BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORPORATION AND [HSBC Bank USA, National Association,] AS TRUSTEE INDENTURE DATED AS OF , 2007 135/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED TOGGLE NOTES DUE 2013
Exhibit T3C
AND
[HSBC
Bank USA, National Association,]
AS TRUSTEE
AS TRUSTEE
DATED AS OF , 2007
$
135/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED TOGGLE NOTES DUE 2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
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DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
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Section 1.1. | Definitions |
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Section 1.2. | Other Definitions |
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Section 1.3. | Compliance Certificates and Opinions |
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Section 1.4. | Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee |
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Section 1.5. | Acts of Holders |
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Section 1.6. | Notices, etc., to Trustee and the Company |
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Section 1.7. | Notice to Holders; Waiver |
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Section 1.8. | Conflict with Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 1.9. | Effect of Headings and Table of Contents |
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Section 1.10. | Successors and Assigns |
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Section 1.11. | Separability Clause |
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Section 1.12. | Benefits of Indenture |
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Section 1.13. | Governing Law |
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Section 1.14. | Legal Holidays |
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Section 1.15. | Schedules |
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Section 1.16. | Counterparts |
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Section 1.17. | No Recourse against Others |
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ARTICLE II |
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SECURITY FORMS |
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Section 2.1. | Forms Generally |
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Section 2.2. | Form of Face of Security |
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Section 2.3. | Form of Reverse of Securities |
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ARTICLE III |
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THE SECURITIES |
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Section 3.1. | Title and Terms |
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Section 3.2. | Denominations |
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Section 3.3. | Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating |
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Section 3.4. | Temporary Securities |
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Section 3.5. | Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange |
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Section 3.6. | Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities |
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Section 3.7. | Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities |
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Section 3.8. | Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved |
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Section 3.9. | CUSIP Numbers |
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Section 3.10. | Persons Deemed Owners |
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Section 3.11. | Cancellation |
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Section 3.12. | Computation of Interest |
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Section 3.13. | Calculation of Principal Amount of Securities |
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Section 3.14. | Issuance of PIK Securities |
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ARTICLE IV |
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DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
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Section 4.1. | Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
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Section 4.2. | Defeasance and Discharge |
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Section 4.3. | Covenant Defeasance |
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Section 4.4. | Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
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Section 4.5. | Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions |
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Section 4.6. | Reinstatement |
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ARTICLE V |
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REMEDIES |
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Section 5.1. | Events of Default |
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Section 5.2. | Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment |
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Section 5.3. | Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee |
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Section 5.4. | Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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Section 5.5. | Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities |
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Section 5.6. | Application of Money Collected |
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Section 5.7. | Limitation on Suits |
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Section 5.8. | Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest |
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Section 5.9. | Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
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Section 5.10. | Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
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Section 5.11. | Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
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Section 5.12. | Control by Holders |
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Section 5.13. | Waiver of Past Defaults |
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Section 5.14. | Undertaking for Costs |
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Section 5.15. | Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws |
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Section 5.16. | Remedies Subject to Applicable Law |
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ARTICLE VI |
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THE TRUSTEE |
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Section 6.1. | Duties of Trustee |
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Section 6.2. | Notice of Defaults |
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Section 6.3. | Certain Rights of Trustee |
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Section 6.4. | Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Dispositions of Securities or
Application of Proceeds Thereof |
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Section 6.5. | Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections; etc. |
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Section 6.6. | Money Held in Trust |
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Section 6.7. | Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior Claim |
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Section 6.8. | Conflicting Interests |
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Section 6.9. | Trustee Eligibility |
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Section 6.10. | Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee |
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Section 6.11. | Acceptance of Appointment by Successor |
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Section 6.12. | Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business |
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Section 6.13. | Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
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ARTICLE VII |
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HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY |
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Section 7.1. | Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders |
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Section 7.2. | Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders |
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Section 7.3. | Reports by Trustee |
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Section 7.4. | Reports by Company |
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ARTICLE VIII |
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CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OF ASSETS |
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Section 8.1. | Company May Merge, Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms |
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Section 8.2. | Successor Substituted |
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ARTICLE IX |
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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Section 9.1. | Supplemental Indentures and Agreements without Consent of Holders |
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Section 9.2. | Supplemental Indentures and Agreements with Consent of Holders |
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Section 9.3. | Execution of Supplemental Indentures and Agreements |
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Section 9.4. | Effect of Supplemental Indentures |
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Section 9.5. | Conformity with Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 9.6. | Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures |
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Section 9.7. | Notice of Supplemental Indentures |
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ARTICLE X |
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COVENANTS |
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Section 10.1. | Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest |
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Section 10.2. | Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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Section 10.3. | Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust |
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Section 10.4. | Corporate Existence |
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Section 10.5. | Payment of Taxes and Other Claims |
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Section 10.6. | Maintenance of Properties |
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Section 10.7. | Insurance |
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Section 10.8. | Limitation on Indebtedness |
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Section 10.9. | Limitation on Restricted Payments |
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Section 10.10. | Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates |
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Section 10.11. | Limitation on Liens |
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Section 10.12. | Limitation on Sale of Assets |
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Section 10.13. | Purchase of Securities upon a Change of Control |
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Section 10.14. | Limitation on Preferred Stock of Subsidiaries |
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Section 10.15. | Limitation on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting Subsidiaries |
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Section 10.16. | Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
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Section 10.17. | Statement by Officers as to Default |
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Section 10.18. | Waiver of Certain Covenants |
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Section 10.19. | Consummation of Plan of Reorganization |
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ARTICLE XI |
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REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES |
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Section 11.1. | Rights of Redemption |
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Section 11.2. | Applicability of Article |
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Section 11.3. | Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee |
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Section 11.4. | Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed |
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Section 11.5. | Notice of Redemption |
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Section 11.6. | Deposit of Redemption Price |
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Section 11.7. | Securities Payable on Redemption Date |
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Section 11.8. | Securities Redeemed or Purchased in Part |
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ARTICLE XII |
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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Section 12.1. | Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
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Section 12.2. | Application of Trust Money |
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ARTICLE XIII |
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SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES |
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Section 13.1. | Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness |
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Section 13.2. | Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, etc. |
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Section 13.3. | Suspension of Payment When Designated Senior Indebtedness in Default |
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Section 13.4. | Payment Permitted if No Default |
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Section 13.5. | Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness |
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Section 13.6. | Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights |
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Section 13.7. | Trustee to Effectuate Subordination |
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Section 13.8. | No Waiver of Subordination Provisions |
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Section 13.9. | Notice to Trustee |
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Section 13.10. | Reliance on Judicial Orders or Certificates |
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Section 13.11. | Rights of Trustee as a Holder of Senior Indebtedness; Preservation of Trustee’s Rights |
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Section 13.12. | Article Applicable to Paying Agents |
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Section 13.13. | No Suspensions of Remedies |
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Section 13.14. | Trustee’s Relation to Senior Indebtedness |
EXHIBITS |
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Exhibit A
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Exhibit B
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INDENTURE dated as of , 2007 between BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation (as more fully defined below, the
“Company”), and [HSBC Bank USA, National
Association,] a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of 135/8% [Senior] [Junior]
Subordinated Toggle Notes due 2013 (the “Securities”), of substantially the tenor and
amount hereinafter set forth, and to provide therefor, the Company has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture and the Securities;
WHEREAS, the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries filed for reorganization under chapter 11
of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (“the “Bankruptcy Court”); and
WHEREAS by order, dated , 2007, the Bankruptcy Court has confirmed the Company’s plan
of reorganization (the “Plan”) in accordance with Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code and
such Plan has become effective as of , 2007; and
[WHEREAS, as part of the Plan, the Company has agreed, inter alia, to issue $
aggregate principal amount (subject to increase for issuances to certain other creditors of the
Company) of Securities to Holders of the Company’s outstanding 97/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2012 (the “Old Notes”) in exchange for all of the Company’s Old Notes and the related
obligations thereunder; and]
[WHEREAS, as part of the Plan, the Company has agreed, inter alia, to issue
aggregate principal amount (subject to increase for issuances to certain other creditors of the
Company) of Securities in exchange for cash pursuant to a rights offering.]
WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary have been done to make (i) the Securities, when duly
issued and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid obligations
of the Company and (ii) this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders
thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all
Holders of the Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and
include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly
or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
accordance with GAAP;
(d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
(e) all references to $, US$, dollars or United States dollars shall refer to the lawful
currency of the United States of America;
(f) all references herein to particular Sections or Articles refer to this Indenture unless
otherwise so indicated; and
(g) the word “or” is not exclusive and the word “including” means including without
limitation.
The following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section.
“Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person (i) existing at the time such
Person becomes a Subsidiary or merges with or into the Company or any Subsidiary, or (ii) assumed
in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case, other than
Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary
or such acquisition, as the case may be. Acquired Indebtedness shall be deemed to be incurred on
the date of the related acquisition of assets from any Person or the date the acquired Person
becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be.
“Adjusted Consolidated Interest Expense” of any Person means, without duplication, for
any period, as applied to any Person, the sum of (a) the interest expense of such Person and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries (exclusive of deferred financing fees and any premiums or penalties paid
in connection with redeeming or retiring any Indebtedness prior to its stated maturity) for such
period, on a Consolidated basis, including without limitation, (i) amortization of debt discount,
(ii) the net cost under interest rate contracts (including amortization of discounts),
(iii) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation, and (iv) accrued interest, plus
(b) (i) the interest component of the Capital Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to
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be paid, or accrued by such Person during such period, and (ii) all capitalized interest of such
Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person: (i) any other Person directly
or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such
specified Person; (ii) any other Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of such
specified Person’s Capital Stock or beneficial equity interest in such Person (if such Person is a
real estate investment trust), or any officer or director of any such specified Person or other
Person or, with respect to any natural Person, any person having a relationship with such Person by
blood, marriage or adoption not more remote than first cousin; or (iii) any other Person 10% or
more of the Voting Stock of which is beneficially owned or held directly or indirectly by such
specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to
any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly
or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the
terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a
Global Security or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depository as in
effect from time to time.
“Asset Sale” means any sale, issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease or other
disposition (including, without limitation, by way of merger, consolidation or Sale and Leaseback
Transaction) (collectively, a “transfer”), directly or indirectly, in one or a series of
related transactions, of: (i) any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary; (ii) all or substantially all of
the properties and assets of any division or line of business of the Company or its Subsidiaries;
or (iii) any other properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, other than in the
ordinary course of business. For the purposes of this definition, the term “Asset Sale” shall not
include any transfer of properties and assets (A) that is governed by the provisions of Article
VIII, (B) that is by any Subsidiary to the Company or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture, (C) that is of obsolete equipment or other obsolete assets in the
ordinary course of business, (D) that constitutes a Restricted Payment that is permitted by the
provisions of Section 10.9, including the making of a Permitted Investment (other than pursuant to
clause (v) of the definition of “Permitted Investment”), (E) the Fair Market Value of which in the
aggregate does not exceed $1,000,000 in any transaction or series of related transactions, or (F)
Investments by the Company which comply with the terms of clause (ix) of the definition of
“Permitted Investments”.
“Average Life to Stated Maturity” means, as of the date of determination with respect
to any Indebtedness, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the products of (a) the
number of years from the date of determination to the date or dates of each successive scheduled
principal payment of such Indebtedness multiplied by (b) the amount of each such principal payment;
by (ii) the sum of all such principal payments.
“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, or
any similar United States federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership,
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winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors or any amendment to, succession to or
change in any such law.
“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly
authorized committee of such board.
“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in
full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Book-Entry Security” means any Security bearing the legend specified in Section 2.2
evidencing all or part of a series of Securities, authenticated and delivered to the Depository for
such series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depository or nominee.
“Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not
a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or the city in which the principal
office of the Trustee is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
“Capital Lease Obligation” of any Person means any obligation of such Person and its
Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis under any capital lease of real or personal property which, in
accordance with GAAP, has been recorded as a capitalized lease obligation.
“Capital Stock” means: (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; (ii) in the
case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or
other equivalents, however designated, of corporate stock; (iii) in the case of a partnership or
limited liability company, partnership or membership interests, whether general or limited; and
(iv) 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: (i) Temporary Cash Investments; (ii) securities received by
the Company or any Subsidiary from the transferee in an Asset Sale that are promptly converted by
the Company or such Subsidiary into cash; (iii) the assumption of Indebtedness or other obligations
or liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale and from which the
Company or such Subsidiary is released; and (iv) in connection with an Asset Sale to a Person where
the assets sold, issued, conveyed, transferred, leased or otherwise disposed of are included in a
business which will be a party to the Franchise Program, the net present value of payments by such
Person pursuant to the Franchise Program as calculated and certified by the chief financial officer
of the Company.
“Cash Interest” means any interest on the Securities paid in cash.
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) any
“person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d)(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act
or any successor provision) other than Permitted Holders is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as
defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a Person shall
be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all shares that such Person has the right to
acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly
or
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indirectly, of more than a majority of the total outstanding Voting Stock of the Company; (ii)
the Company consolidates with or merges with or into any Person or conveys, transfers or leases all
or substantially all of its assets to any Person, or any corporation consolidates with or merges
into or with the Company in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding
Voting Stock of the Company is changed into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property,
other than (A) any such transaction where the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is not
changed or exchanged at all (except to the extent necessary to reflect a change in the jurisdiction
of incorporation of the Company), (B) or where the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is
changed into or exchanged for (x) Voting Stock of the surviving corporation which is not Redeemable
Capital Stock, or (y) cash, securities and other property (other than Capital Stock of the
surviving corporation) in an amount which could be paid by the Company as a Restricted Payment as
described in Section 10.9 (and such amount shall be treated as a Restricted Payment subject to the
provisions in the Indenture described in Section 10.9), and (C) where no “person” or “group” other
than Permitted Holders owns immediately after such transaction, directly or indirectly, more than a
majority of the total outstanding Voting Stock of the surviving corporation; or (iii) the Company
is liquidated or dissolved or adopts a plan of liquidation or dissolution other than in a
transaction which complies with the provisions described in Article VIII.
“Company” means Bally Total Fitness Holding Corporation, a corporation incorporated
under the laws of Delaware, until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.
“Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed
in the name of the Company by (i) any of its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman, its
President or a Vice President (regardless of Vice Presidential designation) or Treasurer, and (ii)
any one of its Assistant Treasurers, its Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee, provided, however, that such request or order may be signed by any two of
the officers or directors listed in clause (i) above in lieu of being signed by one of such
officers or directors and one officer pursuant to clause (ii) above.
“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” of any Person means, for any period, the
ratio of EBITDA to the sum of Adjusted Consolidated Interest Expense for such period and cash
dividends paid on any Preferred Stock of such Person during such period; provided that (i)
in making such computation, the Adjusted Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to interest on
any Indebtedness shall be computed on a pro forma basis and (A) where such Indebtedness was
outstanding during the period and bore a floating interest rate, interest shall be computed as if
the rate in effect on the date of computation had been the applicable rate for the entire period,
and (B) where such Indebtedness was not outstanding during the period for which the computation is
being made but which bears, at the option of the Company, a fixed or floating rate of interest,
shall be computed by applying at the option of the Company, either the fixed or floating rates and
(ii) in making such computation, the Adjusted Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person
attributable to interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro
forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during
the applicable period.
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“Consolidated Income Tax Expense” of any Person means, for any period, the provision
for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes of such Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
for such period as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income (Loss)” of any Person means, for any period, the Consolidated
net income (or loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period on a Consolidated basis as
determined in accordance with GAAP, adjusted, to the extent included in calculating such net income
(or loss), by excluding, without duplication, (i) all extraordinary gains or losses (exclusive of
all fees and expenses relating thereto), (ii) the portion of net income (or loss) of such Person
and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis allocable to minority interests in unconsolidated
Persons to the extent that cash dividends or distributions have not actually been received by such
Person or one of its Subsidiaries, (iii) net income (or loss) of any Person combined with such
Person or any of its Subsidiaries on a “pooling of interests” basis attributable to any period
prior to the date of combination, (iv) any gain or loss, net of taxes, realized upon the
termination of any employee pension benefit plan, (v) net gains (or losses) (except for all fees
and expenses relating thereto) in respect of dispositions of assets other than in the ordinary
course of business, (vi) the net income of any Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration of
dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted,
directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument,
judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary or
its stockholders, (vii) any gain arising from the acquisition of any securities, or the
extinguishment, under GAAP, of any Indebtedness of such Person, (viii) transaction costs charged in
connection with the Refinancing, or (ix) amortization of intangible assets of such Person and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis under GAAP.
“Consolidated Non-Cash Charges” of any Person means, for any period, the aggregate
depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges of such Person and its Subsidiaries on a
Consolidated basis for such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP (excluding any non-cash
charge which requires an accrual or reserve for cash charges for any future period).
“Consolidation” means, with respect to any Person, the consolidation of the accounts
of such Person and each of its Subsidiaries if and to the extent the accounts of such Person and
each of its Subsidiaries would normally be consolidated with those of such Person, all in
accordance with GAAP. The term “Consolidated” shall have a similar meaning.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee or an affiliate or agent
thereof at which at any particular time the corporate trust business for the purposes of this
Indenture shall be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this
Indenture is located at 000 Xxxx 0xx Xxxxxx, Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate
Finance.
“Credit Agreement” means
, including
any guarantees, instruments and collateral security documents delivered in connection therewith and
any amendments, renewals, extensions, substitutions, refinancings, restructurings, replacements,
supplements or other modifications thereto, in whole or in part (including, without
limitation, any successive amendments, renewals, extensions, substitutions, refinancings,
restructurings, replacements, supplements or other modifications of the foregoing), whether or not
with the same lenders.
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“Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of any time or both
would be, an Event of Default.
“Depository” means, with respect to the Securities issued in the form of one or more
Book-Entry Securities, The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), its nominees and successors,
or another Person designated as Depository by the Company, which must be a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act.
“Designated Senior Indebtedness” means (i) all Senior Indebtedness under, or in
respect of, the Credit Agreement, and (ii) any other Senior Indebtedness which at the time of
determination, has an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $15 million and is
specifically designated in the instrument evidencing such Senior Indebtedness or the Agreement
under which such Senior Indebtedness arises as “Designated Senior Indebtedness” by the Company.
“Disinterested Director” means, with respect to any transaction or series of related
transactions, a member of the Board of Directors who does not have any material direct or indirect
financial interest in or with respect to such transaction or series of related transactions.
“EBITDA” means the sum of Consolidated Net Income, Adjusted Consolidated Interest
Expense, Consolidated Income Tax Expense and Consolidated Non-Cash Charges deducted in computing
Consolidated Net Income, in each case, for such period, of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a
Consolidated basis, all determined in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Article V.
“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
any successor statute.
“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the sale value that
would be obtained in an arm’s-length transaction between an informed and willing seller under no
compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy. Fair Market Value
shall be determined by the Board of Directors acting in good faith and shall be evidenced by a
Board Resolution.
“Franchise Program” means the program under which the Company and/or its Subsidiaries
grant franchises to third parties which require franchisees, among other things, to pay fees to the
Company and/or its Subsidiaries, and which, among other things, grants to the franchisee the right
to receive training from the Company or its Subsidiaries or sell memberships to use facilities of
the franchisee and the Company or its Subsidiaries. The Franchise Program may include the
conversion of facilities owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries to franchise facilities and
includes such a program as it may be amended, renewed, extended, substituted, restructured,
replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (including, without
limitation, any successive renewal, extension, substitution, restructuring, replacement,
supplementation or other modification of the foregoing).
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“Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” or “GAAP” means generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied, which are in effect on July 2,
2003.
“Global Securities” means one or more securities evidencing all or a part of the
Securities to be issued as Book-Entry Securities issued to the Depository in accordance with this
Indenture.
“Guaranteed Debt” of any Person means, without duplication, all Indebtedness of any
other Person referred to in the definition of “Indebtedness” contained in this Section guaranteed
directly or indirectly in any manner by such Person, or in effect guaranteed directly or indirectly
by such Person through an agreement (i) to pay or purchase such Indebtedness or to advance or
supply funds for the payment or purchase of such Indebtedness, (ii) to purchase, sell or lease (as
lessee or lessor) property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling
the debtor to make payment of such Indebtedness or to assure the holder of such Indebtedness
against loss, (iii) to supply funds to, or in any other manner invest in, the debtor (including any
agreement to pay for property or services without requiring that such property be received or such
services be rendered), (iv) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the debtor, or
otherwise to maintain the net worth, solvency or other financial condition of the debtor or (v)
otherwise to assure a creditor against loss; provided that the term “guarantee” shall not
include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business
or guarantees of operating leases.
“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security
Register.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, (i) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or
services, excluding any trade payables and other accrued current liabilities arising in the
ordinary course of business, but including, without limitation, all obligations, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person in connection with any letters of credit issued under letter of credit
facilities, acceptance facilities or other similar facilities and in connection with any agreement
to purchase, redeem, exchange, convert or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of such
Person, or any warrants, rights or options to acquire such Capital Stock, now or hereafter
outstanding, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or other
similar instruments, (iii) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other
title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even if the rights and
remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to
repossession or sale of such property), but excluding trade payables arising in the ordinary course
of business, (iv) all obligations under Interest Rate Agreements of such Person, (v) all Capital
Lease Obligations of such Person, (vi) all Indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through (v)
above of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons, the payment of which is secured by (or
for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be
secured by) any Lien, upon or with respect to property (including, without limitation, accounts and
contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for
the payment of such Indebtedness, (vii) all Guaranteed Debt of such Person,
(viii) all Redeemable Capital Stock issued by such Person valued at the greater of its
voluntary or involuntary maximum fixed repurchase price plus accrued and unpaid dividends, and (ix)
any amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension, refunding or refinancing of
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any liability which constitutes Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (i) through (viii)
above. For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Redeemable Capital
Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms
of such Redeemable Capital Stock as if such Redeemable Capital Stock were purchased on any date on
which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to the Indenture, and if such price
is based upon, or measured by, the Fair Market Value of such Redeemable Capital Stock, such Fair
Market Value to be determined in good faith by the board of directors of the issuer of such
Redeemable Capital Stock.
