Exhibit 4.1
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AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
and
the GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN
____% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2016
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INDENTURE
Dated as of ________________, 2006
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE............... 1
Section 1.01. Definitions.............................................. 1
Section 1.02. Other Definitions........................................ 15
Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act........ 15
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.................................... 16
ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES................................................ 16
Section 2.01. Form and Dating.......................................... 16
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication............................. 17
Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent............................... 17
Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust...................... 18
Section 2.05. Holder Lists............................................. 18
Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.................................... 18
Section 2.07. Replacement Notes........................................ 20
Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes........................................ 21
Section 2.09. Treasury Notes........................................... 21
Section 2.10. Temporary Notes.......................................... 21
Section 2.11. Cancellation............................................. 21
Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest....................................... 22
ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION AND REPAYMENT................................. 22
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee....................................... 22
Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed........................ 22
Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption..................................... 23
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption........................... 23
Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.............................. 23
Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part................................... 24
Section 3.07. Optional Redemption...................................... 24
Section 3.08. No Mandatory Redemption.................................. 25
Section 3.09. Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds...... 25
ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS................................................ 26
Section 4.01. Payment of Notes......................................... 26
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.......................... 27
Section 4.03. Reports.................................................. 27
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Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate................................... 27
Section 4.05. Taxes.................................................... 28
Section 4.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws........................... 28
Section 4.07. Restricted Payments...................................... 28
Section 4.08. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries............................................. 30
Section 4.09. Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred
Stock.................................................... 31
Section 4.10. Asset Sales.............................................. 34
Section 4.11. Transactions with Affiliates............................. 35
Section 4.12. Liens.................................................... 36
Section 4.13. Corporate Existence...................................... 36
Section 4.14. Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control............... 36
Section 4.15. Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Capital Stock in
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries................................ 37
Section 4.16. Payments for Consent..................................... 37
Section 4.17. Future Subsidiary Guarantees............................. 38
Section 4.18. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.. 38
Section 4.19. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions............ 38
ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSORS............................................... 38
Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets................. 38
Section 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted........................ 39
ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES.................................... 39
Section 6.01. Events of Default........................................ 39
Section 6.02. Acceleration............................................. 41
Section 6.03. Other Remedies........................................... 41
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.................................. 41
Section 6.05. Control by Majority...................................... 41
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits...................................... 42
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment............ 42
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee............................... 42
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim......................... 42
Section 6.10. Priorities............................................... 43
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.................................... 43
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ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE.................................................. 43
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee........................................ 43
Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee........................................ 44
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee............................. 45
Section 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer..................................... 45
Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults....................................... 45
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes............... 45
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity............................... 46
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee................................... 46
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc......................... 47
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification............................ 47
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company........ 48
ARTICLE 8 LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE................. 48
Section 8.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance............................................... 48
Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge........................... 48
Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance...................................... 48
Section 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance............... 49
Section 8.05. Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in
Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.................... 50
Section 8.06. Repayment to Company..................................... 50
Section 8.07. Reinstatement............................................ 51
ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER......................... 51
Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of Notes...................... 51
Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders of Notes......................... 52
Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act...................... 53
Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents........................ 53
Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes......................... 53
Section 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.......................... 54
ARTICLE 10 NOTE GUARANTEES.......................................... 54
Section 10.01. Guarantee................................................ 54
Section 10.02. Limitation on Guarantor Liability........................ 55
Section 10.03. Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee................. 55
Section 10.04. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms....... 55
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Section 10.05. Release of Notes Guarantors.............................. 56
ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS............................................ 57
Section 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls............................. 57
Section 11.02. Notices.................................................. 57
Section 11.03. Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of
Notes.................................................... 58
Section 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent....... 58
Section 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion............ 58
Section 11.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents.............................. 59
Section 11.07. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers,
Employees and Stockholders............................... 59
Section 11.08. Governing Law, Consent to Jurisdiction and
Service of Process....................................... 59
Section 11.09. Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction............ 59
Section 11.10. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements............ 60
Section 11.11. Successors............................................... 60
Section 11.12. Severability............................................. 60
Section 11.13. Counterpart Originals.................................... 60
Section 11.14. Table of Contents, Headings, etc......................... 60
Section 11.15. Designated Senior Debt................................... 60
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A FORM OF NOTE
Exhibit B FORM OF NOTE GUARANTEE
Exhibit C FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
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INDENTURE dated as of ____________, 2006 between Amkor Technology, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and U.S. Bank National Association, as
trustee (the "Trustee").
The Company and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other
and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the ___% Senior Notes
due 2016 (the "Notes"):
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions.
"Acquired Debt" means, with respect to any specified Person, (i)
Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is
merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or
not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of,
such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such
specified Person, and (ii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset
acquired by such specified Person.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, "control,"
as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
agreement or otherwise; provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more, or an
agreement, obligation or option to purchase 10% or more, of the Voting Stock of
a Person shall be deemed to be control. For purposes of this definition, the
terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control with" shall have
correlative meanings.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.
"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of
or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the
Depositary.
"Asset Purchase Agreement" means that certain Asset Purchase Agreement
dated as of December 30, 1998, between the Company and Anam Semiconductor, Inc.,
as the same may be extended or renewed from time to time without alteration of
the material terms thereof.
"Attributable Debt" in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction
involving an operating lease means, at the time of determination, the present
value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the
remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction
including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the
option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using
a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction,
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state
law for the relief of debtors.
"Beneficial Owner" has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and
Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial
ownership of any particular "person" (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3)
of the Exchange Act), such "person" shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership
of all securities that such "person" has the right to acquire, whether such
right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a
subsequent condition.
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company, or any
authorized committee of the Board of Directors.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
"Capital Lease Obligation" means, at the time any determination thereof is
to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would
at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with
GAAP.
"Capital Stock" means (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock,
(ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares,
interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of
corporate stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability
company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited), and
(iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to
receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the
issuing Person.
"Cash Equivalents" means (i) United States dollars or currency of any other
sovereign nation in which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary conducts
business, (ii) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by
the full faith and credit of the United States government or any agency or
instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than twelve months from
the date of acquisition, (iii) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time
deposits with maturities of twelve months or less from the date of acquisition,
bankers' acceptances with maturities not exceeding twelve months and overnight
bank deposits, in each case with (A) any domestic commercial bank having capital
and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 and a Fitch Individual Rating (formerly
Xxxxxxxx Bank Watch Rating) of "B" or better, or (B) any commercial bank
organized under the laws of any foreign country recognized by the United States
having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 (or the foreign currency
equivalent thereof) and a Fitch Individual Rating (formerly Xxxxxxxx Bank Watch
Rating) of "B" or better, (iv) repurchase obligations with a term of not more
than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (ii)
and (iii) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the
qualifications specified in clause (iii) above, (v) commercial paper having the
highest rating obtainable from either Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or
Standard & Poor's Corporation and, in each case, maturing within six months
after the date of acquisition, and (vi) money market funds at least 95% of the
assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses
(i) through (v) of this definition, provided that the currency of any sovereign
nation other than the United States and certificates of deposit, eurodollar time
deposits, bankers' acceptances and overnight bank deposits with any commercial
bank organized under the laws of a foreign country shall not be considered "Cash
Equivalents" for purposes of determining whether an Asset Sale is permitted
pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the
adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company,
(ii) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any
merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any "person" (as defined
above), other than a Permitted Holder, becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or
indirectly, of more than 35% of the Voting Stock of the Company, measured by
voting power rather than number of shares, and such percentage represents more
than the aggregate percentage of the Voting Stock of the Company, measured by
voting power rather than number of shares, as to which any Permitted Holder is
the Beneficial Owner, or (iii) the first date during any consecutive two year
period on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the
Company are not Continuing Directors. For purposes of this definition, any
transfer of an Equity Interest of an entity that was formed for the purpose of
acquiring Voting Stock of the Company will be deemed to be a transfer of such
portion of Voting Stock as corresponds to the portion of the equity of such
entity that has been so transferred.
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"Company" means Amkor Technology, Inc., and any and all successors thereto.
"Consolidated Cash Flow" means, with respect to any Person for any period,
the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus: (i) an amount
equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net loss realized in connection with an
Asset Sale, to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such
Consolidated Net Income, plus (ii) provision for taxes based on income or
profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the
extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated
Net Income, plus (iii) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and whether or
not capitalized (including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance
costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest
component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all
payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with
respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges
incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers' acceptance financings, and
net payments, if any, pursuant to Hedging Obligations), to the extent that any
such expense was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income, plus (iv)
depreciation, amortization (including amortization of goodwill and other
intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid
in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash
expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash
expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was
paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash
expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income, plus (v)
non-cash items (other than any non-cash items that will require cash payments in
the future or that relate to foreign currency translation) decreasing such
Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than items that were accrued in
the ordinary course of business, in each case, on a consolidated basis and
determined in accordance with GAAP, minus (vi) non-cash items (other than any
non-cash items that will require cash payments in the future or that relate to
foreign currency translation) increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such
period, other than items that were accrued in the ordinary course of business,
in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on the income
or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash charges
of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall be added to Consolidated Net
Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company only to the extent that
a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be
dividended to the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior approval
(that has not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its charter and all
agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and
governmental regulations applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the sum, without duplication, of: (i) the consolidated interest expense
of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or
accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and
original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of
any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments
associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to
Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in
respect of letter of credit or bankers' acceptance financings, and net payments,
if any, pursuant to Hedging Obligations, plus (ii) the consolidated interest of
such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such
period, plus (iii) interest actually paid by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary under any Guarantee of Indebtedness of another Person, plus (iv) the
product of all dividend payments, whether or not in cash, on any series of
preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than
dividend payments on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the
Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company.
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"Consolidated Interest Expense Coverage Ratio" means with respect to any
specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the Consolidated
Interest Expense of such Person for such period. In the event that the specified
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, Guarantees or
redeems any Indebtedness (other than revolving credit borrowings) or issues or
redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which
the Consolidated Interest Expense Coverage Ratio is being calculated but prior
to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated
Interest Expense Coverage Ratio is made (the "Calculation Date"), then the
Consolidated Interest Expense Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro
forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee or redemption of
Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of preferred stock, as if the same
had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Consolidated Interest Expense
Coverage Ratio: (i) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations
and including any related financing transactions, during the four-quarter
reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the
Calculation Date shall be deemed to have occurred on the first day of the
four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference
period shall be calculated without giving effect to clause (iii) of the proviso
set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income, (ii) the Consolidated
Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance
with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation
Date, shall be excluded, and (iii) the Consolidated Interest Expense
attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP,
and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, shall be
excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such
Consolidated Interest Expense will not be obligations of the specified Person or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date.
"Consolidated Net Assets" means, with respect to any specified Person as of
any date, the total assets of such Person as of such date less (i) the total
liabilities of such Person as of such date, (ii) the amount of any Disqualified
Stock as of such date and (iii) any minority interests reflected on the balance
sheet of such Person as of such date.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any specified Person for
any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance
with GAAP; provided that: (i) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that
is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of
accounting shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or
distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary
thereof, (ii) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded to
the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions
by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of
determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not
been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its
charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or
governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its
stockholders, (iii) the Net Income of any Person acquired in a pooling of
interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such acquisition shall
be excluded, (iv) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary
shall be excluded, whether or not distributed to the specified Person or one of
its Subsidiaries, and (v) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principles shall be excluded.
