Exhibit 4.1
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AMTROL ACQUISITION, INC., Issuer
10-5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2006
INDENTURE
Dated as of November 1, 0000
XXX XXXX XX XXX XXXX,
as Trustee
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA Indenture
Section Section
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310(a)(1) .............................. 7.10
(a)(2) .............................. 7.10
(a)(3) .............................. N.A.
(a)(4) .............................. N.A.
(b) .............................. 7.08; 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) .............................. N.A.
(b)(2) .............................. 7.06
(c) .............................. 11.02
(d) .............................. 7.06
314(a) .............................. 4.02; 4.10;
11.02
(b) .............................. N.A.
(c)(1) .............................. 11.04
(c)(2) .............................. 11.04
(c)(3) .............................. N.A.
(d) .............................. N.A.
(e) .............................. 11.05
(f) .............................. N.A.
315(a) .............................. 7.01
(b) .............................. 7.05; 11.02
(c) .............................. 7.01
(d) .............................. 7.01
(e) .............................. 6.11
316(a)(last sentence) ....................... 11.06
(a)(1)(A) .............................. 6.05
(a)(1)(B) .............................. 6.04
(a)(2) .............................. N.A.
(b) .............................. 6.07
317(a)(1) .............................. 6.08
(a)(2) .............................. 6.09
(b) .............................. 2.04
318(a) .............................. 11.01
N.A. means Not Applicable.
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Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I Page
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DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions ............................................... 1
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions ......................................... 26
SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust
Indenture Act ........................................... 26
SECTION 1.04. Rules of Construction ..................................... 27
ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating ........................................... 28
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication .............................. 28
SECTION 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent ................................ 29
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust ....................... 29
SECTION 2.05. Securityholder Lists ...................................... 30
SECTION 2.06. Replacement Securities .................................... 30
SECTION 2.07. Outstanding Securities .................................... 30
SECTION 2.08. Temporary Securities ...................................... 31
SECTION 2.09. Cancelation ............................................... 31
SECTION 2.10. Defaulted Interest ........................................ 31
SECTION 2.11. CUSIP Numbers ............................................. 31
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee ........................................ 32
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Securities To Be
Redeemed ................................................ 32
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption ...................................... 33
SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption ............................ 33
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price ............................... 34
SECTION 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part ............................... 34
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ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Securities ..................................... 34
SECTION 4.02. SEC Reports ............................................... 34
SECTION 4.03. Limitation on Indebtedness ................................ 35
SECTION 4.04. Limitation on Restricted Payments ......................... 38
SECTION 4.05. Limitation on Restrictions on
Distributions from Restricted
Subsidiaries ............................................ 41
SECTION 4.06. Limitation on Sales of Assets and
Subsidiary Stock ........................................ 42
SECTION 4.07. Limitation on Affiliate Transactions....................... 45
SECTION 4.08. Change of Control ......................................... 46
SECTION 4.09. Limitation on the Sale or Issuance
of Capital Stock of Restricted
Subsidiaries............................................. 48
SECTION 4.10. Compliance Certificates ................................... 48
SECTION 4.11. Further Instruments and Acts .............................. 49
ARTICLE V
SUCCESSOR COMPANY
SECTION 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer
Assets .................................................. 49
ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default ......................................... 50
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration .............................................. 53
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies ............................................ 53
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults ................................... 54
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority ....................................... 54
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits ....................................... 54
SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders To Receive Payment ...................... 55
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee ................................ 55
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim .......................... 55
SECTION 6.10. Priorities ................................................ 56
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs ..................................... 56
SECTION 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws .......................... 56
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ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee ......................................... 57
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee ......................................... 58
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee .............................. 59
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer ...................................... 59
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults ........................................ 59
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders ............................. 60
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity ................................ 60
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee .................................... 61
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger ............................... 62
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification ............................. 62
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Company ......................................... 62
ARTICLE VIII
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Securities;
Defeasance .............................................. 63
SECTION 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance .................................. 64
SECTION 8.03. Application of Trust Money ................................ 65
SECTION 8.04. Repayment to Company ...................................... 66
SECTION 8.05. Indemnity for Government
Obligations ............................................. 66
SECTION 8.06. Reinstatement ............................................. 66
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders ................................ 67
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders ................................... 68
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act ....................... 69
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents
and Waivers ............................................. 69
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of
Securities .............................................. 69
SECTION 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments ................................ 70
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ARTICLE X
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 10.01. Agreement To Subordinate .................................. 70
SECTION 10.02. Liquidation, Dissolution,
Bankruptcy .............................................. 71
SECTION 10.03. Default on Designated Senior
Indebtedness ............................................ 71
SECTION 10.04. Acceleration of Payment of
Securities .............................................. 72
SECTION 10.05. When Distribution Must Be Paid
Over .................................................... 73
SECTION 10.06. Subrogation ............................................... 73
SECTION 10.07. Relative Rights ........................................... 73
SECTION 10.08. Subordination May Not Be Impaired
by Company .............................................. 73
SECTION 10.09. Rights of Trustee and Paying
Agent ................................................... 73
SECTION 10.10. Distribution or Notice to
Representative .......................................... 74
SECTION 10.11. Article 10 Not To Prevent Events of
Default or Limit Right To
Accelerate .............................................. 74
SECTION 10.12. Trust Moneys Not Subordinated ............................. 74
SECTION 10.13. Trustee Entitled To Rely .................................. 75
SECTION 10.14. Trustee To Effectuate
Subordination ........................................... 75
SECTION 10.15. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders
of Senior Indebtedness .................................. 75
SECTION 10.16. Reliance by Holders of Senior
Indebtedness on Subordination
Provisions .............................................. 76
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls .............................. 76
SECTION 11.02. Notices ................................................... 76
SECTION 11.03. Communication by Holders with Other
Holders ................................................. 77
SECTION 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to
Conditions Precedent .................................... 77
SECTION 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate
or Opinion .............................................. 78
SECTION 11.06. When Securities Disregarded ............................... 78
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SECTION 11.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and
Registrar ............................................... 78
SECTION 11.08. Legal Holidays ............................................ 78
SECTION 11.09. Governing Law ............................................. 79
SECTION 11.10. No Recourse Against Others ................................ 79
SECTION 11.11. Successors ................................................ 79
SECTION 11.12. Multiple Originals ........................................ 79
SECTION 11.13. Table of Contents; Headings ............................... 79
Appendix A - Provisions Relating to Initial Securities, Private Exchange
Securities and Exchange Securities.
Exhibit 1 to
Appendix A - Form of Face of Initial Security.
Exhibit A - Form of Face of Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security.
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INDENTURE dated as of November 1, 1996, between AMTROL
ACQUISITION, INC., a Rhode Island corporation (the "Company"),
and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation (the
"Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and
for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company's 10-5/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes Due 2006 (the "Initial Securities") and, if and when issued
pursuant to a registered exchange for Initial Securities, the Company's 10-5/8%
Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2006 (the "Exchange Securities") and, if and when
issued pursuant to a private exchange for Initial Securities, the Company's
10-5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2006 (the "Private Exchange Securities",
together with the Exchange Securities and the Initial Securities, the
"Securities"):
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. DEFINITIONS.
"Additional Assets" means (i) any property or assets (other than
Indebtedness and Capital Stock) in a Related Business; (ii) 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; or (iii)
Capital Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such time
is a Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such Restricted
Subsidiary described in clauses (ii) or (iii) above is primarily engaged in a
Related Business.
"Adjusted Consolidated Assets" means at any time the total amount of
assets of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (less
applicable depreciation, amortization and other valuation reserves), after
deducting therefrom all current liabilities of the Company and its consolidated
Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding intercompany items), all as set forth on the
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Restricted
Subsidiaries as of the end of the
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most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available prior to
the date of determination.
"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. For
purposes of Sections 4.04, 4.06 and 4.07 only, "Affiliate" shall also mean any
beneficial owner of Capital Stock representing 5% or more of the total voting
power of the Voting Stock (on a fully diluted basis) of the Company or of rights
or warrants to purchase such Capital Stock (whether or not currently
exercisable) and any Person who would be an Affiliate of any such beneficial
owner pursuant to the first sentence hereof.
"Asset Disposition" means any sale, lease, transfer or other
disposition (or series of related sales, leases, transfers or dispositions) by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including any disposition by means of
a merger, consolidation or similar transaction (each referred to for the
purposes of this definition as a "disposition"), of (i) any shares of Capital
Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors' qualifying shares or
shares required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary), (ii) all or substantially all the assets of any
division or line of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or
(iii) any other assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary outside of
the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
(other than, in the case of (i), (ii) and (iii) above, (x) a disposition by a
Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, (y) for purposes of Section 4.06 only,
a disposition that constitutes a Restricted Payment permitted by Section 4.04
and (z) disposition of assets with a fair market value of less than $500,000).
"Attributable Debt" in respect of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction means,
as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the interest
rate borne by the Securities, compounded annually) of the total obligations of
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the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included
in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease
has been extended).
"Average Life" means, as of the date of determination, with respect to
any Indebtedness or Preferred Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the
sum of the products of numbers of years from the date of determination to the
dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or
redemption or similar payment with respect to such Preferred Stock multiplied by
the amount of such payment by (ii) the sum of all such payments.
"Banks" has the meaning specified in the Credit Agreement.
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company or
any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board.
"Business Day" means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.
"Capital Lease Obligations" means an obligation that is required to be
classified and accounted for as a capital 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, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following
events:
(i) prior to the first Public Equity Offering, the Permitted Holders
cease to be the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5
under the Exchange
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Act), directly or indirectly, of a majority in the aggregate of the total
voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company, whether as a result of
issuance of securities of the Company, any merger, consolidation,
liquidation or dissolution of the Company, any direct or indirect transfer
of securities or otherwise (for purposes of this clause (i) and clause (ii)
below, the Permitted Holders shall be deemed to beneficially own any Voting
Stock of a corporation (the "specified corporation") held by any other
corporation (the "parent corporation") so long as the Permitted Holders
beneficially own (as so defined), directly or indirectly, in the aggregate
a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the parent
corporation);
(ii) on or after the first Public Equity Offering, any "person" (as
such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other
than one or more Permitted Holders, is or becomes the beneficial owner (as
defined in clause (i) above, except that for purposes of this clause (ii)
such person shall be deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of all shares
that any such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or
indirectly, of more than 35% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock
of the Company; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Permitted Holders beneficially
own (as defined in clause (i) above), directly or indirectly, in the
aggregate a lesser percentage of the total voting power of the Voting Stock
of the Company than such other person and do not have the right or ability
by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election a
majority of the Board of Directors (for the purposes of this clause (ii),
such other person shall be deemed to beneficially own any Voting Stock of a
specified corporation held by a parent corporation, if such other person is
the beneficial owner (as defined in this clause (ii)), directly or
indirectly, of more than 35% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of
such parent corporation and the Permitted Holders beneficially own (as
defined in clause (i) above), directly or indirectly, in the aggregate a
lesser percentage of the voting power of the Voting Stock of such parent
corporation and do not have the right or ability by voting power, contract
or otherwise to elect or designate for election a majority of the board of
directors of such parent corporation);
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(iii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at
the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors (together
with any new directors whose election by such Board of Directors or whose
nomination for election by the shareholders of the Company was approved by
a vote of 66-2/3% of the directors of the Company then still in office who
were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or
nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to
constitute a majority of the Board of Directors then in office; or
(iv) the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another
Person or the merger of another Person with or into the Company, or the
sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company to another
Person (other than a Person that is controlled by the Permitted Holders),
and, in the case of any such merger or consolidation, the securities of the
Company that are outstanding immediately prior to such transaction and
which represent 100% of the aggregate voting power of the Voting Stock of
the Company are changed into or exchanged for cash, securities or property,
unless pursuant to such transaction such securities are changed into or
exchanged for, in addition to any other consideration, securities of the
surviving corporation that represent, immediately after such transaction,
at least a majority of the aggregate voting power of the Voting Stock of
the surviving corporation.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Company" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of
any provision contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on
the indenture securities.
"Consolidated Coverage Ratio" as of any date of determination means
the ratio of (i) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the period of the most
recent four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements are
available prior to the date of such determination to (ii) Consolidated Interest
Expense for such four fiscal quarters; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (1) if the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has Incurred any Indebtedness since the
beginning
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of such period that remains outstanding or if the transaction giving rise to the
need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence of
Indebtedness, or both, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period
shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such
Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred on the first day of such
period and the discharge of any other Indebtedness repaid, repurchased, defeased
or otherwise discharged with the proceeds of such new Indebtedness as if such
discharge had occurred on the first day of such period (except that, in making
such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility
outstanding on the date of such calculation shall be computed based on (A) the
average daily balance of such Indebtedness during such four fiscal quarters or
such shorter period when such facility was outstanding or (B) if such facility
was created after the end of such four fiscal quarters, the average daily
balance of such Indebtedness during the period from the date of creation of such
facility to the date of the calculation), (2) if the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary has repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged any
Indebtedness since the beginning of such period or if any Indebtedness is to be
repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged (in each case other than
Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such
Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and has not been replaced) on the date
of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated
Coverage Ratio, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall
be calculated on a pro forma basis as if such discharge had occurred on the
first day of such period and as if the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary has
not earned the interest income actually earned during such period in respect of
cash or Temporary Cash Investments used to repay, repurchase, defease or
otherwise discharge such Indebtedness, (3) if since the beginning of such period
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Asset Disposition,
the EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if
positive) directly attributable to the assets which are the subject of such
Asset Disposition for such period, or increased by an amount equal to the EBITDA
(if negative), directly attributable thereto for such period and Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the
Consolidated Interest Expense directly attributable to any Indebtedness of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, defeased or
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otherwise discharged with respect to the Company and its continuing Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Disposition for such period (or, if
the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold, the Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period directly attributable to the Indebtedness of
such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Company and its continuing
Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such Indebtedness after such
sale), (4) if since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (by merger or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in any
Restricted Subsidiary (or any person which becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) or
an acquisition of assets, including any acquisition of assets occurring in
connection with a transaction requiring a calculation to be made hereunder,
which constitutes all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business,
EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated
after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the Incurrence of any
Indebtedness) as if such Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of
such period and (5) if since the beginning of such period any Person (that
subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall
have made any Asset Disposition, any Investment or acquisition of assets that
would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (3) or (4) above if made by
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary during such period, EBITDA and
Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving
pro forma effect thereto as if such Asset Disposition, Investment or acquisition
occurred on the first day of such period. For purposes of this definition,
whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition of assets, the amount
of income or earnings relating thereto and the amount of Consolidated Interest
Expense associated with any Indebtedness Incurred in connection therewith, the
pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible
financial or accounting Officer of the Company, and such pro forma calculations
shall include (A)(x) the savings in cost of goods sold that would have resulted
from using the Company's actual costs for comparable goods and services during
the comparable period and (y) other savings in cost of goods sold or
eliminations of selling, general and administrative expenses as determined by a
responsible financial or accounting Officer of the Company in good faith in
connection with the Company's consideration of such acquisition and consistent
with the Company's experience in acquisitions of similar assets, LESS (B) the
incremental
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expenses that would be included in cost of goods sold and selling, general and
administrative expenses that would have been incurred by the Company in the
operation of such acquired assets during such period. If any Indebtedness bears
a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest of
such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of
determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into
account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness if such
Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months).