“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed (including all exhibits and
schedules thereto) and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more
indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.
“Indenture Obligations” means the obligations of the Company and any other obligor on
the Indenture or under the Securities to pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest when due
and payable, and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with the Indenture,
the Securities and the performance of all other obligations to the Trustee and the holders under
the Indenture and the Securities, according to the terms thereof.
“Interest Payment Date” means the Stated Maturity of a regular installment of interest
on the Securities.
“Interest Rate Agreements” means one or more of the following agreements which shall
be entered into by one or more financial institutions: interest rate protection agreements
(including, without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements)
and/or other types of interest rate hedging agreements from time to time.
“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, directly or indirectly, any advance,
loan (including guarantees), or other extension of credit or capital contribution (by means of any
transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the
account or use of others), or any purchase, acquisition or ownership (other than ownership obtained
without making, or becoming liable, directly or indirectly, contingent or otherwise, for the making
of, any advance, loan (or the forgiveness thereof), payment, extension of credit or capital
contribution in connection therewith), by such Person of any Capital Stock, bonds, notes,
debentures or other securities issued or owned by any other Person and all other items that would
be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“Issue Date” means the date on which Securities are first issued under this Indenture.
[“Junior Subordinated Toggle Notes” means the 13-5/8%/12% Junior Subordinated Toggle
Notes due 2013 issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of , 2007 among the Company, as
issuer and the Trustee, as trustee.]1
“Lien” means any mortgage or deed of trust, charge, pledge, lien (statutory or
otherwise), privilege, security interest, assignment, deposit, arrangement, easement,
hypothecation, claim,
1 | Not to be used in the Junior Subordinated Toggle Note Indenture. |
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preference, priority or other encumbrance upon or with respect to any
property of any kind (including any conditional sale, capital lease or other title retention
agreement, any leases in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest), real
or personal, movable or immovable, now owned or hereafter acquired.
“Maturity” means, when used with respect to any Security, the date on which the
principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein provided or as provided in the
Indenture, whether at Stated Maturity, the Offer Date, the Change of Control Purchase Date or the
redemption date and whether by declaration of acceleration, Offer in respect of Excess Proceeds,
Change of Control Offer in respect of a Change of Control, call for redemption or otherwise.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor rating agency.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means (a) with respect to any Asset Sale by any Person, the
proceeds thereof (without duplication in respect of all Asset Sales) in the form of cash or
Temporary Cash Investments including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when
received in the form of, or stock or other assets when disposed of for, cash or Temporary Cash
Investments (except to the extent that such obligations are financed or sold with recourse to the
Company or any Subsidiary) net of (i) brokerage commissions and other reasonable fees and expenses
(including fees and expenses of counsel and investment bankers) related to such Asset Sale, (ii)
provisions for all taxes payable as a result of such Asset Sale, (iii) payments made to retire
Indebtedness where payment of such Indebtedness is secured by the assets or properties the subject
of such Asset Sale other than Indebtedness described in clause (i) of the definition of Permitted
Indebtedness, (iv) amounts required to be paid to any Person (other than the Company or any
Subsidiary) owning a beneficial interest in the assets subject to the Asset Sale and (v)
appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, as a
reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and
retained by the Company or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, after such Asset Sale, including,
without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to
environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such
Asset Sale, all as reflected in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and (b) with
respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock or options, warrants or rights to purchase Capital
Stock, or debt securities or Capital Stock that have been converted into or exchanged for Capital
Stock as referred to in Section 10.9, the proceeds of such issuance or sale in the form of cash or
Temporary Cash Investments including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when
received in the form of, or stock or other assets when disposed of for, cash or Temporary Cash
Investments (except to the extent that such obligations are financed or sold with recourse to the
Company or any Subsidiary), net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees and
brokerage, consultation, underwriting and other fees and expenses actually incurred in
connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.
“Non-U.S. Subsidiaries” means Subsidiaries organized under the laws of jurisdictions
other than the United States and the states and territories thereof.
“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by any of (i) the Chairman of the
Board, Vice Chairman, President or a Vice President (regardless of Vice Presidential designation)
or
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Treasurer, and (ii) by any one of its Assistant Treasurers, its Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee, provided, however, that
such certificate may be signed by any two of the officers or directors listed in clause (i) above
in lieu of being signed by one of such officers or directors and one officer pursuant to clause
(ii) above.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of qualified legal counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company or the Trustee, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee,
including but not limited to an Opinion of Independent Counsel.
“Opinion of Independent Counsel” means a written opinion by qualified legal counsel
who is not an employee or consultant of the Company and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
“Outstanding” when used with respect to Securities means, as of the date of
determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(b) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other
than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the
Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities;
provided, that if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has
been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee has been made;
(c) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 4.2 and 4.3, with respect to
which the Company has effected defeasance or covenant defeasance as provided in Article IV;
and
(d) Securities in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in
respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee and Company proof reasonably
satisfactory to each of them that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose
hands the Securities are valid obligations of the Company; provided,
however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount
of Outstanding Securities have given any directions or consents to the waiver of any past
default and its consequences, the determination of Securities that are outstanding shall be
governed by the provisions of Section 316(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
“Pari Passu Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company that is pari
passu in right of payment to the Securities.
“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
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“Permitted Holders” means (i) any of Xxxxxxxxxx Capital Partners, LLC, The Anschutz
Company and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. and their respective Affiliates, including, one or more investment
funds controlled, managed or advised by any of them and (ii) any person that forms a “group”
(within meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor
provision) with any Person mentioned in clause (i), provided that, in the case of clause
(ii), a Person or Persons listed in clause (i) owns a majority of the voting power of such group.
“Permitted Indebtedness” means:
(i) Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed, whichever amount is greater, (a) $292.0 million or (b) $115.0 million plus 80% of
the net book value of the consolidated accounts receivable of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, calculated in accordance with GAAP, in each case minus any permanent
reductions of the amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement as a result of repayment of
such Indebtedness pursuant to Section 10.12 occurring after June 15, 2007 that permanently
reduce the commitments thereunder;
(ii) Indebtedness of the Company (a) represented by the Securities, or (b) that is
incurred, in any amount, and in whole or in part, to (1) redeem all of the Securities
outstanding as described herein, or (2) effect a complete defeasance or a covenant
defeasance thereof as described herein; provided, in either case, that any
Indebtedness incurred under this subclause (b) is actually applied in accordance with the
applicable redemption or defeasance provision of this Indenture;
(iii) Indebtedness of the Company outstanding on the Issue Date (other than
Indebtedness incurred under clauses (i) and (viii) hereunder);
(iv) Indebtedness of the Company owing to a Subsidiary; provided that any
Indebtedness of the Company owing to a Subsidiary is made pursuant to an intercompany note
and is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the payment and performance of the
Company’s obligations under the Securities, and, upon an Event of Default, such Indebtedness
shall not be due and payable until such Event of Default is cured, waived or rescinded;
provided, further, that any disposition, pledge or transfer of any such
Indebtedness to a Person (other than a disposition, pledge or transfer to a Subsidiary)
shall be deemed to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company not permitted by
this clause (iv);
(v) obligations of the Company entered into in the ordinary course of business pursuant
to Interest Rate Agreements designed to protect the Company against fluctuations in interest
rates in respect of Indebtedness of the Company as long as such obligations do not exceed
the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness then outstanding to which the Interest
Rate Agreements apply;
(vi) Indebtedness of the Company represented by Capital Lease Obligations or Purchase
Money Obligations or other Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with the
acquisition, improvement or development of real or tangible personal, movable or immovable,
property or equipment in each case incurred for the purpose of financing
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or refinancing all
or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of property used in
the business of the Company and any refinancings of such Indebtedness made in accordance
with subclauses (a), (b) and (c) of clause (xi) below, in an aggregate principal amount
pursuant to this clause (vi) not to exceed $100,000,000 outstanding at any time;
provided that Indebtedness of the Company represented by Capital Lease Obligations
incurred under this clause (vi) may not exceed $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount at
any one time outstanding; and provided that the principal amount of any Indebtedness
permitted under this clause (vi) did not in each case at the time of incurrence exceed the
cost of the acquired or constructed asset or improvement so financed;
(vii) Indebtedness of the Company in respect of performance bonds, surety bonds and
replevin bonds provided by the Company in the ordinary course of business;
(viii) Indebtedness represented by the Senior Notes and guarantees of Subsidiaries of
the Senior Notes, Indebtedness represented by [Senior] Subordinated Toggle Notes and
Indebtedness represented by [Senior] [Junior] Subordinated Notes;
(ix) other Indebtedness of the Company that does not exceed $50,000,000 in the
aggregate at any one time outstanding;
(x) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of
a check, draft or other financial instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the
ordinary course of business, provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within
four Business Days of its incurrence;
(xi) any renewals, extensions, substitutions, refundings or refinancings (collectively,
a “refinancing”) of any Indebtedness described in clauses (iii), (vi) and (viii) of
this definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”, including any successive refinancings (a) so
long as the borrower under such refinancing is the Company or, if not the Company, the same
as the borrower of the Indebtedness being refinanced, (b) the aggregate principal amount of
Indebtedness represented thereby is not increased by such refinancing by an amount greater
than the lesser of (I) the stated amount of any premium or other payment required to be paid
in connection with such a refinancing pursuant to the terms of the Indebtedness being
refinanced or (II) the amount of premium or other payment actually paid at such time to
refinance the Indebtedness, plus, in either case, the amount of expenses of the Company
incurred in connection with such refinancing, and (c) (A) in the case of any refinancing of
Indebtedness that is Subordinated Indebtedness, such new Indebtedness is made subordinated
to the Securities at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced and (B)
in the case of Pari Passu Indebtedness or Subordinated Indebtedness, as the case may be,
such refinancing does not reduce the Average Life to Stated Maturity or the Stated Maturity
of such Indebtedness; and
(xii) Indebtedness of the Company used to make any Permitted Payment set forth in
clause (v) of the definition of “Permitted Payments”; provided, that the Senior
Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which financial
statements are available immediately preceding the date on which the additional
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Indebtedness
is incurred, taken as on period, does not exceed 2.75 to 1, determined on a pro forma basis
(including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom).
“Permitted Investment” means: (i) Investments in any Subsidiary or any Person which,
as a result of such Investment, (a) becomes a Subsidiary or (b) is merged or consolidated with or
into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the
Company or any Subsidiary; (ii) Indebtedness of the Company described under clause (v) of the
definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”; (iii) Investments in any of the Securities; (iv) Temporary
Cash Investments; (v) Investments acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with an
Asset Sale permitted under Section 10.12 to the extent such Investments are non-cash proceeds as
permitted under such covenant; (vi) Investments in existence on the Issue Date; (vii) Investments
in the aggregate amount of $5,000,000 to purchase Capital Stock of any Subsidiary; (viii) any
advance, loan (including guarantees) or other extension of credit to any Person who purchases or
acquires assets of the Company or any Subsidiaries which are to be included in a business which
will be or is a party to the Franchise Program, limited to the purchase or acquisition price of
such assets; and (ix) any other Investments in joint ventures, partnerships, real estate investment
trusts or other Persons reasonably related or complementary to the business of the Company on the
date hereof in an aggregate amount not greater than $25,000,000 at any one time outstanding. In
connection with any assets or property contributed or transferred to any Person as an Investment,
such property and assets shall be equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined by the Board of
Directors) at the time of Investment.
“Permitted Subsidiary Indebtedness” means:
(i) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary owing to the Company or another Subsidiary;
provided that such Indebtedness is made pursuant to an intercompany note, and, upon
an Event of Default, all amounts owing pursuant to such Indebtedness are immediately due and
payable; and provided, further, that (a) any disposition, pledge or transfer
of any such Indebtedness to a Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall be an
incurrence of such Indebtedness by the obligor not within the definition of “Permitted
Subsidiary Indebtedness” pursuant to this clause (i), and (b) any transaction pursuant to
which any Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary shall be deemed to be the incurrence of
Indebtedness by such Subsidiary that is not within the definition of “Permitted Subsidiary
Indebtedness” pursuant to this clause (i);
(ii) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary represented by Indebtedness which would be permitted
by clause (i), (iii), (v), (vi), (vii), (ix), (x) or (xi) of the definition of “Permitted
Indebtedness” if incurred by the Company;
(iii) Acquired Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that would be permitted to be incurred by
the Company if such Acquired Indebtedness were being incurred by the Company;
(iv) guarantees of Senior Indebtedness of the Company; and
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(v) guarantees of Indebtedness of Affiliates provided that the Investment in
such Affiliate complies with the limitations set forth in Section 10.9 or constitutes a
Permitted Investment.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or
any agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity.
“Physical Certificates” means Securities other than Book-Entry Securities.
“PIK Payment” means an interest payment with respect to the Securities made by (1) an
increase in the outstanding principal amount of the Securities or (2) the issuance of PIK
Securities.
“PIK Securities” means additional Securities issued under this Indenture on the same
terms and conditions as the Securities issued on the Issue Date in connection with a PIK Payment.
“Plan” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble of this Indenture.
“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security
evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and,
for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.8 in
exchange for a mutilated Security or in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be
deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed, or stolen Security.
“Preferred Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any 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 the Capital Stock of any other class in such Person.
“Purchase Money Obligation” means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on assets related
to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and any additions and accessions thereto, which
are purchased at any time after the Securities are issued; provided that (i) the security
agreement or conditional sales or other title retention contract pursuant to which the Lien on such
assets is created (collectively a “Purchase Money Security Agreement”) shall be entered
into within 270 days after the purchase or substantial completion of the construction of such
assets and shall at all times be confined solely to the assets so purchased or acquired, any
additions and accessions thereto and any proceeds therefrom, (ii) at no time shall the aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Indebtedness secured thereby, be increased, except in
connection with the purchase of additions and accession thereto and except in respect of fees and
other obligations in respect of such Indebtedness, and (iii) (A) the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby (determined on a per asset basis in the case of
any additions and accessions) shall not at the time such Purchase Money Security Agreement is
entered into exceed 100% of the purchase price to the Company and its Subsidiaries of the assets
subject thereto, or (B) the Indebtedness secured thereby shall be with recourse solely to the
assets so purchased or acquired, any additions and accessions thereto and any proceeds therefrom.
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“QIB” or “Qualified Institutional Buyer” means a qualified institutional buyer
under Rule 144A of the Securities Act.
“Qualified Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all Capital Stock of such Person
other than Redeemable Capital Stock.
“Redeemable Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that, either by its terms or by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible or exchangeable or otherwise, is or upon the
happening of any event or passage of time would be, required to be redeemed prior to any Stated
Maturity of the principal of the Securities or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof at
any time prior to any such Stated Maturity, or is convertible into or exchangeable for debt
securities at any time prior to any such Stated Maturity at the option of the holder thereof.
“Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed pursuant to
any provision in this Indenture means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Redemption Price” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed pursuant to
any provision in this Indenture means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means
(whether or not a Business Day), immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.
“Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee means any officer assigned
to the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or any agent of the Trustee appointed xxxxxxxxx,
including the chairman or vice chairman of the board of directors or the executive committee of the
board of directors, the president, any vice president, any assistant vice president, the secretary,
any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant
cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller or any other officer of the
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers or any other officer appointed hereunder to whom any corporate trust matter is referred
because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any successor rule.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act or any successor
rule.
“S&P” means Standard and Poor’s Ratings Service, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc., or any successor rating agency.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any transaction or series of related
transactions pursuant to which the Company or a Subsidiary sells or transfers any property or asset
in
connection with the leasing, or the resale against installment payments, of such property or
asset to the seller or transferor.
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“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or if, at any time after the execution of the
Indenture, the SEC is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust
Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
“Securities” means any Security authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
including any PIK Securities issued in respect of Securities and any increase in the principal
amount of outstanding Securities as a result of a PIK Payment. All Securities issued pursuant to
the Indenture, including any PIK Securities issued under this Indenture, shall be treated as a
single class for all purposes under this Indenture.
“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
successor statute.
“Senior Indebtedness” means the principal of, premium (if any) and interest (including
interest accruing after the filing of a petition initiating any proceeding under any state, federal
or foreign Bankruptcy Law whether or not allowable as a claim in such proceeding) and all other
monetary obligations on any Indebtedness of the Company (other than as otherwise provided in this
definition), whether outstanding on the date hereof or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, and
whether at any time owing, actually or contingently, unless, in the case of any particular
Indebtedness, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is
outstanding expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall not be senior in right of payment to
the Securities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Senior Indebtedness shall
include principal, premium (if any) and interest (including interest accruing after the filing of a
petition initiating any proceedings under any state, federal or foreign Bankruptcy Laws whether or
not allowable as a claim in such proceeding) and all other monetary obligations of every kind and
nature of the Company from time to time owed under the Credit Agreement; provided,
however, that any Indebtedness under any refinancing, refunding or replacement of the
Credit Agreement shall not constitute Senior Indebtedness to the extent the Indebtedness thereunder
is by its express terms subordinate to any other Indebtedness of the Company. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, “Senior Indebtedness” shall not include (i) Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities [or
[Junior] Subordinated Notes]2, (ii) Indebtedness that is by its terms subordinate or
junior in right of payment to any Indebtedness of the Company, (iii) Indebtedness which, when
incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of title 11 United States Code,
is without recourse to the Company, (iv) Indebtedness which is represented by Redeemable Capital
Stock, (v) any liability for foreign, federal, state, local or other tax owed or owing by the
Company to the extent such liability constitutes Indebtedness, (vi) Indebtedness of the Company to
a Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of the Company or any of such Affiliate’s subsidiaries, and
(vii) that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of issuance is issued in violation of this
Indenture.
“Senior Leverage Ratio” means with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters twelve month
period for which financial statements are available, the ratio of (a) Senior Indebtedness
of
2 | In Senior Subordinated Notes, “Securities,” “Subordinated Notes” and “Junior Subordinated Notes;” in the Subordinated Notes, “Securities” and Junior Subordinated Notes, “Securities.” |
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the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on the last day of such period
to (b) EBITDA for such period.
“Senior Notes” means the 123/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2011 issued by the
Company pursuant to the Senior Notes Indenture.
“Senior Notes Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of , 2007, as
amended or supplemented, by and among the Company, as issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and
the Trustee, as trustee.
[“Senior Subordinated Toggle Notes” means the 135/8%/12% Senior Subordinated Toggle
Notes due 2013 issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of , 2007 among the
Company, as issuer and the Trustee, as trustee.]3
“Senior Representative” means the agent, indenture trustee or other trustee or
representative for any Senior Indebtedness.
“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “Significant Subsidiary”
of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.
“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by
the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.8.
“Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Indebtedness or any installment of
interest thereon means the dates specified in such Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the
principal of such Indebtedness or such installment of interest, as the case may be, is due and
payable.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company which is by its terms
expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Securities.
[“Subordinated Notes” means the 13-5/8%/12% Subordinated Toggle Notes due 2013 issued
pursuant to the Indenture dated as of , 2007 among the Company, as issuer and the
Trustee, as trustee.]4
“Subsidiary” means any Person, a majority of the equity ownership or the Voting Stock
of which is at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other
Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries; provided that any
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a Subsidiary under the Indenture.
“Temporary Cash Investments” means (i) any evidence of Indebtedness, maturing not more
than one year after the date of acquisition, issued by the United States of America, or an
instrumentality or agency thereof, and guaranteed fully as to principal, premium, if any, and
3 | Not to be used in the Senior Subordinated Toggle Note Indenture. | |
4 | Not to be used in the Subordinated Note Indenture. |
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interest by the United States of America, (ii) any certificate of deposit (or, with respect to
non-U.S. banking institutions, similar instruments) maturing not more than one year after the date
of acquisition, issued by, or time deposit of, a commercial banking institution that is a member of
the Federal Reserve System or a commercial banking institution organized and located in a country
recognized by the United States of America, in each case, that has combined capital and surplus and
undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof), whose
debt has a rating, at the time as of which any investment therein is made, of “P-1” (or higher)
according to Xxxxx’x or any successor rating agency or “A-1” (or higher) according to S&P or any
successor rating agency, (iii) commercial paper, maturing not more than one year after the date of
acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Company)
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America with a rating, at the time as
of which any investment therein is made, of “P-1” (or higher) according to Xxxxx’x or “A-1” (or
higher) according to S&P, (iv) any money market deposit accounts or demand deposit accounts issued
or offered by a domestic commercial bank or a commercial banking institution organized and located
in a country recognized by the United States of America, in each case having capital and surplus in
excess of $500,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof); provided that the
short-term debt of such commercial bank has a rating, at the time of Investment, of “P-1” (or
higher) according to Xxxxx’x or “A-1” (or higher) according to S&P, and (v) any other Investments,
that at any one time do not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate, issued or offered by any domestic
commercial bank or any commercial banking institution organized and located in a country recognized
by the United States of America.
“Transfer Restricted Securities” means Securities that bear or are required to bear
the Transfer Restriction Legend.
“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this
Indenture, until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions
of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor Trustee.