"Continuing Directors" means, as of any date of determination, any member
of the Board of Directors of the Company who (i) was a member of such Board of
Directors on the date of this Indenture or (ii) was nominated for election or
elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the
Continuing Directors who were members of such Board at the time of such
nomination or election.
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"Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture" means the means that
certain indenture between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as
trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to time, relating to the Company's
% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011.
"Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee" shall be at the address of the
Trustee at which the trust created by this Indenture is administered, which
address as of the date hereof is specified in Section 11.02 hereof, or such
other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
"Credit Facilities" means, with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary,
one or more debt facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other
institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans,
receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders
or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such
receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified,
renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time.
"Custodian" means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in
global form, or any successor entity thereto.
"Default" means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the
giving of notice or both would, be an Event of Default.
"Definitive Note" means a certificated Note registered in the name of the
Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global
Note Legend and shall not have the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the
Global Note" attached thereto.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole
or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the
Depositary with respect to the Global Notes, and any and all successors thereto
appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the
applicable provision of this Indenture.
"Disqualified Stock" means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is
exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the
happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a
sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder
thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the
date the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock
that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have
the right to require the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the
occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale shall not constitute
Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company
may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions
unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.07 hereof.
"Domestic Subsidiary" means a Restricted Subsidiary that is (i) formed
under the laws of the United States of America or a state or territory thereof
or (ii) as of the date of determination, treated as a domestic entity or a
partnership or a division of a domestic entity for United States federal income
tax purposes; and, in either case, is not owned, directly or indirectly, by an
entity that is not described in clauses (i) or (ii) above.
"Equity Interests" means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other
rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is
convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
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"Equity Offering" means any offering for cash of common stock of the
Company or options, warrants or rights with respect to its common stock so long
as shares of the common stock of the Company remain listed on a national
securities exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ National Market.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Existing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the date of this Indenture, including
Indebtedness outstanding under the Convertible Senior Subordinated Indenture
issued initially thereunder or pursuant to an overallotment option, until such
amounts are repaid.
"Existing Senior Notes" means the 9.25% senior notes due February 15, 2008,
the 7.125% senior notes due 2011, and the 7.75% senior notes due May 15, 2013 of
the Company.
"Foreign Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of the Company that is not a
Domestic Subsidiary.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession, which are in effect from time to time.
"Global Note Legend" means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f), which
is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
"Global Notes" means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted
Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto issued in accordance with Section 2.01 or 2.06(b) hereof.
"Government Securities" means direct obligations of, or obligations
guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the
United States pledges its full faith and credit.
"Guarantee" means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable
instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or
indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, through letters of credit
or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any
Indebtedness.
"Guarantor" means each Guarantor that is a signatory hereto and any future
Domestic Subsidiary of the Company formed or capitalized after the date of this
Indenture that is a Significant Subsidiary and that is required by the terms of
this Indenture to execute a Note Guarantee, in accordance with the provisions of
this Indenture, and its successors and assigns, in each case until such
Guarantor is released as a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture.
"Hedging Obligations" means, with respect to any Person, the Obligations of
such Person under (i) swap agreements, cap agreements and collar agreements
relating to interest rates, commodities or currencies; and (ii) other agreements
or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest
rates, commodities or currencies
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
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"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any specified Person, any
indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, in respect of: (i)
borrowed money, (ii) bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters
of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (iii) banker's
acceptances, (iv) Capital Lease Obligations, (v) the balance deferred and unpaid
of the purchase price of any property, except any such balance that constitutes
an accrued expense or trade payable, or (vi) Hedging Obligations, if and to the
extent any of such indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging
Obligations) would appear as a liability on a balance sheet of the specified
Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term "Indebtedness"
includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the
specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified
Person measured as the lesser of the fair market value of the assets of such
Person so secured or the amount of such Indebtedness) and, to the extent not
otherwise included, the Guarantee by such Person of any indebtedness of any
other Person.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be the
accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original
issue discount. In addition, the amount of any Indebtedness shall also include
the amount of all Obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption,
repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or, with respect to any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, any preferred stock of such Restricted
Subsidiary.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
"Indirect Participant" means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a
Global Note through a Participant.
"Investments" means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such
Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of direct or
indirect loans (including Guarantees of Indebtedness or other obligations),
advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar
advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business),
purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity
Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be
classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.
If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise
disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition,
such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, the Company
shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or
disposition equal to the fair market value of the Equity Interests of such
Restricted Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as
provided in Section 4.07 hereof.
"Issue Date" means the date on which the Notes are initially issued.
"Legal Holiday" means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in the City of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by
law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a
Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the
next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on
such payment for the intervening period.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, fixed
or floating charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of
such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under
applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease in the nature thereof; provided that the term "Lien" shall
not include any lease properly classified as an operating lease in accordance
with GAAP.
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"Make-Whole Amount" means, in connection with any optional redemption of
any Note pursuant to Section 3.07(c) hereof, the excess, if any, of (i) the
aggregate present value as of the date of such redemption of each dollar of
principal being redeemed and the amount of interest (exclusive of interest
accrued to the redemption date) that would have been payable in respect of such
dollar if such prepayment had not been made, determined by discounting, on a
semiannual basis, such principal and interest at the Reinvestment Rate
(determined on the Business Day preceding the date of such redemption) from the
respective dates on which such principal and interest would have been payable if
such payment had not been made, over (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes being redeemed.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of
such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP
and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding,
however: (i) any gain (but not loss), together with any related provision for
taxes on such gain (but not loss), realized in connection with (a) any Asset
Sale or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) any extraordinary gain (but not
loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain
(but not loss), (iii) any gain or loss relating to foreign currency translation
or exchange, and (iv) any income or loss related to any discontinued operation.
"Net Proceeds" means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including,
without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any
non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs
relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting
and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses
incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, in each
case after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any
tax sharing arrangements and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of
Indebtedness, other than Permitted Bank Debt, secured by a Lien on the asset or
assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale.
"Non-Recourse Debt" means Indebtedness: (i) as to which neither the Company
nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind
(including any obligation that would constitute Indebtedness), or (b) is
directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, other than in the
form of a Lien on the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary held by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in favor of any holder of Non-Recourse Debt
of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, (ii) no default with respect to which
(including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take enforcement
action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of
time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness (other than the Notes) of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other
Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to
its stated maturity, and (iii) as to which the lenders have been notified in
writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than against the Equity
Interests of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, if any).
"Note Guarantee" means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Company's
payment obligations under this Indenture and on the Notes, executed pursuant to
the provisions of this Indenture.
"Notes" has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.
"Obligations" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under
the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
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"Officer" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief
Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the
Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company
by two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal executive
officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal
accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of Section 11.05
hereof.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 11.05 hereof.
The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any Subsidiary of
the Company or the Trustee.
"Participant" means, with respect to the Depositary, a Person who has an
account with the Depositary.
"Permitted Bank Debt" means Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the Credit Facilities, any Receivables
Program, or one or more other term loan and/or revolving credit or commercial
paper facilities (including any letter of credit subfacilities) or indentures
entered into with commercial banks and/or financial institutions or trustees,
and any replacement, extension, renewal, refinancing or refunding thereof.
"Permitted Business" means the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, operated in a manner consistent with past
operations, and any business that is reasonably related thereto or supplements
such business or is a reasonable extension thereof.
"Permitted Holder" means Xxxxx X. Xxx and his estate, spouse, siblings,
ancestors, heirs and lineal descendants, and spouses of any such persons, the
legal representatives of any of the foregoing, and the trustee of any bona fide
trust of which one or more of the foregoing are the principal beneficiaries or
the grantors or any other Person that is controlled by any of the foregoing.
"Permitted Investments" means: (i) any Investment in the Company or in a
Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) any Investment in Cash Equivalents, (iii) any
Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a
Person, if as a result of such Investment or in connection with the transaction
pursuant to which such Investment is made (a) such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company, or (b) such Person is merged, consolidated or
amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its
assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company, (iv) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash
consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance
with Section 4.10 hereof, (v) any acquisition of assets solely in exchange for
the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company,
(vi) any Investment in connection with Hedging Obligations, (vii) any
Investments received (a) in satisfaction of judgments, or (b) as payment on a
claim made in connection with any bankruptcy, liquidation, receivership or other
insolvency proceeding, (viii) Investments in (a) prepaid expenses and negotiable
instruments held for collection, (b) accounts receivable arising in the ordinary
course of business (and Investments obtained in exchange or settlement of
accounts receivable for which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has
determined that collection is not likely), and (c) lease, utility and worker's
compensation, performance and other similar deposits arising in the ordinary
course of business, (ix) any Strategic Investment; provided that the aggregate
amount of all Investments by the Company and any Restricted Subsidiaries in
Strategic Investments shall not exceed 5% of the Company's consolidated total
assets determined as of the date of the last day of the Company's most recently
ended fiscal quarter, and (x) Investments purchased or received in exchange for
Permitted
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Investments existing as of the Issue Date or made thereafter; provided that any
additional consideration provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in
such exchange shall not be permitted pursuant to this clause (x); and provided,
further, that such purchased or exchanged Investments shall have a fair market
value (as determined by an officer of the Company unless such fair market value
exceeds $25.0 million in which case, as determined by the Company's board of
directors) equal to or exceeding the Permitted Investments exchanged therefor;
provided, further, that, notwithstanding the preceding, any extension of credit
or advance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to a customer or supplier
of the Company or its Subsidiaries shall not be a Permitted Investment.
"Permitted Liens" means: (i) Liens on the assets of the Company and any
Restricted Subsidiary securing Permitted Bank Debt that was permitted by the
terms of this Indenture to be incurred, (ii) Liens on the assets of any Foreign
Subsidiary securing Indebtedness and other Obligations under Indebtedness of
such Foreign Subsidiary that were permitted by the terms of this indenture to be
incurred, (iii) Liens in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (iv)
Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or
into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company; provided that such Liens were not incurred in contemplation of such
merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the
Person merged into or consolidated with the Company or the Restricted
Subsidiary, (v) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided that such
Liens were not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition, (vi) Liens to
secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds,
performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary
course of business, (vii) Liens to secure Obligations in respect of Indebtedness
(including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause (iv) of the second
paragraph of Section 4.09 hereof covering only the assets acquired with such
Indebtedness, including accessions, additions, parts, attachments, improvements,
fixtures, leasehold improvements or proceeds, if any, related thereto, (viii)
Liens existing on the date of this Indenture, (ix) Liens securing Obligations of
the Company and/or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Receivables
Program, (x) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that
are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall
be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor, (xi) Liens
imposed by law or arising by operation of law, including, without limitation,
landlords', mechanics', carriers', warehousemen's, materialmen's, suppliers' and
vendors' Liens, Liens for master's and crew's wages and other similar Liens, in
each case which are incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet
delinquent or being contested in good faith, if such reserves or other
appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been
made with respect thereto, (xii) Liens incurred or pledges and deposits made in
the ordinary course of business in connection with workers' compensation and
unemployment insurance and other types of social security, (xiii) Liens to
secure any extension, renewal, refinancing or refunding (or successive
extensions, renewals, refinancings or refundings), in whole or in part, of any
Indebtedness secured by Liens referred to in the foregoing clauses (iv), (v),
(vii) and (viii) of this definition; provided that such Liens do not extend to
any other property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
and the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien is not
increased, (xiv) judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long
as such Lien is adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings that may
have been initiated for the review of such judgment, decree or order shall not
have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be
initiated shall not have expired, (xv) Liens securing obligations of the Company
under Hedging Obligations permitted to be incurred under clause (vii) of the
second paragraph of Section 4.09 hereof or any collateral for the Indebtedness
to which such Hedging Obligations relate, (xvi) Liens upon specific items of
inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person's
obligations in respect of banker's acceptances issued or credited for the
account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such
inventory or goods, (xvii) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect
to commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other property
relating to such letters of
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credit and products and proceeds thereof, (xviii) Liens arising out of
consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods in the ordinary course
of business, (xvix) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as
a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the
importation of goods, (xx) Liens securing other Indebtedness not exceeding $10.0
million at any time outstanding, (xxi) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness, provided that such Liens do not extend to any other property of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and the principal amount
of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien is not increased, and (xxii) Liens on
the Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries securing obligations of
Unrestricted Subsidiaries not otherwise prohibited by the Indentures.
"Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net
proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or
refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that: (i) the principal amount
(or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus
accrued interest or premium (including any make-whole premium), if any, on, the
Indebtedness so extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded
(plus the amount of reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith), (ii)
such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the
final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or
greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; provided that if
the original maturity date of such Indebtedness is after the Stated Maturity of
the Notes, then such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have a maturity at
least 180 days after the Notes, (iii) if the Indebtedness being extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final
maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in
right of payment to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of
Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded, and (iv) such
Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by the Restricted Subsidiary
who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed,
replaced, defeased or refunded.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Qualified Proceeds" means any of the following or any combination of the
following: (i) any Cash Equivalents other than (A) currency of any sovereign
nation other than the United Stated and (B) certificates of deposit, eurodollar
time deposits, bankers' acceptances and overnight bank deposits with any
commercial bank organized under the laws of a foreign country, (ii) any
liabilities (as would be shown on the Company's or such Restricted Subsidiary's
balance sheet if prepared in accordance with GAAP on the date of the
corresponding Asset Sale), of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other
than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated
to the Notes) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to
a customary novation agreement that releases or indemnifies the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary from further liability, (iii) any securities, notes or
other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from
such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
into cash within 90 days after such Asset Sale (to the extent of the cash
received in that conversion), (iv) long-term assets that are used or useful in a
Permitted Business, and (v) all or substantially all of the assets of, or a
majority of the Voting Stock of, any Permitted Business; provided, however, that
in the case of clauses (iv) and (v) above, the Asset Sale transaction shall be
with a non-Affiliate and the amount of long-term assets or Voting Stock received
in the Asset Sale transaction shall not exceed 10% of the consideration
received.
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"Receivables Program" means, with respect to any Person, an agreement or
other arrangement or program providing for the advance of funds to such Person
against the pledge, contribution, sale or other transfer of encumbrances of
Receivables Program Assets of such Person or such Person and/or one or more of
its Subsidiaries.
"Receivables Program Assets" means all of the following property and
interests in property, including any undivided interest in any pool of any such
property or interests, whether now existing or existing in the future or
hereafter arising or acquired: (i) accounts, (ii) accounts receivable, general
intangibles, instruments, contract rights, documents and chattel paper
(including, without limitation, all rights to payment created by or arising from
sales of goods, leases of goods, or the rendition of services, no matter how
evidenced, whether or not earned by performance), (iii) all unpaid seller's or
lessor's rights (including, without limitation, rescission, replevin,
reclamation and stoppage in transit) relating to any of the foregoing or arising
therefrom, (iv) all rights to any goods or merchandise represented by any of the
foregoing (including, without limitation, returned or repossessed goods), (v)
all reserves and credit balances with respect to any such accounts receivable or
account debtors, (vi) all letters of credit, security or Guarantees of any of
the foregoing, (vii) all insurance policies or reports relating to any of the
foregoing, (viii) all collection or deposit accounts relating to any of the
foregoing, (ix) all books and records relating to any of the foregoing, (x) all
instruments, contract rights, chattel paper, documents and general intangibles
relating to any of the foregoing, and (xi) all proceeds of any of the foregoing.
"Receivables Program Debt" means, with respect to any Person, the
unreturned portion of the amount funded by the investors under a Receivables
Program of such Person.
"Reinvestment Rate" means 0.50% plus the arithmetic mean of the yields
under the respective headings "This Week" and "Last Week" published in the
Statistical Release under the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities" for the
maturity (rounded to the nearest month) corresponding to the maturity of the
principal being prepaid. If no maturity exactly corresponds to such maturity,
yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such
maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and
the Reinvestment Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on
a straight-line basis, rounding in each of such relevant periods to the nearest
month. For the purpose of calculating the Reinvestment Rate, the most recent
Statistical Release published prior to the date of determination of the
Make-Whole Amount shall be used.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer within the Corporate Trust Services Department of the Trustee (or any
successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Restricted Investment" means any Investment other than a Permitted
Investment.
"Restricted Subsidiary" of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent
Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Senior Subordinated Notes" means the Company's 10 1/2% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2009 issued pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture and
the Company's ___% Convertible
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Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 issued pursuant to the Convertible Senior
Subordinated Notes Indenture.
"Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture" means that certain indenture between
the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (formerly State Street Bank and
Trust Company), as trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to time,
relating to the Company's 10 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that would be a "significant
subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated
pursuant to the Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof assuming
that the Company were the "registrant" for purposes of such definition; provided
that in no event shall a "Significant Subsidiary" include (i) any direct or
indirect Subsidiary of the Company created for the primary purpose of
facilitating one or more Receivables Programs or holding or purchasing
inventory, (ii) any non-operating Subsidiary which does not have any liabilities
to Persons other than the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (iii) any Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
"Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any installment of interest or
principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of
interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation
governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent obligations to
repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date
originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
"Statistical Release" means the statistical release designated "H.15(519)"
or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Federal Reserve
System and which establishes yields on actively traded U.S. government
securities adjusted to constant maturities or, if such statistical release is
not published at the time of any determination hereunder, then such reasonably
comparable index which shall be designated by the Company.
"Strategic Investment" means any Investment in any Person (other than an
Unrestricted Subsidiary) whose primary business is related, ancillary or
complementary to a Permitted Business, and such Investment is determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors (or senior officers of the Company to whom the
Board of Directors has duly delegated the authority to make such a
determination), whose determination shall be conclusive and evidenced by a
resolution, to promote or significantly benefit the businesses of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of such Investment; provided that,
with respect to any Strategic Investment or series of related Strategic
Investments involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee a resolution of the Board of Directors of
the Company set forth in an Officer's Certificate certifying that such
Investment qualifies as a Strategic Investment pursuant to this definition.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person: (i) any corporation,
association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting
power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of
any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees
thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such
Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination
thereof), and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing
general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b)
the only general partners of which are such Person or of one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).
"substantially concurrent" means, with respect to any two or more events,
the occurring of such events within 90 days of each other.
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"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified
under the TIA.
"Total Tangible Assets of the Foreign Subsidiaries" means, as of any date,
the total assets of all of the Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company as of such
date less the amount of the intangible assets of the Foreign Subsidiaries of the
Company as of such date.
"Transition Services Agreement" means that certain Transition Services
Agreement entered into by and between the Company and Anam Semiconductor, Inc.
in connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement, as the same may be extended or
renewed from time to time without alteration of the material terms thereof.
"Trustee" means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it
in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter
means the successor serving hereunder.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company that is
designated by the Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a
Board Resolution, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary: (i) has no
Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt, (ii) is a Person with respect to
which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct
or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b)
to maintain or preserve such Person's financial condition or to cause such
Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results, (iii) has not
Guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any
Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and (iv) has
at least one director on its board of directors that is not a director or
executive officer of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and has
at least one executive officer that is not a director or executive officer of
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a
certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an
Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the
preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 4.07 hereof. If, at any time,
any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted
Subsidiary for purposes of the Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary
shall be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of
such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such
date under Section 4.09 hereof, the Company shall be in default of such
covenant. The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any
Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such
designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary and such designation shall only be permitted if (i) such Indebtedness
is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof, calculated on a pro forma basis as if
such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference
period; and (ii) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following
such designation.
"Voting Stock" of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such
Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of
Directors of such Person.
"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any Indebtedness
at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the
products obtained by multiplying (x) the amount of each then remaining
installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of
principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (y) the
number of years (calculated to the
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nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such
payment, by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
"Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary" of any Person means a Restricted
Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other
ownership interests of which (other than directors' qualifying shares or similar
shares required by law to be held by third parties) shall at the time be owned
by such Person and/or by one or more Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of
such Person.
Section 1.02. Other Definitions.
Defined in
Term Section
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"Affiliate Transaction"............................................ 4.11
"Asset Sale"....................................................... 4.10
"Asset Sale Offer"................................................. 3.09
"Authentication Order"............................................. 2.02
"Calculation Date" ................................................ 1.01
"Change of Control Offer".......................................... 4.14
"Change of Control Payment"........................................ 4.14
"Change of Control Payment Date"................................... 4.14
"Covenant Defeasance".............................................. 8.03
"DTC" ............................................................. 2.03
"Event of Default"................................................. 6.01
"Excess Proceeds".................................................. 4.10
"incur"............................................................ 4.09
"Legal Defeasance"................................................. 8.02
"Offer Amount"..................................................... 3.09
"Offer Period"..................................................... 3.09
"Paying Agent"..................................................... 2.03
"Permitted Debt"................................................... 4.09
"Purchase Date".................................................... 3.09
"Reference Period" ................................................ 4.09
"Registrar"........................................................ 2.03
"Restricted Payments".............................................. 4.07
"Trustee" ......................................................... 8.05
Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"indenture securities" means the Notes;
"indenture security Holder" means a Holder of a Note;
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture;
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee; and
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"obligor" on the Notes and the Note Guarantees means the Company and the
Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Note
Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined
by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have
the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it
in accordance with GAAP;
(c) "or" is not exclusive;
(d) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the
singular;
(e) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(f) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be
deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted
by the SEC from time to time.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01. Form and Dating.
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall
be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are
hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company and the Trustee,
by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms
and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of
any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions
of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
(b) Global Notes. The Notes issued in global form, without interest
coupons, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto
(including the Global Note Legend thereon and the "Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto).
(i) Global Notes and shall be deposited, duly executed by the Company
and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.
(ii) Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the
form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend
thereon and without the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global
Note" attached thereto).
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Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be
specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and
that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may
from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges
and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any
increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes
represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the
direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder
thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication.
One Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile
signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at
the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of
the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been
authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company signed by two
Officers (an "Authentication Order"), authenticate Notes for original issue up
to the aggregate principal amount stated in paragraph 4 of the Notes. The
aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed such
amount except as provided in Section 2.07 hereof.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company
to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever
the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the
Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the
same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented
for registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar") and an office or
agency where Notes may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent"). The Registrar
shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The
Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying
agents. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrar and the term "Paying
Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying
Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this
Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as
Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of
its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") to act
as Depositary with respect to any Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and
Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to any Global Notes.
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Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree
in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders
or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal,
premium or interest on the Notes. While any such default continues, the Trustee
may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The
Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to
the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than
the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If
the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in
a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as
Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the
Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05. Holder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee
is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven
Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the
Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).
Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be
transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary,
by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the
Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary
or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by
the Company for Definitive Notes if (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee
notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as
Depositary or that it ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary or of
such cessation, (ii) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the
Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes
and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee or (iii) an Event of
Default has occurred or is continuing. Upon the occurrence of either of the
preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued
in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also
may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07
and 2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in
lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or
Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form
of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another
Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial
interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in
Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes.
