EXHIBIT 10.56
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE
DELIVERED BY GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARIES
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this "Supplemental Indenture"), dated as of
August 6, 2003, among L-3 Communications Aeromet, Inc., an Oregon corporation,
AMI Instruments, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, Apcom, Inc., a Maryland
corporation, Broadcast Sports Inc., a Delaware corporation, Celerity Systems
Incorporated, a California corporation, EER Systems, Inc., a Virginia
corporation, Electrodynamics, Inc., an Arizona corporation, L-3 Communications
Aerospace Component Overhaul & Repair, Inc., a Delaware corporation, L-3
Communications Avionics Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, L-3
Communications FlightSystems Corporation, an Ohio corporation, Xxxxxxxx Inc., a
Delaware corporation, Hygienetics Environmental Services, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, Interstate Electronics Corporation, a California corporation, KDI
Precision Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation, L-3 Communications AIS GP
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, L-3 Communications Analytics Corporation, a
California corporation, L-3 Communications Atlantic Science and Technology
Corporation, a New Jersey corporation, L-3 Communications Aydin Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, L-3 Communications ESSCO, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
L-3 Communications ILEX Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, X-0
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx XXX Corporation, a Connecticut corporation, L-3 Communications
Integrated Systems L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, L-3 Communications
Investments, Inc., a Delaware corporation, L-3 Communications Security and
Detection Systems Corporation Delaware, a Delaware corporation, L-3
Communications Security and Detection Systems Corporation California, a
California corporation, L-3 Communications SPD Technologies, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, L-3 Communications Storm Control Systems, Inc., a California
corporation, L-3 Communications TMA Corporation, a Virginia corporation, L-3
Communications Westwood Corporation, a Nevada corporation, MCTI Acquisition
Corporation, a Maryland Corporation, Microdyne Communications Technologies
Incorporated, a Maryland corporation, Microdyne Corporation, a Maryland
corporation, Microdyne Outsourcing Incorporated, a Maryland corporation, MPRI,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, Pac Ord Inc., a Delaware corporation, Power
Paragon, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Ship Analytics, Inc., a Connecticut
corporation, Ship Analytics International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Ship
Analytics USA, Inc., a Connecticut corporation, Southern California Microwave,
Inc., a California corporation, SPD Electrical Systems, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, SPD Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, SPD Switchgear Inc., a
Delaware corporation, SYColeman Corporation, a Florida corporation, Telos
Corporation, a California corporation, Troll Technology Corporation, a
California corporation, Wescam Air Ops Inc., a Delaware corporation, Wescam Air
Ops LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Wescam Holdings (US) Inc., a
Delaware corporation, Wescam Incorporated, a Florida corporation, Wescam LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, Wescam Sonoma Inc., a California corporation
and Wolf Coach, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (each, a "Guaranteeing
Subsidiary", and collectively, the "Guaranteeing Subsidiaries"), each a
subsidiary of L-3 Communications Corporation (or its permitted successor), a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the Company and The Bank of New York, as
trustee under the indenture referred to below (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the
Trustee an indenture (the "Indenture"), dated as of December 11, 1998 providing
for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of up to $300,000,000 of 8%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the "Notes");
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the
Guaranteeing Subsidiaries shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a
supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries shall
unconditionally guarantee all of the Company's Obligations under the Notes and
the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the "Subsidiary
Guarantee"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 4.13 and 9.01 of the Indenture, the
Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Guaranteeing Subsidiaries and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the
equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees
as follows:
(a) Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary, jointly and severally with all
other current and future guarantors of the Notes (collectively,
the "Guarantors" and each, a "Guarantor"), unconditionally
guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns,
regardless of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture,
the Notes or the Obligations of the Company under the Indenture
or the Notes, that:
(i) the principal of, premium and interest on the Notes will be
promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the
overdue principal of, premium and interest on the Notes, to
the extent lawful, and all other Obligations of the Company
to the Holders or the Trustee thereunder or under the
Indenture will be promptly paid in full, all in accordance
with the terms thereof; and
(ii) in case of any extension of time for payment or renewal of
any Notes or any of such other Obligations, that the same
will be promptly paid in full when due in accordance with
the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that this Subsidiary
Guarantee would constitute or result in a violation of any
applicable fraudulent conveyance or similar law of any relevant
jurisdiction, the liability of each Guaranteeing Subsidiary under
this Supplemental Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be
reduced to the maximum amount permissible under such fraudulent
conveyance or similar law.
3. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.