“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or any
successor statute. References to sections of the Trust Indenture Act include successor statute
sections dealing with the same subject.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) BTFCC, Inc., (ii) BTF Canada Corporation, (iii)
BTF Cincinnati Corporation, (iv) BTF Europe Corporation, (v) BTFF Corporation, (vi) BTF
Indianapolis Corporation, (vii) BTF Minneapolis Corporation, (viii) Bally Real Estate I, LLC, (ix)
any subsidiary of the Company that at the time of determination shall be an Unrestricted Subsidiary
(as designated by the Board of Directors, as provided below), and (x) any subsidiary of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate any subsidiary of the Company
(including any newly acquired or newly formed subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if all
of the following conditions apply: (a) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries provides
credit support for Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary (including any undertaking,
agreement or instrument evidencing such Indebtedness), (b) such Unrestricted
Subsidiary is not liable, directly or indirectly, with respect to any Indebtedness other than
Unrestricted Subsidiary Indebtedness or the Credit Agreement, (c) any Investment by the Company in
such Unrestricted Subsidiary made as a result of designating such subsidiary an
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Unrestricted
Subsidiary shall not violate the provisions described under Section 10.16 and such Unrestricted
Subsidiary is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding at such time with
the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company unless the terms of any such agreement,
contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or such other
subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the
Company or, in the event such condition is not satisfied, the value of such agreement, contract,
arrangement or understanding to such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed an Investment, and (d)
such Unrestricted Subsidiary does not own any Capital Stock in any subsidiary of the Company which
is not simultaneously being designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Any such designation by the
Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a Board Resolution
giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation
complies with the foregoing conditions and any Investment by the Company in such Unrestricted
Subsidiary shall be deemed a Restricted Payment on the date of designation in an amount equal to
the greater of (1) the net book value of such Investment or (2) the Fair Market Value of such
Investment as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may
designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Subsidiary; provided (i) that if such
Unrestricted Subsidiary has any Indebtedness, that immediately after giving effect to such
designation, the Company could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted
Indebtedness or Permitted Subsidiary Indebtedness) pursuant to the restrictions under Section 10.8,
and (ii) that all Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred on the date such
Unrestricted Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary Indebtedness” of any Unrestricted Subsidiary means
Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary (a) as to which neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
is directly or indirectly liable (by virtue of the Company or any such Subsidiary being the primary
obligor on, guarantor of, or otherwise liable in any respect to, such Indebtedness), and (b) which,
upon the occurrence of a default with respect thereto, does not result in, or permit any holder of
any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary to declare, a default on such Indebtedness of the
Company or any Subsidiary or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its
Stated Maturity.
“Voting Stock” means Capital Stock of the class or classes pursuant to which the
holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a
majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of a corporation (irrespective of whether
or not at the time Capital Stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting
power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary all the Capital Stock of which (other
than qualifying shares, if any) is owned by the Company or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
Section 1.2. Other Definitions.
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TERM | DEFINED IN SECTION |
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“Act” |
1.5 | |||
“Additional Global Securities” |
3.3 | |||
“Additional Physical Securities” |
3.3 | |||
“Agent Members” |
3.6 | |||
“Audited 2007 Financials” |
5.1 | |||
“Change of Control Offer” |
10.13 | |||
“Change of Control Purchase Date” |
10.13 | |||
“Change of Control Purchase Notice” |
10.13 | |||
“Change of Control Purchase Price” |
10.13 | |||
“covenant defeasance” |
4.3 | |||
“Defaulted Interest” |
3.8 | |||
“defeasance” |
4.2 | |||
“Defeasance Redemption Date” |
4.4 | |||
“Defeased Securities” |
4.1 | |||
“Excess Proceeds” |
10.12 | |||
“Global Security Legend” |
3.5 | |||
“Global Securities” |
3.3 | |||
“incur” |
10.8 | |||
“Incurrence Date” |
10.8 | |||
“Initial Global Securities” |
3.3 | |||
“Initial Period” |
13.3 | |||
“MD&A” |
7.4 | (a)(1) | ||
“Nonpayment Default” |
13.3 | |||
“Offer” |
10.12 | |||
“Offer Date” |
10.12 | |||
“Offered Price” |
10.12 | |||
“OID Legend” |
3.5 | |||
“Pari Passu Debt Amount” |
10.12 | |||
“Payment Blockage Period” |
13.3 | |||
“Payment Default” |
13.3 | |||
“Pari Passu Offer” |
10.12 | |||
“Permitted Junior Securities” |
13.2 | |||
“Permitted Payment” |
10.9 | |||
“PIK Interest” |
3.1 | |||
“refinancing” |
10.9 | |||
“Restricted Global Securities” |
3.3 | |||
“Restricted Payments” |
10.9 | |||
“Restricted Physical Securities” |
3.3 | |||
“Section 1145” |
3.5 | |||
“Securities Amount” |
10.12 | |||
“Security Register” |
3.5 | |||
“Security Registrar” |
3.5 | |||
“Special Payment Date” |
3.8 | |||
“Surviving Entity” |
8.1 | |||
“Transfer Restriction Legend” |
3.5 | |||
“Unrestricted Global Securities” |
3.3 | |||
“Unrestricted Physical Securities” |
3.3 |
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Section 1.3. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any
provision of this Indenture, the Company and each other obligor on the Securities shall furnish to
the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Trustee
stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture (including any
covenant compliance which constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the proposed action have
been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have
been complied with, except that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the
furnishing of any certificates and/or opinions is specifically required by any provision of this
Indenture, relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion
need be furnished.
Every certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(a) a statement to the effect that each individual or firm signing such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(b) 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;
(c) a statement to the effect that, in the opinion of each such individual or such firm, he
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or them to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual or such firm, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.4. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by
the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document,
but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to such matters and one or more
other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to
such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or other obligor on the Securities may
be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
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representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon
which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any certificate or opinion of such an
officer or of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company or other obligor on the
Securities with respect to such factual matters and which contains a statement to the effect that
the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or other
obligor on the Securities, unless such officer or counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable
care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters
are erroneous. Opinions of Counsel required to be delivered to the Trustee may have qualifications
customary for opinions of the type required, and counsel delivering such Opinions of Counsel may
rely on certificates of the Company or government or other officials customary for opinions of the
type required, including certificates certifying as to matters of fact, including that various
financial covenants have been complied with.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or other obligor on the Securities may
be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Company, unless such
officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion
or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his certificate or opinion may
be based are erroneous. Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public accountants
filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is independent with respect to the
Company.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 1.5. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one
or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent
duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is
hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in
favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
(c) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act by the
Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security or the Holder of every
Security issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
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thereof, in respect of
anything done, suffered or omitted to be done by the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Company or
any other obligor on the Securities in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is
made upon such Security.
(d) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution
is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the
execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
Section 1.6. Notices, etc., to Trustee and the Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or
filed with:
(a) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities shall
be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed, in writing, by
first-class mail postage prepaid (return receipt requested) or delivered in person or by recognized
overnight courier to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration or at any other address furnished in writing prior thereto to the Holders, the
Company or any other obligor on the Securities by the Trustee; or
(b) the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose (except as provided in Section 5.1(c))
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed, in writing, by first-class mail postage prepaid
(return receipt requested) or delivered in person or by recognized overnight courier, to or with
the Company addressed to it at 0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention:
Chief Financial Officer, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by
the Company.
Section 1.7. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at such Holder’s address as it
appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest
date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by
mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Any
notice when mailed to a Holder in the aforesaid manner shall be conclusively deemed to have been
received by such Holder whether or not actually received by such Holder. Where this Indenture
provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to
receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of
such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such
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filing shall
not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause,
it shall be impracticable to mail notice of any event as required by any provision of this
Indenture, then any method of giving such notice as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.
Section 1.8. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If and to the extent that any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with any
provision of the Trust Indenture Act or another provision which is required or deemed to be
included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision or
requirement of the Trust Indenture Act shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies
or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, such
provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or
to be excluded, as the case may be.
Section 1.9. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 1.10. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company and any other obligor on the
Securities shall bind their successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 1.11. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 1.12. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person
(other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any Paying Agent, the Holders and
the holders of Senior Indebtedness) any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under this Indenture.
Section 1.13. Governing Law.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF).
Section 1.14. Legal Holidays.
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In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Maturity or Stated Maturity of
any Security shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this
Indenture or of the Securities) payment of interest or principal or premium, if any, need not be
made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and
effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at Maturity or the Stated
Maturity, and no interest shall accrue with respect to such payment for the period from and after
such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Maturity or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to
the next succeeding Business Day.
Section 1.15. Schedules.
All schedules attached hereto are by this reference made a part with the same effect as if
herein set forth in full.
Section 1.16. Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an
original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 1.17. No Recourse against Others.
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or for any
claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by
accepting any of the Securities waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver may not be
effective to waive liabilities under federal securities laws and it is the view of the SEC that
such a waiver is against public policy.
ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.1. Forms Generally.
(a) The Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication thereon shall be in
substantially the forms set forth in this Article II, with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted hereby and may have such letters,
numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be
required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange, any organizational document or
governing instrument or applicable law or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. Any portion
of the text of any Security may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference
thereto on the face of the Security.
(b) The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any
securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, all as determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
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For purposes of this Indenture, all references to “principal amount” of the Securities shall
include any increase in the principal amount of the Securities as a result of a PIK Payment.
Section 2.2. Form of Face of Security.
The form of the face of any Securities authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be
substantially as follows:
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135/8%/12% [SENIOR] [JUNIOR] SUBORDINATED TOGGLE NOTES DUE 2013
[Insert Global Note Legend here if appropriate]
[Insert Restricted Securities Legend here if appropriate]
[Insert OID Legend]
CUSIP NO.
No.
|
Principal Amount [$ ], as revised by the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in Global Security attached hereto |
Bally Total Fitness Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (herein called the
“Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to or registered assigns,
the principal sum of ___United States dollars on , 2013, at the office or agency of the
Company referred to below, and to pay interest thereon, at its option, interest on the principal
amount of this security (i) entirely in cash (“Cash Interest”) or (ii) entirely by
increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Securities or by issuing PIK Securities
(“PIK Interest”), provided that the Company may pay Cash Interest only if the
Company has EBITDA (excluding the impact of non-cash revenues until received) for the four full
fiscal quarters for which financial results are available immediately preceding the relevant
Interest Payment Date exceeding $200.0 million, and the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
have, after giving effect to such Cash Interest payment, $75 million of (a) combined unrestricted
cash and cash equivalents, plus (b) then unrestricted borrowing availability under the Credit
Agreement. The Company shall pay interest, annually in arrears, on of each year, or if any
such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment
Date”). Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has
been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date; provided that the first
Interest Payment Date shall be , 2008.
Cash Interest on the Securities will accrue at a rate of 12% per annum. PIK Interest on the
Securities will accrue at a rate of 135/8% per annum and be payable (x) with respect to Securities
represented by one or more Global Securities registered in the name of, or held by, The Depository
Trust Company (“DTC”) or its nominee on the relevant record date, by increasing the
outstanding principal amount of the Global Security by an amount equal to the amount of PIK
Interest for the applicable interest period (rounded up to the nearest whole dollar) (or, if
necessary, pursuant to the requirements of the Depository or otherwise to authenticate and deliver
such new Global Securities) and (y) with respect to Securities represented by certificated
Securities, by issuing PIK Securities in certificated form in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable interest period (rounded up to the nearest whole
dollar), and the Trustee will, at the request of the Company, authenticate such PIK Securities and
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(i) if such PIK Securities are Global Securities, deposit such PIK Securities into the account
specified by the Holder or Holders thereof as of the relevant record date or (ii) if such PIK
Securities are in certificated form for original issuance to the Holders thereof on the relevant
record date, deliver such PIK Securities to the respective addresses as shown by the Security
Register. Following an increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Global Securities as a
result of a PIK Payment, the Global Securities will bear interest on such increased principal
amount from and after the date of such PIK Payment. Any PIK Securities issued in certificated form
or as new Global Securities will be dated as of the applicable Interest Payment Date and will bear
interest from and after such date. All Securities issued pursuant to a PIK Payment will mature on
, 2013 and will be governed by, and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of, the
Indenture and shall have the same rights and benefits as the Securities issued on the Issue Date.
Any certificated PIK Securities will be issued with the description “PIK” on the face of such PIK
Security.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or any
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding such
Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid, or duly provided for, and
interest on such defaulted interest at the interest rate borne by the Securities, to the extent
lawful, shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may
either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or any Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such defaulted
interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not
less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful
manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided
in the Indenture.
Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, this Security, and exchange or
transfer of the Security, will be made at the office or agency of the Company in The City of New
York maintained for such purpose (which initially will be the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee), or at such other office or agency as may be maintained for such purpose, in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made
at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear on the Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by the Trustee referred
to on the reverse hereof or by the authenticating agent appointed as provided in the Indenture by
manual signature of an authorized signer, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by the manual
or facsimile signature of its authorized officers and its corporate seal to be affixed or
reproduced hereon.
BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORPORATION | ||||||||
By: | ||||||||
Title: | ||||||||
Attest: |
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the 135/8%/12% [Senior] [Junior] Subordinated Toggle Notes due 2013 referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
[HSBC Bank USA, National
Association,] as Trustee |
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By: | ||||
Authorized Signer | ||||
Dated:
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you wish to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 10.12 or
Section 10.13, as applicable, of the Indenture, check the Box:
If you wish to have a portion of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section
10.12 or Section 10.13 as applicable, of the Indenture, state the amount (in original principal
amount): $
Date:
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Your Signature: | |||||||
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
[Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of
the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security
Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as
may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Exchange Act.]
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Section 2.3. Form of Reverse of Securities.
The form of the reverse of the Securities shall be substantially as follows:
BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORPORATION
135/8%/12% [SENIOR] [JUNIOR] SUBORDINATED TOGGLE NOTES DUE 2013
135/8%/12% [SENIOR] [JUNIOR] SUBORDINATED TOGGLE NOTES DUE 2013
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as its
135/8%/12% [Senior] [Junior] Subordinated Toggle Notes due 2013 (herein called the
“Securities”), issued under and subject to the terms of an indenture, as amended or
supplemented (herein called the “Indenture”), dated as of , 2007 between the Company
and [HSBC Bank USA, National Association], as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which
term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties, obligations and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the
Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. The Securities and the PIK Securities shall be treated as a single
class of securities for all purposes under the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire Indebtedness on
the Securities and (b) certain restrictive covenants and related defaults and Events of Default, in
each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth therein.
The Securities are subject to redemption at any time and from time to time at the option of
the Company, in whole or in part, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice to the
Holders by first-class mail, in amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof at 100% of the
principal amount, in each case, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the
Redemption Date (subject to the rights of Holders of record on relevant Regular Record Dates or
Special Record Dates to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date).
If less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities
or portions thereof to be redeemed pro rata, by lot or by any other method the Trustee shall deem
fair and reasonable.
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder may require the Company to purchase
such Holder’s Securities in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000, at a purchase price
in cash in an amount equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the date of purchase, pursuant to a Change of Control Offer in accordance with
the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
Under certain circumstances, in the event the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company from
any Asset Sale (which proceeds are not used to permanently repay any Senior Indebtedness or
invested in properties or other assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject
of the Asset Sale or which will be used in the businesses of the Company or its Subsidiaries
existing on the date of the Indenture or in businesses reasonably related or complementary thereto)
exceeds a specified amount, the Company will be required to set aside
such proceeds in a separate account pending an offer by the Company to apply such proceeds to
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the repayment of the Securities and certain Indebtedness ranking pari passu in
right of payment to the Securities.
In the case of any redemption or repurchase of Securities in accordance with the Indenture,
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable
to the Holders of such Securities of record as of the close of business on the relevant Regular
Record Date or Special Record Date referred to on the face hereof. Securities (or portions
thereof) for whose redemption and payment provision is made in accordance with the Indenture shall
cease to bear interest from and after the Redemption Date.
In the event of redemption or repurchase of this Security in accordance with the Indenture in
part only, a new Security or Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the
name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal amount of all the
Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. The Securities are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions (including certain amendments permitted without
the consent of any Holders) as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the
rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders under the Indenture and the
Securities at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a
specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and the
Securities and certain past Defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent
or waiver by or on behalf of the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of
such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
The Securities are subordinated in right of payment, in the manner and to the extent set forth
in the Indenture, to the prior payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents or, as acceptable to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness, in any other manner, of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company
whether outstanding on the date hereof or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed.
Each Holder by his acceptance hereof agrees to be bound by such provisions and authorizes and
expressly directs the Trustee, on his behalf, to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided for in the Indenture and appoints the Trustees
his attorney-in-fact for such purpose.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company or any other obligor on the Securities (in the
event such other obligor is obligated to make payments in respect of the Securities), which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, this
Security at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
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If this Security is in certificated form, then as provided in the Indenture and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable on the Security
Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office
or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in The City of New York or at such other
office or agency of the Company as may be maintained for such purpose, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
If this Security is in certificated form, then as provided in the Indenture and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth, the Holder, may exchange this Security for a Book-Entry
Security by instructing the Trustee (by completing the Transferee Certificate in the form in
Appendix I) to arrange for such Security to be represented by a beneficial interest in a Global
Security in accordance with the customary procedures of the Depository unless the Company has
elected not to issue a Global Security.
If this Series is a Global Security, it is exchangeable for a Security in certificated form as
provided in the Indenture and in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Trustee and the
Depository. In addition, certificated securities shall be transferred to all beneficial holders in
exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global Security if (x) the Depository notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for a Global Security and a
successor Depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days or (y) there shall have
occurred and be continuing an Event of Default and the Security Registrar has received a request
from the Depository; provided that Physical Securities may not be issued to more than 400 Holders
without the prior written consent of the Company. Upon any such issuance, the Trustee is required
to register such certificated Securities in the name of, and cause the same to be delivered to,
such Person or Persons (or the nominee of any thereof).
Securities other than PIK Securities in certificated form are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Securities are exchangeable for
a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of a differing authorized denomination, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
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THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF).
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
[The Transferee Certificate, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, will be attached to the
Security.]
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SCHEDULE OF CHANGES IN INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL SECURITY*
The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Security is $ . The
following PIK Payments, exchanges of a part of this Global Security for an interest in another
Global Security or for a Physical Security, or exchanges of a part of another Global or Physical
Security for an interest in this Global Security, have been made:
Principal | ||||||||
Amount of | Amount of | Amount of this | Signature of | |||||
decrease in | increase in | Global Security | authorized | |||||
Principal | Principal | following such | officer of Trustee | |||||
Date of | Amount of this | Amount of this | decrease or | or custodian for | ||||
Exchange | Global Security | Global Security | increase | the Depository | ||||
* | This schedule should be included only if the Security is issued in global form. |
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ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1. Title and Terms
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is limited to $ in principal amount of Securities and any PIK Securities
issued in connection therein, except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration
of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Section 3.3, 3.4,
3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 9.6, 10.12, 10.13 or 11.8.
The Securities shall be known and designated as the “135/8%/12% [Senior] [Junior]
Subordinated Toggle Notes due 2013” of the Company. The Stated Maturity of the Securities
shall be ___, 2013. The Company shall pay interest on the principal amount of the Securities
at its option, (i) entirely in cash or (ii) entirely by increasing the principal amount of the
outstanding Securities or by issuing PIK Securities (“PIK Interest”), provided that
the Company may pay Cash Interest only if the Company has EBITDA (excluding the impact of non-cash
revenues until received) for the four full fiscal quarters for which financial results are
available immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date exceeding $200.0 million, and
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries have, after giving effect to such Cash Interest
payment, $75 million of (a) combined unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, plus (b) then
unrestricted borrowing availability under the Credit Agreement. The Company shall pay interest,
annually in arrears on of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on
the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the
Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest
has been paid, from the Issue Date; provided that the first Interest Payment Date shall be
___, 2008. Cash Interest on the Securities will accrue at a rate of 12% per annum and
PIK Interest on the Securities will accrue at a rate of 135/8% per annum.
The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Securities shall be payable and the
Securities will be exchangeable and transferable at an office or agency of the Company in The City
of New York maintained for such purposes (which initially will be the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee) or at such other office or agency as may be maintained for such purpose; provided,
however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed
to addresses of the Person entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear on the Security
Register.
For all purposes hereunder, the Securities and the PIK Securities, if any, will be treated as
one class and are together referred to as the “Securities.”
For purposes of this Indenture, all references to “principal amount” of the Securities shall
include any increase in the principal amount of the Securities as a result of PIK Payment.
The Securities shall be subject to repurchase by the Company pursuant to an Offer as provided
in Section 10.12.
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Holders shall have the right to require the Company to purchase their Securities, in whole or
in part, in the event of a Change of Control pursuant to Section 10.13.
The Securities shall not be entitled to the benefits of any sinking fund.
The Securities shall be redeemable as provided in Article XI and in the Securities.
At the election of the Company, the entire Indebtedness on the Securities or certain of the
Company’s obligations and covenants and certain Events of Default thereunder may be defeased as
provided in Article IV.
Section 3.2. Denominations.
The Securities shall be issuable only in fully registered form without coupons and only in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, except PIK Securities may be issued in
minimum denominations of $1.00 an any integral multiple thereof, and any increase in the principal
amount of Securities as a result of a PIK Payment may be made in integral multiples of $1.00.