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period, the total
interest expense of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries,
net of any interest income of the Company and its consolidated Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP, PLUS, to
the extent not included in such total interest expense, and to the extent
incurred by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, without duplication, (i)
interest expense attributable to capital leases and the interest expense
attributable to leases constituting part of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction, (ii)
amortization of debt discount and debt issuance cost, (iii) capitalized
interest, (iv) non-cash interest expenses, (v) commissions, discounts and other
fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers' acceptance
financing, (vi) net costs associated with Hedging Obligations (including
amortization of fees), (vii) Preferred Stock dividends in respect of all
Preferred Stock held by Persons other than the Company or a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary, (viii) interest incurred in connection with Investments in
discontinued operations, (ix) interest accruing on any Indebtedness of any other
Person to the extent such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by (or secured by the
assets of) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and (x) the cash
contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or similar trust to the
extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees
to any Person (other than the Company) in connection with Indebtedness Incurred
by such plan or trust and LESS, to the extent included in such total interest
expense, (A) the amortization during such period of capitalized financing costs
associated with the Merger and the financing thereof and (B) the amortization
during such period of other capitalized financing costs; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the aggregate amount of amortization relating to any such other capitalized
financing costs deducted in calculating Consolidated Interest Expense shall not
exceed 3.5% of the
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aggregate amount of the financing giving rise to such capitalized financing
costs.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the net income of the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that there shall
not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:
(i) any net income of any Person (other than the Company) if such
Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except that (A) subject to the
exclusion contained in clause (iv) below, the Company's equity in the net
income of any such Person for such period shall be included in such
Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually
distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the
case of a dividend or other distribution paid to a Restricted Subsidiary,
to the limitations contained in clause (iii) below) and (B) the Company's
equity in a net loss of any such Person for such period shall be included
in determining such Consolidated Net Income;
(ii) any net income (or loss) of any Person acquired by the Company or
a Subsidiary in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to
the date of such acquisition;
(iii) any net income of any Restricted Subsidiary if such Restricted
Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, on the
payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such Restricted
Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Company, except that (A) subject
to the exclusion contained in clause (iv) below, the Company's equity in
the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be
included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash
that could have been distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such
period to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or
other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other
distribution paid to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation
contained in this clause) and (B) the Company's equity in a net loss of any
such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in determining
such Consolidated Net Income;
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(iv) any gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of
any assets of the Company or its consolidated Subsidiaries (including
pursuant to any sale-and-leaseback arrangement) which is not sold or
otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business and any gain (or
loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of
any Person;
(v) extraordinary gains or losses;
(vi) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles; and
(vii) (A) any non-cash charges (including from the write-up of assets)
or write-offs associated with the Merger and the financing thereof, LESS
(B) any tax benefit received from any such non-cash charge being deducted
from the taxable income of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such non-cash charges or write-offs
described in this clause (vii) are charged within 12 months of the Issue
Date and the maximum amount of non-cash charges that may be added pursuant
to this clause (vii) shall be $5.0 million.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purposes of Section 4.04 only,
there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments
of loans or advances or other transfers of assets (including any sale of an
Investment) to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such
dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments
permitted under Section 4.04(a)(3)(D).
"Consolidated Net Worth" means the total of the amounts shown on the
balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as of the end of the most recent
fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available, as
(i) the par or stated value of all outstanding Capital Stock of the Company plus
(ii) paid-in capital or capital surplus relating to such Capital Stock plus
(iii) any retained earnings or earned surplus less (A) any accumulated deficit
and (B) any amounts attributable to Disqualified Stock.
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"Credit Agreement" means, collectively, the Credit Agreement dated as
of November 13, 1996, among the Company, the Banks, Bankers Trust Company, as
administrative agent, and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., as documentation
agent, and the documents related thereto (including any guarantee agreements and
security documents, and any related Interest Rate Agreement or Currency
Agreement entered into with any of the Banks), in each case as such agreements
or documents may be amended (including any amendment, restatement or
restructuring thereof), supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
including any agreement extending the maturity of, refunding, refinancing,
increasing the amount available under or replacing such agreement or document or
any successor or replacement agreement or document and whether by the same or
any other agent, lender or group of lenders.
"Currency Agreement" means in respect of a Person any foreign exchange
contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement to which such
Person is a party or a beneficiary.
"Cypress" means The Cypress Group L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability
company.
"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time
or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Designated Senior Indebtedness" means (i) the Indebtedness and all
other monetary obligations (including interest, Post-Petition Interest, expenses
and fees) under the Credit Agreement and (ii) any other Senior Indebtedness of
the Company which, at the date of determination, has an aggregate principal
amount outstanding of, or under which, at the date of determination, the holders
thereof are committed to lend up to, at least $10 million and is specifically
designated by the Company in the instrument evidencing or governing such Senior
Indebtedness as "Designated Senior Indebtedness" for purposes of this Indenture.
"Disqualified Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any Capital
Stock which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is
convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event
(i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation
or otherwise, (ii) is convertible or
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exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or (iii) is redeemable at
the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, in each case on or prior
to the 123rd day following the Stated Maturity of the Securities; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Stock but
for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person
to repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an "asset
sale" or "change of control" occurring prior to the first anniversary of the
Stated Maturity of the Securities shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the
"asset sale" or "change of control" provisions applicable to such Capital Stock
are not more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than the provisions
of Sections 4.06 and 4.08.
"EBITDA" for any period means the sum of Consolidated Net Income, plus
Consolidated Interest Expense, plus the following to the extent deducted in
calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (a) all income tax expense of the
Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) depreciation expense
of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, (c) amortization
expense of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding
amortization expense attributable to a prepaid cash item that was paid in a
prior period), (d) all other non-cash charges of the Company and its
consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any such non-cash charge to the
extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in any
future period) and (e) any cash charges (including from the write-up of assets)
or write-offs associated with the Merger and the financing thereof; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that such cash charges or write-offs described in this clause (e) are
charged within 12 months of the Issue Date and the maximum amount of cash
charges that may be added pursuant to this clause (e) is $6.0 million.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provision for taxes based on the income or
profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and non-cash charges of, a
Restricted Subsidiary shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute
EBITDA only to the extent (and in the same proportion) that the net income of
such Restricted Subsidiary was included in calculating Consolidated Net Income
and only if a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of
determination to be dividended to the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary
without prior approval (that has not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of
its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders,
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statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to such Restricted
Subsidiary or its stockholders.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States of America as in effect as of the Issue Date, including those set forth
in (i) the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, (ii) statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, (iii) such other
statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession and (iv) the rules and regulations of the SEC governing
the inclusion of financial statements (including pro forma financial statements)
in periodic reports required to be filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange
Act, including opinions and pronouncements in staff accounting bulletins and
similar written statements from the accounting staff of the SEC.
"Guarantee" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any
Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation
of any Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise,
of such Person (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the
purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation of such Person
(whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to
keep-well, to take-or-pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or
otherwise) or (ii) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner
the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or
to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);
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. The term "Guarantor" shall mean any
Person Guaranteeing any obligation.
"Hedging Obligations" of any Person means the obligations of such
Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Agreement.
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"Holder" or "Securityholder" means the Person in whose name a Security
is registered on the Registrar's books.
"Holdings" means AMTROL Holdings, Inc. and its successors.
"Incur" means issue, assume, Guarantee, incur or otherwise become
liable for; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a
Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger,
consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such
Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Subsidiary. The term "Incurrence" when used
as a noun shall have a correlative meaning. The accretion of principal of a
non-interest bearing or other discount security shall not be deemed the
Incurrence of Indebtedness.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person on any date of
determination (without duplication),
(i) the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of (A)
indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness
evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the
payment of which such Person is responsible or liable;
(ii) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person and all Attributable
Debt in respect of Sale/Leaseback Transactions entered into by such Person;
(iii) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred
purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of such Person
and all obligations of such Person under any title retention agreement (but
excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of
business);
(iv) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any
obligor on any letter of credit, banker's acceptance or similar credit
transaction (other than obligations with respect to letters of credit
securing obligations (other than obligations described in clauses (i)
through (iii) above) entered into in the ordinary course of business of
such Person to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if
and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is
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reimbursed no later than the 30th day following payment on the letter of
credit);
(v) the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the
redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or,
with respect to any Subsidiary of such Person, the liquidation preference
with respect to, any Preferred Stock (but excluding, in each case, any
accrued dividends);
(vi) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through
(v) above of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons for the
payment of which, in either case, such Person is responsible or liable,
directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, including by
means of any Guarantee;
(vii) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through
(vi) above of other Persons secured by any Lien on any property or asset of
such Person (whether or not such obligation is assumed by such Person), the
amount of such obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the value of
such property or assets or the amount of the obligation so secured; and
(viii) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition,
Hedging Obligations of such Person.
The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding
balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and the
maximum liability, upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the
obligation, of any contingent obligations at such date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the amount outstanding at any time of any Indebtedness Incurred with original
issue discount is the face amount of such Indebtedness less the remaining
unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Indebtedness at such
time as determined in conformity with GAAP.
"Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding" means (i) any insolvency or
bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization
or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, relating to the
Company or its assets, or (ii) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding up
of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or whether or not involving
insolvency or bankruptcy, or (iii) any assignment for the benefit of
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creditors or any other marshalling of assets or liabilities of the Company.
"Interest Rate Agreement" means any interest rate swap agreement,
interest rate cap agreement or other financial agreement or arrangement designed
to protect the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary against fluctuations in
interest rates.
"Investment" in any Person means any direct or indirect advance (other
than advances to customers in the ordinary course of business that are recorded
as accounts receivable on the balance sheet of the lender), loan or other
extensions of credit (including by way of Guarantee or similar arrangement) or
capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to
others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of
others), or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other
similar instruments issued by such Person. For purposes of the definition of
"Unrestricted Subsidiary", the definition of "Restricted Payment" and Section
4.04, (i) "Investment" shall include the portion (proportionate to the Company's
equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets
of any Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated
an Unrestricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that upon a redesignation of such
Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to continue
to have a permanent "Investment" in an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to an
amount (if positive) equal to (x) the Company's "Investment" in such Subsidiary
at the time of such redesignation less (y) the portion (proportionate to the
Company's equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the
net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and (ii) any
property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at
its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors.
"Issue Date" means the date on which the Securities are originally
issued.
"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).
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"Merger" means the merger of AMTROL Acquisition, Inc. with and into
AMTROL Inc. pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement among such parties and
Holdings dated August 28, 1996.
"Net Available Cash" from an Asset Disposition means cash payments
received therefrom (including any cash payments received by way of deferred
payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise
and proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any securities received as
consideration, but only as and when received, but excluding any other
consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of
Indebtedness or other obligations relating to such properties or assets or
received in any other noncash form) in each case net of (i) all legal, title and
recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and
all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be accrued
as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Disposition, (ii) all
payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by any assets subject to such
Asset Disposition, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or other
security agreement of any kind with respect to such assets, or which must by its
terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or
by applicable law be, repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition,
(iii) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority
interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset
Disposition and (iv) the deduction of appropriate amounts provided by the seller
as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with
the property or other assets disposed in such Asset Disposition and retained by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Disposition.
"Net Cash Proceeds," with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital
Stock, means 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.
"Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice
President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company.
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"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two Officers.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel who is
acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the
Company or the Trustee.
"Permitted Holders" means (i) Cypress Merchant Banking Partners L.P.,
Cypress Offshore Partners L.P. and any Person who on the Issue Date is an
Affiliate of either of the foregoing and (ii) any Person who is a member of the
senior management of the Company or Holdings, and a shareholder of Holdings, on
the Issue Date.
"Permitted Investment" means an Investment by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in (i) a Restricted Subsidiary or a Person that will, upon
the making of such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary; (ii) another
Person if as a result of such Investment such other Person is merged or
consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all its
assets to, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such
Person's primary business is a Related Business; (iii) Temporary Cash
Investments; (iv) Investments existing on the Issue Date; (v) receivables owing
to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary if created or acquired in the
ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with
customary trade terms; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such trade terms may include such
concessionary trade terms as the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems
reasonable under the circumstances; (vi) payroll, travel and similar advances to
cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be
treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary
course of business; (vii) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practices of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary; (viii) stock, obligations or securities received in
settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments; and (ix)
additional Investments in an aggregate amount which, together with all other
Investments made pursuant to this clause (ix) that are then outstanding, does
not exceed $10.0 million.
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"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof or any other entity.
"Post-Petition Interest" means all interest accrued or accruing after
the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (and interest that
would accrue but for the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding) in accordance with and at the contract rate (including, without
imitation, any rate applicable upon default) specified in the agreement or
instrument creating, evidencing or governing any Indebtedness, whether or not,
pursuant to applicable law or otherwise, the claim for such interest is allowed
as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
"Preferred Stock", as applied to the Capital Stock of any corporation,
means 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.
"principal" of a Security means the principal of the Security plus the
premium, if any, payable on the Security which is due or overdue or is to become
due at the relevant time.
"Public Equity Offering" means an underwritten primary public offering
of common stock of Holdings or the Company pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act.
"Refinance" means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance,
extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue
other Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such indebtedness.
"Refinanced" and "Refinancing" shall have correlative meanings.
"Refinancing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness that Refinances any
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the Issue
Date or Incurred in compliance with the Indenture, including Indebtedness that
Refinances Refinancing Indebtedness; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
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(i) such Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity no earlier than the
Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (ii) such Refinancing
Indebtedness has an Average Life at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is
Incurred that is equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Indebtedness
being Refinanced and (iii) such Refinancing Indebtedness has an aggregate
principal amount (or if Incurred with original issue discount, an aggregate
issue price) that is equal to or less than the aggregate principal amount (or if
Incurred with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then
outstanding or committed (plus fees and expenses, including any premium and
defeasance costs) under the Indebtedness being Refinanced; PROVIDED FURTHER,
HOWEVER, that Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a
Subsidiary that Refinances Indebtedness of the Company or (y) Indebtedness of
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that Refinances Indebtedness of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Related Business" means any business related, ancillary or
complementary to the businesses of AMTROL Inc. and its subsidiaries on the Issue
Date.
"Representative" means any trustee, agent or representative (if any)
for an issue of Senior Indebtedness of the Company.
"Restricted Payment" with respect to any Person means (i) the
declaration or payment of any dividends or any other distributions of any sort
in respect of its Capital Stock (including any such payment in connection with
any merger or consolidation involving such Person) or similar payment to the
direct or indirect holders of its Capital Stock (other than dividends or
distributions payable solely in its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock) and dividends or distributions payable solely to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary, and other than pro rata dividends or other distributions
made by a Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to minority
stockholders (or owners of an equivalent interest in the case of a Subsidiary
that is an entity other than a corporation)), (ii) the purchase, redemption or
other acquisition or retirement for value of any Capital Stock of the Company
held by any Person or of any Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary held by
any Affiliate of the Company (other than a Restricted Subsidiary), including the
exercise of any option to exchange any Capital Stock (other than into Capital
Stock of the Company that is not Disqualified Stock), (iii) the
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purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement
for value, prior to scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking
fund payment of any Subordinated Obligations (other than the purchase,
repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated Obligations purchased in
anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or
final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of acquisition) or
(iv) the making of any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) in any
Person.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company that is
not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Revolving Credit Provisions" means the provisions of the Credit
Agreement pursuant to which lenders thereunder have committed to make available
to the Company a revolving credit facility.
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction" means an arrangement relating to property
now owned or hereafter acquired whereby the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
transfers such property to a Person and the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
leases it from such Person.
"Scheduled Asset Dispositions" means an Asset Disposition of any of
the assets of the Company's Plano, Texas facility that were assets of the
Company's Plano, Texas facility on the Issue Date.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Secured Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the Company secured
by a Lien.
"Securities" means the Securities issued under this Indenture.
"Senior Indebtedness" means (i) Indebtedness and all other monetary
obligations referred to in clause (i) of the definition of "Designated Senior
Indebtedness", (ii) Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding on the
Issue Date or thereafter Incurred, and (iii) accrued and unpaid interest
(including Post-Petition Interest) in respect of (A) Indebtedness of the Company
for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or
other similar instruments for the
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payment of which the Company is responsible or liable unless, in the case of
(ii) and (iii), the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to
which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such obligations are
subordinate in right of payment to the Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
Senior Indebtedness shall not include (1) any obligation of the Company to any
Subsidiary, (2) any liability for Federal, state, local or other taxes owed or
owing by the Company, (3) any accounts payable or other liability to trade
creditors arising in the ordinary course of business (including guarantees
thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities (other than letters of credit
in respect thereof to the extent otherwise included in Senior Indebtedness)),
(4) any Indebtedness of the Company (and any accrued and unpaid interest in
respect thereof) which is expressly subordinate or junior in any respect to any
other Indebtedness or other obligation of the Company or (5) that portion of any
Indebtedness which at the time of Incurrence is Incurred in violation of the
Indenture.
