EXHIBIT 4.2
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Key3Media Group, Inc., as Issuer
The Subsidiary Guarantors Named Herein, as Guarantors
And
The Bank of New York, as Trustee
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Subordinated Debt Indenture
Dated as of May __, 2001
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Reconciliation and Tie Between Certain Sections of
this Indenture and Sections 310 through 318,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
(S) 310(a)(1).....................................................609
(a)(2).....................................................609
(a)(3)...............................................Not Applicable
(a)(4)...............................................Not Applicable
(b)........................................................608
(S) 311(a).................................................613
(b).................................................613
(S) 312(a).................................................701
702
(b).................................................702
(c).................................................702
(S) 313(a).................................................703
(b).................................................703
(c).................................................703
(d).................................................703
(S) 314(a).................................................704
(a)(4)..............................................101
(b)...........................................Not Applicable
(c)(1)..............................................102
(c)(2)..............................................102
(c)(3)........................................Not Applicable
(d)...........................................Not Applicable
(e).................................................102
(S) 315(a).................................................601
(b).................................................602
(c).................................................601
(d).................................................601
(e).................................................514
(S) 316(a).................................................101
(a)(1)(A)...........................................502
512
(a)(1)(B)...........................................513
(a)(2)........................................Not Applicable
(b).................................................508
(c).................................................104
(S) 317(a)(1)..............................................503
(a)(2)..............................................504
(b)................................................1003
(S) 318(a).................................................107
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PARTIES.......................................................... 1
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS................ 1
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions....................................... 1
Act............................................... 2
Affiliate......................................... 2
Authenticating Agent.............................. 2
Applicable Procedures............................. 2
Board of Directors................................ 3
Board Resolution.................................. 3
Business Day...................................... 3
Capital Stock..................................... 3
Capitalized Lease................................. 3
Capitalized Lease Obligations..................... 3
Commission........................................ 3
Commodity Agreement............................... 3
Company........................................... 4
Company Request or Company Order.................. 4
Corporate Trust Office............................ 4
corporation....................................... 4
Covenant Defeasance............................... 4
Currency Agreement................................ 4
Defaulted Interest................................ 4
Defeasance........................................ 4
Depositary........................................ 4
Designated Senior Indebtedness.................... 4
Disqualified Stock................................ 4
Event of Default.................................. 5
Exchange Act...................................... 5
Expiration Date................................... 5
Guarantee......................................... 5
Global Security................................... 5
Holder............................................ 5
Incur............................................. 5
Indebtedness...................................... 6
Indenture......................................... 8
interest.......................................... 8
Interest Payment Date............................. 8
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NOTE: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed
to be a part of the Indenture.
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Interest Rate Agreement........................... 8
Investment Company Act............................ 8
Maturity.......................................... 8
Notice of Default................................. 8
Officers' Certificate............................. 8
Opinion of Counsel................................ 9
Original Issue Discount Security.................. 9
Outstanding....................................... 9
Payment Blockage Period........................... 10
Paying Agent...................................... 10
Person............................................ 10
Place of Payment.................................. 10
Predecessor Security.............................. 10
Proceeding........................................ 11
Redemption Date................................... 11
Redemption Price.................................. 11
Regular Record Date............................... 11
Responsible Officer............................... 11
Securities........................................ 11
Securities Act.................................... 11
Securities Payment................................ 11
Security Register and Security Registrar.......... 11
Senior Debt....................................... 11
Senior Indebtedness............................... 12
Senior Nonmonetary Default........................ 12
Senior Payment Default............................ 12
Special Record Date............................... 12
Stated Maturity................................... 12
Subsidiary........................................ 13
Subsidiary Guarantee Payment Blockage Period...... 13
Subsidiary Guarantees............................. 13
Subsidiary Guarantor.............................. 13
Subsidiary Guarantor Payment...................... 13
Subsidiary Guarantor Proceeding................... 13
Subsidiary Guarantor Senior Nonmonetary Default... 13
Subsidiary Guarantor Senior Payment Default....... 13
Trade Payables.................................... 13
Trust Indenture Act............................... 13
Trustee........................................... 13
U.S. Government Obligation........................ 14
Vice President.................................... 14
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.............. 14
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee............ 15
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates..................... 15
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SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company............. 17
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver......................... 18
SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act................. 18
SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.......... 19
SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns............................ 19
SECTION 110. Separability Clause............................... 19
SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture............................. 19
SECTION 112. Governing Law..................................... 19
SECTION 113. Legal Holidays.................................... 19
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY AND SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally................................... 20
SECTION 202. Form of Face of Security.......................... 20
SECTION 203. Form of Reverse of Security....................... 22
SECTION 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities.............. 26
SECTION 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication... 26
SECTION 206. Form of Guarantee................................. 27
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.............. 30
SECTION 302. Denominations..................................... 33
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.... 33
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.............................. 35
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and
Exchange.......................................... 36
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.. 38
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.... 39
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners............................. 40
SECTION 309. Cancellation...................................... 41
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest........................... 41
SECTION 311. CUSIP Numbers..................................... 41
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture........... 42
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money........................ 43
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ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default................................. 43
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment......................................... 46
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee............................ 47
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.................. 48
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities........................................ 48
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.................... 48
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits............................... 49
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive
Principal, Premium and Interest and to Convert.... 50
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies................ 50
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.................... 50
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver...................... 50
SECTION 512. Control by Holders................................ 51
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults........................... 51
SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs............................. 51
SECTION 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws........... 52
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities............... 52
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults................................ 52
SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee......................... 53
SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities........................................ 54
SECTION 605. May Hold Securities............................... 54
SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust............................... 54
SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.................... 55
SECTION 608. Conflicting Interests............................. 55
SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility........... 56
SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. 56
SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor............ 58
SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business.......................................... 59
SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. 59
SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent............... 59
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Holders........................................... 61
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to
Holders........................................... 61
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee................................ 62
SECTION 704. Reports by Company................................ 62
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on
Certain Terms..................................... 63
SECTION 802. Mergers, Consolidations and Certain Sales of
Assets by Subsidiary Guarantors................... 64
SECTION 803. Successor Substituted............................. 64
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Holders........................................... 65
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders... 67
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.............. 68
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures................. 68
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act............... 68
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental
Indentures........................................ 68
SECTION 907. Subordination Unimpaired.......................... 69
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest........ 69
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency................... 69
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust. 70
SECTION 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default............... 71
SECTION 1005. Waiver of Certain Covenants....................... 71
SECTION 1006. Existence......................................... 71
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article.......................... 72
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee............. 72
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. 72
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption.............................. 73
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price....................... 74
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date............. 74
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part....................... 75
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article.......................... 75
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities........................................ 76
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund......... 76
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1301. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance........................................ 76
SECTION 1302. Defeasance and Discharge.......................... 77
SECTION 1303. Covenant Defeasance............................... 77
SECTION 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance... 78
SECTION 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations
to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions..... 80
SECTION 1306. Reinstatement..................................... 81
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1401. Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness..... 81
SECTION 1402. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.... 82
SECTION 1403. No Payment When Senior Indebtedness in Default.... 83
SECTION 1404. Payment Permitted if No Default................... 84
SECTION 1405. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company....................... 85
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SECTION 1406. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights....... 85
SECTION 1407. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination............... 86
SECTION 1408. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions............. 86
SECTION 1409. Notice to Trustee................................. 86
SECTION 1410. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of
Liquidating Agent................................. 87
SECTION 1411. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior
Indebtedness the Company..................... 87
SECTION 1412. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness
of the Company; Preservation of Trustee's Rights.. 88
SECTION 1413. Article Applicable to Paying Agents............... 88
SECTION 1414. Defeasance of this Article Fourteen............... 88
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
SECTION 1501. Subsidiary Guarantee.............................. 88
SECTION 1502. Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantees... 90
SECTION 1503. Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc.,
on Certain Terms.................................. 91
SECTION 1504. Release of Subsidiary Guarantors.................. 91
SECTION 1505. Additional Subsidiary Guarantors.................. 92
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
SECTION 1601. Subsidiary Guarantees Subordinate to Senior
Indebtedness of Subsidiary Guarantors............. 92
SECTION 1602. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.... 93
SECTION 1603. No Payment When Senior Indebtedness of a
Subsidiary Guarantor in Default................... 94
SECTION 1604. Payment Permitted If No Default................... 95
SECTION 1605. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary Guarantor............ 96
SECTION 1606. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights....... 96
SECTION 1607. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination............... 97
SECTION 1608. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions............. 97
SECTION 1609. Notice to Trustee................................. 97
SECTION 1610. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of
Liquidating Agent................................. 98
SECTION 1611. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantors......... 98
SECTION 1612. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior
Indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantors;
Preservation of Trustee's Rights.................. 99
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SECTION 1613. Article Applicable to Paying Agents............... 99
SECTION 1614. Defeasance of this Article Sixteen................ 99
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SUBORDINATED DEBT INDENTURE, dated as of May __, 2001, among Key3Media
Group, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors (as hereinafter defined), and The Bank of New York, a New York
banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
Recitals of the Company and Subsidiary Guarantors
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
The Company, directly or indirectly, owns beneficially and of record 100%
of the Capital Stock of Key3Media Events, Inc., a corporation duly organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Initial Subsidiary Guarantor");
the Company and the Initial Subsidiary Guarantor are members of the same
consolidated group of companies and are engaged in related businesses; the
Initial Subsidiary Guarantor will derive direct and indirect economic benefits
from the issuance of the Securities; accordingly, the Initial Subsidiary
Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the Subsidiary Guarantee by it with respect to the Securities as set
forth in this Indenture.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company and the Initial Subsidiary Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, have
been done.
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 agreed, for the equal and
propor tionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof,
as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
Section 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them
in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) 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;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an "Article"
or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of
this Indenture;
(5) 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; and
(6) when used with respect to any Security, the words "convert",
"converted" and "conversion" are intended to refer to the right of the
Holder or the Company to convert or exchange such Security into or for
securities or other property in accordance with such terms, if any, as may
hereafter be specified for such Security as contemplated by Section 301,
and these words are not intended to refer to any right of the Holder or the
Company to exchange such Security for other Securities of the same series
and like tenor pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 or another
similar provision of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires;
and references herein to the terms of any Security that may be converted
mean such terms as may be specified for such Security as contemplated in
Section 301.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, "
control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act
on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.
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"Applicable Procedures" of a Depositary means, with respect to any
matter at any time, the policies and procedures of such Depositary, if any, that
are applicable to such matter at such time.
"Board of Directors" means, with respect to the Company or a Subsidiary
Guarantor, either the board of directors of such Person or any duly authorized
committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means, with respect to the Company or a Subsidiary
Guarantor, a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of such Person to have been duly adopted by its Board of Directors and
to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered
to the Trustee.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law
or executive order to close; provided that, when used with respect to any
Security, "Business Day" may have such other meaning, if any, as may be
specified for such Security as contemplated by Section 301.
"Capital Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether
voting or non-voting) in corporate stock of, or other equity interests in, such
Person, whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or issued thereafter,
including, without limitation, membership interests in limited liability
companies and partnership interests (general or limited) in partnerships.
"Capitalized Lease" means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any
property (whether real, personal or mixed) which is required to be classified
and accounted for as a capital lease on the face of the balance sheet of such
Person in accordance with GAAP.
"Capitalized Lease Obligations" of any Person means the obligations
under a Capitalized Lease; provided, that the amount of Indebtedness represented
by such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on
the face of a balance sheet of such Person and the stated maturity of such
obligation shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due
under such lease prior to the first date on which such lease may be terminated
by the lessee without the payment of a penalty.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to
time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the
execution of this instrument such Commission 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.
