SUN HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC. Issuer 9⅛% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 INDENTURE Dated as of April 12, 2007 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Trustee
EXHIBIT
4.1
EXECUTION
COPY
SUN
HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.
Issuer
9⅛%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015
____________________________
Dated
as
of April 12, 2007
____________________________
XXXXX
FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
Trustee
CROSS-REFERENCE
TABLE
TIA
Section
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Section
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310(a)(1)
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7.11
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(a)(2)
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7.11
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(a)(3)
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N.A.
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(a)(4)
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N.A.
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(b)
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7.09;
7.11
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(c)
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N.A.
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311(a)
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7.12
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(b)
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7.12
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(c)
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N.A.
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312(a)
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2.05
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(b)
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13.03
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(c)
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13.03
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313(a)
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7.07
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(b)(1)
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N.A.
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(b)(2)
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7.07
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(c)
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13.02
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(d)
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7.07
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314(a)
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4.02;
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4.10; 13.02 | |||
(b)
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N.A.
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(c)(1)
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13.04
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(c)(2)
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13.04
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(c)(3)
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N.A.
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(d)
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N.A.
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(e)
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13.05
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(f)
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4.10
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315(a)
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7.01
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(b)
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7.06;
13.02
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(c)
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7.01
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(d)
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7.01
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(e)
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6.11
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316(a)(last
sentence)
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13.0
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(a)(1)(A)
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6.05
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.04
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(a)(2)
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N.A.
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(b)
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6.07
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317(a)(1)
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6.08
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(a)(2)
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6.09
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(b)
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2.04
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318(a)
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13.01
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N.A.
means Not Applicable.
Note:
This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part
of
the Indenture.
i
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
ONE
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SECTION
1.01.
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Definitions.
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1
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SECTION
1.02.
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Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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24
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SECTION
1.03.
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Rules
of Construction
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24
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ARTICLE
TWO
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THE
NOTES
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SECTION
2.01.
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Form
and Dating
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25
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SECTION
2.02.
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Execution
and Authentication
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25
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SECTION
2.03.
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Registrar
and Paying Agent
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26
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SECTION
2.04.
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Paying
Agent To Hold Money in Trust
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26
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SECTION
2.05.
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Noteholder
Lists
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26
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SECTION
2.06.
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Transfer
and Exchange
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27
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SECTION
2.07.
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Replacement
Notes
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27
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SECTION
2.08.
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Outstanding
Notes
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27
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SECTION
2.09.
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Treasury
Notes
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28
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SECTION
2.10.
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Temporary
Notes
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28
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SECTION
2.11.
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Cancellation
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28
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SECTION
2.12.
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Defaulted
Interest
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28
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SECTION
2.13.
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CUSIP
Numbers, ISINs, etc
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28
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SECTION
2.14.
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Issuance
of Additional Notes
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29
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ARTICLE
THREE
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REDEMPTION
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SECTION
3.01.
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Notices
to Trustee
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29
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SECTION
3.02.
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Selection
of Notes to Be Redeemed
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29
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SECTION
3.03.
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Notice
of Redemption
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30
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SECTION
3.04.
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Effect
of Notice of Redemption
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30
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SECTION
3.05.
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Deposit
of Redemption Price
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31
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SECTION
3.06.
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Notes
Redeemed in Part
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31
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SECTION
3.07.
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Escrow
of Proceeds; Special Mandatory Redemption.
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31
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ARTICLE
FOUR
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COVENANTS
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SECTION
4.01.
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Payment
of Notes
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31
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SECTION
4.02.
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SEC
Reports
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32
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ii
SECTION
4.03.
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Limitation
on Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock
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32
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SECTION
4.04.
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Limitation
on Restricted Payments
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36
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SECTION
4.05.
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Dividend
and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries
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40
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SECTION
4.06.
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Limitation
on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock
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41
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SECTION
4.07.
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Limitation
on Affiliate Transactions
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45
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SECTION
4.08.
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Limitation
on Line of Business
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46
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SECTION
4.09.
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Designation
of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries
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46
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SECTION
4.10.
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Change
of Control
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47
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SECTION
4.11.
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Limitation
on Liens
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48
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SECTION
4.12.
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Limitation
on Other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness
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48
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SECTION
4.13.
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Future
Guaranties
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49
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SECTION
4.14.
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Compliance
Certificate
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49
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ARTICLE
FIVE
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SUCCESSOR
COMPANY
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SECTION
5.01.
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When
Company May Merge or Transfer Assets
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49
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ARTICLE
SIX
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DEFAULTS
AND REMEDIES
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SECTION
6.01.
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Events
of Default
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51
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SECTION
6.02.
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Acceleration
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53
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SECTION
6.03.
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Other
Remedies
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54
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SECTION
6.04.
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Waiver
of Past Defaults
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54
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SECTION
6.05.
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Control
by Majority
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54
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SECTION
6.06.
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Limitation
on Suits
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54
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SECTION
6.07.
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Rights
of Holders to Receive Payment
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55
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SECTION
6.08.
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Collection
Suit by Trustee
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55
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SECTION
6.09.
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Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim
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55
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SECTION
6.10.
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Priorities
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55
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SECTION
6.11.
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Undertaking
for Costs
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56
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SECTION
6.12.
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Waiver
of Stay or Extension Laws
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56
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ARTICLE
SEVEN
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TRUSTEE
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SECTION
7.01.
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Duties
of Trustee
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56
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SECTION
7.02.
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Notice
of Defaults
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57
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SECTION
7.03.
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Rights
of Trustee
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58
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SECTION
7.04.
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Individual
Rights of Trustee
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58
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SECTION
7.05.
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Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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58
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SECTION
7.06.
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Reserved.
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58
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iii
SECTION
7.07.
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Reports
by Trustee to Holders
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58
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SECTION
7.08.
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Compensation
and Indemnity
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59
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SECTION
7.09.
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Replacement
of Trustee
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59
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SECTION
7.10.
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Successor
Trustee by Xxxxxx
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60
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SECTION
7.11.
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Eligibility;
Disqualification
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60
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SECTION
7.12.
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company
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61
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ARTICLE
EIGHT
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DISCHARGE
OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
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SECTION
8.01.
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Discharge
of Liability on Notes; Defeasance
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61
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SECTION
8.02.
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Conditions
to Defeasance
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62
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SECTION
8.03.
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Application
of Trust Money
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63
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SECTION
8.04.
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Repayment
to Company
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63
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SECTION
8.05.
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Indemnity
for Government Obligations
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63
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SECTION
8.06.
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Reinstatement
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63
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ARTICLE
NINE
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AMENDMENTS
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SECTION
9.01.
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Without
Consent of Holders
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64
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SECTION
9.02.
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With
Consent of Holders
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65
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SECTION
9.03.
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Compliance
with Trust Indenture Act
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66
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SECTION
9.04.
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Revocation
and Effect of Consents and Waivers
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66
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SECTION
9.05.
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Notation
on or Exchange of Notes
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66
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SECTION
9.06.
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Trustee
To Sign Amendments
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67
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SECTION
9.07.
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Payment
for Consent
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67
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ARTICLE
TEN
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SUBORDINATION
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SECTION
10.01.
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Agreement
To Subordinate
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67
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SECTION
10.02.
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Liquidation,
Dissolution, Bankruptcy
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67
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SECTION
10.03.
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Default
on Senior Indebtedness of the Company
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68
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SECTION
10.04.
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Acceleration
of Payment of Notes
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69
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SECTION
10.05.
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When
Distribution Must Be Paid Over
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69
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SECTION
10.06.
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Subrogation
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69
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SECTION
10.07.
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Relative
Rights
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69
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SECTION
10.08.
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Subordination
May Not Be Impaired by Company
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69
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SECTION
10.09.
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Rights
of Trustee and Paying Agent
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69
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SECTION
10.10.
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Distribution
or Notice to Representative
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70
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SECTION
10.11.
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Article
Ten Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To
Accelerate
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70
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SECTION
10.12.
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Trust
Moneys Not Subordinated
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70
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iv
SECTION
10.13.
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Trustee
Entitled To Rely
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70
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SECTION
10.14.
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Trustee
To Effectuate Subordination
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71
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SECTION
10.15.
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Trustee
Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company
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71
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SECTION
10.16.
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Reliance
by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company on
Subordination
Provisions
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71
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ARTICLE
ELEVEN
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SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTIES
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SECTION
11.01.
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Guaranties
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71
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SECTION
11.02.
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Limitation
on Liability
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73
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SECTION
11.03.
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Successors
and Assigns
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74
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SECTION
11.04.
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No
Waiver
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74
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SECTION
11.05.
|
Modification
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74
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SECTION
11.06.
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Release
of Subsidiary Guarantor
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74
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SECTION
11.07.
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Contribution
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75
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ARTICLE
TWELVE
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SUBORDINATION
OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTIES
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SECTION
12.01.
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Agreement
To Subordinate
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75
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SECTION
12.02.
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Liquidation,
Dissolution, Bankruptcy
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76
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SECTION
12.03.
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Default
on Senior Indebtedness of Subsidiary Guarantor
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76
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SECTION
12.04.
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Demand
for Payment
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77
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SECTION
12.05.
|
When
Distribution Must Be Paid Over
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77
|
SECTION
12.06.
|
Subrogation
|
77
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SECTION
12.07.
|
Relative
Rights
|
77
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SECTION
12.08.
|
Subordination
May Not Be Impaired by Company
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78
|
SECTION
12.09.
|
Rights
of Trustee and Paying Agent
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78
|
SECTION
12.10.
|
Distribution
or Notice to Representative
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78
|
SECTION
12.11.
|
Article
Twelve Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right
To
Demand Payment
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79
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SECTION
12.12.
|
Trustee
Entitled To Rely
|
79
|
SECTION
12.13.
|
Trustee
To Effectuate Subordination
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79
|
SECTION
12.14.
|
Trustee
Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness of
Subsidiary
Guarantor
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79
|
SECTION
12.15.
|
Reliance
by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of Subsidiary
Guarantors
on Subordination Provisions
|
80
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ARTICLE
THIRTEEN
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MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION
13.01.
|
Trust
Indenture Act Controls
|
80
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SECTION
13.02.
|
Notices
|
80
|
SECTION
13.03.
|
Communication
by Holders with Other Holders
|
81
|
SECTION
13.04.
|
Certificate
and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
|
81
|
SECTION
13.05.
|
Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion
|
81
|
SECTION
13.06.
|
When
Notes Disregarded
|
81
|
SECTION
13.07.
|
Rules
by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar
|
82
|
SECTION
13.08.
|
Legal
Holidays
|
82
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SECTION
13.09.
|
Governing
Law
|
82
|
SECTION
13.10.
|
No
Recourse Against Others
|
82
|
SECTION
13.11.
|
Successors
|
82
|
SECTION
13.12.
|
Multiple
Originals
|
82
|
SECTION
13.13.
|
Table
of Contents; Headings
|
82
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Rule
144A/Regulation S/IAI Appendix
Exhibit
1
- Form
of Initial Note
Exhibit
2
- Form
of Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note
Exhibit
3
- Form
of Transferee Letter of Representation
INDENTURE
dated as of April 12, 2007 (this “Indenture”), among SUN HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.,
a Delaware corporation, the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined below) and XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).
Each
party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal
and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company’s Initial Notes, Exchange
Notes and Private Exchange Notes (collectively, the “Notes”).
ARTICLE
ONE
SECTION
1.01. Definitions.
“Acquired
Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1)
Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is
merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether
or
not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of,
such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of such
specified Person; and
(2)
Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified
Person.
“Adjusted
Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the yield,
under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding
week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated
“H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on
actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity
under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities”, for the maturity corresponding
to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before
or after April 15, 2011, yields for the two published maturities most closely
corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the
Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields
on
a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (2) if such
release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding
the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal
to
the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for such redemption date, in each case calculated on the third
Business Day immediately preceding the redemption date, in each case, plus
0.50%.
“Affiliate”
of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with
respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of
the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or
otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled
by” and “under common control with” shall have correlative
meanings.
“Applicable
Premium” means with respect to a Note at any redemption date, the greater of
(1) 1.00% of the principal amount of such Note and (2) the excess of
(A) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption
price of such Note on April 15, 2011 (such redemption price being described
in
the fourth paragraph of Section 5 of the Notes exclusive of any accrued
interest) plus (ii) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due
on such Note through April 15, 2011 (but excluding accrued and unpaid interest
to the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Adjusted
Treasury Rate, over (B) the principal amount of such Note on such
redemption date.
“Asset
Sale” means:
(1)
the
sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition (a “Disposition”)
of any
assets or rights (including by way of a sale and leaseback) outside of the
ordinary course of business; and
(2)
the
issue or sale by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Equity Interests
of
any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries;
in
the
case of either clause (1) or (2), whether in a single transaction or a
series of related transactions:
(A) that
have
a fair market value in excess of $3.0 million; or
(B) for
net
proceeds in excess of $3.0 million.
Notwithstanding
the preceding, the following items shall not be deemed to be Asset
Sales:
(1)
a
Disposition of assets by the Company to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
or by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to any other Restricted
Subsidiary;
(2)
an
issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to
another Restricted Subsidiary;
(3)
the
issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary in which the percentage
interest (direct and indirect) in the Equity Interests of such
Person
2
owned
by
the Company after giving effect to such issuance, is at least equal to the
percentage interest prior to such issuance;
(4)
a
Restricted Payment that is permitted by Section 4.04;
(5)
a
Disposition in the ordinary course of business;
(6)
any
Liens permitted by this Indenture and foreclosures thereon;
(7)
any
exchange of property pursuant to Section 1031 of the Code for use in a
Permitted Business;
(8)
the
license or sublicense of intellectual property or other general intangibles;
(9)
the
lease or sublease of property in the ordinary course of business so long as
the
same does not materially interfere with the business of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and
(10) the
sale
or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents.
“Attributable
Debt” in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, at the time of
determination, the present value of the total obligations of the lessee for
net
rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale
and
Leaseback Transaction. For purposes hereof such present value shall be
calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in
such
Sale and Leaseback Transaction, determined by lessee in good faith on a basis
consistent with comparable determinations of Capital Lease Obligations under
GAAP; provided,
however,
that if
such sale and leaseback transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation,
the
amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance
with
the definition of “Capital Lease Obligation.”
“Bankruptcy
Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the
relief of debtors.
“Board
of
Directors” means (1) with respect to a Person that is a corporation or
limited liability company, the board of directors, board of managers or
equivalent governing board of such Person or any duly authorized committee
thereof, (2) with respect to a Person that is a limited partnership, the
board of directors, board of managers or equivalent governing board of such
Person’s general partner, and (3) with respect to any other Person, the
governing body of such Person most closely approximating the governing bodies
contemplated in the preceding clauses (1) and (2).
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the secretary or an
assistant secretary of any Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of
such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
3
“Business
Day” means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.
“Capital
Lease Obligation” means an obligation that is required to be classified and
accounted for as a capital lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance
with GAAP, and the amount of Indebtedness represented by such obligation shall
be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in accordance with
GAAP;
and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent
or
any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such
lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
“Capital
Stock” means:
(a)
in
the
case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(b) in
the
case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate
stock;
(c) in
the
case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership
interests (whether general or limited); and
(d) any
other
interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share
of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
“Cash
Equivalents” means:
(1)
United
States dollars;
(2)
Government Securities having maturities of not more than twelve months from
the
date of acquisition;
(3)
time
deposit accounts, term deposit accounts, money market deposit accounts, time
deposits, bankers’ acceptances, certificates of deposit and eurodollar time
deposits with maturities of twelve months or less from the date of acquisition,
bankers’ acceptances with maturities of twelve months or less from the date of
acquisition, overnight bank deposits, and demand deposit accounts in each case
with any lender party to the Senior Credit Facilities or with any domestic
commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500 million and a
Thomson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better;
(4)
repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying
securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered
into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in
clause (3) above;
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(5)
commercial paper having the rating of “P-2” (or higher) from Xxxxx’x or “A-2”
(or higher) from Standard & Poor’s and in each case maturing within
twelve months after the date of acquisition; and
(6)
any fund
investing substantially all its assets in investments that constitute Cash
Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (5) of this
definition.
“Change
of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1)
the
sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of
merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all
or
substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as
a
whole to any “person” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act);
(2)
the
adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
(3)
any
“person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act or any successor provisions to either of the foregoing), including
any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing
of
securities within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act,
becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act,
except that a Person will be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all shares
that any such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable
immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of
35.0%
or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company); or
(4)
the
first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the
Company are not Continuing Directors of the Company.
“Clipper
Partnerships” means the limited partnerships and limited liability companies
that own skilled nursing facilities in New Hampshire currently leased by
subsidiaries of the Company, in which the Company has ownership interests and
as
to which the Company has options to acquire the remaining ownership interests
held by third parties.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company”
means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces
it
and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision
contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on the indenture
securities.
“Comparable
Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the
Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining
term
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of
the
Notes from the redemption date to April 15, 2011, that would be utilized, at
the
time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a maturity most nearly equal
to April 15, 2011.
“Comparable
Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, if clause (2)
of the Adjusted Treasury Rate definition is applicable, the average of three,
or
such lesser number as is obtained by the Trustee, Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations for such redemption date.
“Consolidated
Cash Flow” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated
Net Income of such Person for such period, plus (minus)
to the
extent deducted (added) in computing such Consolidated Net Income:
(1)
provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its
Subsidiaries for such period; plus
(minus)
(2)
Fixed
Charges; plus
(minus)
(3)
depreciation, amortization (including amortization of goodwill and other
intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid
in a prior period) and other non-cash charges (excluding any such non-cash
charge to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash
expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that
was
paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period;
plus
(minus)
(4)
any
non-capitalized transaction costs incurred in connection with actual or proposed
financings, acquisitions or divestitures (including financing and refinancing
fees and costs incurred in connection with the Transactions); plus
(minus)
(5)
Minority
Interest with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary; plus
(minus)
(6)
transaction expenses associated with acquisitions of facilities; plus
(minus)
(7)
all
lease payments in respect of operating leases arising out of Sale and Leaseback
Transactions with respect to which and to the extent that the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary was deemed to have incurred Attributable Debt.
Notwithstanding
the preceding, the provision for taxes on the income or profits of, and the
depreciation and amortization and other non-cash charges of, a Subsidiary of
the
referent Person shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute
Consolidated Cash Flow only to the extent (and in the same proportion) that
Net
Income of such Subsidiary was included in calculating Net Income of such Person.
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“Consolidated
Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of,
without duplication:
(1)
the
interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period,
on a combined, consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP (including
amortization of original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the
interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations,
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter
of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net payments, if any, pursuant
to Hedging Obligations; provided,
however,
that in
no event shall any amortization of deferred financing costs be included in
Consolidated Interest Expense) plus
the
interest component of all payments associated with Attributable Debt determined
by such Person in good faith on a basis consistent with comparable
determinations for Capital Lease Obligations under GAAP; plus
(2)
the
consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
for such period, whether paid or accrued.
Notwithstanding
the preceding, the Consolidated Interest Expense with respect to any Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary shall be included only to
the
extent (and in the same proportion) that the net income of such Restricted
Subsidiary was included in calculating Consolidated Net Income.
“Consolidated
Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of
the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period,
on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP, plus (minus)
to the
extent deducted (added) in computing such Net Income:
(1)
direct
or indirect fees, costs, expenses and charges (including any penalties or
premiums payable) of the Company related to the Transactions which are paid,
taken or otherwise accounted for within one year of the consummation of the
Transactions; plus
(minus)
(2)
any gain
or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such gain or loss,
realized in connection with (a) any Asset Sale or (b) the acquisition
or disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries
plus
(minus);
(3)
any
extraordinary, nonrecurring or non-operating gain or loss, together with any
related provision for taxes on such extraordinary, nonrecurring or non-operating
gain or loss;
provided,
however,
that:
(1)
the Net
Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or
that
is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be included only
to
the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in
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cash
to
the referent Person or (subject to clause (2) below) a Restricted
Subsidiary thereof;
(2)
the Net
Income of any Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted
Subsidiary of such Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted
without any prior governmental approval that has not been obtained or, directly
or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement,
instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation
applicable to such Subsidiary, except to the extent of the amount of dividends
or other distributions actually paid to the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period;
(3)
any
non-cash compensation expense attributable to grants of stock options,
restricted stock or similar rights to officers, directors and employees of
such
Person and any of its Subsidiaries shall be excluded; and
(4)
the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall be excluded.
“Continuing
Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of
Directors of the Company who:
(1)
was a
member of such Board of Directors of the Company on the Issue Date;
or
(2)
was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors of the Company
with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members
of
such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.
“Default”
means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would
be,
an Event of Default.
“Designated
Non-cash Consideration” means, the fair market value of non-cash consideration
received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset
Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to
an
Officers’ Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by an
executive vice president and the principal financial officer of the Company,
less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a
subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration.
“Designated
Senior Debt” means:
(1)
any
Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities; and
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(2)
any
other Senior Indebtedness permitted under this Indenture the principal amount
of
which is $50.0 million or more and that has been designated by the Company
as “Designated Senior Debt.”
“Disqualified
Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any
security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or
upon
the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant
to a
sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the Holder
thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after
the
date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any
Capital Stock that would not qualify as Disqualified Stock but for change of
control or asset sale provisions shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if
the
provisions are not more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than
the
provisions of Sections 4.10 and 4.06, respectively, and such Capital Stock
specifically provides that the Company will not redeem or repurchase any such
Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions prior to the Company’s purchase of the
Notes as required pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.10 and 4.06,
respectively.
“Domestic
Restricted Subsidiary” means, with respect to the Company, any Restricted
Subsidiary that was formed under the laws of the United States of America or
any
State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Equity
Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to
acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible
into,
or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
“Escrow
Agent” means Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as escrow agent, until a
successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Escrow
Agreement and thereafter means the successor serving thereunder.
“Escrow
Agreement” means the Escrow Agreement, dated as of April 12, 2007, between the
Company and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Escrow
Agent.
“Exchange
Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Existing
Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than
(x) Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities, (y) Indebtedness
represented by the Initial Notes or (z) Indebtedness of the Clipper Partnerships
to the extent reflected on the Company's consolidated balance sheet on the
Issue
Date in accordance with GAAP) in existence on the Issue Date after giving effect
to the Transactions, until such amounts are repaid.
“Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio” means with respect to any Person or Persons for any
period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period
to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs, assumes, guarantees or redeems
any
Indebtedness (other than revolving credit borrowings) or issues or redeems
Preferred
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Stock
subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio is being calculated but on or prior to the date on which the event for
which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the
“Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated
giving pro
forma
effect
to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee or redemption of Indebtedness, or
such
issuance or redemption of Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred at the
beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.
In
addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:
(1)
acquisitions that have been made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
including through mergers or consolidations and including any related financing
transactions, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such
reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date shall be calculated
to
include the Consolidated Cash Flow of the acquired entities on a pro
forma
basis
(which shall be determined in good faith by the chief financial officer of
the
Company) after giving effect to Pro Forma Cost Savings, shall be deemed to
have
occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period;
(2)
the
Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to operations or businesses disposed of
prior to the Calculation Date shall be excluded;
(3)
the
Fixed Charges attributable to operations or businesses disposed of prior to
the
Calculation Date shall be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations
giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date;
(4)
if (i)
any Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or (ii)
any Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated as a Restricted Subsidiary, in either
case during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference
period and on or prior to the Calculation Date, such designation will be deemed
to have occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period; and
(5)
if any
Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on such
Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation
Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account
any
Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation
has a remaining term as at the Calculation Date in excess of 12 months).
“Fixed
Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without
duplication, of:
(1)
the
Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period; plus
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(2)
any
interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such
Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets
of
such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such guarantee
or Lien is called upon; plus
(3)
the
product of (a) all dividend payments, whether paid or accrued and whether
or not in cash, on any series of Preferred Stock of such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividend payments on Equity Interests
payable solely in Qualified Equity Interests, times (b) a fraction, the
numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then
current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person,
expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance
with GAAP.
