EXHIBIT 4.1
EXECUTION COPY
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THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.
THE GUARANTORS
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
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INDENTURE
Dated as of May 11, 2005
8-3/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2015
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
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310 (a)(1)............. 7.10
(a)(2)............. 7.10
(a)(3)............. N.A.
(a)(4)............. N.A.
(a)(5)............. 7.10
(b)................ 7.10
(c)................ N.A.
311 (a)................ 7.11
(b)................ 7.11
(c)................ N.A.
312 (a)................ 2.05
(b)................ 11.03
(c)................ 11.03
313 (a)................ 7.06
(b)(1)............. 10.03
(b)(2)............. 7.06, 7.07
(c)................ 7.06, 11.02
(d)................ 7.06
314 (a)................ 11.05
(b)................ N.A.
(c)(1)............. N.A.
(c)(2)............. N.A.
(c)(3)............. N.A.
(d)................ N.A.
(e)................ 10.05
(f)................ NA
315 (a)................ 7.01
(b)................ N.A.
(c)................ 7.01
(d)................ 7.01
(e)................ 6.11
316 (a)(last sentence). 2.09
(a)(1)(A).......... 6.05
(a)(1)(B).......... 6.04
(a)(2)............. N.A.
(b)................ 6.07
(c)................ 2.12
317 (a)(1)............. 6.08
(a)(2)............. 6.09
(b)................ 2.04
318 (a)................ N.A.
(b)................ N.A.
(c)................ 11.01
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N.A. means Not Applicable
*This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE................................................. 1
SECTION 1.01. Definitions............................................................ 1
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions...................................................... 22
SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of TIA...................................... 23
SECTION 1.04. Rules of Construction.................................................. 23
ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES.................................................................................. 23
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating........................................................ 23
SECTION 2.02. Denominations.......................................................... 26
SECTION 2.03. Execution and Authentication........................................... 26
SECTION 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent............................................. 26
SECTION 2.05. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.................................... 27
SECTION 2.06. Holder Lists........................................................... 27
SECTION 2.07. Transfer and Exchange.................................................. 27
SECTION 2.08. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes............................. 38
SECTION 2.09. Outstanding Notes...................................................... 39
SECTION 2.10. Treasury Notes......................................................... 39
SECTION 2.11. Temporary Notes........................................................ 39
SECTION 2.12. Cancellation........................................................... 39
SECTION 2.13. Defaulted Interest..................................................... 40
SECTION 2.14. Computation of Interest................................................ 40
SECTION 2.15. Issuance of Additional Notes........................................... 40
SECTION 2.16. One Class of Notes..................................................... 40
SECTION 2.17. CUSIP, ISIN or Other Similar Numbers................................... 41
ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT.................................................................. 41
SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee..................................................... 41
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed...................................... 41
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption................................................... 41
SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption......................................... 42
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price............................................ 42
SECTION 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part................................................. 43
SECTION 3.07. Optional Redemption.................................................... 43
SECTION 3.08. Mandatory Redemption................................................... 43
ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS.................................................................................. 44
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes....................................................... 44
SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency........................................ 44
SECTION 4.03. Reports................................................................ 45
SECTION 4.04. Compliance Certificate................................................. 46
SECTION 4.05. Taxes.................................................................. 46
SECTION 4.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws......................................... 46
SECTION 4.07. Restricted Payments.................................................... 46
SECTION 4.08. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries...................................................... 49
SECTION 4.09. Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.......... .. 00
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XXXXXXX 4.10. Asset Sales...................................................... 53
SECTION 4.11. Transactions with Affiliates..................................... 55
SECTION 4.12. Liens............................................................ 56
SECTION 4.13. Sale and Leaseback Transactions.................................. 56
SECTION 4.14. Business Activities.............................................. 56
SECTION 4.15. Corporate Existence.............................................. 57
SECTION 4.16. Offer to Repurchase upon Change of Control....................... 57
SECTION 4.17. Additional Subsidiary Guarantees................................. 58
SECTION 4.18. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.......... 59
SECTION 4.19. Payments for Consent............................................. 59
SECTION 4.20. Effectiveness of Covenants....................................... 59
ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSORS........................................................................... 60
SECTION 5.01. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.......................... 60
SECTION 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted................................ 61
ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES................................................................ 61
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default................................................ 61
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration..................................................... 63
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies................................................... 63
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.......................................... 63
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority.............................................. 64
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits.............................................. 64
SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.................... 64
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee....................................... 64
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim................................. 65
SECTION 6.10. Priorities....................................................... 65
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs............................................ 66
ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE.............................................................................. 66
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee................................................ 66
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee................................................ 67
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee..................................... 68
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer............................................. 68
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults............................................... 69
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes....................... 69
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity....................................... 69
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee........................................... 70
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc................................. 71
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.................................... 71
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company............ 71
ARTICLE 8 LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE............................................. 71
SECTION 8.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance......... 71
SECTION 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge................................... 71
SECTION 8.03. Covenant Defeasance.............................................. 72
SECTION 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance....................... 72
SECTION 8.05. Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions................................. 73
SECTION 8.06. Repayment to the Company......................................... 74
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SECTION 8.07. Reinstatement.......................................................... 74
ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER........................................................... 75
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of Notes.................................... 75
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders of Notes....................................... 75
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.................................... 77
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents...................................... 77
SECTION 9.05. Notice of Amendment; Notation on or Exchange of Notes.................. 77
SECTION 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc........................................ 77
ARTICLE 10 Subsidiary GUARANTEES..................................................................... 78
SECTION 10.01. Guarantee.............................................................. 78
SECTION 10.02. Limitation on Guarantor Liability...................................... 79
SECTION 10.03. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms..................... 79
SECTION 10.04. Releases of Subsidiary Guarantees...................................... 80
ARTICLE 11 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE................................................................ 80
SECTION 11.01. Satisfaction and Discharge............................................. 80
SECTION 11.02. Application of Trust Funds............................................. 81
SECTION 11.03. Repayment to Company................................................... 81
SECTION 11.04. Reinstatement.......................................................... 81
ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS............................................................................. 82
SECTION 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls........................................... 82
SECTION 12.02. Notices................................................................ 82
SECTION 12.03. Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.......... 83
SECTION 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent..................... 83
SECTION 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.......................... 83
SECTION 12.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents............................................ 84
SECTION 12.07. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders...................................................... 84
SECTION 12.08. Governing Law.......................................................... 84
SECTION 12.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.......................... 84
SECTION 12.10. Successors............................................................. 84
SECTION 12.11. Severability........................................................... 84
SECTION 12.12. Counterpart Originals.................................................. 85
SECTION 12.13. Table of Contents, Hedings, etc........................................ 85
SECTION 12.14. Benefits of Indenture.................................................. 85
SECTION 12.15. Legal Holidays......................................................... 85
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A FORM OF NOTE
Exhibit B FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Exhibit C FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Exhibit D-1 FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT
GUARANTORS
Exhibit D-2 FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY A PERMITTED
SUCCESSOR TO THE COMPANY
Exhibit E FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
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INDENTURE dated as of May 11, 2005 among The Greenbrier Companies,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the guarantors listed on Schedule
I hereto (the "Guarantors"), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national
banking association organized under the laws of the United States, as Trustee
(the "Trustee").
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the
equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Initial Notes, any Additional
Notes and the Exchange Notes (in each case as defined herein):
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. DEFINITIONS
"144A Global Note" means one or more Restricted Global Notes that shall
represent the aggregate principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule
144A.
"Acquired Debt" means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other
Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified
Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with,
or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or
becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by
such specified Person.
"Acquisition" means:
(1) an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in
another Person, if, as a result of such Investment, such other Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or is merged with or into the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary, or
(2) the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
(x) all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person or (y) all
or substantially all of the assets comprising any division or line of
business or lease portfolio of any other Person,
so long as financial statements for the most recent fiscal year audited by
independent certified public accountants of national standing, and unaudited
financial statements for each fiscal period ended after the end of such fiscal
year that have been reviewed by such accountants, are available (A) in the case
of clause (1) and clause (2)(x), for such Person or (B) in the case of clause
(2)(y), for the division, line of business or lease portfolio that was so
acquired.
"Additional Notes" means 8-3/8% Senior Notes due 2015 of the Company
issued in compliance with and under this Indenture after the Issue Date and
having identical terms to the Initial Notes or the Exchange Notes.
"Adjusted Interest Expense" means, with respect to any specified Person
for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) 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, commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of
credit or bankers' acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all
payments made or received pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations;
plus
(2) the consolidated interest of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus
(3) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is
Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured
by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus
(4) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and
whether or not in cash, on any series of Disqualified Stock or Preferred
Stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than
dividends 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, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is
one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined
federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a
decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with
GAAP;
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or
indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
"controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Agent" means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional
paying agent.
"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, Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, that apply to such
transfer or exchange.
"Asset Sale" means:
(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets
or rights; provided that the sale, conveyance or other disposition 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 this
Indenture described under Sections 4.16 and 5.01 and not by Section 4.10;
and
(2) the issuance of Capital Stock by any Restricted Subsidiaries or
the sale by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Capital Stock in
any of its Subsidiaries.
The preceding notwithstanding, the following items shall not be deemed to
be Asset Sales:
(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that
involves assets having a fair market value of less than $1.0 million;
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(2) a transfer of assets between or among the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) an issuance of Capital Stock by a Restricted Subsidiary to the
Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) the sale, lease or other disposition of equipment and inventory
(including, without limitation, obsolete equipment and inventory) in the
ordinary course of business;
(5) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;
(6) the sale or other disposition of assets pursuant to the Golden
West Agreements; and
(7) a Restricted Payment that is permitted under Section 4.07.
"Attributable Debt" means, in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction,
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 that 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 by conversion or
exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is
exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms
"Beneficially Owns" and "Beneficially Owned" shall have a corresponding meaning.
"Board of Directors" means:
(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the
corporation;
(2) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the
general partner of the partnership; and
(3) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such
Person servicing a similar function.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of a company to have been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors of such company and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Borrowing Base" means, as of the date of determination, an amount equal
to the sum, without duplication of (1) 85% of the net book value of the
Company's and the Guarantors' accounts receivable (other than intercompany
accounts) at such date and (2) 60% of the net book value of the Company's and
the Guarantors' inventories at such date. Net book value shall be determined in
accordance with GAAP
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and shall be that reflected on the most recent available consolidating balance
sheet of the Company and the Guarantors.
"Broker-Dealer" means any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange
Act.
"Business Day" means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.
"Business Related Assets" means
(1) any property or assets (other than Indebtedness and Capital
Stock) to be used by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in a Related
Business; or
(2) the Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the
Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that any such
Restricted Subsidiary is primarily engaged in a Related Business.
"Capital Lease Obligations" means an obligation that is required to be
classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease for financial reporting
purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of Indebtedness represented by
such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in
accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the
last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first
date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a
penalty.
"Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights
to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or
interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred
Stock.
"Cash Equivalents" means:
(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by
the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof
(provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged
in support thereof) having maturities of not more than one year from the
date of acquisition;
(2) demand deposits, trust accounts, time deposits, overnight bank
deposits, certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with
maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers'
acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank
deposits, in each case, with any domestic commercial bank having capital
and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of
"B" or better;
(3) repurchase obligations and reverse purchase agreements with a
term of not more than thirty days for underlying securities of the types
described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial
institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;
(4) commercial paper having the highest rating obtainable from
Moody's or S&P and in each case maturing within one year after the date of
acquisition;
(5) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which
constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through
(5) of this definition; and
(6) for purposes only of Investments made by Foreign Subsidiaries,
foreign currency equivalents of the items described in clauses (1) through
(5).
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"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a
series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, to any "person" (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of
the Exchange Act), other than the Excluded Affiliates;
(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company;
(3) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Excluded Affiliates,
becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of
the voting power of all classes of Voting Stock of the Company;
(4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of
Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors; or
(5) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any
Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into the
Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the
outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other Person is converted
into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any
such transaction where (A) the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding
immediately prior to such transaction is converted into or exchanged for
Voting Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or
transferee Person constituting a majority of the outstanding shares of
such Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately
after giving effect to such issuance) and (B) immediately after such
transaction, no "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Section
13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Excluded Affiliates,
becomes, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner of 35% or more of
the voting power of all classes of Voting Stock of the Company.
"Clearstream" means Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Company" means The Greenbrier Companies, Inc.
"Company Order" means a written order of the Company signed by two
Officers of the Company.
"Consolidated Cash Flow" means, with respect to any specified Person for
any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus:
(1) 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
(2) 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,
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of
letter of credit or bankers' acceptance financings, and net of the
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effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations),
to the extent that such expense was deducted in computing such
Consolidated Net Income; plus
(3) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of goodwill
and other intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid 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 Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation,
amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such
Consolidated Net Income; minus
(4) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such
period, other than the accrual of revenue consistent with past practice,
in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with
GAAP.
The preceding notwithstanding, the provision for taxes based on the income
or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses
of, each Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall be added to Consolidated Net
Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company only in the same
proportion as the net income of such Restricted Subsidiary is included in
Consolidated Net Income.
"Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio" means, for any period, the ratio of
Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company for such period to Adjusted Interest
Expense of the Company for such period; provided, that, if any Leasing
Subsidiary is subject to a consensual encumbrance or restriction described in
Section 4.08(a) (other than such an encumbrance or restriction described in
clause (4), (6) or (7) of Section 4.08(b)), then the interest expense of such
Leasing Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries attributable to any Indebtedness as to
which neither the Company nor any other Guarantor provides credit support of any
kind or is directly or indirectly liable, as a guarantor or otherwise, shall be
deducted both from Consolidated Cash Flow and Adjusted Interest Expense for
purposes of computing such ratio. In the event that the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases or
redeems any Indebtedness or issues, repurchases or redeems Preferred Stock
subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Consolidated Interest
Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the
event for which the calculation of the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio is
made (the "Calculation Date"), then the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio
shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption,
Guarantee, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such
issuance, repurchase or redemption of Preferred Stock, and the use of the
proceeds therefrom 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
Coverage Ratio:
(1) Acquisitions and dispositions that have been made by the Company
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 given pro forma effect as
if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period
and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference period shall be calculated
on a pro forma basis in accordance with Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act, but without giving effect to clause (3) of the proviso set
forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income;
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(2) 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
(3) the Adjusted 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 Adjusted
Interest Expense shall not be obligations of the specified Person or any
of its Subsidiaries following the Calculation 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 Subsidiaries
for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided that:
(1) the net income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a
Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of
accounting shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends
or distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary thereof;
(2) the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded
from the computation of Consolidated Net Income of the Company to the
extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar
distributions by such Subsidiary 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;
(3) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall
be excluded;
(4) 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
(5) any expenses associated with any prepayment penalties (or
breakage costs) paid in respect of the early repayment or retirement of
Indebtedness (and termination of related interest rate Hedging
Obligations) with the net proceeds from the issuance of the Notes on the
date hereof shall be excluded from the computation of Consolidated Net
Income of the Company.
"Continuing Directors" means, as of any date of determination, any member
of the Board of Directors of the Company who:
(1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date hereof; or
(2) 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.
"Control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the
terms "Controlling" and "Controlled" shall have meanings correlative thereto.
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"Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee" means the office of the Trustee
located at U.S. Bank Corporate Trust Services 000 X.X. Xxx Xxxxxx XX-XX-X0XX,
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000 or such other office as it shall notify the Company in
writing.
"Credit Agreement" means the revolving credit facilities of the Company
and its Subsidiaries in existence on the date notes first are issued under the
indenture and that pertain to their United States manufacturing operations,
Canadian manufacturing and leasing and services operations, as the same may be
amended or modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement to be entered into
evidencing a $125 million senior secured credit facility with Bank of America
N.A., as agent, for which the Company has received a commitment letter dated
April 13, 2005, and any agreement or agreements evidencing any refunding,
replacement, refinancing or renewal, in whole or in part, of the Credit
Agreement; provided that such refunding, replacement, refinancing or renewal
shall be effected in the commercial bank or institutional lending market, and
not in the capital markets.