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"Commodity Agreement" means, with respect to any Person, any forward
contract, commodity swap agreement, commodity option agreement or other similar
agreement or arrangement to which such Person is a party or by which it is
bound.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this 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 any two of the following: a Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, a President, an Executive Vice Presi
dent, a Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company, or any other officer or officers of the Company
designated in writing by or pursuant to authority of the Board of Directors and
delivered to the Trustee from time to time.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee in New
York, New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
shall be administered, which at the date hereof is located at 000Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
"corporation" means a corporation, association, company (including a
limited liability company), joint-stock company, business trust or other similar
entity.
"Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1303.
"Currency Agreement" means, with respect to any Person, any foreign
exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or
arrangement to which such Person is a party or by which it is bound.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1302.
"Depositary" means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency
that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by
Section 301.
"Designated Senior Indebtedness", with respect to the Securities of any
series, shall have the meaning assigned to such term when the terms of the
Securities of such series are established pursuant to Section 301 or, in the
absence of such an assignment, any Senior Indebtedness (a) which at the time of
determination exceeds $50 million in aggregate principal (or accreted value)
outstanding or available under a committed facility, (b) which is specifically
designated as "Designated Senior Indebtedness" in the instrument creating or
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evidencing such Senior Indebtedness and (c) as to which the Trustee has been
given written notice of such designation.
"Disqualified Stock" means, with respect to any Person and the Securities
of any series and the Subsidiary Guarantees thereof, any Capital Stock of such
Person which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is
convertible or for which it is exercisable or exchangeable), or upon the
happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a
sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the
holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the final Stated Maturity of
the Securities of such series; provided that any Capital Stock that would not
constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof
the right to require such Person to repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon
the occurrence of an "asset sale" or "change of control" occurring prior to the
final Stated Maturity of the Securities of such series shall not constitute
Disqualified Stock if the "asset sale" or "change of control" provisions
applicable to such Capital Stock are no more favorable to the holders of such
Capital Stock than the analogous provisions which apply to the Securities of
such series and such Capital Stock specifically provides that such Person will
not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions
prior to the Company's repurchase of the Securities of such series as are
required to be repurchased pursuant to the analogous provisions which apply to
the Securities of such series.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 104.
"Guarantee" by any Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise,
of such Person guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person (the "primary
obligor") in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including, without
limitation, any obligation of such Person, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or
supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or to purchase
(or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment
of such Indebtedness, (ii) to purchase property, securities or services for the
purpose of assuring the holder of such Indebtedness of the payment of such
Indebtedness, or (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or other
financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to
enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness (and "Guaranteed",
"Guaranteeing" and "Guarantor" shall have meanings correlative to the
foregoing); provided, however, that the Guarantee by any Person shall not
include endorsements by such Person for collection or deposit, in either case,
in the ordinary course of business.
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"Global Security" means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 204 (or such
legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities).
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
"Incur" means, with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of
any Person, to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise),
assume, Guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of such Indebtedness or
other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to generally accepted
accounting principles or otherwise, of any such Indebtedness or other obligation
on the balance sheet of such Person (and "Incurrence", "Incurred", "Incurrable"
and "Incurring" shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing); provided,
that (1) any Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by such Restricted
Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and (2) neither the
accrual of interest nor the accretion of original issue discount nor the payment
of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness (to the extent provided for
when the Indebtedness on which such interest is paid was originally issued)
shall be considered an Incurrence of Indebtedness; provided, further, that a
change in generally accepted accounting principles that results in an obligation
of such Person that exists at such time becoming Indebtedness shall not be
deemed an Incurrence of such Indebtedness.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person at any date of
determination (without duplication):
(1) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;
(2) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes
or other similar instruments;
(3) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit or
other similar instruments (including reimbursement obligations with respect
thereto, but excluding obligations with respect to letters of credit
(including trade letters of credit) securing obligations (other than
obligations described in (1) or (2) above or (5), (6) or (8) below) entered
into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent such
letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if drawn upon, to the extent such
drawing is reimbursed no later than the third Business Day following
receipt by such Person of a demand for reimbursement);
(4) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid
purchase price of property or services, which purchase price is due more
than six months after the date of placing such property in service or
taking delivery and title thereto or the completion of such Services,
except Trade Payables;
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(5) all Capitalized Lease Obligations;
(6) all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of
such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person;
(7) the Disqualified Stock of such Person;
(8) all Indebtedness of other Persons Guaranteed by such Person to the
extent such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by such Person; and
(9) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, obligations
under Commodity Agreements, Currency Agreements and Interest Rate
Agreements (other than Commodity Agreements, Currency Agreements and
Interest Rate Agreements designed solely to protect Key3Media or its
Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in commodity prices, foreign
currency exchange rates or interest rates and that do not increase the
Indebtedness of the obligor outstanding at any time other than as a result
of fluctuations in commodity prices, foreign currency exchange rates or
interest rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable
thereunder).
The amount of Indebtedness of any Person as of any determination date shall be
the outstanding balance on such date in the case of unconditional obligations
and, with respect to contingent obligations, the maximum liability upon the
occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation, provided that
(A) the amount outstanding at any time of any Indebtedness issued at a
price less than its principal or face amount at maturity shall be the
amount of the liability in respect thereof determined in accordance
with GAAP;
(B) the amount of Indebtedness represented by Disqualified Stock of any
Person shall be the maximum amount that such Person can be required
to pay to redeem, repay or repurchase such Disqualified Stock
(excluding any accrued dividends) as of the determination date;
(C) the amount of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on any asset of a Person
shall be the lesser of (i) the fair market value of such asset as of
the determination date and (ii) the amount of such Indebtedness;
(D) the amount of Indebtedness represented by obligations under any
Commodity Agreement, Currency Agreement or Interest Rate Agreement
shall be the termination value of such agreement that
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would be payable by such Person if it was terminated as of the date
of determination; and
(E) money borrowed and set aside at the time of the Incurrence of any
Indebtedness in order to refund the payment of the interest on such
Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be "Indebtedness" so long as such
money is held to secure the payment of such interest.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall not include:
(i) obligations created, issued or incurred by any Person with respect
to customer subscription payments or customer deposits for trade shows,
conferences or other events;
(ii) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes;
(iii) performance, surety or appeal bonds provided consistent with
industry practice; or
(iv) indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar
obligations under, or Guarantees or letters of credit, surety bonds or
performance bonds securing any obligations of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to, agreements relating to the acquisition or
disposition of any business assets or Restricted Subsidiary (other than
Guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any
portion of such business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose
of financing such acquisition).
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed 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,
including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
"interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security
which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable
after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an instalment of interest on such Security.
"Interest Rate Agreement" means, with respect to any Person, any interest
rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option
agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest
rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement, option or future
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contract or other similar agreement or arrangement to which such Person is a
party or by which it is bound.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an instalment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Notice of Default" means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 501(4).
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by any two of the
following: a Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, a President,
a Vice President, a Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, a Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may
be, or any other officer or officers of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor,
as the case may be, designated in a writing by or pursuant to authority of its
Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee from time to time. One of the
officers signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall
be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means, as to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor,
a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company or such
Subsidiary Guarantor, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides for
an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation;
(2) Securities 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 or any Subsidiary Guarantor) in trust or set aside
and segregated in trust by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor (if the
Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor 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
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given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the
Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to
Section 1302;
(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or 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 proof
satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser
in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and
(5) Securities as to which any property deliverable upon conversion
thereof has been delivered (or such delivery has been duly provided for),
or as to which any other particular conditions have been satisfied, in each
case as may be provided for such Securities as contemplated in Section 301;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue
Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of
the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon
acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B)
if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a
Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall
be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as
contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated
in one or more foreign currencies, composite currencies or currency units which
shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent,
determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section
301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security
described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in
such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon
the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only
Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so
owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in
good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
"Payment Blockage Period" has the meaning specified in Section 1403.
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"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series and subject to Section 1002, means the place or places where the
principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are
payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.
"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 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Proceeding" has the meaning specified in Section 1402.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
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, 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 on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose
as contemplated by Section 301.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
vice president, any assistant secretary, any assistant treasurer, any trust
officer, any assistant trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee, in
each case, located in the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and also means,
with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom
such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
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"Securities Payment" has the meaning set forth in Section 1402.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.
"Senior Debt" means all indebtedness and obligations (other than the
Securities) of, or guaranteed or assumed by, the Company that are for borrowed
money or are evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter created,
incurred, assumed or guaranteed, and all amendments, renewals, extensions,
modifications and refundings of such indebtedness and obligations, unless in any
such case the instrument by which such indebtedness or obligations are created,
incurred, assumed or guaranteed by the Company, or are evidenced, provides that
they are subordinate, or are not superior, in right of payment to the
Securities.
"Senior Indebtedness" of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as the
case may be, means, with respect to the Securities of any series and the
Subsidiary Guarantees thereof, as applicable, the following obligations, whether
outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred: (1) all
Indebtedness of such Person and all other monetary obligations (including,
without limitation, expenses, fees, principal, interest, reimbursement
obligations under letters of credit and indemnities payable in connection
therewith) of such Person under (or in respect of) any bank credit facility
under which the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor can borrow money or any
Commodity Agreement, Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Agreement relating to
the Indebtedness under any such facility and (2) all other Indebtedness of such
Person (other than the Securities and any Subsidiary Guarantee), all monetary
obligations of such Person under (or in respect of) the agreements or
instruments relating to such other Indebtedness and interest on such other
Indebtedness; provided that the term "Senior Indebtedness" shall not include:
(A) any Indebtedness as to which the terms of the instruments creating or
evidencing the same provide that such Indebtedness is not senior or
is subordinated in right of payment to the Securities of such series
or the Subsidiary Guarantees thereof by such Person, as applicable;
(B) any Indebtedness of such Person that is subordinated in right of
payment to any other Indebtedness of such Person;
(C) any Indebtedness of such Person that is owed to the Company or to
another Person when such other Person is a Subsidiary of the Company;
(D) any obligations in respect of any Capital Stock of such Person;
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(E) any Indebtedness of such Person to any employees of the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company;
(F) any Trade Payables of, or operating lease rental payments by, such
Person;
(G) any Indebtedness of such Person incurred in violation of the
covenants applicable to the Securities of such series or the
Subsidiary Guarantees thereof by such Person, as applicable; or
(H) any liability for taxes owed by such Person.
"Senior Nonmonetary Default" has the meaning specified in Section 1403.
"Senior Payment Default" has the meaning specified in Section 1403.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
instalment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in
such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such
instalment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means any Person a majority of the combined voting power of
the total outstanding ownership interests in which is, at the time of
determination, beneficially owned or held, directly or indirectly, by the
Company or one or more other Subsidiaries. For this purpose, "voting power"
means power to vote in an ordinary election of directors (or, in the case of a
Person that is not a corporation, to appoint or approve the ordinary appointment
of Persons holding similar positions), whether at all times or only as long as
no senior class of ownership interests has such voting power by reason of any
contingency.
"Subsidiary Guarantee Payment Blockage Period" has the meaning specified
in Section 1403.
"Subsidiary Guarantees" means, with respect to the Securities of any
series, the guarantees with respect to the Securities of such Series by a
Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Article Fifteen hereof or a supplemental
indenture hereto.
"Subsidiary Guarantor" means, with respect to the Securities of any
series, the Initial Subsidiary Guarantor and any other Subsidiary of the Company
that provides a Subsidiary Guarantee with respect to the Securities of such
series pursuant to a supplemental indenture hereto.
"Subsidiary Guarantor Payment" has the meaning specified in Section 1602.
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"Subsidiary Guarantor Proceeding" has the meaning specified in Section
1602.
"Subsidiary Guarantor Senior Nonmonetary Default" has the meaning
specified in Section 1603.
"Subsidiary Guarantor Senior Payment Default" has the meaning specified
in Section 1603.