“Foreign
Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not organized
under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the
District of Columbia.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
as in effect from time to time, including those set forth in:
(1)
the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants;
(2)
statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board;
(3)
such
other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment
of
the accounting profession; and
(4)
the
rules and regulations of the SEC governing the inclusion of financial statements
(including pro
forma
financial statements) in periodic reports required to be filed pursuant to
Section 13 of the Exchange Act, including opinions and pronouncements in
staff accounting bulletins and similar written statements from the accounting
staff of the SEC.
“Government
Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the
United States of America and the payment for which the United States
pledges its full faith and credit.
“guarantee”
means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for
collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner
including letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof,
of
all or any part of any Indebtedness.
“Guaranty
Agreement” means a supplemental indenture, in a form reasonably acceptable to
the Trustee, pursuant to which a Subsidiary Guarantor guarantees the Company’s
obligations under this Indenture and with respect to the Notes on the terms
provided for in Article 11.
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“Hedging
Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person
under:
(1)
interest
rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar
agreements; and
(2)
other
agreements or arrangements designed to change the allocation of risk due to
fluctuations in interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity
prices.
“Holder”
or
“Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the
Registrar’s books.
“Indebtedness”
means,
with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, in
respect of:
(1)
borrowed
money;
(2)
obligations evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or
letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(3)
bankers’
acceptances;
(4)
Capital
Lease Obligations;
(5)
Attributable Debt; or
(6)
(a) the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property,
except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable
or
(b) representing the net amount payable in respect of any Hedging
Obligations;
if
and to
the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit,
Attributable Debt and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon
a
balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In
addition, the term “Indebtedness” with respect to a specified Person includes
(i) all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the
specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified
Person), but only to the extent that the aggregate amount of such Indebtedness
does not exceed fair market value of the asset and, to the extent not otherwise
included, the guarantee by such Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person;
provided,
however,
that
Indebtedness shall not include the pledge by the Company of the Capital Stock
of
an Unrestricted Subsidiary to secure Non-Recourse Debt of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary and (ii) all Disqualified Stock of the Specified Person. In no
event shall non-contractual obligations or liabilities in respect of any Capital
Stock constitute Indebtedness under this definition.
The
amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding
balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described
above;
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provided,
however,
that in
the case of Indebtedness sold at a discount or which does not require current
payments of interest, the amount of such Indebtedness at any time will be the
accreted value thereof at such time.
“Indenture”
means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Investments”
means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other
Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of direct or indirect loans
(including guarantees of Indebtedness or other obligations), advances or capital
contributions (excluding commission, travel advances and other loans and
advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business),
purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity
Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be
classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.
If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary sells or otherwise disposes of
any
Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary such that,
after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer
a
Restricted Subsidiary, then the Company shall be deemed to have made an
Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market
value of the Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary not sold or disposed
of determined at the time of such sale or disposition. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of Equity Interests
of
the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company shall not be deemed
Investments. The amount of an investment shall be determined at the time the
Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in
value.
“Issue
Date” means April 12, 2007.
“Legal
Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are
not required to be open in the State of New York.
“Lien”
means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not
filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any option or other
agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any consensual filing
of
any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent
statutes) of any jurisdiction other than filings in respect of leases otherwise
permitted under this Indenture.
“Merger”
means the merger of Horizon Merger, Inc. with Harborside Healthcare Corporation
as part of the Transactions.
“Merger
Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of October 19, 2006,
among the Company, Horizon Merger Inc. and Harborside Healthcare
Corporation.
“Minority
Interest” means, with respect to any Person, interests in income (loss) of any
of such Person’s Subsidiaries held by one or more Persons other than
such
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Person
or
another Subsidiary of such Person, as reflected on such Person’s consolidated
financial statements.
“Moffie
Portfolio” means the five facilities in Connecticut that are operated by
Harborside Healthcare Corporation as of the Issue Date, as to which Harborside
has exercised an option to purchase.
“Xxxxx’x”
means Xxxxx’x Investment Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency
business.
“Net
Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person,
determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of
Preferred Stock dividends, excluding, however:
(1)
any
income or expense incurred in connection with the extinguishment of any
Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2)
any
depreciation, amortization, non-cash impairment or other non-cash charges or
expenses recorded as a result of the application of purchase accounting in
accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion Nos. 16 and 17 or SFAS
Nos. 141 and 142; and
(3)
any
gain, loss, income, expense or other charge recognized or incurred in connection
with changes in value or dispositions of Investments made pursuant to
clause (8) of the definition of Permitted Investments (it being understood
that this clause (3) shall not apply to any expenses incurred in connection
with the funding of contributions to any plan).
“Net
Proceeds” means the aggregate proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents
received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Asset
Sale (including any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other
disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net
of
the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including (a) fees and
expenses related to such Asset Sale (including legal, accounting and investment
banking fees and discounts, and sales and brokerage commissions, and any
relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale), (b) taxes paid
or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into
account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements, (c) amounts required to be applied to the repayment of
Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities,
secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset
Sale, (d) any reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities
associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the seller after such Asset
Sale, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities,
liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any
indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale and (e) cash
escrows (until released from escrow to the seller).
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“Non-Recourse
Debt” means Indebtedness:
(1)
as to
which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary:
(a) provides
credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument
that would constitute Indebtedness);
(b) is
directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise; or
(c) constitutes
the lender;
(2)
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
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to declare a default on such other
Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior
to
its stated maturity; and
(3)
as to
which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any
recourse to the stock (other than stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary pledged
by
the Company to secure debt of such Unrestricted Subsidiary) or assets of the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary.
“Obligations”
means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation
governing any Indebtedness.
“Officer”
means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the
Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the
Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the
Trustee.
“Permitted
Business” means any business in which the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries are engaged on the Issue Date or any business reasonably related,
ancillary or complementary thereto, or reasonable extensions thereof.
“Permitted
Investments” means:
(1)
any
Investment in the Company or in any Restricted Subsidiary;
(2)
any
Investment in Cash Equivalents;
(3)
any
Investment in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:
(a) such
Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or
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(b) such
Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or
conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(4)
any
Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an
Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.06 or
any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(5)
any
Investment existing on the Issue Date;
(6)
other
Investments made after the Issue Date in a Permitted Business having an
aggregate fair market value (measured on the date each such Investment was
made
and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together
with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (6) after the Issue
Date that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of
(a) $15.0 million or (b) 2.0% of the Total Assets of the Company;
(7)
any
Investment made for consideration consisting solely of Qualified Equity
Interests;
(8)
any
Investment made in connection with the funding of contributions under any
non-qualified employee retirement plan or similar employee compensation plan
in
an amount not to exceed the amount of compensation expense recognized by the
Company and any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such plans;
(9)
any
Investment received in compromise or resolution of (a) obligations of trade
creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business
of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including pursuant to any plan of
reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of
any
trade creditor or customer or (b) litigation, arbitration or other disputes
with Persons that are not Affiliates;
(10) Hedging
Obligations permitted by Section 4.03;
(11) any
Investment consisting of prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for
collection and lease, endorsements for deposit or collection in the ordinary
course of business, utility or workers compensation, performance and similar
deposits entered into as a result of the operations of the business in the
ordinary course of business;
(12) pledges
or deposits by a Person under workers compensation laws, unemployment insurance
laws or similar legislation, or 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 as security for contested taxes or import duties
or for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
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(13) any
Investment consisting of a loan or advance to officers, directors or employees
of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the purchase by
such Persons of Equity Interests of the Company;
(14) loans
or
advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business of the Company
or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in an aggregate principal amount not
to
exceed $2 million at any one time outstanding;
(15) repurchases
of the Notes;
(16) purchases
of additional Equity Interests in the Clipper Partnerships pursuant to the
terms
of the options to acquire such Equity Interests in existence on the Issue
Date;
(17) guarantees
of Indebtedness permitted by Section 4.03; and
(18) other
Investments made after the Issue Date in any Person having an aggregate fair
market value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without
giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all
other outstanding Investments made pursuant to this clause (18) after the
Issue Date, not to exceed the greater of (a) $15.0 million or
(b) 2.0% of the Total Assets of the Company.
“Permitted
Junior Securities” means:
(1)
Equity
Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor; or
(2)
debt
securities that are subordinated to all Senior Indebtedness and any debt
securities issued in exchange for Senior Indebtedness to substantially the
same
extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guaranties
are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness under this Indenture.
“Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which
are
used to extend, refinance, renew, defease or discharge or refund (collectively,
“Refinance”)
other
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided,
however,
that:
(1)
the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted
value, if applicable), plus accrued interest on, the Indebtedness so extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced, discharged, defeased or refunded (plus the amount
of reasonable expenses and premiums incurred in connection therewith);
(2)
such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date no earlier than
the
final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to
or
greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the
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Indebtedness
being extended, refinanced, renewed, defeased, discharged or refunded;
(3)
if the
Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased, refunded
or discharged is pari
passu
in right
of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be
pari
passu
in right
of payment to the Notes, and if such Indebtedness is subordinated in right
of
payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final
maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in
right of payment to (as applicable), the Notes on terms of subordination at
least as favorable to the Holders as those contained in the documentation
governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, defeased,
discharged or refunded; and
(4)
Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor
may
not be used to Refinance any Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary
Guarantor.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
“Preferred
Stock”, as applied to the Capital Stock of any Person, means Capital Stock of
any class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment
of dividends or distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over shares
of Capital Stock of any other class of such Person. The “principal” amount of
any Preferred Stock at any date shall be the liquidation preference (or, if
greater, the mandatory redemption price, if any) of such Preferred Stock at
such
date.
“principal”
of a Note means the principal of the Note plus the premium, if any, payable
on
the Note which is due or overdue or is to become due at the relevant time.
“Pro
Forma Cost Savings” means, with respect to any period, the reductions in costs
(including such reductions resulting from employee terminations, facilities
consolidations and closings, standardization of employee benefits and
compensation policies, consolidation of property, casualty and other insurance
coverage and policies, standardization of sales and distribution methods,
reductions in taxes other than income taxes) that occurred during such period
that are (1) directly attributable to an asset acquisition or
(2) implemented, committed to be implemented, specifically identified to be
implemented or the commencement of implementation of which has begun in good
faith by the business that was the subject of any such asset acquisition within
six months of the date of the asset acquisition and that are supportable and
quantifiable by the underlying records of such business, as if, in the case
of
each of clauses (1) and (2), all such reductions in costs had been effected
as of the beginning of such period, decreased by any incremental expenses
incurred or to be incurred during
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such
period in order to achieve such reduction in costs, all such costs to be
determined in good faith by the chief financial officer of the Company.
“Public
Equity Offering” means an underwritten primary public offering of common stock
of the Company pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act.
“Qualified
Equity Interests” means Equity Interests of the Company other than Disqualified
Stock.
“Quotation
Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Trustee after
consultation with the Company.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer” means Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and its successors and
assigns, CIBC World Markets Corp. and its successors and assigns, UBS Securities
LLC and its successors and assigns and Xxxxxxxxx & Company, Inc. and its
successors and assigns.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations” means with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the
bid
and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case
as a
percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Trustee by such
Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third
Business Day immediately preceding such redemption date.
“Representative”
means, with respect to a Person, any trustee, agent or representative (if any)
for an issue of Senior Indebtedness of such Person.
“Restricted
Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“Restricted
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is not an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“Sale
and
Leaseback Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement with any Person
or to which any such Person is a party, providing for the leasing to the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary of any property, whether owned by the Company or
any
such Restricted Subsidiary at the Issue Date or later acquired, which has been
or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary
to such Person or any other Person from whom funds have been or are to be
advanced by such Person on the security of such property.
“SEC”
means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Secured
Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company secured by a Lien.
“Securities
Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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“Senior
Credit Facilities” means the Credit Agreement to be entered into in connection
with the Merger and among the Company, Credit Suisse, as administrative agent
and collateral agent, and the other agents and lenders named therein, providing
for revolving credit borrowings and term loans, including any related notes,
guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in
connection therewith, and in each case as amended, modified, renewed, refunded,
replaced or refinanced from time to time including increases in principal
amount.
“Senior
Indebtedness” means with respect to any Person:
(1)
Indebtedness of such Person, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter
Incurred; and
(2)
all
other Obligations of such Person (including interest accruing on or after the
filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to such
Person whether or not post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding) in
respect of Indebtedness described in clause (1) above
unless,
in the case of clauses (1) and (2), in the instrument creating or
evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided
that such Indebtedness or other obligations are subordinate or pari passu in
right of payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guaranty of such Person, as
the
case may be; provided,
however,
that
Senior Indebtedness shall not include:
(1)
any
obligation of such Person to the Company or any Subsidiary;
(2)
any
liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Person;
(3)
any
accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary
course of business;
(4)
any
Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior
in any respect to any other Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person;
or
(5)
that
portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of Incurrence is Incurred in
violation of this Indenture.
“Senior
Subordinated Indebtedness” means, with respect to a Person, the Notes (in the
case of the Company), the Subsidiary Guaranty (in the case of a Subsidiary
Guarantor) and any other Indebtedness of such Person that specifically provides
that such Indebtedness is to rank pari passu with the Notes or such Subsidiary
Guaranty, as the case may be, in right of payment and is not subordinated by
its
terms in right of payment to any Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person
which is not Senior Indebtedness of such Person.
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“Significant
Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary, or group of Restricted
Subsidiaries, that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Company within the
meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.
“Standard &
Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.
“Stated
Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any
series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of interest or principal
was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such
Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem
or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally
scheduled for the payment thereof.
“Subordinated
Obligation” means, with respect to a Person, any Indebtedness of such Person
(whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) which is
subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes or a Subsidiary Guaranty
of such Person, as the case may be, pursuant to a written agreement to that
effect.
“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person:
(1)
any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of
the
total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers
or
trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly,
by
such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a
combination thereof); and
(2)
any
partnership or limited liability company (a) the sole general partner or
the managing general partner or managing member of which is such Person or
a
Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are
such Person or of one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination
thereof).
“Subsidiary
Guarantor” means a Subsidiary of the Company that guarantees the Company’s
payment obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and upon consummation
of
the Transactions, shall initially be those Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule
I
hereto.
“Subsidiary
Guaranty” means each senior subordinated guarantee by each Subsidiary Guarantor
of the Company’s payment obligations under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant
to Article 11 or contained in a Guaranty Agreement executed pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Total
Assets” means the total combined, consolidated assets of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, as would be shown on the Company’s consolidated balance
sheet in accordance with GAAP on the date of determination.
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“Transactions”
means the acquisition by Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. of Harborside Healthcare
Corporation, the issuance and sale of the Initial Notes, the execution and
delivery of the Senior Credit Facilities and documents related thereto and
the
initial extension of credit thereunder, and other transactions contemplated
by
the foregoing entered into and consummated in connection with such acquisition,
including the purchase of the Moffie Portfolio and four properties in the State
of Massachusetts currently operated by Harborside Healthcare Corporation, as
to
which Harborside has exercised an option to purchase, and the payment of fees
and expenses in connection with the foregoing.
“Trustee”
means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces
it
and, thereafter, means the successor.
“Trust
Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C.
§§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the Issue Date.
“Trust
Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the President or any other officer or
assistant officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its
corporate trust matters.
“Uniform
Commercial Code” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from
time to time.
“Unrestricted
Subsidiary” means with respect to the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company
that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution, but only to the extent that such
Subsidiary:
(1)
has no
Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;
(2)
has not
guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for
any
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; and
(3)
has no
Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries.
Any
designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall
be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of
the
Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate
certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and
was
permitted by Section 4.04. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary
would fail to meet the preceding 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
by a Restricted Subsidiary as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not
permitted to be incurred as of such date by Section 4.03, the Company shall
be in default of such section. The Board of Directors of the Company may at
any
time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided,
however,
that
such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a
Restricted Subsidiary of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary
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and
such
designation shall be permitted only if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted
by Section 4.03 and (2) no Default would be in existence following
such designation.
“U.S.
Government Obligations” means direct obligations (or certificates representing
an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America
(including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which
the
full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which
are
not callable at the issuer’s option.
“Voting
Stock” of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock of such Person then
outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.
“Weighted
Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date,
the number of years obtained by dividing:
(1)
the sum
of the products obtained by multiplying: (a) the amount of each then
remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments
of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by
(b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will
elapse between such date and the making of such payment, by
(2)
the then
outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“Wholly
Owned Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary all the Capital Stock of which
(other than directors’ qualifying shares) is owned by the Company or one or more
other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
Other
Definitions.
Term
|
Defined
in
Section
|
“Affiliate
Transaction”
|
4.07(a)
|
“Asset
Sale Offer”
|
4.06(c)
|
“Blockage
Notice”
|
10.03
|
“Change
of Control Offer”
|
4.10(a)
|
“Change
of Control Payment”
|
4.10(a)
|
“covenant
defeasance option”
|
8.01(b)
|
“Custodian”
|
6.01
|
“Escrow
Funds”
|
3.07(a)
|
“Event
of Default”
|
6.01
|
“Guaranteed
Obligations”
|
11.01
|
“incur”
|
4.03(a)
|
“legal
defeasance option”
|
8.01(b)
|
“Offer
Amount”
|
4.06(d)(2)
|
“Offer
Period”
|
4.06(d)(2)
|
“Paying
Agent”
|
2.03
|
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“Payment
Blockage Period”
|
10.03
|
“Payment
Default”
|
10.03
|
“Permitted
Debt”
|
4.03(b)
|
“Purchase
Date”
|
4.06(d)(1)
|
“Registrar”
|
2.03
|
“Restricted
Payment
|
4.04(a)
|
SECTION
1.02. Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
This
Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA which are
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following
TIA terms have the following meanings:
“indenture
securities” means the Notes and the Subsidiary Guaranties;
“indenture
security holder” means a Noteholder;
“indenture
to be qualified” means this Indenture;
“indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and
“obligor”
on the indenture securities means the Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor and
any
successor obligor on the indenture securities.
All
other
TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned
to them by such definitions.
SECTION
1.03. Rules
of Construction.
Unless
the context otherwise requires:
(1)
a term
has the meaning assigned to it;
(2)
an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;
(3) “or”
is
not exclusive;
(4) “including”
means including without limitation;
(5)
words in
the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the
singular;
(6)
unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to
secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured
Indebtedness;
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(7)
secured
Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to any other
secured Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to
the
same collateral;
(8)
the
principal amount of any noninterest bearing or other discount security at any
date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance
sheet of the issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP;
and
(9)
all
references to the date the Notes were originally issued shall refer to the
date
the Initial Notes were originally issued on the Issue Date.
ARTICLE
TWO
The
Notes
SECTION
2.01. Form
and Dating.
Provisions relating to the Notes are set forth in the
Rule 144A/Regulation S/IAI Appendix attached hereto (the “Appendix”)
which is hereby incorporated in, and expressly made part of, this Indenture.
The
Initial Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 to the Appendix which is hereby
incorporated in, and expressly made a part of, this Indenture. The Exchange
Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 2, which is hereby
incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Notes may
have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule,
agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage (provided that
any
such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company).
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes
set forth in the Appendix and Exhibits 1 and 2 are part of the terms
of this Indenture.
SECTION
2.02. Execution
and Authentication.
At least
one Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile
signature.
If
an
Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time
the
Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid
nevertheless.
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.
On
the
Issue Date, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver $200,000,000 million
of
9⅛% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 and, at any time and from time to time
thereafter, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Notes for original issue
in an aggregate principal amount specified in such order, in each case upon
a
written order of the Company signed by at least one Officer of the Company.
Such
order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date
on
which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated and, in the case of
an
issuance of Additional Notes pursuant to
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Section
2.14 after the Issue Date, shall certify that such issuance is in compliance
with Section 4.03.
The
Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company
to authenticate the Notes. Unless limited by the terms of such 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 agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as
any
Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and
demands.
SECTION
2.03. Registrar
and Paying Agent.
The
Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for
registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and an office or
agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”). The
Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange.
The Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying
agents. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying
agent.
The
Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar,
Paying Agent or co-registrar not a party to this Indenture, which shall
incorporate the terms of the TIA. The agreement shall implement the provisions
of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the
Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to
maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall
be
entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.08. The
Company or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary incorporated or organized within The
United States of America may act as Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or
transfer agent.
The
Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent in
connection with the Notes.
SECTION
2.04. Paying
Agent To Hold Money in Trust.
Prior to
each due date of the principal and interest on any Note, the Company shall
deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal and
interest when so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent
(other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold
in
trust for the benefit of Noteholders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying
Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes and shall notify
the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the
Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money
held
by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at
any
time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee
and
to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon complying with
this
Section, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money
delivered to the Trustee.
SECTION
2.05. Noteholder
Lists.
The
Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the
most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Noteholders.
If
the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall
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furnish
to the Trustee, in writing at least five Business Days before each interest
payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
a
list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require
of
the names and addresses of Noteholders.
SECTION
2.06. Transfer
and Exchange.
The
Notes shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon
the
surrender of a Note for registration of transfer. When a 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 the requirements of this
Indenture and Section 8-401(1) of the Uniform Commercial Code are met. When
Notes are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to
exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of other denominations,
the
Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are
met.
SECTION
2.07. Replacement
Notes.
If a
mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Note claims
that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall
issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee's
requirements are met and the Holder satisfies any other reasonable requirements
of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall
furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the
Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar
and
any co-registrar from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note is
replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses
in replacing a Note.
Every
replacement Note is an additional Obligation of the Company.
SECTION
2.08. Outstanding
Notes.
Notes
outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for
those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described
in this Section as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09, a
Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of
the
Company holds the Note; provided,
however, that Notes held, directly or indirectly, by the Company or its
Affiliates shall not be deemed outstanding for purposes of the third paragraph
of Section 5 of the Notes.
If
a Note
is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless
the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced
Note is held by a protected purchaser (as defined in Section 8-303 of the
Uniform Commercial Code).
If
the
Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture,
on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal
and
interest payable on that date with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof)
to
be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and the Paying Agent is not
prohibited from paying such money to the Noteholders on that date pursuant
to
the terms of this Indenture, then
on
and after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding
and
interest on them ceases to accrue.
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SECTION
2.09. Treasury
Notes.
In
determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have
concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or
any
Subsidiary Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or
any
Subsidiary Guarantor, will be considered as though not outstanding, except
that
for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in relying
on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee knows
are
so owned will be so disregarded.
SECTION
2.10. Temporary
Notes.
Until
definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee
shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially
in
the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall
prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes and deliver them
in
exchange for temporary Notes.
SECTION
2.11. Cancellation.
The
Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The
Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes
surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The
Trustee and no one else shall cancel and destroy (subject to the record
retention requirements of the Exchange Act) all Notes surrendered for
registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and deliver a
certificate of such destruction to the Company unless the Company directs the
Trustee to deliver canceled Notes to the Company. The Company may not issue
new
Notes to replace Notes it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
SECTION
2.12. Defaulted
Interest.
If the
Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Company shall pay
defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent
lawful) in any lawful manner. The Company may pay the defaulted interest to
the
persons who are Noteholders on a subsequent special record date. The Company
shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date
to
the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee and shall promptly mail to each
Noteholder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and
the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.
SECTION
2.13. CUSIP
Numbers, ISINs, etc. The
Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers, ISINs and “Common Code”
numbers (in each case if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall
use “CUSIP” numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers in notices of redemption as
a convenience to Holders; provided,
however,
that
any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness
of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice
of
a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected
by
any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall advise the Trustee
in writing of any change in any “CUSIP” numbers, ISINs or “Common Code” numbers
applicable to the Notes.
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SECTION
2.14. Issuance
of Additional Notes.
After
the Issue Date, the Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with
Section 4.03, to issue Additional Notes under this Indenture, which
Additional Notes shall have identical terms as the Initial Notes issued on
the
Issue Date, other than with respect to the date of issuance and issue price.
All
the Notes issued under this Indenture shall be treated as a single class for
all
purposes of this Indenture including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers
to purchase.
With
respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in a resolution
of
the Board of Directors and an Officers’ Certificate, a copy of each which shall
be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:
(1)
the
aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture and the provision of Section 4.03 that
the
Company is relying on to issue such Additional Notes;
(2)
the
issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number of such Additional Notes;
provided,
however,
that no
Additional Notes may be issued at a price that would cause such Additional
Notes
to have “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273 of the
Code; and
(3)
whether
such Additional Notes shall be Initial Notes or shall be issued in the form
of
Exchange Notes as set forth in Exhibit 2.