"Credit Facilities" means, one or more debt facilities (including, without
limitation, the Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities, in each case
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.
"Default" means any event which 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 2.01 hereof, 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 2.01 hereof as the
Depositary with respect to the 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 one year after the
date on which 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.
"Distribution Compliance Period" means the 40-day distribution compliance
period as defined in Regulation S.
"Domestic Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary that was formed
under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia or that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any
Indebtedness of the Company.
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"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).
"Euroclear" means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear
system, or any successor securities electing agency.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Exchange Notes" means the 8-3/8% Senior Notes due 2015 to be issued by
the Company upon the expiration of an Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of a
Registration Rights Agreement containing terms substantially identical to the
Initial Notes (except that (i) the transfer restrictions thereon shall be
eliminated (other than as may be imposed by state securities laws) and (ii)
there shall be no provision for the payment of Liquidated Damages).
"Exchange Offer" means, subject to the terms of a Registration Rights
Agreement, the offer by the Company to the Holders of the opportunity to
exchange their Initial Notes for Exchange Notes pursuant to a registration
statement filed with the SEC.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" has the meaning set forth for such
term in a Registration Rights Agreement.
"Excluded Affiliates" means Xx. Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, his spouse, direct
descendants, any Person controlled by any of them and/or a trust for the benefit
of any of them.
"Excluded Transactions" means transactions undertaken (1) in the ordinary
course of business between (A) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and
Xxxxx-Xxxxxx & Company, a general partnership, or (B) the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary and Ohio Castings Companies, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, (2) pursuant to the Settlement Agreement or (3) pursuant to
the Stockholders' Agreement dated as of July 1, 1994, among the Estate of Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xx. Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx and the Company (as amended prior to the date on
which Notes are first issued hereunder), in each case as the agreements
governing such relationship (if in respect of clause (1)) or the Settlement
Agreement or such Stockholders' Agreement are in effect on the date that Notes
are first issued hereunder.
"Existing Indebtedness" means the aggregate principal amount of
Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the
date hereof, until such amounts are repaid, including, without limitation,
Indebtedness arising under the loan agreement dated as of October 29, 2004 among
the Company, TrentonWorks Limited, a Canadian corporation, and Bank of America,
N.A. in a principal amount not in excess of Cdn$25.0 million at any time
outstanding, whether or not such Indebtedness is outstanding on the date Notes
are first issued hereunder.
"Fair Market Value" means, with respect to any asset, the price which
could be negotiated in an arm's-length free market transaction, for cash,
between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of which is under
compulsion to complete the transaction. Subject to the provisions of Section
4.07, the Fair Market Value of any asset or security shall be determined by the
Board of Directors of the Company, acting in good faith, and shall be evidenced
by a resolution of such Board of Directors of the Company set forth in an
Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee.
"Foreign Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not
incorporated under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision
thereof.
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"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
of America as 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. All ratios and computations contained in this Indenture shall be
computed in conformity with GAAP, except to the extent modified therefrom by the
terms of such provisions and related definitions.
"Global Note Legend" means the legend set forth in Section 2.01(d)(ii),
which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued hereunder.
"Global Notes" means one or more Global Note deposited with or on behalf
of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee and issued in
accordance with Sections 2.01 and 2.07 hereof.
"Golden West Agreements" means the Re-marketing Agreement dated as of
November 19, 1987 among Southern Pacific Transportation Company, St. Louis
Southwestern Railway Company, the Company Leasing Corporation and the Company
Railcar, Inc., the Amendment to Re-marketing Agreement among Southern Pacific
Transportation Company, St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, the Company
Leasing Corporation and the Company Railcar, Inc. dated as of November 15, 1988,
the Amendment No. 2 to Re-marketing Agreement among Southern Pacific
Transportation Company, St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, the Company
Leasing Corporation and the Company Railcar, Inc., and the Amendment No. 3 to
Re-marketing Agreement dated November 19, 1987 among Southern Pacific
Transportation Company, St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, the Company
Leasing Corporation and the Company Railcar, Inc. dated as of March 5, 1991, in
each case as in effect on the date that Notes are first issued hereunder.
"Government Securities" means:
(1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the
timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or
(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting
as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the
timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation by the United States of America.
"Guarantee" means:
(1) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly
or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any Person; and
(2) any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of
such Person:
(A) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the
purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such Person (whether
arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to
keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to
take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or
otherwise) or
(B) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other
manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to
protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in
part);
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provided, however, that the term "Guarantee" shall not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term "Guarantee"
used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
"Guarantor" means each of Autostack Corporation, an Oregon corporation,
Greenbrier Concarril, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Greenbrier
Leasing Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Greenbrier Leasing Limited Partner,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Greenbrier Management Services, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company, Greenbrier Leasing, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, Greenbrier Railcar, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
Gunderson, Inc., an Oregon corporation, Gunderson Marine, Inc., a Oregon
corporation, Gunderson Rail Services, Inc., a Oregon corporation, Gunderson
Specialty Products, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any other
Subsidiary that becomes a guarantor of the Notes hereunder.
"Hedging Obligations" means, with respect to any specified Person, the
obligations of such Person under any transaction which is a rate swap
transaction, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity
option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option,
interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor
transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency swap
transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction, including any
option with respect to any of these transactions or any combination of these
transactions.
"Holder" means any Person (which may include the Depositary or its
nominee) in whose name the Notes are registered.
"Immaterial Subsidiary" means, as of any date, any Restricted Subsidiary
whose total assets, as of that date, are less than $1.0 million and whose total
revenues for the most recent 12-month period does not exceed $1.0 million;
provided that a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be considered an Immaterial
Subsidiary if it, as of any date, together with all other Immaterial
Subsidiaries, has net assets as of such date in excess of $5.0 million or has
total revenues for the most recent 12-month period in excess of $5.0 million;
provided further that a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be considered to be an
Immaterial Subsidiary if it, directly or indirectly provides a Guarantee or is
otherwise an obligor in respect of any Indebtedness of the Company.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any specified Person, any
indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, in respect of:
(1) borrowed money;
(2) evidenced by bonds, Notes, debentures or similar instruments or
letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(3) banker's acceptances;
(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations;
(5) 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
(6) representing any Hedging Obligations,
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit
and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the
specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term
"Indebtedness" includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any
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asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by
the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee
by the specified Person of any indebtedness of any other Person; provided,
however, that guarantees, indemnities and other obligations in respect of
purchase price adjustments in connection with the disposition of assets
permitted by the terms of this Indenture shall not constitute Indebtedness as
long as the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such obligations shall
at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such disposition of such assets.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be:
(1) the accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness
issued with original issue discount; and
(2) the principal amount thereof, together with any interest thereon
that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to
time, and provisions of the TIA that are deemed by the TIA to be a part hereof.
"Indirect Participant" means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a
Global Note through a Participant.
"Initial Notes" means the $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
8-3/8% Senior Notes due 2015 issued by the Company on the Issue Date.
"Initial Purchasers" means (i) with respect to the Initial Notes issued on
the Issue Date, Banc of America Securities LLC and Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc. and
(2) with respect to each issuance of Additional Notes, the Persons purchasing
such Additional Notes under the related purchase agreement.
"Investment Grade Rating" means the maintenance of both (1) a rating equal
to or higher than Baa3 by Moody's and (2) a rating equal to or higher than BBB-
by S&P, in each case with at least a stable outlook; provided, however, that if
either Moody's or S&P changes its rating system, such ratings shall be the
equivalent ratings after such changes.
"Investments" means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect
investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms
of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital
contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and
employees made consistent with past practices), 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. The acquisition
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that
holds an Investment in a third Person shall be deemed to be an Investment by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to
the fair market value of the Investment held by the acquired Person in such
third Person in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.07.
"Issue Date" means May 11, 2005.
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"Joint Venture" means a joint venture, partnership or other similar
arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form; provided,
however, that at the time any Joint Venture becomes, directly or indirectly,
majority-owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries, the Company shall designate
whether such Joint Venture shall be deemed a Subsidiary for purposes of this
Indenture and any such designation of a Joint Venture as a Subsidiary shall be
irrevocable and made by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company
set forth in an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee contemporaneously
with such designation; provided, further that if, at any time, the Company and
its Subsidiaries acquire all of the outstanding Equity Interests of any such
Joint Venture, such Joint Venture shall become, without further action by the
Company or any other Person, a Restricted Subsidiary and all Indebtedness of
such Restricted Subsidiary then outstanding shall be Acquired Debt, unless such
Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture.
"Legal Holiday" means Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in New York, New York or at a place of payment are authorized or
obligated by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.
"Letter of Transmittal" means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by
the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in
connection with the Exchange Offer.
"Leasing Assets" means, with respect to any Person, such Person's
interests (1) in railcars, marine barges, surface transportation equipment and
any accessions or other tangible assets related to the foregoing that are owned
or leased by such Person in the ordinary course of business of such Person and
(2) in the lease agreements entered into by such Person, as lessor, in the
ordinary course of business.
"Leasing Subsidiary" means the Greenbrier Leasing Corporation or any of
its Subsidiaries in each case so long as the business of such Person is limited
to management, marketing, remarketing, leasing and/or selling railcars, marine
barges, surface transportation equipment and any accessions or other tangible
assets related to the foregoing and/or Leasing Assets owned by such Person or
any other Person, and such Person does not own any manufacturing assets or
conduct a manufacturing business (provided that neither the Greenbrier Leasing
Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to own manufacturing
assets or to be conducting a manufacturing business solely as a result of its
ownership of Equity Interests in Xxxxxxxxx, Inc., an Oregon corporation, owned
on the date that Notes first are issued hereunder).
"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or
charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement or lease in the nature thereof).
"Liquidated Damages" means all liquidated damages then owing pursuant to
the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Moody's" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to its
debt rating business.
"Net Cash Proceeds" means, with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital
Stock, the cash proceeds of such issuance or sale net of attorneys' fees,
accountants' fees, underwriters' or placement agents' fees, discounts or
commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred in
connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a
result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credit or deductions
and any applicable tax sharing arrangements).
"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
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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, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of
such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of
such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.
"Non-Recourse Debt" means Indebtedness:
(1) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any
undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness),
(b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or (c)
constitutes the lender;
(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the
holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against an
Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both
any holder of any other Indebtedness (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
(3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they
shall not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Non-U.S. Person" means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
"Note Custodian" means U.S. Bank National Association, as custodian for
the Depositary with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity
thereto.
"Notes" means the Initial Notes, the Exchange Notes and any Additional
Notes issued under this Indenture.
"Offering Memorandum" means the offering memorandum of the Company, dated
May 5, 2005, in connection with the offering of the Initial Notes.
"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, the Controller, the Secretary or any
Vice President of such Person.
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by two Officers or by
one Officer and any Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of the Company,
which complies with the provisions of Section 12.05 hereof.
"144A Global Note" means one or more Global Note in the form of Exhibit A
hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and
deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or
its nominee that shall represent the aggregate principal amount of the Notes
sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion from legal counsel, who is
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, which meets the requirements of Section
12.04 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any
Subsidiary.
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"Participant" means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or
Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or
Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to The Depository Trust Company,
shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
"Participating Broker-Dealer" has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Permitted Investments" means:
(1) any Investment in the Company or in a Guarantor, and any
Investment constituting a loan to a Restricted Subsidiary so long as (a)
such loan constitutes senior Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary,
(b) such loan is evidenced by a promissory note or similar instrument made
by such Restricted Subsidiary and (c) such Restricted Subsidiary is not,
when such loan is made, in breach of or default under any instrument or
document evidencing or governing Indebtedness of such Restricted
Subsidiary;
(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;
(3) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:
(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
and a Guarantor; 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 Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company that is a Guarantor;
(4) any Investment by a Foreign Subsidiary in a Person, if as a
result of such Investment:
(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of such
Foreign Subsidiary; 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, such Foreign Subsidiary;
(5) 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;
(6) any acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in exchange
for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of
the Company;
(7) Hedging Obligations;
(8) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a
Joint Venture or Foreign Subsidiary in an aggregate amount (measured on
the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to
subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other
Investments made pursuant to this clause (8) since the date hereof, not to
exceed $50.0 million ay any time outstanding; provided that Investments
made in Joint Ventures pursuant to this clause (8) shall not exceed $15.0
million at any time outstanding;
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(9) any Investment in (A) Xxxxxxx and Xxxxx Rail Management LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company ("BBRM"), for the purpose of acquiring
an interest in rail cars owned by BBRM or (B) one or more Joint Ventures
between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and BBRM formed for the
purpose of acquiring, managing, marketing, remarketing, leasing and/or
selling rail cars, in an aggregate amount for all Investments made
pursuant to this clause (9) not to exceed $25.0 million at any time
outstanding;
(10) any Investments existing as of the date that Notes are first
issued hereunder; and
(11) other Investments in any Person in an aggregate amount
(measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving
effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other
Investments made pursuant to this clause (11) since the date hereof, not
to exceed $5.0 million.
"Permitted Liens" means:
(1) Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09(b)(1);
(2) Liens in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person
is merged with or into or consolidated with, or otherwise acquired by, the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such
Liens were in existence prior to the 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;
(4) 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 in existence prior to the contemplation of such
acquisition and do not extend to any property other than the property so
acquired by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary;
(5) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease
Obligations) permitted under Section 4.09(b)(4) covering only the assets
acquired with such Indebtedness;
(6) Liens on property of Foreign Subsidiaries to secure Indebtedness
of such Foreign Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred under Section 4.09;
and
(7) Liens on Leasing Assets to secure Indebtedness permitted under
Section 4.09(b)(11);
(8) Liens arising under the Golden West Agreements;
(9) Liens existing on the date hereof;
(10) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims
either not delinquent or contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and as to which the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries
shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may be required
pursuant to GAAP;
(11) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers,
warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, repairmen and other Liens
imposed by law incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not
yet delinquent or being contested in good faith, if such reserve or
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other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall
have been made in respect thereof;
(12) easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions and other similar
charges or encumbrances in respect of real property not interfering in any
material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(13) Liens in favor of issuers of surety bonds, performance bonds or
letters of credit issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of
such Person in the ordinary course of its business; and
(14) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with respect to
obligations that do not exceed $20.0 million at any one time outstanding.
"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:
(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount
(or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued
interest thereon and the amount of any reasonably determined premium
necessary to accomplish such refinancing and such reasonable expenses
incurred in connection therewith);
(2) 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;
(3) 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
(4) 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,
limited liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof or any other entity.
"Predecessor Note" of any particular Note means every previous Note
evidencing all or a portion of the same Indebtedness as that evidenced by such
particular Note; and any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.08 in
lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence
the same Indebtedness as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.
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"Preferred Stock" means, as applied to the Capital Stock of any
corporation, the Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated)
which is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of
assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such
corporation, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such
corporation.
"Private Placement Legend" means the legend set forth in Section
2.01(c)(i)(A) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture, except
where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
"Public Equity Offering" means a public offering for cash by the Company
of its common stock, or options, warrants or rights with respect to its common
stock, made pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared
effective by the SEC, other than public offerings with respect to the Company's
common stock, or options, warrants or rights, registered on Form S-4 or S-8.
"Purchase Money Indebtedness" means Indebtedness
(1) consisting of the deferred purchase price of property,
conditional sale obligations, obligations under any title retention
agreement and other purchase money obligations, including borrowings, in
each case where the maturity of such Indebtedness does not exceed the
anticipated useful life of the asset being financed, and
(2) Incurred to finance the acquisition or construction by the
Company or any Subsidiary of such asset, including additions and
improvements; provided, however, that any Lien arising in connection with
any such Indebtedness shall be limited to the specified asset being
financed or, in the case of real property or fixtures, including additions
and improvements, the real property on which such asset is attached; and
provided further, however, that the principal amount of such Indebtedness
does not exceed the lesser of 100% of the cost or 100% of the Fair Market
Value of the asset being financed.
"QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A.
"Qualified Capital Stock" means any Capital Stock other than Disqualified
Stock.
"Refinance" means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend,
renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue
Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness. "Refinanced" and
"Refinancing" shall have correlative meanings.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means (a) with respect to the Initial
Notes issued on the Issue Date, the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of
the date hereof among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, as
supplemented by any joinder agreement and (b) with respect to each issuance of
Additional Notes issued in a transaction exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, the registration rights agreement, if any,
among the Company, the Guarantors and the Persons purchasing such Additional
Notes under the related purchase agreement.
"Registration Statement" means any registration statement filed under the
Securities Act by the Company pursuant to the provisions of the Registration
Rights Agreement relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Notes pursuant to an
Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Notes issued in a
transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
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"Regulation S Global Note" means the Regulation S Temporary Global Note or
the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as the case may be.
"Regulation S Permanent Global Note" means a permanent Global Note bearing
the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with, or
on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee, that
shall equal the outstanding principal amount at maturity of the Regulation S
Temporary Global Note upon expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period.
"Regulation S Temporary Global Note" means one or more Global Note bearing
the Global Note Legend, the Temporary Global Note Legend and the Private
Placement Legend and deposited with, or on behalf of, and registered in the name
of, the Depositary or its nominee that shall represent the aggregate principal
amount at maturity of the Notes sold in reliance on Regulation S.
"Related Business" means any business directly or indirectly related,
ancillary or complementary to the businesses of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries on the date on which Notes are first issued hereunder.
"Representative" means, for any Senior Debt, the Trustee, agent or
representative with respect to such Senior Debt.
"Responsible Officer" means when used with respect to the Trustee, an
officer within the Corporate Trust Division of the Trustee (or any successor
unit, department or division of the Trustee) located at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, who has direct responsibility for the administration of
this Indenture and, for the purposes of Section 7.01(c)(ii) and the second
sentence of Section 7.05 shall also include any officer of the Trustee to whom
any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person's knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
"Restricted Definitive Note" means a Definitive Note bearing the Private
Placement Legend.
"Restricted Global Note" means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement
Legend.
"Restricted Investment" means an Investment other than a Permitted
Investment.
"Restricted Note" means a Restricted Definitive Note or a Restricted
Global Note, as the case may be.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company that is not an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Rule 144A Global Note" means one or more Restricted Global Notes that
shall represent the aggregate principal amount of Notes sold in reliance on Rule
144A.
"Rule 903" means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Rule 904" means Rule 904 promulgated the Securities Act.
"sale and leaseback transaction" means an arrangement relating to property
now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
whereby the Company or such Restricted
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Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person (other than the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary) and leases it back from such Person.
"S&P" means Standard and Poor's Rating Group or any successor to its debt
rating business.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Settlement Agreement" means the settlement agreement dated as of April
20, 2005 among the Company, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx and the Estate of Xxxx Xxxxx, as
in effect on the date hereof.
"Settlement Distribution" means the purchase by the Company from Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx and the Estate of Xxxx Xxxxx of its common stock, in each case with
the net cash proceeds from the Settlement Offering and otherwise in accordance
with the terms of a stock purchase agreement entered into among the Company,
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx and the Estate of Xxxx Xxxxx concurrently with the execution
and delivery of the Settlement Agreement, and in any event as such stock
purchase agreement is in effect on the date hereof.
"Settlement Offering" means the issue and sale by the Company in a public
offering its common stock in accordance with the Settlement Agreement.
"Shelf Registration Statement" has the meaning set forth for such term in
the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Significant Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted
Subsidiary of such Person that satisfies the criteria of a "significant
subsidiary" set forth in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.
"Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any security, the date specified
in such security as the fixed date on which the final payment of principal of
such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption
provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such
security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any
contingency unless such contingency has occurred).
"Subordinated Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the Company (whether
outstanding on the date on which Notes were first issued hereunder or thereafter
incurred) which is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes
pursuant to a written agreement to that effect.
"Subsidiary" means, in respect of any Person, any corporation,
association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the
total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other interests (including
partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or Trustees thereof
is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person,
(ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (iii) one or
more Subsidiaries of such Person; provided, however, that a Joint Venture that
is majority-owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be deemed a
Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture unless the Company shall designate
such Joint Venture as a Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture, which
designation shall be irrevocable and made by resolution of the Board of
Directors of the Company set forth in an Officer's Certificate delivered to the
Trustee contemporaneously with such designation; provided, further that if, at
any time, the Company and its Subsidiaries acquire all of the outstanding Equity
Interests of any such Joint Venture, such Joint Venture shall become, without
further action by the Company or any other Person, a Restricted Subsidiary and
all Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary
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then outstanding shall be Acquired Debt, unless such Subsidiary is designated an
Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
"Subsidiary Guarantee" means, individually, any Guarantee of payment of
the Notes by a Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and any
supplemental indenture thereto, and, collectively, all such Guarantees. Each
such Subsidiary Guarantee shall be in the form prescribed by this Indenture
(including pursuant to Exhibit E)..
"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, provided that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is
amended after such date, "TIA" means, to the extent required by any such
amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"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 Definitive Note" means a Definitive Note that does not and
is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
"Unrestricted Global Note" means a Global Note that does not and is not
required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
"Unrestricted Note" means an Unrestricted Definitive Note or an
Unrestricted Global Note, as the case may be.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company that is
designated by the Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company set forth in an Officer's
Certificate delivered to the Trustee, but only to the extent that such
Subsidiary:
(1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;
(2) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or
understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or
understanding are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who
are not Affiliates of the Company;
(3) 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 Capital Stock or (b) to maintain or preserve such
Person's financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any
specified levels of operating results; and
(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided
credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
Any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the
Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving
effect to such designation and an Officer's Certificate certifying that such
designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted under
Section 4.07. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet
the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter
cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any
Indebtedness
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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 under Section 4.09, the Company shall be in default of Section 4.09.
"U.S. Person" means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(k) under the
Securities Act.
"Voting Stock" of any Person, corporation, association, partnership or
other business entity, as of any date means shares of Capital Stock or other
interests (including partnership interests) in such Person, corporation,
association, partnership or other business entity entitled (without regard to
any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or Trustees
thereof.
"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount
of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other
required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in
respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest
one-twelfth) that shall elapse between such date and the making of such
payment; by
(2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" means a Restricted Subsidiary all the Capital
Stock of which (other than directors' qualifying shares and shares held by other
Persons to the extent such shares are required by applicable law to be held by a
Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) is owned by the
Company or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
SECTION 1.02. OTHER DEFINITIONS
Defined in
Term Section
"Affiliate Transaction"........................ 4.11
"Asset Sale Offer"............................. 4.10
"Authenticating Agent"......................... 2.03
"Authentication Order"......................... 2.03
"Change of Control Offer"...................... 4.16
"Change of Control Payment".................... 4.16
"Change of Control Payment Date"............... 4.16
"Covenant Defeasance".......................... 8.03
"Custodian".................................... 6.01
"DTC".......................................... 2.01
"Event of Default"............................. 6.01
"Excess Proceeds".............................. 4.10
"incur"........................................ 4.09
"Legal Defeasance"............................. 8.02
"Maximum Amount"............................... 4.09
"New York Corporate Trust Office".............. 4.02
"Offer Amount"................................. 4.10
"Paying Agent"................................. 2.04
"Payment Default".............................. 6.01
"Purchase Date"................................ 4.10
"Registrar".................................... 2.04
"Relevant Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio"......... 4.09
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Defined in
Term Section
"Restricted Payments".......................... 4.07
SECTION 1.03. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TIA
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. All 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:
(i) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) "or" is not exclusive;
(iv) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural
include the singular;
(v) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;
(vi) "herein," "hereof," "hereunder" and other words of similar
import refer to this Indenture (as amended or supplemented from time to
time) and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(vii) 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; provided that only
Global Notes shall have the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global
Note" attached thereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements
required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. The Company, the Guarantors and
the Trustee shall approve the forms of the Notes and any notation, legend or
endorsement on them.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are
hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors
and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly
agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound
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thereby. 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. Each Global Note shall be deposited with the Note
Custodian and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the
Depositary and 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, the Depositary or the Note
Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions
given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.07 hereof. The Company
initially appoints The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") to act as Depositary
with respect to the Global Notes. The Trustee shall act as Note Custodian with
respect to the Global Notes in accordance with its agreement with DTC.
Notes initially offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A
shall be issued in the form of one or more Rule 144A Global Notes.
Notes initially offered and sold outside the United States in
reliance on Regulation S shall be issued in the form of one or more Regulation S
Temporary Global Notes, which shall be deposited with the Note Custodian and
registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for
the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream.
The Distribution Compliance Period shall be terminated upon the receipt by the
Trustee of a written certificate from the Depositary, together with copies of
certificates from Euroclear and Clearstream certifying that they have received
certification of non-United States beneficial ownership of 100% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note (except to the extent
of any beneficial owners thereof who acquired an interest therein during the
Distribution Compliance Period pursuant to another exemption from registration
under the Securities Act and who took delivery of a beneficial ownership
interest in a 144A Global Note, all as contemplated by Section 2.07(b)(iii)
hereof). Following the termination of the Distribution Compliance Period,
beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall be
exchanged for an equal amount of beneficial interests in the Regulation S
Permanent Global Note pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with
the authentication of the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the Trustee shall
cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global Note.
(c) Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all
Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless
specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture:
(i) Private Placement Legend.
(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global
Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange
therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in
substantially the following form:
"THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
ACT") AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT (A) (1) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER `REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT
OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
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REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING
WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
(3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (4) IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF THE SECURITIES ACT (BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE
COMPANY SO REQUESTS) OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL
APPLICABLE BLUE SKY LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES."
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or
Definitive Note issued in compliance with subparagraphs (b)(iv),
(c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) of
Section 2.07 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or
substitution thereof), and any Additional Notes issued pursuant to a
registration statement that has been declared effective under the
Securities Act, shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
"UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR
SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY,
OR BY ANY SUCH NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR
NOMINEE OF A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY, OR ANY NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. TRANSFERS OF
THE GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN
PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO., OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH
SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THE GLOBAL NOTE
SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE."
"UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK
CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT
HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR
OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN."
(iii) Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation S
Temporary Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form:
"THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL
NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR
CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED
HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE
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BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL
BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON."
SECTION 2.02. DENOMINATIONS
The Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $1,000 aggregate
principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
SECTION 2.03. EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION
The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Trustee shall, upon a
written order of the Company signed by two Officers of the Company or by an
Officer and an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of the Company (an
"Authentication Order"), authenticate (i) on the Issue Date, the Initial Notes
in aggregate principal amount of $175.0 million, (ii) subject to the provisions
of Section 2.15, at any time and from time to time thereafter, Additional Notes
in an aggregate principal amount specified in such authentication order and
(iii) subject to the provisions of Section 2.07(f), Exchange Notes issued in
exchange for a like principal amount of Initial Notes or Additional Notes
tendered pursuant to an Exchange Offer. Such authentication order shall specify
(i) the amount of the Notes to be authenticated, (ii) the date on which the
Notes are to be authenticated, (iii) whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes,
Exchange Notes or Additional Notes and (iv) whether such Notes shall bear the
Global Note Legend, the Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend and/or the
Private Placement Legend. Furthermore, Notes may be authenticated and delivered
upon registration or transfer, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section
2.07, 2.08, 2.11 or 9.05 or in connection with a Change of Control Offer
pursuant to Section 4.16.
An Officer of the Company 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 an authorized signatory of the
Trustee manually authenticates the Note. The signature of the Trustee on a Note
shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been duly and validly
authenticated and issued under this Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent (the "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
Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as an Agent to
deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company
SECTION 2.04. 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
Company shall cause each of the Registrar and the Paying Agent to maintain an
office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. 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 shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with
any Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall
incorporate the terms of the TIA. The agreement shall implement the provisions
of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company may change any
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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 Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent.
SECTION 2.05. PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST
By no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date on
which any principal of, premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on
any Notes is due and payable, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent a
sum sufficient in immediately available funds to pay such amount when due. The
Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in
writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or
the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of,
premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on the Notes, and shall
notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company in making any such
payment. 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 and to account
for any funds disbursed by such Paying Agent. 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 2.06. 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 five
Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the
Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).
SECTION 2.07. 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 shall 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 is no longer a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the
Company within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary, (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) there shall have occurred and be
continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes; provided
that in no event shall the Regulation S Temporary Global Note be exchanged by
the Company for Definitive Notes prior to (x) the expiration of the Distribution
Compliance Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates
required pursuant to Rule 903(c)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act. Upon the
occurrence of any 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 2.08, 2.11 and 9.05 hereof. Every Note
authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any
portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.07 or Section 2.08 or 2.11 or
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9.05 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 2.07(a); however, beneficial interests in a Global Note
may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.07(b), (c) or (f)
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 the
Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable
to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act.
Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require
compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as
one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note.
Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer
restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend and any Applicable
Procedures; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the
Distribution Compliance Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the
Temporary Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for
the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser
or a "distributor" (as defined in Rule 902(d) of Regulation S)).
Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
an Unrestricted Global Note. Except as may be required by Applicable
Procedures, no written orders or instructions shall be required to be
delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this
Section 2.07(b)(i).
(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in
Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial
interests that are not subject to Section 2.07(b)(i) above, the transferor
of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A) (1) a
written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the
Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the
Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in
another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be
transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant
account to be credited with such increase or (B) if permitted under
Section 2.07(a) hereof, (1) a written order from a Participant or an
Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a
Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be
transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to
the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name
such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or
exchange referred to in (B)(1) above; provided that in no event shall
Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial
interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (x) the
expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period and (y) the receipt by
the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903 under the
Securities Act. Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Company in
accordance with Section 2.07(f) hereof, the requirements of this Section
2.07(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the
Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal
delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted
Global Notes. Upon notification from the Registrar that all of the
requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global
Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable
under the Securities Act have been satisfied, the Trustee shall adjust the
principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section
2.07(h) hereof.
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(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note
to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted
Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in
the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the
transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.07(b)(ii) above and
the Registrar and the Company receive the following:
(A) if the transferee shall take delivery in the form of a
beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor
must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and
(B) if the transferee shall take delivery in the form of a
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note or the
Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof.
(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted
Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A
beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any
holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or
transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the exchange or
transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.07(b)(ii) above and:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an
Exchange Offer in accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement
and the holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the
case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer,
makes any and all certifications in the applicable Letter of
Transmittal or is deemed to have made such certifications if
delivery is made through the Applicable Procedures as may be
required by the Registration Rights Agreement;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Participating Broker-Dealer
pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar and the Company receive the following:
(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof;
or
(2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note,
a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the
Registrar or the Company so requests or the Applicable Procedures so
require, an Opinion of Counsel in form
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reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such
exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and
that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the
Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D)
above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the
Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance
with Section 2.03 hereof or in accordance with a previously delivered
Authentication Order, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted
Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D)
above.
(v) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted
Global Notes for Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes
Prohibited. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be
exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the
form of, beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for
Definitive Notes.
(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to
Restricted Definitive Notes. Subject to Section 2.07(a) hereof, if
any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted
Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive
Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar and the Company of the
following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to
a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to
a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance
with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a)
thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the
effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
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(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c)
thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the
applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section
2.07(h) hereof, and the Company shall execute and upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof or in
accordance with a previously delivered Authentication Order, the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in
the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal
amount. Any Restricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this
Section 2.07(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 Restricted Definitive
Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.
Any Restricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section
2.07(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be
subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
(ii) Notwithstanding Sections 2.07(c)(i)(A) and (C) hereof, a
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may
not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to
(x) the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period and (y) the
receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to
Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act, except in the case
of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule 904.