"Trade Payables" means, with respect to any Person, any accounts payable,
indebtedness, liability or other monetary obligation to trade creditors created,
assumed or Guaranteed by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries arising in the
ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition or rental of
goods, services or premises.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force
at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean
or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there
is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities
of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
"U.S. Government Obligation" has the meaning specified in Section 1304.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company, a Subsidiary
Guarantor or the Trustee, means any executive vice president, whether or not
designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title "vice
president".
Section 102. 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 shall furnish to the
Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act; provided, however, that no such opinion shall be required in
connection with the issuance of Securities of any Series. Each such certificate
or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers' Certificate, if to be
given by an officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by
counsel, and
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shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other
requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include,
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express
an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has
been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103. 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 some 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 may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
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 such certificate or opinion of, or representation by, 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 stating
that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession
of the Company, unless such 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.
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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 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken
by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of sub
stantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by 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 (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
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
cer tificate 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.
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in
reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to
give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the
Company may not set a
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record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with
respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or
direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant
to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series
on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the
relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on
or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new
record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set
pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect),
and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any
action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly
after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own
expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders
and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to
each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 106.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join
in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of
acceleration referred to in Xxxxxxx 000, (xxx) any request to institute
proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in
Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or
not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such
action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable
Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with
no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders
of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant
series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set
pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's expense, shall cause
notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable
Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of
Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party
hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the "Expiration
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Date" and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or
later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the
proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and
to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date
is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section,
the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially
designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with
respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided
in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be
later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to
all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly
appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with
regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and 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,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given,
furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Trustee Administration, or
(2) the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor by the Trustee or by any
Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise
herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal
office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 106. 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 his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any),
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
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Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other
Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may
be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such
filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance 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 give such notice by mail, then
such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Where this Indenture provides for Notice of any event to a Holder of a
Global Security, such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the
Depositary for such Security (or its designee), pursuant to its Applicable
Procedures, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the
earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice.
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision
of the Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act to be a part of and
govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of
this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act
which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to
apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
Section 108. 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 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor shall bind its respective successors and assigns, whether
so expressed or not.
Section 110. 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.
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Section 111. 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, the holders of Senior Debt and the Holders, any benefit or any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 112. Governing Law.
This Indenture, the Securities and the Subsidiary Guarantees shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.
Section 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Maturity
of any Security, or any date on which a Holder has the right to convert his
Security, shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwith
standing any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than
a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall
apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium,
if any), or conversion of such Security need not be made at such Place of
Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at
such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest
Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Maturity, or on such date for
conversion, as the case may be.
ARTICLE TWO
Security and Subsidiary Guarantee Forms
Section 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series and the Subsidiary Guarantees to be
endorsed thereon shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article,
or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
are required or permitted by this Indenture, 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 or
Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities or Subsidiary Guarantees, as the case may be,
as evidenced by their
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execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of
such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company
Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
The definitive Securities and the Subsidiary Guarantees to be endorsed
thereon shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or
may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing
such Securities or Subsidiary Guarantees, as the case may be, as evidenced by
their execution thereof.
Section 202. Form of Face of Security.
[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the
regulations thereunder.]
Key3Media Group, Inc.
..........................................................................
No. ......... $ ........
Key3Media Group, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware (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 .......................... Dollars
on ....................................... [if the Security is to bear interest
prior to Maturity, insert -- , and to pay interest thereon from ............. or
from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or
duly provided for, semi-annually on ............ and ............ in each year,
commencing ........., and at the Maturity thereof, at the rate of ....% per
annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if
applicable, insert -- , provided that any principal and premium, and any such
instalment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of ...%
per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made
available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand]. 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 one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be
the ....... or ....... (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next
preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest so payable, but not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may
either be paid to the
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Person in whose name this Security (or one or more 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 of this series not less than 10 days prior to
such Special Record Date, or be paid in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this Security may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more
fully provided in said Indenture].
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert -- The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated
Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall
bear interest at the rate of ....% per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due
until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue
principal or premium shall be payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable,
insert -- any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, New York, 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, against surrender of this
Security in the case of any payment due at the Maturity of the principal thereof
(other than any payment of interest that first becomes payable on a day other
than an Interest Payment Date); provided, however, that at the option of the
Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register;
and provided, further, that if this Security is a Global Security, payment may
be made pursuant to the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary as permitted in
said Indenture.
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 executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
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shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Key3Media Group, Inc.
By:
-------------------------------
Name:
Title:
Attest:
...............................
Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or
more series under a Subordinated Debt Indenture, dated as of ________, 2000
(herein called the "Indenture", which term shall have the meaning assigned to it
in such instrument), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein
and _________ as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any
successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the
Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights,
duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the
Trustee, the holders of Senior Debt and the Holders of the Securities and of the
terms upon which the Securities and the Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon
are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the
series designated on the face hereof [if applicable, insert -- , limited in
aggregate principal amount to $...........].
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' nor more than 60 days' notice, at any
time [if applicable, insert -- on or after .........., 20..], as a whole or in
part, at the election
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of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of
the principal amount): If redeemed [if applicable, insert -- on or before
..............., ...%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning
............. of the years indicated,
Redemption Redemption
Year Price Year Price
---- ---------- ---- ----------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to .....% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption with accrued interest to the
Redemption Date, but interest instalments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior
to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or
one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert -- In the
event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities
of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in
the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment
in full of all Senior Debt, and this Security is issued subject to the
provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this Security,
by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b)
authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take such actions as
may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and
(c) appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his or her acceptance hereof, waives all notice
of the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and in the
Indenture by each holder of Senior Debt, whether now outstanding or hereafter
created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed, and waives reliance by each such
holder upon said provisions.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the obligations of the Company under the Indenture and this Security
are Guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis pursuant to Subsidiary Guarantees
endorsed hereon. The Indenture provides that a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
released from its Subsidiary Guarantee upon compliance with certain conditions.
[If applicable, insert -- The Indenture contains provisions for
defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain
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restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in
each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert -- If
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert -- If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to -- insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable
and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each
case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the
principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series
shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the
Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time
Outstanding of all series to be affected (considered together as one class for
this purpose). The Indenture also contains provisions (i) permitting the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of
all series to be affected under the Indenture (considered together as one class
for this purpose), on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to
waive compliance by the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors with certain
provisions of the Indenture and (ii) permitting the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of any series to be
affected under the Indenture (with each such series considered separately for
this purpose), on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to
waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such
consent or waiver by 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.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder
of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with
respect to the Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given
the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Securities of this
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series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered
the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not
have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities
of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such
request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days
after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the
enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon
on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
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, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest
on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency,
herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security are payable, 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 his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of
this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any multiple thereof. As provided
in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, 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 Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors 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 be overdue, and neither the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
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This Security is a Global Security and is subject to the provisions of
the Indenture relating to Global Securities, including the limitations in
Section 305 thereof on transfers and exchanges of Global Securities.
This Security and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Section 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the
Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture
hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a
nominee thereof. This Security may not be exchanged in whole or in part for a
Security registered, and no transfer of this Security in whole or in part may be
registered, in the name of any Person other than such Depositary or a nominee
thereof, except in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture.
Section 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially
the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein with the
Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon and referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated:
The Bank of New York
As Trustee
By..................................
Authorized Signatory
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Section 206. Form of Guarantee.
GUARANTEE
For value received, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors listed below hereby
jointly and severally unconditionally Guarantees to the Holder of the Security
upon which this Guarantee is endorsed, and to the Trustee on behalf of such
Holder, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on such Security when and as the same shall become due and payable,
whether at the Stated Maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption, purchase
or otherwise, according to the terms thereof and of the Indenture referred to
therein. In case of the failure of the Company punctually to make any such
payment, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees
to cause such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become
due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by acceleration, call for
redemption, purchase or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the
Company.
Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees
that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the
validity, regularity or enforceability of such Security or the Indenture, the
absence of any action to enforce the same or any release or amendment or waiver
of any term of any other Guarantee of, or any consent to departure from any
requirement of any other Guarantee of all or of any of the Securities, the
election by the Trustee or any of the Holders in any proceeding under Chapter 11
of the Bankruptcy Code of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the
Bankruptcy Code, any borrowing or grant of a security interest by the Company,
as debtor-in-possession, under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code, the
disallowance, under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code, of all or any portion of
the claims of the Trustee or any of the Holders for payment of any of the
Securities, any waiver or consent by the Holder of such Security or by the
Trustee or either of them with respect to any provisions thereof or of the
Indenture, the obtaining of any judgment against the Company or any action to
enforce the same or any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand of
payment, any requirement that the Trustee or any of the Holders exhaust any
right or take any action against the Company or any other Person, filing of
claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any
right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with
respect to such Security or the Indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands
whatsoever, and covenants that this Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged
except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and
in this Subsidiary Guarantee. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees
that, in the event of a default in payment of principal (or premium, if any) or
interest on such Security, whether at their Stated Maturity, by acceleration,
call for redemption, purchase or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted
by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Security, subject
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to the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, directly against each of
the Subsidiary Guarantors to enforce this Subsidiary Guarantee without first
proceeding against the Company. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that if, after
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee or
any of the Holders are prevented by applicable law from exercising their
respective rights to accelerate the maturity of the Securities, to collect
interest on the Securities, or to enforce or exercise any other right or remedy
with respect to the Securities, such Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to pay to the
Trustee for the account of the Holders, upon demand therefor, the amount that
would otherwise have been due and payable had such rights and remedies been
permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of the Holders.
The indebtedness of each Subsidiary Guarantor evidenced by this
Subsidiary Guarantee is, to the extent provided in the Indenture, subordinate
and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor, and this Subsidiary Guarantee is
issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each
Holder of this Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound
by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take
such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination
so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all
such purposes.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Subsidiary
Guarantee or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the Subsidiary Guarantee of
any Subsidiary Guarantor, which is absolute and unconditional, of the due and
punctual payment of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Security upon which this Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holder
of this Security against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by such
Subsidiary Guarantor on account of this Security pursuant to the provisions of
its Subsidiary Guarantee or the Indenture; provided, however, that such
Subsidiary Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments
arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on this Security and all other Securities
issued under the Indenture shall have been paid in full.
This Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and
continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company
for liquidation or reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make
an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be
appointed for all or any significant part of the Company's assets, and shall, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated,
as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Securities is,
pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be
restored or returned by any obligee on the Securities whether as a "voidable
preference," "fraudulent transfer," or otherwise, all as though such payment or
performance had
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not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded,
reduced, restored or returned, the Securities shall, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and
not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
The Subsidiary Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from
any non-paying Subsidiary Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does
not impair the rights of the Holders under this Subsidiary Guarantee.
The Subsidiary Guarantors or any particular Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
released from this Subsidiary Guarantee upon the terms and subject to certain
conditions provided in the Indenture.
By delivery of a Supplemental Indenture to the Trustee in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, each Person that becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor
after the date of the Indenture will be deemed to have executed and delivered
this Guarantee for the benefit of the Holder of this Security with the same
effect as if such Subsidiary Guarantor was named below.
All terms used in this Subsidiary Guarantee which are defined in the
Indenture referred to in the Security upon which this Subsidiary Guarantee is
endorsed shall have the meanings assigned to them in such Indenture.
This Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any
purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Security upon which this
Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed shall have been executed by the Trustee under
the Indenture by manual signature.
Reference is made to Article Fifteen and Article Sixteen of the Indenture
for further provisions with respect to this Subsidiary Guarantee.
THIS SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors has caused this
Subsidiary Guarantee to be duly executed.
Key3Media Events, Inc.