ARTICLE
THREE
Redemption
SECTION
3.01. Notices
to Trustee.
If the
Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Notes, it
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date, the principal amount
of Notes to be redeemed and the paragraph of the Notes pursuant to which the
redemption will occur. The Notes are also subject to mandatory redemption as
provided in Section 3.07 and paragraph 8 of the Notes.
The
Company shall give each notice to the Trustee provided for in this Section
at
least 60 days before the redemption date unless the Trustee consents to a
shorter period. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate
from the Company to the effect that such redemption will comply with the
conditions herein.
SECTION
3.02. Selection
of Notes to Be Redeemed.
If fewer
than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes to
be
redeemed pro rata to the extent practicable. The Trustee shall make the
selection from outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption. The
Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Notes that have
denominations larger than $2,000. Notes and portions of them the Trustee selects
shall be in principal amounts of $2,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000 in excess
of $2,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called
for
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redemption
also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify
the Company promptly of the Notes or portions of Notes to be
redeemed.
SECTION
3.03. Notice
of Redemption.
At least
30 days but not more than 60 days before a date for redemption of Notes,
the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder
of Notes to be redeemed at such Xxxxxx’s registered address.
The
notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
(1)
the
redemption date;
(2)
the
redemption price;
(3)
the name
and address of the Paying Agent;
(4)
that
Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect
the redemption price;
(5)
if fewer
than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification and
principal amounts of the particular Notes to be redeemed;
(6)
that,
unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying
Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture, interest on Notes (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases
to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(7)
the
“CUSIP” number, ISIN or “Common Code” number, if any, printed on the Notes being
redeemed; and
(8)
that no
representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the “CUSIP” number,
ISIN, or “Common Code” number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the
Notes.
At
the
Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the
Company’s name and at the Company’s expense. In such event, the Company shall
provide the Trustee with the information required by this Section.
SECTION
3.04. Effect
of Notice of Redemption.
Once
notice of redemption is mailed, Notes called for redemption become due and
payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice.
Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption
price stated in the notice, plus accrued interest to the redemption date
(subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to
receive interest due on the related interest payment date), and such Notes
shall
be canceled by the Trustee. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice
to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other
Holder.
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SECTION
3.05. Deposit
of Redemption Price.
Prior to
the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if
the
Company or a Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust)
money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all
Notes to be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions of Notes called
for redemption which have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for
cancellation.
SECTION
3.06. Notes
Redeemed in Part.
Upon
surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and
the
Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Company’s expense) a new Note
equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note
surrendered.
SECTION
3.07. Escrow
of Proceeds; Special Mandatory Redemption.
(a) The
Company shall deposit with the Escrow Agent the gross proceeds from the sale
of
the Initial Notes plus an amount in cash such that the escrowed funds are in
an
amount sufficient to redeem, on the latest possible redemption date pursuant
to
the procedures set forth in the Escrow Agreement, in cash the Notes at a
redemption price equal to 100.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to such redemption date
(the “Escrow Funds”).
(b) The
Notes
shall be subject to a special mandatory redemption in the event the conditions
to the release of the Escrow Funds, in accordance with the Escrow Agreement,
are
not met on or prior to July 11, 2007 or the Merger Agreement is terminated
at
any time prior thereto. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article
Three, if such an event occurs, the Company shall cause the notice of special
mandatory redemption to be mailed to each Holder no later than the third
Business Day following July 11, 2007 or following the date the Merger Agreement
is terminated, as applicable, and the Notes shall be redeemed with the Escrow
Funds five Business Days following the date of such notice of redemption is
mailed.
(c) Failure
to redeem the Notes when required pursuant to Section 3.07(b) will constitute
an
Event of Default with respect to the Notes.
ARTICLE
FOUR
Covenants
SECTION
4.01. Payment
of Notes.
The
Company shall promptly pay the principal of and interest on the Notes on the
dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture. Principal
and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the
Trustee or the Paying Agent holds in accordance with this Indenture money
sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due and the Trustee or the
Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money
to
the Noteholders on that date pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture.
The
Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate
specified
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therefor
in the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest
at
the same rate to the extent lawful.
SECTION
4.02. SEC
Reports.
So long
as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall (i) furnish to the Holders
or cause the Trustee to furnish to the Holders in each case within the time
periods that such information would have otherwise been required to have been
provided to the SEC if the rules and regulations applicable to the filing of
such information were applicable to the Company and (ii) post on its
website within 10 Business Days thereafter:
(1)
all
quarterly and annual information that would be required to be contained in
a
filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to
file
such Forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to the annual information
only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Company’s certified
independent accountants in accordance with the professional standards of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; and
(2)
all
current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K
if
the Company were required to file such reports.
The
availability of the foregoing materials on the SEC’s XXXXX service shall be
deemed to satisfy the Company’s delivery obligation.
The
Company shall, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, furnish to the
Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their
request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)
(4) under the Securities Act. The Company shall at all times comply with
Trust Indenture Act Section 314(a).
SECTION
4.03. Limitation
on Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock. i)The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to,
directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise
become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect
to
(collectively, “incur”)
any
Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) and the Company shall not permit any
of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of Preferred Stock; provided,
however,
that
the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be entitled to incur
Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) and any of the Subsidiary Guarantors
shall be entitled to issue Preferred Stock if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
for the Company’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which
financial statements are publicly available immediately preceding the date
on
which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Preferred Stock is issued
would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including
a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional
Indebtedness had been incurred, or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the
case
may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
(b) Section
4.03(a) shall not prohibit the incurrence of any or the following items of
Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted
Debt”):
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(1)
the
incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness
(including letters of credit) under the Senior Credit Facilities; provided,
however,
that the
aggregate amount of all Indebtedness then classified as having been incurred
in
reliance upon this clause (1) that remains outstanding under the Senior
Credit Facilities after giving effect to such incurrence does not exceed $535
million, less, to the extent a permanent repayment and/or commitment reduction
is required thereunder as a result of such application, the aggregate amount
of
Net Proceeds applied to repayments under the Senior Credit Facilities in
accordance with Section 4.06;
(2)
the
incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Existing Indebtedness;
(3)
the
incurrence by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors of Indebtedness
represented by the Notes originally issued on the Issue Date and the related
Subsidiary Guaranties, and the Exchange Notes and/or Private Exchange Notes
and
related Subsidiary Guaranties to be issued pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement in respect thereof;
(4)
the
incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness
represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money
obligations, in each case incurred for the purpose of financing all or any
part
of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of property, plant
or equipment used or useful in the business of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock
of any Person owning such assets), and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in
respect thereof, in an aggregate principal amount or accreted value, as
applicable, not to exceed at any time outstanding the greater of
$40.0 million and 2.0% of Total Assets at the time of any incurrence under
this clause (4); provided
further, however,
that no
more than $6.0 million of Indebtedness shall be incurred pursuant to this clause
(4) in any one fiscal year;
(5)
the
incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or
Preferred Stock in connection with the acquisition of assets or a new Restricted
Subsidiary and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
provided,
however,
that
such Indebtedness or Preferred Stock (other than such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness) was incurred by the prior owner of such assets or such Restricted
Subsidiary prior to such acquisition by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries
and was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such
acquisition by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company; provided
further,
however,
that
the principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of such Indebtedness
or
Preferred Stock, together with any other outstanding Indebtedness and Preferred
Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (5), does not exceed the sum of (x)
$25.0 million and (y) the amount, not to exceed $31.0 million, of mortgage
Indebtedness assumed by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in
connection with the purchase of the Moffie Portfolio;
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(6)
Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or any 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, asset or Subsidiary, other than guarantees of
Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such
business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
provided,
however,
that
(a) such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote
or footnotes to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance
sheet will not be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes
of
this clause (a)) and (b) the maximum assumable liability in respect of such
Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds including non-cash
proceeds (the fair market value of such non-cash proceeds being measured at
the
time received and without giving effect to any such subsequent changes in value)
actually received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection
with such disposition;
(7)
the
incurrence of Indebtedness of the Clipper Partnerships deemed to occur to the
extent the Clipper Partnerships become Restricted Subsidiaries arising from
the
acquisition by the Company of a majority of the Voting Stock of the Clipper
Partnerships; provided,
however,
that
the principal amount of such Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause
(7)
does not exceed $51.0 million;
(8)
the
incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund,
refinance, defease or discharge Indebtedness incurred pursuant to
Section 4.03(a) or clause (2), (3) or (7) above or this clause (8);
(9)
the
incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of intercompany
Indebtedness between the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary; provided,
however,
that:
(a) if
the
Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness and
the
payee is not the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Indebtedness must
be
expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations
with respect to the Notes, in the case of the Company, or the Subsidiary
Guaranty of such Subsidiary Guarantor, in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor;
and
(b) (i) any
subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such
Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary or (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a
Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall be
deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, not permitted by
this
clause (9);
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(10)
the
incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Hedging Obligations
incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(11) the
guarantee by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness of the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that was permitted to be incurred by another
provision of this Section 4.03;
(12) the
issuance by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of Preferred Stock; provided,
however,
that
(a) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in
any such Preferred Stock being held by a Person other than the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary and (b) any sale or other transfer of any such
Preferred Stock to a Person that is neither the Company nor a Restricted
Subsidiary shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such
Preferred Stock by such Restricted Subsidiary that is not permitted by this
clause (12);
(13) the
incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of workers’
compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, indemnities, bankers’
acceptances, performance, completion and surety bonds or guarantees, and similar
types of obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(14) the
incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness arising
from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft
or
similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds, so long
as
such Indebtedness is covered within five Business Days;
(15) the
incurrence of Indebtedness by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to the
extent that and for so long as the principal amount of such Indebtedness is
supported by a letter of credit issued pursuant to the Senior Credit Facilities;
provided,
however,
that
such letter of credit is permitted to be, and is, issued pursuant to clause
(1)
above; and
(16) the
incurrence by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor of additional
Indebtedness, in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as
applicable) at any time outstanding, not to exceed $25.0 million.
For
purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.03, in the event
that an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of
the
categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through
(16) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
Section 4.03, the Company shall be permitted to classify such item of
Indebtedness in any manner that complies with this Section 4.03 (except that
Indebtedness incurred under the Senior Credit Facilities on the Issue Date
shall
be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (1) above). In addition,
the Company may, at any time, at its option change the classification of an
item
of Indebtedness or any portion thereof (except for Indebtedness incurred under
clause (1) above) to any other clause or to the first paragraph hereof;
provided,
however,
that
the Company would be permitted to incur such item of Indebtedness (or portion
thereof) pursuant to such other
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clause
or
the first paragraph hereof, as the case may be, at such time of
reclassification. The accrual of interest, the accrual of dividends, the
accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest
on
any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms,
the
reclassification of preferred stock as Indebtedness due to a change in
accounting principles, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in
the
form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock shall not
be
deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock
for purposes of this Section 4.03. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 4.03, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary shall be entitled to incur pursuant to this Section 4.03
shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in
exchange rates or currency values.
SECTION
4.04. Limitation
on Restricted Payments. ii)The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to,
directly or indirectly:
(1)
declare
or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of
the
Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests (including any
payment on such Equity Interests in connection with any merger or consolidation
involving the Company) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’s or
any of its Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests in their capacity as such
other than dividends or distributions payable in Qualified Equity Interests
and
other than dividends or distributions payable to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary;
(2)
purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, in
connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity
Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;
(3)
make any
payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire
or retire for value any Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor
that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guaranties,
except (i) payments of interest or principal at Stated Maturity thereof,
(ii) payments of interest or principal on or in respect of Indebtedness
owed to and held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and
(iii) payments, purchases, redemptions, defeasances or other acquisitions
or retirements for value in anticipation of satisfying a scheduled maturity,
sinking fund or amortization or other installment obligation or mandatory
redemption, in each case, due within one year of the Stated Maturity thereof;
or
(4)
make any
Restricted Investment;
(all
such
payments and other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above
being collectively referred to as “Restricted
Payments”);
unless,
at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(1)
no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence
thereof;
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(2)
the
Company would, after giving pro
forma
effect
thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the
applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00
of
additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set
forth in Section 4.03(a); and
(3)
such
Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted
Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue
Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3), (4), (6),
(7) and (8) of Section 4.04(b)), is not greater than the sum,
without duplication, of:
(a) 50%
of
the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one
accounting period) from the beginning of the fiscal quarter in which the Issue
Date occurs to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for
which financial statements are publicly available at the time of such Restricted
Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit,
less
100% of such deficit); plus
(b) 100%
of
the aggregate net proceeds received by the Company after the Issue Date as
a
contribution to its common equity capital or received by the Company from the
issue or sale after the Issue Date (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company)
of Qualified Equity Interests or of Disqualified Stock or debt securities of
the
Company that have been converted into or exchanged for such Qualified Equity
Interests; plus
(c) 100%
of
the net proceeds received by the Company by means of (i) the sale or other
disposition (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted
Investments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases
and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of loans or advances which constitute
Restricted Investments by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in each
case after the Issue Date or (ii) the sale (other than to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
plus
(d) if
any
Unrestricted Subsidiary (i) is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary, the
fair market value of such redesignated Unrestricted Subsidiary (as certified
to
the Trustee in an Officers’ Certificate) as of the date of its redesignation or
(ii) pays any cash dividends or cash distributions to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, 100% of any such dividends or distributions made after
the Issue Date.
(b) Section
4.04(a) shall not prohibit:
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(1)
the
payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable
redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or giving the
notice of redemption, as the case may be, if at such date of declaration or
notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2)
the
making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of the net cash
proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale or issuance (other than to a
Subsidiary of the Company) of, Qualified Equity Interests or from the
substantially concurrent contribution to the common equity capital of the
Company; provided,
however,
that the
amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted
Payment shall be excluded from Section 4.04(a)(3)(b) and shall not be
applied to permit the payment of any other Restricted Payment;
(3)
the
defeasance, redemption, repurchase, repayment or other acquisition of
subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries with
the
net cash proceeds from an incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
(4)
the
payment of any dividend (or in the case of any partnership or limited liability
company, any similar distribution) by a Restricted Subsidiary to the holders
of
its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis, taking into account the relative
preferences, if any, of the various classes of equity interests in such
Restricted Subsidiary;
(5)
the
repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value (or the
distribution of amounts to any other direct or indirect parent of the Company
to
fund any such repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement) of
any
Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company
held by any current or former officer, director, consultant or employee of
the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (or any permitted transferees, assigns,
estates or heirs of any of the foregoing); provided,
however,
the
aggregate amount paid by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant
to
this clause (5) shall not exceed $5.0 million in any calendar year
(excluding for purposes of calculating such amount the amount paid for Equity
Interests repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired with the proceeds from
the
repayment of outstanding loans previously made by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such Equity
Interests), with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over for
one
additional calendar year; provided further,
however,
that
such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:
(A) the
net
cash proceeds from the sale of Qualified Equity Interests of the Company, in
each case, to members of management, directors or consultants of the Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries that occurs after the Issue Date, to the extent such
cash proceeds have not
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otherwise
been and
are not thereafter applied to permit the payment of any other Restricted
Payment; plus
(B) the
cash
proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date; less
(C) the
amount of any Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to clauses
(A) and (B) of this clause (5);
provided further,
however,
that
cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company from members of management
of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a repurchase of
Equity Interests of the Company shall not be deemed to constitute a Restricted
Payment for purposes of this Indenture;
(6)
the
declaration and payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in accordance with
the certificate of designations therefor; provided,
however,
that
such issuance of Disqualified Stock is permitted by Section 4.03;
(7)
repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock
options or warrants or upon the vesting of restricted stock units to the extent
that such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price thereof
or
related income tax liability;
(8)
payments
made to purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value
any
Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Subordinated
Obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than Equity
Interests or Subordinated Obligations issued to or at any time held by an
Affiliate of any such Person), in each case, pursuant to provisions requiring
such Person to offer to purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire
for value such Equity Interests or Subordinated Obligations upon the occurrence
of a Change of Control or with the proceeds of Asset Sales as defined in the
charter provisions, agreements or instruments governing such Equity Interests
or
Subordinated Obligations; provided,
however,
that a
Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, has been made and
the Company has purchased all Notes validly tendered in connection with that
Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer; and
(9)
other
Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount up to $15.0 million;
provided,
however,
that, in
the case of clause (9), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
would occur as a consequence of the making of the Restricted Payment
contemplated thereby.
(c) The
amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market
value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the assets or securities proposed
to be transferred or issued by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as
the
case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The fair market value of any
assets or
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securities
that are required to be valued by this Section 4.04 shall be determined in
good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.
SECTION
4.05. Dividend
and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries. iii)The
Company shall not, and shall not permit its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly
or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual
encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary
to:
(1)
pay
dividends or make any other distributions to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (i) on its Capital Stock or (ii) with respect to any other
interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits;
(2)
pay any
Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(3)
make
loans or advances to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(4)
transfer
any of its properties or assets to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
(b) However,
Section 4.05(a) shall not prohibit encumbrances or restrictions existing under
or by reason of:
(1)
Existing
Indebtedness, the Senior Credit Facilities and any other Permitted Debt as
in
effect as of the Issue Date, and any amendments, modifications, restatements,
renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings,
of
any thereof; provided,
however,
that
such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements,
refundings, replacements or refinancings are not, taken as a whole, materially
more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions
than those contained in those agreements as in effect on the Issue Date;
(2)
this
Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guaranties, the Exchange Notes or the
Registration Rights Agreement;
(3)
any
applicable law, rule, regulation or order;
(4)
any
instrument or agreement of a Person acquired by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent
incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which
encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties
or
assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the
Person, so acquired; provided,
however,
that, in
the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this
Indenture to be incurred;
(5)
customary non-assignment provisions in contracts, leases and licenses entered
into in the ordinary course of business;
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(6)
purchase
money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business
and
Capital Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on the property so acquired
or leased of the nature described in Section 4.05(a)(4);
(7)
secured
Indebtedness otherwise permitted under this Indenture, the terms of which limit
the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;
(8)
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided,
however,
that the
material restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness are not, taken as a whole, materially more restrictive
with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those
contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced;
(9)
any
agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary or an
asset that restricts distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary or transfers
of
such asset pending the sale or other disposition;
(10) Liens
permitted to be incurred by Section 4.11 that limit the right of the debtor
to
dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;
(11) provisions
limiting the disposition, dividend or distribution of assets or property in
joint venture agreements, partnership agreements, limited liability company
operating agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock
or
equity sale agreements and other similar agreements, which limitation is
applicable only to the assets or property that are the subject of such
agreements; and
(12) restrictions
on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts
entered into in the ordinary course of business.
SECTION
4.06. Limitation
on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock. iv) The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to,
consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(1)
the
Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives
consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market
value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed
of;
and
(2)
at least
75% of the consideration received therefor by the Company (or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be) is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents.
For
purposes of this provision, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash:
(A) any
liabilities of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (as shown on the most
recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and
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its
Restricted Subsidiaries other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that
are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guaranty) that
are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to an agreement that
releases the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability
with respect to such liabilities;
(B) any
securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such
Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company
or
such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents within 180 days (to
the
extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received in that conversion);
(C) any
stock
or assets of the kind referred to in Section 4.06(b)(2) or (4); and
(D) any
Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value, taken
together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant
to
this clause (D) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed $15.0
million at the time of receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, with
the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being
measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes
in
value.
(b) Within
365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company
or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall be entitled to apply such Net Proceeds,
at its option:
(1)
to repay
or repurchase Senior Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor
or
any Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor;
(2)
to make
an Investment in (provided such Investment is in the form of Capital Stock),
or
to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, a Person engaged in a
Permitted Business if such Person is, or will become as a result thereof, a
Restricted Subsidiary;
(3)
to
fund all or a portion of an optional redemption of the Notes in accordance
with
Article Three and paragraph 5 of the Notes;
(4)
to
make a capital expenditure; or
(5)
to
acquire long lived assets (other than securities) to be used in a Permitted
Business.
Pending
the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Company shall be entitled
to
temporarily reduce the revolving Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities
or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited
by
this Indenture.
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The
sale, lease,
conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of
the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by
the
provisions of Sections 4.10 and 5.01 and not by the provisions of this
Section 4.06.
(c) Any
Net
Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in
Section 4.06(b) will constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of
Excess Proceeds exceeds $10.0 million, the Company will be required to make
an offer to purchase from all Holders (an “Asset
Sale Offer”)
and,
if applicable, redeem or purchase (or make an offer to do so) any other Senior
Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company, the provisions of which require the
Company to redeem or purchase (or make an offer to do so) such Indebtedness
with
the proceeds from any Asset Sales, the maximum aggregate principal amount of
Notes and such other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness that may be purchased
(on
a pro rata basis) with such Excess Proceeds. The offer price for the Notes
in
any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of principal amount plus accrued
and
unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash
and the redemption or purchase price for such other Senior Subordinated
Indebtedness shall be as set forth in the related documentation governing such
Indebtedness. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset
Sale
Offer, the Company shall be entitled to use such Excess Proceeds for any purpose
not prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate purchase price of the Notes
and the other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale
Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Company shall select the Notes
to be purchased on a pro rata basis but in round denominations, which in the
case of the Notes will be denominations of $2,000 initial principal amount
and
multiples of $1,000 thereafter. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the
amount of Excess Proceeds related to such Asset Sale Offer shall be reset at
zero.
(d) (1) Promptly,
and in any event within 10 days after the Company becomes obligated to make
an Asset Sale Offer, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee and send, by
first-class mail to each Holder, a written notice stating that the Holder may
elect to have his Notes purchased by the Company either in whole or in part
(subject to prorating as described in paragraph (c) of this
Section 4.06 in the event the Asset Sale Offer is oversubscribed) in a
minimum amount of $2,000 or in larger integral multiples of $1,000 of principal
amount, at the applicable purchase price. The notice shall specify a purchase
date not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the date of such notice
(the “Purchase Date”) and shall contain such information concerning the business
of the Company which the Company in good faith believes will enable such Holders
to make an informed decision (which at a minimum will include (A) the most
recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K (including audited consolidated
financial statements) of the Company, the most recent subsequently filed
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and any Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company
filed subsequent to such Quarterly Report, other than Current Reports describing
Asset Sales otherwise described in the offering materials (or corresponding
successor reports), (B) a description of material developments in the
Company’s business subsequent to the date of the latest of such Reports, and
(C) if material, appropriate pro forma
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financial
information) and all instructions and materials necessary to tender Notes
pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, together with the information contained in
clause (3).
(2)
Not
later than the date upon which written notice of an Asset Sale Offer is
delivered to the Trustee as provided above, the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate as to (A) the amount of the Asset Sale
Offer (the “Offer
Amount”),
including information as to any other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness included
in the Asset Sale Offer, (B) the allocation of the Net Available Cash from
the Asset Sale pursuant to which such Asset Sale Offer is being made and
(C) the compliance of such allocation with the provisions of this
Section 4.06. No later than the Purchase Date, the Company shall also
irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company
is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust) an amount equal
to the Offer Amount to be held for payment in accordance with the provisions
of
this Section. If the Asset Sale Offer includes other Senior Subordinated
Indebtedness, the deposit described in the preceding sentence may be made with
any other paying agent pursuant to arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee.
Upon the expiration of the period for which the Asset Sale Offer remains open
(the “Offer
Period”),
the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes or portions
thereof which have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the
Company. The Trustee shall, on the Purchase Date, mail or deliver payment (or
cause the delivery of payment) to each tendering Holder in the amount of the
purchase price. In the event that the aggregate purchase price of the Notes
delivered by the Company to the Trustee is less than the Offer Amount applicable
to the Notes, the Trustee shall deliver the excess to the Company immediately
after the expiration of the Offer Period for application in accordance with
this
Section 4.06.