(iii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to
Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Subject to Section 2.07(a) hereof, a
holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may
exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive
Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only
if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the
case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a
transfer, makes any and all certifications in the applicable
Letter of Transmittal;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Participating
Broker-Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar and the Company receive the following:
(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for an
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Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such
holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or
(2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery
thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (4)
thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if
the Registrar or the Company so requests or if the Applicable
Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such
exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act
and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in
the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order
to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the clauses of this
Section 2.07(c)(iii), the Company shall execute, and, upon receipt
of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof or
in accordance with a previously delivered Authentication Order, the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in
the instructions an Unrestricted Definitive Note in the appropriate
principal amount, and the Trustee shall cause the aggregate
principal amount at maturity of the applicable Restricted Global
Note to be reduced in a corresponding amount pursuant to Section
2.07(h) hereof.
(iv) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to
Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Subject to Section 2.07(a) hereof, if
any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note
proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted
Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive
Note, then, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth
in Section 2.07(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate
principal amount of the applicable Unrestricted Global Note to be
reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.07(h) hereof, and the
Company shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order
in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof or in accordance with a
previously delivered Authentication Order, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions an Unrestricted Definitive Note in the appropriate
principal amount. Any Unrestricted Definitive Note issued in
exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section
2.07(c)(iv) 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 Unrestricted Definitive
Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.
Any Unrestricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)(iv) shall not bear the
Private Placement Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial
Interests in Global Notes.
(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive
Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive
Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in a
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Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar and the
Company of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note
proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in
accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act,
a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule
144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to either of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit
B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof;
or
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note and increase
or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the
appropriate Restricted Global Note.
(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note
may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
an Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, makes any and all
certifications in the applicable Letter of Transmittal;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Participating
Broker-Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement; or
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(D) the Registrar and the Company receives the
following:
(1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive
Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate
from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive
Note proposes to transfer such Note to a Person who
shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate
from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if
the Registrar and the Company request or if the Applicable
Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such
exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act
and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in
the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order
to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the
subparagraphs in this Section 2.07(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel
such Restricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be
increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global
Note.
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive
Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive
Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon
receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee
shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and
increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of
the Unrestricted Global Note.
(iv) Transfer or Exchange of Unrestricted Definitive Notes to
Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes Prohibited. An
Unrestricted Definitive Note may not be exchanged for, or
transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of,
beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note.
(v) Issuance of Unrestricted Global Notes. If any such
exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest
in an Unrestricted Global Note is effected pursuant to subparagraphs
(ii)(B), (ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted
Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and,
upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section
2.03 hereof or in accordance with a previously delivered
Authentication Order, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more
Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes.
Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder's compliance with
the provisions of this Section 2.07(e), the Registrar shall register the
transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer
or exchange, 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 such Holder's attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the
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requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and
information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of
this Section 2.07(e).
(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive
Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and
registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the
form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the
following:
(A) if the transfer shall be made pursuant to Rule 144A,
then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1)
thereof;
(B) if the transfer shall be made pursuant to Rule 903
or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer shall be made pursuant to any other
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the
form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(3)(c) thereof.
(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder
thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a
Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, makes any and all
certifications in the applicable Letter of Transmittal;
(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement;
(C) any such transfer is effected by a Participating
Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar and the Company receive the following:
(1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive
Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such
Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive
Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who
shall take delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such
Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), an
Opinion of Counsel
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in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect
that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained
herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the clauses of Section
2.07(e)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the prior Restricted Definitive Note and
the Company shall execute, and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in
accordance with Section 2.03 hereof or in accordance with a previously delivered
Authentication Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person
designated in the instructions an Unrestricted Definitive Note in the
appropriate principal amount.
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such
Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register
such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted
Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder
thereof.
(f) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of an Exchange Offer in
accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue and,
upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.03, the
Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an
aggregate principal amount at maturity equal to the principal amount at maturity
of the beneficial interests in the applicable Restricted Global Notes tendered
for acceptance by Persons that make any and all certifications in the applicable
Letter of Transmittal or are deemed to have made such certifications if delivery
is made through the Applicable Procedures as may be required by such
Registration Rights Agreement and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer
and (ii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount at
maturity equal to the principal amount at maturity of the Restricted Definitive
Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons who made the foregoing certifications
and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance
of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount at
maturity of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly,
and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to
the Persons designated by the Holders of Restricted Definitive Notes so accepted
Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount.
(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 2.12 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 shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another
Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount at maturity 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 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 shall 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.
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(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.
(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 2.11, 3.06, 4.10,
4.15 and 9.05 hereof).
(iii) The Registrar shall not be required to register the
transfer of or to 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 Registrar 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 any Note so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any
Note being redeemed in part.
(vi) 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 2.03
hereof.
(viii) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of
Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this
Section 2.07 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be
submitted by facsimile.
(ix) The Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to enter
into a letter of representations with the Depositary in the form
provided by the Company and to act in accordance with such letter.
(x) Subject to compliance with any applicable additional
requirements contained in this Article, when a Note is presented to
the Registrar with a request to register a transfer thereof or to
exchange such Note for an equal principal amount of Notes of other
authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer
or make the exchange as requested; provided, however, that every
Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by an assignment form
and, if applicable, a transfer certificate, each in the form
included in
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Exhibit A attached hereto and in form satisfactory to the Registrar
and each duly executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly
authorized in writing. To permit registration of transfers and
exchanges, upon surrender of any Note for registration of transfer
or exchange at an office or agency maintained for such purpose
pursuant to Section 2.04, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate, Notes of a like aggregate principal amount at
maturity at the Registrar's request.
(xi) Any Registrar appointed pursuant to Section 2.04 shall
provide to the Trustee such information as the Trustee may
reasonably require in connection with the delivery by such Registrar
of Notes upon transfer or exchange of Notes.
(xii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor,
determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on
transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with
respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any
transfers between or among Participants or other beneficial owners
of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of
such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are
expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required
by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to
determine substantial compliance as to form with the express
requirements hereof.
(xiii) None of the Company, the Trustee or any Paying Agent
shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
records relating to, or payments made on account of or transfers of,
beneficial ownership interests in a Global Note or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial
ownership interests.
(xiv) None of the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar shall
have any liability for any acts or omissions of the Depositary, for
any Depositary records of beneficial interests, for any transaction
between the Depositary or any Participant and/or beneficial owners,
for any transfers of beneficial interests in the Notes, or in
respect of any transfers effected by the Depositary or by any
Participant or any beneficial owner of any interest in any Notes
held through any such Participant.
SECTION 2.08. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN 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 or in accordance with a previously delivered
Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee's
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 and the Trustee may charge for their expenses in replacing
a Note.
Every replacement Note issued in accordance with this Section 2.07
is an additional obligation of the Company and any other obligor upon the Notes
and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
The Company and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses
in replacing a Note. In the event any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or
wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the
Company in its discretion may pay such Note instead of issuing a new Note in
replacement thereof.
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The provisions of this Section 2.08 are exclusive and shall preclude
(to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Notes.
SECTION 2.09. 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 2.10 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 2.08 hereof, it ceases to
be outstanding unless the Company and the Trustee receive proof satisfactory to
it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance
with this Indenture, by 11:00 a.m. New York City time, on a redemption date or
other maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal, premium and
Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest payable on that date with respect to
the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be,
then on and after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be
outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
SECTION 2.10. TREASURY NOTES
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount
of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the
Company or by any Affiliate of the Company shall be deemed not to be
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 a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned
shall be so disregarded.
SECTION 2.11. TEMPORARY NOTES
In the event that Definitive Notes are to be issued under the terms
of this Indenture, until such Definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the
Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes.
Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form, and shall carry all rights,
of Definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall
prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Notes. After the
preparation of Definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for
Definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at any office or agency
maintained by the Company for that purpose and such exchange shall be without
charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Notes, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and make available for delivery in exchange therefor, one or more Definitive
Notes representing an equal principal amount of Notes. Until so exchanged, the
Holder of temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as a Holder of Definitive Notes.
SECTION 2.12. 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 and destroy all Notes surrendered for
registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation in
accordance with customary practices (subject to the record retention requirement
of the Exchange Act) and, upon request, deliver a
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certificate of such destruction to the Company unless the Company directs the
Trustee to deliver canceled Notes to the Company. The Company may not issue new
Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation.
SECTION 2.13. 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.
SECTION 2.14. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST
Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 2.15. ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES
The Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with
Section 4.09, to issue Additional Notes under this Indenture which shall have
identical terms as the Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date or the Exchange
Notes, other than with respect to the date of issuance and issue price, first
payment of interest and rights under a related Registration Rights Agreement, if
any.
With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in
a resolution of the Board of Directors and an Officer's Certificate, a copy of
each which shall be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:
(a) the aggregate principal amount at maturity of such Additional
Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture;
(b) the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number and
corresponding ISIN of such Additional Notes; and
(c) whether such Additional Notes shall be Transfer Restricted
Securities and issued in the form of Initial Notes as set forth in Exhibit
A to this Indenture or shall be issued in the form of Exchange Notes as
set forth in Exhibit A to this Indenture.
SECTION 2.16. ONE CLASS OF NOTES
The Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, any Additional Notes and
all Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor shall be treated as a single
class for all purposes under this Indenture.
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SECTION 2.17. CUSIP, ISIN OR OTHER SIMILAR NUMBERS
The Company in issuing the Notes may use "CUSIP," "ISIN" or other
similar numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use
"CUSIP," "ISIN" or other similar numbers in notices of redemption or offers to
purchase as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state
that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as
printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption or offer to
purchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption or offer to purchase shall
not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall
promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the "CUSIP," "ISIN" or other
similar numbers.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
SECTION 3.01. NOTICES TO TRUSTEE
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional
redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee, at least 45 days but not more than 60 days (unless a shorter period is
acceptable to the Trustee) before a redemption date, an Officer's 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 (expressed as a percentage or principal
amount).
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 shall deem fair and appropriate;
provided that no Notes of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. In the event
of partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be
selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 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.
SECTION 3.03. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
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, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to
a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the
Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, so long as the Notes are held by a Depository, notices may be given
in accordance with the procedures in the Letter of Representations.
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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 that the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption
date (unless a shorter period is acceptable to the Trustee), an Officer's
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 shall 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 11:00 a.m. New York City 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 and Liquidated Damages, if
any, on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. Subject to applicable abandoned
property laws, the Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly, upon request,
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.
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
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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 receipt of an Authentication Order, 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 clause (b) of this Section 3.07, the
Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes pursuant to this Section
3.07 prior to May 15, 2010. Thereafter, the Company shall have the option to
redeem the Notes, in whole or in part at the redemption prices (expressed as
percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid
interest and Liquidated Damages thereon, if any, to the applicable redemption
date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on May 15 of the
years indicated below:
Year Percentage
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2010.............................................................. 104.188%
2011.............................................................. 102.792%
2012.............................................................. 101.396%
2013 and thereafter............................................... 100.000%
If the redemption date is on or after an interest payment record
date and on or before the related interest payment date, the accrued and unpaid
interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, shall be paid to the Holder in whose
name the Note is registered at the close of business on such record date, and no
Liquidated Damages or Liquidated Damages, if any, shall be payable to Holders
whose Notes shall be subject to redemption by the Company.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (a) of this Section
3.07, at any time prior to May 15, 2008, the Company may on any one or more
occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued
under this Indenture at a redemption price equal to 108.375% of the principal
amount thereof on the redemption date, plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, to the redemption date, with the Net Cash Proceeds
of one or more Public Equity Offerings by the Company; provided that (1) at
least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture
remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption
(excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries); and (2) that the
Company mails notice of redemption no later than 30 days after the closing of
such Public Equity Offering and consummates the redemption within 60 days of the
closing of such Public Equity Offering.
(c) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
SECTION 3.08. MANDATORY REDEMPTION
Except as set forth in Sections 4.10 and 4.16, the Company shall not
be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect
to the Notes.
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ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. PAYMENT OF NOTES
The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of or
premium, if any, Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on the Notes on the
dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any,
interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, shall be considered paid on the date
due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof,
holds as of 11:00 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 of or premium, if any, Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on
the Notes then due. The Company shall pay all Liquidated Damages, if any, in the
same manner on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in
any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal
to 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 and Liquidated Damages
(without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent
lawful.
The Company shall make all interest, premium, if any, Liquidated
Damages, if any, and principal payments by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to any Holder who shall have given written directions to the
Company or the Paying Agent to make such payments by wire transfer pursuant to
the wire transfer instructions supplied to the Company or the Paying Agent by
such Holder on or prior to the applicable record date. All other payments on
Notes shall be made at the office or agency of the Paying Agent and Registrar
within the City and State of New York unless the Company elects to make interest
payments by check mailed to the Holders at their address set forth in the
register of Holders.
Payments in respect of Notes represented by a Global Note (including
interest, premium, if any, Liquidated Damages, if any, and principal payments)
shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts
specified by DTC.
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 office of the
Trustee, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx (the "New York
Corporate Trust Office").
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
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.
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The Company hereby designates the New York Corporate Trust Office as
one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.04.
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 furnish to the Trustee and
the Holders of Notes within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and
regulations:
(1) all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be
filed with the SEC on Forms l0-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to
file such reports; and
(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the
SEC or Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.
All such reports shall be prepared in all material respects in
accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports.
Each annual report on Form 10-K shall include a report on the Company's
consolidated financial statements by the Company's certified independent
accountants. In addition, the Company shall file a copy of each of the reports
referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the SEC for public availability
within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations applicable to
such reports (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and shall post the
reports on its website within those time periods.
If at any time the Company is no longer subject to the periodic
reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, the Company shall
nevertheless continue filing the reports specified in this Section 4.03 with the
SEC within the time periods specified above unless the SEC will not accept such
a filing. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the SEC will not accept the
Company's filings for any reason, the Company shall post the reports referred to
in the preceding paragraphs on its website within the time periods that would
apply if the Company were required to file those reports with the SEC.
If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information
required by the preceding paragraphs shall include a reasonably detailed
presentation either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes
thereto, and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations of the financial condition and results of operations of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial
condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the
Company.
In addition, the Company and the Guarantors agree that, for so long
as any Notes remain outstanding, if at any time, they are not required to file
with the SEC the reports required by the preceding paragraphs, they shall
furnish to the Holders of Notes and to securities analysts and prospective
investors upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant
to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA
Section 314(a). Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the
Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such
shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including the Company's
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to rely conclusively on Officer's Certificates). The Trustee shall have
no duty or responsibility to review such reports, information or documents.
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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 of the Company, an Officer's 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).
(b) The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding,
deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within 10 days
after any Officer becoming aware of any Event of Default, an Officer's
Certificate specifying such Event of Default and what action the Company is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 4.05. TAXES
The Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or
discharged, before the same shall become delinquent all material taxes,
assessments, and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, except such as are contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings or where the failure to pay or discharge the same would
not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its
obligations under the Notes or this Indenture.
SECTION 4.06. STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS
The Company and each of the Guarantors 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 covenants (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
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or
distribution on account of the Company's or any of its Restricted
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 and other than dividends or
distributions payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company);
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(2) 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, any direct or indirect parent company of the Company or any
Subsidiary;
(3) 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 or the Subsidiary
Guarantees, except payments of interest or principal at the Stated
Maturity thereof; or
(4) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and
other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above being
collectively referred to as "Restricted Payments"),
unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(1) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; and
(2) the Company would have been permitted 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 Section 4.10; and
(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate
amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries after the date hereof (excluding Restricted
Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3) and (8) of paragraph (b)
below of the next succeeding paragraph), is less than the sum,
without duplication, of:
(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company
for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the
beginning of the first fiscal quarter in which Notes are first
issued hereunder 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
(B) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by
the Company since the date hereof as a contribution to its
common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity
Interests of the Company (other than (x) Disqualified Stock
and (y) the net cash proceeds received by the Company from the
Settlement Offering) or from the issue or sale of convertible
or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or
exchangeable debt securities of the Company that have been
converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other
than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt
securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Company); plus
(C) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that
was made after the date hereof is sold for cash or otherwise
liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i) the cash
return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment
(less the cost of disposition, if any) and (ii) the initial
amount of such Restricted Investment.
