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EXHIBIT 4.4
FORM OF
HAWK CORPORATION
10 1/4% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2003
CUSIP No.: __________
No. _____ $____________
HAWK CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company", which
term includes any successor entity), for value received promises to pay to
_______________ or registered assigns, the principal sum of _______________
Dollars on December 1, 2003.
Interest Payment Dates: June 1 and December 1
Record Dates: May 15 and November 15
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note
contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set
forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be
signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
HAWK CORPORATION
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the 10 1/4% Senior Notes due 2003 referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, NA,
as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
Date of Authentication:
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(REVERSE OF SECURITY)
10 1/4% Senior Note due 2003
1. INTEREST. HAWK CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the
rate PER ANNUM shown above. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most
recent date on which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid,
from November 27, 1996. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears
on each Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months and, in the case of a partial month, the
actual number of days elapsed.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and on
overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace
periods) to the extent lawful, from time to time on demand at the rate borne by
the Notes.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company shall pay interest on the
Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders
at the close of business on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest
Payment Date even if the Notes are cancelled on registration of transfer or
registration of exchange after such Record Date. Holders must surrender Notes to
a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal
and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender"). However,
the Company may pay principal and interest by its check payable in such U.S.
Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest payment to the Paying
Agent or to a Holder at the Holder's registered address.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, BANK ONE TRUST
COMPANY, NA (the "Trustee") will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company
may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without notice to the
Holders.
4. INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an indenture,
dated as of November 27, 1996 (the "Indenture"), between the Company, the
Guarantors named therein (the "GUARANTORS") and the Trustee. This Note is one of
a duly authorized issue of Initial Notes of the Company designated as its
10 1/4% Senior Notes due 2003 (the "Initial Notes"). The Notes are limited in
aggregate principal amount to $100,000,000. The Notes include the Initial Notes
and the Exchange Notes, as defined below, issued in exchange for the Initial
Notes pursuant to the Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes are
treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. Capitalized terms
herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The
terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of
the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code
sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the "TIA"), as in effect on the date of the Indenture.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all
such terms, and Holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a
statement of them. The
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Notes are general unsecured senior obligations of the Company. Each Holder, by
accepting a Note, agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of the
Indenture, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with its
terms.
5. GUARANTEES. To guarantee the due and punctual payment of
the principal and interest, if any, on the Notes and all other amounts payable
by the Company under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be
due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to
the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, the Guarantors have, jointly and
severally, unconditionally guaranteed such obligations on a senior unsecured
basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. The Guarantees are general
unsecured senior obligations of the Company.
6. REDEMPTION. (a) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. The Notes are
redeemable, at the Company's option, in whole or in part, at any time on and
after December 1, 2000 at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount of the Notes) if redeemed during the twelve-month period
commencing on December 1 of the year set forth below, plus, in each case,
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the Redemption Date:
Year Percentage
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2000...................................................... 105.125%
2001...................................................... 102.563%
2002 and thereafter....................................... 100.000%
(b) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION UPON PUBLIC EQUITY OFFERINGS. At any
time or from time to time on or prior to December 1, 1999, the Company may, at
its option, redeem up to $35.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes
with the net proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings, at a redemption
price equal to 10 1/4% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the date of redemption; provided, however, that (x) not
less than $65.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes is outstanding
immediately after giving effect to any such redemption (other than any Notes
owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates) and (y) such redemption is
effected within 60 days after the consummation of any such Public Equity
Offering.
The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
7. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed
at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each
Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder's registered address. Notes in
denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, if monies for the
redemption of the Notes called for redemption shall have been deposited with the
Paying Agent for redemption on such Redemption Date, then, unless the Company
defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any,
the Notes called for redemption will cease to bear interest from
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and after such Redemption Date and the only right of the Holders of such Notes
will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if
any.