(3)
Holders
electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender the Note,
with
an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company at the address specified
in
the notice at least three Business Days prior to the Purchase Date. Holders
shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company
receives not later than one Business Day prior to the Purchase Date, a telex,
facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the
principal amount of the Note which was delivered for purchase by the Holder
and
a statement that such Xxxxxx is withdrawing his election to have such Note
purchased. Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part shall be issued new
Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes
surrendered.
(4)
At the
time the Company delivers Notes to the Trustee which are to be accepted for
purchase, the Company shall also deliver an Officers’ Certificate stating that
such Notes are to be accepted by the Company pursuant to and in accordance
with
the terms of this Section. A Note shall be deemed to have been accepted for
purchase at the time the Trustee, directly or through an agent, mails or
delivers payment therefor to the surrendering Holder.
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(e) The
Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of
Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or
regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this
Section 4.06. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.06, the Company
shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall
not
be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.06 by
virtue of its compliance with such securities laws or regulations.
SECTION
4.07. Limitation
on Affiliate Transactions. v) The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to,
make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of
its
properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter
into
or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan,
advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any of its Affiliates (each,
an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless:
(1)
such
Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to
the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained
in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with
an
unrelated Person; and
(2)
the
Company delivers to the Trustee:
(a) with
respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions
involving aggregate consideration in excess of $5.0 million, a resolution
of the Board of Directors of the Company and an Officers’ Certificate certifying
that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (1) above and that
such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested
members of such Board of Directors; and
(b) with
respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions
involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, an opinion as
to the fairness to the Holders of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial
point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm
of
national standing.
(b) The
following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore,
shall not be subject to Section 4.07(a):
(1)
transactions between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2)
any
Restricted Payment that is permitted by Section 4.04;
(3)
employment agreements, severance agreements, loans, advances, fees, benefits
and
compensation paid or provided to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers,
directors, employees or consultants of the Company or any
Subsidiary;
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(4)
transactions pursuant to any contract or agreement in effect on the Issue Date
or entered into prior to the time (and not in anticipation of) the Person
becomes an Affiliate as the same may be amended, modified or replaced from
time
to time so long as any such amendment, modification or replacement, taken as
a
whole, is no less favorable in any material respect to the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary than the contract or agreement as in effect on the Issue
Date;
(5)
transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) that is
an
Affiliate of the Company solely because the Company owns, directly or through
a
Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person;
(6)
the
issuance or sale of Qualified Equity Interests (and the exercise of any
warrants, options or other rights to acquire Qualified Equity Interests);
(7)
loans or
advances to employees of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (x) in
the ordinary course of business or (y) in connection with the purchase by
such Persons of Equity Interests of the Company; and
(8)
transactions with customers, clients, suppliers or purchasers or sellers of
goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise
in compliance with the terms of this Indenture that are on terms no less
favorable than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction
with an unrelated party or on terms that are approved by the Board of Directors
of the Company, including a majority of the disinterested
directors.
SECTION
4.08. Limitation
on Line of Business. The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage
in
any business other than a Permitted Business, except to such extent as would
not
be material to the Company and their Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a
whole.
SECTION
4.09. Designation
of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
The
Board of Directors of the Company shall be entitled to designate any Restricted
Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause
a Default and the conditions set forth in the definition of “Unrestricted
Subsidiary” are met. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid in cash or Cash Equivalents) in the
Subsidiary so designated shall be deemed to be Restricted Payments at the time
of such designation and shall reduce the amount available for Restricted
Payments pursuant to Section 4.04 or under one or more of the clauses of the
definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by the Company. All such
outstanding Investments shall be valued at their fair market value at the time
of such designation, as certified to the Trustee in an Officers’ Certificate.
That designation shall only be permitted if such Restricted Payment would be
permitted at that time and if such Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the
definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
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SECTION
4.10. Change
of Control. vi)If
a
Change of Control occurs, each Holder will have the right to require the Company
to repurchase all or any part (in a minimum amount of $2,000 and $1,000 integral
multiples thereof) of that Holder’s Notes pursuant to the Change of Control
Offer (as defined below). In the Change of Control Offer, the Company shall
offer a payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of
Notes
repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of
purchase (the “Change
of Control Payment”).
Within 60 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice
(the “Change
of Control Offer”)
to
each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the
Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on a date (the “Change
of Control Payment Date”)
no
earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date the notice is
mailed, other than as may be required by law, pursuant to the procedures
required by this Indenture and described in such notice. The Company shall
comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other
securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and
regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as
a
result of a Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any
securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture
relating to such Change of Control Offer, the Company shall comply with the
applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have
breached its obligations in this Section 4.10 by virtue thereof.
(b) On
the
Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:
(1)
accept
for payment all Notes or portions thereof in minimum amounts equal to $2,000
or
an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof properly tendered pursuant
to
the Change of Control Offer;
(2)
deposit
with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in
respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered; and
(3)
deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with
an
Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or
portions thereof being purchased by the Company.
(c) Holders
electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender the Note,
with
an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company at the address specified
in
the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. Holders
shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company
receives not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date, a telegram,
telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder,
the principal amount of the Note which was delivered for purchase by the Holder
and a statement that such Xxxxxx is withdrawing his election to have such Note
purchased.
(d) The
Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Notes so tendered the Change
of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate
and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new
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Note
equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered,
if any; provided,
however,
that
each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or any greater
amount in multiples of $1,000.
(e) Notwithstanding
this Section 4.10, the Company shall not be required to make a Change of
Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of
Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with
the
requirements set forth in this Section 4.10 applicable to a Change of Control
Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not
withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer or if notice of redemption has
been
given pursuant to Section 3.03.
(f) If
making
a Change Of Control Payment would violate any outstanding Senior Indebtedness
of
the Company, prior to complying with any of the provisions of
this Section 4.10, but in any event within 90 days following a Change
of Control, the Company shall either repay such Senior Indebtedness or obtain
the requisite consents under the agreements governing such Senior Indebtedness
to permit the repurchase of Notes required by this Section 4.10. The
Company shall publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer
on or
as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date
SECTION
4.11. Limitation
on Liens. The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create,
incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any
Lien
of any kind securing Indebtedness (other than (x) Senior Indebtedness of the
Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor or (y) any Indebtedness of a Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor) upon any of their property or
assets, now owned or hereafter acquired unless:
(1)
in the
case of Liens securing Subordinated Obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary
Guarantor, the notes or the Subsidiary Guaranties, as applicable, are secured
on
a senior basis to the obligations so secured until such time as such obligations
are no longer secured by a Lien; and
(2)
in the
case of Liens securing Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or a
Subsidiary Guarantor, the notes or the Subsidiary Guaranties, as applicable,
are
secured on an equal and ratable basis with the obligations so secured until
such
time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien.
SECTION
4.12. Limitation
on Other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness.
The
Company shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiary Guarantors to, incur,
create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness
that is both:
(1)
subordinate in right of payment to any Senior Indebtedness; and
(2)
senior
in right of payment to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guaranty.
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Neither
the existence nor lack of a security interest nor the priority of any such
security interest shall be deemed to affect the ranking or right of payment
of
any Indebtedness.
SECTION
4.13. Future
Guaranties.
The
Company shall not permit any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary, directly or
indirectly, to incur Indebtedness, or guarantee or pledge any assets to secure
the payment of any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary or issue any Preferred Stock, unless:
(1)
such
Indebtedness is incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (2),
(4), (5), (6), (8) (with respect to Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in
respect of Indebtedness initially incurred under clause (2) or (4) only),
(9), (10), (12), (13) or (14) of Section 4.03(b);
(2)
such
Restricted Subsidiary is a Subsidiary Guarantor; or
(3)
such
Restricted Subsidiary simultaneously executes and delivers a Guaranty Agreement
and becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor, which guarantee shall (a) with respect
to the incurrence of Senior Indebtedness, be subordinated in right of payment
on
the same terms as the Notes are subordinated to such Senior Indebtedness and
(b) with respect to the incurrence of any other Indebtedness or the
issuance of Preferred Stock, be senior to or pari
passu
with
such Restricted Subsidiary’s other Indebtedness or guarantee of or pledge to
secure such other Indebtedness.
SECTION
4.14. Compliance
Certificate.
The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Company an Officers’ Certificate stating that in the course
of the performance by the signers of their duties as Officers of the Company
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 Company
is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
ARTICLE
FIVE
Successor
Company
SECTION
5.01. When
Company May Merge or Transfer Assets. vii) The
Company shall not: (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person
(whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation); or (2) sell,
assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of
its
properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to another Person
unless:
(1)
either
(a) the Company is the surviving corporation or (b) the Person formed
by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company)
or
to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall
have been made is a corporation, limited liability company or
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partnership
organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof
or
the District of Columbia; provided,
however,
that if
such Person is a limited liability company or partnership, a corporate
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Person organized under the laws of the United
States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia becomes a co-issuer of
the
Notes in connection therewith;
(2)
the
entity or Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if
other than the Company) or the entity or Person to which such sale, assignment,
transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made assumes all
the
obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture pursuant to a
supplemental indenture in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(3)
immediately after such transaction no Default exists;
(4)
(a) the Company or the entity or Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale,
assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made
will,
after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such transaction had occurred at
the
beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least
$1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
test set forth in Section 4.03(a) or (b) the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio of the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which
such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made,
after giving effect to the transaction and any related financings, would not
be
less than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior
to
such transaction; and
(5)
the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer
and
such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture.
The
preceding clause (4) shall not prohibit:
(a) a
merger
between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted
Subsidiaries; or
(b) a
merger
between the Company and an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of
reincorporating the Company in another state of the United States.
In
addition, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, lease all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related
transactions, to any other Person. This Section 5.01 will not be applicable
to a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets
between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
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(b) The
Company shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to consolidate with or merge
with or into, or convey, transfer or lease, in one transaction or a series
of
transactions, all or substantially all of its assets to any Person (other than
pursuant to the Merger) unless:
(1)
the
resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not such Subsidiary) shall be
a
Person organized and existing under the laws of the jurisdiction under which
such Subsidiary was organized or under the laws of the United States of America,
or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and such Person shall
expressly assume, by a Guaranty Agreement, all the obligations of such
Subsidiary, if any, under its Subsidiary Guaranty; provided,
however,
that
the foregoing requirement shall not apply in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor
or all or substantially all of its assets (x) that has been disposed of in
its entirety to another Person (other than to the Company or an Affiliate of
the
Company), whether through a merger, consolidation or sale of Capital Stock
or
assets or (y) that, as a result of the disposition of all or a portion of
its Capital Stock, ceases to be a Subsidiary, so long as, in both cases, if
in
connection therewith the Company provides an Officers’ Certificate to the
Trustee to the effect that the Company will comply with its obligations under
Section 4.06;
(2)
immediately after giving effect to such transaction or transactions on a pro
forma basis (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the
resulting, surviving or transferee Person as a result of such transaction as
having been issued by such Person at the time of such transaction), no Default
shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(3)
the
Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such
Guaranty Agreement, if any, complies with this Indenture.
The
preceding clause (2) shall not prohibit any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a
limited liability company from merging with an Affiliate solely for the purpose
of reincorporating such Subsidiary Guarantor as a corporation.
ARTICLE
SIX
Defaults
and Remedies
SECTION
6.01. Events
of Default.
An
“Event of Default” occurs if:
(1)
the
Company defaults in any payment of interest on any Note when the same becomes
due and payable, whether
or not such payment shall be prohibited by Article Ten, and
such
default continues for a period of 30 days;
(2)
the
Company (A) defaults in the payment of the principal of any Note when the
same becomes due and payable at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption,
upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise, whether
or not such
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payment
shall be prohibited by Article Ten or
(B) fails to redeem or purchase Notes when required pursuant to this
Indenture or the Notes,
whether
or not such redemption or purchase shall be prohibited by
Article Ten;
(3)
the
Company fails to comply with its obligations under Section 3.07,
Section 4.10 or Section 5.01(a), or the Company fails to comply with
its obligations under the Escrow Agreement;
(4)
the
Company fails to comply with Section 4.03,
4.04 or 4.06 and
such
failure continues for 30 days after the notice specified
below;
(5)
the
Company or
any
Subsidiary Guarantor fails
to
comply with any of its agreements contained in the Notes or
this
Indenture (other than those referred to in clause (1), (2), (3) or (4)
above) and such failure continues for 90 days after the notice specified
below;
(6)
Indebtedness of the Company, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or
any
Significant Subsidiary is not paid within any applicable grace period after
final maturity or is accelerated by the holders thereof because of a default
and
the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $15.0
million, or its foreign currency equivalent at the time;
(7)
the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of
any
Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences
a voluntary case;
(B) consents
to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case;
(C) consents
to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its
property; or
(D) makes
a
general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
or
takes
any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to
insolvency;
(8)
a court
of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law
that:
(A) is
for
relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary
case;
(B) appoints
a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial
part of its property; or
(C) orders
the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary;
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or
any
similar relief is granted under any foreign laws and the order or decree, as
described under this Section (8), remains unstayed and in effect for
60 consecutive days after such judgment becomes final and unappealable;
(9)
any
judgment or decree is rendered for the payment of money in an amount, net of
any
insurance or indemnity payments actually received in respect thereof prior
to or
within 60 days from the entry thereof, or to be received in respect thereof
in
the event any appeal thereof shall be unsuccessful, in excess of $15.0 million
against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary that is not discharged, bonded
or insured by a third Person if either an enforcement proceeding thereon is
commenced, or such judgment or decree remains outstanding for a period of
60 days after such judgment becomes final and non-appealable and is not
discharged, waived or stayed; or
(10) except
as
permitted by this Indenture, any Subsidiary Guaranty ceases to be in full force
and effect (other than in accordance with the terms of such Subsidiary Guaranty)
or any Subsidiary Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under its
Subsidiary Guaranty.
"Custodian"
means
any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official
under any Bankruptcy Law.
A
Default
under clauses (4) or (5) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the
holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes notify
the
Company of the Default and the Company does not cure such Default within the
time specified after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the
Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of
Default”.
The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence
thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers’ Certificate of any Event of
Default under clause (6) or (10) and any event which with the giving of
notice or the lapse of time would become an Event of Default under
clause (4), (5) or (9), its status and what action the Company is taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION
6.02. Acceleration.
If an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare the principal
of and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable.
Upon
such a declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and payable
immediately; provided,
however,
that so
long as any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to the Senior Credit
Facilities is outstanding, such acceleration will not be effective until the
earlier of (1) the acceleration of such Indebtedness under the Senior
Credit Facilities or (2) five Business Days after receipt by the Company of
written notice of such acceleration. If an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(7) or (8) with respect to the Company occurs and is
continuing, the principal of and interest on all of the outstanding Notes will
ipso
facto
become
and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on
the
part of the Trustee or any Holders.
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SECTION
6.03. Other
Remedies.
If an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available
remedy to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes or to
enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this
Indenture.
The
Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes
or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the
Trustee or any Noteholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an
Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver
of
or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other
remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.
SECTION
6.04. Waiver
of Past Defaults.
The
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of such
Notes, waive any existing Default and its consequences under this Indenture,
except a continuing Default in the payment of principal of and premium, if
any,
or interest on any such Notes held by a non-consenting Holder.
SECTION
6.05. Control
by Majority.
The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However,
the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this
Indenture or, subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee determines is unduly
prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or would involve the Trustee in
personal liability; provided,
however,
that
the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is
not
inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the
Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole
discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such
action.
SECTION
6.06. Limitation
on Suits.
Except
to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or
interest when due, no Noteholder may pursue any remedy with respect to this
Indenture or the Notes unless:
(1)
the
Holder gives to the Trustee written notice stating that an Event of Default
is
continuing;
(2)
the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes make a
written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3)
such
Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against
any loss, liability or expense;
(4)
the
Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the
request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
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(5)
the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes do not give the Trustee
a
direction inconsistent with the request during such 60-day period.
A
Noteholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another
Noteholder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Noteholder. In
the
event that the Definitive Notes are not issued to any beneficial owner promptly
after the Registrar has received a request from the Holder of a Global Note
to
issue such Definitive Notes to such beneficial owner or its nominee, the Company
expressly agrees and acknowledges, with respect to the right of any Holder
to
pursue a remedy pursuant to this Indenture, the right of such beneficial holder
of Notes to pursue such remedy with respect to the portion of the Global Note
that represents such beneficial holder’s Notes as if such Definitive Notes had
been issued.
SECTION
6.07. Rights
of Holders to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder
to receive payment of principal of and interest on the Notes held by such
Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Notes, 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.
SECTION
6.08. Collection
Suit by Trustee.
If an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee
of
an express trust against the Company for the whole amount then due and owing
(together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the
amounts provided for in Section 7.08.
SECTION
6.09. Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim.
The
Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may
be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the
Noteholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its
creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable
regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee
in
bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian
in
any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make
payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to
the
making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts
due
the Trustee under Section 7.08.
SECTION
6.10. Priorities.
If the
Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article Six, it shall
pay out the money or property in the following order:
FIRST:
to
the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.08;
SECOND:
to holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company
and, if such money or property has been collected from a Subsidiary Guarantor,
to holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case
to
the extent required by Articles Ten and Twelve;
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THIRD:
to
Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal and interest,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts
due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, respectively;
and
FOURTH:
to the Company.
The
Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Noteholders
pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record date, the
Company shall mail to each Noteholder and the Trustee a notice that states
the
record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.
SECTION
6.11. Undertaking
for Costs.
In any
suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in
any
suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee,
a
court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the
suit
of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion
may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any
party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith
of
the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply
to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a
suit
by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes.
SECTION
6.12. Waiver
of Stay or Extension Laws.
The
Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall not at any time insist
upon,
or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage
of,
any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in
force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture;
and
the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives
all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede
the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer
and
permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
ARTICLE
SEVEN
Trustee
SECTION
7.01. Duties
of Trustee. viii) If
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise
the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree
of
care and skill in their exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use
under
the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs.
(b) Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1)
the
Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee;
and
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(2)
in the
absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the
certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The
Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its
own
negligent failure to act or its own wilful misconduct, except that:
(1)
this
paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 7.01(b);
(2)
the
Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by
a
Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts; and
(3)
the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to
take
in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section
6.05.
(d) Every
provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject
to
Section 7.01(a), (b) and (c).
(e) The
Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except
as
the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.
(f) Money
held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except
to
the extent required by law.
(g) No
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its
own
funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall
have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to
it.
(h) Every
provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability
of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions
of
this Section and to the provisions of the TIA.
SECTION
7.02. Notice
of Defaults.
If a
Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to
the
Trustee, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided
in
TIA Section 313(c), notice of such Default or Event of Default within 90 days
after it occurs unless such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured
or
waived. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment
of
the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any Note (including
payments pursuant to the mandatory redemption provisions of such Note, if any),
the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if it determines
that
the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders.
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SECTION
7.03. Rights
of Trustee. ix) The
Trustee may rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate
any
fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before
the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officers’
Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The
Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct
or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or
powers;
provided,
however,
that
the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute wilful misconduct or
negligence.
(e) The
Trustee may consult with counsel, and the written advice or opinion of counsel
with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall
be
full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to
any
action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with and reliance on the written advice or opinion of such
counsel.
SECTION
7.04. Individual
Rights of Trustee.
The
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee
of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the
same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar,
co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However,
the
Trustee must comply with Sections 7.11 and 7.12.
SECTION
7.05. Trustee’s
Disclaimer.
The
Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the
validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable
for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be
responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or in any
document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other
than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.
SECTION
7.06. Reserved.
SECTION
7.07. Reports
by Trustee to Holders.
As
promptly as practicable after each May 15, beginning with the May
15 following the date of this Indenture, and in any event prior to July 15
of
each year, the Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder
a brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies with TIA § 313(a). The
Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b).
A
copy of
each report at the time of its mailing to Noteholders shall be filed with
the
SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Notes are listed. The Company
agrees to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Notes become listed on
any
stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.
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SECTION
7.08. Compensation
and Indemnity.
The
Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation
for
its services. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on
compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse
the
Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or
made
by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its
services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and
experts. The Company shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all loss,
liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by it in connection
with the administration of this trust and the performance of its duties
hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which
it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall
not
relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend
the
claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the
fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not reimburse any expense
or
indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through
the Trustee’s own wilful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
To
secure
the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien
prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee
other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest
on
particular Notes.
The
Company’s payment obligations pursuant to this Section shall survive the
discharge of this Indenture. When the Trustee incurs expenses after the
occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(7) or (8) with respect
to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under the Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION
7.09. Replacement
of Trustee.
The
Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company. The Holders of
a
majority in principal amount of the Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying
the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the
Trustee if:
(1)
the
Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.11;
(2)
the
Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(3)
a
receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property;
or
(4)
the
Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If
the
Trustee resigns, is removed by the Company or by the Holders of a majority
in
principal amount of the Notes and such Holders do not reasonably promptly
appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee
for
any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring
Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee.
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A
successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to
the
retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the resignation or removal of
the
retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have
all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The
successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Noteholders. The
retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee
to
the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section
7.08.
If
a
successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee
resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 10% in principal
amount of the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
If
the
Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.11, any Noteholder may petition any
court
of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment
of
a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding
the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Company’s
obligations under Section 7.08 shall continue for the benefit of the
retiring Trustee.
SECTION
7.10. Successor
Trustee by Xxxxxx.
If the
Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or
substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation
or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation
without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
In
case
at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation
to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of
the
Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to
the
Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee,
and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the
Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may
authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or
in
the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such
certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or
in
this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall
have.
SECTION
7.11. Eligibility;
Disqualification.
The
Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA § 310(a). The
Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as
set
forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee
shall
comply with TIA § 310(b); provided,
however,
that
there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) any
indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest
or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the
requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are
met.
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SECTION
7.12. Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company.
The
Trustee shall comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship
listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be
subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated.
ARTICLE
EIGHT
Discharge
of Indenture; Defeasance
SECTION
8.01. Discharge
of Liability on Notes; Defeasance. x) When
(1) the Company delivers to the Trustee all outstanding Notes (other than
Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.07) for cancellation or (2) all
outstanding Notes have become due and payable, whether at maturity or on a
redemption date as a result of the mailing of a notice of redemption pursuant
to
Article Three, or will become due and payable within one year, and the
Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee funds sufficient to pay at
maturity or upon redemption all outstanding Notes, including interest thereon
to
maturity or such redemption date (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section
2.07), and if in either case the Company pays all other sums payable hereunder
by the Company, then this Indenture shall, subject to Section 8.01(c),
cease to be of further effect. The Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the
Company.
(b) Subject
to Section 8.01(c) and Section 8.02, the Company at any time may terminate
(1) all its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (“legal
defeasance option”) or (2) its obligations under Sections 4.02, 4.03,
4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12 and 4.13 and the operation
of clauses (3) (but only with respect to Section 4.10), (4), (5), (6),
(7), (8) and (9) of Section 6.01 (but, in the case of clauses (7) and (8),
with
respect only to Significant Subsidiaries) and the limitations contained in
Section 5.01(a)(4) (“covenant defeasance option”). The Company may exercise
its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant
defeasance option.
If
the
Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not
be
accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect thereto. If the Company
exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be
accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in clauses (3) (but
only with respect to Section 4.10), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (9) of
Section 6.01 (but, in the case of clauses (7) and (8), with respect only to
Significant Subsidiaries) or because of the failure of the Company to comply
with Section 5.01(a)(4). If the Company exercises its legal defeasance
option or its covenant defeasance option, each Subsidiary Guarantor, if any,
shall be released from all its obligations with respect to its Subsidiary
Guaranty.
Upon
satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Company,
the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations
that
the Company terminates.
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(c) Notwithstanding
clauses (a) and (b) above, the Company’s obligations in Sections 2.03,
2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 7.08 and 7.09 and in this Article Eight shall
survive until the Notes have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Company’s
obligations in Sections 7.08, 8.04 and 8.05 shall survive.
SECTION
8.02. Conditions
to Defeasance.
The
Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance
option only if:
(1)
the
Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee money or U.S.