Section 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by one of its Chairman of the Board,
its President, its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Financial Officer or one of its Vice
Presidents and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signatures of
any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the
proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
On the Issue Date, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and
deliver Initial Securities in an aggregate principal amount of
$___ plus incremental
principal amounts of Securities to be issued after the Issue Date pursuant to Section ___of the
Plan. In addition, at any time, from time to time, the Trustee shall upon Company Order
authenticate and deliver any PIK Securities for an aggregate principal amount specified in such
Company Order for such PIK Securities to be issued hereunder.
The Initial Securities shall be issued initially (in the form of one or more permanent global
securities in definitive, fully registered form (collectively, the “Initial Global
Securities”), one of which will bear the Transfer Restriction Legend, representing Securities
the beneficial owners of which are Permitted Holders, and at least one of which shall not bear such
legend, representing Securities the beneficial owners of which are not Permitted Holders.
Additional Securities constituting a PIK Payment with respect to Securities evidenced by a
Global Security may be issued by the annotation of an increase in the principal amount of such
Global Security or by the issuance of one or more additional Global Securities in definitive, fully
registered form (“Additional Global Securities”). Additional Global Securities evidencing
a PIK
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Payment with respect to Transfer Restricted Securities shall constitute Transfer Restricted
Securities.
Additional Securities constituting interest paid in-kind with respect to Securities evidenced
by a Physical Security shall be issued in the form of one or more additional Physical Securities
(“Additional Physical Securities”). Additional Physical Securities evidencing interest
paid in-kind with respect to Transfer Restricted Securities shall constitute Transfer Restricted
Securities.
The Initial Global Securities and any Additional Global Securities are collectively referred
to herein as “Global Securities.” All Global Securities shall be initially issued in each case
without interest coupons and with the Global Security Legend and the OID Legend, shall be deposited
on behalf of the purchasers of such Securities represented thereby with the custodian for the
Depository and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository, and duly
executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in this Indenture. The
aggregate principal amount of the Global Securities may from time to time by increased or decreased
by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depository or its nominee or as otherwise
hereinafter provided.
Global Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities are referred to herein as
“Restricted Global Securities” and Global Securities that are not Transfer Restricted Securities
are referred to herein as “Unrestricted Global Securities.” Definitive Securities that are
Transfer Restricted Securities are referred to herein as “Restricted Definitive Securities,” and
Definitive Securities that are not Transfer Restricted Securities are referred to herein as
“Unrestricted Definitive Securities.”
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of one of its duly
authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and
the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
In case the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, pursuant to Article VIII, shall, in a single
transaction or through a series of related transactions, be consolidated or merged with or into any
other Person or shall sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, and the successor Person resulting
from such consolidation or surviving such merger, or into which the Company shall have been merged,
or the successor Person which shall have participated in the sale, assignment, conveyance,
transfer, lease or other disposition as aforesaid, shall have executed an indenture supplemental
hereto with the Trustee pursuant to Article VIII, any of the Securities authenticated
or delivered prior to such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer,
lease or other disposition may, from time to time, at the request of the successor Person, be
exchanged for other Securities executed in the name of the successor Person with such changes in
phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise in substance of like tenor as the
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Securities surrendered for such exchange and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon
Company Request of the successor Person, shall authenticate and deliver Securities as specified in
such request for the purpose of such exchange. If Securities shall at any time be authenticated
and delivered in any new name of a successor Person pursuant to this Section 3.3 in exchange or
substitution for or upon registration of transfer of any Securities, such successor Person, at the
option of the Holders but without expense to them, shall provide for the exchange of all Securities
at the time Outstanding for Securities authenticated and delivered in such new name.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate
Securities on behalf of the Trustee. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an
authenticating agent may authenticate Securities 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 Security Registrar or Paying Agent to deal with the
Company and its Affiliates.
If an officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the
Trustee authenticates such Security such Security shall be valid nevertheless.
Section 3.4. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company may execute, and upon Company
Order the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, temporary Securities which
are printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers
executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
If temporary Securities are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities to be
prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities, the temporary
Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary
Securities at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose pursuant to Section
10.2, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary
Securities, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for
delivery in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of authorized
denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to
the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities.
Section 3.5. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Securities. The transfer and
exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Securities shall be effected through the Depository,
in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Securities shall be subject to restrictions on transfer
comparable to those set forth herein. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Securities
also shall require compliance with the following, as applicable:
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(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial
interests in a Restricted Global Securities may be transferred to Persons who take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Security in
accordance with Section 3.5(b) hereof and the transfer restrictions set forth in the
Transfer Restriction Legend. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Security may be
transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the
same Unrestricted Global Security.
(ii) Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in a Global Security for
Beneficial Interests in the other Global Security. In connection with all transfers and
exchanges of beneficial interests in a Global Security for beneficial interests in the other
Global Security, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar
(A) a written order from a Participant given to the Depository in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depository to credit or cause to be credited a
beneficial interest in the applicable Global Security in an amount equal to the beneficial
interest to be transferred or exchanged, (B) instructions given in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be
credited with such increase, and (C) the documentation required by Section 3.5(e) hereof.
Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial
interests in Global Securities contained in this Indenture (including, without limitation,
Section 3.5(e) hereof) and the Securities or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act,
the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Securities pursuant to
Section 3.5(f) hereof.
(b) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Physical Securities. If any holder of a
beneficial interest in a Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a
Physical Security or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in
the form of a Physical Security, then, upon (i) delivery to the Security Registrar of (A) a written
order from a Participant given to the Depository in accordance with the Applicable Procedures
directing the Depository to cause to be issued a Physical Security in an amount equal to the
beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged, and (B) instructions given by the Depository to
the Security Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Physical
Security shall be registered to effect such transfer or exchange, and (ii) if the beneficial
interest being transferred or exchanged is a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security,
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3.5(e) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the
aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Security to be reduced accordingly pursuant to
Section 3.5(g) hereof, and the Company shall execute and, upon receipt of a Company Order pursuant
to Section 3.3, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions a Physical Security in the appropriate principal amount. Any Physical Security issued
in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 3.5(b) shall
be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as
the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Security Registrar through instructions
from the Depository and the Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Physical Securities to the
Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
Any Physical Security issued upon exchange or transfer of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Security that is issued to a Person that may be deemed to be an
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“underwriter”
within the meaning of 11 U.S.C. § 1145 (“Section 1145”) or an “affiliate” or a “control
person” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any Physical Security issued upon exchange or
transfer of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security may, in each case, bear the
Transfer Restriction Legend and, in any event, shall be subject to all applicable restrictions on
transfer.
(c) Transfer and Exchange of Physical Securities for Beneficial Interests. If any Holder of a
Physical Security proposes to exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in a Global Security
or to transfer such Physical Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in a Global Security, then, upon (i) delivery to the Security Registrar of a
written order and instructions of the types described in Section 3.5(a)(ii) above and an
endorsement or instrument of transfer as described in Section 3.5(d) below, and (ii) if the
Physical Security being transferred or exchanged is a Restricted Definitive Security, satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in Section [3.5(f)] hereof, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable
Physical Security and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the
applicable Global Security.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Physical Securities for Physical Securities. Upon request by a
Holder of Physical Securities and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section
3.5(d) and, if applicable, Section 3.5(b), the Security Registrar shall register the transfer or
exchange of Physical Securities. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the
requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Security Registrar the Physical Securities duly
endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Security
Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition,
the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as
applicable, required pursuant to Section 3.5(b).
Any Physical Security issued upon exchange or transfer of an Unrestricted Physical Security
that is issued to a Person that may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of Section
1145 or an “affiliate” or a “control person” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any
Physical Security issued upon exchange or transfer of a Restricted Physical Security may, in each
case, bear the Transfer Restriction Legend and, in any event, shall be subject to all applicable
restrictions on transfer.
(e) Transfers and Exchanges of Transfer Restricted Securities. No Person may transfer or
exchange a Restricted Physical Security, a Restricted Global Security or a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Security (including, without limitation, the removal of the Transfer Restriction
Legend thereon) unless such transfer or exchange is made (i) pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, or (ii) pursuant to an exemption from registration requirements
of the Securities Act in the case of clause (ii), if the Security Registrar
or the Company so requests, the Security Registrar receives an opinion of counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar and the Company stating that (A) such transfer or
exchange is in compliance with the Securities Act and (B) if such transferee or exchangee seeks the
removal of the Transfer Restriction Legend, the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in
the Transfer Restriction Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
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The following provisions shall apply with respect to any proposed transfer of a Transfer
Restricted Security to a QIB. If the proposed transferee has delivered to the Security Registrar a
certificate substantially in the form of a QIB and the proposed transferor has advised the Company
and the Security Registrar in writing, that the sale has been made in compliance with the
provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee who has advised the Company and the Security Registrar in
writing, that it is purchasing the Transfer Restricted Security for its own account or an account
with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it, or the person on whose
behalf it is acting with respect to any such account, is a QIB and is aware that the sale to it is
being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information
regarding the Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request
such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing
representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer
of a Transfer Restricted Security to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) which is not a QIB (excluding
Non-U.S. Persons):
(i) The Security Registrar shall register the transfer of any Transfer Restricted
Security whether or not such Transfer Restricted Security bears the Transfer Restricted
Legend, if (x) the requested transfer is at least two years after the Issue Date of the
Transfer Restricted Securities or (y) the proposed transferee has delivered to the Security
Registrar a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
(ii) If the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in a
Global Security, upon receipt by the Security Registrar of (x) the documents, if any,
required by paragraph (i) and (y) instructions given in accordance with the Depository’s and
the Security Registrar’s procedures therefor, the Security Registrar shall reflect on its
books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the applicable Global
Security in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global
Security transferred, and the Company shall executed, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, one or more Physical Securities of like tenor and amount.
Upon satisfaction of the requirements of this Section 3.5(e) with respect to the removal of the
Transfer Restriction Legend, as appropriate, such Restricted Physical Security shall be exchanged
for an Unrestricted Physical Security or such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security
shall be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a corresponding Unrestricted Global
Security, and the Trustee shall adjust the principal balances of the Global Securities pursuant to
Section 3.5(h) hereof.
(f) Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Securities and
Physical Securities issued under this Indenture to the extent required by the applicable provisions
of this Indenture:
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(i) Transfer Restriction Legend. Each Transfer Restricted Security shall bear a
legend substantially in the following form (the “Transfer Restriction Legend”).
“THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (I) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN
DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (II) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
FROM SUCH REGISTRATION, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE
DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY,
THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.”
[include the following two paragraphs only if the Transfer Restricted Security is a Physical
Security:]
“THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES THAT IT WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS
REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS
REFERRED TO ABOVE.
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE SECURITY
REGISTRAR SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS THE SECURITY REGISTRAR MAY
REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING
RESTRICTIONS.”
(ii) Global Security Legend. Each Global Security shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form (the “Global Security Legend”):
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE
OF A DEPOSITORY OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL
BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A
SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS
GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 3.5 AND 3.6 OF THE
INDENTURE. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO
THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT AND ANY
SUCH CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
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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.
(iii) OID Legend. Each Security shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form (the “OID Legend”).
THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (“OID”) AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 1273 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. FOR
INFORMATION REGARDING THE ISSUE DATE, THE ISSUE PRICE, THE YIELD TO MATURITY AND THE
AMOUNT OF OID PER $1,000 OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, OF THIS SECURITY PLEASE CONTACT THE
COMPANY AT BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORPORATION, 0000 XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXX,
XXXXXXX, XXXXXXXX 00000, ATTENTION: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Securities. At such time as all beneficial
interests in a particular Global Security have been exchanged for Physical Securities or a
particular Global Security has been redeemed, repurchased or cancelled in whole and not in part,
each such Global Security shall be returned to or retained and cancelled by the Trustee in
accordance with Section 3.11 of this Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any
beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security or for Physical
Securities, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced
accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the
Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial
interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security, such other Global Security shall be
increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by
the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(i) The Company shall cause the Trustee to keep, so long as it is the Security
Registrar, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or such other office as the Trustee
may designate, a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or
agency designated pursuant to Section 10.2 being herein sometimes referred to as the
“Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as the
Security Registrar may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of
Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee shall initially be the “Security
Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein
provided. The
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Company may change the Security Registrar or appoint one or more co-Security
Registrars without notice.
(ii) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at the office or
agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 10.2, the Company shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series of any
authorized denomination or denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount.
(iii) Furthermore, any Holder of a Global Security shall, by acceptance of such Global
Security, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Security may be
effected only through a book-entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Security
(or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in a Security shall be required
to be reflected in a book entry.
(iv) At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of
any authorized denomination or denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any
Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery, Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
(v) All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same Indebtedness, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such
registration of transfer or exchange.
(vi) Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, or for
exchange, repurchase or redemption, shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be
duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing.
(vii) No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer,
exchange or redemption of Securities, except for any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection therewith, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 3.3, 3.4,
3.5, 9.6, 10.12, 10.13 or 11.8 not involving any transfer.
(viii) The Company shall not be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before
the mailing of a notice of redemption of the Securities selected for redemption under
Section 11.4 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or
(b) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of Securities being redeemed in part.
Section 3.6. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities.
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(a) Members of, or participants in, the Depository (“Agent Members”) shall have no
rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the
Depository or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Security, and the Depository may be
treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute
owner of such Global Security 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 shall impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of
Applicable Procedures governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Security.
(b) Transfers of a Global Security shall be limited to transfers of such Global Security in
whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests
of beneficial owners in a Global Security may be transferred in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures of the Depository. Physical Securities shall be issued to all beneficial owners in
exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global Security if (i) the Depository notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a Depository for a Global Security and a
successor Depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or (ii) an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Security Registrar has received a request from
the Depository; provided that Physical Securities may not be issued to more than
400 Holders without the prior written consent of the Company. Global Securities also may be
exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Section 3.7 of the Indenture. A Global
Security may not be exchanged for another Security other than as provided in this Section 3.6(b);
however, beneficial interests in a Global Security may be transferred and exchanged as provide in
Section 3.5(a) or (b) hereof, in each case subject to the requirements of Section 3.5(e) hereof.
(c) In connection with any transfer of a portion of the beneficial interest in a Global
Security pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section to beneficial owners who are required to hold
Physical Securities, the Security Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a
decrease in the principal amount of the Global Security in an amount equal to the principal amount
of the beneficial interest in the Global Security to be transferred, and the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.
(d) In connection with the transfer of an entire Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant
to Subsection (b) of this Section, such Global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered to the
Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository, in exchange for its beneficial
interest in the Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of Physical Securities of
authorized denominations.
(e) The registered holder of a Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any
person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take
any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.
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Section 3.7. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If (a) any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or (b) the Company and the
Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security,
and there is delivered to the Company, any other obligor on the Securities and the Trustee, such
security or indemnity, in each case, as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
then, in the absence of notice to the Company, any other obligor on the Securities or the Trustee
that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon a
Company Request the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange for any
such mutilated Security or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a replacement
Security of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a replacement
Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any replacement Securities under this Section, the Company may require
the payment of a sum sufficient to pay all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes or
other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses
(including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every replacement Security issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company and
any other obligor on the Securities, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be
at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally
and proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Securities.
Section 3.8. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on the
Stated Maturity of such interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name the Security (or any
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest payment.
Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided
for, on the Stated Maturity of such interest, and interest on such defaulted interest at the then
applicable interest rate borne by the Securities, to the extent lawful (such defaulted interest and
interest thereon herein collectively called “Defaulted Interest”), shall forthwith cease to
be payable to the Holder on the Regular Record Date, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the
Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Subsection (a) or (b) below:
(a) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose
names the Securities (or an relevant Predecessor Securities) are registered at
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the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the Payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed
in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the date (not less than 30 days after
such notice) of the proposed payment (the “Special Payment Date”), and at the same time the
Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to
be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for such deposit prior to the Special Payment Date, such money when deposited to be held in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this
Subsection. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date
of the Special Payment Date and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the
notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of such
Special Record Date. In the name and at the expense of the Company, the Trustee shall cause notice
of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder at its address as it appears in the Security
Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment
of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date and Special Payment Date therefor having
been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities
are registered on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following
Subsection (b).
(b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after written notice given by
the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Subsection, such payment shall
be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.8, each Security delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security
shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such
other Security.
Section 3.9. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in
use), and the Company, or the Trustee on behalf of the Company, shall use CUSIP numbers in
notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided,
however, that any such notice shall state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of
redemption or exchange and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed on the Securities; and provided further, however, that failure to
use CUSIP numbers in any notice of redemption or exchange shall not affect the validity or
sufficiency of such notice.
Section 3.10. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any
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Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of,
premium, if any and (subject to Section 3.8) interest on, such Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee nor any
agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 3.11. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, purchase, redemption, registration of transfer or
exchange shall be delivered to the Trustee and, if not already canceled, shall be promptly canceled
by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided
in this Section 3.11, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. If requested by the
Company, all canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be returned to the Company. The Trustee
shall provide the Company a list of all Securities that have been canceled from time to time as
requested by the Company.
Section 3.12. Computation of Interest.
Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of
twelve 30-day months.
Section 3.13. Calculation of Principal Amount of Securities
The aggregate principal amount of Securities, at any date of determination, shall be the
principal amount of Securities (including any Outstanding PIK Securities and any increased
principal amounts as a result of any PIK Payment) at such date of determination. With respect to
any matter requiring consent, waiver, approval or other action of the Holders of a specified
percentage of the principal amount of all the Securities, such percentage shall be calculated, on
the relevant date of determination, by dividing (a) the principal amount, as of such date of
determination, of Securities then Outstanding, the Holders of which have so consented, by (b) the
aggregate principal amount, as of such date of determination, of the Securities then Outstanding,
in each case as determined in accordance with the preceding sentence. Any such calculation made
pursuant to this Section 3.13 shall be made by the Company and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to
an Officers’ Certificate.
Section 3.14. Issuance of PIK Securities
(a) The Company shall be entitled to issue PIK Securities under this Indenture as interest on
Securities.
(b) Any accrued interest in connection with a repurchase of the Securities pursuant to
Sections 10.12 and 10.13 shall be paid solely in cash. On each Interest Payment Date, the Company
may, at its option subject to the restrictions of Section 3.1, elect to pay interest on the
Securities (1) entirely in Cash Interest or (2) entirely in PIK Interest. Prior to the beginning
of each such interest period, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee and the Paying Agent (if
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other than the Trustee) an Officers’ Certificate setting forth whether the subsequent interest
payment due on the subsequent Interest Payment Date will be made in the form of Cash Interest or
PIK Interest. The Trustee shall promptly deliver a corresponding notice to Holders of the
Securities. If no election is made and no written notice is delivered, such interest payment shall
be payable entirely in PIK Interest. With respect to the issuance of any PIK Securities, no later
than two Business Days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee and the Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee), (i) if such PIK Securities are Physical
Securities, the required amount of new Physical Securities (rounded up to the nearest whole dollar)
and an order to authenticate and deliver such PIK Securities or (ii) if such PIK Securities are
Global Securities, an order to increase the outstanding principal amount of Securities by the
required amount (rounded up to the nearest whole dollar) (or, if necessary, pursuant to the
requirements of the Depository or otherwise to authenticate and deliver such new Global
Securities).
(c) Any PIK Securities shall, after being executed and authenticated pursuant to Section 3.3,
be mailed to the Person entitled thereto as shown on the Security Register for the Physical
Securities as of the relevant record date or if such PIK Securities are Global Securities, shall be
deposited into the account specified by the Holder or Holders thereof as of the relevant record
date. Alternatively, in connection with any PIK Payment, the Company may direct the Paying Agent
to make appropriate amendments to the Schedule of Changes in Interests of the relevant Global
Securities outstanding for which PIK Securities will be issued and arrange for deposit into the
account specified by the Holder or Holders thereof as of the relevant record date.
(d) Payment shall be made in such form and terms as specified in this Section 3.14 and the
Company shall and the Paying Agent may take additional steps as is necessary to effect such
payment.
ARTICLE IV
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 4.1. Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may, at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to the
Securities, elect to have either Section 4.2 or Section 4.3 be applied to all of the Outstanding
Securities (the “Defeased Securities”), upon compliance with the conditions set forth below
in this Article IV.
Section 4.2. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 4.1 of the option applicable to this Section 4.2,
the Company and any other obligor on the Securities, if any, shall be deemed to have been
discharged from its obligations with respect to the Defeased Securities on the date the conditions
set forth in Section 4.4 below are satisfied (hereinafter, “defeasance”). For this
purpose, such defeasance means that the Company and any other obligor on the Securities shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the Defeased Securities,
which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of
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Section 4.5
and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied
all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are
concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company and upon Company Request, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of Defeased Securities to
receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 4.4 and as more fully set forth in such
Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and Cash Interest on, such
Securities, when such payments are due, (b) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Defeased
Securities under Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.8, 10.2 and 10.3, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder, including, without limitation, the Trustee’s rights under
Section 6.7, and (d) this Article IV. Subject to compliance with this Article IV, the Company may
exercise its option under this Section 4.2 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under
Section 4.3 with respect to the Securities.
Section 4.3. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 4.1 of the option applicable to this Section 4.3,
the Company and any other obligor on the Securities shall be released from its obligations under
any covenant or provision contained or referred to in Sections 10.4 through 10.17, inclusive, and
the provisions of Article VIII with respect to the Defeased Securities on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 4.4 below are satisfied (hereinafter, “covenant
defeasance”), and the Defeased Securities shall thereafter be deemed to be not
“Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders
(and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be
deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance
means that, with respect to the Defeased Securities, the Company and any other obligor on the
Securities may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term,
condition or limitation set forth in any such Section or Article, whether directly or indirectly,
by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or Article or by reason of any
reference in any such Section or Article to any other provision herein or in any other document and
such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Sections
5.1(c), (d), (e) or (f), but, except as specified in this Indenture, the remainder of this
Indenture and such Defeased Securities shall be unaffected thereby. In the event covenant
defeasance occurs, the Events of Default specified in Sections 5.1(e) and (f) will no longer
constitute Events of Default with respect to the Securities.
