Exhibit 4.2
THERMA-WAVE, INC.,
as Issuer
and
IBJ XXXXXXXX BANK & TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
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INDENTURE
Dated as of May 15, 1997
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$115,000,000
10.625% Senior Notes due 2004
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.
(a) (5)................................................ 7.08; 7.10
(b).................................................... 7.08; 7.10
(c).................................................... N.A.
311(a).................................................... 7.11
(b).................................................... 7.11
(c).................................................... N.A.
312(a).................................................... 2.05
(b).................................................... 10.03
(c).................................................... 10.03
313(a).................................................... 7.06
(b) (1)................................................ N.A.
(b) (2)................................................ 7.06
(c).................................................... 7.06
(d).................................................... 7.06
314(a).................................................... 4.07; 4.08
(b).................................................... N.A.
(c) (1)................................................ 10.04
(c) (2)................................................ 10.04
(c) (3)................................................ N.A.
(d).................................................... N.A.
(e).................................................... 10.05
(f).................................................... N.A.
315(a).................................................... 7.01(b)
(b).................................................... 7.05
(c).................................................... 7.01(a)
(d).................................................... 7.01(c)
(e).................................................... 6.11
316(a) (last sentence).................................... 2.09
(a) (1) (A)............................................ 6.05
(a) (1) (B)............................................ 6.04
(a) (2)................................................ N.A.
(b).................................................... 6.07
(c).................................................... 9.04
317(a) (1)................................................ 6.08
(a) (2)................................................ 6.09
(b).................................................... 2.04
318(a).................................................... 10.01
(c).................................................... 10.01
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N.A. means Not Applicable
NOTE: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions..............................................1
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of TIA.......................29
SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction...................................29
ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating.........................................30
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication;
Aggregate Principal Amount............................31
SECTION 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent..............................32
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Assets in Trust....................33
SECTION 2.05. Noteholder Lists........................................33
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange...................................33
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Notes.......................................34
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Notes.......................................34
SECTION 2.09. Treasury Notes..........................................35
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Notes.........................................35
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation............................................36
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest......................................36
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Number............................................36
SECTION 2.14. Deposit of Moneys.......................................37
SECTION 2.15. Restrictive Legends.....................................37
SECTION 2.16. Book-Entry Provisions for Global
Security..............................................39
SECTION 2.17. Special Transfer Provisions.............................40
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ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee......................................42
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed.......................43
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption....................................43
SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption..........................45
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.............................45
SECTION 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part..................................45
ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes........................................46
SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.........................46
SECTION 4.03. Corporate Existence.....................................46
SECTION 4.04. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.......................47
SECTION 4.05. Maintenance of Properties and
Insurance.............................................47
SECTION 4.06. Compliance Certificate; Notice of
Default...............................................48
SECTION 4.07. Compliance with Laws....................................49
SECTION 4.08. SEC Reports.............................................49
SECTION 4.09. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury
Laws..................................................50
SECTION 4.10. Limitation on Restricted Payments.......................50
SECTION 4.11. Limitation on Transactions with
Affiliates............................................53
SECTION 4.12. Limitation on Incurrence of Additional
Indebtedness..........................................55
SECTION 4.13. Limitation on Dividend and Other
Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries..........................................55
SECTION 4.14. [Reserved]..............................................56
SECTION 4.15. Change of Control.......................................56
SECTION 4.16. Limitation on Asset Sales...............................58
SECTION 4.17. Limitation on Preferred Stock of
Subsidiaries..........................................62
SECTION 4.18. Limitation on Liens.....................................63
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SECTION 4.19. Limitation on Guarantees by Subsidiaries..................... 63
SECTION 4.20. Conduct of Business.......................................... 64
ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.01. Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets..................... 64
SECTION 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted............................ 66
ARTICLE SIX
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default............................................ 66
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration................................................. 68
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies............................................... 69
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults...................................... 69
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority.......................................... 69
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits.......................................... 70
SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders To Receive Payment......................... 70
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee................................... 71
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim............................. 71
SECTION 6.10. Priorities................................................... 72
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs........................................ 72
SECTION 6.12. Rights and Remedies Cumulative............................... 72
SECTION 6.13. Delay or Omission Not Waiver................................. 73
ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee............................................ 73
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee............................................ 74
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee................................. 76
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer......................................... 76
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Default............................................ 76
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SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders................................ 76
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity................................... 77
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee....................................... 78
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc............................. 79
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification................................ 80
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company............ 80
ARTICLE EIGHT
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01. Termination of the Company's Obligations..................... 80
SECTION 8.02. Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance...................... 82
SECTION 8.03. Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance........ 83
SECTION 8.04. Application of Trust Money................................... 85
SECTION 8.05. Repayment to the Company..................................... 86
SECTION 8.06. Reinstatement................................................ 86
ARTICLE NINE
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders................................... 87
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders...................................... 88
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with TIA.......................................... 89
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents............................ 89
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes............................. 90
SECTION 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc.............................. 90
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ARTICLE TEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.01. TIA Controls..................................................90
SECTION 10.02. Notices.......................................................91
SECTION 10.03. Communications by Holders with Other Holders..................92
SECTION 10.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent............92
SECTION 10.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.................92
SECTION 10.06. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar.....................93
SECTION 10.07. Legal Holidays................................................93
SECTION 10.08. Governing Law.................................................93
SECTION 10.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.................93
SECTION 10.10. No Recourse Against Others....................................94
SECTION 10.11. Successors....................................................94
SECTION 10.12. Duplicate Originals...........................................94
SECTION 10.13. Severability..................................................94
Signatures....................................................................95
Exhibit A - Form of Initial Note............................................ A-1
Exhibit B - Form of Exchange Note........................................... B-1
Exhibit C - Form of Certificate To be Delivered in Connection with
Transfers to Non-QIB Accredited Investors..................... C-1
Exhibit D - Form of Certificate To Be Delivered in Connection with
Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S............................ D-1
Note: This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part
of the Indenture.
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INDENTURE, dated as of May 15, 1997, between Therma-Wave, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and IBJ Xxxxxxxx Bank & Trust Company, a
New York banking corporation, as Trustee (the "Trustee").
The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of 10.625%
Senior Notes due 2004 (the "Initial Notes") and Series B 10.625% Senior Notes
due 2004 (the "Exchange Notes," and together with the Initial Notes, the
"Notes") and, to provide therefor, the Company has duly authorized the execution
and delivery of this Indenture. All things necessary to make the Notes, when
duly issued and executed by the Company, and authenticated and delivered
hereunder, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a
valid and binding agreement of the Company, have been done.
Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party
and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
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"Acceleration Notice" has the meaning provided in Section 6.02(a).
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"Acquired Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of a Person or any of its
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Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such
Person and not incurred by such Person in connection with, or in anticipation or
contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or
such acquisition.
"Affiliate" means a Person who directly or indirectly through one or
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more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control
with, the Company. The term "control" means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person (other than the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company) in whom a Securitization Entity makes
an In-
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vestment in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction shall be
deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries solely by
reason of such Investment.
"Affiliate Transaction" has the meaning provided in Section 4.11.
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"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-Registrar.
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"Agent Members" has the meaning provided in Section 2.16.