"Senior Subordinated Indebtedness" means the Securities and any other
Indebtedness of the Company that specifically provides that such Indebtedness is
to rank PARI PASSU with the Securities in right of payment and is not
subordinated by its terms in right of payment to any Indebtedness or other
obligation of the Company which is not Senior Indebtedness.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be
a "Significant Subsidiary" of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under
Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.
"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 Obligation" means any Indebtedness of the Company
(whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) which is
subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Securities pursuant to a
written agreement to that effect.
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"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.
"Tax Sharing Agreement" means any tax sharing agreement between the
Company and Holdings or any other Person with which the Company is required to,
or is permitted to, file a consolidated tax return or with which the Company is
or could be part of a consolidated group for tax purposes.
"Temporary Cash Investments" means any of the following:
(i) any investment in direct obligations of the United States of
America or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United
States of America or any agency thereof,
(ii) investments in time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and
money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition
thereof issued by a bank or trust company which is organized under the laws
of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country
recognized by the United States, and which bank or trust company has
capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating in excess of $50,000,000
(or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) and has outstanding debt which
is rated "A" (or such similar equivalent rating) or higher by at least one
nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule
436 under the Securities Act) or any money-market fund sponsored by a
registered broker dealer or mutual fund distributor,
(iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for
underlying securities of the types described in clause (i) above entered
into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (ii) above,
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(iv) investments in commercial paper, maturing not more than 180 days
after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an
Affiliate of the Company) organized and in existence under the laws of the
United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the United
States of America with a rating at the time as of which any investment
therein is made of "P-1" (or higher) according to Xxxxx'x Investors
Service, Inc. or "A-1" (or higher) according to Standard and Poor's Ratings
Group, and
(v) investments in securities with maturities of six months or less
from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state,
commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least "A"
by Standard & Poor's Ratings Group or "A" by Xxxxx'x Investors Service,
Inc.
"Term Loan Provisions" means the provisions of the Credit Agreement
pursuant to which lenders thereunder have committed to make term loans available
to the Company.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections
77aaa-77bbbb) as (except as provided in Section 9.03) in effect on the date of
this Indenture.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
"Trust Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President or any
other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to
administer its corporate trust matters.
"Uniform Commercial Code" means the New York Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect from time to time.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means (i) any Subsidiary of the Company that
at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by
the Board of Directors in the manner provided below and (ii) any Subsidiary of
an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary
of the Company (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be
an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries
owns any Capital Stock or Indebtedness
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of, or holds any Lien on any property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of
the Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that either (A) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total
assets of $1,000 or less or (B) if such Subsidiary has assets greater than
$1,000, such designation would be permitted under Section 4.04. The Board of
Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted
Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that immediately after giving effect to such
designation (x) the Company could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under
Section 4.03(a) and (y) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Any
such designation by the Board of Directors shall be by the Company to the
Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the board resolution
giving effect to such designation and an Officers' Certificate certifying that
such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means direct obligations (or
certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the
United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for
the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America
is pledged and which are not callable at the issuer's option.
"Voting Stock" of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other
interests (including partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding and
normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote
in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" means a Restricted Subsidiary all the
Capital Stock of which (other than directors' qualifying shares) is owned by the
Company or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
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SECTION 1.02. OTHER DEFINITIONS.
Defined in
Term Section
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"Affiliate Transaction" ............................... 4.07
"Bankruptcy Law" ...................................... 6.01
"Blockage Notice" ..................................... 10.03
"covenant defeasance option" .......................... 8.01(b)
"Custodian" ........................................... 6.01
"Event of Default" .................................... 6.01
"Excess Proceeds" ..................................... 4.06(a)
"Excess Proceeds Offer" ............................... 4.06(b)
"Excess Proceeds Payment" ............................. 4.06(b)
"Excess Proceeds Payment Date" ........................ 4.06(b)
"Independent Financial Advisor" ....................... 4.07(a)
"legal defeasance option" ............................. 8.01(b)
"Legal Holiday" ....................................... 11.08
"pay the Securities" .................................. 10.03
"Paying Agent" ........................................ 2.03
"Payment Blockage Period" ............................. 10.03
"Registrar"............................................ 2.03
"Successor Company" ................................... 5.01
SECTION 1.03. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA which are
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following
TIA terms have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture security holder" means a Securityholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company and any other
obligor on the indenture securities.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
TIA, defined by TIA reference to another
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statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such
definitions.
SECTION 1.04. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. Unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned
to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) "including" means including without limitation;
(5) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural
include the singular;
(6) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or
junior to Secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured
Indebtedness;
(7) the principal amount of any noninterest bearing or other discount
security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be
shown on a balance sheet of the Company dated such date prepared in
accordance with GAAP;
(8) the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be (i) the
maximum liquidation value of such Preferred Stock or (ii) the maximum
mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with respect to such
Preferred Stock, whichever is greater; and
(9) all references to the date the Securities were originally issued
shall refer to the date the Initial Securities were originally issued.
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ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01. FORM AND DATING. Provisions relating to the Initial
Securities, the Private Exchange Securities and the Exchange Securities are set
forth in Appendix A, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made part of
this Indenture. The Initial Securities and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 to Appendix A
which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture.
The Exchange Securities, the Private Exchange Securities and the Trustee's
certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A,
which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture.
The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law,
stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or
usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form
acceptable to the Company). Each Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication. The terms of the Securities set forth in Exhibit 1 to Appendix
A and Exhibit A are part of the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.02. EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION. Two Officers shall sign
the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. The Company's
seal shall be impressed, affixed, imprinted or reproduced on the Securities and
may be in facsimile form.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that
office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be
valid nevertheless.
A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated
under this Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable
to the Company to authenticate the Securities. Unless limited by the terms of
such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever
the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by
the Trustee includes authen-
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tication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any
Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.
SECTION 2.03. REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT. The Company shall maintain
an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of
transfer or for exchange (the "Registrar") and an office or agency where
Securities may be presented for payment (the "Paying Agent"). The Registrar
shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The
Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying
agents. The term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar 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 shall
notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company
fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and
shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07.
The Company or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
may act as Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or transfer agent.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying
Agent in connection with the Securities.
SECTION 2.04. PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST. Prior to each due
date of the principal and interest on any Security, the Company shall deposit
with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when
so becoming 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 Securityholders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for
the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities and shall notify the
Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the
Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held
by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. 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 the Paying Agent. Upon
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complying with this Section, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability
for the money delivered to the Trustee.
SECTION 2.05. SECURITYHOLDER 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 Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the
Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee, in writing 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 Securityholders.
SECTION 2.06. REPLACEMENT SECURITIES. If a mutilated Security is
surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Security claims that the
Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue
and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security if the requirements of
Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met and the Holder satisfies
any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or
the Company, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the
judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee, the
Paying Agent, the Registrar and any co-registrar from any loss which any of them
may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge
the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Security.
Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Company.
SECTION 2.07. OUTSTANDING SECURITIES. Securities outstanding at any
time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled
by it, those delivered to it for cancelation and those described in this Section
as not outstanding. A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the
Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.06, it ceases to be
outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to
them that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with
this Indenture, on a redemption date or
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maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that
date with respect to the Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or
maturing, as the case may be, and the Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying
such money to the Securityholders on that date pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture, then on and after that date such Securities (or portions thereof)
cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
SECTION 2.08. TEMPORARY SECURITIES. Until definitive Securities are
ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate
temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form
of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company
shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities and
deliver them in exchange for temporary Securities.
SECTION 2.09. CANCELATION. The Company at any time may deliver
Securities to the Trustee for cancelation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent
shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration
of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all
Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or
cancelation and deliver such canceled Securities to the Company. The Company
may not issue new Securities to replace Securities it has redeemed, paid or
delivered to the Trustee for cancelation.
SECTION 2.10. DEFAULTED INTEREST. If the Company defaults in a
payment of interest on the Securities, the Company shall pay defaulted interest
(plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) in any lawful
manner. The Company may pay the defaulted interest to the persons who are
Securityholders on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix or
cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee and shall promptly mail to each
Securityholder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date
and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.11. CUSIP NUMBERS. The Company in issuing the Securities
may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall
use "CUSIP"
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numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained
in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption 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" numbers relating to the
Securities.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. NOTICES TO TRUSTEE. If the Company elects to redeem
Securities pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Securities, it shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the redemption date, the principal amount of Securities to
be redeemed and the paragraph of the Securities pursuant to which the redemption
will occur.
The Company shall give each notice to the Trustee provided for in this
Section at least 60 days before the redemption date unless the Trustee consents
to a shorter period. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel from the Company to the effect that such
redemption will comply with the conditions herein.
SECTION 3.02. SELECTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED. If fewer than
all the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities
to be redeemed pro rata or by lot or by a method that complies with applicable
legal and securities exchange requirements, if any, and that the Trustee
considers fair and appropriate and in accordance with methods generally used at
the time of selection by fiduciaries in similar circumstances. The Trustee
shall make the selection from outstanding Securities not previously called for
redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of
Securities that have denominations larger than $1,000. Securities and portions
of them the Trustee selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 or a whole multiple of
$1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for
redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for
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redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of the Securities or
portions of Securities to be redeemed.
SECTION 3.03. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. At least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before a date for redemption of Securities, the Company shall mail
a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed.
The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including
"CUSIP" numbers) and shall state:
(1) the redemption date;
(2) the redemption price;
(3) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(4) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the
Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(5) if fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed,
the identification and principal amounts of the particular Securities to be
redeemed;
(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption
payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant
to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Securities (or portion thereof)
called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
and
(7) 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
Securities.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at the Company's expense. In such event,
the Company shall provide the Trustee with the information required by this
Section.
SECTION 3.04. EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Once notice of
redemption is mailed, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on
the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice. Upon
surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption
price stated in the notice, plus accrued
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interest to the redemption date. Failure to give notice or any defect in the
notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other
Holder.
SECTION 3.05. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE. Prior to the redemption
date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a
Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money
sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities
to be redeemed on that date other than Securities or portions of Securities
called for redemption which have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee
for cancelation.
SECTION 3.06. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART. Upon surrender of a
Security that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Company's expense) a new Security
equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. PAYMENT OF SECURITIES. The Company shall promptly pay
the principal of and interest on the Securities on the dates and in the manner
provided in the Securities and in this Indenture. Principal and interest shall
be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying
Agent holds in accordance with this Indenture money sufficient to pay all
principal and interest then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case
may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Securityholders on that
date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 4.02. SEC REPORTS. Notwithstanding that the Company may not
be, or may not be required to remain, subject to the reporting requirements of
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall file or continue to
file with the SEC and provide the Trustee and Securityholders with such annual
reports and such information, documents and other reports as are specified in
Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and applicable to a U.S. corporation
subject to such Sections, such information, documents and reports to be so filed
and
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provided at the times specified for the filing of such information, documents
and reports under such Sections. The Company also shall comply with the other
provisions of TIA Section 314(a).
SECTION 4.03. LIMITATION ON INDEBTEDNESS. (a) The Company shall
not, and shall not permit its Restricted Subsidiaries to, Incur, directly or
indirectly, any Indebtedness; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company may Incur
Indebtedness if, on the date of such Incurrence and after giving effect thereto,
the Consolidated Coverage Ratio exceeds 2.0 to 1.0.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph (a), the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur any or all of the following Indebtedness:
(1) Indebtedness of the Company Incurred pursuant to the Term Loan
Provisions of the Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount that,
when taken together with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness
Incurred pursuant to this clause (1) and then outstanding, does not exceed
$45.0 million (less the amount of such Indebtedness permanently repaid as
provided in Section 4.06);
(2) Indebtedness of the Company Incurred pursuant to the Revolving
Credit Provisions of the Credit Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, after
giving effect to any such Incurrence, the aggregate principal amount of
such Indebtedness then outstanding does not exceed the greater of $30.0
million and the sum of (i)50% of the book value of the inventory of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) 80% of the book value of
the accounts receivables of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) Indebtedness owed to and held by the Company or a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of
any Capital Stock which results in any such Wholly Owned Subsidiary ceasing
to be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of such
Indebtedness (other than to the Company or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary)
shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute the Incurrence of such
Indebtedness by the issuer thereof;
(4) the Securities;
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(5) Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date (other than
Indebtedness described in clause (1), (2), (3) or (4) of this Section
4.03(b));
(6) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary Incurred and
outstanding on or prior to the date on which such Subsidiary was acquired
by the Company (other than Indebtedness or Preferred Stock Incurred in
connection with, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit
support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of related
transactions pursuant to which such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary or was
acquired by the Company); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that on the date of such
acquisition and after giving effect thereto, the Company would have been
able to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section
4.03(a);
(7) Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness Incurred
pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or pursuant to clause (4), (5) or (6) of this
Section 4.03(b) or this clause (7); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that to the extent
such Refinancing Indebtedness directly or indirectly Refinances
Indebtedness or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary described in clause (6) of
this Section 4.03(b), such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be Incurred only
by such Subsidiary;
(8) Hedging Obligations consisting of Interest Rate Agreements
directly related to Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred by the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to this Indenture and Currency
Agreements Incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(9) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary financing the purchase, lease or
improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment (whether through
the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning
such assets), in each case Incurred no more than 180 days after such
purchase, lease or improvement of such property and any Refinancing
Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, at the
time of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness and after giving effect
thereto, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness Incurred
pursuant to this clause (9) and
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then outstanding shall not exceed the greater of $10.0 million and 10% of
Adjusted Consolidated Assets;
(10) any Guarantee by the Company of Indebtedness of any Restricted
Subsidiary so long as the Incurrence of such Indebtedness Incurred by such
Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture and
any Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Company
Incurred pursuant to clause (1) or (2) of this Section 4.03(b);
(11) Indebtedness of the Company Incurred in connection with the
acquisition of a Related Business and any Refinancing Indebtedness in
respect of such Indebtedness; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the aggregate amount
of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (11) and then outstanding
shall not exceed $15.0 million; and
(12) Indebtedness of the Company in an aggregate principal amount
which, together with all other Indebtedness of the Company outstanding on
the date of such Incurrence (other than Indebtedness permitted by clauses
(1) through (11) of this Section 4.03(b) or Section 4.03(a)) does not
exceed $25.0 million.
(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.03,
(i) in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than
one of the types of Indebtedness described herein, the Company, in its sole
discretion, will classify such item of Indebtedness and only be required to
include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one of the above clauses and
(ii) an item of Indebtedness may be divided and classified in more than one of
the types of Indebtedness described herein.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 4.03(a) and Section 4.03(b), the Company
shall not Incur (i) any Indebtedness if such Indebtedness is subordinate or
junior in ranking in any respect to any Senior Indebtedness, unless such
Indebtedness is Senior Subordinated Indebtedness or is expressly subordinated in
right of payment to Senior Subordinated Indebtedness or (ii) any Secured
Indebtedness that is not Senior Indebtedness unless contemporaneously therewith
effective provision is made to secure the Securities equally and ratably with
such Secured Indebtedness for so long as such Secured Indebtedness is secured by
a Lien.