[Insert other Subsidiary Guarantors, if applicable]
Each as Subsidiary Guarantor
By
--------------------------------
Authorized Signatory
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ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303,
set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance
of Securities of any series,
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish
the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the
series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and except for any
Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be
payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the
series is payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest shall
accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be
payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any
Interest Payment Date;
(6) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and
interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner in
which any payment may be made;
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and
the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be
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redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other
than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company
to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions
upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any multiple thereof, the
denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(10) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or
pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(11) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the
currency, currencies, composite currency, composite currencies or currency
units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the
equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any
purpose, including for the purposes of making payment in the currency of
the United States of America and applying the definition of "Outstanding"
in Section 101;
(12) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of
the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder
thereof, in one or more currencies, composite currencies or currency units
other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable,
the currency, currencies, composite currency, composite currencies or
currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such
Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable, the periods
within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be
made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be
determined);
(13) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of
the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502;
(14) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any
Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more
dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be
the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose
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thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall
be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or
which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated
Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to
be the principal amount shall be determined);
(15) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any
specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1302 or Section
1303 or both such Sections, any provisions to permit a pledge of
obligations other than U.S. Government Obligations (or the establishment of
other arrangements) to satisfy the requirements of Section 1304(1) for
defeasance of such Securities and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the
manner in which any election by the Company to defease such Securities
shall be evidenced;
(16) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable
in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in
such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form
of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security
in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 204, any addition
to, elimination of or other change in the circumstances set forth in Clause
(2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security
may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any
transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in
the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof and any other provisions governing exchanges
or transfers of any such Global Security;
(17) any addition to, elimination of or other change in the Events of
Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the
right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare
the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502;
(18) any addition to, elimination of or other change in the covenants set
forth in Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series;
(19) any provisions necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance,
payment or conversion of any Securities of the series that may be converted
into securities or other property other than Securities of the same series
and of like tenor, whether in addition to, or in lieu of, any payment of
principal or other amount and whether at the option of the Company or
otherwise;
(20) any requirements for Subsidiary Guarantees by any Subsidiary
Guarantors other than the Initial Subsidiary Guarantors; and
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(21) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section
901(5)).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except
as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the
Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in the Officers' Certificate referred to
above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to Senior Debt
as provided in Article Fourteen.
The Securities shall be Guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors as
provided in Article Fifteen.
The Subsidiary Guarantees shall be subordinated in right of payment to
Senior Indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantors as provided in Article Sixteen.
Section 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form
without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination
with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series
shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any multiple thereof.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by a Chairman
of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, a President or a Vice President of
the Company (or any other officer of the Company designated in writing by or
pursuant to authority of the Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee
from time to time), under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by a
Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company. The signature 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,
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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.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the
Company and having endorsed thereon the Subsidiary Guarantees executed pursuant
to Section 1502 by the Subsidiary Guarantors to the Trustee for authentication,
together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities with the Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon, and the Trustee in
accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities
with the Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon. If the form or terms of the
Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or more
Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such
Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture
in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and
(subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of
Counsel stating,
(1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to
Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant
to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their
terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorgani
zation, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate otherwise
required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel
otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the
authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered
at or prior to the
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authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be
issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security or Subsidiary Guarantee 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 executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security and the Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon has
been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never
issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to
the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all purposes of
this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substan
tially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are
issued and having endorsed thereon the Subsidiary Guarantees substantially of
the tenor of the definitive Subsidiary Guarantees in lieu of which they are
issued duly executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors and with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers
executing such Securities and Subsidiary Guarantees may determine, as evidenced
by their execution of such Securities and Subsidiary Guarantees.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay.
After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary
Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of
such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without
charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount and having endorsed thereon Subsidiary Guarantees
of the same tenor executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors. Until so exchanged, the
temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
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Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby
appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series
at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities
of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount, each such Security having endorsed thereon the
Subsidiary Guarantees executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged
for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
like tenor and aggregate principal amount, and having the Subsidiary Guarantee
endorsed thereon executed by each Subsidiary Guarantor, 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, the Subsidiary
Guarantors shall execute the Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed on and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities and the Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon issued upon
any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid
obligations of the Company and the respective Subsidiary Guarantors, evidencing
the same debt and Subsidiary Guarantees, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Securities and Subsidiary Guarantees surrendered upon
such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for exchange 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.
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 that may be imposed in connection
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with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor)
are to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that
series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 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 any Security being redeemed in part.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to
Global Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee
thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall
constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, and subject to
such applicable provisions, if any, as may be specified as contemplated by
Section 301, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in
part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary
for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary
has notified the Company that it (i) is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depositary for such Global Security or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act, (B) there shall have occurred and
be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security or
(C) the Company has executed and delivered to the Trustee a Company Order
stating that such Global Security shall be exchanged in whole for
Securities that are not Global Securities (in which case such exchange
shall promptly be effected by the Trustee). If the Company receives a
notice of the kind specified in Clause (A) above or has delivered a Company
Order of the kind specified in Clause (C) above, it may, in its sole
discretion, designate a successor Depositary for such Global Security
within 60 days after receiving such notice or delivery of such order, as
the case may be. If the Company designates a successor Depositary as
aforesaid, such Global Security shall promptly be exchanged in whole for
one or more other Global Securities registered in the name of the
successor Depositary, whereupon such designated successor shall be the
Depositary for such successor Global Security or Global Securities and the
provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) of this Section shall continue
to apply thereto.
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(3) Subject to Clause (2) above and to such applicable provisions, if
any, as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301, any exchange of a
Global Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and
all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion
thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global
Security shall direct.
(4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any
portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304, 306, 906 or
1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and
shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name
of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall execute, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the Subsidiary Guarantees
endorsed on and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor
a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii)
such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them, each
Subsidiary Guarantor and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen
Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding and having
endorsed thereon the Subsidiary Guarantees executed by the Subsidiary
Guarantors.
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 new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including
the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series 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 the respective Subsidiary
Guarantors,
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whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time
enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this
Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that
series 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 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any Securities of a series, interest on any Security which is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid
to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest (or, if no business is conducted by the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office on such date, at 5:00 P.M. New York City time on such
date).
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest
payable on any Securities of a series to the Persons in whose names such
Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at
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 of such Securities and the date of the
proposed payment, 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 date of the
proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this
Clause provided. 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 proposed payment 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 of such
Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company,
shall cause notice of the proposed payment of
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such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given to
each Holder of such Securities in the manner set forth in Section 106, 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 therefor
having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons
in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities)
are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and
shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any
Securities of a series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after
notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant
to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practic able by the
Trustee.
Except as may otherwise be provided in this Section 307 or as
contemplated in Section 301 with respect to any Securities of a series, the
Person to whom interest shall be payable on any Security that first becomes
payable on a day that is not an Interest Payment Date shall be the Holder of
such Security on the day such interest is paid.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, 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.
In the case of any Security which is converted after any Regular Record
Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than
any Security whose Maturity is prior to such Interest Payment Date), interest
whose Stated Maturity is on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such
Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion, and such interest
(whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for) shall be paid to the
Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. Except as
otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case
of any Security which is converted, interest whose Stated Maturity is after the
date of conversion of such Security shall not be payable. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the terms of any Security that may be converted may provide that the
provisions of this paragraph do not apply, or apply with such additions, changes
or omissions as may be provided thereby, to such Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
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Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company,
the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such
Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307)
any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors
or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 309. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange or conversion or for credit against any sinking fund
payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered
to the Trustee and 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 may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery
to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated
hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, 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, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled
Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company
Order; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be required to destroy such
canceled Securities.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 311. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP numbers (if then
generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of
redemption as a convenience to Holders, provided that any such notice may state
that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as
printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and that
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Securities. Any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers.
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ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect
(except as to any surviving rights of conversion, registration of transfer or
exchange of any Security expressly provided for herein or in the terms of such
Security), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other
than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which
have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities
for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the
Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have
been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(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 and/or a Subsidiary Guarantor, in the case of (i), (ii)
or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
as trust funds in trust for the purpose money in an amount sufficient to
pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and
any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of
Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity
or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company and/or a Subsidiary Guarantor has paid or caused to be
paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors; and
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(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of
the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of
this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last
paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
Section 402. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 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 and any premium and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee. All
moneys deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 (and held by it or any
Paying Agent) for the payment of Securities subsequently converted shall be
returned to the Company upon Company Request.
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be occasioned by the provisions of Article
Fourteen or Article Sixteen or 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):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that
series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for
a period of 30 days; or
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(2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any
Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due
by the terms of a Security of that series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of Section 801; or
(5) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of
the Company in this Indenture or the terms of the Securities of that series
(other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose
breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has
expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series
of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or
breach for a period of 30 days after there has been given, by registered or
certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the
Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such
default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(6) a default occurs under any Indebtedness of the Company, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company, whether
such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default
(A) constitutes a failure to pay any portion of the principal of such
Indebtedness at the final (but not any interim) fixed maturity and such
defaulted payment shall not have been made, waived or extended within 30
days of such payment default (a "Payment Default") and/or (B) shall have
resulted in such indebtedness being accelerated or otherwise becoming or
being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would
otherwise have become due and payable and, in each case, the principal
amount of any such indebtedness in respect of which there has been a
payment default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, together
with the principal amount of any other such indebtedness in respect of
which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so
accelerated, aggregates $5.0 million or more; or
(7) a final judgment or final order (not covered by insurance) for the
payment of money are entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction
against the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary
of the Company, and such judgment or order remains unpaid and undischarged
for a period (during which execution shall not be effectively stayed) of 30
consecutive days, provided that the aggregate of all such undischarged
judgments exceeds $5.0 million; or
(8) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company, any Subsidiary
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Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company in an involuntary
case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insol
vency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order
adjudging the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Significant
Subsidiary of the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly
filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition of or in respect of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or
any Significant Subsidiary of the Company under any applicable Federal or
State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company or of any
substantial part of their respective property, or ordering the winding up
or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or
order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect
for a period of 60 consecutive days (provided that, if any Person becomes
the successor to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to
Article Eight and such Person is a corporation, partnership or trust
organized and validly existing under the law of a jurisdiction outside the
United States, each reference in this Clause 5 to an applicable Federal or
State law of a particular kind shall be deemed to refer to such law or any
applicable comparable law of such non-U.S. jurisdiction, for as long as
such Person is the successor to the Company or Subsidiary Guarantor, as the
case may be, hereunder and is so organized and existing); or
(9) the commencement by the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any
Significant Subsidiary of the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding
under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to
be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry
of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company, any Subsidiary
Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company in an involuntary
case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of
any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing
by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief
under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the
filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any
Significant Subsidiary of the Company or of any substantial part of their
respective property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit
of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by
the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the
Company in furtherance of any such action (provided that, if any Person
becomes the successor to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to
Article Eight and such Person is a corporation, partnership or trust
organized and validly existing
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under the law of a jurisdiction outside the United States, each reference
in this Clause 6 to an applicable Federal or State law of a particular kind
shall be deemed to refer to such law or any applicable comparable law of
such non-U.S. jurisdiction, for as long as such Person is the successor to
the Company or Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, hereunder and is
so organized and existing); or
(10) except as permitted by the terms hereof and the Securities, the
cessation of effectiveness of any Subsidiary Guarantee or the finding by
any judicial proceeding that any such Subsidiary Guarantee is unenforceable
or invalid or the denial or disaffirmation by any Subsidiary Guarantor of
its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee; or
(11) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of
that series.