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"all or substantially all" shall have the meaning given such phrase in
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the Revised Model Business Corporation Act.
"Asset Acquisition" means (a) an Investment by the Company or any
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Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any other Person if, as a result of such
Investment, such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or shall be merged with or into the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or (b) the acquisition by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of the assets of any
Person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person,
any division or line of business of such Person or any other properties or
assets of such Person other than in the ordinary course of business.
"Asset Sale" means any direct or indirect sale, issuance, conveyance,
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transfer, lease (other than operating leases entered into in the ordinary course
of business), assignment or other transfer for value by the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) to
any Person other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company of (a) any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or
(b) any other property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company other than in the ordinary course of business; provided, however,
that Asset Sales shall not include (i) a transaction or series of related
transactions for which the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries receive
aggregate consideration of less than $500,000, (ii) the sale, lease, conveyance,
disposition or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company as permitted under Section 5.01 or any disposition that constitutes a
Change of Control, (iii) the sale or discount, in each case without recourse, of
accounts
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receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection
with the compromise or collection thereof, (iv) the factoring of accounts
receivable arising in the ordinary course of business pursuant to arrangements
customary in the region, (v) the licensing of intellectual property, (vi)
disposals or replacements of obsolete equipment in the ordinary course of
business, (vii) the sale, lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of assets or property to one or more
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with Investments permitted
under Section 4.10, (viii) sales of accounts receivable, equipment and related
assets (including contract rights) of the type specified in the definition of
"Qualified Securitization Transaction" to a Securitization Entity for the fair
market value thereof, including cash in an amount at least equal to 75% of the
fair market value thereof as determined in accordance with GAAP, and (ix)
transfers of accounts receivable, equipment and related assets (including
contract rights) of the type specified in the definition of "Qualified
Securitization Transaction" (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a
Securitization Entity in a Qualified Securitization Transaction. For the
purposes of clause (viii), Purchase Money Notes shall be deemed to be cash.
"Authenticating Agent" has the meaning provided in Section 2.02.
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"Xxxx Capital" means Xxxx Capital, Inc.
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"Bain Related Party" means Xxxx Capital and any Affiliate of Xxxx
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Capital.
"Bank Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement dated as of May 16
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1997, among the Company, the lenders party thereto in their capacities as
lenders thereunder and Bankers Trust Company, as agent, together with the
related documents thereto (including, without limitation, any guarantee
agreements and security documents), in each case as such agreements may be
amended (including any amendment and restatement thereof), supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement extending the
maturity of, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring (including,
without limitation, increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder or
adding Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors
thereunder) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or any
successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent,
lender or group of lenders.
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"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal,
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state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means, as to any Person, the board of directors
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of such Person or any duly authorized committee thereof.
"Board Resolution" means, with respect to any Person, a duly adopted
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resolution of the Board of Directors or other equivalent governing body of such
Person.
"Business Day" means a day that is not a Legal Holiday.
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"Capital Stock" means (i) with respect to any Person that is a
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corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated) of corporate stock, including each class of common stock
and preferred stock of such Person and (ii) with respect to any Person that is
not a corporation, any and all partnership or other equity interests of such
Person.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means, as to any Person, the
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obligations of such Person under a lease that are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital lease obligations under GAAP and, for purposes of this
definition, the amount of such obligations at any date shall be the capitalized
amount of such obligations at such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Cash Equivalents" means (i) marketable direct obligations issued by,
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or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any
agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in
each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof; (ii)
marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of
America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition
thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings
obtainable from either S&P or Xxxxx'x; (iii) commercial paper maturing no more
than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition,
having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Xxxxx'x; (iv)
certificates of deposit or bankers' acceptances (or, with respect to foreign
banks, similar instruments) maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof issued by any bank organ-
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ized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the
District of Columbia, Japan or any member of the European Economic Community or
any U.S. branch of a foreign bank having at the date of acquisition thereof
combined capital and surplus of not less than $200.0 million; (v) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of
the types described in clause (i) above entered into with any bank meeting the
qualifications specified in clause (iv) above; and (vi) investments in money
market funds which invest substantially all their assets in securities of the
types described in clauses (i) through (v) above.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of one or more of the
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following events: (i) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one
transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company to any Person or group of related Persons (for
purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act a "Group"), together with any
Affiliates thereof (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions
of this Indenture); (ii) the approval by the holders of Capital Stock of the
Company of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the
Company (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this
Indenture); (iii) any Person or Group (other than one or both of the Principals
or their respective Related Parties) shall become the owner, directly or
indirectly, beneficially or of record, of shares representing more than 50% of
the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding
Capital Stock of the Company; or (iv) the first day within any two-year period
on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company are
not Continuing Directors.
"Change of Control Date" has the meaning provided in Section 4.15.
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"Change of Control Offer" has the meaning provided in Section 4.15.
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"Change of Control Payment Date" has the meaning provided in
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Section 4.15.
"Company" means Therma-Wave, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
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"Consolidated EBITDA" means, with respect to any Person, for any
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period, the sum (without duplication) of (i) Con-
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solidated Net Income and (ii) to the extent Consolidated Net Income has been
reduced thereby, (A) all income taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP
for such period, (B) Consolidated Interest Expense and (C) Consolidated Non-cash
Charges.
"Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means, with respect to any
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Person, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person during the four full
fiscal quarters (the "Four Quarter Period") ending on or prior to the date of
the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio (the "Transaction Date") to Consolidated Fixed Charges of
such Person for the Four Quarter Period. In addition to and without limitation
of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, "Consolidated EBITDA" and
"Consolidated Fixed Charges" shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro
forma basis for the period of such calculation to (i) the incurrence of any
Indebtedness or the issuance of any Designated Preferred Stock of such Person or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds thereof)
giving rise to the need to make such calculation and any incurrence or repayment
of other Indebtedness or the issuance or redemption of other Designated
Preferred Stock (and the application of the proceeds thereof) occurring during
the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four
Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such incurrence,
repayment, issuance or redemption, as the case may be (and the application of
the proceeds thereof), occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period and
(ii) any Asset Sales or Asset Acquisitions (including, without limitation, any
Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such calculation as a result
of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Person who
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the Asset Acquisition) incurring,
assuming or otherwise being liable for Acquired Indebtedness and also including
any Consolidated EBITDA, including any pro forma expense and cost reductions,
which are directly attributable and factually supportable, applied to the assets
which are the subject of the Asset Acquisition or Asset Sale during the Four
Quarter Period) occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time
subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the
Transaction Date, as if such Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition (including the
incurrence, assumption or liability for any such Indebtedness or Acquired
Indebtedness) occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period. If such
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly guarantees
Indebtedness of a
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third Person, the preceding sentence shall give effect to the incurrence of such
guaranteed Indebtedness as if such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such
Person had directly incurred or otherwise assumed such guaranteed Indebtedness.
Furthermore, in calculating "Consolidated Fixed Charges" for purposes of
determining the denominator (but not the numerator) of this "Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio," (1) interest on outstanding Indebtedness determined on a
fluctuating basis as of the Transaction Date and which will continue to be so
determined thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum
equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in effect on the Transaction
Date; (2) if interest on any Indebtedness actually incurred on the Transaction
Date may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a
prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rates,
then the interest rate in effect on the Transaction Date will be deemed to have
been in effect during the Four Quarter Period; and (3) notwithstanding clause
(1) above, interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis, to the
extent such interest is covered by agreements relating to Interest Swap
Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after
giving effect to the operation of such agreements.