Section 4.4. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 4.2 or Section 4.3 to
the Securities to be defeased:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as
trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as
security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (a) United
States dollars in an amount, (b) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of
principal and interest (calculated based upon the Cash Interest payable thereon) in respect thereof
in accordance with their terms and with no further reinvestment will
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provide, not later than one
day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (c) a combination thereof, in such
amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants or a nationally recognized investment banking firm expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee
to pay and discharge, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Securities to be
defeased, on the Stated Maturity of such principal or interest (or on any date after the Issue Date
(such date being referred to as the “Defeasance Redemption Date”) if at or prior to
electing to exercise either its option applicable to Section 4.2 or its option applicable to
Section 4.3, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an irrevocable notice to redeem all of the
Outstanding Notes on the Defeasance Redemption Date). For this purpose, “U.S. Government
Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America
for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a
Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States
of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable
at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank
(as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such U.S.
Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government
Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt,
provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any
deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received
by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal
of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt;
(2) In the case of an election under Section 4.2, the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Independent Counsel in the United States 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 hereof, 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 Independent Counsel in the United States
shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities 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;
(3) In the case of an election under Section 4.3, the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Independent Counsel in the United States to the effect that the Holders of
the Outstanding Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes
as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant
defeasance had not occurred;
(4) No Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from
the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) shall have occurred and be continuing on the
date of such deposit or insofar as Section 5.1(g) or (h) is concerned, at any time during the
period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit (it being understood that this
condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period);
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(5) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not cause the Trustee for the Securities to
have a conflicting interest for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to any other
securities of the Company;
(6) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, (A) this Indenture or (B) any other agreement or instrument to which
the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary is bound, if such breach, violation, or default thereof would have a material adverse
effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(7) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such
deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration
thereunder;
(8) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Independent Counsel in the
United States to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust
funds will not be subject to avoidance under Section 547 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (or
any successor provision thereto) and related judicial decisions;
(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the
deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the holders of the Securities
over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or
defrauding creditors of the Company or others;
(10) No event or condition shall exist that would prevent the Company from making payments of
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities on the date of such deposit or at
any time ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit; and
(11) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion
of Independent Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either
the defeasance under Section 4.2 or the covenant defeasance under Section 4.3 (as the case may be)
have been complied with.
Opinions of Counsel or Opinions of Independent Counsel required to be delivered under this
Section shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and may have
qualifications customary for opinions of the type required and counsel delivering such opinions may
rely on certificates of the Company or government or other officials customary for opinions of the
type required, which certificates shall be limited as to matters of fact, including that various
financial covenants have been complied with.
Section 4.5. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all United States dollars and
U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.4 in respect of the Defeased Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the
Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the
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payment,
either directly or through any Paying Agent (excluding the Company or any of its Affiliates acting
as Paying Agent), as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities of all sums due
and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money
need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed
on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 4.4 or the
principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge
which by law is imposed, assessed or for the account of the Holders of the Defeased Securities.
Anything in this Article IV to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay
to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any United States dollars or U.S. Government
Obligations held by it as provided in Section 4.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to
the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to
effect defeasance or covenant defeasance.
Section 4.6. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or U.S. Government
Obligations in accordance with Section 4.2 or 4.3, as the case may be, by reason of any order or
judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, then the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities shall be
revived and reinstated, with present and prospective effect, as though no deposit had occurred
pursuant to Section 4.2 or 4.3, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent
is permitted to apply all such United States dollars or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance
with Section 4.2 or 4.3, as the case may be; provided, however, that if the Company
makes any payment to the Trustee or Paying Agent of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
any Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall
promptly pay any such amount to the Holders of the Securities and the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the United States
dollars and U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
Section 5.1. Events of Default.
“Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or
be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any
order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
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(a) there shall be a default in the payment of any interest on any Security when it becomes
due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period of 30 days;
(b) there shall be a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security at its Maturity (upon acceleration, optional or mandatory redemption, required repurchase
or otherwise);
(c) there shall be a default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of
the Company under this Indenture (other than a default in the performance, or breach, of a covenant
or agreement which is specifically dealt with in clauses (a), (b) or (d) of this Section 5.1) and
such default or breach shall continue for a period of 30 days after written notice has been given,
by certified mail, (x) to the Company by the Trustee or (y) to the Company and the Trustee by the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, which notice
shall specify that it is a “notice of default” and shall demand that such a default be remedied;
provided, that, the Company’s failure to furnish to the Holders of the Securities
the Audited 2007 Financials pursuant to Section 7.4(a)(i), shall not be an Event of Default unless
the Company does not provide the Audited 2007 Financials on or before June 30, 2008, and shall then
be an Event of Default notwithstanding the failure of a “notice of default” being delivered to the
Company;
(d) (i) there shall be a default in the performance or breach of the provisions of Article
VIII; (ii) the Company shall have failed to make or consummate an Offer required in accordance with
the provisions of Section 10.12; or (iii) the Company shall have failed to make or consummate a
Change of Control Offer required in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.13;
(e) one or more defaults shall have occurred under any of the agreements, indentures or
instruments under which the Company or any Subsidiary then has outstanding Indebtedness in excess
of $10,000,000, individually or in the aggregate, and either (a) such default results from the
failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Indebtedness after the
expiration of any grace period provided by the documents governing such Indebtedness, which default
has not been cured, or (b) such default or defaults have resulted in the acceleration of the
maturity of such Indebtedness;
(f) one or more judgments, orders or decrees for the payment of money in excess of $10,000,000
either individually or in the aggregate, shall be rendered against the Company or any Subsidiary or
any of their respective properties and shall not be discharged and either (a) any creditor shall
have commenced an enforcement proceeding upon such judgment, order or decree or (b) there shall
have been a period of 60 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment,
order or decree, by reason of an appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; provided that
the amount of such money judgment, order or decree shall be calculated net of any insurance
coverage that the Company has determined in good faith is available in whole or in part with
respect to such money judgment, order or decree;
(g) there shall have been the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of (i) a decree or
order for relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or
proceeding under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or (ii) a decree or order adjudging the
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Company or
any Significant Subsidiary bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary under any
applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or
of any substantial part of their respective properties, or ordering the winding up or liquidation
of their respective affairs, and any such decree or order for relief shall continue to be in
effect, or any such other decree or order shall be unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days; or
(h) (1) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary commences a voluntary case or proceeding
under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated bankrupt or
insolvent, (2) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary consents to the entry of a decree or order
for relief in respect of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or
proceeding under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or
insolvency case or proceeding against it, (3) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary files a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or
state law, (4) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (A) consents to the filing of such
petition or the appointment of, or taking possession by, a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary
or of any substantial part of their respective properties, (B) makes
an assignment for the benefit of creditors or (C) admits in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due, or (5) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary takes any
corporate action in furtherance of any such actions in this paragraph (h).
Section 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Sections 5.1(g) and (h)
with respect to the Company) shall occur and be continuing with respect to this Indenture, the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then
Outstanding may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare all unpaid principal
of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on all Securities to be due and payable, by a notice in
writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders of the Securities) and upon any
such declaration, such principal, premium, if any, and interest shall become due and payable
immediately. If an Event of Default specified in clause (g) or (h) of Section 5.1 occurs with
respect to the Company and is continuing, then all the Securities shall ipso facto become and be
due and payable immediately in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Securities, together
with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date the Securities become due and payable,
without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. Thereupon, the
Trustee may, at its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce the rights of the Holders of the
Securities by appropriate judiciary proceedings.
After such declaration of acceleration with respect to the Securities, but before a judgment
or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
Outstanding, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences if:
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(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(i) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee under this Indenture and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel,
(ii) all overdue interest on all Outstanding Securities,
(iii) the principal of and premium, if any, on any Outstanding Securities which have
become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the
rate borne by the Securities, and
(iv) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue
interest at the rate borne by the Securities; and
(b) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of principal of the Securities which
have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided
in Section 5.13. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
If payment of the Securities is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Company or the
Trustee shall promptly notify the agent under the Credit Agreement of the acceleration. If any
indebtedness under the Credit Agreement is outstanding, the Company may not pay the Securities
until five Business Days after the agent under the Credit Agreement receives notice of such
acceleration, and, thereafter, may pay the Securities only if this Indenture otherwise permits
payments at that time.
Section 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if:
(a) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes
due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(b) default is made in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, on any Security at
the Stated Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the holders of such
Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and premium, if
any, and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent
that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest,
at the rate borne by the Securities; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own
name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of
the sums so due and unpaid and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree,
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and may
enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor on the Securities and collect the moneys
adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company
or any other obligor on the Securities, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to
protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders under this Indenture by such
appropriate private or judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and
enforce such rights, subject however to Section 5.12. No recovery of any such judgment upon any
property of the Company shall affect or impair any rights, powers or remedies of the Trustee or the
Holders.
Section 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the
Company or any other obligor on the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other
obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the
Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of
overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding
or otherwise,
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal, and premium, if any, and
interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents
as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim
for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official in any
such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee
and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 6.7.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to
or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof
in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
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shall be
brought in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall,
after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 5.6. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article or otherwise on behalf of the
Holders or the Trustee pursuant to this Article or through any proceeding or any arrangement or
restructuring in anticipation or in lieu of any proceeding contemplated by this Article shall be
applied, subject to applicable law, in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the
Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal, premium, if any, or
interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.7;
SECOND: Subject to Article XIII, to the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid
upon the Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest, in respect of which or for
the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority
of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal,
premium, if any, and interest; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto, including the
Company, provided that all sums due and owing to the Holders and the Trustee have
been paid in full as required by this Indenture.
Section 5.7. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Securities shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to this Indenture or the Securities, or for the appointment of a receiver
or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of
Default;
(b) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall
have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default in its own name as trustee hereunder;
(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee an indemnity satisfactory to the
Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(d) the Trustee for 30 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer (and if
requested, provision) of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
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(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during
such 30-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner
whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or
prejudice the rights of any other Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference
over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner provided
in this Indenture and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders.
Section 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have
the right based on the terms stated herein, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment
of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.8) interest on such Security on the
respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or
repurchase, on the Redemption Date or the repurchase date) and to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Holder.
Section 5.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has
been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case the
Company, any other obligor on the Securities, the Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions
hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as
though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as provided in Section 3.7, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right
and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other
right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.
The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to exercise any right or
remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by
this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
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Section 5.12. Control by Holders.
The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on
the Trustee, provided that
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture
(including, without limitation, Section 5.7) or expose the Trustee to personal liability, or be
unduly prejudicial to Holders not joining therein; and
(b) subject to the provisions of Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee may take
any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities may on behalf of the Holders of all Outstanding Securities waive any past Default
hereunder and its consequences, except a Default
(a) in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security; or
(b) in respect of a covenant or a provision hereof which under this Indenture cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Security Outstanding affected by such
modification or amendment.
Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.14. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof
shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, 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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit
of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party
litigant, but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee,
to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10%
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Security on or
after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption,
on or after the Redemption Date).
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Section 5.15. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.
Each of the Company and any other obligor on the Securities covenants (to the extent that it
may lawfully do so) that it will 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 or any usury or other law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which would prohibit or forgive the
Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities contemplated herein or in the Securities or which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and each of the Company and any other obligor on the Securities (to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such
law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein
granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no
such law had been enacted.
Section 5.16. Remedies Subject to Applicable Law.
All rights, remedies and powers provided by this Article V may be exercised only to the extent
that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of law, and all the provisions
of this Indenture are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law which
may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they will not render this
Indenture invalid, unenforceable or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the
provisions of any applicable law.
ARTICLE VI
THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.1. Duties of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Sections 315(a) through 315(d):
(a) if a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of
care and skill in its exercise thereof as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs;
(b) except during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default:
(1) the Trustee need perform only those duties as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture and no covenants or obligations shall be implied in this Indenture that are
adverse to the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith or willful misconduct 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;
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(c) the Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) this Subsection (c) does not limit the effect of Subsection (b) of this Section
6.1;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts; and
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith, in accordance with a direction of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of Outstanding Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
confirmed upon the Trustee under this Indenture;
(d) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds
or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in
the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it;
(e) whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in
any way relates to the Trustee is subject to Subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 6.1;
and
(f) the Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money or assets received by it except
as the Trustee may agree with the Company. Assets held in trust by the Trustee need not be
segregated from other assets except to the extent required by law.
Section 6.2. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives notice of the occurrence of
any Default, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders and any other Persons entitled to
receive reports pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, as their names and addresses
appear in the Security Register, notice of such Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such
Default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the
case of a Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security,
the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a trust committee of
Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is
in the interest of the Holders.
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Section 6.3. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1 hereof and Trust Indenture Act Sections 315(a)
through 315(d):
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of Indebtedness or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced
by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and any advice of such counsel or
any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon in
accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in
it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this
Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity
satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred
therein or thereby in compliance with such request or direction;
(e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and
believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion, rights or powers conferred upon it by
this Indenture other than any liabilities arising out of the negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct of the Trustee;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated
in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, approval, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security or other paper or
document unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding; provided that, if the
payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be
incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not
reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture,
the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to
proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every such investigation so requested by the Holders of not
less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities Outstanding shall be paid by the
Company or, if paid by the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon
demand; provided, further, the Trustee in its discretion may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may deem fit, and, if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books,
records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
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(g) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith
on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate; and
(h) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with
due care by it hereunder.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Trustee shall have no duties to
review any Officers’ Certificates, Board Resolutions, Opinions of Counsel, financials or other
documents furnished to it by the Company for purposes of determining compliance with any provisions
of this Indenture.
(j) The Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the performance of the Company’s covenants
in Article X. In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or
Event of Default except (i) any Event of Default occurring pursuant to Sections 5.01(a), 5.01(b)
and 10.1 or (ii) any Default or Event of Default to which the Trustee shall have received written
notification or obtained actual knowledge.
Section 6.4. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Dispositions of Securities or
Application of Proceeds Thereof.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities, except that the Trustee represents that it is
duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its
obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in any Statement of Eligibility and
Qualification on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate subject to the
qualifications set forth therein. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application
by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof nor shall the Trustee be responsible for any
statement in any registration statement for the Securities under the Securities Act or responsible
for the determination as to which beneficial owners are entitled to receive notices hereunder.
Section 6.5. Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections; etc.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities, with the same
rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other
agent and, subject to Sections 6.8 and 6.13 hereof and Trust Indenture Act Sections 310 and 311,
may otherwise deal with the Company and receive, collect, hold and retain collections from the
Company with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar or such other agent.
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Section 6.6. Money Held in Trust.
All moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, and
subject to Article XIII, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need
not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of law.
Except for funds or securities deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Article IV, the Trustee
shall, upon request by the Company, invest all moneys received by the Trustee, until used or
applied as herein provided, in Temporary Cash Investments in accordance with the directions of the
Company. The Trustee shall be under no liability to the Company for interest on any money received
by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
Section 6.7. Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior Claim.
The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee
shall be entitled to, such compensation as the parties shall agree in writing from time to time for
all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of
law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) and the Company covenants and
agrees to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by or on behalf of the Trustee in
accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and
the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all agents and other persons not regularly in
its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct. The Company also covenants and agrees to indemnify the Trustee and
each predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any claim, loss, liability, tax,
assessment or other governmental charge (other than taxes applicable to the Trustee’s compensation
hereunder) or expense incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part,
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture or the
trusts hereunder and its duties hereunder, including enforcement of this Section 6.7 and also
including any liability which the Trustee may incur as a result of failure to withhold, pay or
report any tax, assessment or other governmental charge, and the costs and expenses of defending
itself against or investigating any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The obligations of the Company under this
Section 6.7 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and to pay or
reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances shall constitute an additional obligation hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee and each predecessor
Trustee.
Section 6.8. Conflicting Interests.
The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 6.9. Trustee Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as trustee
under Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a)(1) and which shall have a combined capital and surplus
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of at least $100,000,000 or is a member of a bank holding company with a combined capital and surplus
of at least $100,000,000, to the extent there is an institution eligible and willing to serve. If
the Trustee does not have a Corporate Trust Office in The City of New York, the Trustee may appoint
an agent in The City of New York reasonably acceptable to the Company to conduct any activities
which the Trustee may be required under this Indenture to conduct in The City of New York. If such
Trustee publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of
federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for
the purposes of this Section 6.9, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition
so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 6.9, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the
effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor trustee under Section 6.11.
(b) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may at any time, upon 30 days
prior or written notice, resign by giving written notice thereof to the Company. Upon receiving
such notice or resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written
instrument executed by authority of the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to
the resigning Trustee and a copy to the successor trustee. If an instrument of acceptance by a
successor trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of
such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may, or any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint and prescribe a
successor trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time for any cause or for no cause by an Act of the
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities,
delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section
310(b) after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security for at least six months,
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9 and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or
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any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee, or (ii) subject to
Section 5.14, the Holder of any Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least
six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee.
Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as ii may deem proper and prescribe, remove
the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall
promptly appoint a successor trustee and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section
6.11. If, within 60 days after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of
such vacancy, the Company has not appointed a successor Trustee, a successor trustee shall be
appointed by the Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee. Such successor trustee so appointed shall
forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment become the successor trustee and supersede the
successor trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed
by the Company or the Holders of the Securities and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter
provided, the Trustee or the Holder of any Security who has been a bona fide Holder for at least
six months may, subject to Section 5.14, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee and each
appointment of a successor trustee by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, to the Holders of Securities as their names and addresses appear in the Security
Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor trustee and the address of its
Corporate Trust Office or agent hereunder.
Section 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
Every successor trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee as if originally named as Trustee hereunder; but,
nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or the successor trustee,
upon payment of its charges pursuant to Section 6.7 then unpaid, such retiring Trustee shall
pay over to the successor trustee all moneys at the time held by it hereunder and shall execute and
deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties and
obligations. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall execute any and all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all
such rights and powers.
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No successor trustee with respect to the Securities shall accept appointment as provided in
this Section 6.11 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be eligible to
act as trustee under the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a) and this Article VI and
shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 and have a Corporate Trust
Office or an agent selected in accordance with Section 6.9.
Upon acceptance of appointment by any successor trustee as provided in this Section 6.11, the
Company shall give notice thereof to the Holders of the Securities, by mailing such notice to such
Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register. If the acceptance of
appointment is substantially contemporaneous with the appointment, then the notice called for by
the preceding sentence may be combined with the notice called for by Section 6.10. If the Company
fails to give such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee,
the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be given at the expense of the Company.
Section 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the
corporate trust business of the Trustee (including the trust created by this Indenture) shall be
the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be eligible
under Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a) and this Article VI and shall have a combined capital and
surplus of at least $100,000,000 and have a Corporate Trust Office or an agent selected in
accordance with Section 6.9, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto.
In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this
Indenture any of the Securities 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 Securities so authenticated; and, in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have
been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the
name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases
such certificate shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this
Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided that
the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate
Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors
by merger, conversion or consolidation.
Section 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or other obligor on the
Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding
the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor). A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a) to the extent
indicated therein.
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ARTICLE VII
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semiannually, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form
as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of such Regular
Record Date; and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request in writing, within 30 days after
receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content to that in
Subsection (a) hereof as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
Section 7.2. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders.
Holders may communicate pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 312(b) with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities, and the Trustee shall comply with
Trust Indenture Act Section 312(b). The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and any other Person
shall have the protection of Trust Indenture Act Section 312(c). Further, every Holder of
Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither
the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of
the disclosure of any information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with
Trust Indenture Act Section 312, regardless of the source from which such information was derived,
and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a
request made under Trust Indenture Action Section 312.
Section 7.3. Reports by Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the first May 15 after the
issuance of Securities, the Trustee, if so required under the Trust Indenture Act shall transmit by
mail to all Holders in the manner and to the extent provided in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c),
a brief report dated as of such May 15 in accordance with and with respect to the matters required
by Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a), provided that if no event described in Trust
Indenture Act Section 313(a) has occurred within the twelve-month period preceding the reporting
date, no such report need be transmitted. The Trustee shall also transmit by mail to the Holders,
in the manner and to the extent provided in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c), a brief report in
accordance with and with respect to the matters required by Trust Indenture Act Sections 313(a) and
313(b)(2).
(b) A copy of each report transmitted to Holders pursuant to this Section 7.3 shall, at the
time of such transmission, be mailed to the Company and filed with each stock exchange, if any,
upon which the Securities are listed and also with the SEC. The Company will notify the Trustee
promptly if the Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
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Section 7.4. Reports by Company.
(a) The Company shall furnish to the Holders of the Securities:
(1) within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations, all quarterly
and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the
SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such Forms, including
footnotes and a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations” (“MD&A”) and, with respect to the annual information only, a report
thereon by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, except that none of
such reports need include any certifications required under the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002
or any rules of the SEC adopted pursuant thereto; and
(2) the information that would be required to be contained in 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 (including any information that would be required to be filed as exhibits to a
Form 8-K, except that the report need not include any certifications required under the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 or any rules of the SEC adopted pursuant thereto), in each case
within the time periods specified in the rules of the SEC adopted pursuant thereto.