The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be
effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in any Global Note
may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in the same Global Note. No written orders or instructions
shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers
described in this Section 2.06(b).
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(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.
If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note proposes to exchange
such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive
Note, then, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, the Trustee shall
cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced
accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any
Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this
Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized
denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall
instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the
Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive
Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial
Interests. A Holder of a Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial
interest in a Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note at
any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the
Trustee shall cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase or cause to be
increased the aggregate principal amount of the Global Note.
(e) Transfer of Definitive Notes. A Holder of Definitive Notes may
transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the
Registrar shall register the Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from
the Holder thereof. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such
Holder's compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar
shall register the transfer of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of
transfer, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the
Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or
by its attorney, duly authorized in writing.
(f) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
"THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL
OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 9.05 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OR 2.06(c) OF THE
INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR
CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE
MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF
THE COMPANY."
(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as
all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for
Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or
canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or
retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At
any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note
is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in
the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive
Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be
reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the
Trustee or by the Depositary
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at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial
interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note,
such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall
be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction
of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and
Definitive Notes upon the Company's order or at the Registrar's request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial
interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental
charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes
or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant
to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10 and 4.14 hereof).
(iii) The Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of
or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except
the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes
shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt,
and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes
or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
(v) The Company shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the
transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for
redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on
the day of selection or (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange a
Note between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of
any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the
Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such
Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on
such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent
or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(vii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes
in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
(viii) All certifications or certificates required to be submitted to
the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of
transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
Section 2.07. Replacement Notes.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the
Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft
of any Note, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee's
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requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity
bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the
Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any
authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is
replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and shall
be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately
with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the
Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation,
those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section as
not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not
cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds
the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be
outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01
hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate
of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient
to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall
be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.09. Treasury Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the
Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with the Company, shall be considered as
though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent,
only Notes that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.10. Temporary Notes.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company
may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall
authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form
of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee
shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this
Indenture.
Section 2.11. Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation.
The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes
surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The
Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of
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transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy
canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange
Act). Certification of the destruction of all canceled Notes shall be delivered
to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has
paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay
the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest
payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a
subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes
and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of
the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date
of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each such
special record date and payment date, provided that no such special record date
shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted
interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon
the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense
of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states
the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such
interest to be paid.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND REPAYMENT
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption
provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least 30
days (or such shorter period as may be acceptable to the Trustee) but not more
than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers' Certificate setting forth
(i) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur,
(ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and
(iv) the redemption price.
Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer
to purchase at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed or
purchased among the Holders of the Notes in compliance with the requirements of
the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are
listed or, if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or in
accordance with any other method the Trustee considers fair and appropriate. In
the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed
shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee from the outstanding
Notes not previously called for redemption.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes and portions of
Notes selected shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000;
except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire
outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of
$1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence,
provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also
apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
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Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 hereof, at least 30 days but not
more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail or cause to
be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose
Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.
The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price;
(c) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the
principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date
upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to
the unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;
(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(e) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying
Agent to collect the redemption price;
(f) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption
payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after
the redemption date;
(g) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture
pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(h) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy
of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption
in the Company's name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days (or such shorter period as
may be acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the redemption date, an Officers'
Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the
information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof,
Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption
date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional.
Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the redemption date, the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the
redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that
date. The trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any
money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of
the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on,
all Notes to be redeemed.
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If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on
and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or
the portions of Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after
an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date,
then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name
such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any
note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption
because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph,
interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until
such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on
such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in
Section 4.01 hereof.
Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue
and, upon the Company's written request, the Trustee shall authenticate for the
Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the
unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 3.07. Optional Redemption.
(a) Except as set forth in paragraphs, (c) and (d) below, the Notes
will not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to ____________, 2011.
(b) At any time on or after, ___________ 2011, the Notes may be
redeemed at the redemption prices set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid
interest to but excluding the redemption date (subject to the right of holders
of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant
interest payment date). The following redemption prices are for the Notes
redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on ___________ of the years set
forth below, and are expressed as percentages of principal amount:
YEAR REDEMPTION PRICE
---- ----------------
2011
2012
2013
2014 and thereafter 100.000%
(c) At any time, and from time to time, prior to ___________, 2011,
the Notes are subject to redemption, as a whole or in part, at the election of
the Company, at a price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal amount
thereof plus accrued interest to the redemption date plus (ii) the Make-Whole
Amount, if any.
(d) At any time, and from time to time, prior to ___________, 2009,
the Company may redeem up to a maximum of 35% of the aggregate principal amount
of the Notes issued hereunder with the proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings
at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) equal to
___% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the
redemption date (subject to the rights of Holders of record on the relevant
interest record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment
date); provided, however, that after giving effect to such redemption, at least
65% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (excluding Notes
held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) remains outstanding. Any such
redemption shall be made within 45 days of the closing of such Equity Offering.
(e) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
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Section 3.08. No Mandatory Redemption.
The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption payments
with respect to the Notes.
Section 3.09. Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.
In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Company shall be
required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes and to all
holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing
provisions similar to those set forth in Section 4.10 hereof (an "Asset Sale
Offer"), it shall follow the procedures specified below.
The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days
following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a longer
period is required by applicable law (the "Offer Period"). No later than five
Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the "Purchase Date"),
the Company shall purchase the principal amount of Notes required to be
purchased pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof and such other Indebtedness that is
pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to Section 4.10 hereof
that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds (the "Offer Amount") or, if
less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered in response to
the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the
same manner as interest payments are made.
If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or
before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest shall
be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of
business on such record date, and no additional interest shall be payable to
Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.
Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company shall send, by
first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a copy
to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials
necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale
Offer. The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which
shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:
(a) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section
3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer shall
remain open;
(b) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(c) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue
to accrete or accrue interest;
(d) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note
accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrete or
accrue interest after the Purchase Date;
(e) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an
Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in integral multiples of
$1,000 only;
(f) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any
Asset Sale Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled
"Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, or
transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a depositary, if
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appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the
notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;
(g) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Company, the depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not
later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, telex, facsimile
transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal
amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such
Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;
(h) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by
Holders and Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions
similar to Section 4.10 exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select the
Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis
(with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only
Notes in denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, shall be
purchased); and
(i) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be
issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the
Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).
On or before the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful,
accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer
Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer,
or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and
shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such Notes or
portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the
terms of this Section 3.09. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as
the case may be, shall promptly (but in any case not later than five Business
Days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount
equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by
the Company for purchase, and the Company shall promptly issue a new Note, and
the Trustee, upon written request from the Company shall authenticate and mail
or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any
unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be
promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company
shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase
Date.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01. Payment of Notes.
The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the
Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the
date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof,
holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the
Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay
all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.
The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to
1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the
extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest
(without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent
lawful.
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Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate
of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The
Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any
change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices
or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such
purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however,
that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company
of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in The Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written
notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in
the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as
one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03.
Section 4.03. Reports.
Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as
any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall file with the SEC, if permitted,
all of the reports and other information as it would be required to file with
the SEC by Sections 13(a) and 15(d) under the Exchange Act as if it were subject
thereto. The Company shall supply the Trustees and each Holder of Notes, or
shall supply to the Trustees for forwarding to each Holder of Notes, without
cost to any such Holder, copies of such reports and other information (whether
or not so filed). The Company shall at all times comply with TIA Section 314(a).
Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor
is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after
the end of each fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate stating that a review of
the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal
year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to
determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its
obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer
signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company
has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in
this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of
the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of
Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or
her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which
payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is
prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what
action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) So long as not contrary to the then current recommendations of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the year-end financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.03(a) above shall be accompanied by a
written statement of the Company's independent public
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accountants (who shall be a firm of established national reputation) that in
making the examination necessary for certification of such financial statements,
nothing has come to their attention that would lead them to believe that the
Company has violated any provisions of Article 4 or Article 5 hereof or, if any
such violation has occurred, specifying the nature and period of existence
thereof, it being understood that such accountants shall not be liable directly
or indirectly to any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such
violation.
(c) The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding,
deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default
or Event of Default, an Officers' Certificate specifying such Default or Event
of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with
respect thereto.
Any failure of the Company to take any action within a period of time
explicitly or implicitly required by this Section 4.04 or Section 4.03 should be
deemed cured upon the Company's taking such action.
Section 4.05. Taxes.
The Company shall pay, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay,
prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies
except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or
where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect
to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it
shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or
the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each of the Guarantors
(to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit
or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not, by resort to any
such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to
the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.07. Restricted Payments.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly: (i) declare or pay any dividend or make
any other payment or distribution on account of the Company's or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries' Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any
payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the
Company's or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries' Equity Interests in their
capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company), (ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with
any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the
Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company (other than any such Equity Interests owned by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company), (iii) make any payment on
or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire
for value any Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Notes, including the
Senior Subordinated Notes, except a payment of interest or principal at the
Stated Maturity thereof, or (iv) make any Restricted Investment (all such
payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above
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being collectively referred to as "Restricted Payments"), unless, at the time of
and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; and
(b) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and
after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been
made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted
to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the first
paragraph of Section 4.09 hereof; and
(c) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all
other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
after the Issue Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (ii),
(iii), (iv), (vii) and (ix) of the next succeeding paragraph), is less than the
sum, without duplication, of (i) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the
Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of
the fiscal quarter commencing on April 1, 2006 to the end of the Company's most
recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are
available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net
Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit), plus (ii) 100%
of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company since April 1, 2006
as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of
Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) (other than
Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary
of the Company), plus (iii) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that
was made after the Issue Date is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid
for cash, the lesser of (A) the cash return of capital with respect to such
Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (B) the initial
amount of such Restricted Investment, plus (iv) the amount by which (A)
Indebtedness (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary issued after the Issue Date is reduced on the Company's consolidated
balance sheet (if prepared in accordance with GAAP as of the date of
determination) and (B) Disqualified Stock of the Company issued after the Issue
Date (held by any Person other than any Restricted Subsidiary) is reduced
(measured with reference to its redemption or repurchase price), in each case,
as a result of the conversion or exchange of any such Indebtedness or
Disqualified Stock into Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the
Company, less, in each case, any cash distributed by the Company upon such
conversion or exchange, plus (v) to the extent that any Investment in any
Unrestricted Subsidiary that was made after the Issue Date is sold for cash or
otherwise liquidated, repaid for cash or such Unrestricted Subsidiary is
converted into a Restricted Subsidiary, the lesser of (A) an amount equal to the
sum of (I) the net reduction in Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries
resulting from dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of
assets, in each case to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from
Unrestricted Subsidiaries, and (II) the fair market value of the net assets of
an Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such Unrestricted Subsidiary is
designated a Restricted Subsidiary, and (B) the remaining amount of the
Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary which has not been repaid or
converted into cash or assets.
