxembourg Paying
Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings given them in the Indenture.
This
letter relates to €_________ (equal to €50,000 and any integral multiple of
€1,000 in excess thereof) principal amount of Notes beneficially held through
interests in the U.S. Global Notes (ISIN XS0301051768; Common Code 030105176
with Euroclear and Clearstream Banking in the name of ________(the
“Transferor”), account number ________. The Transferor hereby
requests that on [INSERT DATE], the beneficial
interest in the U.S. Global Note be transferred or exchanged for an interest
in
the International Note (ISIN XS0300714762; Common Code 030071476) in the same
principal denomination and transfer to _________ (account no.
________). If this is a partial transfer, a minimum amount of €50,000
and any integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof of the U.S. Global Note
will remain outstanding.
In
connection with such request and in respect of such Notes, the Transferor does
hereby certify that such transfer has been effected in accordance with the
transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and the Notes and pursuant
to
and in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S under the Securities
Act, and accordingly the Transferor further certifies that:
(A)
(1) the offer
of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;
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either
(a) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was
outside
the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably
believed that the transferee was outside the United States or
(b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the
facilities of adesignated offshore securities market and neither
the
Transferor nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction
was prearranged with a buyer in the United
States,
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no
directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the
requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;
and
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the
transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration
requirements of the Securities Act.
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(B) such
transfer is being made in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities
Act.
This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and
the benefit of the Issuer. Terms used in this certificate and not
otherwise defined in the Indenture have the meanings set forth in
Regulation S under the Securities Act.
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EXHIBIT
D
TO
THE
INDENTURE
FORM
OF
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER FROM
INTERNATIONAL
GLOBAL NOTE TO U.S. GLOBAL NOTE
(Transfers
pursuant to Section 2.7(c) of the Indenture)
CENTRAL
EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
c/o
BNY
Corporate Trustee Services Limited
Xxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx X00
0XX
RE: Senior
Floating Rate Notes Due 2014
(the
“Notes”)
of Central European Media
Enterprises Ltd.
Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture dated as of May 16, 2007 (the “Indenture”)
between Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., Central European Media
Enterprises N.V., CME Media Enterprises B.V. and BNY Corporate Trustee Services
Limited, as Trustee, The Bank of New York, as Transfer Agent, Principal Paying
Agent and Security Trustee and the Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., as
Luxembourg Transfer Agent, Registrar and Luxembourg Paying
Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings given them in the Indenture.
This
letter relates to €__________ (equal to €50,000 and any integral multiple of
€1,000 in excess thereof ) principal amount of Notes beneficially held through
interests in the International Global Note (ISIN XS0300714762; Common Code
030071476) with Euroclear and Clearstream Banking in the name of _______________
(the “Transferor”), account number _________ . The Transferor hereby
requests that on [INSERT DATE], the beneficial
interest in the International Global Note be transferred or exchanged for an
interest in the U.S. Global Note (ISIN XS0301051768; Common Code 030105176)
in
the same principal denomination and transfer to ______________ (account no.
________). If this is a partial transfer, a minimum of €50,000 and
any integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof of the International Global
Note will remain outstanding.
In
connection with such request, and in respect of such Notes, the Transferor
does
hereby certify that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with Rule
144A under the Securities Act to a transferee that the Transferor reasonably
believes is purchasing the Notes for its own account or an account with respect
to which the transferee exercises sole investment discretion and the transferee
and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of
Rule 144A, in each case in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A
and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United
States or any other jurisdiction.
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This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and
the benefit of the Issuer.
Dated:
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EXHIBIT
E
TO
THE
INDENTURE
FORM
OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
This
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of
[__________] (this “Supplemental Indenture” or
“Subsidiary Guarantee”), among [name of additional Subsidiary
Guarantor] (the “Additional Subsidiary Guarantor”), Central
European Media Enterprises Ltd. (together with its successors and assigns,
the
“Issuer”), Central European Media Enterprises N.V. (“CME NV”), CME Media
Enterprises B.V. (“CME BV” and, together with CME NV, the “Subsidiary
Guarantors”) and each other then existing Subsidiary Guarantor under the
Indenture referred to below, BNY Corporate Trustee Services Limited, as Trustee,
The Bank of New York, as Transfer Agent, Principal Paying Agent and Security
Trustee and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A. as Registrar, Luxembourg
Transfer Agent and Luxembourg Paying Agent under the Indenture referred to
below.