"Consolidated Fixed Charges" means, with respect to any Person for any
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period, the sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense
(before amortization or write-off of debt issuance costs) plus (ii) the amount
of all cash dividend payments on any series of Preferred Stock of such Person;
provided that with respect to any series of Designated Preferred Stock that was
not paid cash dividends during such period but that accrues dividends according
to its terms during any period prior to the maturity date of the Notes, cash
dividends shall be deemed to have been paid with respect to such series of
Designated Preferred Stock during such period for purposes of clause (ii) of
this definition.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, with respect to any Person for
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any period, the sum of, without duplication, (i) the aggregate of all cash and
non-cash interest expense with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the net costs associated with
Interest Swap Obligations, for such period determined on a consolidated basis in
conformity with GAAP, and (ii) the interest component of Capitalized Lease
Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued by such Person
and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period as determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
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"Consolidated Net Income" of the Company means, for any period, the
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aggregate net income (or loss) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
for such period on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided that there shall be excluded therefrom (a) gains and losses from Asset
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Sales (without regard to the $500,000 limitation set forth in the definition
thereof) or abandonments or reserves relating thereto and the related tax
effects according to GAAP, (b) gains and losses due solely to fluctuations in
currency values and the related tax effects according to GAAP, (c) items
classified as extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains and losses
(including, without limitation, restructuring costs), and the related tax
effects according to GAAP, (d) the net income (or loss) of any Person acquired
in a pooling of interests transaction accrued prior to the date it becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or is merged or consolidated with the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, (e) the net income of any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the extent that the declaration of
dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
of that income is restricted by contract, operation of law or otherwise, (f) the
net loss of any Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, (g)
the net income of any Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company,
except to the extent of cash dividends or distributions paid to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company by such Person, (h) only for purposes of
clause (iii)(w) of the first paragraph of Section 4.10, any amounts included
pursuant to clause (iii)(z) of Section 4.10, (i) non-cash compensation charges,
including any arising from stock options and (j) start-up costs and duplicative
costs incurred in connection with the transition service and distribution
agreements in effect on the Issue Date (as the same may be amended from time to
time).
"Consolidated Net Worth" means, with respect to any Person for any
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date of determination, the sum of (i) stated capital with respect to Capital
Stock of such Person and additional paid-in capital, and (ii) retained earnings
(or minus accumulated deficit) of such Person and its Subsidiaries (or, in the
case of the Company, the Restricted Subsidiaries), less, to the extent included
in the foregoing, amounts attributable to Disqualified Capital Stock, each item
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Non-cash Charges" means, with respect to any Person for
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any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses
of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income
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Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding any such charge
constituting an extraordinary item or loss which requires an accrual of or a
reserve for cash charges for any future period).
"Continuing Directors" means, as of any date of determination, any
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member of the Board of Directors of the Company who (i) was a member of such
Board of Directors on the Issue Date or (ii) was nominated for election or
elected to such Board of Directors with, or whose election to such Board of
Directors was approved by, the affirmative vote of a majority of the Continuing
Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such
nomination or election or (iii) is any designee of the Principals or their
Affiliates or was nominated by the Principals or their Affiliates or any
designees of the Principals or their Affiliates on the Board of Directors.
"Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning provided in Section 8.02.
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"Currency Agreement" means any foreign exchange contract, currency
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swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company against fluctuations in
currency values.
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
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sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"Default" means an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or
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with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of
Default.
"Depositary" means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and
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successors.
"Designated Preferred Stock" means Preferred Stock that is so
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designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officers' Certificate
executed by the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer
of the Company, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are
excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (iii) (x) of the first
paragraph of Section 4.10.
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"Disqualified Capital Stock" means that portion of any Capital Stock
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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
(other than an event which would constitute a Change of Control), matures
(excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer
thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise, or is redeemable at the sole option of the holder thereof (except, in
each case, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control) on or prior to the final
maturity date of the Notes.
"Equity Offering" means the issuance and sale of Qualified Capital
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Stock of the Company.
"Event of Default" has the meaning provided in Section 6.01.
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"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
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and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.
"Exchange Notes" has the meaning provided in the preamble to this
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Indenture.
"Exchange Offer" means the registration by the Company under the
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Securities Act pursuant to a registration statement of the offer by the Company
to each Holder of the Initial Notes to exchange all the Initial Notes held by
such Holder for the Exchange Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of the Initial Notes held by such Holder, all in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement.
"fair market value" means, unless otherwise specified, with respect to
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any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm's-length,
free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and
able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete
the transaction. Fair market value shall be determined by the Board of Directors
of the Company acting reasonably and in good faith and shall be evidenced by a
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company delivered to the Trustee.
"GAAP" is defined to mean generally accepted accounting principles in
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the United States of America as in effect as of the date of this Indenture,
including, without limitation, those set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Ac-
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counting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by
a significant segment of the accounting profession. All ratios and computations
based on GAAP contained in this Indenture shall be computed in conformity with
GAAP applied on a consistent basis, except that calculations made for purposes
of determining compliance with the terms of the covenants and with other
provisions of this Indenture shall be made without giving effect to (i) the
deduction or amortization of any premiums, fees, and expenses incurred in
connection with the acquisition in 1991 and the Recapitalization and related
financings or any other permitted incurrence of Indebtedness or refinancing of
Indebtedness and (ii) except as otherwise provided, the amortization of any
amounts required or permitted by Accounting Principles Board Opinion ("APB") No.
16 (including non-cash write-ups and non-cash charges relating to inventory,
fixed assets and in-process research and development, in each case arising in
connection with the Recapitalization and the acquisition of the Company in 1991
or future acquisitions) and XXX Xx. 00 (including non-cash charges relating to
intangibles and goodwill arising in connection with the Recapitalization and the
acquisition of the Company in 1991 or future acquisitions).
"Global Note" has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
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"Holder" or "Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Note is
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registered on the Registrar's books.
"incur" has the meaning provided Section 4.12.
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"Indebtedness" means with respect to any Person, without duplication,
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(i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of
such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
(iii) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (iv) all obligations of
such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all
conditional sale obligations and all obligations under any title retention
agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and warranty and service
obligations arising in the ordinary course of business), (v) all obligations for
the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker's acceptance or
similar credit transaction, (vi) guarantees and other contingent obligations in
respect of Indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above and clause
(viii) below, (vii) all obligations of any
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other Person of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) which are
secured by any lien on any property or asset of such Person, the amount of such
obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the fair market value of such
property or asset or the amount of the obligation so secured, (viii) all
obligations under currency swap agreements and interest swap agreements of such
Person and (ix) all Disqualified Capital Stock issued by such Person with the
amount of Indebtedness represented by such Disqualified Capital Stock being
equal to the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference and
its maximum fixed repurchase price, but excluding accrued dividends, if any. For
purposes hereof, (x) the "maximum fixed repurchase price" of any Disqualified
Capital Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated
in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such
Disqualified Capital Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness
shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and if such price
is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified
Capital Stock, such fair market value shall be determined reasonably and in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the issuer of such Disqualified Capital Stock
and (y) any transfer of accounts receivable, equipment or other assets
(including contract rights) which constitute a sale for purposes of GAAP and any
related recourse provisions under instrument sales programs entered into in the
ordinary course of business shall not constitute Indebtedness hereunder.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time
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to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Initial Notes" has the meaning provided in the preamble to this
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Indenture.