The preceding provisions will not prohibit: (i) the payment of any dividend
within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of
declaration no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby
and such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture, (ii)
the making of any payment on or with respect to, or in connection with, the
redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of, any
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is subordinated to
the Notes or of any Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent
sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests (other
than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any subordinated Indebtedness of the
Company; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds
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that are utilized for any such redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or
other acquisition shall be excluded from clause (c)(ii) of the preceding
paragraph, (iii) the making of any payment on or with respect to, or in
connection with, the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is subordinated to
the Notes with the net cash proceeds from the incurrence of Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness, (iv) the payment of any dividend by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its common Capital Stock on a pro
rata basis, (v) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be
caused thereby, the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement
for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company held by any employee of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
pursuant to any employee equity subscription agreement, stock ownership plan or
stock option agreement in effect from time to time; provided that the aggregate
price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity
Interests shall not exceed $2.0 million in any twelve-month period and $10.0
million in the aggregate, (vi) the making of any payment on or with respect to,
or repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for
value of the 5.75% subordinated convertible notes due 2006 or the 5.0%
subordinated convertible notes due 2007 in connection with (A) so long as no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, an
optional redemption of such subordinated convertible notes on or after the dates
such notes become redeemable, or (B) the honoring by the Company of any request
to convert such notes into capital stock (other than Disqualified Stock) by a
holder of the convertible notes or any future convertible notes of the Company
(including the payment by the Company of any cash in lieu of fractional shares)
in accordance with their terms, (vii) that portion of Investments the payment
for which consists exclusively of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the Company, (viii) so long as no Default has occurred and is
continuing or would be caused thereby, other Restricted Payments in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $75.0 million, (ix) the repurchase of Equity Interests of
the Company that may be deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options if
such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price thereof, (x) any
payments to one or more shareholders of the Company in connection with settling
shareholder obligations for income taxes in respect of tax periods ending prior
to the conversion of the Company from "S" corporation status to "C" corporation
status, (xi) in the case of an Asset Sale, any asset sale offer required under
the terms of other Indebtedness of the Company after the Company has complied
with its obligations to the Holders of the Notes under the "Asset Sale" covenant
contained in the Indenture, and (xii) in the case of a Change of Control, any
Change of Control Offer to repurchase the Senior Subordinated Notes after the
Company has complied with its obligations to the Holders of the Notes under the
"Change of Control" covenant contained in the Indenture.
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair
market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities
proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The fair
market value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this
covenant with a fair market value in excess of $1.0 million shall be evidenced
by an Officer's Certificate which shall be delivered to the Trustee. Not later
than the date of making any Restricted Payment, the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such Restricted Payment is
permitted and setting forth the basis upon which the calculations required by
this Section 4.07 were computed, together with a copy of any fairness opinion or
appraisal required by this Indenture.
Section 4.08. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become
effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted
Subsidiary to (a)(i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (A) on its Capital Stock or (B)
with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its
profits or (ii) pay any indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its
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Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) transfer any of its properties or assets to the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except for such encumbrances or
restrictions existing under or by reasons of (i) Existing Indebtedness as in
effect on the date hereof and any amendments, modifications, restatements,
renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings
thereof, provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals,
increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are no more
restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment
restrictions than those contained in such Existing Indebtedness, as in effect on
the date hereof, (ii) this Indenture, the Notes and the Notes Guarantees, (iii)
applicable law, (iv) any instrument governing or relating to Permitted Bank Debt
or Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries, in each case that meets the criteria
specified in clauses (i) and (xiii), respectively, of the second paragraph of
Section 4.09; provided, that the Board of Directors shall have determined in
good faith at the time that such encumbrance or restriction is created that the
encumbrance or restriction (a) would not impair the ability of the Company to
pay interest on the Notes at their Stated Maturity or to pay principal and
accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes at their final Stated Maturity, and (b)
is not materially more disadvantageous to holders of the Notes than is customary
in comparable financings; (v) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital
Stock of a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such
Indebtedness was incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such
acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person,
or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the
property or assets of the Person, so acquired, provided that, in the case of
Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to
be incurred, (vi) customary non-assignment provisions in leases, licenses and
other contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with past practices, (vii) purchase money obligations or Capital Lease
Obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business that impose
restrictions on the property so acquired of the nature described in clause (c)
above, (viii) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted
Subsidiary that restricts dividends, distributions, loans, advances or transfers
by such Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition, (ix)
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that the restrictions contained in
the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are no more
restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing
the Indebtedness being refinanced, (x) agreements entered into with respect to
Liens securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to the
provisions of Section 4.12 hereof that limit the right of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to dispose of the assets subject to such Lien, (xi)
provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property
in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of business, (xii) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net
worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course
of business, (xiii) any Receivables Program, and (xiv) any restriction imposed
pursuant to contracts for the sale of assets with respect to the transfer of the
assets to be sold pursuant to such contract.
Section 4.09. Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee
or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise,
with respect to (collectively, "incur") any Indebtedness (including Acquired
Debt), and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock;
provided, however, that the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary that is a
Guarantor may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company may
issue Disqualified Stock, and any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor may
issue preferred stock, if the Consolidated Interest Expense Coverage Ratio for
the Company's most recently ended four full fiscal quarters (the "Reference
Period") for which internal financial statements are available immediately
preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such
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Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued would have been at least 2.0 to
1, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net
proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or the
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, at
the beginning of such four-quarter period.
The first paragraph of this covenant will not prohibit the incurrence of
any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, "Permitted Debt"):
(i) the incurrence by the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary of any
Permitted Bank Debt; provided that the aggregate principal amount of all
Permitted Bank Debt at any one time outstanding shall not exceed $100.0
million plus 85% of the consolidated accounts receivable of the Company
plus 50% of the consolidated inventory of the Company;
(ii) the incurrence by the Company and its Subsidiaries of Existing
Indebtedness;
(iii) the incurrence by the Company and any Guarantor of Indebtedness
represented by the Notes and any Note Guarantees;
(iv) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of (a) Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all
or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of
property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) Capital Lease Obligations, in an
aggregate amount at any time outstanding, including all Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (iv), not to exceed the
greater of $75.0 million and 10% of the Company's Consolidated Net Assets;
(v) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the
net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace,
Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by
this Indenture to be incurred under the first paragraph of this covenant or
clauses (ii), (iii), (v), (xiii) or (xiv) of this paragraph;
(vi) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that: (a) if the
Company or any Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness and such
Indebtedness is in favor of a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiary, such Indebtedness must be expressly
subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with
respect to the Notes in the case of the Company, or the Note Guarantee and
of such Guarantor, in the case of a Guarantor, and (b)(I) any subsequent
issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such
Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiary thereof and (II) any sale or other transfer of
any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary thereof; shall be deemed, in each case,
to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this
clause (vi);
(vii) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations that are incurred for the purpose of
fixing or hedging interest rate, commodity or currency risk in the ordinary
course of business for bona fide hedging purposes; provided that the
notional principal amount of any such Hedging Obligation with respect to
interest rates does not exceed the amount of Indebtedness or other
liability to which such Hedging Obligation relates;
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(viii) the Guarantee by the Company or any of the Guarantors of
Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that
was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.09;
(ix) the incurrence by the Company's Unrestricted Subsidiaries of
Non-Recourse Debt; provided, however, that if any such Indebtedness ceases
to be Non-Recourse Debt of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such event shall be
deemed to constitute an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company that was not permitted by this clause (ix);
(x) the incurrence of Indebtedness solely in respect of performance,
surety and similar bonds or completion or performance Guarantees, to the
extent that such incurrence does not result in the incurrence of any
obligation for the payment of borrowed money to others;
(xi) the incurrence of Indebtedness arising from the agreements of the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company providing for
indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in
each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any
business, assets or a Subsidiary; provided, however, that: (a) such
Indebtedness is not reflected as a liability on the balance sheet of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, and (b) the maximum
assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time
exceed the gross proceeds, including non-cash proceeds (the fair market
value of such non-cash proceeds being measured at the time received and
without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value), actually
received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with
such disposition;
(xii) the accrual of interest, accretion or amortization of original
issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of
additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends
on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of
Disqualified Stock; provided, in each such case, that the amount thereof is
included in Consolidated Interest Expense of the Company as accrued;
(xiii) the incurrence of Indebtedness by Foreign Subsidiaries in an
amount not to exceed 10% of the Total Tangible Assets of the Foreign
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and
(xiv) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount
(or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace
any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (xiv), not to exceed
$50.0 million.
Indebtedness or preferred stock of any Person which is outstanding at the
time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (including upon
designation of any Subsidiary or other Person as a Restricted Subsidiary) or is
merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company shall be deemed to have been incurred at the time such Person
becomes such a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or is merged with or into or
consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as
applicable.
The Company will not incur any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that
is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of
the Company unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right
of payment to the Notes on substantially identical terms; provided, however,
that no Indebtedness of the Company shall be deemed to be contractually
subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company solely
by virtue of any Liens, Guarantees, maturity of payments of structural
seniority.
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For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event
that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the
categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (i) through (xiv) above, or is
entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, the
Company may, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify such of Indebtedness
(or any part thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09 and
such item of Indebtedness shall be treated as having been incurred pursuant to
only one of such clauses or pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section
4.09.
For purposes of determining any particular amount of Indebtedness under
this covenant, Guarantees, Liens or obligations in support of letters of credit
supporting Indebtedness shall not be included to the extent such letters of
credit are included in the amount of such Indebtedness.
Any increase in the amount of any Indebtedness solely by reason of currency
fluctuations shall not be considered an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes
of this covenant.
Accrual of interest and the payment of interest in the form of additional
Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for
purposes of this Section 4.09.
Section 4.10. Asset Sales.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to: (i) sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of any assets or
rights (including by way of a sale-and-leaseback) other than sales of inventory
in the ordinary course of business (provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or
other distribution of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be governed by the
provisions of Sections 4.14 and 5.01 hereof and not by the last paragraph of
this section), or (ii) with respect to the Company, sell Equity Interests in any
of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) with respect to the Company's Restricted
Subsidiaries, issue Equity Interests (each of the foregoing, an "Asset Sale"),
unless (x) the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be)
receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair
market value (evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in
an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee) of the assets sold or
otherwise disposed of and (y) at least 75% of the consideration received
therefor by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or
other Qualified Proceeds.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not be deemed to be
Asset Sales: (i) any single transaction or series of related transactions that
(a) involves assets having a fair market value of less than $2.0 million or (b)
results in net proceeds to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of less
than $2.0 million, (ii) a transfer of assets between or among the Company and
any Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted
Subsidiary to the Company or to another Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, (iv)
the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any Receivable Program
Assets by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a
Receivables Program, (v) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any
inventory, receivables or other current assets by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (vi) the granting of
a Permitted Lien, (vi) the licensing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business or on commercially
reasonable terms, (vii) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of
obsolete or worn out equipment or equipment no longer useful in the Company's
business, and (viii) the making or liquidating of any Restricted Payment or
Permitted Investment that is permitted by Section 4.07 hereof.
Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale,
the Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary) may apply such Net Proceeds from
such Asset Sale, at its option, either (a) to repay Permitted Bank Debt, and if
such Permitted Bank Debt is revolving debt, to effect a corresponding commitment
reduction thereunder, (b) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of,
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the Voting Stock of, another Permitted Business, (c) to make a capital
expenditure, or (d) to acquire any other long-term assets that are used or
useful in a Permitted Business. Pending the final application of any such Net
Proceeds, the Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary) may temporarily reduce
revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner
that is not prohibited by this Indenture. Any Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale
that are not finally applied or invested as provided in the first sentence of
this paragraph will be deemed to constitute "Excess Proceeds." Within five days
of each date on which the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10
million, the Company shall commence a pro rata Asset Sale Offer pursuant to
Section 3.09 hereof to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes that may
be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount
equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest
to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Section 3.09 hereof. To the extent that the aggregate
amount of Notes tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess
Proceeds, the Company (or such Subsidiary) may use such deficiency for any
purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. Upon completion of such
offer to purchase, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be deemed to be reset at
zero.