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 501(8) or 501(9)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of that
series (or, in the case of any Security of that series which specifies an amount
to be due and payable thereon upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof, such
amount as may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given
by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified
amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(8) or 501(9) with respect to Securities of any series
at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all the Securities of
that series (or, in the case of any Security of that series which specifies an
amount to be due and payable thereon upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof,
such amount as may be specified by the terms thereof) shall automatically, and
without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any
Holder, become immediately due and payable. In the event of a declaration of
acceleration because an Event of Default set forth in Section 501(6) above has
occurred and is continuing, such declaration of acceleration shall be
automatically rescinded and annulled if the event of default triggering such
Event of Default pursuant to Section 501(6) shall be remedied or cured by the
Company or the Significant Subsidiary or waived by the holders of the relative
Indebtedness within 60 days after the declaration of acceleration with respect
thereto.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for pay
ment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding
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Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company and/or any Subsidiary Guarantor has paid or deposited
with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that
series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest
upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series,
other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series
which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been
cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) 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
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Security at the 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 any premium and interest and, to the extent that
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue
principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further
amount as shall
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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 an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by
such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual
to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company, any
Subsidiary Guarantor, or any other obligor upon the Securities, any of their
property or any of their creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered,
by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions
authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders
and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall
be authorized 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 other similar official
in any such judicial proceed ing is hereby authorized by each Holder to make
such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent
to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee
any amount due 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 607.
No provision of this Indenture 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; provided,
however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election
of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors'
or other similar committee.
Section 505. 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 shall be brought in its own name
as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
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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 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied 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 or any premium
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 607;
and
Second: Subject to Article Fourteen, to the payment of the amounts then
due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the
Securities 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
and any premium and interest, respectively.
Section 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute
any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for
the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder,
unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series 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;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities
to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
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(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to
the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such 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 of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to ReceivePrincipal, Premium and
Interest and to Convert.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive
payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307)
interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date), and, if the
terms of such Security so provide, to convert such Security in accordance with
its terms, and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and, if
applicable, any such right to convert, and such rights shall not be impaired
without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509. 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, subject to any determination in
such proceeding, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and the
Holders shall 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 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of
Section 306, 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
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or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities 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.
Section 512. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the
Securities of such series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with
this Indenture, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such
series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Security of such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security of such series affected.
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.
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Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to
file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, against any such party
litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act;
provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed
to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an
assessment in any suit instituted by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or
the Trustee or, if applicable, in any suit for the enforcement of the right to
convert any Security in accordance with its terms.
Section 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
Each of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor 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 usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter
in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture;
and each of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor (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.
ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, 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. Whether or not therein
expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct
or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section.
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Section 602. Notice of Defaults.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series,
the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such
default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; provided,
however, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section
501(5) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders
shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the
purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after
notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect
to Securities of such series.
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(1) 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;
(2) 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 shall be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(3) 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;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the written
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;
(5) 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 reasonably satisfactory
to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred
by it in compliance with such request or direction;
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(6) 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,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry
or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the
Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it
shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company
or any Subsidiary Guarantor, personally or by agent or attorney;
(7) 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;
(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it
by this Indenture;
(9) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any default or
Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual
knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact
such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture;
and
(10) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given
to the Trustee, including its rights to be indemnified, are extended to,
and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities
hereunder.
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities and the Subsidiary
Guarantees endorsed thereon, except the Trustee's certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company or the
Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, and the Trustee does not assume any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee
shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities
or the proceeds thereof.
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Section 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent
of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections
608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor
with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent,
Security Registrar or such other agent.
Section 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no
liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise
agreed in writing with the Company.
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be
agreed in writing between the parties 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);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith; and
(3) to indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee for, and
to hold it harmless against, any and all losses, liabilities, damages,
claims or expenses including taxes (other than taxes imposed on the income
of the Trustee) incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part,
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of
defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, a
Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with
an Event of Default specified in Section 501(8) or Section 501(9), the
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expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this
Indenture.
Section 608. Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to
the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent
permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a
conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with
respect to Securities of more than one series.
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for
Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is
eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such, has a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and has its Corporate Trust Office
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. If any such Person publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section
and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and
surplus of such Person 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 with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
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 in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 611.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one
or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the
instrument of
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acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been
delivered to the Trustee within 60 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Company,
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of
any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of a notice of removal pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee being
removed may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 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
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall
fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such
Holder, 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 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 such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, 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 removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
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, with respect to
the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities
of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may
be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series
and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of
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Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance
with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or
the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series 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
with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of
Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect
to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors 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;
but, on the request of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and
deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights,
powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and
deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring
Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring
Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more
series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each
successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to
vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which
the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee
is not
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retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall
be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or
those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to
be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate
the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon
the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each 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 with respect to the Securities of that or those series
to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of
the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any successor Trustee, such retiring
Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all
property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and
certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights,
powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the
case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of
such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.
Section 612. 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 the corporate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
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Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities, the Trustee shall
be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection
of claims against the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any such other
obligor.
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to
one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of
the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue
and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption or pursuant to
Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits
of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this
Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the
Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to
include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent 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
an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
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An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors and
shall mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such
Authenticating Agent will serve as their names and addresses appear in the
Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment
hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an
Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed
unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee
shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions
of Section 607.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series of Securities is
made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed
thereon, in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein and with
the Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
--------------------------,
As Trustee
By
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As Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Signatory
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ARTICLE SEVEN
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually, not later than ________ and _________ in each year, a
list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and
addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of the immediately
preceding _________ or __________, as the case may be, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30
days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of
similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the
time such list is furnished;
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding
rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust
Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees
with the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee that neither the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of
them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to
names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
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Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee
and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
Reports so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of not more
than 12 months shall be transmitted no later than ________ and shall be dated as
of _________ in each calendar year, commencing in _________ 2001.
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company
will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange and
of any delisting thereof.
Section 704. Reports by Company.
The Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall file with the
Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents
and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to
the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such
Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports required to be
filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to
be filed with the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to consolidate with
or merge into the Company, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another
Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially
as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or
into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by con
veyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the
Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership or
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trust, shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of any
domestic or foreign jurisdiction and shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supple mental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the
performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part
of the Company to be performed or observed and, for each Security that by
its terms provides for conversion, shall have provided for the right to
convert such Security in accordance with its terms;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any
indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary
as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or
such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and
no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an
Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;
(3) if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such
conveyance, transfer or lease, properties or assets of the Company would
become subject to a pledge, lien or other similar encumbrance which would
not be permitted by this Indenture, the Company or such successor Person,
as the case may be, shall take such steps as shall be necessary effectively
to secure the Securities equally and ratably with (or prior to) all
indebtedness secured thereby;
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required
in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply
with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with; and
(5) each Subsidiary Guarantor, unless such Subsidiary Guarantor is the
Person with which the Company has entered into a transaction under this
"Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms" section, shall have
by amendment to its Subsidiary Guarantee confirmed that its Subsidiary
Guarantee shall apply to the obligations of the Company or the Surviving
Person in accordance with the Notes and the Indenture.
Section 802. Mergers, Consolidations and Certain Sales of Assets by Subsidiary
Guarantors.
Except with respect to the Securities of any series whose terms permit
such transactions as an asset sale, each Subsidiary Guarantor shall not, and the
Company shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, (i) consolidate with or
merge into, or (ii) directly or indirectly, convey, transfer or lease its
properties and
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assets substantially as an entirety to, any other Person (other than the Company
or another Subsidiary Guarantor) unless, in any such transaction:
(1) in the case such Subsidiary Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge
into another Person or shall directly or indirectly convey, transfer or
lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety, the Person
formed by such consolidation or into which such Subsidiary Guarantor is
merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease the
properties and assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor substantially as an
entirety (for purposes of this Article Eight, a "Successor Subsidiary
Guarantor") shall be a corporation, partnership or trust, shall be
organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of
America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly
assume by an indenture supplemental hereto executed and delivered to the
Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment
of all obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary
Guarantee and the Indenture and the performance of every covenant of this
Indenture on the part of such Subsidiary Guarantor to be performed or
observed; and
(2) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required
in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, complies
with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 803. Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties
and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with
Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease 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
Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case
of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
Except with respect to the Securities of any series whose terms permit
such transactions as an asset sale, upon any consolidation of a Subsidiary
Guarantor with, or merger of such Subsidiary Guarantor into, any other Person or
any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of such
Subsidiary Guarantor substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 802
to a Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, the Successor
Subsidiary Guarantor shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise
every right and power of, such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture with
the same effect
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as if such successor Person had been named as a Subsidiary Guarantor herein, and
thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be
relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the
Securities.
ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, when authorized by
respective Board Resolutions of the Subsidiary Guarantors, and the Trustee, at
any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the
following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the
covenants of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor herein and in the
Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders
of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the
benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants
are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to
surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events
of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities,
stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included
solely for the benefit of such series); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such
extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of
Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal,
and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the
issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that any
such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any
Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental
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indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the
rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or
(B) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding;
or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder
by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series
and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section
611; or
(9) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture with
respect to any Securities that by their terms may be converted into
securities or other property other than Securities of the same series and
of like tenor, in order to permit or facilitate the issuance, payment or
conversion of such Securities; or
(10) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein
which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or
to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this Clause (9)
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of
any series in any material respect; or
(11) to add new Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to Section 1505.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such supplemental indenture
(considered together as one class for this purpose), by Act of said Holders
delivered to the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee, the
Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution of the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors, when authorized by respective Board Resolutions of the Subsidiary
Guarantors, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series
under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture
shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby,
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(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any instalment of
principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount
thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the
redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original
Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant
to Section 502, or permit the Company to redeem any Security if, absent
such supplemental indenture, the Company would not be permitted to do so,
or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any
Security or any premium or 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), or
(2) if any Security provides that the Holder may require the Company to
repurchase or convert such Security, impair such Holder's right to require
repurchase or conversion of such Security on the terms provided therein, or
(3) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any one or more series (considered separately or together as
one class, as applicable), the consent of whose Holders is required for any
such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required
for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture, or
(4) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section
1005, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain
other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby;
provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the
consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to "the
Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1005, or the
deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections
611 and 901(8).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant
or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
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Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 904. 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 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution
of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article 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 and the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall so determine, new Securities of any series so
modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee, the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
executed by the Company, and the Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon may be
executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
Section 907. Subordination Unimpaired.
This Indenture may not be amended at any time to alter the subordination,
as provided herein, of any of the Securities then Outstanding without the
written consent of each holder of Senior Debt then outstanding that would be
adversely affected thereby.
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ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium
and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of
the Securities and this Indenture.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented
or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange, where Securities may be surrendered
for conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantee in respect of the Securities of that series, any Subsidiary
Guarantees endorsed thereon and this Indenture may be served. The Company and
the Subsidiary Guarantors will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall fail to maintain any such
required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address
thereof, such presen tations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or
served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company and each
Subsidiary Guarantor hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all
such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented
or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind
such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission
shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office
or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such
purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency.
With respect to any Global Security, and except as otherwise may be
specified for such Global Security as contemplated by Section 301, the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee shall be the Place of Payment where such Global
Security may be presented or surrendered for payment or for registration of
transfer or exchange, or where successor Securities may be delivered in exchange
therefor, provided, however, that any such payment, presentation, surrender or
delivery effected pursuant to the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary for
such Global Security shall be deemed to have been effected at the Place of
Payment for such Global Security in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
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Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect
to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a
sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and 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.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series
of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit (or, if the
Company has deposited any trust funds with a trustee pursuant to Section
1304(1), cause such trustee to deposit) with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to
pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and
(unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the
Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
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 (1) comply with the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the
continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the
Securities of that series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith
pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in
respect of the Securities of that series.
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 or any premium or
interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall 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
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once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on
each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New York, 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 publication, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee,
within 120 days after the end of each of their respective fiscal years ending
after the date hereof, an Officers' Certificate, stating whether or not to the
best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantor,
as the case may be, is in default in the performance and observance of any of
the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any
period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the
Company, or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be in default,
specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may
have knowledge.