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(b) So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be
caused thereby, the preceding provisions shall not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date
of declaration thereof, if at said date of declaration such payment
would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or
other acquisition of any subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary or of any Equity Interests of the Company
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 of the Company (other than
Disqualified Stock); provided that the amount of any such net cash
proceeds that are utilized for any such redemption, repurchase,
retirement, defeasance or other acquisition shall be excluded from
clause (3) (B) above;
(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other
acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence
of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
(4) the payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary to
the holders of its common Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;
(5) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or
retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary held by any of the Company's (or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries') employees or directors pursuant to any
equity compensation plan, subscription agreement or stock option
agreement in effect as of the date on which Notes are first issued
hereunder or under any other such plan or agreement approved by the
shareholders of the Company thereafter; provided that the aggregate
price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired
Equity Interests shall not exceed $3.0 million in any fiscal year
(with any unused amounts in any fiscal year being available to be so
utilized in succeeding fiscal years);
(6) the purchase of Equity Interests of Joint Ventures or of
3048389 Nova Scotia Limited, in each case pursuant to contractual
obligations existing on the date on which Notes were first issued
hereunder;
(7) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value
of any Equity Interests of the Company held by the Estate of Xxxx
Xxxxx for aggregate consideration not in excess of $10.0 million
since the date on which Notes were first issued hereunder;
(8) the Settlement Distribution; and
(9) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not in
excess of $15.0 million since the date on which Notes were first
issued hereunder.
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 Section 4.07 shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the
Company whose resolution with respect thereto shall be delivered to the Trustee.
The Board of Directors determination must be based upon an opinion or appraisal
issued by an accounting, appraisal or
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investment banking firm of national standing if the Fair Market Value exceeds
$10.0 million. Not later than the date of making any Restricted Payment, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's 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 hereunder.
SECTION 4.08. DIVIDEND AND OTHER PAYMENT RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING RESTRICTED
SUBSIDIARIES
(a) 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 consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any
Restricted Subsidiary to:
(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its
Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or
measured by, its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(3) sell, lease or otherwise transfer any of its properties or
assets to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) The restrictions set forth under paragraph (a) above shall not
apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(1) Indebtedness incurred under the Credit Agreement 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, replacement or refinancings are no more restrictive than
those contained in the Credit Agreement as in effect on the date
hereof;
(2) 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, replacement or
refinancings are no more restrictive than those contained in such
Existing Indebtedness as in effect on the date hereof;
(3) this Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees;
(4) applicable law;
(5) 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;
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(6) customary non-assignment provisions in leases and other
contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, so long
as such provisions restrict transfer only of the leasehold interest
created thereby, or the property subject thereto, or other contract
rights arising thereunder;
(7) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the
ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on the property
so acquired of the nature described in clause (3) of the preceding
paragraph;
(8) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a
Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that
Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition;
(9) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that the
restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness are no more restrictive than those
contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being
refinanced;
(10) any instrument or agreements governing Indebtedness of
Foreign Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred under Section 4.09,
which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or
the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Foreign
Subsidiaries obligated in respect of such Indebtedness;
(11) any instrument or agreements governing Indebtedness
permitted to be incurred under Section 4.09(b)(11) which encumbrance
or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or
assets of any Person, other than the Leasing Subsidiary obligated in
respect of such Indebtedness;
(12) the Golden West Agreements; and
(13) Permitted Liens securing Indebtedness that limit the
right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Lien.
SECTION 4.09. INCURRENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS AND ISSUANCE OF PREFERRED STOCK
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue,
assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable,
contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, "incur") any
Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company shall not issue any
Disqualified Stock and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
issue any Preferred Stock; provided, however, that (A) the Company and any
Guarantor may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified
Stock and (B) any Foreign Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired
Debt) so long as neither the Company nor any Guarantor (i) provides credit
support of any kind with respect thereto (including any undertaking, agreement
or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), or (ii) is directly or
indirectly liable with respect thereto, as a guarantor or otherwise, or (iii)
constitutes the lender thereof, if, in the case of both clauses (A) and (B), (1)
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time
of, or would occur after giving pro forma effect to, the incurrence of such
Indebtedness or the issuance of such Disqualified Stock and (2) the Consolidated
Interest Coverage Ratio for the Company's most recently ended four full fiscal
quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately
preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such
Disqualified Stock is issued would have been at least 2.25 to 1, determined on a
pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of
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the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred
at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
(b) The provisions of paragraph (a) above shall not prohibit the
incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively,
"Permitted Debt"), so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing at the time of incurrence thereof or would be caused thereby:
(1) the incurrence by the Company or any Guarantor of
Indebtedness under Credit Facilities (and the incurrence by the
Company or any Guarantor of guarantees thereof) in an aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding (with letters of credit
being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum
potential liability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
thereunder) not to exceed the greater of (i) $125.0 million or (ii)
the Borrowing Base or (iii) 65.0% of the Leasing Assets of the
Company and the Guarantors, valued at the net book value thereof
determined in accordance with GAAP, that are subject to no Lien
other than Liens described in clause (1) of the definition of the
term "Permitted Liens", in any case less the aggregate amount of all
Net Proceeds applied by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to
repay any Indebtedness under Credit Facilities (and, in the case of
any revolving credit Indebtedness under a Credit Facility, to effect
a corresponding commitment reduction thereunder) pursuant to Section
4.10.
(2) the incurrence by the Company and any Restricted
Subsidiary of Existing Indebtedness;
(3) the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of
Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the related Subsidiary
Guarantees to be issued on the date hereof and the exchange Notes
and the related Subsidiary Guarantees to be issued pursuant to the
registration rights agreement;
(4) the incurrence by the Company or any Guarantor of
Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage
financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for
the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or
cost of construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment
used in the business of the Company or such Guarantor, in an
aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed
$25.0 million at any time outstanding;
(5) the incurrence by the Company or any of the Guarantors 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 paragraph (a) above
or clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (9) or (12) of this paragraph (b);
(6) 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, such Indebtedness must be expressly
subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all
Obligations with respect to the Notes, in the case of the
Company, or the Subsidiary Guarantee, in the case of a
Guarantor; and
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(B) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity
Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by
a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
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 (6);
(7) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations in respect of (a) interest rate
swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest rate collar
agreements and other similar agreements or arrangements designed to
protect the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary against
fluctuations in interest rates, (b) currency swap agreements,
currency forward agreements and other similar agreements or
arrangements designed to protect the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary against fluctuations in currency exchange rates, and (c)
commodity agreements, such as futures contracts, forward contracts,
options or other agreements entered into for the purposes of
protecting the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary against
fluctuations in the price of, or shortage of supply of, commodities
used in the ordinary course of business, in each case entered into
for risk hedging purposes in the ordinary course of business and not
for speculative purposes;
(8) the Guarantee by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that was
permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.09
(other than (x) Indebtedness incurred by Foreign Subsidiaries under
paragraph (a) above and (y) Indebtedness incurred by Leasing
Subsidiaries under clause (11) of this paragraph (b));
(9) the incurrence by any Foreign Subsidiary of Indebtedness
in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding, including
all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance
or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (9),
not to exceed $50.0 million;
(10) the incurrence by any Foreign Subsidiary of Indebtedness
in respect of performance guaranties, performance bonds or similar
obligations issued or incurred to support such Foreign Subsidiary's
performance of its obligations under contracts for the supply of
rail cars, marine barges or surface transportation equipment, in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25.0 million at any time
outstanding;
(11) the incurrence by any Leasing Subsidiary of Indebtedness
in the ordinary course of its equipment leasing business in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed, at the time of incurrence
thereof, 75.0% of the net book value (as determined in accordance
with GAAP) of Leasing Assets that are subject to Permitted Liens
that secure such Indebtedness, so long as neither the Company or any
other Guarantor (a) provides credit support of any kind with respect
thereto (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that
would constitute Indebtedness), or (b) is directly or indirectly
liable with respect thereto, as a guarantor or otherwise, or (c)
constitutes the lender thereof; and
(12) the incurrence by the Company or any Guarantor 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 (12),
not to exceed $20.0 million.
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The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Guarantor to,
directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness which by its terms (or by the
terms of any agreement governing such Indebtedness) is expressly subordinated in
right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor, as
the case may be, unless such Indebtedness is also by its terms (or by the terms
of any agreement governing such Indebtedness) made expressly subordinate to the
Notes or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, to the same
extent and in the same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated to other
Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be.
For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar
denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar
equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency
shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on
the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term Indebtedness, or
first committed, in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness; provided that if
such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a
foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar
dominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency
exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar
dominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the
principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal
amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section 4.09, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary may incur pursuant to this Section 4.09 shall
not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange
rate of currencies. The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to
refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the
Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency
exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.
The accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original
issue discount and the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of
additional Indebtedness with the same terms shall not be deemed to be an
incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 4.09 provided, in each
such case, that the amount thereof is included in Adjusted Interest Expense of
the Company.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in
the event that any proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of
the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (12) of
paragraph (b) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the paragraph (a)
of this Section 4.09, the Company shall be permitted to classify such item of
Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence, and later reclassify all or a
portion of such Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section
4.09.
SECTION 4.10. ASSET SALES
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(1) 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 of the assets or Equity Interests
issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;
(2) such Fair Market Value is determined by the Company's
Board of Directors and evidenced by a resolution of the Board of
Directors set forth in an Officer's Certificate delivered to the
Trustee; and
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(3) with respect to Asset Sales by the Company or any
Guarantor, at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by
the Company or such Guarantor is in the form of cash. For purposes
of this clause, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash:
(A) any liabilities of the Company or such Guarantor
that, pursuant to GAAP, would appear on its balance sheet
immediately prior to such Asset Sale (other than contingent
liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms
subordinated to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantee) that
are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (and, with
respect to any such liabilities that constitute Indebtedness
of the Company or such Guarantor, the liabilities are assumed
pursuant to a customary written novation agreement that
releases the Company or such Guarantor from further
liability); and
(B) any securities, Notes or other obligations received
by the Company or such Guarantor from such transferee that are
contemporaneously converted by the Company or such Guarantor
into cash or within 180 days after the Asset Sale (to the
extent of the cash received in that conversion).
(b) Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an
Asset Sale, the Company may apply such Net Proceeds at its option:
(1) to repay or prepay Indebtedness outstanding under the
Credit Agreement and, if the Indebtedness repaid or prepaid is
revolving credit Indebtedness, to reduce commitments with respect
thereto correspondingly and permanently;
(2) to acquire Business Related Assets.
Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the
Company may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or
otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner that is not
prohibited by the Indenture.
Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested
as provided in paragraph (b) above shall constitute "Excess Proceeds". When the
aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $20.0 million ("Excess Proceeds
Trigger Date"), then not more than 30 days after the Excess Proceeds Trigger
Date, the Company shall make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes and all
holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing
provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers
to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the
maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that
may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale
Offer shall be equal to 100% of principal amount plus accrued and unpaid
interest, to the date of purchase, and shall be payable in cash. If any Excess
Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use
those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture
and such amounts no longer shall constitute Excess Proceeds. If the aggregate
principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such
Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Notes and such other
pari passu Indebtedness shall be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion
of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
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 each
repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the
provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sales
provisions herein,
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the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and
shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Asset Sale
provisions herein by virtue of such compliance.
If the Company is prohibited from repurchasing any Notes by the
Credit Agreement or any other agreement or instrument relating to Indebtedness,
prior to making any Asset Sale Offer, but in any event within 30 days following
the date on which such Asset Sale Offer would otherwise be required, the Company
shall either repay such Indebtedness or obtain the requisite consents, if any,
under all agreements and instruments governing such Indebtedness necessary to
permit the repurchase of Notes required by this Section 4.10.
SECTION 4.11. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary 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 of the Company (each, an "Affiliate Transaction") unless:
(1) the terms thereof are no less favorable to the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary than those which could be obtained at the time of
such transaction in an arm's-length transaction with a Person who is not
an Affiliate; and
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee:
(A) with respect to such Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in
excess of $3.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors of
the Company set forth in an Officer's Certificate certifying that
such Affiliate Transaction complies with this Section 4.11 and that
such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the
disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company; and
(B) with respect to such Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in
excess of $10.0 million an opinion of an accounting, appraisal or
investment banking firm of national standing to the effect that such
Affiliate Transaction is fair to the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, from a financial point of view.
(b) The provisions of the paragraph (a) shall not prohibit:
(1) transactions between or among the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) payment of reasonable directors fees to Persons who are
not otherwise Affiliates of the Company;
(3) Restricted Payments that are permitted under Section 4.07;
(4) any employment, consulting, service or termination
agreement or reasonable and customary indemnification arrangements,
entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
with directors, officers and employees of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and the payment of compensation to
directors, officers and employees of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (including
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amounts paid pursuant to employee benefit plans, employee stock
option or similar plans), in each case in the ordinary course of
business; and
(5) the Excluded Transactions and the performance of
obligations of the Company under the terms of any other agreement in
effect on date on which Notes are first issued hereunder and
described in the Offering Memorandum.
SECTION 4.12. LIENS
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, incur or permit to exist any Lien of any
nature whatsoever on any of its properties (including Capital Stock of a
Restricted Subsidiary), whether owned at the date on which the Notes are first
issued hereunder or thereafter acquired, other than Permitted Liens, without
effectively providing that the Notes shall be secured equally and ratably with
(or prior to, in the case of any Subordinated Indebtedness so secured) the
obligations so secured for so long as such obligations are so secured.
SECTION 4.13. SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted 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:
(1) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred
Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt relating to such
sale and leaseback transaction under the Consolidated Interest Coverage
Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a); provided, further, that this
clause (1) shall not apply with respect to sale and leaseback transactions
entered into by the Leasing Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business in respect of which neither the Company nor any other Restricted
Subsidiary provides credit support of any kind or is otherwise directly or
indirectly liable;
(2) the gross cash proceeds of that sale and leaseback transaction
are at least equal to the fair market value thereof; provided, that, in
connection with a sale and leaseback transaction other than in the
ordinary course of the equipment leasing business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, such fair market value shall be determined by resolution of
the Board of Directors and set forth in an Officer's Certificate delivered
to the Trustee, of the property that is the subject of that sale and
leaseback transaction; and
(3) 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.
In determining whether the condition specified in clause (1) above
is satisfied with respect to any sale and leaseback transaction for which such
condition must be satisfied, imputed interest in respect of Attributable Debt
relating to such sale and leaseback transaction, and to each other sale and
leaseback transaction then existing, shall be added both to Consolidated Cash
Flow and Adjusted Interest Expense, to the extent it is not otherwise included
therein, for purposes of computing the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio.
SECTION 4.14. BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than Related Business, except to
such extent as would not be material to the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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SECTION 4.15. 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 Restricted Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational
documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any
such Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses
and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries, except where the failure to
do so would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to
perform its obligations under the Notes or this Indenture.
SECTION 4.16. OFFER TO REPURCHASE UPON CHANGE OF CONTROL
If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder of Notes shall have the
right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or
an integral multiple of $1,000) of that Holder's Notes (a "Change of Control
Offer") at a purchase price (the "Change of Control Payment") equal to 101% of
the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid
interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of
purchase, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date
to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date; provided,
however, notwithstanding the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company
shall not be obligated to purchase the Notes pursuant to a Change of Control
Offer if, prior to the time at which the Change of Control Offer is required to
be made, the Company mails an irrevocable notice of redemption of all Notes
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.07 of this Indenture". Within 30 days
following any Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder
describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control
and offering to repurchase Notes on the repurchase date specified in the notice
(the "Change of Control Payment Date"), which date shall be no earlier than 30
and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the
procedures required by this Indenture and described in such notice.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under
the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the
extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent that
the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of
Control provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the
applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have
breached its obligations under the Change of Control provisions of this
Indenture by virtue of such compliance.