"Initial Public Offering" means the first underwritten public offering
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of Qualified Capital Stock by the Company pursuant to a registration statement
filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act for aggregate net cash
proceeds of at least $25.0 million.
"Initial Purchaser" means BT Securities Corporation.
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"Institutional Accredited Investor" means an institution that is an
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"accredited investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7)
under the Securities Act.
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"Interest Payment Date" means the stated maturity of an installment of
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interest on the Notes.
"Interest Swap Obligations" means the obligations of any Person,
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pursuant to any arrangement with any other Person, whereby, directly or
indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic
payments calculated by applying either a floating or a fixed rate of interest on
a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such other
Person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same
notional amount.
"Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
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amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter.
"Investment" means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect
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loan or other extension of credit (including, without limitation, a guarantee)
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 by such Person of any Capital Stock,
bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidences of Indebtedness issued
by, any Person. "Investment" shall exclude extensions of trade credit by the
Company and its Subsidiaries on commercially reasonable terms in accordance with
normal trade practices of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.
For the purposes of Section 4.10, (i) "Investment" shall include and be valued
at the book value of the net assets of any Restricted Subsidiary at the time
that such Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary and
shall exclude the book value of the net assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary at
the time that such Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary
and (ii) the amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such
Investment plus the cost of all additional Investments by the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries, without any adjustments for increases or decreases
in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such
Investment. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or
otherwise disposes of any Common Stock of any direct or indirect Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or
disposition, the Company no longer owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the
outstanding Common Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall be
deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition
equal to the book value of the Common Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary not
sold or disposed of.
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"Issue Date" means the date of original issuance of the Notes.
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"Legal Defeasance" has the meaning provided in Section 8.02.
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"Legal Holiday" has the meaning provided in Section 10.07.
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"Lien" means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security
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interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any
agreement to give any security interest).
"Maturity Date" means May 15, 2004.
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"Moody's" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
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"Net Cash Proceeds" means, (i) with respect to any Asset Sale, the
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proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents received by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale net of (a) out-of-pocket expenses
and fees relating to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, legal,
accounting and investment banking fees and sales commissions), (b) taxes paid or
payable after taking into account any reduction in consolidated tax liability
due to available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, (c)
repayment of Indebtedness that is required to be repaid in connection with such
Asset Sale and (d) any portion of cash proceeds which the Company determines in
good faith should be reserved for post-closing adjustments, it being understood
and agreed that on the day that all such post-closing adjustments have been
determined, the amount (if any) by which the reserved amount in respect of such
Asset Sale exceeds the actual post-closing adjustments payable by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds on such date and (ii)
with respect to any Equity Offering the cash proceeds received by the Company in
connection with such Equity Offering net of out-of-pocket expenses and fees
relating to such Equity Offering (including, but without limitation, legal,
accounting and underwriting discounts and commissions); provided that the Net
Cash Proceeds shall be determined without regard to an over-allotment option
granted to the Company by the underwriters except to the extent of proceeds
received from such over-allotment option upon the consummation of the initial
sale of
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Qualified Capital Stock of the Company pursuant to the Initial Public
Offering.
"Net Proceeds Offer" has the meaning provided in Section 4.16.
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"Net Proceeds Offer Amount" has the meaning provided in Section 4.16.
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"Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date" has the meaning provided in
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Section 4.16.
"Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date" has the meaning provided in
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Section 4.16.
"Non-U.S. Person" means a person who is not a U.S. person, as defined in
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Regulation S.
"Notes" means the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes (and Private
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Exchange Notes, if any) treated as a single class of securities, as amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, that are
issued pursuant to this Indenture.
"Obligations" means all obligations for principal, premium, interest,
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penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities
payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness, without duplication.
"Offering Memorandum" means the Offering Memorandum dated May 9, 1997,
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pursuant to which the Initial Notes were offered, and any supplement thereto.
"Officer" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board,
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the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief
Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller, or the Secretary of such
Person, or any other officer designated by the Board of Directors serving in a
similar capacity.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a certificate
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signed by two Officers or by an Officer and either an Assistant Treasurer or an
Assistant Secretary of such Person and otherwise complying with the requirements
of Sections 10.04 and 10.05, as they relate to the making of an Officers'
Certificate.
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"Offshore Physical Notes" has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
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"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel, who may
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be counsel for the Company, and who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee
complying with the requirements of Sections 10.04 and 10.05, as they relate to
the giving of an Opinion of Counsel.
"Paying Agent" has the meaning provided in Section 2.03.
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"Permitted Indebtedness" means, without duplication, (i) the Notes, (ii)
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Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Bank Credit Agreement in an aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $30.0 million less the
aggregate amount of Indebtedness of Securitization Entities in Qualified
Securitization Transactions (other than Qualified Securitization Transactions
involving equipment and related assets) less the aggregate amount then
outstanding pursuant to clause (iii) less any required permanent repayments
(which are accompanied by a corresponding permanent commitment reduction)
thereunder; provided that the amount of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred
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pursuant to the Bank Credit Agreement in accordance with this clause (ii) shall
be in addition to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to the Bank
Credit Agreement in reliance on, and in accordance with, clauses (x), (xi) and
(xvi) of this definition, (iii) Indebtedness of foreign Restricted Subsidiaries
of the Company in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5.0 million at
any one time outstanding; provided the aggregate amount then outstanding under
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this clause (iii) when added to the aggregate amount then outstanding under
clause (ii) shall not exceed the aggregate amount permitted under clause (ii),
(iv) other Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries outstanding on the
Issue Date reduced by the amount of any scheduled amortization payments or
mandatory prepayments when actually paid or permanent reductions thereon, (v)
Interest Swap Obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries covering
Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that any
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Indebtedness to which any such Interest Swap Obligations correspond is otherwise
permitted to be incurred under this Indenture; provided, further, that such
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Interest Swap Obligations are entered into, in the judgment of the Company, to
protect the Company from fluctuation in interest rates on their respective
outstanding Indebtedness, (vi) Indebtedness under Currency Agreements, (vii)
intercompany Indebtedness owed by the Company to any Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company or by any Re-
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stricted Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or any Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company, (viii) Acquired Indebtedness to the extent the
Company could have incurred such Indebtedness in accordance with Section 4.12 on
the date such Indebtedness became Acquired Indebtedness, (ix) guarantees by the
Company and its Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of each other's
Indebtedness; provided that such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred under
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this Indenture, including, with respect to guarantees by Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiaries of the Company, Section 4.19, (x) Indebtedness (including
Capitalized Lease Obligations) incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to finance 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 an aggregate principal amount
outstanding not to exceed 5% of Total Assets at the time of any incurrence
thereof (including any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto) (which
amount may, but need not, be incurred in whole or in part under the Bank Credit
Agreement), (xi) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of
credit issued in the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation,
letters of credit in respect of workers' compensation claims or self-insurance,
or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding
workers' compensation claims, (xii) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company providing for indemnification,
adjustment of purchase price, earn out or other similar obligations, in each
case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business,
assets or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, other than guarantees of
Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such
business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such
acquisition; provided that the maximum assumable liability in respect of all
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such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually received
by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such
disposition, (xiii) obligations in respect of performance and surety bonds and
completion guarantees provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company in the ordinary course of business, (xiv) any refinancing,
modification, replacement, renewal, restatement, refunding, deferral, extension,
substitution, supplement, reissuance or resale of existing or future
Indebtedness, including any additional Indebtedness incurred to pay interest or
premiums required by the instruments governing such existing or future
Indebtedness as in effect at the time of issuance thereof ("Required Premiums")
and fees in connec-
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tion therewith ("Refinancing Indebtedness"); provided that any such event shall
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not (1) result in an increase in the aggregate principal amount of Permitted
Indebtedness (except to the extent such increase is a result of a simultaneous
incurrence of additional Indebtedness (A) to pay Required Premiums and related
fees or (B) otherwise permitted to be incurred under this Indenture) of the
Company and its Subsidiaries and (2) create Indebtedness with a Weighted Average
Life to Maturity at the time such Indebtedness is incurred that is less than the
Weighted Average Life to Maturity at such time of the Indebtedness being
refinanced, modified, replaced, renewed, restated, refunded, deferred, extended,
substituted, supplemented, reissued or resold (except that this subclause (2)
will not apply in the event the Indebtedness being refinanced, modified,
replaced, renewed, restated, refunded, deferred, extended, substituted,
supplemented, reissued or resold was originally incurred in reliance upon
clauses (vii) or (xvi) of this definition), (xv) the incurrence by a
Securitization Entity of Indebtedness in a Qualified Securitization Transaction
that is not recourse to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (except for
Standard Securitization Undertakings) and (xvi) additional Indebtedness of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $10.0 million at any one time outstanding (which amount may, but need
not, be incurred in whole or in part under the Bank Credit Agreement).