(b) In no event shall any financial information required to be furnished pursuant to Section
7.4(a)(1) be required to include any information required by, or to be prepared or approved in
accordance with, or otherwise be subject to, any provision of Section 404 of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 or any rules, regulations, or accounting guidance adopted pursuant
to that section.
(c) The Company agrees to deliver the financial information required by Section 7.4(a) by
electronic transmission directly to any Holder and any owner of a beneficial interest in any
Security that requests such delivery (who may, subject to Section 7.4(d), transmit them to any
prospective investor). The Company also agrees to make such reports available on a website to
which such Holders and beneficial owners shall have access. The Company shall not be required to
provide the website address to any other Person who requests it unless such Person certifies to
provide access to such website to any other Person who requests it unless such Person certifies to
order to obtain access to such website that such Person, is engaged in the business of acquiring
investments such as the Securities, is a prospective purchaser of Securities and not engaged in a
Competitive Business (as defined below). Before displaying any of such reports, the website
described in this Subsection may also require the user to agree to be bound by an electronic
agreement containing substantially the same terms as those set forth in Subsections (1) and (2) of
Section 7.4(d) by electronically confirming that he or she has read said provisions and agrees to
be bound by them.
(d) Each Holder and each other Person (each such Holder or other Person, a
“Recipient”) who at any time receives any non-public information about the Company and its
businesses and finances within the meaning of applicable securities laws communicated in any
report, described in Section 7.4(a) (collectively, “the Non-Public Information”), by
accepting any
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such Information, shall be deemed to have acknowledged to and agreed with the Company
as follows:
(1) The Recipient shall not use Non-Public Information if that use or communication
would constitute a violation of applicable securities laws or regulations (including but not
limited to laws or regulations prohibiting xxxxxxx xxxxxxx or tipping) and shall not
communicate it to any other Person not bound by, or which has not otherwise agreed to abide
by, the terms of this clause (1), unless such information (i) is or becomes publicly
available other than as a result of a disclosure known to the Recipient or is in violation
of an agreement with or obligation to the Company, (ii) was within the Recipient’s
possession prior to it being furnished to the Recipient by or on behalf of the Company,
(iii) is or becomes available to the Recipient on a non-confidential basis from a source
(other than the Company) which is not known by the Recipient to be prohibited from
disclosing such information to the Recipient by a legal, contractual or fiduciary obligation
to the Company, (iv) is independently developed by the Recipient without the benefit of any
Non-Public Information (information in clauses (i) – (iv) being “Non-Confidential
Information”) or (v) unless such disclosure is required by subpoena or other legal
process of a tribunal, in which case the Recipient shall give the Company as much advance
notice as is practicable before making disclosure so as to provide the Company with an
opportunity to seek a protective order or to take other action to protect the
confidentiality of the Non-Public Information.
(2) The Recipient represents and agrees that it is (i) a Holder of Securities, (ii) a
prospective purchaser of Securities and in the business of buying securities such as the
Securities and (iii) is not a Person engaged in the business of operating fitness centers
or any business activity reasonably related thereto (a “Competitive Business”).
The Company shall have no obligation to provide any Non-Public Information to any Person
engaged in a Competitive Business.
(3) The Recipient shall not disclose any Non-Public Information to any Person that
engages in a Competitive Business unless such disclosure is required by subpoena or other
legal process of a tribunal, in which case the Recipient shall give the Company as much
advance notice as is practicable before making disclosure so as to provide the Company with
an opportunity to seek a protective order or to take other action to protect the
confidentiality of the Non-Public Information.
(e) Any Document delivered by the Company pursuant to Section 7.4(a) (in either paper or
electronic form) shall be deemed to contain Non-Public Information and be treated as confidential
for purposes of this Section 7.4 unless the same is Non-Confidential Information.
(f) For fiscal quarters ending after the Issue Date, the Company shall host quarterly
conference calls with Holders and any owner of a beneficial interest in any Security, and any
prospective purchaser of Securities, no later than 10 days after furnishing the quarterly
financial information described in Section 7.4(a)(2). Beginning in 2008, the Company shall host a
conference call with such participants no later than 10 days after furnishing the yearly
information pursuant to Section 7.4(a)(1). The Company may also require any participant in such
calls to agree to be bound by an electronic or other agreement containing substantially the
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same terms as those set forth in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of Section 7.4(d), and any other terms which
subsequent to the date hereof may become required by applicable law, by electronically confirming
that he or she has read said provisions and agrees to be bound by them.
ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OF ASSETS
Section 8.1. Company May Merge, Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company will not, in a single transaction or through a series of related transactions,
consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person or group
of affiliated Persons, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to enter into any such transaction or
series of related transactions if such transaction or series of related transactions, in the
aggregate, would result in a sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a
Consolidated basis to any other Person or group of affiliated Persons, unless at the time and after
giving effect thereto:
(i) either (a) the Company will be the continuing corporation or (b) the Person (if
other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or
the Person which acquires by sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition
all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on
a Consolidated basis (the “Surviving Entity”) will be a
corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of
America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and such Person expressly assumes, by
a supplemental indenture, in a form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the
Company under the Securities and hereunder, as the case may be, and the Securities and this
Indenture will remain in full force and effect as so supplemented;
(ii) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a
pro forma basis (and treating any Indebtedness not previously an obligation of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries which becomes the obligation of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries as a result of such transaction as having been incurred at the time of such
transaction), no Default or Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a
pro forma basis (on the assumption that the transaction occurred on the first day of the
four-quarter period for which financial results are available ending immediately prior to
the consummation of such transaction with the appropriate adjustments with respect to the
transaction being included in such pro forma calculation), the Company (or the Surviving
Entity if the Company is not the continuing obligor hereunder) could incur $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness or Permitted Subsidiary
Indebtedness) under Section 10.8; and
(iv) at the time of the transaction the Company or the Surviving Entity will have
delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance
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reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the
effect that such consolidation, merger, transfer, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer,
lease or other transaction and the supplemental indenture in respect thereof comply with
this Indenture and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with;
provided, however, that the foregoing prohibition shall not prohibit any merger
between or among Subsidiaries or between a Subsidiary and the Company, provided the Company is the
continuing corporation.
Section 8.2. Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or
disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company in accordance
with Section 8.1, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is
merged or the successor Person to which such sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or
disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and
power of, the Company under this Indenture, with the same effect as if such successor had been
named as the Company herein. When a successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under
this Indenture or the Securities, the predecessor shall be released from such assumed obligations
and covenants under the indenture and the Securities, as the case may be; provided
that in the case of a transfer by lease, the predecessor shall not be released from the
payment of principal and interest on the Securities.
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.1. Supplemental Indentures and Agreements without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Trustee, at any time and from time to
time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto in form and substance satisfactory
to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or any other obligor on the
Securities, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or obligor
herein and in the Securities in accordance with Article VIII;
(b) to add to the covenants of the Company or any other obligor on the Securities for the
benefit of the Holders, or to surrender any right or power conferred on the Company or any other
obligor on the Securities, as applicable, herein or in the Securities;
(c) to cure any ambiguity, or to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any
supplemental indenture or the Securities which may be defective or inconsistent with any other
provision herein or in the Securities or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture or the Securities; provided that, in each case, such
provisions shall not adversely affect the interest of the Holders;
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(d) to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, as contemplated by Section 9.5 or
otherwise;
(e) to evidence and provide the acceptance of the appointment of a successor trustee
hereunder; or
(f) to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant a security interest in favor of the Trustee for
the benefit of the Holders as additional security for the payment and performance of the Company’s
Indenture Obligations, in any property, or assets, including any of which are required to be
mortgaged, pledged or hypothecated, or in which a security interest is required to be granted to
the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.2. Supplemental Indentures and Agreements with Consent of Holders.
Except as permitted by Section 9.1, with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by Act of said Holders delivered to the
Company and the Trustee, the Company when authorized by Board Resolutions, and the Trustee may (i)
enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or amending, modifying or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or the Securities (including, but not
limited to, for the purpose of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this
Indenture or the Securities) or (ii) waive compliance with any provision in this Indenture or the
Securities (other than waivers of past Defaults covered by Section 5.13 and waivers of covenants
which are covered by Section 10.18); provided, however, that so long as any of the
Senior Notes are outstanding, the consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding principal
amount of Senior Notes shall also be required to amend the Cash Interest provisions of Section 3.1
of the Indenture and in the form of the Securities; provided, further, that no such
supplemental indenture, agreement or instrument shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby:
(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, or
change to an earlier date any redemption date of, or waive a default in the payment of the
principal or interest on, any such Security or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of
interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or change the coin or currency
in which the principal of any Security or any premium or the interest thereon is payable, or impair
the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity
thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date);
(b) amend, change or modify the obligation of the Company to make and consummate an Offer with
respect to any Asset Sale or Asset Sales in accordance with Section 10.12 or the obligation of the
Company to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer in the event of a Change of Control in
accordance with Section 10.13, including, in each case, amending, changing or modifying any
definitions relating thereto;
(c) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, the consent of
whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of
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whose Holders is
required for any waiver or compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture;
(d) modify any of the provisions of this Section 9.2 or Section 5.13 or 10.18, except to
increase the percentage of such Outstanding Securities required for any such actions or to provide
that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of
the Holder of each such Security affected thereby;
(e) except as otherwise permitted under Article VIII, consent to the assignment or transfer by
the Company of any of its rights and obligations hereunder; or
(f) amend or modify any of the provisions of Article XIII of this Indenture in any manner
adverse to the Holders.
Upon the written request of the Company accompanied by a copy of Board Resolutions authorizing
the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence
of the consent of Holders as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of
such supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 9.2 to approve the
particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall
approve the substance thereof.
Section 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures and Agreements.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture,
agreement, instrument or waiver permitted by this Article IX or the modifications thereby of the
trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Trust
Indenture Act Sections 315(a) through 315(d) and Section 6.2 hereof) shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate stating that the execution of such
supplemental indenture, agreement or instrument is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The
Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture, agreement
or instrument which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
Section 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be
modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this
Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby
Section 9.5. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
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Section 9.6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to this Article IX may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form
approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the
Company shall so determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee
and the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities.
Section 9.7. Notice of Supplemental Indentures.
Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.2, the Company shall give notice thereof to the Holders of
each Outstanding Security affected, in the manner provided for in Section 1.7, setting forth in
general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Company to mail
such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of
any such supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE X
COVENANTS
Section 10.1. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company shall duly and punctually pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
Principal, premium, if any, and Cash Interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the
Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, holds as of noon Eastern Time
on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for
and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.
PIK Interest shall be paid in the manner provided in Section 3.14. Any PIK Payment shall be
considered paid on the date it is due if on such date (1) if PIK Securities (including Securities
that are Global Securities) have been issued therefore, such PIK Securities have been authenticated
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and (2) if the PIK Payment is made by increasing the
principal amount of Global Securities then authenticated, the Trustee has increased the principal
amount of Global Securities then authenticated by the required amount.
Section 10.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented or
surrendered for payment. The Company also will maintain in The City of New York an office or
agency where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer, redemption or exchange and
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture
may be served. The office of the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, will be such office or
agency of the Company, unless the Company shall designate and maintain some other
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office or agency
for one or more of such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
the location and any change in the location of any such offices or agencies. If at any time the
Company shall fail to maintain any such required offices or agencies or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made
or served at the office of the Trustee and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to
receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies (in or
outside of The City of New York) where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or
all such purposes, and may from time to time rescind such designation. The Company will give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and any change in the
location of any such office or agency.
The Trustee shall initially act as Paying Agent for the Securities.
Section 10.3. Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company or any of its Affiliates shall at any time act as Paying Agent, it will, on or
before each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay
the principal, premium, if any, or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such
Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.
If the Company or any of its Affiliates is not acting as Paying Agent, the Company will, on or
before each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities,
deposit with a Paying Agent a sum in same day funds sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if
any, or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of such action or any failure to so act.
If the Company is not acting as Paying Agent, the Company will cause each Paying Agent other
than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent
will:
(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest
on the Securities in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(b) give the Trustee notice of any Default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities) in the making of any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities;
(c) at any time during the continuance of any such Default, upon the written request of the
Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent; and
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(d) acknowledge, accept and agree to comply in all aspects with the provisions of this
Indenture relating to the duties, rights and disabilities of such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay,
to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by
the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security and
remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal and premium, if any, or interest has become
due and payable shall promptly be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the
Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as
an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of
the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company
as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or
such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the
company cause to be published once, in the NEW YORK TIMES and THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (national
edition), and mail to each such Holder, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a
date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification,
publication and mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will promptly be repaid
to the Company.
Section 10.4. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article VIII, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence and related rights and
franchises (charter and statutory) of the Company and each Subsidiary; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise or
the corporate existence of any such Subsidiary if the Board of Directors shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer necessary or desirable in the conduct of the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole; and provided, further, however,
that the foregoing shall not prohibit a
sale, transfer or conveyance of a Subsidiary or any of its assets in compliance with the terms
of this Indenture.
Section 10.5. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, on or before the date
the same shall become due and payable, (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied
or imposed upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shown to be due on any return of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise assessed or upon the income, profits or property of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries if failure to pay or discharge the same could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations
hereunder and (b) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies,
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which, if unpaid, would by
law become a Lien upon the property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for any Lien
permitted to be incurred under Section 10.11, if failure to pay or discharge the same could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform
its obligations hereunder; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or
claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings properly instituted and diligently conducted and in respect of which appropriate
reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Company) are being maintained in
accordance with GAAP.
Section 10.6. Maintenance of Properties.
The Company shall cause all material properties owned by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or used or held for use in the conduct of its business or the business of any of its
Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order (ordinary wear
and tear excepted) and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all
necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the
reasonable judgment of the Company may be consistent with sound business practice and necessary so
that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from
discontinuing the maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in the
reasonable judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any
of its Subsidiaries; and provided, further, however, that the foregoing
shall not prohibit a sale, transfer or conveyance of a Subsidiary or any of its properties or
assets in compliance with the terms of this Indenture.
Section 10.7. Insurance.
The Company shall at all times keep all of its and its Subsidiaries’ properties which are of
an insurable nature insured with insurers, believed by the Company in good faith to be
financially sound and responsible, against loss or damage to the extent that property of
similar character is usually so insured by corporations similarly situated and owning like
properties in the same general geographic areas in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate,
except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business affairs or prospects of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Section 10.8. Limitation on Indebtedness.
The Company will not create, issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise in any manner become
directly or indirectly liable for the payment of or otherwise suffer to exist (collectively,
“incur”), any Indebtedness (including any Acquired Indebtedness), other than Permitted
Indebtedness, unless such Indebtedness is incurred by the Company and the Company’s Consolidated
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the four full fiscal quarters for which financial results are
available immediately preceding the date of incurrence of such Indebtedness (the “Incurrence
Date”), taken as one period (and after giving pro forma effect to: (i) the incurrence of such
Indebtedness and (if applicable) the application of the net proceeds therefrom, including
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refinance other Indebtedness, as if such Indebtedness was incurred, and the application of such
proceeds occurred, at the beginning of such four-quarter period; (ii) the incurrence, repayment or
retirement of any other Indebtedness by the Company since the first day of such four-quarter period
as if such Indebtedness was incurred, repaid or retired at the beginning of such four-quarter
period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any revolving
credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during
such four-quarter period); (iii) in the case of Acquired Indebtedness, the related acquisition; and
(iv) any acquisition or disposition by the Company and its Subsidiaries of any company or any
business or any assets out of the ordinary course of business, or any related repayment of
Indebtedness, in each case since the first day of such four-quarter period, assuming such
acquisition or disposition and any such related payments had been consummated on the first day of
such four-quarter period), would be at least 2.0:1. The Company will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to incur any Indebtedness (other than Permitted Subsidiary Indebtedness).
Section 10.9. Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a) Except for Permitted Investments, the Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary
to, directly or indirectly:
(i) declare or pay any dividend on, or make any other payment or distribution to
holders of, any shares of the Company’s Capital Stock (other than dividends or distributions
payable solely in shares of its Qualified Capital Stock or in options, warrants or other
rights to acquire shares of such Qualified Capital Stock);
(ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value, directly or indirectly,
the Company’s Capital Stock or any Capital Stock of any Affiliate of the Company (other than
Capital Stock of any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company);
(iii) prior to any scheduled principal payment, sinking fund payment or maturity of any
Subordinated Indebtedness, make any principal payment on, or repurchase, redeem, defease,
retire or otherwise acquire for value, such Subordinated Indebtedness (other than any such
Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary);
(iv) declare or pay any dividend or distribution on any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary
to any Person (other than to the Company or any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries) or
purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Capital Stock of any
Subsidiary held by any person (other than the Company or any of its Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries).
(v) incur, create, or assume, any guarantee of Indebtedness of any Affiliate of the
Company (other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company); or
(vi) make any Investment in any Person
(any of the foregoing actions described in clauses (i) through (vi), other than any such action
that is a Permitted Payment (as defined below), collectively, a “Restricted Payment”) (the
amount of
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any such Restricted Payment, if other than cash, being determined by the Board of
Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and evidenced by a Board Resolution); unless (1)
immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such proposed Restricted Payment on a pro
forma basis, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and such
Restricted Payment shall not be an event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both, would
be, an “event of default” under the terms of any Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries;
(2) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a pro
forma basis, the Company could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted
Indebtedness or Permitted Subsidiary Indebtedness) under the provisions of Section 10.8; and (3)
after giving effect to the proposed Restricted Payment, the aggregate amount of all such Restricted
Payments declared or made after October 7, 1997 plus the Permitted Payments made under clause
(b)(vi), do not exceed $5,000,000 plus the sum of:
(A) 50% of the aggregate Consolidated Net Income of the Company accrued on a cumulative
basis during the period beginning on January 1, 1998 and ending on the last day of the
Company’s last fiscal quarter ending prior to the date of the Restricted Payment (or, if
such aggregate cumulative Consolidated Net Income shall be a loss, minus 100% of such loss);
plus
(B) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received after October 7, 1997 by the Company
either (x) as capital contributions in the form of common equity to the Company or (y) from
the issuance or sale (other than to any of its Subsidiaries) of Qualified Capital Stock of
the Company or any options, warrants or rights to purchase such Qualified Capital Stock of
the Company (except, in each case, to the extent such
proceeds are used to purchase, redeem or otherwise retire Capital Stock or Subordinated
Indebtedness as set forth in clause (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (b) below), in each case,
other than Net Cash Proceeds received from the issuance or sale of Qualified Capital Stock
or options, warrants or rights to purchase Qualified Capital Stock in, or otherwise received
in connection with, the Refinancing; plus
(C) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received after October 7, 1997 by the Company
(other than from any of its Subsidiaries) upon the exercise of any options, warrants or
rights to purchase Qualified Capital Stock of the Company; plus
(D) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received after October 7, 1997 by the Company from
the conversion or exchange, if any, of debt securities or Redeemable Capital Stock of the
Company or its Subsidiaries into or for Qualified Capital Stock of the Company plus, to the
extent such debt securities or Redeemable Capital Stock were issued after October 7, 1997,
the aggregate of Net Cash Proceeds from their original issuance; plus
(E) in the case of the disposition or repayment of any Investment constituting a
Restricted Payment made after October 7, 1997, an amount equal to the lesser of the return
of capital with respect to such Investment and the initial amount of such Investment, in
either case, less the cost of the disposition of such Investment.
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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as there is no Default or Event of Default
continuing, the foregoing provisions shall not prohibit the following actions (each of clauses (i)
through (vi) being referred to as a “Permitted Payment”):
(i) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof if
at the date of declaration thereof such other dividend (A) would be permitted by the
provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section and (B) shall be deemed to have been paid on
such date of declaration for purposes of the calculation required by paragraph (a) of this
Section;
(ii) the repurchase, redemption, or other acquisition or retirement for value of any
shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company in exchange for (including any such
exchange pursuant to the exercise of a conversion right or privilege in connection with
which cash is paid in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares or scrip), or out of the Net
Cash Proceeds of a substantially concurrent issue and sale for cash (other than to a
Subsidiary) of, other shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company; provided
that the Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance of such shares of Qualified Capital Stock are,
to the extent so used, excluded from clause (3)(B) of paragraph (a) of this Section;
(iii) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or acquisition for value or
payment of principal of any Subordinated Indebtedness or Redeemable Capital Stock in
exchange for, or in an amount not in excess of the Net Cash Proceeds of, a substantially
concurrent issuance and sale for cash (other than to any Subsidiary) of any Qualified
Capital Stock of the Company, provided that the Net Cash Proceeds from the
issuance of such shares of Qualified Capital Stock are, to the extent so used, excluded
from clause (3)(B) of paragraph (a) of this Section;
(iv) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement, refinancing, acquisition for
value or payment of principal of any Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Redeemable
Capital Stock) (a “refinancing”) through the substantially concurrent issuance of
new Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company, provided that any such new
Subordinated Indebtedness (1) shall be in a principal amount that does not exceed the
principal amount so refinanced (or, if such Subordinated Indebtedness provides for an amount
less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration thereof, then such lesser amount as of the date of determination), plus the
lesser of (I) the stated amount of any premium or other payment required to be paid in
connection with such a refinancing pursuant to the terms of the Indebtedness being
refinanced, or (II) the amount of premium or other payment actually paid at such time to
refinance the Indebtedness, plus, in either case, the amount of expenses of the Company
incurred in connection with such refinancing; (2) has an Average Life to Stated Maturity
greater than the remaining Average Life to Stated Maturity of the Securities; (3) has a
Stated Maturity for its final scheduled principal payment later than the Stated Maturity for
the final scheduled principal payment of the Securities; and (4) is expressly subordinated
in right of payment to the Securities at least to the same extent as the Subordinated
Indebtedness to be refinanced;
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(v) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement, refinancing, acquisition for
value or payment of any Redeemable Capital Stock through the substantially concurrent
issuance of new Redeemable Capital Stock of the Company, provided that any such new
Redeemable Capital Stock (1) shall have an aggregate liquidation preference that does not
exceed the aggregate liquidation preference of the amount so refinanced; (2) has an Average
Life to Stated Maturity greater than the remaining Average Life to Stated Maturity of the
Securities; and (3) has a Stated Maturity later than the Stated Maturity for the final
scheduled principal payment of the Securities; and
(vi) the repurchase of shares of, or options or warrants to purchase shares of, common
stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from employees, former employees, directors
or former directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or permitted transferees of
such employees, former employees, directors or former directors), pursuant to the terms of
the agreements (including employment agreements) or plans (or amendments thereto) approved
by the Board of Directors under which such individuals purchase or sell or are granted the
option to purchase or sell, shares of such common stock in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$500,000 in any calendar year or an aggregate of $2,500,000 from and after July 2, 2003.