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SECTION 4.04. LIMITATION ON RESTRICTED PAYMENTS. (a) The Company
shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or
indirectly, to make a Restricted Payment if at the time the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary makes such Restricted Payment:
(1) a Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result
therefrom);
(2) the Company is not able to Incur an additional $1.00 of
Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.03(a); or
(3) the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all other
Restricted Payments since the Issue Date would exceed the sum of:
(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income accrued during the period
(treated as one accounting period) from the beginning of the fiscal quarter
immediately following the fiscal quarter during which the Securities are
originally issued to the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which
financial statements are available prior to the date of such Restricted
Payment (or, in case such Consolidated Net Income shall be a deficit, minus
100% of such deficit);
(B) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company from the
issuance or sale of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) and
the aggregate cash received by the Company as a capital contribution from
its shareholders, in each case subsequent to the Issue Date (other than an
issuance or sale to a Subsidiary of the Company and other than an issuance
or sale to an employee stock ownership plan or to a trust established by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees);
(C) the amount by which Indebtedness of the Company is reduced on the
Company's balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange (other than by a
Subsidiary of the Company) subsequent to the Issue Date, of any
Indebtedness of the Company convertible or exchangeable for Capital Stock
(other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company (less the amount of any
cash, or the fair value of any other property, distributed by the Company
upon such conversion or exchange);
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(D) an amount equal to the sum of (i) the net reduction in Investments
in any Person resulting from dividends, repayments of loans or advances or
other transfers of assets (including any sale of such Investment), in each
case to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and (ii) the portion
(proportionate to the Company's equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the
fair market value of the net assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary at the
time such Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing sum shall not exceed, in the case of
any Person (including any Unrestricted Subsidiary), the amount of
Investments previously made in such Person (and treated as a Restricted
Payment) by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(E) $5.0 million.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.04(a) shall not prohibit:
(i) any Restricted Payment made by exchange for, or out of the
proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, or capital contribution
in respect of, Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock
and other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a Subsidiary of the Company
or an employee stock ownership plan or to a trust established by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees);
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be excluded in
the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments and (B) the Net Cash
Proceeds from such sale shall be excluded from the calculation of amounts
under clause (3)(B) of Section 4.04(a);
(ii) any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other
acquisition or retirement for value of Subordinated Obligations made by
exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale
of, Indebtedness of the Company which is permitted to be Incurred pursuant
to Section 4.03; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such purchase, repurchase,
redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value shall
be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
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(iii) dividends paid within 60 days after the date of declaration
thereof if at such date of declaration such dividend would have complied
with Section 4.04(a); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such dividend shall be
included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
(iv) the repurchase of shares of, or options to purchase shares of,
common stock of Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from
employees, former employees, directors or former directors of Holdings, the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or permitted transferees of such
employees, former employees, directors or former directors), pursuant to
the terms of the agreements (including employment agreements) or plans (or
amendments thereto) approved by the board of directors of Holdings or the
Company under which such individuals purchase or sell or are granted the
option to purchase or sell, shares of such common stock; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the aggregate amount of such repurchases shall not exceed $500,000 in
any calendar year; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that such repurchases shall
be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
(v) following the initial Public Equity Offering of common stock,
dividends in an aggregate amount in any year not to exceed 6% of the
aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company in connection with such
initial Public Equity Offering and any subsequent Public Equity Offering of
common stock; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at the time of payment of such
dividends, no other Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or
result therefrom); PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that such dividends shall be
included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
(vi) repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon exercise of
stock options if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise
price of such options; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such repurchase shall be
excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
(vii) any payment by the Company to Holdings pursuant to the Tax
Sharing Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the amount of any such payment
shall not exceed the amount of taxes that the Company would have
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been liable for on a stand-alone basis; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that
such dividends shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of
Restricted Payments; and
(viii) dividends to Holdings to the extent required to pay for general
corporate and overhead expenses incurred by Holdings; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that such dividends shall not exceed $200,000 in any calendar year;
PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that such dividends shall be excluded in the
calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments.
SECTION 4.05. LIMITATION ON RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTIONS FROM
RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become
effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any
Restricted Subsidiary (a) to pay dividends or make any other distributions on
its Capital Stock to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or pay any
Indebtedness owed to the Company, (b) to make any loans or advances to the
Company or (c) to transfer any of its property or assets to the Company, except:
(i) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement in effect
at or entered into on the Issue Date (including the Credit Agreement and
related security documents);
(ii) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted
Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement relating to any Indebtedness Incurred
by such Restricted Subsidiary on or prior to the date on which such
Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Company (other than Indebtedness
Incurred as consideration in, or to provide all or any portion of the funds
or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of
related transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a
Restricted Subsidiary or was acquired by the Company) and outstanding on
such date;
(iii) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement
effecting a Refinancing of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to an agreement
referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 4.05 or this clause (iii)
or contained in any amendment to an
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agreement referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 4.05 or this
clause (iii); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the encumbrances and restrictions
with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary contained in any such
refinancing agreement or amendment are no less favorable to the
Securityholders than encumbrances and restrictions with respect to such
Restricted Subsidiary contained in such agreements;
(iv) any such encumbrance or restriction consisting of customary
non-assignment or subletting provisions in leases governing leasehold
interests to the extent such provisions restrict the transfer of the lease
or the property leased thereunder;
(v) in the case of clause (c) above, restrictions contained in
security agreements or mortgages securing Indebtedness of a Restricted
Subsidiary to the extent such restrictions restrict the transfer of the
property subject to such security agreements or mortgages; and
(vi) any restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed
pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of all or
substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary
pending the closing of such sale or disposition.
SECTION 4.06. LIMITATION ON SALES OF ASSETS AND SUBSIDIARY STOCK.
(a) In the event and to the extent that the Net Available Cash received by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from one or more Asset Dispositions (other
than the Scheduled Asset Dispositions) occurring on or after the Issue Date in
any period of 12 consecutive months exceeds the greater of $10 million and 10%
of Adjusted Consolidated Assets as of the beginning of such 12-month period,
then the Company shall (i) no later than 360 days after the date such Net
Available Cash so received exceeds such $10.0 million or 10% of Adjusted
Consolidated Assets (A) apply an amount equal to such excess Net Available Cash
to repay Senior Indebtedness or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary, in
each case owing to a Person other than the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company or (B) invest or commit to invest an equal amount, or the amount not so
applied pursuant to clause (A), in Additional Assets; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in
the case of any commitment to invest, such investment must be made within six
months thereafter, and any amount not so invested shall
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be treated as Excess Proceeds (as defined below); and (ii) apply such excess Net
Available Cash (to the extent not applied pursuant to clause (i)) as provided in
the following paragraphs of this Section 4.06. The amount of such excess Net
Available Cash required to be applied during the applicable period and not
applied as so required by the end of such period shall constitute "Excess
Proceeds."
(b)(i) If, as of the first day of any calendar month, the aggregate
amount of Excess Proceeds not theretofore subject to an Excess Proceeds Offer
(as defined below) totals at least $10.0 million, the Company must, not later
than the fifteenth Business Day of such month, make an offer (an "Excess
Proceeds Offer") to purchase from the Holders on a pro rata basis an aggregate
principal amount of Securities equal to the Excess Proceeds (rounded down to the
nearest multiple of $1,000) on such date, at a purchase price equal to 100% of
the principal amount of such Securities, plus, in each case, accrued interest
(if any) to the date of purchase (the "Excess Proceeds Payment").
(ii) The Company shall commence any Excess Proceeds Offer with
respect to the Securities by mailing a notice to the Trustee and each Holder
stating: (A) that the Excess Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 4.06 and that all Securities validly tendered will be accepted for
payment on a pro rata basis; (B) the purchase price and the date of purchase
(which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days
from the date such notice is mailed) (the "Excess Proceeds Payment Date"); (C)
that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest pursuant to its
terms; (D) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Excess
Proceeds Payment, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Excess
Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest on and after the Excess Proceeds
Payment Date; (E) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to
the Excess Proceeds Offer will be required to surrender the Security, together
with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse side
of the Security completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the
notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day immediately
preceding the Excess Proceeds Payment Date; (F) that Holders will be entitled to
withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close
of business on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Excess Proceeds
Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such
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Holder, the principal amount of Securities delivered for purchase and a
statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Securities
purchased; and (G) that Holders whose Securities are being purchased only in
part will be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
portion of the Securities surrendered; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each Security
purchased and each new Security issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000
or integral multiples thereof.
(iii) On the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, the Company shall (A)
accept for payment on a pro rata basis Securities or portions thereof tendered
pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer, (B) deposit with the Paying Agent money
sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Securities or portions thereof so
accepted, and (C) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee all
Securities or portions thereof so accepted together with an Officers'
Certificate specifying the Securities or portions thereof so accepted for
payment by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of
Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, and the
Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders a new Security
equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security
surrendered; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each Security purchased and each new
Security issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples
thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Excess Proceeds
Offer as soon as practicable after the Excess Proceeds Payment Date. For
purposes of this Section 4.06, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent.
(iv) The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the
requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws
or regulations thereunder in the event that such Excess Proceeds are received by
the Company under this Section 4.06 and the Company is required to repurchase
Securities as described above. To the extent that the provisions of any
securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section
4.06, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and
regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this
Section 4.06 by virtue thereof.
(c) In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all)
the property and assets of the Company as an entirety to a Person in a
transaction permitted by
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Section 5.01, the Successor Company (as defined therein) shall be deemed to have
sold the properties and assets of the Company not so transferred for purposes of
this Section 4.06, and shall comply with the provisions of this Section 4.06
with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Disposition and the
Successor Company shall be deemed to have received Net Available Cash in an
amount equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board
of Directors) of the properties and assets not so transferred or sold.
SECTION 4.07. LIMITATION ON AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS. (a) The Company
shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into or
permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange
of any property, employee compensation arrangements or the rendering of any
service) with any Affiliate of the Company (an "Affiliate Transaction") unless
the terms thereof (1) are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary than those that could be obtained at the time of such transaction in
arm's-length dealings with a Person who is not such an Affiliate, (2) if such
Affiliate Transaction involves an amount in excess of $2 million, (i) are set
forth in writing and (ii) have been approved by a majority of the members of the
Board of Directors having no personal stake in such Affiliate Transaction and
(3) if such Affiliate Transaction involves an amount in excess of $5 million,
have been determined by nationally recognized accounting or investment banking
firm (an "Independent Financial Advisor") to be fair, from a financial
standpoint, to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding
clause (2)(ii) above, in the event that there are less than three members of the
Board of Directors not having a personal stake in any Affiliate Transaction,
such Affiliate Transaction shall be permitted to exist so long as an Independent
Financial Advisor has determined the terms of such Affiliate Transaction to be
fair, from a financial standpoint, to the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not prohibit (i) any
Restricted Payment permitted to be paid pursuant to Section 4.04, (ii) any
issuance of securities, or other payments, benefits, awards or grants in cash,
securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements,
stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors,
(iii) the grant of stock options or similar rights to employees and directors
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of the Company pursuant to plans approved by the Board of Directors, (iv) loans
or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business in accordance with
the past practices of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, but in any
event not to exceed $1 million in the aggregate outstanding at any one time, (v)
the payment of reasonable fees to directors of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries who are not employees of the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries, (vi) any Tax Sharing Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
aggregate amount payable by the Company pursuant thereto shall not exceed the
amount of taxes that the Company would have been liable for on a stand-alone
basis, (vii) indemnification agreements with, and the payment of fees and
indemnities to, directors, officers and employees of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case in the ordinary course of business, (viii)
any employment, non-competition or confidentiality agreement entered into by the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with its employees in the ordinary
course of business, (ix) the payment by the Company of fees, expenses and other
amounts to Cypress and its Affiliates in connection with the Merger, (x)
payments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to Cypress and its
Affiliates made pursuant to any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or
placement agreement, or in respect of other investment banking activities, in
each case as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith, and (xi) any
Affiliate Transaction between the Company and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or
between Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
SECTION 4.08. CHANGE OF CONTROL. (a) Upon a Change of Control, each
Holder shall have the right to require that the Company repurchase such Holder's
Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount
thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase
(subject to the right of Holders of record on a record date to receive interest
on the relevant interest payment date), in accordance with the terms
contemplated in Section 4.08(b). In the event that at the time of such Change
of Control the terms of the Senior Indebtedness of the Company restrict or
prohibit the repurchase of Securities pursuant to this Section, then prior to
the mailing of the notice to Holders provided for in Section 4.08(b) below but
in any event within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall
(i) repay in full all such Senior Indebtedness or offer to repay in full all
such Senior
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Indebtedness and repay such Senior Indebtedness of each lender who has accepted
such offer or (ii) obtain the requisite consent under the agreements governing
such Senior Indebtedness to permit the repurchase of the Securities as provided
for in Section 4.08(b).
(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall
mail a notice to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee stating:
(1) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder has the
right to require the Company to purchase such Holder's Securities at a
purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to
the right of Holders of record on a record date to receive interest on the
relevant interest payment date);
(2) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of
Control;
(3) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor
later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed); and
(4) the instructions determined by the Company, consistent with this
Section, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Securities
purchased.
(c) Holders electing to have a Security purchased will be required to
surrender the Security, together with the form entitled "Option of Holder to
Elect Purchase" on the reverse side of the Security completed, to the Company at
the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the
purchase date. Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Trustee or the Company receives not later than one Business Day prior to the
purchase date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the
Holder, the principal amount of the Security which was delivered for purchase by
the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have
such Security purchased.
(d) On the purchase date, all Securities purchased by the Company
under this Section shall be delivered by the Trustee for cancelation, and the
Company shall pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
to the Holders entitled thereto.
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(e) The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the
requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws
or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Securities pursuant to this
Section. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.08, the Company shall
comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be
deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.08 by virtue
thereof.
SECTION 4.09. LIMITATION ON THE SALE OR ISSUANCE OF CAPITAL STOCK OF
RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES. The Company shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any
Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to issue or sell or otherwise dispose of any
of its Capital Stock except (i) to the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or
to any director of a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent required as director's
qualifying shares, (ii) if, immediately after giving effect to such issuance,
sale or other disposition, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries own
any Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) if, immediately after
giving effect to such issuance, sale or other disposition, such Restricted
Subsidiary would no longer constitute a Restricted Subsidiary and any Investment
in such Person remaining after giving effect thereto would have been permitted
to be made under Section 4.04 if made on the date of such issuance, sale or
other disposition.
SECTION 4.10. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE. The Company shall deliver to
the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company an
Officers' Certificate (one of the signers of which shall be the principal
executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer
of the Company) stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of
their duties as Officers of the Company they would normally have knowledge of
any Default and whether or not the signers know of any Default that occurred
during such period. If they do, the certificate shall describe the Default, its
status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto. The Company also shall comply with TIA Section 314(a)(4).
SECTION 4.11. FURTHER INSTRUMENTS AND ACTS. Upon request of the
Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do
such further acts as may be
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reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this
Indenture.
ARTICLE V
SUCCESSOR COMPANY
SECTION 5.01. WHEN COMPANY MAY MERGE OR TRANSFER ASSETS. The Company
shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease,
in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all its
assets to, any Person, unless:
(i) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the "Successor
Company") shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the
United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and
the Successor Company (if not the Company) shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental thereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under
the Securities and the Indenture;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating
any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or
any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by
such Successor Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction),
no Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, the
Successor Company would be able to Incur an additional $1.00 of
Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.03(a);
(iv) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, the
Successor Company shall have Consolidated Net Worth in an amount that is
not less than the Consolidated Net Worth of the Company prior to such
transaction; and
(v) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any)
comply with the Indenture.
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Notwithstanding clause (iii) above, the Company may consolidate with
or merge with or into (A) another Person if such Person is a single purpose
corporation that has not conducted any business or Incurred any Indebtedness or
other liabilities and such transaction is being consummated solely to change the
state of incorporation of the Company and (B) Holdings; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that,
in the case of clause (B), (x) Holdings shall not have owned any assets other
than the Capital Stock of the Company (and other immaterial assets incidental to
its ownership of such Capital Stock) or conducted any business other than owning
the Capital Stock of the Company, (y) Holdings shall not have any Indebtedness
or other liabilities (other than ordinary course liabilities incidental to its
ownership of the Capital Stock of the Company) and (z) immediately after giving
effect to such consolidation or merger, the Successor Company shall have a pro
forma Consolidated Coverage Ratio that is not less than the Consolidated
Coverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior to such consolidation or merger.
Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv), the
Company may merge into AMTROL Inc. on the Issue Date.
The Successor Company shall be the successor to the Company and shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of,
the Company under the Indenture, but the predecessor Company in the case of a
conveyance, transfer or lease shall not be released from the obligation to pay
the principal of and interest on the Securities.
ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. An "Event of Default" occurs if:
(1) the Company defaults in any payment of interest on any Security
when the same becomes due and payable, whether or not such payment shall be
prohibited by Article 10, and such default continues for a period of 30
days;
(2) the Company (i) defaults in the payment of the principal of any
Security when the same becomes due and
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payable at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required
repurchase or otherwise, whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by
Article 10, or (ii) fails to redeem or purchase Securities when required
pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities, whether or not such
redemption or purchase shall be prohibited by Article 10;
(3) the Company fails to comply with Section 5.01;
(4) the Company fails to comply with Section 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05,
4.06, 4.07, 4.08 or 4.09 (other than a failure to purchase Securities when
required under Section 4.06 or 4.08) and such failure continues for 30 days
after the notice specified below;
(5) the Company fails to comply with any of its agreements in the
Securities or this Indenture (other than those referred to in clause (1),
(2), (3) or (4) above) and such failure continues for 60 days after the
notice specified below;
(6) Indebtedness of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is not
paid within any applicable grace period after final maturity or is
accelerated by the holders thereof because of a default and the total
amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $10.0 million or
its foreign currency equivalent at the time;
(7) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within
the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(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 Custodian of it or for any
substantial part of its property; or
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to
insolvency;
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(8) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under
any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property; or
(C) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary;
or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws and the order or
decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or
(9) any judgment or decree for the payment of money in excess of $10.0
million or its foreign currency equivalent at the time is entered against
the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, remains outstanding for a period
of 60 days following the entry of such judgment or decree and is not
discharged, waived or the execution thereof stayed within 10 days after the
notice specified below.
The foregoing will constitute Events of Default whatever the reason
for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any
court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body.
The term "Bankruptcy Law" means Xxxxx 00, XXXXXX XXXXXX CODE, or any
similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term "Custodian"
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official
under any Bankruptcy Law.
A Default under clauses (4), (5) or (9) above is not an Event of
Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of
the Securities notify the Company of the Default and the Company does not cure
such Default within the time specified after receipt of such notice. Such
notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such
notice is a "Notice of Default".
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The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the
occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers' Certificate of
any Event of Default under clause (6) above and any event which with the giving
of notice or the lapse of time would become an Event of Default under clause
(4), (5) or (9) above, its status and what action the Company is taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 6.02. ACCELERATION. If an Event of Default (other than an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(7) or (8) with respect to the
Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities by notice to the
Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal of and accrued interest on
all the Securities to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such
principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.01(7) or (8) with respect to the Company occurs,
the principal of and interest on all the Securities shall IPSO FACTO become and
be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part
of the Trustee or any Securityholders. The Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Securities by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration
and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or
decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except
nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of
acceleration. 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 of or interest on the Securities or to enforce the performance of
any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any
of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or
omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder 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. No remedy is
exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.
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SECTION 6.04. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities by notice to the Trustee may waive an
existing Default and its consequences except (i) a Default in the payment of the
principal of or interest on a Security or (ii) a Default in respect of a
provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each
Securityholder affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any
consequent right.
SECTION 6.05. CONTROL BY MAJORITY. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities may direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee
may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or,
subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to
the rights of other Securityholders or would involve the Trustee in personal
liability; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed
proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to
taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification
satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused
by taking or not taking such action.
SECTION 6.06. LIMITATION ON SUITS. A Securityholder may not pursue
any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice stating that an
Event of Default is continuing;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities
make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against any loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after
receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
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(5) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities do
not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request during such
60-day period.
A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Securityholder.
SECTION 6.07. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive
payment of principal of and interest on the Securities held by such Holder, on
or after the respective due dates expressed in the Securities, 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 may
recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the
Company for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any
unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section
7.07.
SECTION 6.09. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM. The Trustee may 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 and the Securityholders
allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its creditors or
its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote
on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other
Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee
and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments
directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section
7.07.
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SECTION 6.10. PRIORITIES. If the Trustee collects any money or
property pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money or property in
the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;
SECOND: to holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company to the
extent required by Article 10;
THIRD: to Securityholders for amounts due and unpaid on the
Securities for principal and interest, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the
Securities for principal and interest, respectively; and
FOURTH: to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Securityholders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record
date, the Company shall mail to each Securityholder and the Trustee a notice
that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.
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 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 pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by
Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Securities.
SECTION 6.12. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS. The Company (to the
extent it may lawfully do so) shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in
any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or
extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or
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advantage of any such law, and shall not 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 had been enacted.
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. DUTIES OF TRUSTEE. (a) If an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers
vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in
their 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:
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) 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,
in the case of any certificate or opinion that by any provision of this
Indenture is required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall
examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they
conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own wilful misconduct,
except that:
(1) this paragraph (c) does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of
this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Trust Officer
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unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts; and
(3) 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.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the
Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01.
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.
(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment
of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it.
(h) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or
affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA.
SECTION 7.02. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee may rely on any
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by
the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated
in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require
an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be
liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the
Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible
for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
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(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits
to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or
powers; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee's conduct does not constitute wilful
misconduct or negligence.
(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the
advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this
Indenture and the Securities shall be full and complete authorization and
protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by
it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such
counsel.
SECTION 7.03. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE. The Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar
or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must
comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
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 Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company's
use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any
statement of the Company in the Indenture or in any document issued in
connection with the sale of the Securities or in the Securities other than the
Trustee's certificate of authentication.
SECTION 7.05. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS. If a Default occurs and is
continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each
Securityholder notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in
the case of a Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Security
(including payments pursuant to the mandatory redemption provisions of such
Security, if any), the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a
committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the
notice is in the interests of Securityholders.
SECTION 7.06. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS. As promptly as
practicable after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of
this Indenture, and in any event prior to July 15 in each year, the Trustee
shall mail
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to each Securityholder a brief report dated as of May 15 that complies with TIA
Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders
shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the
Securities are listed. The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee
whenever the Securities become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting
thereof.
SECTION 7.07. COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY. The Company shall pay to
the Trustee from time to time such compensation as the Company and the Trustee
shall from time to time agree in writing for its services. The Trustee's
compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an
express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of
collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses
shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee's agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Company
shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all loss, liability or expense
(including attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the
acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties
hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which
it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall
not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend
the claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay
the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not reimburse any
expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the
Trustee through the Trustee's own wilful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section, the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held
or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay
principal of and interest on particular Securities.
The Company's payment obligations pursuant to this Section shall
survive the discharge of this Indenture. When the Trustee incurs expenses after
the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(7) or (8) with respect to
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the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration
under the Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 7.08. REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE. The Trustee may resign at any
time by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Securities may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may
appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or
its property; or
(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Company or by the Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the Securities and such Holders do not
reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to
herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to Securityholders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all
property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien
provided for in Section 7.07.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of
10% in principal amount of the Securities may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder
may petition any court of competent
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jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this
Section, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the
benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.09. SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER. If the Trustee
consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially
all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking
association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any
further act shall be the successor Trustee.
In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion
or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this
Indenture any of the Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered,
any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of
any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in
case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any
successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of
any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in
all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere
in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the
Trustee shall have.
SECTION 7.10. ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION. The Trustee shall at
all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a). The Trustee shall
have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50.0 million as set forth in
its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply
with TIA Section 310(b); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that there shall be excluded from
the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which
other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other
securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion
set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met.
SECTION 7.11. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY. The
Trustee shall comply with 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.
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ARTICLE VIII
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01. DISCHARGE OF LIABILITY ON SECURITIES; DEFEASANCE. (a)
When (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee all outstanding Securities (other
than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.06) for cancelation or (ii) all
outstanding Securities have become due and payable, whether at maturity or as a
result of the mailing of a notice of redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof and
the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee funds sufficient to pay at
maturity or upon redemption all outstanding Securities, including interest
thereon to maturity or such redemption date (other than Securities replaced
pursuant to Section 2.06), and if in either case the Company pays all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall, subject to Sections
8.01(c), cease to be of further effect. The Trustee shall acknowledge
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture on demand of the Company
accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the
cost and expense of the Company.
(b) Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Company at any time may
terminate (i) all its obligations under the Securities and this Indenture
("legal defeasance option") or (ii) its obligations under Sections 4.02, 4.03,
4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08 and 4.09 and the operation of Sections 6.01(4),
6.01(6), 6.01(7), 6.01(8) and 6.01(9) (but, in the case of Sections 6.01(7) and
(8), with respect only to Significant Subsidiaries) ("covenant defeasance
option") or contained in Sections 5.01(a)(iii) and (iv). The Company may
exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its
covenant defeasance option.
If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the
Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the
Company exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Securities may
not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(4),
6.01(6), 6.01(7), 6.01(8) and 6.01(9) (but, in the case of Sections 6.01(7) and
(8), with respect only to Significant Subsidiaries) or because of the failure of
the Company to comply with Section 5.01(a)(iii) or (iv).
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Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request
of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those
obligations that the Company terminates.
(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Company's
obligations in Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 7.07 and 7.08 and this
Article 8 shall survive until the Securities have been paid in full.
Thereafter, the Company's obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.04 and 8.05 shall
survive.
SECTION 8.02. CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE. The Company may exercise its
legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option only if:
(1) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee money
or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal of and interest
on the Securities to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a
nationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressing their
opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without
reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any
deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and in
such amounts as will be sufficient to pay principal and interest when due
on all the Securities to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(3) 123 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 123-day
period no Default specified in Sections 6.01(7) or (8) with respect to the
Company occurs which is continuing at the end of the period;
(4) the deposit does not constitute a default under any other
agreement binding on the Company and is not prohibited by Article 10;
(5) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not constitute, or is
qualified as, a regulated investment company under the Investment Company
Act of 1940;
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(6) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company
has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling, or (ii) 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 Securityholders will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal
income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to
Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred;
(7) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
Securityholders will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income
tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to
Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not
occurred; and
(8) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the
defeasance and discharge of the Securities as contemplated by this Article
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Before or after a deposit, the Company may make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of Securities at a future date in
accordance with Article 3.
SECTION 8.03. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY. The Trustee shall hold in
trust money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to this
Article 8. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S.
Government Obligations through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this
Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities. Money
and securities so held in trust are not subject to Article 10.
SECTION 8.04. REPAYMENT TO COMPANY. The Trustee and the Paying Agent
shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any excess money or
securities held by them at any time.
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Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the
Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon written request any money held by
them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two
years, and, thereafter, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the
Company for payment as general creditors.
SECTION 8.05. INDEMNITY FOR GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS. The Company
shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge
imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations or the
principal and interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.
SECTION 8.06. REINSTATEMENT. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is
unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this
Article 8 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or
judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or
otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company's obligations under this
Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no
deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 8 until such time as the Trustee
or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government
Obligations in accordance with this Article 8; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if the
Company has made any payment of interest on or principal of any Securities
because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the
money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 9.01. WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS. The Company and the
Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Securities without notice to or consent
of any Securityholder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to comply with Article 5;
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(3) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in
place of certificated Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of
Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated
Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code;
(4) to make any change in Article 10 that would limit or terminate the
benefits available to any holder of Senior Indebtedness (or Representatives
therefor) under Article 10;
(5) to add guarantees with respect to the Securities or to secure the
Securities;
(6) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company;
(7) to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with
qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture under the
TIA; or
(8) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of
any Securityholder.
An amendment under this Section may not make any change that adversely
affects the rights under Article 10 of any holder of Senior Indebtedness then
outstanding unless the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or any group or
representative thereof authorized to give a consent) consent to such change.
After an amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Company
shall mail to Securityholders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The
failure to give such notice to all Securityholders, or any defect therein, shall
not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section.
SECTION 9.02. WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS. The Company and the Trustee
may amend this Indenture or the Securities without notice to any Securityholder
but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
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principal amount of the Securities (including consents obtained in connection
with a tender offer or exchange for the Securities). However, without the
consent of each Securityholder affected thereby, an amendment may not:
(1) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an
amendment;
(2) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on
any Security;
(3) reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of any
Security;
(4) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Security or
change the time at which any Security may be redeemed in accordance with
Article 3;
(5) make any Security payable in money other than that stated in the
Security;
(6) make any change in Article 10 that adversely affects the rights of
any Securityholder under Article 10; or
(7) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 or the second sentence of
this Section.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall
be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
An amendment under this Section may not make any change that adversely
affects the rights under Article 10 of any holder of Senior Indebtedness then
outstanding unless the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or any group or
representative thereof authorized to give a consent) consent to such change.
After an amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Company
shall mail to Securityholders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The
failure to give such notice to all Securityholders, or any defect therein, shall
not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section.
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SECTION 9.03. COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. Every amendment
to this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 9.04. REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS AND WAIVERS. A
consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Security shall bind the
Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the Security
that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even if
notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Security. However, any
such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such
Holder's Security or portion of the Security if the Trustee receives the notice
of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective. After
an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Securityholder.
An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the execution of such amendment or
waiver by the Trustee.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for
the purpose of determining the Securityholders entitled to give their consent or
take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken
pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the
immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Securityholders at such
record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be
entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to
take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after
such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120
days after such record date.
SECTION 9.05. NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES. If an amendment
changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may require the Holder of the
Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate
notation on the Security regarding the changed terms and return it to the
Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company
in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a
new Security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate
notation or to issue a new Security shall not affect the validity of such
amendment.
SECTION 9.06. TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS. The Trustee shall sign any
amendment authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment does not
adversely affect the
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rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the
Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing such amendment the Trustee shall
be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and to receive,
and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE X
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 10.01. AGREEMENT TO SUBORDINATE. The Company agrees, and
each Securityholder by accepting a Security agrees, that the Indebtedness
evidenced by the Securities is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent
and in the manner provided in this Article 10, to the prior payment of all
Senior Indebtedness and that the subordination is for the benefit of and
enforceable by the holders of such Senior Indebtedness. The Securities shall in
all respects rank PARI PASSU with all other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of
the Company and only Indebtedness which is Senior Indebtedness shall rank senior
to the Securities in accordance with the provisions set forth herein. All
provisions of this Article 10 shall be subject to Section 10.12.
SECTION 10.02. LIQUIDATION, DISSOLUTION, BANKRUPTCY. Upon any
payment or distribution of the assets of the Company to creditors upon a total
or partial liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of the Company or in a
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding
relating to the Company or its property:
(1) holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive
payment in full of such Senior Indebtedness before Securityholders shall be
entitled to receive any payment of principal of or interest on the
Securities; and
(2) until such Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, any distribution
to which Securityholders would be entitled but for this Article 10 shall be
made to holders of such Senior Indebtedness as their interests may appear,
except that Securityholders may receive shares of stock and any debt
securities that are subor-
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dinated to such Senior Indebtedness to at least the same extent as the
Securities.