Government Obligations for the payment of principal of and interest on the
Notes
to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(2)
the
Company delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized
firm
of independent accountants expressing their opinion that the payments of
principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the
deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited money without
investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be
sufficient to pay principal and interest when due on all the Notes to maturity
or redemption, as the case may be;
(3)
91 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 91-day period no
Default specified in Sections 6.01(7) or (8) with respect to the Company
occurs which is continuing at the end of the period;
(4)
the
deposit does not constitute a default under any other agreement binding on
the
Company and is not prohibited by Article Ten;
(5)
the
Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
trust resulting from the deposit does not constitute, or is qualified as, a
regulated investment company under the Investment Company Act of
1940;
(6)
in the
case of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received
from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling,
or
(B) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the
applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based
thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Noteholders will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result
of
such defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts,
in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
defeasance had not occurred;
(7)
in the
case of the covenant defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to
the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Noteholders will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result
of
such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case
if
such covenant defeasance had not occurred; and
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(8)
the
Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and
discharge of the Notes as contemplated by this Article Eight have been complied
with.
Before
or
after a deposit, the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for the redemption of Notes at a future date in accordance with Article
Three.
SECTION
8.03. Application
of Trust Money.
The
Trustee shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited
with it pursuant to this Article Eight. It shall apply the deposited money
and the money from U.S. Government Obligations through the Paying Agent and
in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest
on
the Notes. Money and securities so held in trust are not subject to Article
Ten.
SECTION
8.04. Repayment
to Company.
The
Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon
request any excess money or securities held by them at any time.
Subject
to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent
shall
pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of
principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter,
Noteholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as
general creditors.
SECTION
8.05. Indemnity
for Government Obligations.
The
Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other
charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations
or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government
Obligations.
SECTION
8.06. Reinstatement.
If the
Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government
Obligations in accordance with this Article Eight by reason of any legal
proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental
authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application,
the
Company’s and each Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture, each
Subsidiary Guaranty and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though
no
deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Eight until such time as the
Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with this Article Eight; provided,
however,
that,
if the Company has made any payment of interest on or principal of any Notes
because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the
money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying
Agent.
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ARTICLE
NINE
Amendments
SECTION
9.01. Without
Consent of Holders.
The
Company, the
Subsidiary Guarantors and
the
Trustee are entitled to amend this Indenture or the Notes without notice to
or
consent of any Noteholder:
(1)
to cure
any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(2)
to
comply with Article Five;
(3)
to
provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes; provided,
however,
that
the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of
Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated
Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code;
(4)
to add
guarantees with respect to the Notes, including
any Subsidiary Guaranties, or to secure the Notes;
(5)
to add
to the covenants of the Company or
a
Subsidiary Guarantor for
the
benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred
upon
the Company or
a
Subsidiary Guarantor;
(6)
to make
any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any
Noteholder;
(7)
to
comply with any requirement of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(8)
to make
any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer
and
legending of Notes; provided,
however,
that
(a) compliance with this Indenture as so amended would not result in Notes
being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any other applicable
securities law and (b) such amendment does not materially and adversely
affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes;
(9)
to
conform the text of this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guaranties or the Notes
to
any provision set forth in the offering circular, dated March 22, 2007 relating
to the Notes, under the heading “Description of Notes”
to the
extent that such provision as set forth in such offering circular was intended
to be a verbatim recitation of a provision in this Indenture, the Subsidiary
Guaranties or the Notes; or
(10) to
provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations
set forth in this Indenture as of the date of this Indenture.
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An
amendment under this Section shall not make any change that adversely affects
the rights under Article Ten or Twelve of any holder of Senior Indebtedness
of
the Company or of a Subsidiary Guarantor then outstanding unless the holders
of
such Senior Indebtedness (or their Representative) consent to such
change.
After
an
amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to
Noteholders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give
such
notice to all Noteholders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect
the
validity of an amendment under this Section.
SECTION
9.02. With
Consent of Holders.
The
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee shall be entitled to amend
this Indenture or the Notes with the written consent of the Holders of at least
a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including consents
obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes) and any
past or existing Default or compliance with any provisions may also be waived
with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount
of
the Notes then outstanding. However, without the consent of each Holder affected
thereby, an amendment or waiver shall not:
(1)
reduce
the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an
amendment;
(2)
reduce
the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note;
(3)
reduce
the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Note;
(4)
reduce
the amount payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time at which
any Note may be redeemed, in each case as contained in Article Three or
paragraph 5 of the Notes;
(5)
make any
Note payable in money other than that stated in the Note;
(6)
make any
change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 or the second sentence of this
Section;
(7)
make any
changes in the ranking or priority of any Note that would adversely affect
the
Holders;
(8)
make any
change in, or release other than in accordance with this Indenture, any
Subsidiary Guaranty that would adversely affect the Holders;
(9)
change
the provisions applicable to the redemption of any Note as described under
Section 3.07 or paragraph 8 of the Notes; or
(10) make
any
change in the Escrow Agreement that would adversely affect the Noteholders
(it
being understood that the Company and the Trustee
may, without notice to or consent of any Noteholder,
make any change in
the Escrow Agreement that would not adversely affect the
Noteholders).
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It
shall
not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section to approve
the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if
such consent approves the substance thereof.
An
amendment under this Section shall not make any change that adversely affects
the rights under Article Ten or Twelve of any holder of Senior Indebtedness
of
the Company or of a Subsidiary Guarantor then outstanding unless the holders
of
such Senior Indebtedness (or any group or representative thereof authorized
to
give a consent) consent to such change.
After
an
amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to
Noteholders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give
such
notice to all Noteholders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect
the
validity of an amendment under this Section.
SECTION
9.03. Compliance
with Trust Indenture Act.
Every
amendment to this Indenture or the Notes shall comply with the TIA as then
in
effect.
SECTION
9.04. Revocation
and Effect of Consents and Waivers.
A
consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Note shall bind the Holder
and every subsequent Holder of that Note or portion of the Note that evidences
the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent
or waiver is not made on the Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder
may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s Note or portion of the Note
if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment
or waiver becomes effective. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective,
it
shall bind every Noteholder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon
the
execution of such amendment or waiver by the Trustee.
The
Company shall be entitled to, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date
for the purpose of determining the Noteholders entitled to give their consent
or
take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken
pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding
the
immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Noteholders at such
record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall
be
entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or
to
take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after
such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than
120
days after such record date.
SECTION
9.05. Notation
on or Exchange of Notes.
If an
amendment changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee shall be entitled to require
the Holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be
entitled to place an appropriate notation on the Note regarding the changed
terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee
so determines, the Company in exchange for
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the
Note
shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the
changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Note
shall not affect the validity of such amendment.
SECTION
9.06. Trustee
To Sign Amendments.
The
Trustee shall sign any amendment authorized pursuant to this Article Nine if
the
amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or
immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it.
In
signing such amendment the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it and to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01)
shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment is authorized or permitted by
this Indenture.
SECTION
9.07. Payment
for Consent.
Neither
the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company shall, directly or indirectly,
pay
or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or
otherwise, to any Holder 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 all Holders and is paid to all Holders
that so consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in
solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or
agreement.
ARTICLE
TEN
Subordination
SECTION
10.01. Agreement
To Subordinate.
The
Company agrees, and each Noteholder by accepting a Note agrees, that the
Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes is subordinated in right of payment, to
the
extent and in the manner provided in this Article Ten, to the prior payment
in
full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company
and
that the subordination is for the benefit of and enforceable by the holders
of
such Senior Indebtedness. The Notes shall in all respects rank pari passu
with all
other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company and only Indebtedness
of
the Company which is Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall rank senior to
the
Notes in accordance with the provisions set forth herein. All provisions of
this
Article Ten shall be subject to Section 10.12.
SECTION
10.02. Liquidation,
Dissolution, Bankruptcy.
Upon any
payment or distribution of the assets of the Company to creditors upon a total
or partial liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of the Company or
in a
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding
relating to the Company or its property:
(1)
holders
of Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall be entitled to receive payment
in
full in cash or Cash Equivalents of such Senior Indebtedness before Noteholders
shall be entitled to receive any payment of principal of or interest on the
Notes; and
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(2)
until
such Senior Indebtedness is paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents, any
payment or distribution to which Noteholders would be entitled but for this
Article Ten shall be made to holders of such Senior Indebtedness as their
interests may appear, except that Noteholders may receive and retain Permitted
Junior Securities and payments from either of the trusts described in Article
Eight.
SECTION
10.03. Default
on Senior Indebtedness of
the
Company.
The
Company shall not pay the principal of or interest on the Notes or make any
deposit pursuant to Section 8.01 and shall not purchase, redeem or otherwise
retire any Notes (collectively, “pay
the Notes”)
(except that Noteholders may receive and retain Permitted Junior Securities
and
payments made from funds deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.01
or
8.02) if either of the following (a “Payment
Default”)
occurs
(a) any Obligation on any Designated Senior Debt of the Company is not paid
in full in cash or Cash Equivalents when due; or (b) any other default on
Designated Senior Debt of the Company occurs and the maturity of such Designated
Senior Debt is accelerated in accordance with its terms unless, in either case,
the Payment Default has been cured or waived and any such acceleration has
been
rescinded or such Designated Senior Debt has been paid in full in cash;
provided,
however,
that
the Company shall be entitled to pay the Notes without regard to the foregoing
if the Company and the Trustee receive written notice approving such payment
from the Representatives of all Designated Senior Debt with respect to which
a
Payment Default has occurred and is continuing. During the continuance of any
default (other than a Payment Default) with respect to any Designated Senior
Debt of the Company pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated
immediately without further notice (except such notice as may be required to
effect such acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace periods,
the
Company shall not pay the Notes for a period (a “Payment
Blockage Period”)
commencing upon the receipt by the Trustee of (with a copy to the Company)
written notice (a “Blockage
Notice”)
of
such default from the Representative of such Designated Senior Debt specifying
an election to effect a Payment Blockage Period and ending 179 days
thereafter. The Payment Blockage Period shall end earlier if such Payment
Blockage Period is terminated (1) by written notice to the Trustee and the
Company from the Person or Persons who gave such Blockage Notice;
(2) because the default giving rise to such Blockage Notice is cured,
waived or otherwise no longer continuing; or (3) because such Designated Senior
Debt has been discharged or repaid in full in cash. Notwithstanding the
provisions described in the immediately preceding two sentences (but subject
to
the provisions contained in the first sentence of this Section), unless the
holders of such Designated Senior Debt or the Representative of such Designated
Senior Debt shall have accelerated the maturity of such Designated Senior Debt,
the Company shall be entitled to resume payments on the Notes after termination
of such Payment Blockage Period. The Notes shall not be subject to more than
one
Payment Blockage Period in any consecutive 360-day period, irrespective of
the
number of defaults with respect to Designated Senior Debt of the Company during
such period. For
purposes of this Section, no nonpayment default or event of default which
existed or was continuing on the date of the commencement of any Payment
Blockage Period with respect to the Designated Senior Debt of the Company
initiating such Payment Blockage Period shall be, or be made, the basis of
the
commencement of a subsequent Payment Blockage Period by the Representative
of
such
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Designated
Senior Debt unless such default or event of default shall have been cured or
waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.
SECTION
10.04. Acceleration
of Payment of Notes.
If
payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Company
or the Trustee shall promptly notify the holders of the Designated Senior Debt
of the Company (or their Representatives) of the acceleration. If any Designated
Senior Debt of the Company is outstanding, neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary Guarantor shall pay the Notes until five Business Days after the
Representatives of all the issues of such Designated Senior Debt receive notice
of such acceleration and, thereafter, shall be entitled to pay the Notes only
if
this Article Ten otherwise permits payment at that time.
SECTION
10.05. When
Distribution Must Be Paid Over.
If a
distribution is made to Noteholders that because of this Article Ten should
not
have been made to them, the Noteholders who receive the distribution shall
hold
it in trust for holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company and pay it over
to
them as their interests may appear.
SECTION
10.06. Subrogation.
After
all Senior Indebtedness of the Company is paid in full in cash or Cash
Equivalents and until the Notes are paid in full, Noteholders shall be
subrogated to the rights of holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive
distributions applicable to such Senior Indebtedness to the extent that the
distributions otherwise payable to the Noteholders have been applied to the
payment of Senior Indebtedness. A distribution made under this Article Ten
to
holders of such Senior Indebtedness which otherwise would have been made to
Noteholders is not, as between the Company and Noteholders, a payment by the
Company on such Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION
10.07. Relative
Rights.
This
Article Ten defines the relative rights of Noteholders and holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company. Nothing in this Indenture shall:
(1)
impair,
as between the Company and Noteholders, the obligation of the Company, which
is
absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on the Notes in
accordance with their terms; or
(2)
prevent
the Trustee or any Noteholder from exercising its available remedies upon a
Default, subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company
to receive distributions and payments otherwise payable to
Noteholders.
SECTION
10.08. Subordination
May Not Be Impaired by Company.
No right
of any holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company to enforce the subordination
of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes shall be impaired by any act or
failure to act by the Company or by its failure to comply with this
Indenture.
SECTION
10.09. Rights
of Trustee and Paying Agent.
Notwithstanding Section 10.03, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall continue to
make payments on the Notes
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unless
the Trustee or Paying Agent has actual knowledge of the existence of facts
that
under this Article Ten would prohibit the making of any such payments or unless,
not less than two Business Days prior to the date of such payment, a Trust
Officer of the Trustee receives notice satisfactory to it that such payments
are
prohibited by this Article Ten; provided,
however,
that
the subordination of the Notes to Senior Indebtedness shall not be affected
and
the Noteholders receiving any payments in contravention of this Article Ten
shall otherwise be subject to this Article Ten. The Company, the Registrar
or co-registrar, the Paying Agent, a Representative or a holder of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company shall be entitled to give the notice; provided,
however,
that,
if an issue of Senior Indebtedness of the Company has a Representative, only
the
Representative shall be entitled to give the notice.
The
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity shall be entitled to hold Senior
Indebtedness of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee. The Registrar and co-registrar and the Paying Agent shall be entitled
to do the same with like rights. The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights
set forth in this Article Ten with respect to any Senior Indebtedness of the
Company which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other
holder of such Senior Indebtedness; and nothing in Article Seven shall deprive
the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article Ten
shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to
Section 7.08.
SECTION
10.10. Distribution
or Notice to Representative.
Whenever
any Person is to make a distribution or give a notice to holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company such Person shall be entitled to make such
distribution or give such notice to their Representative (if any).
SECTION
10.11. Article Ten Not
To
Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Accelerate.
The
failure to make a payment pursuant to the Notes by reason of any provision
in
this Article Ten shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a
Default. Nothing in this Article Ten shall have any effect on the right of
the
Noteholders or the Trustee to accelerate the maturity of the Notes.
SECTION
10.12. Trust
Moneys Not Subordinated.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, payments from money
or the proceeds of U.S. Government Obligations held in trust under Article
Eight by the Trustee for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes
shall not be subordinated to the prior payment of any Senior Indebtedness of
the
Company or subject to the restrictions set forth in this Article Ten, and none
of the Noteholders shall be obligated to pay over any such amount to the Company
or any holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company or any other creditor of
the
Company.
SECTION
10.13. Trustee
Entitled To Rely.
Upon any
payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Ten, the Trustee and the
Noteholders shall be entitled to rely (a) upon any order or decree of a
court of competent jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature referred
to in Section 10.02 are pending, (b) upon a certificate of the liquidating
trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution
to
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the
Trustee or to the Noteholders or (c) upon the Representatives of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled
to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or
payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all
other
facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Ten. In the event that the Trustee
determines, in good faith, that evidence is required with respect to the right
of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company to participate
in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Ten, the Trustee shall
be entitled to request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness held
by
such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in
such
payment or distribution and other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person
under this Article Ten, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee
shall be entitled to defer any payment to such Person pending judicial
determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment. The
provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.03 shall be applicable to all actions or
omissions of actions by the Trustee pursuant to this Article Ten.
SECTION
10.14. Trustee
To Effectuate Subordination.
Each
Noteholder by accepting a Note authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf
to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or
effectuate the subordination between the Noteholders and the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company as provided in this Article Ten and appoints the
Trustee as attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
SECTION
10.15. Trustee
Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness
of
the Company.
The
Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company and shall not be liable to any such holders if
it
shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to Noteholders or the Company or any
other Person, money or assets to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness of
the
Company shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Ten or
otherwise.
SECTION
10.16. Reliance
by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of
the
Company
on
Subordination Provisions.
Each
Noteholder by accepting a Note acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing
subordination provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a
consideration to each holder of any Senior Indebtedness of the Company, whether
such Senior Indebtedness was created or acquired before or after the issuance
of
the Notes, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such Senior
Indebtedness and such holder of such Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed
conclusively to have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and
continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such Senior
Indebtedness.
ARTICLE
ELEVEN
Subsidiary
Guaranties
SECTION
11.01. Guaranties.
Subject
to this Article Eleven and Article Twelve, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby
unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees,
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jointly
and severally, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns
(a) the full and punctual payment of principal of and interest on the Notes
when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise,
and
all other monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the
Notes
and (b) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods
of all other obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes
(all
the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed
Obligations”).
Each
Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be
extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent
from
such Subsidiary Guarantor and that such Subsidiary Guarantor will remain bound
under this Article Eleven notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any
Guaranteed Obligation.
Each
Subsidiary Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
presentation to, demand of, payment from and protest to the Company of any
of
the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the
Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder
shall not be affected, to the fullest extent permitted by law, by (1) the
failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce
any right or remedy against the Company or any other Person (including any
Subsidiary Guarantor) under
this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (2) any
extension or renewal of any thereof; (3) any rescission, waiver, amendment
or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes
or any other agreement; (4) the release of any security held by any Holder
or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any of them; (5) the
failure of any Holder or the Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against
any
other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (6) except as set forth
in Section 11.06, any change in the ownership of such Subsidiary
Guarantor.
Each
Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Subsidiary Guaranty herein
constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and
not
a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort
be
had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the
Guaranteed Obligations.
Each
Subsidiary Guaranty is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in
Article Twelve, subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all
Senior Indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantor giving such Subsidiary Guaranty
and each Subsidiary Guaranty is made subject to such provisions of this
Indenture.
Except
as
expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b), 11.02 and 11.06, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder
shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination
for
any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or
compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim,
recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality
or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, to the fullest
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extent
permitted by law, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall
not
be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder
or
the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this
Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification
of
any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the
performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or
delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any
extent vary the risk of such Subsidiary Guarantor or would otherwise operate
as
a discharge of such Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or
equity.
Each
Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue
to
be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment,
or
any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Obligation is rescinded
or
must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy
or
reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
In
furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which
any
Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor
by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay the principal of or
interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due,
whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform
or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby
promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith
pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount
equal
to the sum of (A) the unpaid amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, and
(B) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to
the extent not prohibited by law).
Each
Subsidiary Guarantor shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in
respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full
in
cash or Cash Equivalents of all Guaranteed Obligations and all obligations
to
which the Guaranteed Obligations are subordinated as provided in
Article Twelve. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between
it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand,
(i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations hereby may be accelerated as
provided in Article Six for the purposes of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s
Subsidiary Guaranty herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed
Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of
acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article Six,
such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith
become due and payable by such Subsidiary Guarantor for the purposes of this
Section.
Each
Subsidiary Guarantor shall pay any and all costs and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing
any rights under this Section.
SECTION
11.02. Limitation
on Liability.
Any term
or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) the maximum
aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by any
Subsidiary Guarantor shall not
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exceed
the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering this
Indenture, as it relates to such Subsidiary Guarantor, voidable under applicable
law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws
affecting the rights of creditors generally and (ii) to the extent required
by
the Department of Health of the State of Rhode Island or any successor thereto,
the obligations under this Indenture of any Subsidiary Guarantor organized
under
the laws of Rhode Island in respect of assets located in Rhode Island shall
not
exceed 80% of the aggregate Acquisition Consideration (as defined by the Rhode
Island Department of Health) paid by such Subsidiary Guarantor for such
assets.
SECTION
11.03. Successors
and Assigns.
This
Article Eleven shall be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor and its
successors and assigns and shall enure to the benefit of the successors and
assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or
assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges
conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Notes shall automatically
extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the
terms
and conditions of this Indenture.
SECTION
11.04. No
Waiver.
To the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, neither a failure nor a delay on
the
part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or
privilege under this Article Eleven shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor
shall
a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise
of
any right, power or privilege. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, the rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein
expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights,
remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article Eleven at law,
in
equity, by statute or otherwise.
SECTION
11.05. Modification.
To the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no modification, amendment or waiver
of any provision of this Article Eleven, nor the consent to any departure
by any Subsidiary Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless
the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver
or
consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose
for
which given. No notice to or demand on any Subsidiary Guarantor in any case
shall entitle such Subsidiary Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand
in the same, similar or other circumstances.
SECTION
11.06. Release
of Subsidiary
Guarantor.
A
Subsidiary Guarantor will be released from its obligations under this Article
Eleven (other than any obligation that may have arisen under Section
11.07):
(1)
upon the
sale (including any sale pursuant to any exercise of remedies by a holder of
Indebtedness of the Company or of such Subsidiary Guarantor) or other
disposition (including by way of consolidation or merger) of a Subsidiary
Guarantor, including the sale or disposition of the Capital Stock of a
Subsidiary Guarantor following which such Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer
a
Subsidiary,
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(2)
upon the
sale or disposition of all or substantially all the assets of such Subsidiary
Guarantor,
(3)
upon the
designation of such Subsidiary Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture,
(4)
at such
time as such Subsidiary Guarantor does not have any Indebtedness outstanding
that would have required such Subsidiary Guarantor to enter into a Guaranty
Agreement pursuant to Section 4.13 and the Company provides an Officers’
Certificate to the Trustee certifying that no such Indebtedness is outstanding
and that the Company elects to have such Subsidiary Guarantor released from
this
Article Eleven, or
(5)
upon
defeasance of the Notes pursuant to Article Eight, or
(6)
upon the
full satisfaction of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture pursuant to
Section 8.01(a) or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture;
provided,
however,
that in
the case of clauses (1) and (2) above, (i) such sale or other disposition is
made to a Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, (ii)
such sale or disposition is otherwise permitted by this Indenture and (iii)
the
Company provides an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee to the effect that the
Company will comply with its obligations under Section 4.06. At the request
of
the Company, the Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate instrument
evidencing such release.
SECTION
11.07. Contribution.
Each
Subsidiary Guarantor that makes a payment under its Subsidiary Guaranty shall
be
entitled upon payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations under this Indenture
to a contribution from each other Subsidiary Guarantor in an amount equal to
such other Subsidiary Guarantor’s pro rata
portion
of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Subsidiary
Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with
GAAP.
ARTICLE
TWELVE
Subordination
of Subsidiary Guaranties
SECTION
12.01. Agreement
To Subordinate.
Each
Subsidiary Guarantor agrees, and each Noteholder by accepting a Note agrees,
that the Indebtedness evidenced by such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary
Guaranty is subordinated in right of payment in full in cash or Cash
Equivalents, to the extent and in the manner provided in this
Article Twelve, to the prior payment of all Senior Indebtedness of such
Subsidiary Guarantor and that the subordination is for the benefit of and
enforceable by the holders of such Senior Indebtedness. The Obligations of
a
Subsidiary Guarantor shall in all respects rank pari passu
with all
other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor and only
Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor (including such Subsidiary
Guarantor’s Guaranty of Senior Indebtedness of the
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Company)
shall rank senior to the Obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance
with the provisions set forth herein.
SECTION
12.02. Liquidation,
Dissolution, Bankruptcy.
Upon any
payment or distribution of the assets of any Subsidiary Guarantor to creditors
upon a total or partial liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of such
Subsidiary Guarantor or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
receivership or similar proceeding relating to such Subsidiary Guarantor or
its
property:
(1)
holders
of Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to receive
payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of such Senior Indebtedness before
Noteholders shall be entitled to receive any payment pursuant to the Subsidiary
Guaranty of such Subsidiary Guarantor; and
(2)
until
the Senior Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor
is paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents, any payment or distribution to
which Noteholders would be entitled but for this Article Twelve shall be made
to
holders of such Senior Indebtedness as their interests may appear, except that
Noteholders may receive and retain Permitted Junior Securities and payments
from
either of the trusts described in Article Eight.