Section 4.11. Transactions with Affiliates.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or
assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract,
agreement, understanding, loan, advance or Guarantee with, or for the benefit
of, any Affiliate (each, an "Affiliate Transaction"), unless: (a) such Affiliate
Transaction (when viewed together with related Affiliate Transactions, if any)
is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted
Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction
by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person, and (b)
the Company delivers to the Trustee (i) with respect to any Affiliate
Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate
consideration in excess of $10.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors
set forth in an Officers' Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction
complies with this covenant and that such Affiliate Transaction has been
approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors
(of which there must be at least one), and (ii) with respect to any Affiliate
Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate
consideration in excess of $25.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the
Holders of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by
an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing.
The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and,
therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of the prior paragraphs:
(a) any employment agreement or arrangement entered into by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any employee benefit plan
available to employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries generally, in each
case in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the past practice of
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary;
(b) Affiliate Transactions between or among the Company and/or its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(c) payment of reasonable directors fees to Persons who are not
otherwise Affiliates of the Company and indemnity provided on behalf of
officers, directors and employees of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company;
(d) any Restricted Payments that are permitted by Section 4.07 hereof.
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For purposes of this Section 4.11, any transaction or series of related
Affiliate Transactions between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and an
Affiliate that is approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the
Board of Directors (of which there must be at least one to utilize this method
of approval) and evidenced by a board resolution or for which a fairness opinion
has been issued shall be deemed to be on terms that are no less favorable to the
Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been
obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary with an unrelated Person and thus shall be permitted under this
Section 4.11.
Section 4.12. Liens.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Lien of any kind securing Indebtedness on any asset now owned or
hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens, unless the Notes or any existing
Note Guarantee of a Subsidiary subject to such Lien are equally and ratably
secured with the obligations so secured for as long as such Indebtedness will be
so secured.
Section 4.13. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i) its corporate
existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its
Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the
same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Subsidiary and
(ii) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company
and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required
to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership
or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors shall
determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of
the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the
loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.14. Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall make
an offer (a "Change of Control Offer") to each Holder to repurchase all or any
part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of each Holder's Notes at
a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus
accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase (the "Change of Control
Payment"). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall
mail a notice to each Holder stating: (i) that the Change of Control Offer is
being made pursuant to this Section 4.14 and that all Notes tendered will be
accepted for payment, (ii) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall
be no later than 30 business days from the date such notice is mailed (the
"Change of Control Payment Date"), (iii) that any Note not tendered will
continue to accrue interest, (iv) that, unless the Company defaults in the
payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment
pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the
Change of Control Payment Date, (v) that Holders electing to have any Notes
purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender
the Notes, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the
reverse of the Notes completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in
the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding
the Change of Control Payment Date, (vi) that Holders will be entitled to
withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close
of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment
Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name
of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a
statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes
purchased, and (vii) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part
will be issued new Notes equal in
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principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which
unpurchased portion must be equal to $1,000 in principal amount or an integral
multiple thereof. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1
under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder
to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of Notes in connection with a Change of Control.
(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the
extent lawful, (i) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly
tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying
Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes
or portions thereof so tendered, and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating
the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof being purchased by
the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Notes so
tendered payment in an amount equal to the purchase price for the Notes, and the
Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book
entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased
portion of the Notes surrendered by such Holder, if any; provided, that each
such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Change of
Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment
Date.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.14, the
Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of
Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the
times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this
Section 4.14 and Section 3.09 hereof and all other provisions of this Indenture
applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all
Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
Section 4.15. Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Capital Stock in Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries.
The Company (a) shall not, and shall not permit any of Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company to, transfer, convey, sell, lease or
otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests in any Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company to any Person (other than the Company or a Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company), unless (i) such transfer,
conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition is of all the Equity Interests in
such Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary or immediately following such transfer,
conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition, the Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary is a Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) the cash Net Proceeds from such
transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition are applied in accordance
with Section 4.10 hereof, and (b) shall not permit any Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company to issue any of its Equity Interests (other than, if
necessary, shares of its Capital Stock constituting directors' qualifying
shares) to any Person other than to the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company unless immediately following such issuance the Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiary is a Restricted Subsidiary.
Section 4.16. Payments for Consent.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, directly or
indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of
any Holder of any Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or
amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes
unless such consideration is offered to be paid or is paid to all Holders of the
Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the
solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
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Section 4.17. Future Subsidiary Guarantees.
If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall acquire, create
or capitalize a Domestic Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture that is a
Significant Subsidiary, then that newly acquired, created or capitalized
Subsidiary must become a Guarantor and execute a supplemental indenture
satisfactory to the Trustee and deliver an Opinion of Counsel, in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture, to the Trustee within 10 Business Days of the
date on which it was acquired or created. The form of such Supplemental
Indenture is attached as Exhibit C hereto.
Section 4.18. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted
Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary so long as such designation would
not cause a Default hereunder. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be
an Investment made as of the time of such designation and will reduce the amount
available for Restricted Payments under the first paragraph of Section 4.07
hereof or Permitted Investments, as applicable. All such outstanding Investments
will be valued at their fair market value at the time of such designation. That
designation will only be permitted if such Restricted Payment would be permitted
at that time and if such Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of
an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may redesignate any
Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if the redesignation would
not cause a Default hereunder.
Section 4.19. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
enter into any sale and leaseback transaction; provided that the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary may enter into a sale and leaseback transaction if (i) the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, could have incurred
Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt relating to such sale
and leaseback transaction (if the lease is in the nature of an operating lease,
otherwise the amount of Indebtedness) under the Consolidated Interest Expense
Coverage Ratio test in the first paragraph of Section 4.09 hereof, and (ii) the
transfer of assets in that sale and leaseback transaction is permitted by, and
the Company applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with, Section
4.10 hereof.
The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to any sale and leaseback
transaction if (i) the transaction is solely between the Company and any
Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries, or (ii) the sale and
leaseback transaction is consummated within 180 days after the purchase of the
assets subject to such transaction.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.
The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, consolidate or merge with or
into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) or
sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all
of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to another
Person, unless (i) the Company is the surviving corporation or the Person formed
by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or
to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall
have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (ii) the Person
formed by or
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surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or the
Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
shall have been made assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes
and this Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture in a form reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, (iii) immediately after such transaction no Default
or Event of Default exists, (iv) except in the case of the amalgamation,
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary or with or into any Person solely for the purpose of effecting a
change in the state of incorporation of the Company, the Company or the Person
formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the
Company) shall, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect
thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at
the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at
least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Interest
Expense Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of Section 4.09
hereof, and (v) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition complies with this Indenture. In addition, the
Company shall not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of its
properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person.
The provisions of this Section 5.01 shall not be applicable to a sale,
assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets by the Company
to any of its Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries.
Section 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease,
conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof, the successor corporation formed
by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which
such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made
shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of
such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the
provisions of this Indenture referring to the "Company" shall refer instead to
the successor corporation and not to the Company), 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; provided, however, that
the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the
principal of and interest on the Notes except in the case of a sale of all of
the Company's assets that meets the requirements of Section 5.01 hereof.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01. Events of Default.
An "Event of Default" occurs if:
(a) the Company defaults in the payment when due of interest on the
Notes and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
(b) the Company defaults in the payment when due of principal of or
premium, if any, on the Notes when the same becomes due and payable at maturity,
upon redemption (including in connection with an offer to purchase) or
otherwise;
(c) the Company fails to make any payment required to be made pursuant
to the provisions of Section 4.10 or 4.14 hereof;
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(d) the Company fails to observe or perform any other covenant,
representation, warranty or other agreement in this Indenture or the Notes for
60 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least
25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a
single class;
(e) a default occurs under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under
which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any
Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries), whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or
is created after the date of this Indenture, which default (i) is caused by a
failure to pay principal of such Indebtedness at the Stated Maturity thereof or
(ii) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to the Stated
Maturity thereof, and, in each case, the principal amount of such Indebtedness,
together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness the maturity
of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $10 million or more;
(f) a final judgment or final judgments for the payment of money are
entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction against the Company or
any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as
a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary and such judgment or
judgments remain undischarged for a period (during which execution shall not be
effectively stayed) of 60 days, provided that the aggregate of all such
undischarged judgments exceeds $10 million (other than amounts covered by
insurance);
(g) within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law, the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole,
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary:
(i) commences a voluntary case,
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
involuntary case,
(iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or
substantially all of its property,
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(v) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or
(h) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under
any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
(ii) appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the
property of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group
of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary; or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary;
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and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.
Section 6.02. Acceleration.
If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause
(g) or (h) of Section 6.01 hereof with respect to the Company, any Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Significant Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole,
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Upon any such
declaration, the Notes shall become due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in clause (g) or (h) of Section
6.01 hereof occurs with respect to the Company, any of its Significant
Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes shall be due and
payable immediately without further action or notice. The Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to
the Trustee may on behalf of all of the Holders rescind an acceleration and its
consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree
and if all existing Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal, interest
or premium that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been
cured or waived.
Section 6.03. Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any
available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and
interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the
Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of
the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission
by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy
accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are
cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of
all of the Notes waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the
payment of the principal of, premium or interest on, the Notes (including in
connection with an offer to purchase) (provided, however, that the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind
an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that
resulted from such acceleration). Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease
to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have
been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend
to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05. Control by Majority.
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may
direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising
any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred
on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts
with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial
to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in
personal liability.
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Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits.
A Holder of a Note may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or
the Notes only if:
(a) the Holder of a Note gives to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(c) such Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes offer and, if requested,
provide to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss,
liability or expense;
(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after
receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of
indemnity; and
(e) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction
inconsistent with the request.
A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Holder of a Note.
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any
Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium and interest on the
Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in
connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of
any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or
affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as
trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of
principal of, premium and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on
overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel.
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the
Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall
be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such
judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to
the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to
it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.07
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hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such
proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured
by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends,
money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to
receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of
reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be
deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on
behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10. Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article, it shall pay
out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under
Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expense and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs
and expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes
for principal, premium and interest, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes
for principal, premium and interest, respectively; and
Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent
jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture
or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a
Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant
in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its
discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good
faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does
not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to
Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount
of the then outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee
shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and
use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own
affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
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(i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the
express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only
those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no
others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to
the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However,
the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this
Section;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee
was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction
received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs
(a), (b), and (c) of this Section.
(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend
or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be under no
obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the
request of any Holders, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee
security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or
expense.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received
by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in
trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be
liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on
such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with
counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall
be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of
any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
reliance thereon.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not
be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due
care.
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(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits
to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or
powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any
demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if
signed by an Officer of the Company.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of
any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities
that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or
pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in
the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate
such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as
trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The
Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
Section 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to
the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be
accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money
paid to the Company or upon the Company's direction under any provision of this
Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money
received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be
responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or
any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this
Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is
known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the
Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case
of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a
committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding
the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.
Within 60 days after each March 15 beginning with the March 15 following
the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the
Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such
reporting date that complies with TIA Section 313(a) (but if no event described
in TIA Section 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the
reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply
with TIA Section 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports
as required by TIA Section 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes
shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on
which the Notes are listed in accordance
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with TIA Section 313(d). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the
Notes are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder, as the
parties shall agree in writing from time to time. The Trustee's compensation
shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express
trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all
reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in
addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the
reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee's agents and
counsel.
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses,
liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the
costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company (including
this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by
the Company or any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with
the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to
the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its
negligence or bad faith. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any
claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the
Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company
shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The
Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees
and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made
without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.07 shall survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee
shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected
by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on
particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or (h) hereof occurs, the expenses and the
compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and
counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any
Bankruptcy Law.