"Permitted Investments" means (i) Investments by the Company or any
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Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company (whether existing on the Issue Date or created thereafter) or in
any other Person (including by means of any transfer of cash or other property)
if as a result of such Investment such Person shall become a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and Investments in the Company by any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; (ii) cash and Cash Equivalents; (iii)
Investments existing on the Issue Date; (iv) loans and advances to management
and other employees of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $3.0
million at any one time outstanding; (v) accounts receivable created or acquired
in the ordinary course of business; (vi) Currency Agreements and Interest Swap
Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of the Company's or its
Restricted Subsidiaries' businesses and otherwise in compliance with this
Indenture; (vii) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an amount at any
one time outstanding not to exceed $3.0 million; (viii) Investments in
securities of trade creditors or customers received pursuant to
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any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or
insolvency of such trade creditors or customers; (ix) guarantees (A) by the
Company of Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred by Restricted
Subsidiaries of the Company under this Indenture or (B) permitted by Section
4.19; (x) additional Investments having an aggregate fair market value, taken
together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (x) that are at
that time outstanding, not to exceed 5% of Total Assets at the time of such
Investment at any one time outstanding; (xi) any Investment by the Company or a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company in a Securitization Entity or any
Investment by a Securitization Entity in any other Person in connection with a
Qualified Securitization Transaction; provided that any Investment in a
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Securitization Entity is in the form of a Purchase Money Note or an equity
interest; (xii) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that
is permitted by, and made in accordance with, clause (b) of Section 4.11 (other
than transactions described in clause (v) of such clause (b)); (xiii)
Investments the payment for which consists exclusively of Qualified Capital
Stock of the Company and (xiv) Investments received by the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries as consideration for asset sales, including Asset Sales;
provided in the case of an Asset Sale, such Asset Sale is effected in compliance
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with Section 4.16.
"Permitted Liens" means the following types of Liens:
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(i) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims
either (a) not delinquent or (b) contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and as to which the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries
shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may be required pursuant
to GAAP;
(ii) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen,
mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, repairmen and other Liens imposed by law
incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent or
being contested in good faith, if such reserve or other appropriate
provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made in
respect thereof;
(iii) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of
business in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance
and other types of social security, including any Lien securing letters of
credit issued in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice in connection therewith, or to secure the
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performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds,
bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds
and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of
borrowed money);
(iv) judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default;
(v) easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions and other similar
charges or encumbrances in respect of real property not interfering in any
material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(vi) any interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease
Obligation;
(vii) purchase money Liens to finance property or assets of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company acquired in the ordinary course
of business; provided, however, that (A) the related purchase money
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Indebtedness shall not exceed the cost of such property or assets and shall
not be secured by any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company other than the property and assets so acquired
and (B) the Lien securing such Indebtedness shall be created within 90 days
of such acquisition;
(viii) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds
of any Person securing such Person's obligations in respect of bankers'
acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate
the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(ix) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to
commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other property
relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;
(x) Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising from
statutory, regulatory, contractual, or warranty requirements of the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including rights of offset and set-
off;
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(xi) Liens securing Interest Swap Obligations which Interest Swap
Obligations relate to Indebtedness that is otherwise permitted under this
Indenture;
(xii) Liens securing Indebtedness under Currency Agreements;
(xiii) Liens securing Indebtedness of foreign Restricted
Subsidiaries of the Company incurred in reliance on clause (iii) and
(xvi) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness;
(xiv) Liens securing Acquired Indebtedness incurred in reliance on
clause (viii) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness;
(xv) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to obligations that do not in the
aggregate exceed $10.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(xvi) Liens on assets transferred to a Securitization Entity or on
assets of a Securitization Entity, in either case incurred in connection
with a Qualified Securitization Transaction;
(xvii) leases or subleases granted to others that do not materially
interfere with the ordinary course of business of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(xviii) Liens arising from filing Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements regarding leases;
(xix) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities connection with
the importation of goods; and
(xx) Liens existing on the Issue Date, together with any Liens securing
Indebtedness incurred in reliance on clause (xiv) of the definition of
Permitted Indebtedness in order to refinance the Indebtedness secured by
Liens existing on the Issue Date; provided that the Liens securing the
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refinancing Indebtedness shall not extend to property other than that
pledged under the Liens securing the Indebtedness being refinanced.
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"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, unincorporated
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organization, trust or joint venture, or a governmental agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Physical Notes" has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
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"Plan of Liquidation" means, with respect to any Person, a plan that
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provides for, contemplates or the effectuation of which is preceded or
accompanied by (whether or not substantially contemporaneously, in phases or
otherwise) (i) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of such Person otherwise than as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety and (ii) the distribution of all or substantially
all of the proceeds of such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition and all
or substantially all of the remaining assets of such Person to holders of
Capital Stock of such Person.
"Preferred Stock" of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person
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that has preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of such Person with
respect to dividends or redemptions or upon liquidation.
"principal" of any Indebtedness (including the Notes) means the
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principal amount of such Indebtedness plus the premium, if any, on such
Indebtedness.
"Principals" means Xxxx Capital and Xxxxxx Hill Ventures.
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"Private Exchange Notes" has the meaning provided in the Registration
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Rights Agreement.
"Private Placement Legend" means the legend initially set forth on the
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Notes in the form set forth in Section 2.15.