W
I T N E
S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee and the other parties
thereto have heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of May
16,
2007 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”),
providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of €150 million of
Senior Floating Rate Notes due May 2014 of the Issuer (the
“Notes”);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Indenture, the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors
and the Trustee are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture to amend the Indenture, without the consent of any holder of the
Notes, to add guarantees with respect to the Notes;
WHEREAS,
each party hereto has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Supplemental Indenture and has done all things necessary to make this
Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement in accordance with its
terms;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Additional
Subsidiary Guarantor, the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee
mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders
of
the Notes as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
SECTION
1.1. Defined Terms. As used in this Supplemental
Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto
are used herein as therein defined, except that the term “holders” in
this Note Guarantee shall refer to the holders of the Notes and the Trustee
acting on behalf or for the benefit of such holders. The words
“herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this
Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and
not
to any particular section hereof.
ARTICLE
II
[Agreement
to be Bound; Subsidiary Guarantee
SECTION
2.1. Agreement to be Bound. The Additional
Subsidiary Guarantor hereby becomes a party to the Indenture as a Subsidiary
Guarantor and as such will have all of the rights and be subject to all of
the
obligations and agreements of a Subsidiary Guarantor under the
Indenture. The Additional Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to be bound by
all of the provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Subsidiary Guarantor
and
to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Subsidiary Guarantor
under
the Indenture.
SECTION
2.2. Subsidiary Guarantee. Subject to the terms of
the Indenture, the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally
and irrevocably guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly
and severally with each other Subsidiary Guarantor, to each holder of the Notes
and the Trustee, the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity,
by
acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the Issuer’s Obligations under the
Indenture and the Notes, including the payment of principal, premium, if any,
interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes, pursuant to Article
10 of
the Indenture on a senior secured basis.]
ARTICLE
III
Miscellaneous
SECTION
3.1. Notices. All notices and other communications
to the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor shall be given as provided in the
Indenture to the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor, at its address set forth
below, with a copy to the Issuer as provided in the Indenture for notices to
the
Issuer.
SECTION
3.2. Parties. Nothing expressed or mentioned herein
is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, firm or corporation,
other
than the holders of the Notes and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or in respect of this Supplemental Indenture or the
Indenture or any provision herein or therein contained.
SECTION
3.3. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture
shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION
3.4. Severability Clause. In case any provision in
this Supplemental Indenture 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 and such provision shall be ineffective
only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability.
SECTION
3.5. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of
Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is
in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and
provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This
Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes,
and
every holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall
be bound hereby. The Trustee makes no representation or warranty as
to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION
3.6 Counterparts. The parties hereto may sign one
or more copies of this Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
SECTION
3.7. Headings. The headings of the Articles and the
sections in this Supplemental Indenture are for convenience of reference only
and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of
any
provisions hereof.
SECTION
3.8. Successors. All covenants and agreements in
this Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto shall bind their successors
and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture
to
be duly executed as of the date first above written.
[ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR],
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BNY
CORPORATE TRUSTEE SERVICES LIMITED, as Trustee
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CENTRAL
EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES LTD., as Issuer
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CENTRAL
EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTERPRISES N.V., as Subsidiary Guarantor
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CME
MEDIA ENTERPRISES B.V., as Subsidiary Guarantor
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THE
BANK OF NEW YORK, as Transfer Agent, Principal Paying Agent and Security
Trustee
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THE
BANK OF NEW YORK (LUXEMBOURG) S.A., as Registrar, Luxembourg Transfer
Agent and Luxembourg Paying Agent
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[Other
Subsidiary Guarantors]
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