On or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company
shall, to the extent lawful:
(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly
tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of
Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly
tendered; and
(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes
properly accepted together with an officers certificate stating the
aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased
by the Company.
The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Notes
properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee
shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry)
to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any
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unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided, that each new
Note shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000.
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.
If the Change of Control Payment Date is on or after an interest
payment record date and on or before the related interest payment date, any
accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, shall be paid to the
Holder in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such
record date, and no other interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, shall be
payable to Holders who tender pursuant to the Change of Control Offer.
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
in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company
and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of
Control Offer.
If any Credit Facility prohibits the commencement of the Change of
Control Offer or consummation of the repurchase of Notes pursuant to the Change
of Control Offer, prior to the commencement of a Change of Control Offer but in
any event within 60 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall:
(1) (A) repay in full and terminate all commitments under
Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and all other Indebtedness the
terms of which require repayment upon a Change of Control, or (B) offer to
repay in full and terminate all commitments under all Indebtedness under
the Credit Agreement and all such other Indebtedness and repay such
Indebtedness owed to each lender which has accepted such offer in full; or
(2) obtain the requisite consents under the Credit Agreement and all
such other Indebtedness to permit the repurchase of the Notes as provided
herein.
SECTION 4.17. ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires or
creates another Domestic Subsidiary after the date hereof, then the Company
shall cause that newly acquired or created Domestic Subsidiary to become a
Guarantor and execute a supplemental indenture and deliver an Opinion of Counsel
satisfactory to the Trustee within ten Business Days of the date on which it was
acquired or created; provided that any Domestic Subsidiary that constitutes an
Immaterial Subsidiary need not become a Guarantor until such time as it ceases
to be an Immaterial Subsidiary.
In addition to the Guarantors named herein, the Company shall cause
any existing or future Subsidiary of the Company to become a Guarantor if and
for so long as such Subsidiary provides a guarantee or otherwise becomes an
obligor in respect of Indebtedness of the Company.
Each Subsidiary Guarantee shall be limited to an amount not to
exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by that Restricted Subsidiary
without rendering the Subsidiary Guarantee, as it relates to such Restricted
Subsidiary, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or
fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
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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 if that designation would not cause
a Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, the aggregate fair market value of all outstanding Investments owned
by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary so designated
shall be deemed to be a Restricted Investment made as of the time of such
designation and that designation shall only be permitted if such Investment
would be permitted under Section 4.07 and if such Restricted Subsidiary
otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. 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 (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under
Section 4.09, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had
occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no
Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.
SECTION 4.19. PAYMENTS FOR CONSENT
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for
the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an inducement to any consent,
waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the
Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all Holders
of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth
in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
SECTION 4.20. EFFECTIVENESS OF COVENANTS
Following the first Business Day on which:
(1) the Notes have an Investment Grade Rating; and
(2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
under this Indenture;
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be subject to the
provisions Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10 and 4.13 (collectively, the
"Suspended Covenants"). If at any time the Notes' credit rating is downgraded
from an Investment Grade Rating, then the Suspended Covenants shall be
reinstated as if such covenants had never been suspended and shall be
enforceable pursuant to the terms of this Indenture (including in connection
with performing any calculation or assessment to determine compliance with the
terms of this Indenture), unless and until the Notes subsequently attain an
Investment Grade Rating (in which event the Suspended Covenants shall no longer
be in effect for such time that the Notes maintain an Investment Grade Rating);
provided, however, that no Default, Event of Default or breach of any kind shall
be deemed to exist hereunder, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees with
respect to the Suspended Covenants based on any actions taken or events
occurring after the Notes attain an Investment Grade Rating and before any
reinstatement of such Suspended Covenants, or any actions taken at any time
pursuant to any contractual obligation arising prior to such reinstatement,
regardless of whether such actions or events would have been permitted if the
applicable Suspended Covenants remained in effect during such period. Without
limitation, at any time the Suspended Covenants are reinstated, all Indebtedness
incurred during a time when the Suspended Covenants had been suspended shall be
deemed to be Existing Indebtedness.
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ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
SECTION 5.01. MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge with or into
another Person (whether or not the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is the
surviving corporation) or (2) sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise
dispose of property or assets that constitute all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:
(1) either: (a) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is the
surviving corporation or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or
other disposition has been made is a Person organized and validly existing
under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the
District of Columbia;
(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or
merger (if other than the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary) or the
Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition has been made assumes in writing all the obligations of the
Company under the Notes, this Indenture and the registration rights
agreement or the Guarantor under the Subsidiary Guarantee and this
Indenture, in each case pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee;
(3) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default
or Event of Default exists;
(4) the Company (or, in a consolidation or merger of the Company
with or into another Person, the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which
such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been
made) would, 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 Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a).
(5) each Guarantor shall have by amendment to its Subsidiary
Guarantee confirmed in writing that its Subsidiary Guarantee shall
continue to apply to the obligations of the Company or the surviving
Person in accordance with the Notes and this Indenture.
(b) The provisions in paragraph (a) above shall not prohibit a
consolidation or merger of (1) a Guarantor with and into a Wholly-Owned
Guarantor or the Company, (2) a Domestic Subsidiary that is an Immaterial
Subsidiary with and into a Wholly-Owned Guarantor or the Company, or (3) a
Foreign Subsidiary with and into another Foreign Subsidiary.
(c) The provisions in paragraph (a) above shall not prohibit a
consolidation or merger of a Restricted Subsidiary with and into another Person
if (x) after giving effect to such transaction, the Person surviving such
consolidation or merger is not a Subsidiary of the Company and (y) such
transaction does not constitute a disposition of all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, which transaction shall constitute an Asset Sale and be governed by
Section 4.10.
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The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the consummation
of the proposed transaction an Officer's Certificate to the foregoing effect and
an opinion of counsel stating that the proposed transaction and such
supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture.
SECTION 5.02. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer,
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, 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, 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. The predecessor company shall be
relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes
(and its obligations to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.07) only in the case
of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and
assets of all of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole
that meets the requirements of Section 5.01 hereof. The successor Person shall
execute a supplemental indenture in form and substance set forth in Exhibit D-2
and satisfactory to the Trustee and deliver an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory
to the Trustee, to the Trustee within ten Business Days of the date of any such
consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Each of the following is an "Event of Default":
(1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on, or
Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to, the Notes;
(2) default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or
acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium if any, on, the
Notes;
(3) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
comply with any of the provisions of Sections 4.07, 4.09, 4.10, 4.16 and
5.01;
(4) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for
30 days after notice to comply with any of the other agreements in this
Indenture;
(5) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which
there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any
Indebtedness by the Company or any Guarantor (or the payment of which is
Guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor) whether such Indebtedness or
Guarantee now exists, or is created after the date on which Notes are
first issued hereunder, if that default:
(A) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or
premium, if any on, such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the
grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such
default (a "Payment Default"); or
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(B) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to
its Stated Maturity,
and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together
with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there
has been a Payment Default or the Stated Maturity of which has been so
accelerated, aggregates $10.0 million or more;
(6) failure by the Company or any Guarantor to pay final judgments
entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction, aggregating in
excess of $10.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or
stayed for a period of 60 days after such judgments have become final and
non-appealable;
(7) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee
shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or
shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any
Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or
disaffirm its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee; or
(8) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency described in this
Indenture with respect to the Company or any Guarantor that is a
Significant Subsidiary or a group of Guarantors that, taken together (as
of the latest audited consolidated financial statements for the Company
and its Subsidiaries) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary.
(a) commences a voluntary case,
(b) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in
an involuntary case,
(c) consents to the appointment of a Note Custodian of it or
for all or substantially all of its property,
(d) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors, or
(e) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; and
(9) court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under
any Bankruptcy Law that:
(a) is for relief against the Company or any Guarantor that is
a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
(b) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Guarantor that
is a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the
property of the Company or any Guarantor that is a Significant
Subsidiary; or
(c) orders the liquidation of the Company or any Guarantor
that is a Significant Subsidiary; and the order or decree remains
unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.
The term "Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee,
liquidation, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
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SECTION 6.02. ACCELERATION
In the case of an Event of Default arising from clause (8) or (9) of
Section 6.01, with respect to the Company, any Guarantor of the Company that is
a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Guarantors of the Company that, taken
together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes shall
become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any
other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of
at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may
declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately by notice in writing to
the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in
clause (5) of Section 6.01 shall have occurred and be continuing, such Event of
Default and any consequential acceleration shall be automatically rescinded if
(i) the Indebtedness that is the subject of such Event of Default has been
repaid, or (ii) if the default relating to such Indebtedness is waived or cured
and if such Indebtedness has been accelerated, then the Holders thereof have
rescinded their declaration of acceleration in respect of such Indebtedness.
Any such declaration with respect to the Notes may be rescinded and
annulled by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount at maturity
of the outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee, except a continuing
Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or
premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes, if (i) the rescission would
not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction,
(ii) all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment
of principal of or interest on the Notes that has become due solely by such
declaration of acceleration, (iii) to the extent the payment of such interest is
lawful, interest (at the same rate specified in the Notes) on overdue
installments of interest and overdue payments of principal, which has become due
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid, (iv) the
Company has paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the
Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances and (v) in the event of the
cure or waiver of a Default or Event of Default of the type described in Section
6.01(8) and (9) the Trustee has received an Officer's Certificate and Opinion of
Counsel that such Default or Event of Default has been cured or waived. No such
rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent
thereto.
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 on,
Liquidated Damages, 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
Subject to Section 9.02 and in any event in accordance with the
conditions set forth in the last paragraph of Section 6.02, 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 and Liquidated Damages on, or interest on the Notes (including in
connection with an offer to purchase); provided that the Holders of a majority
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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, so long as such acceleration was not the result
of a payment default. 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.
SECTION 6.06. LIMITATION ON SUITS
In case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers hereunder
at the request or direction of any Holders of Notes unless such Holders have
offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss,
liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of
principal, premium, if any, or interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, when due,
no Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the
Notes unless,
(1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an
Event of Default is continuing;
(2) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against any loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days
after the receipt thereof and the offer of security or indemnity; and
(5) the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent
with such request within such 60 day period.
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 Liquidated
Damages, if any, 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(1) or (2) occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name
and as Trustee of an express trust against the
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Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium and Liquidated Damages, if
any, 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 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
After an Event of Default, any money or other property distributable
in respect of the Company's obligations under this Indenture shall be paid in
the following order:
First: to the Trustee (including any predecessor 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 Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium and Liquidated
Damages, if any and interest, respectively; and
Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent
jurisdiction shall direct in writing.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment
to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
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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 and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party
litigant. This Section 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:
(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
on their face to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not
confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or
other facts or the correctness of opinions or conclusions stated
therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own
grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act, or its own
willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b)
or (d) 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 grossly 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.
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(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), (c) and (e) 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 or held 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.
(g) Except as expressly set forth in this Indenture, the Trustee
shall have no obligation to ascertain or inquire as to the observance or
performance of any covenant, agreement or obligation on the part of the Company
or of any of the Guarantors under this Indenture or any other agreement,
instrument or document.
SECTION 7.02. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE
(a) The Trustee may, in the absence of bad faith on its part,
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 Officer's 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 Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with
counsel selected by it (including in-house counsel) and the 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 or attorney
appointed with due care.
(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
security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses
and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction.
(g) Any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall
be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company may be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution.
(h) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but
the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation
into such facts or matters as it
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may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine, to the extent necessary and
consistent with each inquiry or investigation, the books, records and premises
of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the
Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by
reason of such inquiry or investigation.
(i) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice, nor shall it be
charged with knowledge, of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of
such Default or Event of Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this
Indenture.
(j) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits
given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be
indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each
of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other Person
employed to act hereunder.
(k) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officer's
Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles or officers
authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture,
which Officer's Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an
Officer's Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any
such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
(l) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for
special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever
(including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the
Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless
of the form of action.
(m) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure
or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out
of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable
control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood;
terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots;
interruptions; loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or
software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; acts of civil or
military authority and governmental action.
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. If the Trustee does become a creditor of the Company or any Guarantor,
this Indenture limits its rights to obtain payment of claims in certain cases,
or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as
security or otherwise. 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 or any security
for the payment of 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
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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 actually known to a Responsible Officer of 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 and Liquidated Damages, 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 November 15 beginning with the November 15
following the Issue Date, 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) to the extent applicable. 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 with TIA Section 313(d).
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any
stock exchange or any delisting thereof.
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. The
Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an express trust. Compensation of the Trustee in accordance with its
established fee schedule, as it may be amended from time to time, shall be
deemed reasonable compensation to the Trustee for its services. The Company
shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon written 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
(including in-house counsel).
The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall
indemnify the Trustee (and any predecessor Trustee) against any and all losses,
damages, claims, liabilities or expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees
and 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 and the Guarantors
(including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether
asserted by the Company, the Guarantors 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, damage, claim, liability
or expense results from its gross negligence or bad faith or willful misconduct.
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 or any of the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder. The Company or
such Guarantor 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. Neither the Company nor any
Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent
shall not unreasonably be withheld.
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The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section
7.07 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture and the termination 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 resignation or removal
of the Trustee, the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the
termination of this Indenture.
In addition and without prejudice to its rights hereunder, when the
Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified
in Section 6.01(9) or (10) 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.
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 Notes 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:
(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 30 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the
Holders of Notes 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 of a Note who
has been a Holder of a Note for at least six months, fails to comply with
Section 7.10, such Holder of a Note 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
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Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to
Holders of the Notes. 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 to, another Person, the
successor Person 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 a combined capital and surplus of at
least $50 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). Nothing herein shall prohibit the Trustee from making the
application to the SEC referred to in the penultimate paragraph of Section
310(b) of the TIA.
SECTION 7.11. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE 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 Officer's Certificate, at any time, elect to
have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof applied to all outstanding Notes upon
compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Eight.
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 and each of the Guarantors shall,
subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof,
be deemed to have been discharged from all of its obligations with respect to
all outstanding Notes (including Subsidiary Guarantees) and this Indenture on
the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied and the Guarantors shall
be deemed to have been discharged with respect to their Subsidiary Guarantees
(hereinafter, "Legal Defeasance"). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that
the Company and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the
entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes (including Subsidiary
Guarantees), which shall thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for the
purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other
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Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have
satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees
and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same); provided that
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 or premium,
if any, Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on the Notes when such payments
are due, (b) the Company's obligations with respect to the Notes concerning
issuing temporary Notes, registration of Notes and mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money
for security payments held in trust, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company's and the Guarantor's
obligations in connection therewith and (d) this Article 8. 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 and the Guarantors 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 Article 4 (other
those in Sections 4.01, 4.02 and 4.06) and in 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
and Subsidiary Guarantees, the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply
with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation
set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any
reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in
any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and
such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default
under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this
Indenture and such Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees 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(6) through 6.01(8)
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:
(1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust,
for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars,
non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash in U.S.
dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as shall be
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank or
firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, or
interest and premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the outstanding
Notes on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable redemption date
specified by the Company, as the case may be, and the Company must specify
whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular
redemption date;
(2) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee confirming that:
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(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 shall not recognize
income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of
such Legal Defeasance and shall 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;
(3) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding
Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and shall be subject to
federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not
occurred;
(4) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on
the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default
resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) or
insofar as Events of Default from bankruptcy or insolvency events are
concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date
of deposit;
(5) 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;
(6) the Company must have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of
counsel, subject to customary qualifications, to the effect that after the
91st day following the deposit, no trust funds shall be subject to the
effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally or in connection with Covenant
Defeasance, such trust funds shall be subject to a first priority lien in
favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Notes;
(7) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate
stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of
preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Company
with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors
of the Company or others; and
(8) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate
and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent
relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been
complied with.