SECTION
12.03. Default
on Senior Indebtedness of Subsidiary
Guarantor.
No
Subsidiary Guarantor shall make its Subsidiary Guaranty or purchase, redeem
or
otherwise retire or defease any Notes or other Obligations (collectively,
“pay
its Subsidiary Guaranty”)
(except that Noteholders may receive and retain Permitted Junior Securities
and
payments made from funds deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.01
or
8.02) if either of the following (a “Payment
Default”)
occurs
(a) any obligation on any Designated Senior Debt of such
Subsidiary Guarantor
is not paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents when due; or (b) any other
default on Designated Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor
occurs and the maturity of such Designated Senior Debt is accelerated in
accordance with its terms; unless, in either case, the Payment Default has
been
cured or waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded or such Designated
Senior Debt has been paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents; provided,
however,
that
any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to pay its Subsidiary Guaranty
without regard to the foregoing if such Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee
receive written notice approving such payment from the Representatives of all
Designated Senior Debt with respect to which a Payment Default has occurred
and
is continuing. During the continuance of any default (other than a Payment
Default) with respect to any Designated Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor
pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated immediately without
further notice (except such notice as may be required to effect such
acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace periods, such Subsidiary
Guarantor shall not pay its Subsidiary Guaranty for a period (a “Payment
Blockage Period”)
commencing upon the receipt by the Trustee of (with a copy to such Subsidiary
Guarantor) written notice (a “Blockage
Notice”)
of
such default from the Representative of such Designated Senior Debt specifying
an election to effect a Payment Blockage Period and ending 179 days
thereafter. The Payment Blockage Period shall end earlier if such Payment
Blockage Period is terminated (1) by written notice to the
Trustee
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and
such
Subsidiary Guarantor from the Person or Persons who gave such Blockage Notice;
(2) because the default giving rise to such Blockage Notice is cured,
waived or otherwise no longer continuing; or (3) because such Designated Senior
Debt has been discharged or repaid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents.
Notwithstanding the provisions described in the immediately preceding two
sentences (but subject to the provisions contained in the first sentence of
this
Section), unless the holders of such Designated Senior Debt giving such Payment
Notice or the Representative of such Designated Senior Debt shall have
accelerated the maturity of such Designated Senior Debt, any Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be entitled to resume payments pursuant to its Subsidiary
Guaranty after termination of such Payment Blockage Period. No Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be subject to more than one Blockage Period in any consecutive
360-day period, irrespective of the number of defaults with respect to
Designated Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor during such
period. For
purposes of this Section, no nonpayment default or event of default which
existed or was continuing on the date of the commencement of any Payment
Blockage Period with respect to the Designated Senior Debt of such Subsidiary
Guarantor initiating such Payment Blockage Period shall be, or be made, the
basis of the commencement of a subsequent Payment Blockage Period by the
Representative of such Designated Senior Debt unless such default or event
of
default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than
90 consecutive days.
SECTION
12.04. Demand
for Payment.
If a
demand for payment is made on a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to
Article Eleven, the Trustee shall promptly notify the holders of the
Designated Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor
(or their Representatives) of such demand.
SECTION
12.05. When
Distribution Must Be Paid Over.
If a
distribution is made to Noteholders that because of this Article Twelve should
not have been made to them, the Noteholders who receive the distribution shall
hold it in trust for holders of Senior Indebtedness of the applicable Subsidiary
Guarantor and pay it over to them or their Representatives as their interests
may appear.
SECTION
12.06. Subrogation.
After
all Senior Indebtedness of a Subsidiary Guarantor is paid in full in cash or
Cash Equivalents and until the Notes are paid in full, Noteholders shall be
subrogated to the rights of holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive
distributions applicable to Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor
to
the extent that the distributions otherwise payable to the Noteholders have
been
applied to the payment of Senior Indebtedness. A distribution made under this
Article Twelve to holders of such Senior Indebtedness which otherwise would
have
been made to Noteholders is not, as between the relevant Subsidiary Guarantor
and Noteholders, a payment by such Subsidiary Guarantor on such Senior
Indebtedness.
SECTION
12.07. Relative
Rights.
This
Article Twelve defines the relative rights of Noteholders and holders of Senior
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary Guarantor. Nothing in this Indenture
shall:
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(1)
impair,
as between a Subsidiary Guarantor
and Noteholders, the obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay its Subsidiary Guaranty to the extent set forth in
Article Eleven; or
(2)
prevent
the Trustee or any Noteholder from exercising its available remedies upon a
default by such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guaranty, subject
to
the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor to
receive distributions and payments otherwise payable to
Noteholders.
SECTION
12.08. Subordination
May Not Be Impaired by Company.
No right
of any holder of Senior Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor to enforce
the
subordination of the Subsidiary Guaranty of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall
be
impaired by any act or failure to act by such Subsidiary Guarantor or by its
failure to comply with this Indenture.
SECTION
12.09. Rights
of Trustee and Paying Agent.
Notwithstanding Section 12.03, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall continue to
make payments on any Subsidiary Guaranty unless the Trustee or Paying Agent
has
actual knowledge of the existence of facts that would prohibit the making of
any
such payments or unless, not less than two Business Days prior to the date
of
such payment, a Trust Officer of the Trustee receives written notice
satisfactory to it that such payments are prohibited by this Article Twelve;
provided,
however,
that
the subordination of the Notes to Senior Indebtedness shall not be affected
and
the Noteholders receiving any payments in contravention of this
Article Twelve shall otherwise be subject to this Article Twelve. The
Company, the relevant Subsidiary Guarantor, the Registrar or co-registrar,
the
Paying Agent, a Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness of such
Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to give the notice; provided,
however,
that,
if an issue of Senior Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor has a
Representative, only the Representative shall be entitled to give the
notice.
The
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity shall be entitled to hold Senior
Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor with the same rights it would have
if
it were not the Trustee. The Registrar and co-registrar and the Paying Agent
shall be entitled to do the same with like rights. The Trustee shall be entitled
to all the rights set forth in this Article Twelve with respect to any Senior
Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor which may at any time be held by it,
to
the same extent as any other holder of such Senior Indebtedness; and nothing
in
Article Seven shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.
Nothing in this Article Twelve shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.08.
SECTION
12.10. Distribution
or Notice to Representative.
Whenever
any Person is to make a distribution or give a notice to holders of Senior
Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor, such Person shall be entitled to
make
such distribution or give such notice to their Representative (if
any).
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SECTION
12.11. Article Twelve
Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Demand
Payment.
The
failure to make a payment pursuant to a Subsidiary Guaranty by reason of any
provision in this Article Twelve shall not be construed as preventing the
occurrence of a Default. Nothing in this Article Twelve shall have any effect
on
the right of the Noteholders or the Trustee to make a demand for payment on
any
Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to its Subsidiary Guaranty.
SECTION
12.12. Trustee
Entitled To Rely.
Upon any
payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Twelve, the Trustee and the
Noteholders shall be entitled to rely (a) upon any order or decree of a
court of competent jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature referred
to in Section 12.02 are pending, (b) upon a certificate of the liquidating
trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution to the
Trustee or to the Noteholders or (c) upon the Representatives for the
holders of Senior Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor for the purpose
of
ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution, the holders of such Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness
of
such Subsidiary Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount
or
amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or
to
this Article Twelve. In the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith,
that evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder
of
Senior Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor to participate in any payment
or
distribution pursuant to this Article Twelve, the Trustee shall be entitled
to
request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor
held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate
in such payment or distribution and other facts pertinent to the rights of
such
Person under this Article Twelve, and, if such evidence is not furnished,
the Trustee shall be entitled to defer any payment to such Person pending
judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
The provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.03 shall be applicable to all actions
or
omissions of actions by the Trustee pursuant to this Article
Twelve.
SECTION
12.13. Trustee
To Effectuate Subordination.
Each
Noteholder by accepting a Note authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf
to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or
effectuate the subordination between the Noteholders and the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor as provided in this Article Twelve
and
appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.
SECTION
12.14. Trustee
Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness of Subsidiary
Guarantor.
The
Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor and shall not be liable to any such
holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to Noteholders or the
Company or any other Person, money or assets to which any holders of such Senior
Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Twelve or
otherwise.
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SECTION
12.15. Reliance
by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of Subsidiary
Guarantors on Subordination Provisions.
Each
Noteholder by accepting a Note acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing
subordination provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a
consideration to each holder of any Senior Indebtedness of any Subsidiary
Guarantor, whether such Senior Indebtedness was created or acquired before
or
after the issuance of the Notes, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue
to hold, such Senior Indebtedness and such holder of Senior Indebtedness shall
be deemed conclusively to have relied on such subordination provisions in
acquiring and continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such Senior
Indebtedness.
ARTICLE
THIRTEEN
Miscellaneous
SECTION
13.01. Trust
Indenture Act Controls.
If any
provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another
provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the
required provision shall control.
SECTION
13.02. Notices.
Any
notice or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed
by
first-class mail addressed as follows:
if
to the
Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor:
Sun
Healthcare Group, Inc.
00000
Xxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Irvine,
CA 92612
Attention
of:
General
Counsel
if
to the
Trustee:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
17th
Floor
Los
Angeles, CA 90017
The
Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee by notice to the other may
designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
Any
notice or communication mailed to a Noteholder shall be mailed to the Noteholder
at the Noteholder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the
Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time
prescribed.
Failure
to mail a notice or communication to a Noteholder or any defect in it shall
not
affect its sufficiency with respect to other Noteholders. If a notice
or
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communication
is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the
addressee receives it.
SECTION
13.03. Communication
by Holders with Other Holders.
Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Noteholders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, any
Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have
the
protection of TIA § 312(c).
SECTION
13.04. Certificate
and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any
request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from
taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee:
(1)
an
Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent,
if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have
been
complied with; and
(2)
an
Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent
have
been complied with.
SECTION
13.05. Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition
provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1)
a
statement that the individual 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 individual, he has made such examination
or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion
as
to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with;
and
(4)
a
statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant
or condition has been complied with.
SECTION
13.06. When
Notes Disregarded.
In
determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have
concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or
by
any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct
or indirect common control with the Company shall be disregarded and deemed
not
to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent,
only Notes which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be
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so
disregarded. Also, subject to the foregoing, only Notes outstanding at the
time
shall be considered in any such determination.
SECTION
13.07. Rules
by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar.
The
Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Noteholders.
The
Registrar and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their
functions.
SECTION
13.08. Legal
Holidays.
If a
payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding
day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the
intervening period. If a regular record date is a Legal Holiday, the record
date
shall not be affected.
SECTION
13.09. Governing
Law.
This
Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION
13.10. No
Recourse Against Others.
A
director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, as such, of the
Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall not have any liability for any
obligations of the Company under the Notes or this Indenture or
of
such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guaranty, or this
Indenture or
for
any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. By accepting a Note, each Noteholder shall waive and release all
such
liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the
issue of the Notes.
SECTION
13.11. Successors.
All
agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its
successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its
successors.
SECTION
13.12. Multiple
Originals.
The
parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall
be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One
signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.
SECTION
13.13. Table
of Contents; Headings.
The
table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and
Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference
only,
are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict
any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed
as
of the date first written above written.
SUN
HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Title:
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Executive Vice President |
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Trustee
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxx
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Name: | Xxxxx Xxxx |
Title:
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Assistant Vice President |
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Americare
Health Services Corp.
|
Atlantic
Medical Supply Company, Inc.
|
CareerStaff
Unlimited, Inc.
|
CareerStaff
Services Corporation
|
Great
Falls Health Care Company, LLC
|
HTA
of New York, Inc.
|
Masthead
Corporation
|
Peak
Medical Ancillary Services, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Assisted Living, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Colorado No. 2, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Colorado No. 3, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Corporation
|
Peak
Medical Farmington, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Gallup, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Idaho Operations, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Las Cruces No. 2, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Las Cruces, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Montana Operations, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical New Mexico No. 3, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical NM Management Services,
|
Inc.
|
Peak
Medical of Boise, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical of Colorado, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical of Idaho, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical of Montana, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical of Utah, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 1, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 3, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 4, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 5, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 7, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 8, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 9, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 10, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 11, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 12, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 13, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Peachtree, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Roswell, Inc.
|
Peak
Medical Utah No. 2, Inc.
|
PM
Henryetta Holdings, Inc.
|
PM
Oxygen Services, Inc.
|
PMC
Hospice Services, Inc.
|
ProCare
One Nurses, LLC
|
Regency
Health Services, Inc.
|
SHG
Services, Inc.
|
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SolAmor
Hospice Corporation
|
SunAlliance
Healthcare Services, Inc.
|
SunBridge
Xxxxxxx Health Care Corp.
|
SunBridge
Xxxxxxxx Enterprises, Inc.
|
XxxXxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Rehabilitation Center,
|
Inc.
|
SunBridge
Care Enterprises, Inc.
|
SunBridge
Care Enterprises West
|
XxxXxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx Rehabilitation Center
|
SunBridge
Charlton Healthcare, Inc.
|
SunBridge
Circleville Health Care Corp.
|
SunBridge
Clipper Home of North Xxxxxx,
|
Inc.
|
SunBridge
Clipper Home of Portsmouth,
|
Inc.
|
SunBridge
Clipper Home of Rochester, Inc.
|
SunBridge
Clipper Home of Wolfeboro, Inc.
|
SunBridge
Xxxxxx Health Care Corp.
|
SunBridge
Gardendale Health Care Center,
|
Inc.
|
SunBridge
Glenville Health Care, Inc.
|
XxxXxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Nursing Home, Inc.
|
SunBridge
Hallmark Health Services, Inc.
|
SunBridge
Harbor View Rehabilitation
|
Center
|
SunBridge
Healthcare Corporation
|
SunBridge
Xxxx Xxxxx Healthcare, Inc.
|
SunBridge
Maplewood Health Care Center
|
of
Jackson, Tennessee, Inc.
|
SunBridge
Xxxxxx Health Care Corp.
|
SunBridge
Meadowbrook Rehabilitation
|
Center
|
SunBridge
Nursing Home, Inc.
|
SunBridge
Paradise Rehabilitation Center,
|
Inc.
|
SunBridge
Xxxxxx Health Care Corp.
|
SunBridge
Regency Rehab Hospitals, Inc.
|
SunBridge
Regency-North Carolina, Inc.
|
SunBridge
Regency-Tennessee, Inc.
|
SunBridge
Retirement Care Associates, Inc.
|
SunBridge
Salem Health Care Corp.
|
XxxXxxxxx
San Bernardino Rehabilitation
|
Hospital,
Inc.
|
XxxXxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Hills Rehabilitation
|
Center
|
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SunBridge
Statesboro Health Care Center,
|
Inc.
|
SunBridge
Stockton Rehabilitation Center,
|
Inc.
|
SunBridge
Xxxxxxx Landing, Inc.
|
SunBridge
West Tennessee, Inc.
|
SunDance
Rehabilitation Agency, Inc.
|
SunDance
Rehabilitation Corporation
|
SunDance
Services Corporation
|
SunHealth
Specialty Services, Inc.
|
SunMark
of New Mexico, Inc.
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The
Mediplex Group, Inc.
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By:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Name:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Title:
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Vice President |
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SCHEDULE
I
SCHEDULE I
LIST
OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
1.
|
Americare
Health Services Corp.
|
2.
|
Atlantic
Medical Supply Company, Inc.
|
3.
|
CareerStaff
Unlimited, Inc.
|
4.
|
CareerStaff
Services Corporation
|
5.
|
Great
Falls Health Care Company, LLC
|
6.
|
HTA
of New York, Inc.
|
7.
|
Masthead
Corporation
|
8.
|
Peak
Medical Ancillary Services, Inc.
|
9.
|
Peak
Medical Assisted Living, Inc.
|
10.
|
Peak
Medical Colorado No. 2, Inc.
|
11.
|
Peak
Medical Colorado No. 3, Inc.
|
12.
|
Peak
Medical Corporation
|
13.
|
Peak
Medical Farmington, Inc.
|
14.
|
Peak
Medical Gallup, Inc.
|
15.
|
Peak
Medical Idaho Operations, Inc.
|
16.
|
Peak
Medical Las Cruces No. 2, Inc.
|
17.
|
Peak
Medical Las Cruces, Inc.
|
18.
|
Peak
Medical Montana Operations, Inc.
|
19.
|
Peak
Medical New Mexico No. 3, Inc.
|
20.
|
Peak
Medical NM Management Services, Inc.
|
21.
|
Peak
Medical of Boise, Inc.
|
22.
|
Peak
Medical of Colorado, Inc.
|
23.
|
Peak
Medical of Idaho, Inc.
|
24.
|
Peak
Medical of Montana, Inc.
|
25.
|
Peak
Medical of Utah, Inc.
|
26.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 1, Inc.
|
27.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 3, Inc.
|
28.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 4, Inc.
|
29.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 5, Inc.
|
30.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 7, Inc.
|
31.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 8, Inc.
|
32.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 9, Inc.
|
33.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 10, Inc.
|
34.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 11, Inc.
|
35.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 12, Inc.
|
36.
|
Peak
Medical Oklahoma No. 13, Inc.
|
37.
|
Peak
Medical Peachtree, Inc.
|
38.
|
Peak
Medical Roswell, Inc.
|
39.
|
Peak
Medical Utah No. 2, Inc.
|
40.
|
PM
Henryetta Holdings, Inc.
|
41.
|
PM
Oxygen Services, Inc.
|
42.
|
PMC
Hospice Services, Inc.
|
43.
|
ProCare
One Nurses, LLC
|
44.
|
Regency
Health Services, Inc.
|
45.
|
SHG
Services, Inc.
|
46.
|
SolAmor
Hospice Corporation
|
47.
|
SunAlliance
Healthcare Services, Inc.
|
48.
|
SunBridge
Xxxxxxx Health Care Corp.
|
49.
|
SunBridge
Xxxxxxxx Enterprises, Inc.
|
50.
|
SunBridge
Xxxxxxxx Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
|
51.
|
SunBridge
Care Enterprises, Inc.
|
52.
|
SunBridge
Care Enterprises West
|
2
53.
|
XxxXxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx Rehabilitation Center
|
54.
|
SunBridge
Charlton Healthcare, Inc.
|
55.
|
SunBridge
Circleville Health Care Corp.
|
56.
|
SunBridge
Clipper Home of North Xxxxxx, Inc.
|
57.
|
SunBridge
Clipper Home of Portsmouth, Inc.
|
58.
|
SunBridge
Clipper Home of Rochester, Inc.
|
59.
|
SunBridge
Clipper Home of Wolfeboro, Inc.
|
60.
|
SunBridge
Xxxxxx Health Care Corp.
|
61.
|
SunBridge
Gardendale Health Care Center, Inc.
|
62.
|
SunBridge
Glenville Health Care, Inc.
|
63.
|
XxxXxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Nursing Home, Inc.
|
64.
|
SunBridge
Hallmark Health Services, Inc.
|
65.
|
SunBridge
Harbor View Rehabilitation Center
|
66.
|
SunBridge
Healthcare Corporation
|
67.
|
SunBridge
Xxxx Xxxxx Healthcare, Inc.
|
68.
|
SunBridge
Maplewood Health Care Center of Jackson, Tennessee,
Inc.
|
69.
|
SunBridge
Xxxxxx Health Care Corp.
|
70.
|
SunBridge
Meadowbrook Rehabilitation Center
|
71.
|
SunBridge
Nursing Home, Inc.
|
72.
|
SunBridge
Paradise Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
|
73.
|
SunBridge
Xxxxxx Health Care Corp.
|
74.
|
SunBridge
Regency Rehab Hospitals, Inc.
|
75.
|
SunBridge
Regency-North Carolina, Inc.
|
76.
|
SunBridge
Regency-Tennessee, Inc.
|
77.
|
SunBridge
Retirement Care Associates, Inc.
|
78.
|
SunBridge
Salem Health Care Corp.
|
79.
|
XxxXxxxxx
San Bernardino Rehabilitation Hospital,
Inc.
|
3
80.
|
SunBridge
Xxxxxxx Hills Rehabilitation Center
|
81.
|
SunBridge
Statesboro Health Care Center, Inc.
|
82.
|
SunBridge
Stockton Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
|
83.
|
SunBridge
Xxxxxxx Landing, Inc.
|
84.
|
SunBridge
West Tennessee, Inc.
|
85.
|
SunDance
Rehabilitation Agency, Inc.
|
86.
|
SunDance
Rehabilitation Corporation
|
87.
|
SunDance
Services Corporation
|
88.
|
SunHealth
Specialty Services, Inc.
|
89.
|
SunMark
of New Mexico, Inc.
|
90.
|
The
Mediplex Group, Inc.
|
4
RULE 144A/REGULATION S/IAI
APPENDIX
PROVISIONS
RELATING TO INITIAL NOTES,
PRIVATE
EXCHANGE NOTES
AND
EXCHANGE NOTES
1. Definitions
1.1 Definitions
For
the
purposes of this Appendix the following terms shall have the meanings indicated
below:
“Additional
Notes” means Notes (other than the Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date)
issued under this Indenture, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes
issued on the Issue Date.
“Applicable
Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a
Temporary Regulation S Global Note or beneficial interest therein, the rules
and
procedures of the Depository for such a Temporary Regulation S Global Note,
to
the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to
time.
“Definitive
Note” means a certificated Initial Note or Exchange Note or Private Exchange
Note bearing, if required, the appropriate restricted securities legend set
forth in Section 2.3(e).
“Depository”
means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective
successors.
“Distribution
Compliance Period”, with respect to any Notes, means the period of 40
consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (i) the day on which
such Notes are first offered to Persons other than distributors (as defined
in
Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S and (ii)
the
issue date with respect to such Notes.
“Exchange
Notes” means (1) the 9⅛% Senior Subordinated Notes
due
2015 issued pursuant to the Indenture in connection with a Registered Exchange
Offer and (2) Additional Notes, if any, issued pursuant to a registration
statement filed with the SEC under the Securities Act.
“IAI”
means an institutional “accredited investor”, as defined in Rule 501(a)(1),
(2), (3) and (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.
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“Initial
Purchasers” means (1) with respect to the Initial Notes issued on the Issue
Date, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, CIBC World Markets Corp., UBS
Securities LLC and Xxxxxxxxx & Company, Inc. and (2) with respect to
each issuance of Additional Notes, the Persons purchasing such Additional Notes
under the related Purchase Agreement.
“Initial
Notes” means (1) $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 9⅛% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2015 issued on the Issue Date and
(2) Additional Notes, if any, issued in a transaction exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act.
“Private
Exchange” means the offer by the Company, pursuant to a Registration Rights
Agreement, to the Initial Purchasers to issue and deliver to each Initial
Purchaser, in exchange for the Initial Notes held by the Initial Purchaser
as
part of its initial distribution, a like aggregate principal amount of Private
Exchange Notes.
“Private
Exchange Notes” means any 9⅛% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 issued in
connection with a Private Exchange.
“Purchase
Agreement” means (1) with respect to the Initial Notes issued on the Issue
Date, the Purchase Agreement dated March 22, 2007, among the Company, the
Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, and (2) with respect to
each issuance of Additional Notes, the purchase agreement or underwriting
agreement among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Persons
purchasing such Additional Notes.
“QIB”
means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
“Registered
Exchange Offer” means the offer by the Company, pursuant to a Registration
Rights Agreement, to certain Holders of Initial Notes, to issue and deliver
to
such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Notes, a like aggregate principal
amount of Exchange Notes registered under the Securities Act.
“Registration
Rights Agreement” means (1) with respect to the Initial Notes issued on the
Issue Date, the Registration Rights Agreement dated April 12, 2007, among the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers and (2) with
respect to each issuance of Additional Notes issued in a transaction exempt
from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act, the registration rights
agreement, if any, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Persons
purchasing such Additional Notes under the related Purchase
Agreement.
“Rule
144A Notes” means all Notes offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule
144A.