In addition, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, the provisions of this section
shall not restrict the ability of any Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make any other
distribution on its Capital Stock, (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any other
Subsidiary, (iii) make any Investment in the Company or any other Subsidiary, or (iv) transfer any
of its
properties or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary, to the extent such prohibition
would violate the terms of the Indenture as in effect on the Issue Date.
Section 10.10. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly,
enter into any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the
sale, purchase, exchange or lease of assets, property or services) with or for the benefit of any
Affiliate of the Company (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) unless such transaction or series
of related transactions is entered into in good faith and (a) such transaction or series of related
transactions is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case
may be, than those that would be available in a comparable transaction in arm’s-length dealings
with an unrelated third party, (b) with respect to any transaction or series of related
transactions involving aggregate value in excess of $1,000,000, the Company delivers an Officers’
Certificate to the Trustee certifying that such transaction or series of related transactions
complies with clause (a) above, and (c) with respect to any transaction or series of related
transactions involving aggregate value in excess of $10,000,000, either (A) such transaction or
series of related transactions has been approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors of
the Company, or in the event there is only one Disinterested Director, by such Disinterested
Director, or (B) the Company delivers to the Trustee a written opinion of an investment banking
firm of national standing or other recognized independent expert with experience appraising the
terms and conditions of the type of transaction or series of related transactions for which an
opinion is required stating that the transactions or series of related
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transactions are fair to the
Company or such Subsidiary from a financial point of view; provided, however, that
clauses (a) through (c) above shall not apply to (i) any transaction with an employee or director
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business
(including compensation and employee benefit arrangements with any officer, director or employee of
the Company or any Subsidiary, including under any stock option or stock incentive plans), (ii)
transactions between or among the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, (iii) Permitted Payments, (iv)
Restricted Payments made in accordance with Section 10.9 or Permitted Payments, and (v) management
agreements or similar agreements between (A) the Company or any Subsidiary and (B) Affiliates in
which the Company or any Subsidiary has made an Investment.
Section 10.11. Limitation on Liens.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create or
incur any Lien of any kind securing any Pari Passu Indebtedness or Subordinated Indebtedness
(including any assumption, guarantee or other liability with respect thereto by any Subsidiary)
upon any property or assets (including any intercompany notes) of the Company or any Subsidiary
owned on the date hereof or acquired after the date hereof, or any income or profits therefrom,
unless the Securities are directly secured equally and ratably with (or, in the case of
Subordinated Indebtedness, prior or senior thereto, with the same relative priority as the
Securities shall have with respect to such Subordinated Indebtedness) the obligations or
liability secured by such Lien except for Liens (A) securing any Indebtedness which became
Indebtedness pursuant to a transaction permitted under Section 8.1 or securing Acquired
Indebtedness which, in each case, were created prior to (and not created in connection with, or in
contemplation of) the incurrence of such Pari Passu Indebtedness or Subordinated Indebtedness
(including any assumption, guarantee or other liability with respect thereto by any Subsidiary) and
which Indebtedness is permitted under the provisions of Section 10.8, (B) securing any Indebtedness
incurred in connection with any refinancing, renewal, substitutions or replacements of any such
Indebtedness described in clause (A), so long as the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness
represented thereby is not increased by such refinancing by an amount greater than the lesser of
(i) the stated amount of any premium or other payment required to be paid in connection with such a
refinancing pursuant to the terms of the Indebtedness being refinanced, or (ii) the amount of
premium or other payment actually paid at such time to refinance the Indebtedness, plus, in either
case, the amount of expenses of the Company incurred in connection with such refinancing,
provided, however, that in the case of clauses (A) and (B), any such Lien only
extends to the assets that were subject to such Lien securing such Indebtedness prior to the
related acquisition by the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (C) securing Indebtedness incurred to
effect a defeasance of the Securities pursuant to Article IV hereof.
Section 10.12. Limitation on Sale of Assets.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, consummate an Asset Sale unless (i) at least 75% of the consideration from such Asset
Sale is received in cash or Cash Equivalents, and (ii) the Company or such Subsidiary receives
consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the shares
or assets subject to such Asset Sale (as determined by the Board of Directors and evidenced in a
Board Resolution).
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(b) If all or a portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not required to be
applied to repay permanently any Senior Indebtedness then outstanding as required by the terms
thereof, or the Company determines not to apply such Net Cash Proceeds to the permanent prepayment
of such Senior Indebtedness, or if no such Senior Indebtedness is then outstanding, then the
Company or a Subsidiary may, within 360 days of the Asset Sale, invest the Net Cash Proceeds in
properties and other assets that (as determined by the Board of Directors) replace the properties
and assets that were the subject of the Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in
the businesses of the Company or its Subsidiaries existing on the Issue Date or in businesses
reasonably related or complementary thereto. The amount of such Net Cash Proceeds not applied to
repay Senior Indebtedness or used or invested within 360 days of the Asset Sale as set forth in
this paragraph constitutes “Excess Proceeds”.
(c) When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15,000,000, the Company will apply
the Excess Proceeds to the repayment of the Securities and any other Pari Passu Indebtedness
outstanding with provisions requiring the Company to make an offer to purchase or to purchase or
redeem such Indebtedness with the proceeds from any Asset Sale as follows: (A) the Company will
make an offer to purchase (an “Offer”) from all holders of the
Securities in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture in the maximum
principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities that may be purchased out of an
amount (the “Securities Amount”) equal to the product of such Excess Proceeds multiplied by
a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of the Securities, and the
denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of the Securities and such Pari
Passu Indebtedness (subject to proration in the event such amount is less than the aggregate
Offered Price (as defined herein) of all Securities tendered), and (B) to the extent required by
such Pari Passu Indebtedness to permanently reduce the principal amount of such Pari Passu
Indebtedness (or, in the event such Senior Pari Passu Indebtedness was issued with significant
original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), the Company will make an offer to
purchase or otherwise repurchase or redeem Pari Passu Indebtedness (a “Pari Passu Offer”)
in an amount (the “Pari Passu Debt Amount”) equal to the excess of the Excess Proceeds over
the Securities Amount; provided that in no event will the Company be required to make a
Pari Passu Offer in a Pari Passu Debt Amount exceeding the principal amount of such Pari Passu
Indebtedness plus the amount of any premium required to be paid to repurchase such Pari Passu
Indebtedness. The offer price for the Securities will be payable in cash in an amount equal to
100% of the principal amount of the Securities plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the
date (the “Offer Date”) such Offer is consummated (the “Offered Price”), in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate
Offered Price of the Securities tendered pursuant to the Offer is less than the Securities Amount
relating thereto or the aggregate amount of Pari Passu Indebtedness that is purchased in a Pari
Passu Offer is less than the Pari Passu Debt Amount, the Company will use any remaining Excess
Proceeds for general corporate purposes. If the aggregate principal amount of Securities and Pari
Passu Indebtedness surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the
Trustee shall select the Securities to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon the completion of
the purchase of all the Securities tendered pursuant to an Offer and the completion of a Pari Passu
Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds, if any, shall be reset at zero.
(d) If the Company becomes obligated to make an Offer pursuant to clause (c) above, the
Securities and the Pari Passu Indebtedness shall be purchased by the Company, at the option
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holders thereof, in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000, on a date that is not earlier
than 30 days and not later than 60 days from the date the notice of such Offer is given to holders,
or such later date as may be necessary for the Company to comply with the requirements under the
Exchange Act.
(e) The Company will comply with the applicable tender offer rules, including Rule 14e-l under
the Exchange Act, and any other applicable securities laws or regulations in connection with an
Offer.
Section 10.13. Purchase of Securities upon a Change of Control.
(a) If a Change of Control shall occur at any time, then each Holder shall have the right to
require that the Company purchase such Holder’s Securities in whole or in part in integral
multiples of $1,000 at a purchase price (the “Change of Control Purchase Price”) in cash in
an amount equal to 101% of the principal amount of such Securities, plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Purchase Date”),
pursuant to the offer described below in this Section 10.13 (the “Change of Control Offer”)
and in accordance with the other procedures set forth in Subsections (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this
Section 10.13.
(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall notify the Trustee
thereof and give written notice (a “Change of Control Purchase Notice”) of such Change of
Control to each Holder by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at his address appearing in the
Security Register, stating among other things:
(1) that a Change of Control has occurred, the date of such event, and that such Holder
has the right to require the Company to repurchase such Xxxxxx’s Securities at the Change of
Control Purchase Price;
(2) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control (including
but not limited to, if applicable, information with respect to pro forma historical income,
cash flow and capitalization after giving effect to such Change of Control);
(3) (i) 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, as applicable, and any Current Report on Form 8-K of the
Company filed subsequent to such Quarterly Report (or in the event the Company is not
required to prepare any of the foregoing Forms, the comparable information required to be
prepared by the Company pursuant to Section 7.4), (ii) a description of material
developments, if any, in the Company’s business subsequent to the date of the latest of such
reports and (iii) such other information, if any, concerning the business of the Company
which the Company in good faith believes will enable such Holders to make an informed
investment decision regarding the Change of Control Offer;
(4) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 10.13 and
that all Securities properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will be
accepted for payment at the Change of Control Purchase Price;
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(5) the Change of Control Purchase Date, which shall be a Business Day no earlier than
30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, or such later date as is
necessary to comply with requirements under the Exchange Act;
(6) the Change of Control Purchase Price;
(7) the names and addresses of the Paying Agent and the offices or agencies referred to
in Section 10.2;
(8) that Securities must be surrendered not later than one Business Day prior to the
Change of Control Purchase Date to the Paying Agent at the office of the Paying Agent or to
an office or agency referred to in Section 10.2 to collect payment;
(9) that the Change of Control Purchase Price for any Security which has been properly
tendered and not withdrawn will be paid promptly following the Change of Control Offer
Purchase Date;
(10) the procedures that a Holder must follow to accept a Change of Control Offer or to
withdraw such acceptance;
(11) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest; and
(12) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Purchase
Price, any Securities accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall
cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Purchase Date.
(c) Upon receipt by the Company of the proper tender of Securities, the Holder of the Security
in respect of which such proper tender was made shall (unless the tender of such Security is
properly withdrawn) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Change of Control Purchase Price
with respect to such Security. Upon surrender of any such Security for purchase in accordance with
the foregoing provisions, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Change of Control
Purchase Price; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Change of Control Purchase Date shall be payable to the Holders of
such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such on the relevant Regular
Record Dates according to the terms and the provisions of Section 3.9. Holders electing to have
Securities purchased will be required to surrender such Securities to the Paying Agent at the
address specified in the Change of Control Purchase Notice at least one Business Day prior to the
Change of Control Purchase Date. Any Security that is to be purchased only in part shall be
surrendered to a Paying Agent at the office of such Paying Agent (with, if the Company, the
Security Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar or the Trustee, as the case
may be, duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Xxxxxx’s attorneys duly authorized in
writing), and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder of such Security, without service charge, one or more new Securities of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in an aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange
for, the portion of the principal amount of the Security so surrendered that is not purchased.
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(d) The Company shall (i) not later than the Change of Control Purchase Date, accept for
payment Securities or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (ii) not
later than 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Change of Control Purchase Date, deposit with the
Trustee or with a Paying Agent an amount of money in same day funds (or New York Clearing House
funds if such deposit is made prior to the Change of Control Purchase Date) sufficient to pay the
aggregate Change of Control Purchase Price of all the Securities or portions thereof which are to
be purchased as of the Change of Control Purchase Date and (iii) not later than 10:00 a.m. (New
York time) on the Change of Control Purchase Date, deliver to the Paying Agent an Officers’
Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof accepted for payment by the Company. The
Paying Agent shall promptly mail or deliver to Holders of Securities so accepted payment in an
amount equal to the Change of Control Purchase Price of the Securities purchased from each such
Holder, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall promptly
authenticate and mail or deliver to such Holders a new Security equal in principal amount to
any unpurchased portion of the Security surrendered. Any Securities not so accepted shall be
promptly mailed or delivered by the Paying Agent at the Company’s expense to the Holder thereof.
The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on the Change of
Control Purchase Date. For purposes of this Section 10.13, the Company shall choose a Paying Agent
which shall not be the Company.
(e) A tender made in response to a Change of Control Purchase Notice may be withdrawn if the
Company receives, not later than one Business Day prior to the Change of Control Purchase Date, a
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter, specifying, as applicable:
(1) the name of the Holder;
(2) the certificate number of the Security in respect of which such notice of
withdrawal is being submitted;
(3) the principal amount of the Security (which shall be $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof) delivered for purchase by the Holder as to which such notice of withdrawal is being
submitted;
(4) a statement that such Xxxxxx is withdrawing his election to have such principal
amount of such Security purchased; and
(5) the principal amount, if any, of such Security (which shall be $1,000 or an
integral multiple thereof) that remains subject to the original Change of Control Purchase
Notice and that has been or will be delivered for purchase by the Company.
(f) Subject to applicable escheat laws, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the
Company any cash that remains unclaimed, together with interest or dividends, if any, thereon, held
by them for the payment of the Change of Control Purchase Price; provided, however,
that, (x) to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to
clause (ii) of paragraph (d) above exceeds the aggregate Change of Control Purchase Price of the
Securities or portions thereof to be purchased, then the Trustee shall hold such excess for the
Company and (y) unless otherwise directed by the Company in writing, promptly
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after the Business
Day following the Change of Control Purchase Date the Trustee shall return any such excess to the
Company together with interest, if any, thereon.
(g) The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the applicable tender offer
rules, including Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other applicable securities laws or
regulations in connection with a Change of Control Offer.
Section 10.14. Limitation on Preferred Stock of Subsidiaries.
The Company will not permit (a) any Subsidiary of the Company to issue any Preferred Stock,
except for (i) Preferred Stock issued to the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and (ii)
Preferred Stock issued by a Person prior to the time (A) such Person becomes a Subsidiary, (B) such
Person merges with or into a Subsidiary or (C) a Subsidiary merges with or into such Person;
provided that such Preferred Stock referred to in clause (ii) above was not issued or
incurred by such Person in anticipation of the type of transaction contemplated by subclause (A),
(B) or (C), or (b) any Person (other than the Company, or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) to acquire
Preferred Stock of any Subsidiary from the Company or any Subsidiary, except, in the case of clause
(a) or (b), upon the acquisition of all the outstanding Preferred Stock of such Subsidiary in
accordance with the terms hereof.
Section 10.15. Limitation on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly,
create or suffer to exist any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any
Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make any other distribution on its Capital Stock, (ii) pay any
Indebtedness owed to the Company or any other Subsidiary, (iii) make any Investment in the Company
or any other Subsidiary or (iv) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any
other Subsidiary, except for: (a) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to any agreement in
effect on the Issue Date; (b) any encumbrance or restriction, with respect to a Subsidiary that is
not a Subsidiary of the Company on the Issue Date, in existence at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary of the Company and not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person
becoming a Subsidiary; (c) customary non-assignment or subletting provisions of any lease, license
or other contract; (d) any restriction entered into in the ordinary course of business contained in
any lease of any Subsidiary or any security agreement or mortgage securing Indebtedness of any
Subsidiary to the extent such restriction restricts the transfer of property subject to such
security agreement, mortgage or lease; (e) any restriction contained in an agreement pursuant to
which Permitted Subsidiary Indebtedness is incurred; and (f) any encumbrance or restriction
existing under any agreement that amends, substitutes, restructures, supplements, extends, renews,
refinances or replaces or otherwise modifies the agreements containing the encumbrances or
restrictions in the foregoing clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e), or in this clause (f);
provided that the terms and conditions of any such encumbrances or restrictions are no more
restrictive in any material respect than those under or pursuant to the agreement evidencing the
Indebtedness so amended, substituted, restructured, supplemented, extended, renewed, refinanced,
replaced or modified.
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Section 10.16. Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
The Company will not make, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to make, an Investment in
Unrestricted Subsidiaries unless, at the time thereof, (a) the aggregate amount of such Investments
would not exceed the amount of Restricted Payments then permitted to be made pursuant to the
provisions of Section 10.9 or (b) such Investment is a Permitted Investment. Except for Permitted
Investments, any Investment in Unrestricted Subsidiaries permitted to be made pursuant to this
covenant (i) must be permitted to be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.9 and will be
treated as a Restricted Payment in calculating the amount of Restricted Payments made by the
Company, and (ii) may be made in cash or property.
Section 10.17. Statement by Officers as to Default.
(a) The Company will deliver to the Trustee, on or before a date not more than 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, a written statement signed
by two executive officers of the Company, one of whom shall be the principal executive officer,
principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company, as to compliance
herewith, including whether or not, after a review of the activities of the Company during such
year and of the Company’s performance under this Indenture, to the best knowledge, based on such
review, of the signers thereof, the Company has fulfilled all of its respective obligations and is
in compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture throughout such year and, if
there has been a Default specifying each Default and the nature and status thereof and any actions
being taken by the Company with respect thereto.
(b) When any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or if the Trustee or
any Holder or the trustee for or the holder of any other evidence of Indebtedness of the Company or
any Subsidiary gives any notice or takes any other action with respect to a claimed default the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee by registered or certified mail or facsimile transmission
followed by hard copy of an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default, Event of Default, notice
or other action, the status thereof and what actions the Company is taking or proposes to take with
respect thereto, within ten Business Days of becoming aware of its occurrence.
Section 10.18. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or condition set
forth in Sections 7.4, 10.6 through 10.11 and 10.14 through 10.17, if, before or after the time for
such compliance, the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding shall, by Act of such Holders, waive such compliance in such
instance with such covenant or provision, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such
covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such
waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in
respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 10.19. Consummation of Plan of Reorganization.
No provision of this Indenture shall prevent the Company and its Subsidiaries from
consummating the Plan and the transactions contemplated thereby.
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ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 11.1. Rights of Redemption.
The Securities are subject to redemption at any time and from time to time, at the option of
the Company, in whole or in part, subject to the conditions, and at the Redemption Prices,
specified in the form of Security, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the
Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on relevant Regular Record Dates and
Special Record Dates to receive interest due on relevant Interest Payment Dates and Special Payment
Dates).
Section 11.2. Applicability of Article.
Redemption of Securities at the election of the Company or otherwise, as permitted or required
by any provision of this Indenture, shall be made in accordance with such provision and this
Article XI.
Section 11.3. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities pursuant to Section 11.1 shall be
evidenced by a Company Order and an Officers’ Certificate. In case of any redemption at the
election of the Company, the Company shall, not less than 45 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice period shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), notify the Trustee in writing of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of
Securities to be redeemed.
Section 11.4. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the particular Securities or portions
thereof to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date. The
Trustee shall select the Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed pro rata, by lot or by any
other method the Trustee shall deem fair and reasonable. The amounts to be redeemed shall be equal
to $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof.
If requested by the Company, the Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security
Registrar in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be
redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is
to be redeemed.
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Section 11.5. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than
30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed, at its address appearing in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date;
(b) the Redemption Price;
(c) if less than all Outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the identification of the
particular Securities to be redeemed;
(d) in the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the principal amount of such Security to
be redeemed and that after the Redemption Date upon surrender of such Security, new Security or
Securities in the aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be
issued;
(e) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect
the Redemption Price;
(f) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each
such Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, and that (unless the Company shall default in
payment of the Redemption Price) interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date;
(g) the names and addresses of the Paying Agent and the offices or agencies referred to in
Section 10.2 where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;
(h) the CUSIP number, if any, relating to such Securities; and
(i) the procedures that a Holder must follow to surrender the Securities to be redeemed.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Company’s written request, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company. If the Company elects to give notice of redemption, it shall provide the
Trustee with a certificate stating that such notice has been given in compliance with the
requirements of this Section 11.5.
The notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been
given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by
mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole
or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other
Security.
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Section 11.6. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company or any of its Affiliates is acting as
Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.3) an amount of money in same
day funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an
Interest Payment Date or Special Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or portions
thereof which are to be redeemed on that date. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail or deliver to
Holders of Securities so redeemed payment in an amount equal to the Redemption Price of the
Securities purchased from each such Holder. All money, if any, earned on funds held in trust by
the Trustee or any Paying Agent shall be remitted to the Company. For purposes of this Section
11.6, the Company shall choose a Paying Agent which shall not be the Company.