(a) To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this
Supplemental Indenture, each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby
agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee substantially
in the form of Exhibit F to the Indenture shall be endorsed by an
officer of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary on each Note
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee after the date hereof.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Guaranteeing Subsidiary
hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth herein
shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure
to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.
(c) If an Officer whose signature is on this Supplemental Indenture
or on the Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds that office at the
time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Subsidiary
Guarantee is endorsed, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid
nevertheless.
(d) The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication
thereof under the Indenture, shall constitute due delivery of the
Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture on
behalf of each Guaranteeing Subsidiary.
(e) Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees that its obligations
hereunder shall be unconditional, regardless of the validity,
regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the
absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent
by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions of the
Notes or the Indenture, 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.
(f) Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary 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 covenants that its
Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture
will not be discharged except by complete performance of the
obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture.
(g) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or
otherwise to return to the Company or any Guaranteeing
Subsidiary, or any Custodian, Trustee, liquidator or other
similar official acting in relation to either the Company or such
Guaranteeing Subsidiary, any amount paid by either to the Trustee
or such Holder, the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this
Supplemental Indenture, to the extent theretofore discharged,
shall be reinstated in full force and effect.
(h) Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary 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 Guaranteeing Subsidiary
further agrees that, as between such Guaranteeing Subsidiary, on
the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand:
(i) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be
accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for
the purposes of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to
this Supplemental Indenture, notwithstanding any stay,
injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration
in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby; and
(ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such
obligations as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture, such
obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith
become due and payable by such Guaranteeing Subsidiary for
the purpose of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to
this Supplemental Indenture.
(i) Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have the right to seek
contribution from any other non-paying Guaranteeing Subsidiary so
long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of
the Holders or the Trustee under the Subsidiary Guarantee made
pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.
4. GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARIES MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ON CERTAIN TERMS.
(a) Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 of the Indenture, nothing
contained in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or in the
Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of any
Guaranteeing Subsidiary with or into the Company or any other
Guarantor or shall prevent any transfer, sale or conveyance of
the property of any Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety, to the Company or any other
Guarantor.
(b) Except as set forth in Article 4 of the Indenture, nothing
contained in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or in the
Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of any
Guaranteeing Subsidiary with or into a corporation or
corporations other than the Company or any other Guarantor (in
each case, whether or not affiliated with such Guaranteeing
Subsidiary), or successive consolidations or mergers in which a
Guaranteeing Subsidiary or its successor or successors shall be a
party or parties, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the
property of any Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety, to a corporation other than the
Company or any other Guarantor (in each case, whether or not
affiliated with such Guaranteeing Subsidiary) authorized to
acquire and operate the same; provided, however, that each
Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby covenants and agrees that (i)
subject to the Indenture, upon any such consolidation, merger,
sale or conveyance, the due and punctual performance and
observance of all of the covenants and conditions of the
Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture to be performed by such
Guaranteeing Subsidiary, shall be expressly assumed (in the event
that such Guaranteeing Subsidiary is not the surviving
corporation in the merger), by supplemental indenture
satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed and delivered to
the Trustee, by the corporation formed by such consolidation, or
into which such Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have been merged,
or by the corporation which shall have acquired such property and
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such consolidation,
merger, sale or conveyance no Default or Event of Default exists.
(c) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and
upon the assumption by the successor corporation, by supplemental
indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory
in form to the Trustee, of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant
to this Supplemental Indenture and the due and punctual
performance of all of the covenants and conditions of the
Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture to be performed by
each Guaranteeing Subsidiary, such successor corporation shall
succeed to and be substituted for such Guaranteeing Subsidiary
with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary. Such successor corporation thereupon may
cause to be signed any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantees to be
endorsed upon the Notes issuable under the Indenture which
theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and
delivered to the Trustee. All the Subsidiary Guarantees so issued
shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under
the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture as the Subsidiary
Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture as
though all of such Subsidiary Guarantees had been issued at the
date of the execution hereof.
5. RELEASES.
(a) Concurrently with any sale of assets (including, if applicable,
all of the Capital Stock of a Guaranteeing Subsidiary), all
Liens, if any, in favor of the Trustee in the assets sold thereby
shall be released; provided that in the event of an Asset Sale,
the Net Proceeds from such sale or other disposition are treated
in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.10 of the
Indenture. If the assets sold in such sale or other disposition
include all or substantially all of the assets of a Guaranteeing
Subsidiary or all of the Capital Stock of a Guaranteeing
Subsidiary, then the Guaranteeing Subsidiary (in the event of a
sale or other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of such
Guaranteeing Subsidiary) or the Person acquiring the property (in
the event of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially
all of the assets of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary) shall be
released from and relieved of its obligations under this
Supplemental Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant
hereto; provided that in the event of an Asset Sale, the Net
Proceeds from such sale or other disposition are treated in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.10 of the Indenture.
Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers'
Certificate to the effect that such sale or other disposition was
made by the Company or the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as the case
may be, in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and
this Supplemental Indenture, including without limitation,
Section 4.10 of the Indenture, the Trustee shall execute any
documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of
the Guaranteeing Subsidiary from its obligations under this
Supplemental Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant
hereto. If the Guaranteeing Subsidiary is not released from its
obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee, it shall remain
liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the
Notes and for the other
obligations of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Indenture
as provided in this Supplemental Indenture.
(b) Upon the designation of a Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, such Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be released and
relieved of its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee and
this Supplemental Indenture. Upon delivery by the Company to the
Trustee of an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that such designation of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary
as an Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Company in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, including
without limitation Section 4.07 of the Indenture, the Trustee
shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to
evidence the release of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary from its
obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee. Any Guaranteeing
Subsidiary not released from its obligations under its Subsidiary
Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of
and interest on the Notes and for the other obligations of any
Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Indenture as provided herein.
6. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director,
officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of any Guaranteeing
Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company
or any Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Notes, any Subsidiary Guarantees, the
Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect
of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the
Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may
not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it
is the view of the Commission that such a waiver is against public policy.
7. SUBORDINATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES; ANTI-LAYERING. No
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or
otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in
right of payment to any Senior Debt of a Guaranteeing Subsidiary and senior in
any respect in right of payment to any of the Subsidiary Guarantees.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Subsidiary Guarantee of each
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be subordinated to the prior payment in full of
all Senior Debt of that Guaranteeing Subsidiary (in the same manner and to the
same extent that the Notes are subordinated to Senior Debt), which shall include
all guarantees of Senior Debt.
8. AMENDMENT OF INDENTURE. Section 3.07(a) of the Indenture is hereby
amended by deleting any references to "December 1" in the second and seventh
lines of such Section and substituting in place thereof "August 1".
9. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
10. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them
together represent the same agreement.
11. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
12. THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner
whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental
Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which
recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries and the Company.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above
written.
Dated: August 6, 2003 L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
Dated: August 6, 2003 L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AEROMET, INC.
AMI INSTRUMENTS, INC.
APCOM, INC.
BROADCAST SPORTS INC.
CELERITY SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
EER SYSTEMS, INC.
ELECTRODYNAMICS, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AEROSPACE COMPONENT
OVERHAUL & REPAIR, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AVIONICS SYSTEMS, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS FLIGHTSYSTEMS CORPORATION
XXXXXXXX INC.
HYGIENETICS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
INTERSTATE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
KDI PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AIS GP CORPORATION
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ANALYTICS
CORPORATION
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ATLANTIC SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AYDIN CORPORATION
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ESSCO, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ILEX SYSTEMS, INC.
X-0 XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX CORPORATION
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATED
SYSTEMS L.P.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INVESTMENTS, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY AND
DETECTION SYSTEMS CORPORATION
DELAWARE
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY AND
DETECTION SYSTEMS CORPORATION
CALIFORNIA
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS SPD TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS STORM CONTROL
SYSTEMS, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS TMA CORPORATION
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS WESTWOOD CORPORATION
MCTI ACQUISITION CORPORATION
MICRODYNE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES
INCORPORATED
MICRODYNE CORPORATION
MICRODYNE OUTSOURCING INCORPORATED
MPRI, INC.
PAC ORD INC.
POWER PARAGON, INC.
SHIP ANALYTICS, INC.
SHIP ANALYTICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SHIP ANALYTICS USA, INC.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MICROWAVE, INC.
SPD ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
SPD HOLDINGS, INC.
SPD SWITCHGEAR INC.
SYCOLEMAN CORPORATION
TELOS CORPORATION
TROLL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
WESCAM AIR OPS INC.
WESCAM AIR OPS LLC
WESCAM INCORPORATED
WESCAM LLC
WESCAM SONOMA INC.
WESCAM HOLDINGS (US) INC.
WOLF COACH, INC.
As Guaranteeing Subsidiaries
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
Dated: August 6, 0000 XXX XXXX XX XXX XXXX,
as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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