“Notes”
means the Initial Notes, the Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes,
treated as a single class.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.
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“Notes
Custodian” means the custodian with respect to a Global Note (as appointed by
the Depository), or any successor Person thereto and shall initially be the
Trustee.
“Shelf
Registration Statement” means the registration statement issued by the Company
in connection with the offer and sale of Initial Notes or Private Exchange
Notes
pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.
“Transfer
Restricted Notes” means Notes that bear or are required to bear the legend
relating to restrictions on transfer relating to the Securities Act set forth
in
Section 2.3(e) hereof.
1.2 Other
Definitions
Term
|
Defined
in
Section:
|
“Agent
Members”
|
2.1(b)
|
“Global
Notes”
|
2.1(a)
|
“IAI
Global Note”
|
2.1(a)
|
“Permanent
Regulation S Global Note”
|
2.1(a)
|
“Regulation
S”
|
2.1(a)
|
“Regulation
S Global Note”
|
2.1(a)
|
“Rule
144A”
|
2.1(a)
|
“Rule
144A Global Note”
|
2.1(a)
|
“Temporary
Regulation S Global Note”
|
2.1(a)
|
2. The
Notes.
2.1 (a) Form
and Dating.
The
Initial Notes will be offered and sold by the Company pursuant to a Purchase
Agreement. The Initial Notes will be resold initially only to (i) QIBs in
reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”)
and
(ii) Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in
reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation
S”).
Initial Notes may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs, IAIs and
purchasers in reliance on Regulation S, subject to the restrictions on transfer
set forth herein. Initial Notes initially resold pursuant to Rule 144A shall
be
issued initially in the form of one or more permanent
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global Notes in definitive, fully registered form
(collectively, the “Rule
144A Global Note”);
Initial Notes initially resold pursuant to Regulation S shall be issued
initially in the form of one or more temporary global securities in fully
registered form (collectively, the “Temporary
Regulation S Global Note”);
and
Initial Notes initially resold to IAIs shall be issued initially in the form
of
one or more permanent global Notes in definitive, fully registered form
(collectively, the “IAI
Global Note”),
in
each case without interest coupons and with the global securities legend
and the
applicable restricted securities legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto,
which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Initial Notes
represented thereby with the Notes Custodian and registered in the name of
the
Depository or a nominee of the Depository, duly executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee as provided in this Indenture. Except as set
forth
in this Section 2.1(a), beneficial ownership interests in the Temporary
Regulation S Global Note will not be exchangeable for interests in the Rule
144A
Global Note, the IAI Global Note, a permanent global security (the “Permanent
Regulation S Global Note”,
and
together with the Temporary Regulation S Global Note, the “Regulation
S Global Note”)
or any
other Note prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period
and
then, after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, may be
exchanged for interests in a Rule 144A Global Note, an IAI Global Note or
the Permanent Regulation S Global Note only upon certification in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that (i) beneficial ownership interests
in such Temporary Regulation S Global Note are owned either by non-U.S. persons
or U.S. persons who purchased such interests in a transaction that did not
require registration under the Securities Act and (ii) in the case of an
exchange for an IAI Global Note, certification that the interest in the
Temporary Regulation S Global Note is being transferred to an institutional
“accredited investor” (as defined under the Securities Act) that is acquiring
the securities for its own account or for the account of an institutional
accredited investor.
Beneficial
interests in Temporary Regulation S Global Notes or IAI Global Notes may be
exchanged for interests in Rule 144A Global Notes if (1) such exchange
occurs in connection with a transfer of Notes in compliance with Rule 144A
and
(2) the transferor of the beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S
Global Note or the IAI Global Note, as applicable, first delivers to the Trustee
a written certificate (in a form satisfactory to the Trustee) to the effect
that
the beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Note or the IAI
Global Note, as applicable, is being transferred to a Person (a) who the
transferor reasonably believes to be a QIB, (b) purchasing for its own
account or the account of a QIB in a transaction meeting the requirements of
Rule 144A, and (c) in accordance with all applicable securities laws of the
States of the United States and other jurisdictions.
Beneficial
interests in Temporary Regulation S Global Notes and Rule 144A Global Notes
may
be exchanged for an interest in IAI Global Notes if (1) such exchange
occurs in connection with a transfer of the securities in compliance with an
exemption under the Securities Act and (2) the transferor of the
Regulation S Global Note or Rule 144A Global Note, as applicable, first
delivers to the trustee a written certificate (substantially in the form of
Exhibit 3) to the effect that (A) the Regulation S Global Note or Rule 144A
Global Note, as applicable, is being transferred (a) to an “accredited
investor” within the meaning of 501(a)(1),(2),(3) and (7) under the Securities
Act that is
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Beneficial
interests in a Rule 144A Global Note or an IAI Global Note may be
transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in a
Regulation S Global Note, whether before or after the expiration of the
Distribution Compliance Period, only if the transferor first delivers to the
Trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in the Indenture) to the
effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with Rule 903 or 904
of Regulation S or Rule 144 (if applicable).
The
Rule
144A Global Note, the IAI Global Note, the Temporary Regulation S Global Note
and the Permanent Regulation S Global Note are collectively referred to herein
as “Global
Notes”.
The
aggregate principal amount of the Global Notes may from time to time be
increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and
the
Depository or its nominee as hereinafter provided.
(b) Book-Entry
Provisions.
This
Section 2.1(b) shall apply only to a Global Note deposited with or on
behalf of the Depository.
The
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this
Section 2.1(b), authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Notes
that (a) shall be registered in the name of the Depository for such Global
Note or Global Notes or the nominee of such Depository and (b) shall be
delivered by the Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such Depository’s
instructions or held by the Trustee as custodian for the
Depository.
Members
of, or participants in, the Depository (“Agent
Members”)
shall
have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on
their behalf by the Depository or by the Trustee as the custodian of the
Depository or under such Global Note, and the Company, the Trustee and any
agent
of the Company or the Trustee shall be entitled to treat the Depository as
the
absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any
agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written
certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or
impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of
customary practices of such Depository governing the exercise of the rights
of a
holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.
(c) Definitive
Notes.
Except
as provided in this Section 2.1 or Section 2.3 or 2.4, owners of beneficial
interests in Global Notes shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery
of
Definitive Notes.
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2.2 Authentication. The
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver: (1) on the Issue Date, an aggregate
principal amount of $200,000,000 9⅛% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015,
(2) any Additional Notes for an original issue in an aggregate principal
amount specified in the written order of the Company pursuant to
Section 2.02 of the Indenture and (3) Exchange Notes or Private
Exchange Notes for issue only in a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private
Exchange, respectively, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, for a
like
principal amount of Initial Notes, in each case upon a written order of the
Company signed by at least one Officer of the Company. Such order shall specify
the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original
issue of Notes is to be authenticated and, in the case of any issuance of
Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Indenture, shall certify
that such issuance is in compliance with Section 4.03 of the Indenture.
2.3 Transfer
and
Exchange.
(a) Transfer
and Exchange of Definitive Notes.
When
Definitive Notes are presented to the Registrar with a request:
(x)
|
to
register the transfer of such Definitive Notes;
or
|
(y)
|
to
exchange such Definitive Notes for an equal principal amount of Definitive
Notes of other authorized
denominations,
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the
Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if
its
reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided,
however,
that
the Definitive Notes surrendered for transfer or exchange:
(i)
shall
be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, duly executed by
the
Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing; and
(ii)
if
such Definitive Notes are not required to bear a restricted securities legend,
they are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, pursuant to Section 2.3(b) or pursuant
to
clause (a), (b) or (c) below, and are accompanied by the following additional
information and documents, as applicable:
(a) if
such
Definitive Notes are being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for
registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification
from
such Holder to that effect; or
(b) if
such
Definitive Notes are being transferred to the Company, a certification to that
effect; or
(c) if
such
Definitive Notes are being transferred (x) pursuant to an exemption from
registration in accordance with Rule 144A, Regulation S or Rule 144 under the
Securities Act; or (y) in reliance upon another
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exemption
from the requirements of the Securities Act: (i) a certification to that
effect
(in the form set forth on the reverse of the Note) and (ii) if the Company
so
requests, an opinion of counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory
to it
as to the compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend set forth
in
Section 2.3(e)(i).
(b) Restrictions
on Transfer of a Definitive Note for a Beneficial Interest in a Global
Note.
A Definitive Note may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Rule
144A Global Note, an IAI Global Note or a Permanent Regulation S Global Note
except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt
by
the Trustee of a Definitive Note, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate
instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, together
with:
(i) certification,
in the form set forth on the reverse of the Note, that such Definitive Note
is
either (A) being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, (B) being
transferred to an IAI or (C) being transferred after expiration of the
Distribution Compliance Period by a Person who initially purchased such Note
in
reliance on Regulation S to a buyer who elects to hold its interest in such
Note
in the form of a beneficial interest in the Permanent Regulation S Global Note;
and
(ii) written
instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Notes Custodian
to
make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Rule 144A
Global Note (in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (b)(i)(A)), IAI Global
Note (in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (b)(1)(B)) or Permanent
Regulation S Global Note (in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause
(b)(i)(C)) to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes
represented by the Rule 144A Global Note, IAI Global Note or Permanent
Regulation S Global Note, as applicable, such instructions to contain
information regarding the Depository account to be credited with such increase,
then
the
Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Note and cause, or direct the Notes
Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures
existing between the Depository and the Notes Custodian, the aggregate principal
amount of Notes represented by the Rule 144A Global Note, IAI Global Note or
Permanent Regulation S Global Note, as applicable, to be increased by the
aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Note to be exchanged and shall
credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such
instructions a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Note, IAI Global
Note
or Permanent Regulation S Global Note, as applicable, equal to the principal
amount of the Definitive Note so canceled. If no Rule 144A Global Notes, IAI
Global Notes or Permanent Regulation S Global Notes, as applicable, are then
outstanding, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon
written order of the Company in the form of an Officers’ Certificate of
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the
Company, a new Rule 144A Global Note, IAI Global Note or Permanent Regulation
S
Global Note, as applicable, in the appropriate principal amount.
(c) Transfer
and Exchange of Global Notes.
(i) The
transfer and exchange of Global Notes or beneficial interests therein shall
be
effected through the Depository, in accordance with this Indenture (including
applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures
of the Depository therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global
Note shall deliver to the Registrar, through the Depository, a written order
given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures containing information
regarding the participant account of the Depository to be credited with a
beneficial interest in the Global Note. The Registrar shall, in accordance
with
such instructions instruct the Depository to credit to the account of the Person
specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Note and
to
debit the account of the Person making the transfer the beneficial interest
in
the Global Note being transferred.
(ii) If
the
proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global Note
to a
beneficial interest in another Global Note, the Registrar shall reflect on
its
books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global
Note to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the
principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the Registrar shall
reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the
principal amount of the Global Note from which such interest is being
transferred.
(iii) Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Appendix (other than the provisions set forth
in
Section 2.4), a Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the
Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository
to
the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or
any
such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such successor
Depository.
(iv) In
the
event that (a) Global Note is exchanged for Definitive Notes pursuant to Section
2.4 of this Appendix, prior to the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer
or the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such
Notes, such Notes may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures
as
are substantially consistent with the provisions of this Section 2.3 (including
the certification requirements set forth on the reverse of the Initial Notes
intended to ensure that such transfers comply with Rule 144A, Regulation S
or
another
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applicable
exemption under the Securities Act, as the case may be) and such other
procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the
Company.
(d) Restrictions
on Transfer of Temporary Regulation S Global Notes.
During
the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in Temporary
Regulation S Global Notes may only be sold, pledged or transferred in accordance
with the Applicable Procedures and only (i) to the Company, (ii) in an
offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S (other than a transaction
resulting in an exchange for an interest in a Permanent Regulation S Global
Note), (iii) pursuant to Section 2.1 or (iv) pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance
with
any applicable securities laws of any State of the United States.
(e) Legend.
(i) Except
as
permitted by the following paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv), each Note
certificate evidencing the Global Notes (and all Notes issued in exchange
therefor or in substitution thereof), in the case of Notes offered otherwise
than in reliance on Regulation S shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
THIS
NOTE
(OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION
THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF
THIS NOTE MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5
OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE
HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS
NOTE MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN
THE
UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A
TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) TO AN
“ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1),(2),(3) OR (7)
OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT,
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PRIOR
TO
SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN
REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (THE FORM
OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT
OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES LESS THAN $250,000, AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE
SECURITIES ACT, (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION
IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (IV) PURSUANT TO
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144
THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (V) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (V) IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED
STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO,
NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED
TO
IN (A) ABOVE.
Each
certificate evidencing a Note offered in reliance on Regulation S shall, in
addition to the foregoing, bear a legend in substantially the following
form:
THIS
NOTE
(OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR
THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN
TO
THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
Each
Definitive Note shall also bear the following additional legend:
IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND
TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT
MAY REASONABLY
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REQUIRE
TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING
RESTRICTIONS.
(ii) Upon
any
sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note (including any Transfer
Restricted Note represented by a Global Note) pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, the Registrar shall permit the transferee thereof to exchange
such Transfer Restricted Note for a certificated Note that does not bear the
legend set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such
Transfer Restricted Note, if the transferor thereof certifies in writing to
the
Registrar that such sale or transfer was made in reliance on Rule 144 (such
certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse of the
Note).
(iii) After
a
transfer of any Initial Notes or Private Exchange Notes pursuant to and during
the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect
to such Initial Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, all
requirements pertaining to legends on such Initial Note or such Private Exchange
Note will cease to apply, the requirements requiring any such Initial Note
or
such Private Exchange Note issued to certain Holders be issued in global form
will cease to apply, and a certificated Initial Note or Private Exchange Note
or
an Initial Note or Private Exchange Note in global form, in each case without
restrictive transfer legends, will be available to the transferee of the Holder
of such Initial Notes or Private Exchange Notes upon exchange of such
transferring Holder’s certificated Initial Note or Private Exchange Note or
directions to transfer such Holder’s interest in the Global Note, as
applicable.
(iv) Upon
the
consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial Notes,
all requirements pertaining to such Initial Notes that Initial Notes issued
to
certain Holders be issued in global form will still apply with respect to
Holders of such Initial Notes that do not exchange their Initial Notes, and
Exchange Notes in certificated or global form, in each case without the
restricted securities legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto will be
available to Holders that exchange such Initial Notes in such Registered
Exchange Offer.
(v) Upon
the
consummation of a Private Exchange with respect to the Initial Notes, all
requirements pertaining to such Initial Notes that Initial Notes issued to
certain Holders be issued in global form will still apply with respect to
Holders of such Initial Notes that do not exchange their Initial Notes, and
Private Exchange Notes in global form with the global securities legend and
the
applicable restricted securities legend set forth in Exhibit 1
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hereto
will be available to Holders that exchange such Initial Notes in such Private
Exchange.
(f) Cancellation
or Adjustment of Global Note.
At such
time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged
for
Definitive Notes, redeemed, purchased or canceled, such Global Note shall be
returned to the Depository for cancellation or retained and canceled by the
Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest
in a
Global Note is exchanged for certificated Notes, redeemed, purchased or
canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall
be
reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee
(if it is then the Notes Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such
Global Note, by the Trustee or the Notes Custodian, to reflect such
reduction.
(g) No
Obligation of the Trustee.
(i) The
Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner
of a
Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depository or other Person
with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee
or
of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest
in
the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial
owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including
any
notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to
such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all
payments to be made to Holders under the Notes shall be given or made only
to or
upon the order of the registered Holders (which shall be the Depository or
its
nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any
Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to the
applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may rely and
shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository
with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial
owners.
(ii) The
Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as
to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or
under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note
(including any transfers between or among Depository participants, members
or
beneficial owners 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.
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2.4 Definitive
Notes.
(a) A
Global
Note deposited with the Depository or with the Trustee as Notes Custodian for
the Depository pursuant to Section 2.1 shall be transferred to the
beneficial owners thereof in the form of Definitive Notes in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note, in exchange
for such Global Note, only if such transfer complies with Section 2.3
hereof and (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as Depository for such Global Note and the Depository fails
to appoint a successor depository or if at any time such Depository ceases
to be
a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act, in either case, and a
successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such
notice, or (ii) the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in
writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Notes under this
Indenture.
(b) Any
Global Note that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant
to
this Section 2.4 shall be surrendered by the Depository to the Trustee
located at its principal corporate trust office in the Borough of Manhattan,
The
City of New York, to be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part,
without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such
transfer of each portion of such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal
amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Any portion of a Global
Note transferred pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be executed,
authenticated and delivered only in denominations of $2,000 principal amount
and
any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000 and registered in such
names as the Depository shall direct. Any Definitive Note delivered in exchange
for an interest in the Transfer Restricted Note shall, except as otherwise
provided by Section 2.3(e) hereof, bear the applicable restricted
securities legend and definitive securities legend set forth in Exhibit 1
hereto.
(c) Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.4(b) hereof, the registered Holder of a
Global Note shall be entitled to grant proxies and otherwise authorize any
Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through
Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under
this
Indenture or the Notes.
(d) In
the
event of the occurrence of one of the events specified in Section 2.4(a)
hereof, the Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable
supply of Definitive Notes in definitive, fully registered form without interest
coupons. In the event that such Definitive Notes are not issued, the Company
expressly acknowledges, with respect to the right of any Holder to pursue a
remedy pursuant to Section 6.06, the right of any beneficial owner of Notes
to pursue such remedy with respect to the portion of the Global Note that
represents such beneficial owner’s Notes as if such Definitive Notes had been
issued.
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RULE
144A/REGULATION S/IAI APPENDIX
[FORM
OF
FACE OF INITIAL NOTE]
[Global
Notes Legend]
UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE
COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND
ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH
OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.
TRANSFERS
OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART,
TO
NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND
TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON
THE
REVERSE HEREOF.
[[FOR
REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE ONLY] UNTIL 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF COMMENCEMENT
OR
COMPLETION OF THE OFFERING, AN OFFER OR SALE OF NOTES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES
BY A DEALER (AS DEFINED IN THE SECURITIES ACT) MAY VIOLATE THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT IF SUCH OFFER OR SALE IS MADE OTHERWISE
THAN
IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A THEREUNDER.]
[Restricted
Notes Legend for Notes offered otherwise than in Reliance on Regulation
S]
THIS
NOTE
(OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION
THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF
THIS NOTE MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5
OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE
HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS
NOTE MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY
(I) WITHIN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A,
(II) TO AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF
RULE 501(A)(1),(2),(3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING
CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE
(THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER
IS IN
RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES LESS THAN $250,000, AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
(IV) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (V) PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES
(I)
THROUGH (V) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
OF
THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS
REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE FROM IT OF THE RESALE
RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
[Restricted
Notes Legend for Notes Offered in Reliance on Regulation S]
THIS
NOTE
(OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES
OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO
AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
AND
ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN
TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
[Temporary
Regulation S Global Note Legend]
EXCEPT
AS
SET FORTH BELOW, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY
REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE WILL NOT BE EXCHANGEABLE FOR INTERESTS IN THE
PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE OR ANY OTHER NOTE REPRESENTING AN
INTEREST IN THE NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN A LEGEND
CONTAINING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF
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THE
“40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 903(b)(2) OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THEN ONLY UPON CERTIFICATION IN
FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH BENEFICIAL INTERESTS
ARE
OWNED EITHER BY NON-U.S. PERSONS OR U.S. PERSONS WHO PURCHASED SUCH INTERESTS
IN
A TRANSACTION THAT DID NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
DURING
SUCH 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS
IN
THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE MAY ONLY BE SOLD, PLEDGED OR
TRANSFERRED (I) TO THE COMPANY, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN A
TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (III) IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, OR (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE
WITH
ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. HOLDERS
OF
INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE WILL NOTIFY ANY
PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO ABOVE, IF THEN
APPLICABLE.
AFTER
THE
EXPIRATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS
TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR INTERESTS IN A RULE
144A
GLOBAL NOTE ONLY IF (1) SUCH EXCHANGE OCCURS IN CONNECTION WITH A TRANSFER
OF
THE SECURITIES IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A AND (2) THE TRANSFEROR OF THE
REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE FIRST DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A WRITTEN CERTIFICATE
(IN
THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS CERTIFICATE) TO THE EFFECT THAT THE REGULATION S
GLOBAL NOTE IS BEING TRANSFERRED (A) TO A PERSON WHO THE TRANSFEROR REASONABLY
BELIEVES TO BE A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A,
(B) TO A PERSON WHO IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR THE ACCOUNT OF A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF
RULE
144A, AND (C) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES
OF
THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
AFTER
THE
EXPIRATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS
TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR INTERESTS IN AN IAI
GLOBAL NOTE ONLY IF (1) SUCH EXCHANGE OCCURS IN CONNECTION WITH A TRANSFER
OF THE NOTES IN COMPLIANCE WITH AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND
(2) THE TRANSFEROR OF THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE FIRST DELIVERS TO
THE TRUSTEE A WRITTEN CERTIFICATE (IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS CERTIFICATE)
TO
THE EFFECT THAT THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE IS BEING TRANSFERRED (A) TO AN
“ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1),(2),(3)
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OR
(7) OF
REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES
THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS
RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED
FROM
THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF NOTES LESS THAN $250,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND
(B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE
UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
BENEFICIAL
INTERESTS IN A RULE 144A GLOBAL NOTE OR AN IAI GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED
TO
A PERSON WHO TAKES DELIVERY IN THE FORM OF AN INTEREST IN THE REGULATION S
GLOBAL NOTE, WHETHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION
COMPLIANCE PERIOD, ONLY IF THE TRANSFEROR FIRST DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A
WRITTEN CERTIFICATE (IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS CERTIFICATE) TO THE EFFECT
THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR 904 OF
REGULATION S OR RULE 144 (IF AVAILABLE).
[Definitive
Notes Legend]
IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND
TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT
MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING
RESTRICTIONS.
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No.
$
9⅛%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015
Sun
Healthcare Group, Inc. (the "Issuer"), a Delaware corporation, promises to
pay
to ,
or
registered assigns, the principal sum of
Dollars
on April 15, 2015.
Interest
Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15.
Record
Dates: April 1 and October 1.
Additional
provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this
Note.
Dated:
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be signed manually or by
facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
SUN
HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.
|
|
By: | |
Name:
Title:
|
TRUSTEE’S
CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, |
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as
Trustee, certifies that this is one of
the Notes referred to in the Indenture.
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|
By: | |
Authorized
Signatory
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[FORM
OF
REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL SECURITY]
9⅛%
Senior Subordinated Note due 2015
1.
|
Interest
|
Sun
Healthcare Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its
successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein
called the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this
Note at the rate per annum shown above; provided, however, that if a
Registration Default (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) occurs,
additional interest will accrue on this Note at a rate of $0.05 per week per
$1,000 principal amount of Notes (increasing by an additional $0.05 per week
per
$1,000 principal amount of Notes after each consecutive 90-day period that
occurs after the date on which such Registration default occurs up to a maximum
additional interest rate of $0.20 per week per $1,000 principal amount of Notes)
from and including the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur
to but excluding the date on which all Registration Defaults have been cured.
The Company will pay interest semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each
year, commencing October 15, 2007. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the
most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been
paid, from April 12, 2007. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
2.
|
Method
of Payment
|
The
Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the
Persons who are registered holders of Notes at the close of business on the
April 1 or October 1 next preceding the interest payment date even if Notes
are
canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date.
Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments.
The Company will pay principal and interest in money of the United States that
at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including
principal, premium and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company.
The
Company will make all payments in respect of a certificated Note (including
principal, premium and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address
of
each Holder thereof; provided,
however,
that
payments on a certificated Note will be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar
account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder
elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or
the
Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days
immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date
as
the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
3.
|
Paying
Agent and Registrar
|
Initially,
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Trustee”), will act as Paying Agent
and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar
or
co-registrar without notice. The Company or any of its domestically
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incorporated
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or
co-registrar.