Section 1005. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of a specific series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities
of any one or more series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any
term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to
Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such series
or in Sections 1004, 1006 or Article Eight if, before the time for such
compliance, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of all series affected by such waiver (considered together as one
class for this purpose) shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term,
provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term,
provision 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 term, provision or condition shall remain in
full force and effect.
Section 1006. Existence.
Subject to Article Eight and, as to the Securities of any series, the
terms thereof, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect the existence, rights (charter and
statutory) and franchises of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such
right or franchise if the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith shall
determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of
the business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in
any material respect to the Holders.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated
Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities) in
accordance with this Article.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be established
in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at
the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series
(including any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the Company
shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company
(unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the
Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such
series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be
redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of
any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or
elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an
Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless
all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or
unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series
not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem
fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a
portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series, provided that
the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an
authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized
denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series
and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only
a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected
not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the
Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called
for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
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If any Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part
before termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion of the
Security so selected, the converted portion of such Security shall be deemed (so
far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Securities which have
been converted during a selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be treated
by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and each Security Registrar
in writing of the Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case
of any Securities selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed.
The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with
respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such
Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such
redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than
the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.
Section 1104. 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 his address appearing in the
Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed
(including CUSIP numbers, if any) and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting
of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and,
in the case of partial redemption of any such Securities, the principal
amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than all
the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single Security
are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be
redeemed,
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(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and
payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that
interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price,
(6) for any Securities that by their terms may be converted, the terms of
conversion, the date on which the right to convert the Security to be
redeemed will terminate and the place or places where such Securities may
be surrendered for conversion, and
(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
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 request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable.
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee
or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent,
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date
shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which
are to be redeemed on that date, other than any Securities called for redemption
on that date which have been converted prior to the date of such deposit.
If any Security called for redemption is converted, any money deposited
with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent or so segregated and held in trust for
the redemption of such Security shall (subject to any right of the Holder of
such Security or any Predecessor Security to receive interest as provided in the
last paragraph of Section 307 or in the terms of such Security) be paid to the
Company upon Company Request or, if then held by the Company, shall be
discharged from such trust.
Section 1106. 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. 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, unless otherwise specified as
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contemplated by Section 301, instalments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on
or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear
interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the
Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at
a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires,
due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Subsidiary
Guarantors shall execute their Subsidiary Guarantees to be endorsed thereon, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security
without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of
like tenor, 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.
ARTICLE TWELVE
Sinking Funds
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund
for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms
of any Securities is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund payment",
and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of
such Securities is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment". If
provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any sinking fund
payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking
fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities as provided for by
the terms of such Securities.
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Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other
than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit
Securities of a series which have been converted in accordance with their terms
or which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to
the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional
sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in
satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to any
Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such
Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities;
provided that the Securities to be so credited have not been previously so
credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for
such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as specified in the
Securities so to be redeemed (or at such other prices as may be specified for
such Securities as contemplated in Section 301), for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall
be reduced accordingly.
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 90 days (or such shorter period as shall be satisfactory to
the Trustee) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Securities, the
Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the
amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to
the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 1202 and
will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less
than 60 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall
select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the
manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to
be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided
in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such
Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections
1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
Section 1301. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1302 or
Section 1303 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case
may be, designated pursuant to Section 301 as being defeasible pursuant to such
Section 1302 or 1303, in accordance with any applicable requirements provided
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pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below
in this Article. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or
in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
Section 1302. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the
Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations, and the
provisions of Article Fourteen and Article Sixteen shall cease to be effective,
with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the
date the conditions set forth in Section 1304(1) are satisfied (hereinafter
called "Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company
shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented
by such Securities 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, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such
Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and
as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of
and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the
Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305,
306, 1002 and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article,
the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any
Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have
Section 1303 applied to such Securities.
Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1)
the Company shall be released from its obligations under Section 801(3) and
Section 1004 and any covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(18), 901(2) or
901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (2) the occurrence of
any event specified in Sections 501(4) (with respect to Section 801(3) and
Section 1004 and any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(18), 901(2)
or 901(7)) and 501(11) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of
Default and (3) the provisions of Article Fourteen and Article Sixteen shall
cease to be effective, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided
in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304
are satisfied (hereinafter called "Covenant Defeasance"). For this purpose, such
Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may
omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term,
condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent
so specified in the case of Section 501(4)) or Article Fourteen or Article
Sixteen, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere
herein to any such Section or
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Article or by reason of any reference in any such Section or Article to any
other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this
Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
Section 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1302
or Section 1303 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may
be:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the
requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply with the
provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for
the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as
security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such
Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations
which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day
before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) such other
obligations or arrangements as may be specified as contemplated by Section
301 with respect to such Securities, or (D) a combination thereof, in each
case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied
by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge,
the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities on the
respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture and such Securities. As used herein, "U.S. Government Obligation"
means (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation of the United
States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the
United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of
the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally
guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of
America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable
at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued
by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as
custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is specified
in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of
such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of
principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so
specified and held, 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 depositary receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific
payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
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(2) In the event of an election to have Section 1302 apply to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A)
the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal
Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this instrument, there
has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case
(A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm
that, the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and
discharge to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be
subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at
the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and
discharge were not to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have Section 1303 apply to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant
Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be
subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at
the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance
were not to occur.
(4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor any other
Securities of the same series, if then listed on any securities exchange,
will be delisted as a result of such deposit.
(5) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would
become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any other
Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such
deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 501(8) and
(9), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit
(it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied
until after such 90th day).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to
have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act
(assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act).
(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach
or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(8) 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 unless such trust shall be
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registered under the Investment Company Act or exempt from registration
thereunder.
(9) No event or condition shall exist that, pursuant to the provisions of
Article Fourteen, would prevent the Company from making payments of the
principal of (and any premium) or interest on the Securities of such series
on the date of such deposit or at any time on or prior to the 90th day
after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition
shall not be deemed satisfied until such 90th day shall have ended).
(10) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been
complied with.
(11) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
substantially to the effect that (x) the trust funds deposited pursuant to
this Section will not be subject to any rights of holders of Senior
Indebtedness, including those arising under Article Fourteen, and (y) after
the 90th day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to
the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally, except that if a court
were to rule under any such law in any case or proceeding that the trust
funds remained property of the Company, no opinion is given as to the
effect of such laws on the trust funds except the following: (A) assuming
such trust funds remained in the possession of the trustee with whom such
funds were deposited prior to such court ruling to the extent not paid to
Holders of such Securities, such trustee would hold, for the benefit of
such Holders, a valid and perfected security interest in such trust funds
that is not avoidable in bankruptcy or otherwise, (B) such Holders would be
entitled to receive adequate protection of their interests in such trust
funds if such trust funds were used and (C) no property, rights in property
or other interests granted to such trustee (or the Trustee) or such Holders
in exchange for or with respect to any such funds would be subject to any
prior rights of holders of Senior Debt, including those arising under
Article Fourteen.
Section 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in
Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited
with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this
Section and Section 1306, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to
collectively as the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of any
Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with
the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its
own 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
and any premium and interest, but
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money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law. Money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the
proceeds thereof) so held in trust shall not be subject to the provisions of
Article Fourteen, provided that the applicable conditions of Section 1304 have
been satisfied.
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 1304 or the principal and interest received in
respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for
the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any
money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1304 with
respect to any Securities 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 the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as
the case may be, with respect to such Securities.
Section 1306. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any
order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining
or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this
Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or
released pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303 shall be revived and reinstated as
though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such
Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply
all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1305 with respect to such Securities
in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company makes
any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security
following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment
from the money so held in trust.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
Subordination of Securities
Section 1401. Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness.
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 (subject to the provisions of
Article
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Four and Article Thirteen), the indebtedness represented by the Securities and
the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on each and
all of the Securities are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in right
of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the
Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a deposit referred to in Section
1304(1) is made pursuant to Section 1302 or Section 1303 with respect to any
Securities (and provided all other conditions set out in Section 1302 or 1303,
as applicable, shall have been satisfied with respect to such Securities), then,
when the 90th day after such deposit has ended, no money or U.S. Government
Obligations so deposited, and no proceeds thereon, will be subject to any rights
of holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, including any such rights
arising under this Article Fourteen.
Section 1402. 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 and whether or not involving
insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or
any other marshaling of assets and liabilities of the Company, then and in any
such event specified in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above (each such event, if any,
herein sometimes referred to as a "Proceeding") the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all
amounts due or to become due on or in respect of all Senior Indebtedness of the
Company (including any interest accruing thereon after the commencement of any
such Proceeding), or provision shall be made for such payment in cash or cash
equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company, before the Holders of the Securities are entitled
to receive any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in
cash, property or securities, on account of principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on the Securities or on account of any purchase or other acquisition of
Securities by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (all such payments,
distributions, purchases and acquisitions are referred to herein individually
and collectively as a "Securities Payment"), and to that end the holders of
Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall be entitled to receive, for application
to the payment thereof, any Securities Payment, including any Securities Payment
which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other
indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the Securities,
which may be payable or deliverable in respect of the Securities in any such
Proceeding.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section, the Trustee or the Holder of any Security shall have received any
Securities Payment, including any Securities Payment which may be payable or
deliverable by reason of the payment of any other indebtedness of the Company
being subordinated to the payment of the Securities, before all Senior
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Indebtedness of the Company is paid in full or payment thereof provided for in
cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the
time of such Securities Payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the
case may be, such Holder, then and in such event such Securities Payment shall
be paid over or delivered forthwith to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver,
liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee, agent or other Person making payment
or distribution of assets of the Company for application to the payment of all
Senior Indebtedness of the Company remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to
pay all Senior Indebtedness of the Company in full, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness
of the Company. Any taxes that have been withheld or deducted from any payment
or distribution in respect of the Securities, or any taxes that ought to have
been withheld or deducted from any such payment or distribution that have been
remitted to the relevant taxing authority, shall not be considered to be an
amount that the Trustee or the Holder of any Security receives for purposes of
this Section.
For purposes of this Article only, the words "cash, property or
securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation
or other entity provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment which
are subordinated in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness of the Company
which may at the time be outstanding to substantially the same extent as, or to
a greater extent than, the Securities are so subordinated as provided in this
Article; provided that (i) this does not cause the Securities to be treated in
any such Proceeding as part of the same class of claims as the Senior
Indebtedness of the Company or any class of claims pari passu with, or senior
to, the Senior Indebtedness of the Company for any payment or distribution, (ii)
if a new corporation results from such reorganization or readjustment, such
corporation assumes the Senior Indebtedness of the Company and (iii) the rights
of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Company are not, without the
consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment.
The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into,
or the conveyance, transfer or lease by the Company of its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to, another Person upon the terms and conditions
set forth in Article Eight, or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company
following any such conveyance or transfer, 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 into which the Company is
merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease of such
properties and assets substantially as an entirety, as the case may be, shall,
as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the
conditions set forth in Article Eight.
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Section 1403. No Payment When Senior Indebtedness in Default.