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
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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 of or
premium, if any, Liquidated Damages, if any, or 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 THE 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 or premium, if
any, Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on the Notes and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium, if any, Liquidated
Damages, 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, as a secured creditor,
look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee
or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the
Company as Trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided 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 shall be repaid to the Company.
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 and the Guarantor's obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees 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 that, if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if
any, Liquidated Damages, 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.
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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 and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture the Notes or
the Subsidiary Guarantees without the consent of any Holder of a Note:
1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place
of certificated Notes;
(3) to provide for the assumption of the Company's or a Guarantor's
obligations to Holders of Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees in the case of a
merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the
Company's or such Guarantor's assets, as applicable;
(4) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or
benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect the
legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder;
(5) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture
Act;
(6) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees
or the Notes to any provision of the Description of Notes contained in the
Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the Description
of Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this
Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes;
(7) to provide for the issuance of additional Notes in accordance
with the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the date of this
Indenture; or
(8) to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture
and/or a Subsidiary Guarantee with respect to the Notes or to reflect the
release of a Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of the
Board of Directors of the Company authorizing the execution of any such amended
or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents
described in Section 9.06 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 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 in Section 9.01 or below in this Section 9.02,
the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture and the Notes
may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount at maturity of the Notes then outstanding voting as
a single class (including, without limitation, 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
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hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any
provision of this Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount at maturity of the then outstanding
Notes voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained
in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the
Notes). Section 2.09 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be
"outstanding" for purposes of this Section 9.02.
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
nonconsenting Holder):
(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent
to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note
or alter the provisions, or waive any payment, with respect to the
redemption of the Notes;
(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on
any Note;
(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal
of, or interest or premium, or Liquidated Damages, if any, 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 Notes and a waiver
of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
(5) make any Note payable in money other than U.S. dollars;
(6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to
waivers of past Defaults;
(7) make any change in the rights of Holders of Notes to receive
payments of principal of, or interest or premium or Liquidated Damages, if
any, on the Notes;
(8) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture; or
(9) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
payment on or with respect to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees;
(10) amend, change or modify the obligation of the Company to make
and consummate an Asset Sale Offer with respect to any Asset Sale in
accordance with the Section 4.10 or the obligation of the Company to make
and consummate a Change of Control Offer in the event of a Change of
Control in accordance with Section 4.16, including, in each case,
amending, changing or modifying any definition relating thereto;
(11) except as otherwise permitted under Section 5.01, consent to
the assignment or transfer by the Company or any Guarantor of any of their
rights or obligations hereunder;
(12) amend or modify any of the provisions of this Indenture or the
related definitions affecting the subordination or ranking of the Notes or
any Subsidiary Guarantee in any manner adverse to the holders of the Notes
or any Subsidiary Guarantee; or
(13) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver
provisions.
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Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of the
Board of Directors of the Company 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 9.06
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.
SECTION 9.03. COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall
be set forth in an 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. NOTICE OF AMENDMENT; NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF NOTES
After any amendment under this Article becomes effective, the
Company shall mail to Holders of Notes a notice briefly describing such
amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders of Notes, or any
defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under
this Article.
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, in the
sole discretion of the Trustee, does not adversely affect the rights, duties,
liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. 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 Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental
indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
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ARTICLE 10
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
SECTION 10.01. GUARANTEE
(a) 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:
(i) the principal of, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any,
and interest on the Notes shall 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 shall 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 shall 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.
(b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are
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 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) 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 Subsidiary
Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the
obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.
(d) 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
Subsidiary Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated
in full force and effect.
(e) 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, (1) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof
for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay,
injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the
obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of
acceleration of such obligations
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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 Subsidiary Guarantee.
(f) 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 Subsidiary Guarantee.
(g) To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Section
10.1, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee
substantially in the form included in Exhibit E 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 Subsidiary Guarantor by
an Officer.
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 Subsidiary
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 Subsidiary Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing
intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree
that the obligations of such Guarantor shall be limited to the maximum amount
that shall, 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 Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
SECTION 10.03. GUARANTORS MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS
No Guarantor may sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially
all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not
such Guarantor is the surviving Person), another Person, other than the Company
or another Guarantor, unless:
(1) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default
or Event of Default exists; and
(2) either:
(a) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or
disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger unconditionally assumes all the obligations
of that Guarantor under this Indenture (including its Subsidiary
Guarantee) and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to
agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; or
(b) the Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition shall
be required to be applied in accordance with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture.
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SECTION 10.04. RELEASES OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
The Subsidiary Guarantee of a Guarantor shall be released:
(1) upon consummation of any sale or other disposition of all
of the Capital Stock of that Guarantor to a Person that is not
(either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company if the sale or
other disposition does not violate Section 4.10 of this Indenture;
(2) if the Company designates any Restricted Subsidiary that
is a Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with
the applicable provisions of this Indenture; or
(3) upon Legal Defeasance of the Notes and the Subsidiary
Guarantees pursuant to Section 8.02 or upon satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture as provided in Section 11.01.
ARTICLE 11
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 11.01. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further
effect as to all Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees issued hereunder, except as to
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes, when:
(a) either:
(1) all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost,
stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes
for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter
repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the trustee for
cancellation; or
(2) all Notes that have not been delivered to the trustee for
cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of
a notice of redemption or otherwise or shall become due and payable
within one year and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the trustee as trust funds
in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S.
dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of
cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in
amounts as shall be sufficient, without consideration of any
reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the trustee for
cancellation for principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any,
and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;
(b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on
the date of the deposit or shall result therefrom (other than a Default or
Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to
such deposit) and the deposit shall not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the
Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any
Guarantor is bound;
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(c) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all
sums payable by it hereunder; and
(d) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the
trustee hereunder to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the
Notes at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be. In
addition, the Company must deliver an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent under this
Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
have been satisfied.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture,
the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.07 and, if money
shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (2) of paragraph
(a) above, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 11.02 shall survive.
SECTION 11.02. APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS
Subject to Section 11.03 hereof, all cash and non-callable
Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 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 and
Liquidated Damages, if any, but such cash and securities need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.
SECTION 11.03. REPAYMENT TO COMPANY
Any cash or non-callable Government Securities 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 or Liquidated Damages,
if any, on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal,
and premium, if any, or interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, 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 shall thereafter,
as an unsecured creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such cash and
securities, and all liability of the Company as Trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease; provided 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 cash and securities 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 cash and securities
then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 11.04. REINSTATEMENT
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States
dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Sections 11.01
and 11.02, 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 and any Guarantor's obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had
occurred pursuant to Sections 11.01 and 11.02 hereof until such time as the
Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with
Sections 11.01 and 11.02 hereof, as the case may be; provided that, if the
Company makes any payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest or
Liquidated Damages, if any, on any Note following the reinstatement of its
obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the
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rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held
by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 12
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 12.01. TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a
provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act to be a
part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any
provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall
be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the
case may be.
SECTION 12.02. NOTICES
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the
Trustee shall be in writing (which may be a facsimile, receipt confirmed) and
delivered in person or mailed by first class mail addressed as follows:
If to the Company or any Guarantor:
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc.
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Fax: 000-000-0000
With a copy to:
Squire, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP,
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
00 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Mount
If to the Trustee:
U.S. Bank Corporate Trust Services
000 X.X. Xxx Xxxxxx XX-XX-X0XX
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the other
may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders)
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when received.
Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first
class mail to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any
notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any
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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 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 12.03. 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 12.04. 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 Officer's Certificate (which shall include the statements set
forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the
signers, all conditions precedent (including any covenants compliance with
which constitutes a condition precedent) provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel (which shall include the statements set
forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent (including any covenants compliance
with which constitutes a condition precedent) have been satisfied.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by,
or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such eligible and qualified Persons as to other matters, and any
such Person may certify or given an opinion as to such matters in one or several
documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an Officer of the Company may be
based, insofar as it related to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of,
or representations by, counsel, unless such Officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it
relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations
by, an officer or officers of the Company stating the information on which
counsel is relying unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable
care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with
respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 12.05. 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:
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(a) a statement that the person(s) 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
or they have made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable such person or persons 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
persons, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
SECTION 12.06. 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 12.07. NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND
STOCKHOLDERS
No director, officer, employee, incorporator, Affiliate or
stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability
for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, this
Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Registration Rights Agreement, or
for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or
their creation. Each Holder of a Note by accepting such Note waives and releases
all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for
issuance of the Notes. The wavier may not be effective to waive liabilities
under the federal securities laws
SECTION 12.08. GOVERNING LAW
THIS INDENTURE, THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES AND THE NOTES SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
SECTION 12.09. 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 12.10. 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.
SECTION 12.11. 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 to
the extent permitted by applicable law.
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SECTION 12.12. 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 12.13. 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 12.14. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall
give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder, the holders of Senior Debt and the Holders, any benefit or any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture, except as may
otherwise be provided pursuant to this Indenture with respect to such Notes.
SECTION 12.15. LEGAL HOLIDAYS
In any case where any interest payment date, redemption date or
maturity of any Note, or any date on which a Holder has the right to convert his
Note, shall not be a Business Day at any place of payment, then (notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture or of the Notes (other than a provision of
any Note which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of
this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any), or
conversion of such Note need not be made at such place of payment on such date,
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such place of payment
with the same force and effect as if made on the interest payment date or
redemption date, or at the maturity, or on such date for conversion, as the case
may be.
[Signatures on following page]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Indenture
this 11th of May 2005.
THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President and CFO
GREENBRIER-CONCARRIL, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
GREENBRIER LEASING CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
GREENBRIER LEASING LIMITED PARTNER, LLC
By: Greenbrier Leasing Corporation, sole
member and manager
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
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GREENBRIER MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC
By: Greenbrier Leasing Corporation, sole
member and manager
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
GREENBRIER LEASING, L.P.
By: Greenbrier Management Services, LLC,
General Partner
By: Greenbrier Leasing Corporation, sole
member
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
GUNDERSON, INC.
By: /s/ X. Xxxxx Wood
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Name: X. Xxxxx Xxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
XXXXXXXXX MARINE, INC.
By: /s/ X. Xxxxx Xxxx
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Name: X. Xxxxx Wood
Title: President
GUNDERSON RAIL SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
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XXXXXXXXX SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, LLC
By: Gunderson, Inc., sole member and
manger
By: /s/ X. Xxxxx Wood
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Name: X. Xxxxx Xxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
AUTOSTACK CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
GREENBRIER RAILCAR, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable, pursuant to the
provisions of the Indenture]
[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable, pursuant to
the provisions of the Indenture]
[Insert the Regulation S Legend, if applicable, pursuant to the
provisions of the Indenture]
CUSIP No.
ISIN No.
[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]
8-3/8% Senior Notes due 2015
Principal amount at Maturity $ ______
THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its
permitted successors, the "Company") promises to pay to ______________, or
registered assigns, the principal sum of _____________ Dollars on _____________,
20[__] [or such greater or lesser amount as may be indicated on Schedule A
hereto](1).
Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15, commencing __________, ___
Record Dates: May 1 and November 1
Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.
Dated: THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the [Global] Notes referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By: ______________________________________
Authorized Signatory
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(1) If this Note is a Global Note, include this provision.
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]
8-3/8% Senior Notes due 2015
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
(1) Interest. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(together with its permitted successors, the "Company"), promises to pay
interest on the principal amount of this Note at 8-3/8% per annum from May 11,
2005 until maturity and shall pay the Liquidated Damages, if any, payable
pursuant to Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement. The Company shall
pay interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, semi-annually in arrears on May 15
and November 15 of each such year, commencing November 15, 2005 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 shall 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 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 the first
of May 15 or November 15 to occur after the date of issuance, unless such May 15
or November 15 occurs within one calendar month of such date of issuance, in
which case the first Interest Payment Date shall be the second of May 15 or
November 15 to occur after the date of issuance]2. Interest shall be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
(2) Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes
(except defaulted interest) and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the Persons in
whose name(s) this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) who are registered
Holders of Notes at the close of business on the May 1 or November 1 next
preceding the Interest Payment Date (each, a "Record Date"), even if such Notes
are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date,
except as provided in Section 2.13 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted
interest. The Notes shall be payable as to principal of or premium, if any,
Liquidated Damages, if any, or 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 and Liquidated Damages, if
any, 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 shall be required with respect to principal of or
premium, if any, Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on, the Global Notes
and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer
instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent prior to the applicable Record
Date. 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, shall 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 May 11, 2005 ("Indenture"), between the Company, the Guarantors 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
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(2) Insert if Notes are Additional Notes.
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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. The Notes are obligations of the
Company initially in the aggregate principal amount of $175,000,000. Subject to
compliance with Section 2.15 of the Indenture, the Company is permitted to issue
Additional Notes under the Indenture in an unlimited principal amount. Any such
Additional Notes that are actually issued shall be treated as issued and
outstanding Notes (and as the same class as the Initial Notes) for all purposes
of the Indenture, unless the context clearly indicated otherwise.
(5) Ranking. The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the
Company and rank parri passu with all other senior obligations of the Company.
(6) Guarantees. This Note is guaranteed by the Persons, if any,
specified as Guarantors in the Indenture to the extent provided in the
Indenture.
(7) Optional Redemption.
(a) Except as set forth in clause (b) of this Paragraph 7, the
Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.07
of the Indenture prior to May 15, 2010. Thereafter, the Company shall have the
option to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices
(expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and
unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages thereon, if any, to the applicable
redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if
redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on May 15 of the years
indicated below:
YEAR Percentage
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2010..................................................................... 104.188%
2011..................................................................... 102.792%
2012..................................................................... 101.396%
2013 and thereafter...................................................... 100.000%
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (a) of this Paragraph
7, at any time prior to May 15, 2008, the Company may on any one or more
occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued
under the Indenture (including any Additional Notes) at a redemption price equal
to 108.375% of the principal amount thereof on the redemption date, plus accrued
and unpaid Liquidated Damages, if any, to the redemption date, with the net cash
proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings by the Company; provided that
(1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes (including any
Additional Notes) issued under this Indenture remains outstanding immediately
after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company and
its Subsidiaries); and (2) the Company mail notice of redemption no later than
30 days after the closing of such Public Equity Offering and consummates the
redemption within 60 days of the closing of such Public Equity Offering.
(c) On and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on
Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
(8) Repurchase at Option of Holder.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes
shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal
to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of such Holder's Notes pursuant to
the offer described below (the "Change of Control Offer") at an offer
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price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus
accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, thereon 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 Restricted Subsidiary consummates any Asset
Sales, when the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $20.0 million, the
Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall commence an offer to all
Holders pursuant to Section 4.10 of the Indenture to purchase the maximum
principal amount of Notes (an "Asset Sale Offer") to all Holders of Notes and
all holders of such other Indebtedness of the Company that is pari passu with
the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with
respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets
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 and Liquidated Damages, if any, thereon to the date of purchase, in
accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that
any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the
Company may use such Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by
the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu
Indebtedness tendered in such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess
Proceeds, the Excess Proceeds shall be allocated by the Company to the Notes and
such other pari passu Indebtedness on a pro rata basis (based upon the
respective principal amounts (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Notes and
such other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer) and the
portion of each Note to be purchased shall thereafter be determined by the
Trustee on a pro rata basis among the Holders of such Notes with appropriate
adjustments such that the Notes may only be purchased in integral multiples of
$1,000. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds
shall be reset to zero. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to
purchase shall 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.
(9) Notice of Redemption. Except as provided in paragraphs (7)(b)
and (8), notice of redemption shall be mailed at least 30 days but not more than
60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed
at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be
redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes
held by a Holder are to be redeemed on the basis of the aggregate principal
amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of Notes and other pari passu
Indebtedness tendered.