4.
|
Indenture
|
The
Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of April 12, 2007 (the
“Indenture”), among the Company, the Trustee and the Subsidiary Guarantors. The
terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part
of
the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C.§§ 77aaa-77bbbb)
(the “Act”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the
meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such
terms, and Noteholders are referred to the Indenture and the Act for a statement
of those terms.
The
Notes
are unsecured senior subordinated obligations of the Company. The Company shall
be entitled, subject to its compliance with Section 4.03 of the Indenture,
to issue Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Indenture. The
Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, any Additional Notes and all Exchange
Notes or Private Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor will be treated
as a
single class for all purposes under the Indenture. The Indenture contains
covenants that limit the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to incur
additional indebtedness; pay dividends or distributions on, or redeem or
repurchase, capital stock; make investments; issue or sell capital stock of
subsidiaries; engage in transactions with affiliates; create liens on assets;
transfer or sell assets; guarantee indebtedness; restrict dividends or other
payments of subsidiaries; and consolidate, merge or transfer all or
substantially all of its assets and the assets of its subsidiaries. These
covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications.
5.
|
Optional
Redemption
|
Except
as
set forth below, the Company shall not be entitled to redeem the Notes at its
option prior to April 15 , 2011.
On
and
after April 15, 2011, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem
all
or a portion of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’
notice, at the redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount
on the redemption date), plus accrued interest to the redemption date (subject
to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive
interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the
12-month period commencing on April 15 of the years set forth
below:
Period
|
Redemption
Price
|
2011
|
104.563%
|
2012
|
102.281%
|
2013
and thereafter
|
100.00%
|
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In
addition, prior to April 15, 2010, the Company shall be entitled at its option
on one or more occasions to redeem Notes in an aggregate principal amount not
to
exceed 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued at a redemption
price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 109.125%, plus accrued
and unpaid interest to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds from
one
or more Public Equity Offerings; provided,
however,
that
(1) at least 65% of such aggregate principal amount of Notes remains
outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption (other
than
Notes held, directly or indirectly, by the Company or its Affiliates); and
(2) each such redemption occurs within 90 days after the date of the
related Public Equity Offering.
Prior
to
April 15, 2011, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem all,
but
not less than all, of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100.00% of the
principal amount of the Notes plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued
and
unpaid interest to, the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on
the
relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment
date). The Company shall cause notice of such redemption to be mailed by
first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address, not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the redemption date.
6.
|
Notice
of Redemption
|
Notice
of
redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before
the
redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at his registered
address. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 principal amount may be
redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient
to
pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes (or portions
thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the Paying
Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are
satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or
such portions thereof) called for redemption.
7.
|
Put
Provisions
|
Upon
a
Change of Control, any Holder of Notes will have the right to cause the Company
to repurchase all or any part of the Notes of such Holder at a repurchase price
equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased plus
accrued interest to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of holders
of
record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related
interest payment date) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the
Indenture.
8.
|
Special
Mandatory Redemption
|
In
the
event the Merger is not consummated and the conditions to the release of the
Escrow Funds, in accordance with the Escrow Agreement, are not met on or prior
to July 11, 2007 or the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its
terms at any time prior thereto, the Company shall redeem the Notes at a
redemption price of 100.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes,
plus
accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (the “Special Redemption
Provision”). If the Special
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Redemption
Provision is triggered, the Company will cause the notice of special mandatory
redemption to be mailed to each Holder no later than the third Business Day
following July 11, 2007 or following the date the Merger Agreement is
terminated, as applicable, and the Notes shall be redeemed with the Escrow
Funds
five Business Days following the date of the mailing of such notice of
redemption.
The
obligation to redeem the Notes pursuant to the Special Redemption Provision
may
not be waived or modified without the written consent of each Holder. Failure
to
redeem the Notes when required pursuant to the Special Redemption Provision
will
constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Notes.
9.
|
Guaranty
|
The
payment by the Company of the principal of, and premium and interest on, the
Notes is fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several senior
subordinated basis by each of the Subsidiary Guarantors to the extent set forth
in the Indenture.
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10.
|
Subordination |
The
Notes
are subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future Senior
Indebtedness of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors on the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture. To the extent provided
in
the Indenture, Senior Indebtedness must be paid before the Notes may be paid.
Each Noteholder by accepting a Note agrees to the subordination provisions
contained in the Indenture and authorizes the Trustee to give it effect and
appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for such purpose.
11.
|
Denominations;
Transfer; Exchange
|
The
Notes
are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal
amount and whole multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes
in
accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other
things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay
any
taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar
need
not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption
(except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note
not to be redeemed) or any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection
of Notes to be redeemed or 15 days before an interest payment
date.
12.
|
Persons
Deemed Owners
|
The
registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all
purposes.
13.
|
Unclaimed
Money
|
If
money
for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the
Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request
unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such
payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not
to
the Trustee for payment.
14.
|
Discharge
and Defeasance
|
Subject
to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall be entitled to terminate
some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company
deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment
of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case
may be.
15.
|
Amendment,
Waiver
|
Subject
to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (a) the Indenture and the
Notes may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount outstanding of the Notes and (b) any default
or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent
of
the
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Holders
of a majority in principal amount outstanding of the Notes. Subject to certain
exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Noteholder,
the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee shall be entitled
to
amend the Indenture or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect
or
inconsistency, or to comply with Article Five of the Indenture, or to
provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes, or to add guarantees with respect to the Notes, including Subsidiary
Guaranties, or to secure the Notes, or to add additional covenants or surrender
rights and powers conferred on the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors,
or to
comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with effecting or
maintaining the qualification of the Indenture under the Act, or to make
any
change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Noteholder, or to
make
amendments to provisions of the Indenture relating to the form, authentication,
transfer and legending of the Notes, or to conform the text of the Indenture
or
the Notes to any provision set forth in the offering circular, dated March
22,
2007, relating to the Notes, or to provide for the issuance of Additional
Notes
in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture as of the date
of
the Indenture.
16.
|
Defaults
and Remedies
|
Under
the
Indenture, Events of Default include: default for 30 days in payment of
interest on the Notes; default in payment of principal on the Notes at maturity,
upon redemption pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Notes, upon acceleration or
otherwise, or failure by the Company to redeem or purchase Notes when required;
failure by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply with other
agreements in the Indenture or the Notes, in certain cases subject to notice
and
lapse of time; certain accelerations (including failure to pay within any grace
period after final maturity) of other Indebtedness of the Company, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary if the amount accelerated
(or
so unpaid) exceeds $15.0 million; certain events of bankruptcy or
insolvency with respect to the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries; certain
judgments or decrees for the payment of money in excess of $15.0 million;
and certain defaults with respect to Subsidiary Guaranties. If an Event of
Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25%
in
principal amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable
immediately. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default
which will result in the Notes being due and payable immediately upon the
occurrence of such Events of Default.
Noteholders
may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture.
The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives
indemnity or security satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations,
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may direct the Trustee
in
its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Noteholders
notice of any continuing Default (except a Default in payment of principal
or
interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in the interest of the
Holders.
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17.
|
Trustee
Dealings with the Company
|
Subject
to certain limitations imposed by the Act, 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 and collect obligations owed to it by the Company
or
its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with
the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
18.
|
No
Recourse Against Others
|
A
director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the
Company under the Notes or the Indenture or of such Subsidiary Guarantor under
its Subsidiary Guaranty or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect
of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note,
each
Noteholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are
part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.
19.
|
Authentication
|
This
Note
shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an
authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the
other side of this Note.
20.
|
Abbreviations
|
Customary
abbreviations may be used in the name of a Noteholder or an assignee, such
as
TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN
(=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common),
CUST
(=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
21.
|
CUSIP
Numbers
|
Pursuant
to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification
Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes
and
has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a
convenience to Noteholders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of
such
numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of
redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
placed thereon.
22.
|
Holders’
Compliance with Registration Rights
Agreement
|
Each
Holder of a Note, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the
provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, including the obligations
of
the Holders with respect to a registration and the indemnification of the
Company to the extent provided therein.
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23.
|
Governing
Law
|
THIS
SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF
THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
The
Company will furnish to any Noteholder upon written request and without charge
to the Noteholder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this
Note
in larger type. Requests may be made to:
Sun
Healthcare Group, Inc..
00000
Xxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Irvine,
CA 92612
Attention:
General Counsel
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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 soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and
irrevocably
appoint agent
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
Date:
__________________
|
Your
Signature:
_______________________________________
|
Sign
exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
In
connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate
occurring prior to the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144(k)
under the Securities Act after the later of the date of original issuance of
such Notes and the last date, if any, on which such Notes were owned by the
Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned confirms that such
Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
CHECK
ONE
BOX BELOW
(1)
|
¨
to
the Company; or
|
(2)
|
¨
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act
of 1933; or
|
(3)
|
¨
inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined
in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its
own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer
to whom
notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule
144A,
in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933; or
|
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(4)
|
¨
outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning
of
Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904
under the Securities Act of 1933;
or
|
(5)
|
¨
pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144
under the
Securities Act of 1933; or
|
(6)
|
¨
to
an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule
501(a)(1),(2),(3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933) that has
furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain
representations and agreements.
|
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (4) is checked, the Trustee shall be entitled to require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, such as the exemption provided by Rule 144 under such Act. |
__________________________ |
Signature
Guarantee:
__________________________ | __________________________ |
Signature
must be guaranteed
|
Signature
|
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Signatures
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Note Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such
other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
TO
BE
COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its
own
account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment
discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer”
within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, and is
aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and
acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as
the
undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to
request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying
upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption
from registration provided by Rule 144A.
Dated:
_____________________
|
____________________________ | |
Notice: To
be executed by
an
executive officer
|
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[TO
BE
ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE
OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The
following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been
made:
Date
of
Exchange
|
Amount
of
decrease in Principal amount of this Global Note |
Amount
of
increase in Principal amount of this Global Note |
Principal
amount of this Global Note following such decrease or increase) |
Signature
of
authorized officer of Trustee or Notes Custodian |
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OPTION
OF
HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If
you
want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to
Section 4.06 or 4.10 of the Indenture, check the box:
[ ]
If
you
want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant
to Section 4.06 or 4.10 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal
amount: $___________
Dated:
__________________
|
Your
Signature: ___________________
|
|
(Sign
exactly as your name appears on the other side of this
Note.)
|
Signature
Guarantee:
_________________________________________________
|
(Signature
must be guaranteed)
|
Signatures
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Note Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such
other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT
2
[FORM
OF
FACE OF EXCHANGE NOTE
OR
PRIVATE EXCHANGE NOTE]*/**/
__________________________________
*/
If the
Note is to be issued in global form add the Global Notes Legend from Exhibit
1
to Appendix A and the attachment from such Exhibit 1 captioned “[TO BE ATTACHED
TO GLOBAL NOTES] - SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE”.
**/
If the
Note is a Private Exchange Note issued in a Private Exchange to an Initial
Purchaser holding an unsold portion of its initial allotment, add the Restricted
Notes Legend from Exhibit 1 to Appendix A and replace the Assignment Form
included in this Exhibit 2 with the Assignment Form included in such Exhibit
1.
No.
$
9⅛%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015
Sun
Healthcare Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to ,
or
registered assigns, the principal sum of
Dollars
on April 15, 2015.
Interest
Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15.
Record
Dates: April 1 and October 1.
Additional
provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this
Note.
Dated:
SUN
HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.
|
|
|
|
By
|
|
Name:
Title:
|
TRUSTEE’S
CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
|
|
as
Trustee, certifies that this is one of
the Notes referred to in the Indenture.
|
|
|
|
By
|
|
Authorized
Signatory
|
2
[FORM
OF
REVERSE SIDE OF EXCHANGE NOTE
OR
PRIVATE EXCHANGE NOTE]
9⅛%
Senior Subordinated Note due 2015
1.
|
Interest
|
Sun
Healthcare Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (such corporation, and its
successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein
called the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this
Note at the rate per annum shown above[; provided, however, that if a
Registration Default (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) occurs,
additional interest will accrue on this Note at a rate of $0.05 per week per
$1,000 principal amount of Notes (increasing by an additional $0.05 per week
per
$1,000 principal amount of Notes after each consecutive 90-day period that
occurs after the date on which such Registration default occurs up to a maximum
additional interest rate of $0.20 per week per $1,000 principal amount of Notes)
from and including the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur
to but excluding the date on which all Registration Defaults have been
cured.]1
The
Company will pay interest semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year,
commencing October 15, 2007. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most
recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid,
from April 12, 2007. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
of
twelve 30-day months.
2.
|
Method
of Payment
|
The
Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the
Persons who are registered holders of Notes at the close of business on the
April 1 or October 1 next preceding the interest payment date even if Notes
are
canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date.
Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments.
The Company will pay principal and interest in money of the United States that
at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including
principal, premium and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company.
The
Company will make all payments in respect of a certificated Note (including
principal, premium and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address
of
each Holder thereof; provided,
however,
that
payments on a certificated Note will be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar
account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder
elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or
the
Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days
immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date
as
the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
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1 Insert
if
at the date of issuance of the Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note (as
the
case may be), any Registration Default has occurred with respect to the
related
Initial Notes during the interest period in which such date of issuance
occurs.
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3.
|
Paying
Agent and Registrar
|
Initially,
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Trustee”), will act as Paying Agent
and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar
or
co-registrar without notice. The Company or any of its domestically incorporated
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or
co-registrar.
4.
|
Indenture
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The
Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of April 12, 2007 (the
“Indenture”), among the Company, the Trustee and the Subsidiary Guarantors. The
terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part
of
the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C.§§ 77aaa-77bbbb)
(the “Act”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the
meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such
terms, and Noteholders are referred to the Indenture and the Act for a statement
of those terms.
The
Notes
are unsecured senior subordinated obligations of the Company. The Company shall
be entitled, subject to its compliance with Section 4.03 of the Indenture,
to issue Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Indenture. The
Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, any Additional Notes and all Exchange
Notes or Private Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor will be treated
as a
single class for all purposes under the Indenture. The Indenture contains
covenants that limit the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to incur
additional indebtedness; pay dividends or distributions on, or redeem or
repurchase, capital stock; make investments; issue or sell capital stock of
subsidiaries; engage in transactions with affiliates; create liens on assets;
transfer or sell assets; guarantee indebtedness; restrict dividends or other
payments of subsidiaries; and consolidate, merge or transfer all or
substantially all of its assets and the assets of its subsidiaries. These
covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications.
5.
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Optional
Redemption
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Except
as
set forth below, the Company shall not be entitled to redeem the Notes at its
option prior to April 15, 2011.
On
and
after April 15, 2011, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem
all
or a portion of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’
notice, at the redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount
on the redemption date), plus accrued interest to the redemption date (subject
to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive
interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the
12-month period commencing on April 15 of the years set forth
below:
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Period
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Redemption
Price
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2011
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104.563%
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2012
|
102.281%
|
2012
and thereafter
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100.00%
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In
addition, prior to April 15, 2010, the Company shall be entitled at its option
on one or more occasions to redeem Notes in an aggregate principal amount not
to
exceed 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued at a redemption
price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 109.125%, plus accrued
and unpaid interest to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds from
one
or more Public Equity Offerings; provided,
however,
that
(1) at least 65% of such aggregate principal amount of Notes remains
outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption (other
than
Notes held, directly or indirectly, by the Company or its Affiliates); and
(2) each such redemption occurs within 90 days after the date of the
related Public Equity Offering.
Prior
to
April 15, 2011, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem all or
a
portion of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100.00% of the principal
amount of the Notes plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid
interest to, the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the
relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment
date). The Company shall cause notice of such redemption to be mailed by
first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address, not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the redemption date.
6.
|
Notice
of Redemption
|
Notice
of
redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before
the
redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at his registered
address. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 principal amount may be
redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient
to
pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes (or portions
thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the Paying
Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are
satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or
such portions thereof) called for redemption.
7.
|
Put
Provisions
|
Upon
a
Change of Control, any Holder of Notes will have the right to cause the Company
to repurchase all or any part of the Notes of such Holder at a repurchase price
equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased plus
accrued interest to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of holders
of
record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related
interest payment date) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the
Indenture.
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8.
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Special Mandatory Redemption |
In
the
event the Merger is not consummated and the conditions to the release of the
Escrow Funds, in accordance with the Escrow Agreement, are not met on or prior
to July 11, 2007 or the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its
terms at any time prior thereto, the Company shall redeem the Notes at a
redemption price of 100.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes,
plus
accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (the “Special Redemption
Provision”). If the Special Redemption Provision is triggered, the Company will
cause the notice of special mandatory redemption to be mailed to each Holder
no
later than the third Business Day following July 11, 2007 or following the
date
the Merger Agreement is terminated, as applicable, and the Notes shall be
redeemed with the Escrow Funds five Business Days following the date of the
mailing of such notice of redemption.
The
obligation to redeem the Notes pursuant to the Special Redemption Provision
may
not be waived or modified without the written consent of each Holder. Failure
to
redeem the Notes when required pursuant to the Special Redemption Provision
will
constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Notes.
9.
|
Guaranty
|
The
payment by the Company of the principal of, and premium and interest on, the
Notes is fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several senior
subordinated basis by each of the Subsidiary Guarantors to the extent set forth
in the Indenture.
10.
|
Subordination
|
The
Notes
are subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future Senior
Indebtedness of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors on the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture. To the extent provided
in
the Indenture, Senior Indebtedness must be paid before the Notes may be paid.
Each Noteholder by accepting a Note agrees to the subordination provisions
contained in the Indenture and authorizes the Trustee to give it effect and
appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for such purpose.
11.
|
Denominations;
Transfer; Exchange
|
The
Notes
are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal
amount and whole multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes
in
accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other
things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay
any
taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar
need
not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption
(except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note
not to be redeemed) or any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection
of Notes to be redeemed or 15 days before an interest payment
date.
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12.
|
Persons
Deemed Owners
|
The
registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all
purposes.
13.
|
Unclaimed
Money
|
If
money
for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the
Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request
unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such
payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not
to
the Trustee for payment.
14.
|
Discharge
and Defeasance
|
Subject
to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall be entitled to terminate
some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company
deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment
of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case
may be.
15.
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Amendment,
Waiver
|
Subject
to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (a) the Indenture and the
Notes may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount outstanding of the Notes and (b) any default
or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent
of
the Holders of a majority in principal amount outstanding of the Notes. Subject
to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any
Noteholder, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee shall be
entitled to amend the Indenture or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, omission,
defect or inconsistency, or to comply with Article Five of the Indenture,
or to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of
certificated Notes, or to add guarantees with respect to the Notes, including
Subsidiary Guaranties, or to secure the Notes, or to add additional covenants
or
surrender rights and powers conferred on the Company or the Subsidiary
Guarantors, or to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with
effecting or maintaining the qualification of the Indenture under the Act,
or to
make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Noteholder,
or
to make amendments to provisions of the Indenture relating to the form,
authentication, transfer and legending of the Notes, or to conform the text
of
the Indenture or the Notes to any provision set forth in the offering circular,
dated March 22, 2007 relating to the Notes, or to provide for the issuance
of
Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture
as of the date of the Indenture.
16.
|
Defaults
and Remedies
|
Under
the
Indenture, Events of Default include: default for 30 days in payment of
interest on the Notes; default in payment of principal on the Notes at maturity,
upon redemption pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Notes, upon acceleration or
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otherwise,
or failure by the Company to redeem or purchase Notes when required; failure
by
the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply with other agreements in
the
Indenture or the Notes, in certain cases subject to notice and lapse of time;
certain accelerations (including failure to pay within any grace period after
final maturity) of other Indebtedness of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor
or any Significant Subsidiary if the amount accelerated (or so unpaid) exceeds
$15.0 million; certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to
the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries; certain judgments or decrees
for
the payment of money in excess of $15.0 million; and certain defaults with
respect to Subsidiary Guaranties. If an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount
of
the Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Certain
events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default which will result
in
the Notes being due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events
of Default.
Noteholders
may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture.
The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives
indemnity or security satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations,
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may direct the Trustee
in
its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Noteholders
notice of any continuing Default (except a Default in payment of principal
or
interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in the interest of the
Holders.
17.
|
Trustee
Dealings with the Company
|
Subject
to certain limitations imposed by the Act, 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 and collect obligations owed to it by the Company
or
its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with
the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
18.
|
No
Recourse Against Others
|
A
director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the
Company under the Notes or the Indenture or of such Subsidiary Guarantor under
its Subsidiary Guaranty or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect
of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note,
each
Noteholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are
part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.
19.
|
Authentication
|
This
Note
shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an
authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the
other side of this Note.
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20.
|
Abbreviations
|
Customary
abbreviations may be used in the name of a Noteholder or an assignee, such
as
TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN
(=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common),
CUST
(=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
21.
|
CUSIP
Numbers
|
Pursuant
to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification
Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes
and
has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a
convenience to Noteholders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of
such
numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of
redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
placed thereon.
22.
|
Holders’
Compliance with Registration Rights
Agreement
|
Each
Holder of a Note, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the
provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, including the obligations
of
the Holders with respect to a registration and the indemnification of the
Company to the extent provided therein.
23.
|
Governing
Law
|
THIS
SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF
THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
The
Company will furnish to any Noteholder upon written request and without charge
to the Noteholder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this
Note
in larger type. Requests may be made to:
Sun
Healthcare Group, Inc.
00000
Xxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Irvine,
CA 92612
Attention:
General Counsel
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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 soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and
irrevocably
appoint agent
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
Date:
_____________________
|
Your
Signature: _________________________________
|
Sign
exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
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OPTION
OF
HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If
you
want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to
Section 4.06 or
4.10
of the Indenture, check the box: [ ]
If
you
want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant
to Section 4.06 or 4.10 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal
amount: $[ ]
Dated:
____________________
|
Your
Signature: _______________________________
|
|
(Sign
exactly as your name appears on the other side of this
Note.)
|
Signature
Guarantee:
_______________________________________________
|
(Signature
must be guaranteed)
|
Signatures
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Note Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such
other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
EXHIBIT
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to
RULE
144A/REGULATION S/IAI APPENDIX
Form
of
Transferee
Letter of Representation
Sun
Healthcare Group, Inc.
In
care
of
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
This
certificate is delivered to request a transfer of
$[ ] principal amount of the 9⅛% Senior
Subordinated due 2015 (the “Notes”) of Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (the
“Company”).
Upon
transfer, the Notes would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner
as follows:
Name:________________________
Address:______________________
Taxpayer
ID Number:____________
The
undersigned represents and warrants to you that:
1.
We are
an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3)
or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)),
purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an institutional
“accredited investor” at least $250,000 principal amount of the Notes, and we
are acquiring the Notes not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection
with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable
of
evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we invest
in
or purchase securities similar to the Notes in the normal course of our
business. We, and any accounts for which we are acting, are each able to bear
the economic risk of our or its investment.
2.
We
understand that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act
and,
unless so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in the following
sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account
for
which we are purchasing Notes to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Notes
prior to the date that is
two
years
after the later of the date of original issue and the last date on which
the
Company or any affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Notes (or any
predecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) only (i) to the
Company, (ii) in the United States to a person whom the seller reasonably
believes is a qualified institutional buyer in a transaction meeting the
requirements of Rule 144A, (iii) 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 purchasing for its own account
or for the account of an institutional accredited investor, in each case
in a
minimum principal amount of the Notes of $250,000, (iv) outside the United
States in a transaction complying with the provisions of Rule 904 under the
Securities Act, (v) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the
Securities Act provided by Rule 144 (if available) or (vi) pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each of cases
(i)
through (vi) subject to any requirement of law that the disposition of our
property or the property of such investor account or accounts be at all times
within our or their control and in compliance with any applicable state
securities laws. The foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent
to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer
of
the Notes is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (iii) above prior to
the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter
from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Company
and
the Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee
is an
institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1),
(2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and that it is acquiring such Notes
for
investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities
Act.
Each purchaser acknowledges that the Company and the Trustee reserve the
right
prior to the offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Restriction
Termination Date of the Notes pursuant to clause (iii), (iv) or (v)
above to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications or
other
information satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee.
TRANSFEREE:_________________,
by:__________________
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