SECTION 10.03. DEFAULT ON SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS. The Company may not
pay the principal of or interest on the Securities or make any deposit pursuant
to Section 8.01 and may not repurchase, redeem or otherwise retire any
Securities (collectively, "pay the Securities") if (i) any Designated Senior
Indebtedness is not paid when due or (ii) any other default on Designated Senior
Indebtedness occurs and the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness is
accelerated in accordance with its terms unless, in either case, (x) the default
has been cured or waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded or (y)
such Designated Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Company may pay the Securities without regard to the foregoing if the
Company and the Trustee receive written notice approving such payment from the
Representative of such Designated Senior Indebtedness. During the continuance
of any default (other than a default described in clause (i) or (ii) of the
preceding sentence) with respect to any Designated Senior Indebtedness pursuant
to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated immediately without further
notice (except such notice as may be required to effect such acceleration) or
the expiration of any applicable grace periods, the Company may not pay the
Securities for a period (a "Payment Blockage Period") commencing upon the
receipt by the Company and the Trustee of written notice (a "Blockage Notice")
of such default from the Representative of such Designated Senior Indebtedness
specifying an election to effect a Payment Blockage Period and ending 179 days
thereafter (or earlier if such Payment Blockage Period is terminated (i) by
written notice to the Trustee and the Company from the Person or Persons who
gave such Blockage Notice, (ii) by repayment in full of such Designated Senior
Indebtedness or (iii) because the default giving rise to such Blockage Notice is
no longer continuing). Notwithstanding the provisions described in the
immediately preceding sentence (but subject to the provisions contained in the
first sentence of this Section 10.03), unless the holders of such Designated
Senior Indebtedness or the Representative of such holders shall have accelerated
the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness, the Company may resume
payments on the Securities after such Payment Blockage Period. Not more than
one Blockage Notice may be given in any consecutive 360-day period, irrespective
of the number of defaults with respect to Designated Senior Indebtedness during
such period;
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PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if any Blockage Notice within such 360-day period is
given by or on behalf of any holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness (other
than the lenders under the Credit Agreement), the Representative of the lenders
under the Credit Agreement may give another Blockage Notice within such period;
PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that in no event may the total number of days during
which any Payment Blockage Period or Periods is in effect exceed 179 days in the
aggregate during any 360-consecutive-day period. For purposes of this Section,
no default or event of default which existed or was continuing on the date of
the commencement of any Payment Blockage Period with respect to the Designated
Senior Indebtedness initiating such Payment Blockage Period shall be, or be
made, the basis of the commencement of a subsequent Payment Blockage Period by
the Representative of such Designated Senior Indebtedness, whether or not within
a period of 360 consecutive days, unless such default or event of default shall
have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.
SECTION 10.04. ACCELERATION OF PAYMENT OF SECURITIES. If payment of
the Securities is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Company or the
Trustee shall promptly notify the holders of the Designated Senior Indebtedness
(or their Representatives) of the acceleration.
SECTION 10.05. WHEN DISTRIBUTION MUST BE PAID OVER. If a
distribution is made to Securityholders that because of this Article 10 should
not have been made to them, the Securityholders who receive the distribution
shall hold it in trust for holders of Senior Indebtedness and pay it over to
them as their interests may appear.
SECTION 10.06. SUBROGATION. After all Senior Indebtedness is paid in
full and until the Securities are paid in full, Securityholders shall be
subrogated to the rights of holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive
distributions applicable to such Senior Indebtedness. A distribution made under
this Article 10 to holders of such Senior Indebtedness which otherwise would
have been made to Securityholders is not, as between the Company and
Securityholders, a payment by the Company on such Senior Indebtedness.
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SECTION 10.07. RELATIVE RIGHTS. This Article 10 defines the relative
rights of Securityholders and holders of Senior Indebtedness. Nothing in this
Indenture shall:
(1) impair, as between the Company and Securityholders, the obligation
of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of
and interest on the Securities in accordance with their terms; or
(2) prevent the Trustee or any Securityholder from exercising its
available remedies upon a Default, subject to the rights of holders of
Senior Indebtedness to receive distributions otherwise payable to
Securityholders.
SECTION 10.08. SUBORDINATION MAY NOT BE IMPAIRED BY COMPANY. No
right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness to enforce the subordination of the
Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities shall be impaired by any act or failure
to act by the Company or by its failure to comply with this Indenture.
SECTION 10.09. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AND PAYING AGENT. The Company shall
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any fact known to the Company which
would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the
Securities. Failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination of
the Securities to Senior Indebtedness. Notwithstanding Section 10.03, the
Trustee or Paying Agent may continue to make payments on the Securities and
shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of facts that would
prohibit the making of any such payments unless, not less than two Business Days
prior to the date of such payment, a Trust Officer of the Trustee receives
notice satisfactory to it that payments may not be made under this Article 10.
The Company, the Registrar or co-registrar, the Paying Agent, a Representative
or a holder of Senior Indebtedness may give the notice; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that,
if an issue of Senior Indebtedness has a Representative, only the Representative
may give the notice.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior
Indebtedness with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. The
Registrar and co-registrar and the Paying Agent may do the same with like
rights. The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this
Article 10 with respect to any Senior
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Indebtedness which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any
other holder of such Senior Indebtedness; and nothing in Article 7 shall deprive
the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article 10
shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to
Section 7.07.
SECTION 10.10. DISTRIBUTION OR NOTICE TO REPRESENTATIVE. Whenever a
distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Indebtedness,
the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative (if
any).
SECTION 10.11. ARTICLE 10 NOT TO PREVENT EVENTS OF DEFAULT OR LIMIT
RIGHT TO ACCELERATE. The failure to make a payment pursuant to the Securities
by reason of any provision in this Article 10 shall not be construed as
preventing the occurrence of a Default. Nothing in this Article 10 shall have
any effect on the right of the Securityholders or the Trustee to accelerate the
maturity of the Securities.
SECTION 10.12. TRUST MONEYS NOT SUBORDINATED. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, payments from money or the proceeds
of U.S. Government Obligations held in trust under Article 8 by the Trustee for
the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities shall not be
subordinated to the prior payment of any Senior Indebtedness or subject to the
restrictions set forth in this Article 10, and none of the Securityholders shall
be obligated to pay over any such amount to the Company or any holder of Senior
Indebtedness or any other creditor of the Company.
SECTION 10.13. TRUSTEE ENTITLED TO RELY. Upon any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Article 10, the Trustee and the Securityholders
shall be entitled to rely (i) upon any order or decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 10.02
are pending, (ii) upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or
other Person making such payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders or (iii) upon the Representatives for the holders of Senior
Indebtedness for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate
in such payment or distribution, the holders of such Senior Indebtedness and
other Indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the
amount or amounts paid or distributed
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thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 10. In the
event that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that evidence is required with
respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to
participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 10, the
Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by
such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such
payment or distribution and other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person
under this Article 10, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may
defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right
of such Person to receive such payment. The provisions of Sections 7.01 and
7.02 shall be applicable to all actions or omissions of actions by the Trustee
pursuant to this Article 10.
SECTION 10.14. TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE SUBORDINATION. Each
Securityholder by accepting a Security authorizes and directs the Trustee on his
behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or
effectuate the subordination between the Securityholders and the holders of
Senior Indebtedness as provided in this Article 10 and appoints the Trustee as
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
SECTION 10.15. TRUSTEE NOT FIDUCIARY FOR HOLDERS OF SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if it
shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to Securityholders or the Company or any
other Person, money or assets to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall
be entitled by virtue of this Article 10 or otherwise. With respect to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe
only such of its covenants or obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Article 10 and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to holders of
Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
SECTION 10.16. RELIANCE BY HOLDERS OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS ON
SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security
acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing subordination provisions are, and are
intended to be, an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any Senior
Indebtedness, whether such Senior
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Indebtedness was created or acquired before or after the issuance of the
Securities, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such Senior
Indebtedness and such holder of such Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed
conclusively to have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and
continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such Senior Indebtedness.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01. TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS. If any provision of
this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is
required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision
shall control.
SECTION 11.02. NOTICES. Any notice or communication shall be in
writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail addressed as
follows:
if to the Company:
AMTROL Acquisition, Inc.
in care of The Cypress Group L.L.C.
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention of: Xx. Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
if to the Trustee:
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00 Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention of: Corporate Trust Trustee
Administration
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate
additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
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Any notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall be mailed
to the Securityholder at the Securityholder's address as it appears on the
registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed
within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any
defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Securityholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided
above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
SECTION 11.03. COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS.
Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other
Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have
the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 11.04. CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain
from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee:
(1) an Officers' Certificate in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers,
all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating
to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel,
all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION 11.05. STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION. Each
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition
provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the
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statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express
an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has
been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with.
SECTION 11.06. WHEN SECURITIES DISREGARDED. In determining whether
the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any
direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Company or by any Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only
Securities which the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so
disregarded. Also, subject to the foregoing, only Securities outstanding at the
time shall be considered in any such determination.
SECTION 11.07. RULES BY TRUSTEE, PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. The
Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders.
The Registrar and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their
functions.
SECTION 11.08. LEGAL HOLIDAYS. A "Legal Holiday" is a Saturday, a
Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are not required to be open in the
State of New York. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made
on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall
accrue for the intervening period. If a regular record date is a Legal Holiday,
the record date shall not be affected.
SECTION 11.09. GOVERNING LAW. This Indenture and the Securities
shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
New York but without giving effect to applicable principles of conflicts of law
to the extent that the application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be
required thereby.
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SECTION 11.10. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer,
employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability
for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or for
any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. By accepting a Security, each Securityholder shall waive and release
all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration
for the issue of the Securities.
SECTION 11.11. SUCCESSORS. All agreements of the Company in this
Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successors. All agreements of the
Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
SECTION 11.12. MULTIPLE 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. One signed copy is enough to prove
this Indenture.
SECTION 11.13. TABLE OF CONTENTS; HEADINGS. The table of contents,
cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this
Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended
to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms
or provisions hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed as of the date first written above.
AMTROL ACQUISITION, INC., Issuer
by /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Secretary
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
by /s/ Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
EXHIBIT 1
to
APPENDIX A
[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL SECURITY]
[Global Securities Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITARY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), NEW YORK, NEW
YORK, TO THE COMPANY 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 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.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN
WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH
SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE
LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE
INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[Restricted Securities Legend]
"THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
(THE "SECURITIES ACT") AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE
UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS
SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER
(1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED
INVESTOR" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN "INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR") OR (C) IT IS NOT A
U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN
COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT, IF IT IS
A PURCHASER OTHER THAN A FOREIGN PURCHASER OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, IT WILL
NOT, WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO IN RULE 144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
AS IN EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO SUCH TRANSFER, RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS
SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO AMTROL ACQUISITION, INC. OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF,
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(B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE
WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO THE
TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS
RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (THE FORM OF WHICH
LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF
AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SECURITIES AT THE TIME OF TRANSFER OF LESS THAN
$100,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO AMTROL ACQUISITION, INC. THAT SUCH
TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
(E) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH
PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT
OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY WITHIN THE
TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO ABOVE, THE HOLDER MUST CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX SET
FORTH ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF RELATING TO THE MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER AND
SUBMIT THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE TRUSTEE. IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER,
FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND AMTROL ACQUISITION, INC. SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL
OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS EITHER OF THEM MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE 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.
AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION", "UNITED STATES" AND
"U.S. PERSON" HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT. THE INDENTURE CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO
REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING
RESTRICTIONS."
[Regulation S Global Security/Additional Legend]
PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER OR THE EFFECTIVENESS
OF THE SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT, TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS IN THE REGULATION S
GLOBAL SECURITY TO U.S. PERSONS SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS TO QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
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CUSIP No.
No. $
10-5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2006
AMTROL Acquisition, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation, promises to pay
to , or registered assigns, the principal sum
of Dollars on December 31, 2006.
Interest Payment Dates: June 30 and December 31.
Record Dates: June 15 and December 15.
Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side
of this Security.
AMTROL ACQUISITION, INC.
by
_______________________
President
[Seal] _______________________
Secretary
Dated:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee, certifies
that this is one of
the Securities referred
to in the Indenture.
by
_____________________________
Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL SECURITY]
10-5/8% Senior Subordinated Note Due 2006
1. INTEREST
AMTROL Acquisition, Inc. a Rhode Island corporation (such corporation,
and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to,
being herein called the "Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal
amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that if a Failure to Register (as defined in the Registration Agreement) occurs,
interest will accrue on this Security at a rate of 11-1/8% per annum from and
including the date on which any such Failure to Register shall occur to but
excluding the date on which all Failures to Register have been cured. The
Company will pay interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31 of each year,
commencing June 30, 1997. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most
recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid,
from November 13, 1996. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT
The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted
interest) to the Persons who are registered holders of Securities at the close
of business on the June 15 or December 15 next preceding the interest payment
date even if Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before the
interest payment date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to
collect principal payments. The Company will 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. Payments in respect of the Securities
represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium and interest)
will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts
specified by The Depository Trust Company. The Company will make all payments
in respect of a certificated Security (including principal, premium and
interest) by mailing a check to the registered
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address of each Holder thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that payments on a
certificated Security will be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account
maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects
payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying
Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately
preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee
may accept in its discretion) and if such Holder holds Securities in an
aggregate principal amount of at least $1,000,000.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR
Initially, The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation
("Trustee"), will act as Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company may appoint
and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The
Company or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may
act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.
4. INDENTURE
The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of
November 1, 1996 ("Indenture"), between the Company and the Trustee. The terms
of the Securities 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.C.
Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the "Act").
Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and
Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the Act for a statement of
those terms.
The Securities are general unsecured obligations of the Company
limited to $115,000,000 aggregate principal amount (subject to Section 2.07 of
the Indenture). The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the Incurrence of
Indebtedness by the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries, the payment of
dividends and other distributions on the Capital Stock of the Company and
certain of its Subsidiaries, the purchase or redemption of Capital Stock of the
Company and of certain Capital Stock of such Subsidiaries, the sale or transfer
of assets and Subsidiary
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stock and transactions with Affiliates. In addition, the Indenture limits the
ability of the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries to restrict distributions
and dividends from Subsidiaries. The Indenture also restricts the ability of
the Company to consolidate or merge with or into, or to transfer all or
substantially all its assets to, another Person.
5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
Except as set forth in the next paragraph, the Securities may not be
redeemed prior to December 31, 2001. On and after that date, the Company may
redeem the Securities in whole at any time or in part from time to time at the
following redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount), plus
accrued interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of
record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related
interest payment date):
if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on December 31 of
the years set forth below:
Period Percentage
------ ----------
2001........................................................ 105.313%
2002........................................................ 102.656
2003 and thereafter......................................... 100.000
In addition, at any time prior to December 31, 1999, the Company may
redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities with the
proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings (provided that if the Public
Equity Offering is a public offering of any class of common stock of Holdings, a
portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof equal to the amount required to redeem
any such Notes is contributed to the equity capital of the Company), at a
redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 110.625%
plus accrued interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of
record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related
interest payment date); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at least $74.0 million aggregate
principal amount of the Securities must remain outstanding after each such
redemption.
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6. 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 Securities to be redeemed
at his registered address. Securities in denominations larger than $1,000 may
be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient
to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities (or
portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the
Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are
satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Securities
(or such portions thereof) called for redemption.
7. PUT PROVISIONS
Upon a Change of Control, any Holder of Securities will have the
right, subject to certain conditions, to cause the Company to repurchase all or
any part of the Securities of such Holder at a repurchase price equal to 101% of
the principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased plus accrued interest
to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the
relevant record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment
date) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.
8. SUBORDINATION
The Securities are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness, as defined in
the Indenture. To the extent provided in the Indenture, Senior Indebtedness
must be paid before the Securities may be paid. The Company agrees, and each
Securityholder by accepting a Security agrees, to the subordination provisions
contained in the Indenture and authorizes the Trustee to give it effect and
appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for such purpose.
9. DENOMINATIONS; TRANSFER; EXCHANGE
The Securities are in registered form without coupons in denominations
of $1,000 and whole multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange
Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a
Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer
documents and to pay any taxes and fees
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required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register
the transfer of or exchange any Securities selected for redemption (except, in
the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Security not
to be redeemed) or any Securities for a period beginning 15 Business Days before
a mailing of a notice of an offer to repurchase or redeem Securities or
15 Business Days before an interest payment date.
10. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS
The registered Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of
it for all purposes.
11. UNCLAIMED MONEY
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed
for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the
Company at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates
another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look
only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.
12. DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE
Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate
some or all of its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if the
Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the
payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity,
as the case may be.
13. AMENDMENT, WAIVER
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the
Indenture or the Securities may be amended with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount outstanding of the Securities
and (ii) any default or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the
written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount outstanding of
the Securities. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture,
without the consent of any Securityholder, the Company and
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the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Securities to cure any ambiguity,
omission, defect or inconsistency, or to comply with Article 5 of the Indenture,
or to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of
certificated Securities, or to add guarantees with respect to the Securities or
to secure the Securities, or to add additional covenants or surrender rights and
powers conferred on the Company, or to comply with any request of the SEC in
connection with qualifying the Indenture under the Act, or to make certain
changes in the subordination provisions, or to make any change that does not
adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder.
14. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default for 30 days
in payment of interest on the Securities; (ii) default in payment of principal
on the Securities at maturity, upon redemption pursuant to paragraph 5 of the
Securities, upon acceleration or otherwise, or failure by the Company to redeem
or purchase Securities when required; (iii) failure by the Company to comply
with other agreements in the Indenture or the Securities, in certain cases
subject to notice and lapse of time; (iv) certain accelerations (including
failure to pay within any grace period after final maturity) of other
Indebtedness of the Company if the amount accelerated (or so unpaid) exceeds
$10.0 million; (v) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to
the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries; and (vi) certain judgments or
decrees for the payment of money in excess of $10.0 million. If an Event of
Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Securities may declare all the Securities to be due and
payable immediately. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of
Default which will result in the Securities being due and payable immediately
upon the occurrence of such Events of Default.
Securityholders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except
as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture
or the Securities unless it receives reasonable indemnity or security. Subject
to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The
Trustee may withhold from Securityholders notice of any continuing Default
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(except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that
withholding notice is in the interest of the Holders.
15. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the Act, the Trustee under
the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed
to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company
or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
16. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company
or the Trustee shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company
under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of
or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security,
each Securityholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
17. AUTHENTICATION
This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Security.
18. ABBREVIATIONS
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder 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 Gift to Minors
Act).
19. HOLDERS' COMPLIANCE WITH REGISTRATION AGREEMENT.
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Each Holder of a Security, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges and
agrees to the provisions of the Registration Agreement, including, without
limitation, the obligations of the Holders with respect to a registration and
the indemnification of the Company to the extent provided therein.
20. GOVERNING LAW.
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF
ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH TO ANY SECURITYHOLDER UPON WRITTEN REQUEST
AND WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE SECURITY
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HOLDER A COPY OF THE INDENTURE WHICH HAS IN IT THE TEXT OF THIS SECURITY IN
LARGER TYPE. REQUESTS MAY BE MADE TO:
ATTENTION OF
_____________________________________________________________________________
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this
Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act
for him.
____________________________________________________________________________
Date: ________________ Your Signature: _____________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.
In connection with any transfer of any of the Securities evidenced by this
certificate occurring prior to the expiration of the period referred to in
Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act after the later of the date of original
issuance of such Securities and the last date, if any, on which such Securities
were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned
confirms that such Securities are being transferred in accordance with its
terms:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
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(1) / / to the Company; or
(2) / / pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933; or
(3) / / inside the United States to a "qualified institutional buyer" (as
defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that
purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified
institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is
being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and
in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(4) / / outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the
meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance
with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(5) / / inside the United States to an institutional "accredited
investor" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of
Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933) that, prior to
such transfer, furnishes to the Trustee a signed letter
containing certain representations and agreements (the form of
which letter can be obtained from the Trustee) and, if such
transfer is in respect of an aggregate principal amount of
Securities at the time of transfer of less than $100,000, an
opinion of counsel acceptable to the Company that such transfer
is in compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend on
the Securities; or
(6) / / pursuant to another available exemption from registration
provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any
of the Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person
other than the registered holder thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if box
(4), (5) or (6) is checked, the Trustee may
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require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Securities, such
legal opinions, certifications and other information as 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, such as the exemption provided
by Rule 144 under such Act.
________________________
Signature
Signature Guarantee:
_____________________ __________________________
Signature must be guaranteed Signature
___________________________________________________________________________
TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (3) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this
Security 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 under the Securities Act of
1933, 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: ________________ ______________________________
NOTICE: To be executed by
an executive officer
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been
made:
Date of Amount of decrease Amount of increase Principal amount Signature of
Exchange in Principal in Principal of this Global authorized
Amount of this Amount of this Security signatory of
Global Security Global Security (following such Trustee or
decrease or Securities
increase) Custodian
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.06 or 4.08 of the Indenture, check the box:
/ /
If you want to elect to have only part of this Security
purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.06 or 4.08 of the Indenture,
state the amount in principal amount: $
Date: _______________ Your Signature: ______________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the other side of this
Security.)
Signature Guarantee: _______________________________________
(Signature must be guaranteed)
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE SECURITY OR PRIVATE EXCHANGE SECURITY]
[*/]
[**/]
CUSIP No.
No. $
10-5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2006
AMTROL Acquisition, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation, promises to pay
to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of
Dollars on December 31, 2006.
Interest Payment Dates: June 30 and December 31.
Record Dates: June 15 and December 15.
Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side of this
Security.
AMTROL ACQUISITION, INC.
by
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President
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[Seal] Secretary
Dated:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee, certifies
that this is one of
the Securities referred
to in the Indenture.
by
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Authorized Signatory
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*/ [If the Security is to be issued in global form add the Global Securities
Legend from Exhibit 1 to Appendix A and the attachment from such Exhibit 1
captioned "[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES] - SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR
DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY".]
**/ [If the Security is a Private Exchange Security issued in a Private Exchange
to a Purchaser holding an unsold portion of its initial allotment, add the
Restricted Securities Legend from Exhibit 1 to Appendix A and replace the
Assignment Form included in this Exhibit A with the Assignment Form included in
such Exhibit 1.]
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF EXCHANGE SECURITY OR PRIVATE EXCHANGE SECURITY]
10-5/8% Senior Subordinated Note Due 2006
1. INTEREST
AMTROL Acquisition, Inc. a Rhode Island corporation (such corporation,
and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to,
being herein called the "Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal
amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above [; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that if a Failure to Register (as defined in the Registration Agreement) occurs,
interest will accrue on this Security at a rate of 11-1/8% per annum from and
including the date on which any such Failure to Register shall occur to but
excluding the date on which all Failures to Register have been cured] ***/. The
Company will pay interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31 of each year,
commencing June 30, 1997. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most
recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid,
from November 13, 1996. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
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***/ Insert if at the time of issuance of the Exchange Security or Private
Exchange Security (as the case may be) neither the Registered Exchange Offer has
been consummated nor a Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective
in accordance with the Registration Agreement, or if a Failure to Register shall
have occurred.
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2. METHOD OF PAYMENT
The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted
interest) to the Persons who are registered holders of Securities at the close
of business on the June 15 or December 15 next preceding the interest payment
date even if Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before the
interest payment date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to
collect principal payments. The Company will 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. Payments in respect of the Securities
represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium and interest)
will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts
specified by The Depository Trust Company. The Company will make all payments
in respect of a certificated Security (including principal, premium and
interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that payments on a certificated Security will be made by wire
transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the
United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written
notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such
account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for
payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion) and if
such Holder holds Securities in an aggregate principal amount of at least
$1,000,000.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR
Initially, The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation
("Trustee"), will act as Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company may appoint
and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The
Company or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may
act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.
4. INDENTURE
The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of
November 1, 1996 ("Indenture"), between the Company and the Trustee. The terms
of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of
the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of
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1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the
Indenture (the "Act"). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Securities are subject
to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the Act
for a statement of those terms.
The Securities are general unsecured obligations of the Company
limited to $115,000,000 aggregate principal amount (subject to Section 2.07 of
the Indenture). The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the Incurrence of
Indebtedness by the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries, the payment of
dividends and other distributions on the Capital Stock of the Company and
certain of its Subsidiaries, the purchase or redemption of Capital Stock of the
Company and of certain Capital Stock of such Subsidiaries, the sale or transfer
of assets and Subsidiary stock and transactions with Affiliates. In addition,
the Indenture limits the ability of the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries
to restrict distributions and dividends from Subsidiaries. The Indenture also
restricts the ability of the Company to consolidate or merge with or into, or to
transfer all or substantially all its assets to, another Person.
5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
Except as set forth in the next paragraph, the Securities may not be
redeemed prior to December 31, 2001. On and after that date, the Company may
redeem the Securities in whole at any time or in part from time to time at the
following redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount), plus
accrued interest to the
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redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date):
if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on December 31 of
the years set forth below:
PERIOD PERCENTAGE
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2001................................................................... 105.313%
2002................................................................... 102.656
2003 and thereafter.................................................... 100.000
In addition, at any time prior to December 31, 1999, the Company may
redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities with the
proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings (provided that if the Public
Equity Offering is a public offering of any class of common stock of Holdings, a
portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof equal to the amount required to redeem
any such Notes is contributed to the equity capital of the Company), at a
redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 110.625%
plus accrued interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of
record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related
interest payment date); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at least $74.0 million aggregate
principal amount of the Securities must remain outstanding after each such
redemption.
6. 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 Securities to be redeemed
at his registered address. Securities in denominations larger than $1,000 may
be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient
to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities (or
portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the
Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are
satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Securities
(or such portions thereof) called for redemption.
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7. PUT PROVISIONS
Upon a Change of Control, any Holder of Securities will have the
right, subject to certain conditions, to cause the Company to repurchase all or
any part of the Securities of such Holder at a repurchase price equal to 101% of
the principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased plus accrued interest
to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the
relevant record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment
date) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.
8. SUBORDINATION
The Securities are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness, as defined in
the Indenture. To the extent provided in the Indenture, Senior Indebtedness
must be paid before the Securities may be paid. The Company agrees, and each
Securityholder by accepting a Security agrees, to the subordination provisions
contained in the Indenture and authorizes the Trustee to give it effect and
appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for such purpose.
9. DENOMINATIONS; TRANSFER; EXCHANGE
The Securities are in registered form without coupons in denominations
of $1,000 and whole multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange
Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a
Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer
documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the
Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Security to be
redeemed in part, the portion of the Security not to be redeemed) or any
Securities for a period beginning 15 Business Days before a mailing of a notice
of an offer to repurchase or redeem Securities or 15 Business Days before an
interest payment date.
10. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS
The registered Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of
it for all purposes.
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11. UNCLAIMED MONEY
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed
for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the
Company at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates
another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look
only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.
12. DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE
Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate
some or all of its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if the
Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the
payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity,
as the case may be.
13. AMENDMENT, WAIVER
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the
Indenture or the Securities may be amended with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount outstanding of the Securities
and (ii) any default or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the
written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount outstanding of
the Securities. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture,
without the consent of any Securityholder, the Company and the Trustee may amend
the Indenture or the Securities to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or
inconsistency, or to comply with Article 5 of the Indenture, or to provide for
uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities,
or to add guarantees with respect to the Securities or to secure the Securities,
or to add additional covenants or surrender rights and powers conferred on the
Company, or to comply with any request of the SEC in connection with qualifying
the Indenture under the Act, or to make certain changes in the subordination
provisions, or to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of
any Securityholder.
14. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default for 30 days
in payment of interest on the Securities; (ii) default in payment of principal
on the
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Securities at maturity, upon redemption pursuant to paragraph 5 of the
Securities, upon acceleration or otherwise, or failure by the Company to redeem
or purchase Securities when required; (iii) failure by the Company to comply
with other agreements in the Indenture or the Securities, in certain cases
subject to notice and lapse of time; (iv) certain accelerations (including
failure to pay within any grace period after final maturity) of other
Indebtedness of the Company if the amount accelerated (or so unpaid) exceeds
$10.0 million; (v) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to
the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries; and (vi) certain judgments or
decrees for the payment of money in excess of $10.0 million. If an Event of
Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Securities may declare all the Securities to be due and
payable immediately. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of
Default which will result in the Securities being due and payable immediately
upon the occurrence of such Events of Default.
Securityholders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except
as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture
or the Securities unless it receives reasonable indemnity or security. Subject
to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The
Trustee may withhold from Securityholders notice of any continuing Default
(except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that
withholding notice is in the interest of the Holders.
15. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the Act, the Trustee under
the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed
to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company
or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
16. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company
or the Trustee shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company
under the
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Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by
reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each
Securityholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release
are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
17. AUTHENTICATION
This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Security.
18. ABBREVIATIONS
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder 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 Gift to Minors
Act).
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19. 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 Securities and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Securityholders. No representation is
made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or
as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers placed thereon.
20. HOLDERS' COMPLIANCE WITH REGISTRATION AGREEMENT.
Each Holder of a Security, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges and
agrees to the provisions of the Registration Agreement, including, without
limitation, the obligations of the Holders with respect to a registration and
the indemnification of the Company to the extent provided therein.
21. GOVERNING LAW.
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF
ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH TO ANY SECURITYHOLDER UPON WRITTEN REQUEST
AND WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE SECURITY
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HOLDER A COPY OF THE INDENTURE WHICH HAS IN IT THE TEXT OF THIS SECURITY IN
LARGER TYPE. REQUESTS MAY BE MADE TO:
ATTENTION OF
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this
Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act
for him.
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Date: Your Signature:
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Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
IF YOU WANT TO ELECT TO HAVE THIS SECURITY PURCHASED BY THE
COMPANY PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.06 OR 4.08 OF THE INDENTURE, CHECK THE BOX:
/ /
IF YOU WANT TO ELECT TO HAVE ONLY PART OF THIS SECURITY PURCHASED
BY THE COMPANY PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.06 OR 4.08 OF THE INDENTURE, STATE THE
AMOUNT:
$
DATE: YOUR SIGNATURE:
--------------- ----------------------------------
(SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SECURITY)
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:
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(SIGNATURE MUST BE GUARANTEED)
APPENDIX A
FOR OFFERINGS TO QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS AS DEFINED
IN RULE 144A, INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTORS" (AS
DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7)) AND TO CERTAIN
PERSONS IN OFFSHORE TRANSACTIONS IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL SECURITIES,
PRIVATE EXCHANGE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE SECURITIES
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Appendix A the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated below:
"Definitive Security" means a certificated Initial Security bearing
the restricted securities legend set forth in Section 2.3(e) and which is held
by an IAI in accordance with Section 2.1(c).
"Depository" means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and
their respective successors.
"Exchange Securities" means the 10-5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due
2006 to be issued pursuant to this Indenture in connection with a Registered
Exchange Offer pursuant to the Registration Agreement.
"IAI" means an institutional "accredited investor" as described in
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
"Initial Securities" means the 10-5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due
2006, issued under this Indenture on or about the date hereof.
"Placement Agreement" means the Placement Agreement dated November 7,
1996, between the Company and the Purchasers.
"Private Exchange" means the offer by the Company, pursuant to the
Registration Agreement, to the Purchasers to issue and deliver to each
Purchaser, in exchange for the Initial Securities held by the Purchaser as part
of its initial distribution, a like aggregate principal amount of Private
Exchange Securities.
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"Private Exchange Securities" means the 10-5/8% Senior Subordinated
Notes Due 2006 to be issued pursuant to this Indenture in connection with a
Private Exchange pursuant to the Registration Agreement.
"Purchasers" means Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated and BT Securities
Corporation.
"QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A.
"Registered Exchange Offer" means the offer by the Company, pursuant
to the Registration Agreement, to certain Holders of Initial Securities, to
issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Securities, a
like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Securities registered under the
Securities Act.
"Registration Agreement" means the Registration Agreement dated
November 7, 1996, among the Company and the Purchasers.
"Securities" means the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities and
the Private Exchange Securities, treated as a single class.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933.
"Securities Custodian" means the custodian with respect to a
Regulation S Global Security or a Restricted Global Security (as appointed by
the Depository), or any successor person thereto and shall initially be the
Trustee.
"Shelf Registration Statement" means the registration statement issued
by the Company, in connection with the offer and sale of Initial Securities or
Private Exchange Securities, pursuant to the Registration Agreement.
"Transfer Restricted Securities" means Definitive Securities and
Securities that bear or are required to bear the legend set forth in Section
2.3(e) hereto.
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1.2 OTHER DEFINITIONS
DEFINED IN
TERM SECTION:
"Agent Members"...........................................................2.1(b)
"Cedel"...................................................................2.1(a)
"Euroclear"...............................................................2.1(a)
"Global Security".........................................................2.1(b)
"Regulation S"............................................................2.1(a)
"Regulation S Global Security"............................................2.1(a)
"Restricted Global Security"..............................................2.1(a)
"Rule 144A"...............................................................2.1(a)
2. THE SECURITIES.
2.1 FORM AND DATING.
The Initial Securities are being offered and sold by the Company
pursuant to the Placement Agreement.