The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 313(b)(2) to
the extent applicable.
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor
Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's acceptance of
appointment as provided in this Section.
The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the
trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so
notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the
Trustee if:
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(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for
relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(c) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office
of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a
successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or
the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder
for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and
the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment
to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor
Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this
Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to
Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as
Trustee to the successor Trustee, provided all sums owing to the Trustee
hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07
hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section
7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the
benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or
substantially all of its corporate trust business (including the trust created
by this Indenture) to, another corporation, the successor corporation without
any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or
of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authorities and that has (or if the Trustee is a subsidiary of a bank holding
company, its parent shall have) a combined capital and surplus of at least $100
million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements
of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA Section
310(b).
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Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE 8
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a
resolution set forth in an Officers' Certificate, at any time, elect to have
either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon
compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.
Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option
applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been
discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on the
date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "Legal
Defeasance"). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the
outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for
the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture
referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other
obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of
and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive
until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of
outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section
8.04 hereof, and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of
the principal of, premium, if any, interest on such Notes when such payments are
due, (b) the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2
and Section 4.02 hereof, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities
of the Trustee hereunder and the Company's obligations in connection therewith
and (d) this Article Eight. Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the
Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the
prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.
Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option
applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from its
obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10,
4.11, 4.12, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19 and 4.20 hereof and clause (iv)
of Section 5.01 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the
date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter,
"Covenant Defeasance"), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not
"outstanding" for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration
or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such
covenants, but shall continue to be deemed "outstanding" for all other purposes
hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding
for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with
respect to the outstanding Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and shall
have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in
any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such
covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such
omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default
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under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this
Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the
Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this
Section 8.03 hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(c) through 6.01(f) hereof shall not
constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section
8.02 or 8.03 hereof to the outstanding Notes:
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust,
for the benefit of the Holders, cash in United States dollars, non-callable
Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants, to pay the principal of, premium and interest on the outstanding
Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption
date, as the case may be and the Company must specify whether the Notes are
being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;
(b) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (A) the Company has
received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a
ruling or (B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the
applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based
thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the
outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the
outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default
resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness all or a portion of the proceeds
of which will be used to defease the Notes pursuant to this Article 8
concurrently with such incurrence) or insofar as Sections 6.01(g) or 6.01(h)
hereof is concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the
date of deposit;
(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or
instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
bound;
(f) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel (which may be subject to customary exceptions) to the effect that on the
91st 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;
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(g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent
of preferring the Holders over any other creditors of the Company or with the
intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company
or others;
(h) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant
Defeasance have been complied with; and
(i) except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, each Guarantor
shall have been released from its Obligations under its Note Guarantee.
Section 8.05. Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government
Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other
qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the
"Trustee") pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes
shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the
provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to
become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but
such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government
Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and
interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other
charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the
Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided
in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section
8.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required
to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06. Repayment to Company.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by
the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal,
and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the
Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from
such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the
Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying
Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as
trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or
such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the
expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The
Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed
and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days
from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such
money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
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Section 8.07. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars
or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03
hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, then the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the Notes
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is
permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03
hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any
payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the
reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights
of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the
Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Company, the
Guarantors, if any, and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the
Note Guarantees or the Notes without the consent of any Holder of a Note:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of
certificated Notes or to alter the provisions of Article 2 hereof (including the
related definitions) in a manner that does not materially adversely affect any
Holder;
(c) to provide for the assumption of the Company's or a Guarantor's
obligations to the Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Company pursuant
to Article 5 or Article 10 hereof;
(d) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or
benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal
rights hereunder of any Holder of the Note;
(e) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(f) to make any change necessary to make this Indenture, the Notes or
the Notes Guarantee, as applicable, consistent with the disclosure under the
caption "Description of Notes" in the final prospectus supplement relating to
the initial issuance of the Notes; or
(g) to permit any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and/or
a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of
Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section
7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the
execution of any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted by
the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations that may be
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therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such
amended or supplemental Indenture that affects its own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders of Notes.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company and the Trustee
may amend or supplement this Indenture (including Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.14
hereof), the Note Guarantees and the Notes with the consent of the Holders of at
least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a
single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or
exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04
and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default
or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration
that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the
Note Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single
class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange
offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08 hereof shall determine which
Notes are considered to be "outstanding" for purposes of this Section 9.02.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of
Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the
Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by
the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall
join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental Indenture
unless such amended or supplemental Indenture directly affects the Trustee's own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case
the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into
such amended or supplemental Indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under
this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or
waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance
thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section becomes
effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a
notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of
the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in
any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a
single class may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with
any provision of this Indenture or the Notes. However, without the consent of
each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not
(with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to
an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note
or alter or waive any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of the
Notes except as provided above with respect to Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.14
hereof;
(c) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest,
including default interest, on any Note;
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(d) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of
or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes (except a rescission of
acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment
default that resulted from such acceleration);
(e) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the
Notes;
(f) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to
waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments
of principal of or interest on the Notes;
(g) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 hereof or in the foregoing
amendment and waiver provisions;
(h) waive a payment required by any of the covenants in 3.09, 4.10,
4.14; or
(i) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note
Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture.
Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall be set
forth in a amended or supplemental Indenture that complies with the TIA as then
in effect.
Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it
by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every
subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as
the consenting Holder's Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any
Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may
revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of
revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes
effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance
with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment,
supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in
exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment,
supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not
affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized
pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely
affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company
may not sign an amendment or supplemental Indenture until the Board of Directors
approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee
shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section
11.04 hereof, an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of
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Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE 10
NOTE GUARANTEES
Section 10.01. Guarantee.
Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and
severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns,
irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or
the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: (a) the principal
of and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at
maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue
principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other
obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder
will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof, and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be
promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the
extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so
guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally
obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a
guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder shall be
unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the
Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any
waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions
hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action
to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby
waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, 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, notice and all demands whatsoever
and covenant that this Note Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to
return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or
other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the
Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full
force and effect.
Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of
subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed
hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each
Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and
the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof
for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or
other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of
such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or
not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors
for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to
seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such
right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Guarantee.
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Section 10.02. Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby
confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of
such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes
of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent
Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any
Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders
and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such
Guarantor will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other
contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such
laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive
contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in
respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 10, result
in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 10.03. Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee.
To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01, each Guarantor
hereby agrees that a notation of such Note Guarantee substantially in the form
included in Exhibit B shall be endorsed by an Officer of such Guarantor on each
Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture shall be
executed on behalf of such Guarantor by its President or one of its Vice
Presidents.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in Section
10.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to
endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.
If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Note Guarantee
no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on
which a Note Guarantee is endorsed, the Note Guarantee shall be valid
nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof
hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth in this
Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
In the event that the Company creates or acquires any new Subsidiaries
subsequent to the date of this Indenture, if required by Section 4.18 hereof,
the Company shall cause such Subsidiaries to execute supplemental indentures to
this Indenture and Note Guarantees in accordance with Section 4.18 hereof and
this Article 10, to the extent applicable.
Section 10.04. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.05, no Guarantor may consolidate
with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving
Person) another Person whether or not affiliated with such Guarantor unless:
(a) subject to Section 10.05 hereof, either: (i) the Surviving Person
(if not a Guarantor or the Company) is a Restricted Subsidiary and expressly
assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under the Indenture and the Notes
Guarantee by executing a supplemental indenture and other documents reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee; or (ii) such sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance
or other disposition or merger, consolidation or amalgamation is otherwise in
compliance with Section 4.10; and
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or
Event of Default exists.
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In case of any such consolidation or merger and upon the assumption by the
successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the
Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note Guarantee endorsed
upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and
conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor
Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same
effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person
thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Note Guarantees to be
endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not
have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Note
Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit
under this Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Note
Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding clauses
(a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes
shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the
Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the
property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the
Company or another Guarantor.
Section 10.05. Release of Notes Guarantors.
(a) A Notes Guarantor shall be released from all of its obligations
under its Notes Guarantee and this Indenture:
(i) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets or all of the Capital Stock of that Notes
Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is
not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company
or a Domestic Subsidiary of the Company, if such sale or other disposition
is in compliance with Section 4.10;
(ii) upon the designation of such Guarantor as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(iii) upon the delivery by the Company to the Trustees of an Officers'
Certificate certifying that such Guarantor is not a Significant Subsidiary
or a Domestic Subsidiary;
(iv) in the case of the Guarantors who Guarantee the Notes on the
Issue Date, upon the release of a Guarantor from its Guarantee under the
Existing Senior Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes;
and in each case, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provide for
relating to such transactions have been complied with and that such release is
authorized and permitted hereunder.
(b) If all of the conditions to release contained in this Section
10.05 have been satisfied, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably
requested by the Company or any Notes Guarantor in order to evidence the release
of such Notes Guarantor from its obligations under its Notes Guarantee under
this Article 10.
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee
shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the
Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as
provided in this Article 10.
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ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the
duties imposed by TIA Section 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.
Section 11.02. Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee to
the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by
first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex,
telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the
others' address:
If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:
Amkor Technology, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
With a copy to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
If to the Trustee:
U.S. Bank National Association
Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Services
(Amkor Technology, Inc. ___% Senior Notes due 2016)
The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others may
designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be
deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally
delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage
prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged,
if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier,
if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, notices to the Trustee shall be effective only upon receipt by a
Responsible Officer.
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Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class
mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept
by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any
Person described in TIA Section 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall
not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within
the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a
copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 11.03. Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders
with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the
Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section
312(c).
Section 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers' Certificate in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in
Section 11.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all
conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in
Section 11.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Section 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided
pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA
Section 314(e) and shall include:
(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has
read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express
an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
satisfied; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person,
such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
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Section 11.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of
Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set
reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 11.07. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or
stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability
for any obligations of the Company or such Guarantor under the Notes, the Note
Guarantees, this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by
reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for issuance of the Notes.
Section 11.08. Governing Law, Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO
CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT
TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION
OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 11.09. Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction.
Each of the parties hereto irrevocably agrees that any suit, action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the Notes, or brought
under federal or state securities laws or brought by the Trustee, may be
instituted in any federal or state court in the State of New York, borough of
Manhattan. The Company has irrevocably appointed Corporation Service Company,
located at 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, as
its agent (the "Authorized Agent") for service of process in any suit, action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture and the Notes, or
brought under federal or state securities laws or brought by the Trustee, that
may be instituted in federal or state courts in the State of New York, borough
of Manhattan. The Company expressly consents to the jurisdiction of any such
court in respect of such action and waives any other requirements or objections
to personal jurisdiction with respect thereto. Such appointment shall be
irrevocable unless and until replaced by an agent reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee. The Company agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of
any and all documents and instruments, that may be necessary to continue such
appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the
Authorized Agent and written notice of such service to the Company shall be
deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the Company.
Section 11.10. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or
debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any
such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this
Indenture.
Section 11.11. Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind
its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its
successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture shall bind its
successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.05.
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Section 11.12. Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 11.13. Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed
copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.
Section 11.14. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles
and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference
only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way
modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 11.15. Designated Senior Debt.
The Notes shall be "Designated Senior Debt" for purposes of the indenture
governing the Company's 5.75% convertible subordinated notes due 2006, 5.00%
convertible subordinated notes due 2007 and the Senior Subordinated Notes.