"Proceeds Purchase Date" has the meaning provided in Section 4.16.
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"Productive Assets" means properties or assets (including Capital Stock)
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of a kind used or usable in the businesses of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries permitted by Section 4.20.
"pro forma" means, with respect to any calculation made or required to
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be made pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, a calculation in accordance
with Article 11 of Regula-
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tion S-X under the Securities Act, as determined by the Board of Directors of
the Company in consultation with its independent public accountants.
"Purchase Money Note" means a promissory note of a Securitization
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Entity evidencing a line of credit, which may be irrevocable, from the Company
or any Subsidiary of the Company in connection with a Qualified Securitization
Transaction to a Securitization Entity, which note shall be repaid from cash
available to the Securitization Entity, other than amounts required to be
established as reserves pursuant to agreements, amounts paid to investors in
respect of interest, principal and other amounts owing to such investors and
amounts paid in connection with the purchase of newly generated receivables or
newly acquired equipment.
"Qualified Capital Stock" means any stock that is not Disqualified
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Capital Stock.
"Qualified Institutional Buyer" or "QIB" shall have the meaning
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specified in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
"Qualified Securitization Transaction" means any transaction or series
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of transactions that may be entered into by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any or its Subsidiaries may sell,
convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Securitization Entity (in the case of a
transfer by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and (b) any other Person (in
the case of a transfer by a Securitization Entity), or may grant a security
interest in, any accounts receivable or equipment (whether now existing or
arising or acquired in the future) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral
securing such accounts receivable and equipment, all contracts and contract
rights and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts
receivable and equipment, proceeds of such accounts receivable and equipment and
other assets (including contract rights) which are customarily transferred or in
respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with
asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable and equipment.
"Recapitalization" refers to those transactions contemplated by the
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Recapitalization Agreement dated December 18, 1996 as amended by Amendment No.
1, dated May 16, 1997, by and among Xxxx Capital Fund V, L.P., Xxxx Capital Fund
V-B, L.P., BCIP Associates, BCIP Trust Associates, L.P. and designees, if
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any, and Toray Industries, Inc. and Toray Industries (America) Inc., and
Shimadzu Corporation and the Company.
"Record Date" means the Record Dates specified in the Notes, whether or
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not a Legal Holiday.
"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed,
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means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture and the
Notes.
"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed,
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means the price fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture and the
Notes.
"Reference Date" has the meaning provided in Section 4.10.
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"Refinancing Indebtedness" has the meaning provided in clause (xiv) of
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the definition of Permitted Indebtedness.
"Refunding Capital Stock" has the meaning provided in Section 4.10.
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"Registrar" has the meaning provided in Section 2.03.
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"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights Agreement
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dated May 15, 1997 among the Company and the Initial Purchaser for the benefit
of themselves and the Holders, as the same may be amended or modified from time
to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
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"Related Party" means, with respect to Xxxx Capital, any Bain Related
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Party and with respect to Xxxxxx Xxxx Ventures, any Xxxxxx Hill Ventures Related
Party.
"Required Premiums" has the meaning provided in clause (xiv) of the
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definition of Permitted Indebtedness.
"Restricted Investment" means an Investment other than a Permitted
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Investment.
"Restricted Payment" has the meaning provided in Section 4.10.
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"Restricted Security" has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule
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144(a)(3) under the Securities Act; provided that the Trustee shall be entitled
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to request and conclusively rely on an Opinion of Counsel with respect to
whether any Note constitutes a Restricted Security.
"Restricted Subsidiary" of any Person means any Subsidiary of such
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Person which at the time of determination is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Retiring Capital Stock" has the meaning provided in Section 4.10.
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"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
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"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
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XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. and its successors.
"Sale and Leaseback Transaction" means any direct or indirect
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arrangement with any Person or to which any such Person is a party, providing
for the leasing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of any property,
whether owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary at the Issue Date or
later acquired, which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person from whom funds
have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such Property.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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"Securities Act" means, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
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rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
"Securitization Entity" means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company
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(or another Person in which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company makes
an Investment and to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
transfers accounts receivable or equipment and related assets) which engages in
no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable
or equipment and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company
(as provided below) as a Securitization Entity (a) no portion of the
Indebtedness or any other Obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is
guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (excluding guarantees
of Obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness))
pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (ii) is recourse to or
obligates the
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Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in any way other than pursuant to
Standard Securitization Undertakings or (iii) subjects any property or asset of
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, directly or indirectly,
contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to
Standard Securitization Undertakings, (b) with which neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary of the Company has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or
understanding other than on terms no less favorable to the Company or such
Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are
not Affiliates of the Company, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of
business in connection with servicing receivables of such entity, and (c) to
which neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any obligation
to maintain or preserve such entity's financial condition or cause such entity
to achieve certain levels of operating results. Any such designation by the
Board of Directors of the Company shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing
with the Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of
the Company giving effect to such designation and an Officers' Certificate
certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
"Significant Subsidiary" means, as of any date of determination, for
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any Person, each Subsidiary of such Person which (i) for the most recent fiscal
year of such Person (on or prior to December 31, 1996, the fiscal period
beginning on the Issue Date and ending on the most recently completed fiscal
quarter of such Person) accounted for more than 10% of consolidated revenues or
consolidated net income of such Person or (ii) as at the end of such fiscal year
(on or prior to December 31, 1996, the fiscal period beginning on the Issue Date
and ending on the most recently completed fiscal quarter of such Person), was
the owner of more than 10% of the consolidated assets of such Person.
"Standard Securitization Undertakings" means representations,
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warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company which are reasonably customary in an accounts
receivable or equipment transaction.
"Subsidiary", with respect to any Person, means (i) any corporation of
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which the outstanding Capital Stock having at least a majority of the votes
entitled to be cast in the election of directors under ordinary circumstances
shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or (ii) any
other Person of which at least a majority of the vot-
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ing interest under ordinary circumstances is at the time, directly or
indirectly, owned by such Person.
"Xxxxxx Hill Ventures" means Xxxxxx Xxxx Ventures, a California limited
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partnership and certain other investors designated by Xxxxxx Hill Ventures.
"Xxxxxx Xxxx Ventures Related Party" means (a) any stockholder or
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partner of Xxxxxx Hill Ventures on the Issue Date or (b) any trust, corporation,
partnership or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, owners
or Persons beneficially holding an 80% or more controlling interest which
consist of Xxxxxx Xxxx Ventures and/or such other Persons referred to in the
immediately preceding clause(a).
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. (S)(S) 77aaa-
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77bbbb), as amended, as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except as
otherwise provided in Section 9.03.
"Total Assets" means the total consolidated assets of the Company and
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its Restricted Subsidiaries, as set forth on the Company's most recent
consolidated balance sheet.