8. OFFERS TO PURCHASE. Sections 4.15 and 4.16 of the Indenture
provide that, after certain Asset Sales (as defined in the Indenture) and upon
the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture), and subject
to further limitations contained therein, the Company will make an offer to
purchase certain amounts of the Notes in accordance with the procedures set
forth in the Indenture.
9. REGISTRATION RIGHTS. Pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement dated as of the date of the Indenture, among the Company and Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, BT Securities Corporation and XxXxxxxx & Company
Securities Inc., as initial purchasers of the Initial Notes, the Company is
obligated to consummate an exchange offer pursuant to which the Holder of this
Note shall have the right to exchange this Note for the Company's Series B
10 1/4% Senior Notes due 2003 (the "Exchange Notes"), which shall have been
registered under the Securities Act, in like principal amount and having terms
identical in all material respects as the Initial Notes. The Holders of the
Initial Notes shall be entitled to receive certain additional interest payments
in the event such exchange offer is not consummated and upon certain other
conditions, all pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement.
10. DENOMINATIONS; TRANSFER; EXCHANGE. The Notes are in
registered form, without coupons, and in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000. A Holder shall register the transfer of or exchange Notes
in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among
other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to
pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection
therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the
transfer of or exchange of any Notes or portions thereof selected for
redemption.
11. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note
shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
12. UNCLAIMED MONEY. If money for the payment of principal or
interest remains unclaimed for one year, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will
pay the money back to the Company. After that, all liability of the Trustee and
such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
13. DISCHARGE PRIOR TO REDEMPTION OR MATURITY. If the Company
at any time deposits with the Trustee U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government
Obligations sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes to
redemption or maturity and complies with the other provisions of the Indenture
relating thereto, the Company will be discharged from certain provisions of the
Indenture and the Notes (including certain covenants, but excluding its
obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes).
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14. AMENDMENT; SUPPLEMENT; WAIVER. Subject to certain
exceptions set forth in the Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended
or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any
past Default or Event of Default or noncompliance with any provision may be
waived with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or
consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture
or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or
inconsistency, provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of
certificated Notes, or comply with Article Five of the Indenture or make any
other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Note.
15. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. The Indenture imposes certain
limitations on the ability of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries to,
among other things, incur additional Indebtedness, make Restricted Payments or
Restricted Investments, create or incur Liens, enter into transactions with
Affiliates, create dividend or other payment restrictions affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries and issue Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries, and on the
ability of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries to merge or consolidate
with any other Person or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries. Such limitations are subject to a number of important
qualifications and exceptions. Pursuant to Section 4.6 of the Indenture, the
Company must annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.
16. SUCCESSORS. When a successor assumes, in accordance with
the Indenture, all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the
Indenture, the predecessor, subject to certain exceptions, will be released from
those obligations.
17. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. If an Event of Default occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of Notes then outstanding may declare all the Notes to be due
and payable in the manner, at the time and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as
provided in the Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture
or the Notes unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it. The
Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to direct
the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from
Holders of Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a
Default in payment of principal or interest when due, for any reason or a
Default in compliance with Article V of the Indenture) if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interest.
18. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee under the
Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company, the Subsidiaries or
their respective Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
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19. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No stockholder, director,
officer, employee or incorporator, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor
shall have any liability for any obligation of the Company or any Guarantor
under the Notes, the Guarantees or the Indenture 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 a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes and the
Guarantees.
20. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until the
Trustee or Authenticating Agent manually signs the certificate of authentication
on this Note.
21. GOVERNING LAW. This Note and the Indenture shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio, as
applied to contracts made and performed within the State of Ohio, without regard
to principles of conflict of laws.
22. ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINED TERMS. Customary abbreviations
may be used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM
(= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint
tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common),
CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
23. CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by
the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has
caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders
of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as
printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed hereon.
The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Note upon written
request and without charge a copy of the Indenture, which has the text of this
Note in larger type. Requests may be made to: Hawk Corporation, 000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00-0000, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attn: Vice President - Finance (or
after December 20, 1996, Suite 30-5000).