[Signatures on following page]
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SIGNATURES
Dated as of 2006
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT A
[Face of Note]
CUSIP _________
____% Senior Notes due 2016
No. ___ $____________
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
promises to pay to _____________________________________________________________
or registered assigns,
the principal sum of ___________________________________________________________
Dollars on _____________, 2016
Interest Payment Dates: _____________ and _____________
Record Dates: _____________ and _____________
Dated: _____________, 2006
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually
or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers and a facsimile of its corporate
seal to be affixed hereto and imprinted hereon.
Dated: ____________, 2006 AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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By:
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
This is one of the Notes referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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[Back of Note]
____% Senior Notes due 2016
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the
Indenture]
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in
the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1. INTEREST. Amkor Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at
___% per annum from _____________, 2006 until maturity. The Company will pay
interest semi-annually in arrears on _____________ and _____________ of each
year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business
Day (each an "Interest Payment Date"). Interest on the Notes will accrue from
the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been
paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default
in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record
date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment
Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date;
provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be ___________,
2006. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any,
from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate
then in effect; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest
(without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at
the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except
defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the
close of business on the _____________ or _____________ next preceding the
Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date
and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12
of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable
as to principal, premium and interest at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York,
or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check
mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders,
and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will
be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium on, all Global
Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer
instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such
coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, U.S. Bank National Association,
the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The
Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder.
The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
4. INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of
_____________, 2006 ("Indenture") between the Company and the Trustee. The terms
of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the
Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.
Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and
Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such
terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express
provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the indenture shall govern and be
controlling.
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5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
(a) Except as set forth in clauses (c) and (d) of this paragraph 5, the
Notes will not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to
_____________, 2011.
(b) At any time and from time to time on and after _____________, 2011, the
Notes may be redeemed at the option of the Company at the redemption prices set
forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the redemption
date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to
receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date). The following
redemption prices are for the Notes redeemed during the 12-month period
commencing on _____________ of the years set forth below, and are expressed as
percentages of principal amount:
YEAR REDEMPTION PRICE
---- ----------------
2011
2012
2013
2014 and thereafter 100.000%
(c) At any time, and from time to time, prior to _____________, 2011, the
Notes are subject to redemption, as a whole or in part, at the election of the
Company, at a price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal amount thereof
plus accrued interest to the redemption date plus (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if
any.
(d) At any time, and from time to time, prior to _____________, 2009, the
Company may redeem up to a maximum of 35% of the aggregate principal amount of
the Notes issued under the Indenture with the proceeds of one or more Equity
Offerings at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount)
equal to ___% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest
to the redemption date (subject to the rights of Holders of record on the
relevant interest record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest
payment date); provided, however, that after giving effect to such redemption,
at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (excluding
Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) remains outstanding. Any such
redemption shall be made within 45 days of the closing of such Equity Offering.
6. NO MANDATORY REDEMPTION.
Except as set forth in paragraph 7 below, the Company shall not be required
to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.
7. REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDER.
(a) If there is a Change of Control, the Company shall be required to make
an offer (a "Change of Control Offer") to repurchase all or any part (equal to
$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of each Holder's Notes at a purchase
price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase (the "Change of Control
Payment"). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall
mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change
of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.
(b) If the Company or a Subsidiary consummates any Asset Sales, within five
days of each date on which the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10
million, the Company shall commence an offer to all Holders of Notes and all
holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing
provisions similar to Section 4.10 of the Indenture (as "Asset Sale Offer")
pursuant
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to Section 3.09 of the Indenture to purchase the maximum principal amount of
Notes and such pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess
Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal
amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for the
closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and such pari passu
Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess
Proceeds, the Company (or such Subsidiary) may use such deficiency for any
purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal
amount of Notes surrendered by Holders thereof plus the amount of any pari passu
Indebtedness surrendered by the holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess
Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata
basis. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will
receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date
and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled
"Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Notes.
8. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The
transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in
the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other
things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the
Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or
permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the
transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for
the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company
need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days
before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record
date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
9. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as
its owner for all purposes.
10. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the
Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with
the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes voting as a single class, and any existing default or
compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes
may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class. Without the consent of
any Holder of a Note, the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes may be
amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to
provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Company's or Guarantor's obligations
to Holders of the Notes in case of a merger or consolidation, to make any change
that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes
or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any
such Holder, to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, to
make any change necessary to make the Indenture, the Notes or the Notes
Guarantee, as applicable, consistent with the disclosure under the caption
"Description of Notes" in the final prospectus supplement relating to the
initial issuance of the Notes or to permit any Guarantor to execute a
supplemental indenture to the Indenture and/or a Note Guarantee with respect to
the Notes.
11. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (i) default for 30
days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes; (ii) default in payment
when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes when the same becomes
due and payable at maturity, upon redemption (including in connection with an
offer to purchase) or otherwise, (iii) failure by the Company to comply with
Section 4.10 or 4.14 of the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Company for 60 days
after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class to
comply with certain other agreements in the Indenture or the Notes; (v) default
under certain
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other agreements relating to Indebtedness of the Company which default is caused
by a failure to pay principal of such Indebtedness at the express maturity
thereof or results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express
maturity; (vi) certain final judgments for the payment of money that remain
undischarged for a period of 60 days; and (vii) certain events of bankruptcy or
insolvency with respect to the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries.
If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of
at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all
the Notes to be due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of
an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all
outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice.
Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the
Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of
any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of
any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default
relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on
behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of
Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or
Event of Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes.
The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding
compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required upon becoming aware
of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement
specifying such Default or Event of Default.
12. DESIGNATED SENIOR DEBT. This Note shall be "Designated Senior Debt" for
purposes of the indentures governing the Company's 5.75% convertible
subordinated notes due 2006, 5.00% convertible subordinated notes due 2007,
6.25% convertible subordinated notes due 2013 and the Senior Subordinated Notes.
13. GOVERNING LAW. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN
AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
14. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any
other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services
for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or
its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
15. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee, incorporator
or stockholder, of the Company, as such, shall not have any liability for any
obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.
Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The
waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
16. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the
manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
17. ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a
Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (=
tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act).
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18. CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the
Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused
CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers
in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made
as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without
charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Amkor Technology, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
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(Insert assignee's legal name)
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(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
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(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
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to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
Date:
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Your Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the face of this Note)
Signature Guarantee*:
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* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to
Section 4.10 or 4.14 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:
[ ] Section 4.10 [ ] Section 4.14
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.14 of the Indenture, state the amount you
elect to have purchased:
$_______________
Date:
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Your Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No.:
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Signature Guarantee*:
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* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in
another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another
Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been
made:
Amount of decrease in Amount of increase in Principal Amount of Signature of
Principal Amount of Principal Amount of this Global Note following authorized officer of
Date of Exchange this Global Note this Global Note such decrease (or increase) Trustee or Note Custodian
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* This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor
Person under the Indenture) has, jointly and severally, unconditionally
guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the
provisions in the Indenture dated as of ___________, 2006 (the "Indenture")
among Amkor Technology, Inc., the Guarantors signatory thereto, and U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), (a) the due and punctual
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes (as
defined in the Indenture), whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or
otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal and
premium, and, to the extent permitted by law, interest, and the due and punctual
performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the
Trustee all in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and (b) in case of any
extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other
obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed
in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the
Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Note Guarantee and the
Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and reference
is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Note Guarantee.
Each Holder of a Note, by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by
such provisions.
[NAME OF GUARANTOR(S)]
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this "Supplemental Indenture"), dated as of
________________, among __________________ (the "Guaranteeing Subsidiary"), a
subsidiary of Amkor Technology, Inc. (or its permitted successor), a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), the Company, the other Guarantors (as defined in
the Indenture referred to herein) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee
under the indenture referred to below (the "Trustee").
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee
an indenture (the "Indenture"), dated as of ___________, 2006, governing the
Company's ___% Senior Notes due 2016 (the "Notes");
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental
indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally
guarantee all of the Company's Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on
the terms and conditions set forth herein (the "Note Guarantee"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is
authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the
equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees as
follows:
(a) Along with all Guarantors named in the Indenture, to jointly and
severally Guarantee to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, the Notes or the
obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:
(i) the principal of and interest on the Notes will be promptly
paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or
otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the
Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the
Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in
full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of
any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid
in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension
or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so
guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and
severally obligated to pay the same immediately.
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(b) The obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of
the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the
absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder
of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of
any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other
circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or
defense of a guarantor.
(c) The following is hereby waived: diligence presentment, demand of
payment, 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, notice and all demands whatsoever.
(d) This Note Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture, and the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary accepts all obligations of a Guarantor under the
Indenture.
(e) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise
to return to the Company, the Guarantors, or any Custodian, Trustee, liquidator
or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the
Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full
force and effect.
(f) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall not be entitled to any right of
subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed
hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby.
(g) As between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and
the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed
hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the
purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of
such obligations as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture, such obligations
(whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the
Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee.
(h) The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any
non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the
rights of the Holders under the Guarantee.
(i) Pursuant to Section 10.02 of the Indenture, after giving effect to
any maximum amount and any other contingent and fixed liabilities that are
relevant under any applicable Bankruptcy or fraudulent conveyance laws, and
after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from
or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the
obligations of such other Guarantor under Article 10 of the Indenture, this Note
Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount permissible such that the
obligations of such Guarantor under this Note Guarantee will not constitute a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
3. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the
Note Guarantees shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any
failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.
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4. GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ON CERTAIN TERMS.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Article 4 hereof and Section 10.05 of
the Indenture, no Guarantor may consolidate with or merge with or into (whether
or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person whether or not
affiliated with such Guarantor unless:
(a) subject to Article 4 hereof and Section 10.05 of the Indenture,
either: (i) the Surviving Person (if not a Guarantor or the Company) is a
Restricted Subsidiary and expressly assumes all the obligations of that
Guarantor under the Indenture and the Notes Guarantee by executing a
supplemental indenture and other documents reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee; or (ii) such sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance or other
disposition or merger, consolidation or amalgamation is otherwise in compliance
with Section 4.10 of the Indenture; and
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or
Event of Default exists.
In case of any such consolidation or merger and upon the assumption by the
successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the
Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note Guarantee endorsed
upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and
conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor
Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same
effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person
thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Note Guarantees to be
endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not
have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Note
Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit
under the Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture as though all of such Note Guarantees
had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
(c) Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 and Section 10.05 of Article 10
of the Indenture, and notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing
contained in the Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent any
consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another
Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a
Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or
another Guarantor.
5. RELEASES.
(a) A Notes Guarantor shall be released from all of its obligations under
its Notes Guarantee and the Indenture:
(i) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets or all of the Capital Stock of that Notes
Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is
not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company
or a Domestic Subsidiary of the Company, if such sale or other disposition
is in compliance with Section 4.10 of the Indenture;
(ii) upon the designation of such Guarantor as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;
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(iii) upon the delivery by the Company to the Trustees of an Officers'
Certificate certifying that such Guarantor is not a Significant Subsidiary
or a Domestic Subsidiary;
and in each case, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provide for
relating to such transactions have been complied with and that such release is
authorized and permitted hereunder.
(b) Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note
Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest
on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under the Indenture
as provided in Article 10 of the Indenture.
6. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director,
officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company
or any Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Notes, any Note Guarantees, the
Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect
of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the
Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may
not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it
is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.
7. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL
GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE BUT WITHOUT GIVING
EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE
APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
8. COUNTERPARTS The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them
together represent the same agreement.
9. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only
and shall not affect the construction hereof.
10. THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner
whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental
Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which
recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above
written.
Dated: _______________, ____
[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[EXISTING GUARANTORS]
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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