Section 11.7. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall,
on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified and from
and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Holders will be required to
surrender the Securities to be redeemed to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice
of redemption at least one Business Day prior to the Redemption Date. Upon surrender of any such
Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company
at the Redemption Price together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided,
however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or
more Predecessor Securities, registered as such on the relevant Regular Record Dates and
Special Record Dates according to the terms and the provisions of Section 3.9.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal and premium, if any, shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption
Date at the rate borne by such Security.
Section 11.8. Securities Redeemed or Purchased in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed or purchased only in part shall be surrendered to the
Paying Agent at the office or agency maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 10.2 (with, if
the Company, the Security Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Security Registrar or the Trustee,
as the case may be, duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Xxxxxx’s attorney duly authorized
in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange
for, the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered that is not redeemed or
purchased.
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ARTICLE XII
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 12.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect (except as to
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities as expressly provided for
herein) as to all Outstanding Securities hereunder, and the Trustee, upon Company Request and at
the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, when
(a) either
(1) all the Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) lost,
stolen or destroyed Securities which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.8
or (ii) all Securities for whose payment United States dollars have theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to
the Company or discharged from such trust as provided in Section 10.3) have been delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(2) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i)
have become due and payable, (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year or (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company; and the Company has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount in
United States dollars sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including the
principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest (based upon the Cash Interest payable
thereon) on, such Securities at such Maturity, Stated Maturity or Redemption Date;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company;
and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Independent Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, each stating
that (i) all conditions precedent herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge hereof have
been complied with and (ii) such satisfaction and discharge will not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any
Subsidiary is bound.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge hereof, the obligations of the Company to the
Trustee under Section 6.6 and, if United States dollars shall have been deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to subclause (2) of Subsection (a) of this Section 12.1, the obligations of the Trustee
under Section 12.2 and the last paragraph of Section 10.3 shall survive.
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Section 12.2. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all United States dollars
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on, the Securities for whose payment such United States dollars have been deposited with
the Trustee.
ARTICLE XIII
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
Section 13.1. Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness.
Anything in this Indenture or the Securities to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company
covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants
and agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article, the
Indebtedness represented by the Securities and the payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on (including any payment required under any provision of this Indenture and the
Securities, including Sections 10.12 and 10.13), each and all of the Securities and the other
Indenture Obligations are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in right of payment as
provided in this Article to the prior payment in full, in cash or Cash Equivalents or, as
acceptable to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, in any other manner, of the Senior Indebtedness
(including any interest accruing after the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 5.1(g)
or (h), whether or not such interest is an allowed claim enforceable against the debtor in a case
brought under the Bankruptcy Law).
As used in this Indenture and the Securities, “paying the Securities”, “payment of the
Securities” and similar phrases mean any direct or indirect payment or distribution by or on behalf
of the Company on account of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Securities, the
Indenture Obligations or other amounts owed by the Company under this Indenture and the Securities
(other than amounts owing to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7 hereof) or to acquire or
repurchase pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture or redeem, retire or defease all or any
portion of the Securities or to make any deposit, payment or transfer in furtherance of the
foregoing.
This Article XIII shall constitute a continuing offer to all Persons who, in reliance upon
such provisions, become holders or continue to hold Senior Indebtedness; and such provisions are
made for the benefits of the holders of Senior Indebtedness; and such holders are made obligees
hereunder and they or each of them may enforce such provisions.
The holders of Senior Notes shall have the right to rely upon this Article XIII, and no
amendment or modification of the provisions contained herein shall diminish the rights of such
holders unless such holders shall have agreed in writing thereto.
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Section 13.2. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, etc..
In the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership,
liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, relative
to the Company or to its creditors, as such, or to its assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution
or other winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, or whether or not involving
insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other
marshaling of assets or liabilities of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, or whether or
not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, then and in any such event:
(1) the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash or
Cash Equivalents or, as acceptable to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, in any other manner, of
all amounts due on or in respect of Senior Indebtedness before the Holders of the Securities are
entitled to receive any payment or distribution of any kind or character (excluding securities of
the Company or any other corporation that are equity securities or are subordinate in right of
payment to all Senior Indebtedness, that may be outstanding, to substantially the same extent as,
or to a greater extent than, the Securities are so subordinated as provided in this Article
(“Permitted Junior Securities”)) on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on the Securities or other Indenture Obligations or on account of the purchase,
redemption, defeasance or other acquisition of, or in respect of, the Securities or other Indenture
Obligations (other than
amounts previously set aside with the Trustee, or payments previously made, in either case, in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 4.2 and 4.3 of this Indenture); and
(2) any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in
cash, property or securities (excluding Permitted Junior Securities), by set-off or otherwise, to
which the Holders or the Trustee would be entitled but for the provisions of this Article shall be
paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or the Person making such payment or distribution, whether
a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or otherwise, directly to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under
any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been
issued, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the Senior
Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full in cash
or Cash Equivalents or, as acceptable to the holders or Senior Indebtedness, in any other manner,
of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness; and
(3) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Trustee
or the Holder of any Security shall have received any payment or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities (excluding Permitted
Junior Securities), in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities or
other Indenture Obligations before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, in cash or Cash
Equivalents or, as acceptable to the holder of Senior Indebtedness, in any other manner, then and
in such event such payment or distribution (excluding Permitted Junior Securities) shall be paid
over or delivered forthwith to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian,
assignee, agent or other Person making payments or distributions of assets of the Company for
application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, to the
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extent necessary to
pay all Senior Indebtedness in full in cash or Cash Equivalents or, as acceptable to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness, in any other manner, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company with or into, another
Person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the sale, assignment, conveyance,
transfer, lease or other disposal of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to
another Person upon the terms and conditions set forth in Article VIII shall not be deemed a
dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or
marshaling of assets and liabilities of the Company for the purposes of this Section if the Person
formed by such consolidation or the surviving entity of such merger or the Person which acquires by
sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposal of such properties and assets
substantially as an entirety, as the case may be, shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger,
sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposal, comply with the conditions set
forth in Article VIII.
Section 13.3. Suspension of Payment When Designated Senior Indebtedness in Default.
(a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any default in the payment of any
Designated Senior Indebtedness beyond any applicable grace period ( a “Payment Default”),
no payment (other than amounts previously set aside with the Trustee or payments previously made,
in either case, in accordance with Section 4.2 and 4.3 in this Indenture) or distribution of any
assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of any kind or character (excluding Permitted Junior
Securities) may be made by the Company or any Subsidiary on account of the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on, the Securities or other Indenture Obligations, or on account of the
purchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition of or in respect of, the Securities or other
Indenture Obligations unless and until such Payment Default shall have been cured or waived or
shall have ceased to exist or the Designated Senior Indebtedness shall have been discharged or paid
in full, in cash or Cash Equivalents or, as acceptable to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, in
any other manner, after which the Company shall (subject to the other provisions of this Article
XIII) resume making any and all required payments in respect of the Securities, including any
missed payments.
(b) (1) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any non-payment default with respect
to any Designated Senior Indebtedness pursuant to which the maturity thereof may then be
accelerated immediately (a “Non-payment Default”) and (2) after the receipt by the Trustee
and the Company from a Senior Representative of any Designated Senior Indebtedness of written
notice of such Non-payment Default, no payment (other than any amounts previously set aside with
the Trustee, or payments previously made, in either case, in accordance with the provisions of
Sections 4.2 or 4.3 in this Indenture) or distribution of any assets of the Company of any kind or
character (excluding Permitted Junior Securities) may be made by the Company or any Subsidiary on
account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Securities or other Indenture
Obligations, or on account of the purchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition of, or in
respect of, the Securities or other Indenture Obligations for the period specified below
(“Payment Blockage Period”).
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(c) A Payment Blockage Period shall commence upon the receipt of notice of the Non-payment
Default by the Trustee and the Company from a Senior Representative and shall end on the earliest
of (i) the 179th day after such commencement, (ii) the date on which such Non-payment
Default (and all Non-payment Defaults as to which notice is given after such Payment Blockage
Period is initiated) is cured, waived or ceases to exist or on which such Designated Senior
Indebtedness is discharged or paid in full, in cash or Cash Equivalents or, as acceptable to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness, in any other manner, or (iii) the date on which such Payment
Blockage Period (and all Non-payment Defaults as to which notice is given after such Payment
Blockage Period is initiated) shall have been terminated by written notice to the Company or the
Trustee from the Senior Representative initiating such Payment Blockage Period, after which, in the
case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Company shall promptly resume making any and all required
payments in respect of the Securities, including any missed payments. In no event will a Payment
Blockage Period extend beyond 179 days from the date of the receipt by the Company and the Trustee
of the notice initiating such Payment Blockage Period (such 179-day period referred to as the
“Initial Period”). Any number of notices of Non-payment Defaults may be given during the
Initial Period; provided that during any period of 365 consecutive days only one Payment
Blockage Period, during which payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the
Securities may not be made, may commence and the duration of such period may not exceed 179 days.
No Non-payment Default with respect to any
Designated Senior Indebtedness that existed or was continuing on the date of the commencement
of any Payment Blockage Period will be, or can be, made the basis for the commencement of a second
Payment Blockage Period, whether or not within a period of 365 consecutive days, unless such
default has been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days. The Company
shall deliver a notice to the Trustee promptly after the date on which any Non-payment Default is
cured or waived or ceases to exist or on which the Designated Senior Indebtedness related thereto
is discharged or paid in full, in cash or Cash Equivalents or, as acceptable to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness, in any other manner, and the Trustee is authorized to act in reliance on such
notice.
(d) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company or any Subsidiary shall make
any payment or distribution to or for the benefit of the Trustee or the Holder of any Security
prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section, then and in such event such payment or
distribution shall be paid over and delivered forthwith to a Senior Representative of the holders
of the Designated Senior Indebtedness or as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
Section 13.4. Payment Permitted if No Default.
Nothing contained in this Article, elsewhere in this Indenture or in any of the Securities
shall prevent the Company, at any time except during the pendency of any case, proceeding,
dissolution, liquidation or other winding-up, assignment for the benefit or creditors or other
marshaling of assets and liabilities of the Company referred to in Section 13.2 or under the
conditions described in Section 13.3, from making payments at any time of principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on the Securities.
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Section 13.5. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
After the payment in full, in cash or Cash Equivalents or, as acceptable to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness, in any other manner, of all Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities
shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments
and distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Securities shall be paid in full, in cash or
Cash Equivalents or, as acceptable to the holders of Securities, in any other manner. For purposes
of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of any
cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be
entitled except for the provisions of this Article, and no payments over pursuant to the provisions
of this Article to the holders of Senior Indebtedness by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee,
shall, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the
Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the Company to or account
of the Senior Indebtedness.
Section 13.6. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.
The provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the
relative rights of the Holders of the Securities on the one hand and the holders of Senior
Indebtedness on the other hand. Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture
or in the Securities is intended to or shall (a) impair, as among the Company, its creditors other
than holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal
of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Securities as and when the same shall become due and
payable in accordance with their terms; or (b) affect the relative rights against the Company or
the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness; or (c) prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all remedies
otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if
any, under this Article of the holders of Senior Indebtedness (1) in any case, proceeding,
dissolution, liquidation or other winding up, assignment for the benefit of creditors or other
marshaling of assets and liabilities of the Company referred to in Section 13.2, to receive,
pursuant to and in accordance with such Section, cash, property and securities otherwise payable or
deliverable to the Trustee or such Holder, (2) under the conditions specified in Section 13.3, to
prevent any payment prohibited by such Section or enforce their rights pursuant to Section 13.3(d),
or (3) as specified in Section 5.2.
Section 13.7. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.
Each Holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on his
behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination
provided in this Article and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes, including, in the event of any dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of
the Company whether in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership proceedings, or otherwise, the timely
filing of a claim for the unpaid balance of the indebtedness of the Company owing to such Holder in
the form required in such proceedings and the causing of such claim to be approved. If the Trustee
does not file such a claim prior to 30 days before the expiration of the time to file a
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claim, the
holders of Senior Indebtedness, or any Senior Representative, may file such a claim on behalf of
the Holders of the Securities.
Section 13.8. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
(a) No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce
subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act
or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any
such holder, or by any non-compliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of
this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be otherwise
charged with.
(b) Without limiting the generality of Subsection (a) of this Section, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness may at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee
or the Holders of the Securities, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Securities
and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or the obligations
hereunder of the Holders of the Securities to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, do any one or
more of the following: (1) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of
payment of, or renew or alter or increase, Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the
same or any agreement under which Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (2) sell, exchange, release
or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness;
(3) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection or payment of Senior Indebtedness;
and (4) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person;
provided, however, that in no event shall any such actions limit the right of the
Holders of the Securities to take any action to accelerate the maturity of the Securities pursuant
to Article V of this Indenture or to pursue any rights or remedies hereunder or under applicable
laws if the taking of such actions does not otherwise violate the terms of this Indenture.
(c) The provisions of this Article XIII shall be reinstated if at any time any payment of any
of the Senior Indebtedness is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any holder of Senior
Indebtedness upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
Section 13.9. Notice to Trustee.
(a) The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any fact known to the
Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the
Securities. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provision of this
Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which
would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities, unless
and until the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or a holder of
Senior Indebtedness or from a Senior Representative or any trustee, fiduciary or agent therefor;
and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall be entitled in all respects
to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall
not have received the notice provided for in this Section by Xxxx, Eastern Time, on the Business
Day prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable for any
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purpose
(including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
any Security), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding but without limiting
the rights and remedies of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, a Senior Representative or any
trustee, fiduciary or agent thereof, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive
such money and to apply the same to the purpose for which such money was received and shall not be
affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it after such date; nor shall the
Trustee be charged with knowledge of the curing of any such default or the elimination of the act
or condition preventing any such payment unless and until the Trustee shall have received an
Officers’ Certificate to such effect.
(b) The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice to the
Trustee and the Company by a Person representing himself to be a Senior Representative or a holder
of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee, fiduciary or agent therefor) to establish that such notice
has been given by a Senior Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee,
fiduciary or agent therefor); provided, however, that failure to give such notice
to the Company shall not affect in any way the ability of the Trustee to rely on such notice. In
the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect
to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to
the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such
Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution
and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article, and if such evidence
is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination
as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
Section 13.10. Reliance on Judicial Orders or Certificates.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article, the
Trustee and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree
entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership,
liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a
certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee for
the benefit of creditors, agent or other person making such payment or distribution, or a
certificate of a Senior Representative, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of the
Securities for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution, the holders of 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, provided that the foregoing shall apply only if such
court has been fully appraised of the provisions of this Article.
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Section 13.11. Rights of Trustee as a Holder of Senior Indebtedness; Preservation of
Trustee’s Rights.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this
Article with respect to any Senior Indebtedness which may at any time be held by it, to the same
extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the
Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or
payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.7.
Section 13.12. Article Applicable to Paying Agents.
In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the
Company and be then acting under this Indenture, the term “Trustee” as used in this Article
shall in such case (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and
including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such
Paying Agent were named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee;
provided, however, that Section 13.11 shall not apply to the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.
Section 13.13. No Suspensions of Remedies.
Nothing contained in this Article shall limit the right of the Trustee or the Holders of
Securities to take any action to accelerate the maturity of the Securities pursuant to Article V of
this Indenture or to pursue any rights or remedies hereunder or under applicable law, subject to
the rights, if any, under this Article of the holders, from time to time, of Senior Indebtedness to
receive the cash, property or securities receivable upon the exercise of such rights or remedies.
Section 13.14. Trustee’s Relation to Senior Indebtedness.
With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to
observe only such of its covenants and obligation as are specifically set forth in this Article,
and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be
read into this Article against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary
duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of
Senior Indebtedness if it shall in good faith mistakenly (absent negligence or willful misconduct
or violation of Section 13.9(a)) pay over or deliver to Holders, the Company or any other Person
moneys or assets to which any holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this
Article or otherwise.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as
of the day and year first above written.
BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORPORATION |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
[HSBC Bank USA, National Association], as
Trustee |
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE
I or we assign and transfer this Security to:
Please insert social security or other identifying number of assignee
Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee and irrevocably appoint
[Agent], to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The Agent may substitute another
to act for him.
Dated | Signed |
(Sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this Security)
[Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of
the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security
Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as
may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Exchange Act.]
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE
DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH
TRANSFERS TO NON-QIB INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS
DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH
TRANSFERS TO NON-QIB INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS
, 20___
Bally Total Fitness Holding Corporation
c/o [Trustee Name and Address]
c/o [Trustee Name and Address]
Attention: Corporate Trust Division
Re: | Bally Total Fitness Holding Corporation (the “Company”) 135/8%/12% [Senior] [Junior] Subordinated Toggle Notes due 2013 (the “Securities”) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed purchase of $ aggregate principal amount of the
Securities:
1. We understand that the Securities have not been registered under the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be sold within the
United States or to, or for the benefit of, U.S. Persons 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 the Securities to offer, resell, pledge or otherwise transfer such Securities prior to
the date which 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 Securities, or any
predecessor thereto (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) only (a) to the Company,
(b) pursuant to a registration statement which has been declared effective under the Securities
Act, (c) for so long as the Securities are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the
Securities Act (“Rule 144A”), inside the United States to a person we reasonably believe is
a qualified institutional buyer under Rule 144A (a “QIB”) that purchases for its own
account or for the account of a QIB to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in
reliance on Rule 144A, (d) outside the United States pursuant to offers and sales to non-U.S.
Persons in an Offshore Transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (e)
inside the United States to an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of
subparagraph (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act that is acquiring the
Securities for its own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor”
for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any
distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act or (f) pursuant to any other available
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject in each of the
foregoing cases to any requirement of law that the disposition of our property and the property of
such investor account or accounts be at all times within our or their control and to compliance
with any applicable state securities laws. If any resale or other transfer of the Securities is
proposed to be made pursuant to clause (e) above, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the
transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the
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Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an institutional
“accredited investor” within the meaning of subparagraph (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under
the Securities Act and that it is acquiring such Securities for investment purposes and not for
distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We acknowledge that the Company and the Trustee
reserve the right prior to any offer, sale or other transfer of the Securities pursuant to clauses
(d), (e) and (f) above to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications and/or
other information satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee. As used herein, the terms “United
States,” “Offshore Transaction,” and “U.S. Person” have the respective meanings given to them by
Regulation S under the Securities Act.
2. We are an institutional “accredited Investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or
(7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) purchasing for our own account or for the account of
such an institutional “accredited investor,” and we are acquiring the Securities for investment
purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in
violation of the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state of the United States or any
other applicable jurisdiction, provided that the disposition of our property and the
property of any accounts for which we are acting as fiduciary shall remain at all times within our
and their control; and 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 Securities, and we and
any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its
investment.
3. We are acquiring the Securities purchased by us for our own account or for one or more
accounts as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.
4. We understand that the Trustee will not be required to accept for registration of transfer
any Securities acquired by us, except upon presentation of evidence satisfactory to the Company and
the Trustee that the foregoing restrictions on transfer have been complied with. We further
understand that the Securities purchased by us will be in the form of definitive physical
certificates and that such certificates will bear a legend reflecting the substance of this
paragraph. We further agree to provide to any person acquiring any of the Securities from us a
notice advising such person that resales of the Securities are restricted as stated herein and that
certificates representing the Notes will bear a legend to that effect.
5. We acknowledge that you, the Company, the Trustee and others will rely upon our
acknowledgments, representations and agreements set forth herein, and we agree to notify you
promptly in writing if any of our acknowledgements, representations or agreements herein cease to
be accurate and complete.
6. We represent to you that we have full power to make the foregoing acknowledgements,
representations and agreements on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we
are acting as a fiduciary or agent.
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THIS LETTER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF).
Very truly yours, |
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By: | ||||
(Name of Purchaser) | ||||
Date: | ||||
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RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
AND INDENTURE, DATED AS OF [ , 20___]
AND INDENTURE, DATED AS OF [ , 20___]
TRUST INDENTURE | INDENTURE | |||||
ACT SECTION | SECTION | |||||
Section 310 |
(a)(1) | 6.9 | ||||
(a)(2) | 6.9 | |||||
(a)(5) | 6.9 | |||||
(b) | 6.7, 6.10 | |||||
Section 311 |
(a) | 6.13 | ||||
(b) | 6.13 | |||||
Section 312 |
(a) | 7.1 | ||||
(b) | 7.2 | |||||
(c) | 7.2 | |||||
Section 313 |
(a) | 7.3 | ||||
(b) | 7.3 | |||||
(c) | 7.3 | |||||
(d) | 7.3 | |||||
Section 314 |
(a)(1) | 7.4 | ||||
(a)(2) | 7.4 | |||||
(a)(3) | 7.4 | |||||
(a)(4) | 10.18 | |||||
(c)(1) | 1.3 | |||||
(c)(2) | 1.3 | |||||
(e) | 1.3 | |||||
Section 315 |
(a) | 6.1 | ||||
(b) | 6.2 | |||||
(c) | 6.1 | |||||
(d) | 6.1, 6.3 | |||||
(e) | 5.14 | |||||
Section 316 |
(a) | (last sentence)1.1 (“Outstanding”) | ||||
(a)(1)(A) | 5.12 | |||||
(a)(2)(B) | 5.13 | |||||
(b) | 5.8 | |||||
(c) | 1.5 | |||||
Section 317 |
(a)(1) | 5.3 | ||||
(a)(2) | 5.4 | |||||
(b) | 10.3 | |||||
Section 318 |
(a) | 1.8 |
Note: | This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this Indenture. |