(10) Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in registered
form without coupons in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples
of $1,000 in excess thereof. 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. No
service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
(11) Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note may be
treated as its owner for all purposes.
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(12) Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain
exceptions, the Indenture, the Subsidiary 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
Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes (other than a Default or Event of Default in
the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, Liquidated Damages, if any,
or interest on the Notes) or compliance with any provision of the Indenture 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 or the Notes may be amended
or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; provide for
uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes (provided
that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of
Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes
are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code); provide for the assumption
of the Company's obligations to Holders of Notes in the case of a merger or
consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets; make
any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders
of Notes or that does not adversely affect the rights under the Indenture of any
such Holder; provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the
provisions set forth in this Indenture; evidence and provide for the acceptance
of an appointment of a successor Trustee; conform this Indenture or the Notes to
the "Description of Notes" set forth in the Offering Memorandum; add Subsidiary
Guarantees with respect to the Notes; or comply with requirements of the SEC in
order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.
(13) Events of Default. Events of Default include (1) default for 30
days in the payment when due of interest on, or Liquidated Damages, if any, with
respect to, the Notes; (2)default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon
redemption or acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium if any,
on, the Notes; (3) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to comply with any of the provisions of Sections 4.07, 4.09, 4.10, 4.16 and
5.01; (4) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 30
days after notice to comply with any of the other agreements in this Indenture;
(5) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be
issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness by the
Company or any Guarantor (or the payment of which is Guaranteed by the Company
or any Guarantor) whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is
created after the date on which Notes are first issued hereunder, if that
default: (a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium,
if any on, such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period
provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a "Payment Default");
or (b) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its Stated
Maturity, and, in each of clauses (a) and (b) above, the principal amount of any
such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such
Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the Stated Maturity
of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $10.0 million or more; (6) failure
by the Company or any Guarantor to pay final judgments entered by a court or
courts of competent jurisdiction, aggregating in excess of $10.0 million, which
judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days after such
judgments have become final and non-appealable; (7) except as permitted by this
Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee shall be held in any judicial proceeding to
be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force
and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor,
shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee; (8)
certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency described in this Indenture with
respect to the Company or any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or a
group of Guarantors that, taken together (as of the latest audited consolidated
financial statements for the Company and its Subsidiaries) would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary, including: (a) commences a voluntary case, (b) consents
to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (c)
consents to the appointment of a Note Custodian of it or for all or
substantially all of its property, (d) makes a general assignment for the
benefit of its creditors, or (e) generally is not paying its debts as they
become due; and (9) court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree
under any Bankruptcy Law that: (a) is for relief against the Company or any
Guarantor
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that is a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case; (b) appoints a
Custodian of the Company or any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or
for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any Guarantor
that is a Significant Subsidiary; or (c) orders the liquidation of the Company
or any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary; and the order or decree
remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days. In the case of an Event
of Default arising from clause (8) or (9) of Section 6.01, with respect to the
Company, any Guarantor of the Company that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Guarantors of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes shall become due and payable
immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the
Notes to be due and payable immediately by notice in writing to the Company (and
to the Trustee if given by Holders). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event
of Default specified in clause (5) of Section 6.01 shall have occurred and be
continuing, such Event of Default and any consequential acceleration shall be
automatically rescinded if (i) the Indebtedness that is the subject of such
Event of Default has been repaid, or (ii) if the default relating to such
Indebtedness is waived or cured and if such Indebtedness has been accelerated,
then the Holders thereof have rescinded their declaration of acceleration in
respect of such Indebtedness. Any such declaration with respect to the Notes may
be rescinded and annulled by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount at maturity of the outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee,
except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of,
or interest or premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes, if (i) the
rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction, (ii) all existing Events of Default have been cured or
waived except nonpayment of principal of or interest on the Notes that has
become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, (iii) to the extent the
payment of such interest is lawful, interest (at the same rate specified in the
Notes) on overdue installments of interest and overdue payments of principal,
which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has
been paid, (iv) the Company has paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and
reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances and (v) in
the event of the cure or waiver of a Default or Event of Default of the type
described in Section 6.01(9) and (10) the Trustee has received an Officer's
Certificate and Opinion of Counsel that such Default or Event of Default has
been cured or waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or
impair any right consequent thereto.
(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. No director, officer, employee,
incorporator, Affiliate or stockholder of the Company or any of the Guarantors,
as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or such
Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantee, the
Registration Rights Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by
reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes 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 rights 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) Registration Rights Agreement. In addition to the rights
provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global
Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of May 11, 2005 between the Company, the
Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers.
(19) CUSIP, ISIN or Other Similar Numbers. Pursuant to a
recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification
Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers to be
printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP, ISIN or other similar
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.
(20) Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below and have your signature
guaranteed: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to
________________________________________________________________________________
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint __________________________________________________ agent
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
________________________________________________________________________________
Date: _________________ Your Name: _______________________________
(Print your name exactly as it
appears on the face of this Note)
Your Signature: __________________________
(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 4.16 of the Indenture, check the box below:
[_] Section 4.10 [_] Section 4.16
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, state the
amount you elect to have purchased:
$ ___________________
Date: _________________ Your Signature: ________________________
(Sign exactly as your
name appears on the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No: _________________
Signature Guarantee*:
_______________________________________
(*Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program)
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE(3)
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:
Principal Amount of
this Global Note Signature of
Amount of decrease Amount of increase in following such authorized officer
in Principal Amount Principal Amount of decrease (or of Trustee or
Date of Exchange of this Global Note this Global Note increase) Note Custodian
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(3) If this Note is a Global Note, include this schedule.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc.
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Fax: 000-000-0000
U.S. Bank National Association
[ ]
Re: 8-3/8% Senior Notes due 2015
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of May 11, 2005
(the "Indenture"), between The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., as issuer (the
"Company"), the guarantors party thereto (the "Guarantors"), and U.S. Bank
National Association, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
_________, (the "Transferor") owns and proposes to transfer the
Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the
principal amount at maturity of $________ in such Note[s] or interests (the
"Transfer"), to _____________ (the "Transferee"), as further specified in Annex
A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:
1. [_] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE
144A GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A. The Transfer is
being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and,
accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial
interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor
reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or
Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to
which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each
such account is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule
144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is
in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the
United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note
shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private
Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and
in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
2. [_] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE
REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE
NOTE PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly,
the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made
to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was
originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and
any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the
Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in,
on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and
neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the
transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed
selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule
903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the
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Securities Act (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade
the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed
transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance
Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or
benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of
the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the
transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note shall be subject to the
restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on
the Regulation S Global Note, the Temporary Regulation S Global Note and/or the
Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
3. [_] CHECK AND COMPLETE IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL
INTEREST IN A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO ANY PROVISION OF THE SECURITIES ACT
OTHER THAN RULE 144A OR REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected in
compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in
Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in
accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws
of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further
certifies that (check one):
(a) [_] such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
or
(b) [_] such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a
subsidiary thereof;
or
(c) [_] such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
4. [_] Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.
(a) [_] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO RULE 144. (i) The Transfer
is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the
Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the
Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United
States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the
Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with
the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or
Definitive Note shall no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer
enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global
Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(b) [_] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. (i) The
Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule
904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions
contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any
state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in
the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed
Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the
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transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note shall no longer be subject to
the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed
on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the
Indenture.
(c) [_] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO OTHER EXEMPTION. (i) The
Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule
903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in
the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the
United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture
and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial
interest or Definitive Note shall not be subject to the restrictions on transfer
enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global
Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for
your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
___________________________
[Insert Name of Transferor]
By: _______________________
Name:
Title:
Dated: _________, __
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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
[CHECK ONE]
(a) [_] a beneficial interest in the:
(i) [_] 144A Global Note (CUSIP _______); or
(ii) [_] Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP ______); or
(b) [_] a Restricted Definitive Note.
2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
[CHECK ONE]
(a) [_] a beneficial interest in the:
(i) [_] 144A Global Note (CUSIP ); or
(ii) [_] Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP ); or
(iii) [_] Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP ); or
(b) [_] a Restricted Definitive Note; or
(d) [_] an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
U.S. Bank National Association
Xxxxxxx Square
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Division
Re: 8-3/8% Senior Notes due 2015
(CUSIP _________)
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of May 11, 2005
(the "Indenture"), between The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., as issuer (the
"Company") and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee. Capitalized terms
used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the
Indenture.
____________, (the "Owner") owns and proposes to exchange the
Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of
$______ in such Note[s] or interests (the "Exchange"). In connection with the
Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
1. EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A
RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE FOR UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS
IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE
(a) [_] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A
RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In
connection with the Exchange of the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal
principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is
being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange
has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the
Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), (iii) the restrictions on
transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in
compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the
United States.
(b) [_] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A
RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the
Exchange of the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note
is being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii) such
Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with
the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the
Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required
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in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive
Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities
laws of any state of the United States.
(c) [_] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the
Owner's Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest
is being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii) such
Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with
the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the
Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being
acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state
of the United States.
(d) [_] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO
UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Owner's Exchange of a
Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby
certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner's
own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance
with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and
pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on
transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the
Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable
blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
2. EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED
GLOBAL NOTES FOR RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN
RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES
(a) [_] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A
RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the
Exchange of the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a
Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby
certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner's
own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note
issued shall continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated
in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in
the Indenture and the Securities Act.
(b) [_] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange
of the Owner's Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the
[CHECK ONE] 144A Global Note, Regulation S Global Note, with an equal principal
amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired
for the Owner's own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been
effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the
Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities
Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state
of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued shall be subject
to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend
printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the
Securities Act.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for
your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
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___________________________
[Insert Name of Transferor]
By: _______________________
Name:
Title:
Dated: _________, ____
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[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]
This SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of ________________, 200__,
among __________________ (the "Guaranteeing Subsidiary"), a subsidiary of The
Greenbrier Companies, 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.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee entered into an Indenture (the
"Indenture"), dated as of May 11, 2005, pursuant to which the Company has issued
$___________ in principal amount of [ ]% Senior Notes due 2015 (the "Notes");
WHEREAS, Section 9.01(8) of the Indenture provides that the Company,
the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture in order to
add Subsidiary Guarantees with respect to the Notes, without the consent of the
Holders of the Notes; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things prescribed by the Indenture, by law and
by the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws (or comparable constituent
documents) of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee necessary to make this
Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument legally binding on the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms, have been duly done
and performed;
NOW THEREFORE, to comply with the provisions of the Indenture, and
in consideration of the foregoing, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable
benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Section 1.01. This Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the
Indenture and does and shall be deemed to form a part of, and shall be construed
in connection with and as part of, the Indenture for any and all purposes.
Section 1.02. This Supplemental Indenture shall become effective
immediately upon its execution and delivery by each of the Guaranteeing
Subsidiaries, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee.
ARTICLE 2
Section 2.01. Each of the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries hereby agrees to
be bound by the terms, conditions and other provisions of the Indenture with all
attendant rights, duties and obligations stated therein, on a joint and several
basis with the parties hereto and thereto, with the same force and effect as if
originally named as a Guarantor therein and as if such party executed the
Indenture on the date thereof.
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ARTICLE 3
Section 3.01. Except as specifically modified herein, the Indenture
and the Notes are in all respects ratified and confirmed (mutatis mutandis) and
shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.
Section 3.02. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the same respective meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.
Section 3.03. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no
duties, responsibilities or liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be
assumed, by the Trustee by reason of this Supplemental Indenture. This
Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted by the Trustee subject to all of
the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture with the same force and
effect as if those terms and conditions were repeated at length herein and made
applicable to the Trustee with respect hereto.
Section 3.04. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 3.05. 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.
Section 3.06. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of
reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or
interpretation of, this letter agreement.
Section 3.07. The recitals hereto are statements only of the
Company, the Guarantors and the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries and shall not be
considered statements of or attributable to the Trustee.
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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.
[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
[EXISTING GUARANTORS]
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
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XXXXXXX X-0
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY A PERMITTED SUCCESSOR TO THE COMPANY]
This SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of ________________, 200__,
among __________________ (the "Successor Company"), a permitted successor to The
Greenbrier Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the
Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and U.S. Bank
National Association, as Trustee.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee entered into an Indenture (the
"Indenture"), dated as of May 11, 2005, pursuant to which the Company has issued
$___________ in principal amount of [ ]% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 (the
"Notes");
WHEREAS, Section 9.01(3) of the Indenture provides that the Company,
the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture in order to
provide for the assumption of the Company's obligations to Holders of Notes in
the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the
Company's assets, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things prescribed by the Indenture, by law and
by the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws (or comparable constituent
documents) of the Successor Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee necessary to
make this Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument legally binding on the
Successor Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms,
have been duly done and performed;
NOW THEREFORE, to comply with the provisions of the Indenture, and
in consideration of the foregoing, the Successor Company, the Guarantors and the
Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the
Holders of the Notes as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Section 1.01. This Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the
Indenture and does and shall be deemed to form a part of, and shall be construed
in connection with and as part of, the Indenture for any and all purposes.
Section 1.02. This Supplemental Indenture shall become effective
immediately upon its execution and delivery by each of the Guaranteeing
Subsidiaries, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee.
ARTICLE 2
Section 2.01. In accordance with Section 5.02 of the Indenture, the
Successor Company hereby agrees to be bound by the terms, conditions and other
provisions of, and assumes all of the obligations of the Company under, the
Indenture and the Notes with all attendant rights, duties and obligations stated
therein, on a joint and several basis with the parties hereto and thereto, with
the same force and effect as if originally named as the Company therein and as
if such party executed the Indenture on the date thereof. The Successor Company
represents and warrants that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5.01 of
the Indenture are satisfied.
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ARTICLE 3
Section 3.01. Except as specifically modified herein, the Indenture
and the Notes are in all respects ratified and confirmed (mutatis mutandis) and
shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.
Section 3.02. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the same respective meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.
Section 3.03. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no
duties, responsibilities or liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be
assumed, by the Trustee by reason of this Supplemental Indenture. This
Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted by the Trustee subject to all of
the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture with the same force and
effect as if those terms and conditions were repeated at length herein and made
applicable to the Trustee with respect hereto.
Section 3.04. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 3.05. 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.
Section 3.06. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of
reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or
interpretation of, this letter agreement.
Section 3.07. The recitals hereto are statements only of the Company
and the Guarantors and shall not be considered statements of or attributable to
the Trustee.
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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.
[SUCCESSOR COMPANY]
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
[GUARANTORS]
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT E
[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 May 11, 2005 (the "Indenture") among The Greenbrier
Companies, Inc., the Guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and U.S.
Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), (a) the full and punctual
payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or
otherwise, of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and
all other obligations and liabilities of the Company under the Indenture
(including without limitation interest accruing after the filing of any petition
in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like
proceedings, relating to the Company or any Guarantor whether or not a claim for
post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding). The
obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee
pursuant to the Subsidiary Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth
in Article X of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for
the precise terms of the Guarantee, which terms are incorporated herein by
reference.
GREENBRIER-CONCARRIL, LLC
By: _______________________________
[Title]
GREENBRIER LEASING CORPORATION
By: _______________________________
[Title]
GREENBRIER LEASING LIMITED PARTNER,
LLC
By: _______________________________
[Title]
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GREENBRIER MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC
By: _______________________________
[Title]
GREENBRIER LEASING, L.P.
By: _______________________________
[Title]
GUNDERSON, INC.
By: _______________________________
[Title]
GUNDERSON MARINE, INC.
By: _______________________________
[Title]
XXXXXXXXX RAIL SERVICES, INC.
By: _______________________________
[Title]
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GUNDERSON SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, LLC
By: _______________________________
[Title]
AUTOSTACK CORPORATION
By: _______________________________
[Title]
GREENBRIER RAILCAR, INC.
By: _______________________________
[Title]
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EXECUTION COPY
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF MAY 11, 2005
AMONG
THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.,
THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HEREOF,
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
AND
BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC.