Subject to the last paragraph of this Section, in the event that any
Senior Payment Default (as defined below) shall have occurred and be continuing,
then no Securities Payment shall be made unless and until such Senior Payment
Default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist or all
amounts then due and payable in respect of Senior Indebtedness of the Company
shall have been paid in full, or provision shall have been made for such payment
in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders
of Senior Indebtedness of the Company. "Senior Payment Default" means any
default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, or
of any other payment obligation of the type referred to in the definition of
Senior Indebtedness in respect of any Senior Indebtedness of the Company when
due, whether at the stated maturity of any such payment or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
In the event that any Senior Nonmonetary Default (as defined below) shall
have occurred and be continuing, then, upon the receipt by the Company and the
Trustee of written notice of such Senior Nonmonetary Default from the
representatives of holders of the Designated Senior Indebtedness, no Securities
Payment shall be made during the period (the "Payment Blockage Period") com
mencing on the date of such receipt of such written notice and ending on the
earlier of (i) the date on which such Designated Senior Indebtedness to which
such default relates shall have been discharged or such default shall have been
cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, (ii) the 179th day after the date
of such receipt of such written notice, or (iii) the date on which such blockage
period shall have been terminated by written notice to the Company or the
Trustee from the representative of holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness
initiating such blockage period. No more than one Payment Blockage Period may be
commenced with respect to the Securities during any 360-day period and there
shall be a period of at least 181 consecutive days in each 360-day period when
no Payment Blockage Period is in effect. For all purposes of this paragraph, no
Senior Nonmonetary Default that existed or was continuing on the date of
commencement of any Payment Blockage Period shall be, or be made, the basis for
the commencement of a subsequent Payment Blockage Period by holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company or their representatives unless such Senior
Nonmonetary Default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less
than 90 consecutive days. "Senior Nonmonetary Default" means the occurrence or
existence and continuance of any event of default under the terms of any
instrument pursuant to which any Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Company
is outstanding, permitting one or more holders of such Senior Indebtedness of
the Company (or a trustee or agent on behalf of the holders thereof) to declare
such Senior Indebtedness of the Company due and payable prior to the date on
which it would otherwise become due and payable, other than a Senior Payment
Default.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make
any Securities Payment to the Trustee or any Holder prohibited by the foregoing
provisions of this Section, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of
such Securities Payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case
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may be, such Holder, then and in such event such Securities Payment shall be
paid over and delivered forthwith to the Company.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any Securities Payment
with respect to which Section 1402 would be applicable.
Section 1404. Payment Permitted if No Default.
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
any of the Securities shall prevent (a) the Company, at any time except during
the pendency of any Proceeding referred to in Section 1402 or under the
conditions described in Section 1403, from making any Securities Payments, or
(b) the application by the Trustee of any money deposited with it hereunder to
Securities Payments or the retention of Securities Payments by the Holders, if,
at the time of such application by the Trustee, it did not have knowledge that
such Securities Payment would have been prohibited by the provisions of this
Article.
Section 1405. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the
Company or the provision for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or
otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the extent of the
payments or distributions made to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of the
Company pursuant to the provisions of this Article (equally and ratably with the
holders of indebtedness of the Company which by its express terms is
subordinated to indebtedness of the Company to substantially the same extent as
the Securities are subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of the Company and is
entitled to like rights of subrogation) to the rights of the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness of the Company to receive payments and distributions of
cash, property and securities applicable to the Senior Indebtedness of the
Company until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Securities shall be paid in full. For purposes of such subrogation, no payments
or distributions to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Company 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 of the Company by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee,
shall, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company and the Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a
payment or distribution by the Company to or on account of the Senior
Indebtedness of the Company.
Section 1406. 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 of the Company on the other
hand. Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the
Securities
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is intended to or shall (a) impair, as among the Company, its creditors other
than holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company and the Holders of the
Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional
(and which, subject to the rights under this Article of the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company, is intended to rank equally with all other general
obligations of the Company), 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 of the Holders of the Securities
and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of
the Company; 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 of the Company to receive cash, property and securities
otherwise payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such Holder.
Section 1407. 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.
Section 1408. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness of
the Company 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.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph,
the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company 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 of the Company, do any one or more of the following: (i)
change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of,
or renew or alter, Senior Indebtedness of the Company or otherwise amend or
supplement in any manner Senior Indebtedness of the Company or any instrument
evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior Indebtedness of the
Company is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any
property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness of the
Company; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of
Senior Indebtedness of the Company; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising
any rights against the Company and any other Person.
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Section 1409. Notice to Trustee.
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 of the Company or from any trustee
therefor; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Section 601, 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 at least three
Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may
become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of
the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security), then,
anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, 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 within three Business Days
prior to such date.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall be entitled
to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing
himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company (or a trustee
therefor) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company (or a trustee therefor). 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 of the Company 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 of the Company 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 1410. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in
this Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, 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,
delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of
ascertaining the Persons entitled to
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participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness
of the Company 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.
Section 1411. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders
of Senior Indebtedness of the Company and shall not be liable to any such
holders or creditors if it shall in good faith pay over or distribute to Holders
of Securities or to the Company or to any other Person cash, property or
securities to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall be
entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.
Section 1412. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company; 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 of the
Company which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other
holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company 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 607.
Section 1413. 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 hereunder, 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 1412 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.
Section 1414. Defeasance of this Article Fourteen.
The subordination of the Securities provided by this Article Fourteen is
expressly made subject to the provisions for defeasance or covenant defeasance
in Article Thirteen hereof and, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
upon the effectiveness of any such defeasance or covenant defeasance, the
Securities then outstanding shall thereupon cease to be subordinated pursuant to
this Article Fourteen.
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
Subsidiary Guarantee
Section 1501. Subsidiary Guarantee.
Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally
unconditionally Guarantees to each Holder of a Security of a series as to which
it is a Subsidiary Guarantor authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and to
the Trustee on behalf of such Holder, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Security when and as the
same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by
acceleration, call for redemption, purchase or otherwise, in accordance with the
terms of such Security and of this Indenture. In case of the failure of the
Company punctually to make any such payment, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors
hereby jointly and severally agrees to cause such payment to be made punctually
when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated
Maturity or by acceleration, call for redemption, purchase or otherwise, and as
if such payment were made by the Company.
Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees
that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the
validity, regularity or enforceability of such Security or this Indenture, the
absence of any action to enforce the same, any exchange, release or non-
perfection of any Lien on any collateral for, or any release or amendment or
waiver of any term of any other Guarantee of, or any consent to departure from
any requirement of any other Guarantee of all or any of the Securities, the
election by the Trustee or any of the Holders in any proceeding under Chapter 11
of Title 11 of the United States Code (the "Bankruptcy Code") of the application
of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, any borrowing or grant of a
security interest by the Company, as debtor-in-possession, under Section 364 of
the Bankruptcy Code, the disallowance, under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code,
of all or any portion of the claims of the Trustee or any of the Holders for
payment of any of the Securities, any waiver or consent by the Holder of such
Security or by the Trustee with respect to any provisions thereof or of this
Indenture, the obtaining of any judgment against the Company or any action to
enforce the same or any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for
payment, any requirement that the Trustee or any of the Holders protect, secure,
perfect or insure any security interest in or other Lien on any property subject
thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against the Company or any other
Person or any collateral, filing of claims with a court in the event of
insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first
against the Company, protest or notice with respect to such Security or the
Indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that
this Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged in respect of such Security
except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and
in this Subsidiary Guarantee. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees
that, in the event of a default in payment of principal (or premium, if any) or
interest on such Security, whether at their Stated Maturity, by acceleration,
call for redemption, purchase or otherwise, legal proceedings may be
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instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Security,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly
against each of the Subsidiary Guarantors to enforce this Subsidiary Guarantee
without first proceeding against the Company. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees
that if, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default
with respect to the Securities of the series as to which it is a Subsidiary
Guarantor, the Trustee or any of the Holders are prevented by applicable law
from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the maturity of the
Securities of such series, to collect interest on the Securities of such series,
or to enforce or exercise any other right or remedy with respect to the
Securities of such series, or the Trustee or the Holders are prevented from
taking any action to realize on any collateral, such Subsidiary Guarantor agrees
to pay to the Trustee for the account of the Holders, upon demand therefor, the
amount that would otherwise have been due and payable had such rights and
remedies been permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of the Holders.
The indebtedness evidenced by each Subsidiary Guarantee of a Subsidiary
Guarantor is, to the extent provided in this Indenture, subordinate and subject
in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of
such Subsidiary Guarantor, and the Subsidiary Guarantees are issued subject to
the provisions of this Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of such
Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such
action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so
provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the
Holders of the Securities upon which its Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed
against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by such Subsidiary Guarantor
on account of such Security pursuant to the provisions of its Subsidiary
Guarantee or this Indenture; provided, however, that no Subsidiary Guarantor
shall be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or based
upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on all Securities issued hereunder as to which such Subsidiary
Guarantor is a Subsidiary Guarantor shall have been paid in full.
Each Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and
continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company
for liquidation or reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make
an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be
appointed for all or any significant part of the Company's assets, and shall, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated,
as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Securities,
is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must
otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Securities, whether as a
"voidable preference," "fraudulent transfer," or otherwise, all as though such
payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any
part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Securities shall,
to the fullest extent permitted
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by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so
rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
The Subsidiary Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from
any non-paying Subsidiary Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does
not impair the rights of the Holders under this Subsidiary Guarantee.
Section 1502. Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantees.
The Subsidiary Guarantees to be endorsed on the Securities of any series
shall include the terms of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 1501
and any other terms that may be set forth in the form established pursuant to
Section 205. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees to execute its
Subsidiary Guarantee, in a form established pursuant to Section 205, to be
endorsed on each Security as to which it is a Subsidiary Guarantor authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee.
The Subsidiary Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of each respective
Subsidiary Guarantor by any one of such Subsidiary Guarantor's Chairman of the
Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, President, Vice Presidents or other person
duly authorized by the Board of Directors of such Subsidiary Guarantor, attested
by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary. The signature of any or all of these
persons on the Subsidiary Guarantee may be manual or facsimile.
A Subsidiary Guarantee bearing the manual or facsimile signature of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of a Subsidiary Guarantor
shall bind such Subsidiary Guarantor, notwithstanding that such individuals or
any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of the Security on which such Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed or did
not hold such offices at the date of such Subsidiary Guarantee.
The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication
thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee
endorsed thereon on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantors. Each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set
forth in Section 1501 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any
failure to endorse a Subsidiary Guarantee on any Security.
Section 1503. Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms.
Except as set forth in Section 1504 and in Article Eight and the terms of
the Securities, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities
shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Subsidiary Guarantor with or into
the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor or shall prevent any conveyance, transfer
or lease of the property and assets of a Subsidiary Guarantor substantially as
an entirety to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor.
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Section 1504. Release of Subsidiary Guarantors.
(a) Concurrently with any consolidation or merger of a Subsidiary
Guarantor or any conveyance, transfer of the property of a Subsidiary Guarantor
as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, in each case as permitted by
Section 1503 hereof, and upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease was made in accordance with
Section 1503 hereof, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required
in order to acknowledge the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its
obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed on the Securities and under
this Article Fifteen. Any Subsidiary Guarantor not released from its obligations
under its Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed on the Securities and under this Article
Fifteen shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of (premium, if
any) and interest on the Securities of a series as to which it is a Subsidiary
Guarantor and for the other obligations of a Subsidiary Guarantor under its
Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed on such Securities and under this Article Fifteen.
(b) Concurrently with the defeasance of the Securities under Section
1302 hereof or the covenant defeasance of the Securities under Section 1303
hereof, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be released from all of their
obligations under their Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed on the Securities and
under this Article Fifteen, without any action on the part of the Trustee or any
Holder of Securities.
(c) Upon the sale or disposition (by merger or otherwise) of any
Subsidiary Guarantor by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
constituting an asset sale permitted under the terms of the Securities of any
series to a Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor of the
Company and which is otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture
and the terms of the Securities of such series, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall
automatically be released from all obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantees
endorsed on the Securities of such series and under this Article Fifteen,
provided, that all obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to any
Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall also
terminate upon such transaction.
Section 1505. Additional Subsidiary Guarantors.
(a) The Company may cause any of its Subsidiaries to become a
Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to the Securities by executing and delivering
to the Trustee (a) a supplemental indenture, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Trustee, which subjects such Person to the provisions (including the
representations and warranties) of this Indenture as a Subsidiary Guarantor and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such supplemental indenture has
been duly authorized and executed by such Person and constitutes the legal,
valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such Person (subject to such
customary exceptions concerning creditors' rights and equitable principles as
may be acceptable to the Trustee in its discretion).