(a) GLOBAL SECURITIES. Initial Securities offered and sold to a QIB
in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act ("Rule 144A") as provided in
the Placement Agreement, shall be issued initially in the form of one or more
permanent global Securities in definitive, fully registered form without
interest coupons with the global securities legend and restricted securities
legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto (each, a "Restricted Global Security"),
which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Initial Securities
represented thereby with the Trustee, at its New York office, as custodian for
the Depository (or with such other custodian as the Depository may direct), and
registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository, duly
executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter
provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Restricted Global Securities
may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the
records of the Trustee and the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as
hereinafter provided.
Initial Securities offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S under
the Securities Act ("Regulation S"), as provided in the Placement Agreement,
shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global Securities
in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons with the global
securities legend and restricted securities
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legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto (the "Regulation S Global Security"), which
shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Initial Securities
represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian, for the Depository (or with
such other custodian as the Depository may direct), and registered in the name
of the Depository or the nominee of the Depository duly executed by the Company
and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. Prior to the
commencement of the Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Security
may only be held for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of the
Euroclear System ("Euroclear") or Cedel, S.A. ("Cedel"). Following the
commencement of the Registered Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Security
may be held through Euroclear, Cedel or other participants having accounts at
the Depository. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Global
Security may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on
the records of the Trustee and the Depository or its nominee, as the case may
be, as hereinafter provided.
(b) BOOK-ENTRY PROVISIONS. This Section 2.1(b) shall apply only to
the Regulation S Global Security and the Restricted Global Security (the "Global
Securities") deposited with or on behalf of the Depository.
The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with
this Section 2.1(b), authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global
Securities that (a) shall be registered in the name of the Depository for such
Global Security or Global Securities or the nominee of such Depository and (b)
shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such
Depository's instructions or held by the Trustee as custodian for the
Depository.
Members of, or participants in, the Depository ("Agent Members") shall
have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on
their behalf by the Depository or by the Trustee as the custodian of the
Depository or under such Global Security, and the Depository may be treated by
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the
absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the
Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any
written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository
or impair, as
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between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary
practices of such Depository governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of
a beneficial interest in any Global Security.
(c) CERTIFICATED SECURITIES. Except as provided in this Section 2.1
or Section 2.3 or 2.4, owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities will
not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Securities.
Purchasers of Initial Securities who are IAI's and are not QIBs and did not
purchase Initial Securities sold in reliance on Regulation S will receive
Definitive Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that upon transfer of such Definitive
Securities to a QIB or in accordance with Regulation S, such Definitive
Securities will, unless the relevant Global Security has previously been
exchanged, be exchanged for an interest in a Global Security pursuant to the
provisions of Section 2.3.
2.2 AUTHENTICATION. The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver: (1)
Initial Securities for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of
$115,000,000 and (2) Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities for
issue only in a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange, respectively,
pursuant to the Registration Agreement, for a like principal amount of Initial
Securities, in each case upon a written order of the Company signed by two
Officers or by an Officer and either an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company. Such order shall specify the amount of the Securities
to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Securities is to
be authenticated and whether the Securities are to be Initial Securities,
Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities. The aggregate principal
amount of Securities outstanding at any time may not exceed $115,000,000 except
as provided in Section 2.07 of this Indenture.
2.3 TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE. (a) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF DEFINITIVE
SECURITIES. When Definitive Securities are presented to the Registrar or a
co-registrar with a request:
(x) to register the transfer of such Definitive Securities; or
(y) to exchange such Definitive Securities for an equal principal
amount of Definitive Securities of other authorized denominations,
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the Registrar or co-registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange
as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Definitive Securities surrendered for transfer or
exchange:
(i) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar
or co-registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing; and
(ii) are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, pursuant to Section 2.3(b)
or pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C) below, and are accompanied by the
following additional information and documents, as applicable:
(A) if such Definitive Securities are being delivered to the
Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder,
without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect (in
the form set forth on the reverse of the Security); or
(B) if such Definitive Securities are being transferred to the
Company, a certification to that effect (in the form set forth on the
reverse of the Security); or
(C) if such Definitive Securities are being transferred (x)
pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule
144; or (y) in reliance on another exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act; or (z) to an IAI that is acquiring
the Security for its own account, or for the account of such an IAI,
in each case for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for
offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the
Securities Act: (i) a certification to that effect (in the form set
forth on the reverse of the Security) and such other certifications as
the Trustee may reasonably request and (ii) in the case of clause (z),
if the aggregate principal amount of such Definitive Securities being
transferred is less than $100,000, an opinion of counsel addressed to
the Company as to the
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compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in
Section 2.3(e).
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF A DEFINITIVE SECURITY FOR A
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A GLOBAL SECURITY. A Definitive Security may not be
exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Security except upon
satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee
of a Definitive Security, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate
instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, together with:
(i) certification, in the form set forth on the reverse of the
Security, that such Definitive Security is being transferred (A) to a QIB
in accordance with Rule 144A, or (B) outside the United States in an
offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S and in compliance
with Rule 904 under the Securities Act; and
(ii) written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct
the Securities Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records
with respect to the Regulation S Global Security or the Restricted Global
Security, as the case may be, to reflect an increase in the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities represented by such Global Security,
such instructions to contain information regarding the Depository account
(or in the case of the Regulation S Global Security only, the Euroclear or
Cedel account) to be credited with such increase;
then the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Security and cause, or direct the
Securities Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and
procedures existing between the Depository and the Securities Custodian
(including the rules of Euroclear and Cedel, if applicable), the aggregate
principal amount of Securities represented by the Regulation S Global Security
or the Restricted Global Security, as the case may be, to be increased by the
aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Security to be exchanged and shall
credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such
instructions a beneficial interest in such Global Security equal to the
principal amount of the Definitive Security so cancelled. If no applicable
Global Securities are then outstanding, the Company shall issue and the Trustee
shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the form of an
Officers' Certificate, a new
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Regulation S Global Security or Restricted Global Security, as the case may be,
in the appropriate principal amount.
(c) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF GLOBAL SECURITIES. (i) The transfer
and exchange of Global Securities or beneficial interests therein shall be
effected through the Depository, in accordance with this Indenture (including
applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures
of the Depository therefor, including the rules and procedures of Euroclear and
Cedel, if applicable. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global
Security to another Global Security shall deliver to the Registrar:
(A) if applicable, instructions given in accordance with the
Depository's procedures directing the Trustee to credit or cause
to be credited a beneficial interest in the applicable Global
Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the
Global Security to be exchanged; and
(B) a written order given in accordance with the
Depository's procedures containing information regarding the
Euroclear, Cedel or other participant account of the Depository
to be credited with such increase.
The Registrar shall, in accordance with such instructions, instruct
the Depository to increase and reduce, as applicable, the principal amount
of each applicable Global Security to the extent required and to credit to
the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial
interest in the applicable Global Security and to debit the account of the
Person making the transfer the beneficial interest in the Global Security
being transferred.
(ii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Appendix A (other
than the provisions set forth in Section 2.4), a Global Security may not be
transferred as a whole except by the Depository to a nominee of the
Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another
nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a
successor Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository.
(iii) Prior to the commencement of the Registered Exchange Offer or
the effectiveness of the Shelf
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Registration Statement, transfers of interests in the Regulation S Global
Security to "U.S. persons" (as defined in Regulation S) shall be limited to
transfers to QIBs pursuant to Rule 144A which Persons shall thereby acquire
a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security. The Company shall
advise the Trustee as to the commencement of the Registered Exchange Offer
or the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement and the Trustee
may rely conclusively thereon.
(iv) In the event that a Global Security is exchanged for Securities
in definitive registered form pursuant to Section 2.4 or Section 2.09 of
the Indenture, prior to the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer or
the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such
Securities, such Securities may be exchanged only in accordance with such
procedures as are substantially consistent with the provisions of this
Section 2.3 (including the certification requirements set forth on the
reverse of the Initial Securities intended to ensure that such transfers
comply with Rule 144A or Regulation S, as the case may be) and such other
procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Company.
(d) TRANSFER OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A GLOBAL SECURITY FOR A
DEFINITIVE SECURITY.
(i) Subject to Section 2.3(c)(iii), any person having a beneficial
interest in a Transfer Restricted Security that is a Global Security may
transfer such beneficial interest to an IAI that is acquiring the Security
for its own account, or for the account of such an IAI, in each case for
investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in
connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any written order or such other form of
instructions as is customary for the Depository, from the Depository or its
nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in such Global
Security shall be accompanied by (i) a certification from the transferee or
transferor with respect to the transfer (in the form set forth on the
reverse of the Security) and such other certifications as the Trustee may
reasonably request and (ii) if the aggregate principal amount of the
applicable Global Security being transferred is less than $100,000, an
opinion of counsel addressed to the Company as to the compliance with the
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restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in Section 2.3(e).
Upon receipt by the Trustee of such information and documents, the
Trustee or the Securities Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, will
cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing
between the Depository and the Securities Custodian, including the rules
and procedures of Euroclear or Cedel, if applicable, the aggregate
principal amount of the Global Security to be reduced on its books and
records and, following such reduction, the Company will execute and the
Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the transferee a Definitive
Security.
(ii) Definitive Securities issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest in a Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.3(d) shall be
registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as Euroclear
or Cedel, if applicable, and the Depository, pursuant to instructions from
its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the
Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Securities to the
persons in whose names such Securities are so registered in accordance with
the instructions of the Depository.
(e) LEGEND.
(i) Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii), (iii) and
(iv), each Security certificate evidencing the Global Securities and the
Definitive Securities (and all Securities issued in exchange therefor or in
substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form:
"THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933 (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED
OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT
OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY
ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT), (B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS
DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) (AN "INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR") OR (C) IT IS
NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS
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SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT, IF IT IS A PURCHASER OTHER
THAN A FOREIGN PURCHASER OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, IT WILL NOT,
WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO IN RULE 144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT AS IN EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO SUCH TRANSFER, RESELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO AMTROL ACQUISITION, INC. OR ANY
SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO THE TRUSTEE A
SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS
RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (THE FORM OF
WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND IF SUCH TRANSFER IS
IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SECURITIES AT THE TIME
OF TRANSFER OF LESS THAN $100,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO
AMTROL ACQUISITION, INC. THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT, (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E)
PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT
WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A
NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH
ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO
ABOVE, THE HOLDER MUST CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX SET FORTH ON THE
REVERSE SIDE HEREOF RELATING TO THE MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER AND SUBMIT
THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE TRUSTEE. IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH
TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND AMTROL ACQUISITION, INC. SUCH
CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS EITHER OF THEM
MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE 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. AS USED HEREIN, THE
TERMS "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION", "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON" HAVE
THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE
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SECURITIES ACT. THE INDENTURE CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE
TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN
VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS."
Each Regulation S Global Security will also bear the following
additional legend:
"PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER OR THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT, TRANSFERS OF
INTERESTS IN THE REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY TO U.S. PERSONS SHALL BE
LIMITED TO TRANSFERS TO QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS PURSUANT TO
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT."
(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security
(including any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Global
Security) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act:
(A) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security that is a
Definitive Security, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to
exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a certificated Security
that does not bear the legend set forth above and rescind any
restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security; and
(B) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security that is
represented by a Global Security, the Registrar shall permit the
Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a
certificated Security that does not bear the legend set forth above
and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer
Restricted Security, if the Holder certifies in writing to the
Registrar that its request for such exchange was made following a sale
or transfer in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the
form set forth on the reverse of the Security).
(iii) After a transfer of any Initial Securities or Private Exchange
Securities during the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration
Statement with respect to such Initial Securities or Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, all requirements pertaining to legends on
such Initial Security or such
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Private Exchange Security will cease to apply, the requirements requiring
any such Initial Security or such Private Exchange Security issued to
certain Holders be issued in global form will cease to apply, and a
certificated Initial Security or Private Exchange Security without legends
will be available to the transferee of the Holder of such Initial
Securities or Private Exchange Securities upon exchange of such
transferring Holder's certificated Initial Security or Private Exchange
Security or directions to transfer such Holder's interest in the Global
Security, as applicable.
(iv) Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with
respect to the Initial Securities pursuant to which Holders of such Initial
Securities are offered Exchange Securities in exchange for their Initial
Securities, all requirements pertaining to such Initial Securities that
Initial Securities issued to certain Holders be issued in global form will
cease to apply and certificated Initial Securities with the restricted
securities legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto will be available to
Holders of such Initial Securities that do not exchange their Initial
Securities, and Exchange Securities in certificated or global form without
any restrictive legends will be available to Holders that exchange such
Initial Securities in such Registered Exchange Offer.
(v) Upon the consummation of a Private Exchange with respect to the
Initial Securities pursuant to which Holders of such Initial Securities are
offered Private Exchange Securities in exchange for their Initial
Securities, all requirements pertaining to such Initial Securities that
Initial Securities issued to certain Holders be issued in global form will
still apply, and Private Exchange Securities in global form with the
Restricted Securities Legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto will be
available to Holders that exchange such Initial Securities in such Private
Exchange.
(f) CANCELLATION OR ADJUSTMENT OF GLOBAL SECURITY. At such time as
all beneficial interests in a Global Security have either been exchanged for
certificated or Definitive Securities, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such
Global Security shall be returned to the Depository for cancellation or retained
and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any
beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for certificated or
Definitive
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Securities, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of
Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced and an
adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then
the Securities Custodian for such Global Security) with respect to such Global
Security, by the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
(g) OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT TO TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF
SECURITIES.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate certificated Securities,
Definitive Securities and Global Securities at the Registrar's or
co-registrar's request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable
in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or
similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to
Sections 3.06, 4.08 and 9.05).
(iii) The Registrar or co-registrar shall not be required to register
the transfer of or exchange of (a) any certificated or Definitive Security
selected for redemption in whole or in part pursuant to Article 3 of this
Indenture, except the unredeemed portion of any certificated or Definitive
Security being redeemed in part, or (b) any Security for a period beginning
15 Business Days before the mailing of a notice of an offer to repurchase
or redeem Securities or 15 Business Days before an interest payment date.
(iv) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any
Security, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any
co-registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Security is
registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Security and for all
other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and
none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any
co-registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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(v) All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities
surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
(h) NO OBLIGATION OF THE TRUSTEE.
(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any
beneficial owner of a Global Security, a member of, or a participant in the
Depository or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of
the Depository or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with
respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or with respect to the
delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person
(other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of
redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such
Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and
all payments to be made to Holders under the Securities shall be given or
made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which shall be
the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Security). The
rights of beneficial owners in any Global Security shall be exercised only
through the Depository subject to the applicable rules and procedures of
the Depository. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in
relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its
members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(ii) 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 Security (including any transfers between
or among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any
Global Security) 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.
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2.4 CERTIFICATED SECURITIES.
(a) A Global Security deposited with the Depository or with the
Trustee as custodian for the Depository pursuant to Section 2.1 shall be
transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of certificated
Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of
such Global Security, in exchange for such Global Security, only if such
transfer complies with Section 2.3 and (i) the Depository notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global
Security or if at any time such Depository ceases to be a "clearing agency"
registered under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not appointed by
the Company within 90 days of such notice, or (ii) an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing or (iii) the Company, in its sole discretion,
notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of
certificated Securities under this Indenture.
(b) Any Global Security that is transferable to the beneficial owners
thereof pursuant to this Section shall be surrendered by the Depository to the
Trustee located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, to be so
transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of
such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of certificated
Initial Securities of authorized denominations. Any portion of a Global
Security transferred pursuant to this Section shall be executed, authenticated
and delivered only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof
and registered in such names as the Depository shall direct. Any certificated
Initial Security delivered in exchange for an interest in the Global Security
shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.3(e), bear the restricted
securities legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.4(b), the registered
Holder of a Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any
Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through
Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this
Indenture or the Securities.
(d) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in
Section 2.4(a), the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a
reasonable supply of
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certificated Securities in definitive, fully registered form without interest
coupons.