"Trust Officer" means any officer of the Trustee assigned by the
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Trustee to administer this Indenture, or in the case of a successor trustee, an
officer assigned to the department, division or group performing the corporation
trust work of such successor and assigned to administer this Indenture.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
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successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and
thereafter means such successor.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" of any Person means (i) any Subsidiary of
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such Person that at the time of determination shall be or continue to be
designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of such Person
in the manner provided below and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary (including any
newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary
unless such Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or owns 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 that (x) the
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Company certifies to the Trustee that such designation complies with Section
4.10 and (y) each Subsidiary to be
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so designated and each of its Subsidiaries has not at the time of designation,
and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise
become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant
to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries. The Board of Directors may designate any
Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary only if (x) immediately
after giving effect to such designation, the Company is able to incur at least
$1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in
compliance with Section 4.12 and (y) immediately before and immediately after
giving effect to such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing. Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall
be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the
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 of, and
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obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which
the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged.
"U.S. Legal Tender" means such coin or currency of the United States of
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America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of
public and private debts.
"U.S. Physical Notes" has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
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"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any
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Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the then
outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness into (b) the sum of
the total of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then
remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment
of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii)
the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse
between such date and the making of such payment.
"Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary" of any Person means any Restricted
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Subsidiary of such Person of which all the outstanding voting securities (other
than directors' qualifying shares or an immaterial amount of shares required to
be owned by other Persons pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such
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Person or any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of such Person.
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of TIA.
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Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, such
provision is incorporated by reference in, and made a part of, this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"indenture securities" means the Notes.
"indenture security holder" means a Holder or a Noteholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company or any other
obligor on the Notes.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.
SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction.
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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 as in effect on the date hereof;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural
include the singular; and
(5) "herein," "hereof" and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or
other subdivision.
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ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating.
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The Initial Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall
be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Exchange Notes and the
Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required
by law, stock exchange rule or depository rule or usage. The Company shall
approve the form of the Notes and any notation, legend or endorsement on them.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its issuance and shall show the date of its
authentication.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes, annexed hereto as
Exhibits A and B, shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of
this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by
their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms
and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued
initially in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in registered form,
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (the "Global Note"), deposited
with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depository, duly executed by the Company
and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate
principal amount of the Global Note may from time to time be increased or
decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for
the Depository, as hereinafter provided.
Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on
Regulation S shall be issued in the form of permanent certificated Notes in
registered form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (the "Offshore
Physical Notes"). Notes offered and sold in reliance on any other exemption from
registration under the Securities Act other than as described in the preceding
paragraph shall be issued, and Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A
may be issued, in the form of permanent certificated Notes in registered form,
in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (the "U.S. Physical Notes").
The Offshore Physical Notes and the U.S. Physical Notes are sometimes
collectively herein referred to as the
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"Physical Notes." Physical Notes shall initially be registered in the name of
the Depository or the nominee of such Depository and be delivered to the Trustee
as custodian for such Depository. Beneficial owners of Physical Notes, however,
may request registration of such Physical Notes in their names or the names of
their nominees.
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication;
Aggregate Principal Amount.
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Two Officers, or an Officer and an Assistant Secretary, shall sign, or
one Officer shall sign and one Officer or an Assistant Secretary (each of whom
shall, in each case, have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate
actions) shall attest to, the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile
signature. The Company's seal shall also be reproduced on the Notes.
If an Officer or Assistant Secretary whose signature is on a Note was
an Officer or Assistant Secretary at the time of such execution but no longer
holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall
nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee
manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature
shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this
Indenture.
The Trustee shall authenticate (i) Initial Notes for original issue in
the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $115,000,000, and (ii) Exchange
Notes from time to time for issue only in exchange for a like principal amount
of Initial Notes, in each case upon written orders of the Company in the form of
an Officers' Certificate. The Officers' Certificate shall specify the amount of
Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated
and the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding on the date of
authentication, whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes or Exchange Notes, and
shall further specify the amount of such Notes to be issued as the Global Note,
Offshore Physical Notes or U.S. Physical Notes. The aggregate principal amount
of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed $115,000,000, except as provided
in Section 2.07.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate Notes if the issuance
of such Notes pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights,
duties or immunities un-
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der the Notes and this Indenture in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent (the "Authenticating
Agent") reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. Unless
otherwise provided in the appointment, an Authenticating Agent may authenticate
Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such Authenticating
Agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the
Company and Affiliates.
The Notes shall be issuable in fully registered form only, without
coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.
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The Company shall maintain an office or agency (which shall be located
in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York) where (a) Notes may be
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange
("Registrar"), (b) Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment ("Paying
Agent") and (c) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall keep a register of
the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company, upon prior written
notice to the Trustee, may have one or more co-Registrars and one or more
additional paying agents acceptable to the Trustee. The term "Paying Agent"
includes any additional paying agent. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate may
act as Paying Agent.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Agent not a party to this Indenture, which agreement shall incorporate the
provisions of the TIA and 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 at least 30 days prior to entering into such agreement.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent
and agent for service of notices and demands in connection with the Notes, until
such time as the Trustee has resigned or a successor has been appointed. The
Paying Agent or Registrar may resign upon 30 days notice to the Company.
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SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Assets
in Trust.
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The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
agree in writing that it shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or
the Trustee all assets it holds for the payment of principal of, or interest on,
the Notes (whether such assets have been distributed to it by the Company or any
other obligor on the Notes), and notify the Trustee of any Default in making any
such payment. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to distribute
all assets held by it to the Trustee and account for any assets disbursed and
the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any payment Default, upon
written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to distribute all
assets held by it to the Trustee and to account for any assets distributed. Upon
distribution to the Trustee of all assets that shall have been delivered by the
Company to the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability
for such assets.
SECTION 2.05. Noteholder Lists.
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The Trustee shall maintain the most recent list available to it of the
names and addresses of the Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the
Company shall furnish or cause the Registrar to furnish to the Trustee at least
two Business Days before each Record Date and at such other times as the Trustee
may request in writing a list as of such date and in such form as the Trustee
may require of the names and addresses of the Holders, which list may be
conclusively relied upon by the Trustee.
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.
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Subject to the provisions of Sections 2.16 and 2.17, when Notes are
presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request from the Holder to
register the transfer of such Notes or to exchange such Notes for an equal
principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, the Registrar or
co-Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if
its requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Notes
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presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly
endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
to the Company and the Registrar or co-Registrar, duly executed by the Holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. To permit registrations of
transfer and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate
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new Notes at the Registrar's or co-Registrar's request. No service charge shall
be made to the Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or
other governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such
transfer taxes or other governmental charge payable upon exchanges or transfers
pursuant to Section 2.10, 3.06, 4.15, 4.16 or 9.06, in which event the Company
shall be responsible for the payment of such taxes).
The Registrar or co-Registrar shall not be required to register the
transfer of or exchange of any Note (i) during a period beginning at the opening
of business 15 days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption
of Notes and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing and (ii)
selected for redemption in whole or in part pursuant to Article Three, except
the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
Any Holder of the Global Note shall, by acceptance of such Global Note,
agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Notes may be
effected only through a book entry system maintained by the Holder of such
Global Note (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the
Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Notes.
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If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder of a
Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the
Company shall issue and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate a
replacement Note if the Trustee's requirements are met. If required by the
Trustee or the Company, such Holder must provide an affidavit of lost
certificate and an indemnity bond or other indemnity, sufficient in the judgment
of both the Company and the Trustee, to protect the Company, the Trustee or any
Agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The
Company may charge such Holder for its reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses in
replacing a Note, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel. Every
replacement Note shall constitute an additional obligation of the Company.
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Notes.