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(b) The Company will cause any Subsidiary of the Company that is
required under the terms of the Securities of any series to become a Subsidiary
Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to which it shall become
a Subsidiary Guarantor.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
Subordination of Subsidiary Guarantees
Section 1601. Subsidiary Guarantees Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness of
Subsidiary Guarantors.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor 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 (subject to the
provisions of Article Four and Article Thirteen), the payment of the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Subsidiary Guarantee of each
Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the Securities are hereby expressly made
subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor.
Section 1602. 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 a Subsidiary Guarantor or to its
creditors, as such, or to its assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution or
other winding up of a Subsidiary Guarantor, whether voluntary or involuntary and
whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the
benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of assets and liabilities of a
Subsidiary Guarantor, then and in any such event specified in (a), (b) or (c)
above (each such event, if any, herein sometimes referred to as a "Subsidiary
Guarantor Proceeding") the holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to
become due on or in respect of all Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary
Guarantor, or provision shall be made for such payment in cash or cash
equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor before the Holders of the Securities
of any series as to which such Subsidiary Guarantor has given a Subsidiary
Guarantee are entitled to receive any payment or distribution of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, on account of such
Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor (all such payments and
distributions herein referred to, individually and collectively, as a
"Subsidiary Guarantor Payment"), and to that end the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to receive, for
application to the payment thereof, any Subsidiary Guarantor Payment, including
any Subsidiary Guarantor Payment which may be payable or deliverable by reason
of the payment of any other indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor being
subordinated to the payments under the Subordinated Guarantees, which may be
payable or
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deliverable in respect of such Subsidiary Guarantee in any such Subsidiary
Guarantor Proceeding.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section, the Trustee or the Holder of any Security shall have received any
Subsidiary Guarantor Payment before all Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary
Guarantor is paid in full or payment thereof provided for in cash or cash
equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor, and if such fact shall, at or prior
to the time of such Subsidiary Guarantor Payment, have been made known to the
Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such event such
Subsidiary Guarantor Payment shall be paid over or delivered forthwith to the
trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee, agent
or other Person making payment or distribution of assets of such Subsidiary
Guarantor for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of such
Subsidiary Guarantor remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor in full, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness
of such Subsidiary Guarantor.
For purposes of this Article only, the words "cash", "property" or
"securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Subsidiary
Guarantor as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Subsidiary
Guarantor or any other corporation or other entity provided for by a plan of
reorganization or readjustment which are subordinated in right of payment to all
Senior Indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantor which may at the time be
outstanding to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than,
the Subsidiary Guarantees are so subordinated as provided in this Article;
provided that (i) this does not cause the Subsidiary Guarantees to be treated in
any such Subsidiary Guarantor Proceeding as part of the same class of claims as
the Senior Indebtedness of the of the Subsidiary Guarantor or any class of
claims pari passu with, or senior to, the Senior Indebtedness of the Subsidiary
Guarantor for any payment or distribution, (ii) if a new corporation results
from such reorganization or readjustment, such corporation assumes the Senior
Indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantor and (iii) the rights of the holders of
the Senior Indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantor are not, without the consent
of such holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment.
The consolidation of a Subsidiary Guarantor with, or the merger of a
Subsidiary Guarantor into, another Person or the liquidation or dissolution of a
Subsidiary Guarantor following the conveyance, transfer or lease of its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to another Person upon the
terms and conditions set forth in Article Eight shall not be deemed a Subsidiary
Guarantor Proceeding for the purposes of this Section if the Person formed by
such consolidation or into which such Subsidiary Guarantor is merged or the
Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease such properties and
assets substantially as an entirety, as the case may be, shall, as a part of
such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, comply with the
conditions set forth in Article Eight.
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Section 1603. No Payment When Senior Indebtedness of a Subsidiary Guarantor in
Default.
In the event that any Subsidiary Guarantor Senior Payment Default (as
defined below) with respect to a Subsidiary Guarantor shall have occurred and be
continuing, then no Subsidiary Guarantor Payment by such Subsidiary Guarantor
shall be made unless and until such Subsidiary Guarantor Senior Payment Default
shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist or all amounts
then due and payable in respect of Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary
Guarantor shall have been paid in full, or provision shall have been made for
such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory
to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor. "Subsidiary
Guarantor Senior Payment Default" means any default in the payment of principal
of (or premium, if any) or interest on, or of any other payment obligation of
the type referred to in the definition of Senior Indebtedness in respect of any
Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor when due, whether at the stated
maturity of any such payment or by declaration of acceleration, call for
redemption or otherwise.
In the event that any Subsidiary Guarantor Senior Nonmonetary Default
(as defined below) with respect to a Subsidiary Guarantor shall have occurred
and be continuing, then, upon the receipt by such Subsidiary Guarantor and the
Trustee of written notice of such Subsidiary Guarantor Senior Nonmonetary
Default from the representatives of holders of the Designated Senior
Indebtedness, no Subsidiary Guarantor Payment by such Subsidiary Guarantor shall
be made during the period (the "Subsidiary Guarantee Payment Blockage Period")
commencing on the date of such receipt of such written notice and ending on the
earlier of (i) the date on which such Designated Senior Indebtedness to which
such default relates shall have been discharged or such default shall have been
cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, (ii) the 179th day after the date
of such receipt of such written notice, or (iii) the date on which such blockage
period shall have been terminated by written notice to such Subsidiary Guarantor
or the Trustee from the representative of holders of Designated Senior
Indebtedness initiating such blockage period. No more than one Subsidiary
Guarantee Payment Blockage Period may be commenced with respect to a Subsidiary
Guarantee during any 360-day period and there shall be a period of at least 181
consecutive days in each 360-day period when no Subsidiary Guarantee Payment
Blockage Period with respect to such Subsidiary Guarantor is in effect. For all
purposes of this paragraph, no Subsidiary Guarantor Senior Nonmonetary Default
that existed or was continuing on the date of commencement of any Subsidiary
Guarantee Payment Blockage Period shall be, or be made, the basis for the
commencement of a subsequent Subsidiary Guarantee Payment Blockage Period by
holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantor or their
representatives unless such Subsidiary Guarantor Senior Nonmonetary Default
shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive
days. "Subsidiary Guarantor Senior Nonmonetary Default" means the occurrence or
existence and continuance of any event of default, or of any event which, after
notice or lapse of time (or both), would become an event of default, under the
terms of any instrument pursuant to which any Designated Senior Indebtedness of
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such Subsidiary Guarantor is outstanding, permitting (after notice or lapse of
time or both) one or more holders of such Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary
Guarantor (or a trustee or agent on behalf of the holders thereof) to declare
such Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor due and payable prior to
the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, other than a
Subsidiary Guarantor Senior Payment Default.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, a Subsidiary
Guarantor shall make any Subsidiary Guarantor Payment to the Trustee or any
Holder prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section, and if such fact
shall, at or prior to the time of such Subsidiary Guarantor Payment, have been
made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such
event such Subsidiary Guarantor Payment shall be paid over and delivered
forthwith to such Subsidiary Guarantor.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any Subsidiary
Guarantor Payment with respect to which Section 1602 would be applicable.
Section 1604. Payment Permitted If No Default.
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
any of the Subsidiary Guarantees shall prevent (a) any Subsidiary Guarantor at
any time except during the pendency of any Subsidiary Guarantor Proceeding
referred to in Section 1602 or under the conditions described in Section 1603,
from making Subsidiary Guarantor Payments, or (b) the application by the Trustee
of any money deposited with it hereunder to Subsidiary Guarantor Payments or the
retention of such Subsidiary Guarantor Payments by the Holders, if, at the time
of such application by the Trustee, it did not have knowledge that such
Subsidiary Guarantor Payment would have been prohibited by the provisions of
this Article.
Section 1605. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness of a
Subsidiary Guarantor.
Subject to the payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on
or in respect of Senior Indebtedness of a Subsidiary Guarantor, or the provision
for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner
satisfactory to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Subsidiary Guarantor,
the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders
of such Senior Indebtedness of a Subsidiary Guarantor to receive payments and
distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to the Senior
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor until the principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest on the Securities of all series as to which it is a
Subsidiary Guarantor shall be paid in full. For purposes of such subrogation, no
payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of such
Subsidiary Guarantor 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 of such Subsidiary Guarantor by Holders of
the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as among the
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Subsidiary Guarantors, their creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness
of the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be
a payment or distribution by the Company to or on account of the Senior
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor.
Section 1606. 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 on the one hand and the
holders of Senior Indebtedness of each Subsidiary Guarantor 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 Subsidiary
Guarantors, their creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Subsidiary Guarantors and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of each
Subsidiary Guarantor, 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 any Subsidiary Guarantor
of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of such Subsidiary Guarantor
other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor; 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 of a Subsidiary Guarantor to receive cash, property and
securities otherwise payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such Holder.
Section 1607. 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.
Section 1608. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness of
any Subsidiary Guarantor 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 such Subsidiary Guarantor or by any act or failure to act, in good
faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by such Subsidiary Guarantor
with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any
knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph,
the holders of Senior Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor 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
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of Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor, do any one or more of the
following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time
of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary
Guarantor, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner Senior Indebtedness of
such Subsidiary Guarantor or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement
under which Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor is outstanding;
(ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged,
mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary
Guarantor; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of
Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor; and (iv) exercise or refrain
from exercising any rights against such Subsidiary Guarantor and any other
Person.
Section 1609. Notice to Trustee.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any fact known to such Subsidiary Guarantor 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 a Subsidiary Guarantor or a holder of Senior
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary Guarantor or from any trustee therefor; and, prior
to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of Section 601, 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 at least three Business Days prior to
the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable for any
purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on any Security), then, anything herein contained
to the contrary notwithstanding, 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 within three Business Days prior to such date.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall be
entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person
representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness of a Subsidiary
Guarantor (or a trustee therefor) to establish that such notice has been given
by a holder of Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor (or a trustee
therefor). 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 of a Subsidiary Guarantor 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 of such Subsidiary Guarantor 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.
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Section 1610. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Subsidiary
Guarantors referred to in this Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of Section 601, 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
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, delivered to the Trustee or to
the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled
to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary Guarantor and other indebtedness of such Subsidiary
Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or
distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article.
Section 1611. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Subsidiary Guarantors.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor and shall not be
liable to any such holders if it shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or
distribute to Holders of Securities or to any Subsidiary Guarantor or to any
other Person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled by virtue of this
Article or otherwise.
Section 1612. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness of the
Subsidiary Guarantors; 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 of any
Subsidiary Guarantor which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as
any other holder of Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor, 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 607.
Section 1613. 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 hereunder, 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 1612 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.
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Section 1614. Defeasance of this Article Sixteen.
The subordination of the Subsidiary Guarantees provided by this
Article Sixteen is expressly made subject to the provisions for defeasance or
covenant defeasance in Article Thirteen hereof and, anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding, upon the effectiveness of any such defeasance or
covenant defeasance, the Subsidiary Guarantees then outstanding shall thereupon
cease to be subordinated pursuant to this Article Sixteen.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed
and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
KEY3MEDIA GROUP, INC.
By
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Attest:
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KEY3MEDIA EVENTS, INC.
By
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Attest:
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By
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Attest:
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State of New York )
) ss.:
County of New York )
On the .... day of ..........., ...., before me personally came
..........................., to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did
depose and say that he is .................... of Key3Media Group, Inc., one of
the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that
he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument
is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of
Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like
authority.
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State of New York )
) ss.:
County of New York )
On the .... day of ..........., ...., before me personally came
..........................., to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did
depose and say that he is .................... of
................................., one of the corporations described in and
which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said
corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal;
that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said
corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
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