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GUARANTEE
The Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to in the
Note upon which this notation is endorsed and each hereinafter referred to as a
"Guarantor," which term includes any successor person under the Indenture) have
unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis (such guarantee by each
Guarantor being referred to herein as the "Guarantee") (i) the due and punctual
payment of the principal of, premium and interest on the Notes, whether at
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest
on the overdue principal and interest, if any, on the Notes, to the extent
lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the
Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth
in Article X of the Indenture and (ii) in case of any extension of time of
payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same
will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms
of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise.
No stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator,
as such, past, present or future, of any Guarantor shall have any liability
under the Guarantee by reason of his or its status as such stockholder, officer,
director, employee or incorporator.
The Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose
until the certificate of authentication on the Notes upon which the Guarantee is
noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual
signature of one of its authorized officers.
GUARANTORS:
FRICTION PRODUCTS CO.
By:
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Name:
Title:
HAWK BRAKE, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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XXXXX METAL STAMPINGS, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
XXXXXX, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
X.X. XXXXXXX HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
XXXXXXX FRICTION PRODUCTS U.K.
CORP.
By:
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Name:
Title:
X.X. XXXXXXX CORP.
By:
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Name:
Title:
XXXXXXXXXX PRODUCTS CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
If you the Holder want to assign this Note, fill in the form
below and have your signature guaranteed:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
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(Print or type name, address and zip code and
social security or tax ID number of assignee)
and irrevocably appoint ____________________________, agent to transfer this
Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for
him.
Dated: Signed:
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(sign exactly as your name appears on the
other side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee:
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(Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the
requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such
other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange
Act.)
In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior
to the date which is the earlier of (i) the date of the declaration by the
Commission of the effectiveness of a registration statement under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended covering resales of this Note (which effectiveness shall
not have been suspended or terminated at the date of the transfer) and (ii) the
undersigned confirms that it has not utilized any general solicitation or
general advertising in connection with the transfer:
[Check One]
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(1) --- to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; or
(2) --- pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A"); or
(3) --- to an "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), or
(7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) that has furnished
to the Trustee a
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signed letter containing certain representations and
agreements (the form of which letter is attached to the
Indenture as Exhibit C and can be obtained from the Trustee);
or
(4) --- outside the United States to a "foreign person" in compliance with Rule
904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or
(5) --- pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, if available; or
(6) --- pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended; or
(7) --- pursuant to another available exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
and unless the box below is checked, the undersigned confirms that such Note is
not being transferred to an "affiliate" of the Company as defined in Rule 144
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (an "Affiliate"):
[ ] The transferee is an Affiliate of the Company.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of
the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the
registered Holder thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if box (3), (4), (5) or (7)
is checked, the Company or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any
such transfer of the Notes, in its sole discretion, such written legal opinions,
certifications (including an investment letter in the case of box (3) or (4))
and other information as the Trustee or the Company has reasonably requested to
confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended.
If none of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or Registrar shall not be
obligated to register this Note in the name of any person other than the Holder
hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set
forth herein and in Section 2.17 of the Indenture shall have been satisfied.
Dated: Signed:
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(Sign exactly as name appears on the other
side of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF BOX (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing
this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises
sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a "qualified
institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A and is aware that the sale
to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has
received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested
pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that
it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned's foregoing
representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by
Rule 144A.
Dated:
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NOTICE: To be executed by an
executive officer
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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 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, check the
appropriate box:
Section 4.15 [ ]
Section 4.16 [ ]
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased
by the Company pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, state
the amount you elect to have purchased:
$
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Dated:
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NOTICE: The signature on this
assignment must correspond with
the name as it appears upon the
face of the within Note in every
particular without alteration or
enlargement or any change
whatsoever and be guaranteed.
Signature Guarantee:
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(Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the
requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such
other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange
Act.)