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Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes that have been
authenticated by the Trustee except those cancelled by it, those delivered to it
for cancellation and those de-
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scribed in this Section as not outstanding. Subject to the provisions of Section
2.09, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or any of its
Affiliates holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 (other than a mutilated
Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the
Trustee receives an Opinion of Counsel that the replaced Note is held by a bona
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fide purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such
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Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.07.
If on a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date the Paying Agent holds U.S.
Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay all of the
principal and interest due on the Notes payable on that date and is not
prohibited from paying such money to the Holders thereof pursuant to the terms
of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes cease to be
outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
SECTION 2.09. Treasury Notes.
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In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver, consent or notice, Notes owned by
the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be considered as though they are not
outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only
Notes which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be
so considered. The Company shall notify the Trustee, in writing, when it or any
of its Affiliates repurchases or otherwise acquires Notes, of the aggregate
principal amount of such Notes so repurchased or otherwise acquired.
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Notes.
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Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare
and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes upon receipt of a written
order of the Company in the form of an Officers' Certificate. The Officers'
Certificate shall specify the amount of temporary Notes to be authenticated and
the date on which the temporary Notes are to be authenticated. Temporary Notes
shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations
that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable
delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall
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authenticate upon receipt of a written order of the Company pursuant to Section
2.02 definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation.
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The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee
any Notes surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee, or
at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent, and no one
else, shall cancel and, at the written direction of the Company, shall dispose
of all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation.
Subject to Section 2.07, the Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes
that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. If the Company
shall acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a
redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Notes unless
and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to
this Section 2.11.
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest.
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If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall
pay the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent lawful) any interest payable on
the defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special
record date, which date shall be the fifteenth day next preceding the date fixed
by the Company for the payment of defaulted interest or the next succeeding
Business Day if such date is not a Business Day. At least 15 days before the
subsequent special record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder, as of a
recent date selected by the Company, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice that
states the subsequent special record date, the payment date and the amount of
defaulted interest, and interest payable on such defaulted interest, if any, to
be paid.
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Number.
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The Company in issuing the Notes may use a "CUSIP" number, and if so,
the Trustee shall use the CUSIP number in notices of redemption or exchange as a
convenience to Holders; provided that no representation is hereby deemed to be
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made by the Trustee as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number
printed in the notice or on the Notes, and that reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers printed
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on the Notes. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the
CUSIP number.
SECTION 2.14. Deposit of Moneys.
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Prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City time on each Interest Payment Date and
on the Maturity Date, the Company shall have deposited with the Paying Agent in
immediately available funds money sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due
on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be, in a timely
manner which permits the Paying Agent to remit payment to the Holders on such
Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be.
SECTION 2.15. Restrictive Legends.
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Each Global Note and Physical Note that constitutes a Restricted
Security shall bear the following legend (the "Private Placement Legend") on the
face thereof until May 16, 1999, unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the
Holder thereof:
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (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 BELOW. 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) OR (B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR"
(AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT) (AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR") OR (C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS
ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION, (2) AGREES THAT
IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO
THE ISSUER 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 (OR HAS
FURNISHED ON ITS BEHALF BY A U.S. BROKER-DEALER) 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 OR REGISTRAR), (D)
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE
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TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S 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. IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS AN INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH
TO THE TRUSTEE AND THE ISSUER 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.
Each Global Note shall also bear the following legend on the face
thereof:
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES
IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A
WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY ANY
SUCH NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR NOMINEE OF
SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE
& CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO.
OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN
WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF
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CEDE & CO. 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
SECTION 2.17 OF THE INDENTURE.
SECTION 2.16. Book-Entry Provisions for
Global Security.
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(a) The Global Note initially shall (i) be registered in the name of
the Depository or the nominee of such Depository, (ii) be delivered to the
Trustee as custodian for such Depository and (iii) bear legends as set forth in
Section 2.15.
Members of, or participants in, the Depository ("Agent Members") shall
have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on
their behalf by the Depository, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the
Global Note, 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 the Global Note
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 between the Depository and its Agent
Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the
rights of a holder of any Note.
(b) Transfers of the Global Note shall be limited to transfers in
whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or their respective
nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Note may be transferred
or exchanged for Physical Notes in accordance with the rules and procedures of
the Depository and the provisions of Section 2.17. In addition, Physical Notes
shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial
interests in the Global Note if (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it
is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for the Global Note 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 and the
Registrar has received a written request from the Depository to issue Physical
Notes.
(c) In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the
beneficial interest in the Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to
paragraph (b), the Registrar shall
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(if one or more Physical Notes are to be issued) reflect on its books and
records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note in an
amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global
Note to be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, one or more Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.
(d) In connection with the transfer of the entire Global Note to
beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b), the Global Note shall be deemed to
be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner
identified by the Depository in exchange for its beneficial interest in the
Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Physical Notes of authorized
denominations.
(e) Any Physical Note constituting a Restricted Security delivered in
exchange for an interest in the Global Note pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c)
shall, except as otherwise provided by paragraphs (a)(i)(x) and (c) of Section
2.17, bear the legend regarding transfer restrictions applicable to the Physical
Notes set forth in Section 2.15.
(f) The Holder of the Global Note 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 Notes.
SECTION 2.17. Special Transfer Provisions.
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(a) Transfers to Non-QIB Institutional Accredited Investors and Non-
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U.S. Persons. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the
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registration of any proposed transfer of a Note constituting a Restricted
Security to any Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB or to any
Non-U.S. Person:
(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer of any Note constituting
a Restricted Security, whether or not such Note bears the Private Placement
Legend, if (x) the requested transfer is after May 16, 1999 or (y) (1) in
the case of a transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor which is not
a QIB (excluding Non-U.S. Persons), the proposed transferee has delivered
to the Registrar a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C
hereto or (2) in the case of a transfer to a Non-U.S. Person, the
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proposed transferor has delivered to the Registrar a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto; and
(ii) if the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial
interest in the Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the
certificate, if any, required by paragraph (i) above and (y) instructions
given in accordance with the Depository's and the Registrar's procedures,
whereupon (a) the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and
(if the transfer does not involve a transfer of outstanding Physical Notes) a
decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note in an amount equal to the
principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be
transferred, and (b) the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver one or more Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.
(b) Transfers to QIBs. The following provisions shall apply with
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respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Note constituting a
Restricted Security to a QIB (excluding transfers to Non-U.S. Persons):
(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer if such transfer is being
made by a proposed transferor who has checked the box provided for on the
form of Note stating, or has otherwise advised the Company and the
Registrar in writing, that the sale has been made in compliance with the
provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee who has signed the certification
provided for on the form of Note stating, or has otherwise advised the
Company and the Registrar in writing, that it is purchasing the Note for
its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole
investment discretion and that it and any such account is a QIB within the
meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in
reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such
information regarding the Company as it 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 its foregoing representations in order to
claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A; and
(ii) if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the Notes to be
transferred consist of Physical Notes
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which after transfer are to be evidenced by an interest in the Global Note,
upon receipt by the Registrar of instructions given in accordance with the
Depository's and the Registrar's procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on
its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of
the Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Physical
Notes to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Physical Notes so
transferred.
(c) Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or
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replacement of Notes not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar
shall deliver Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend. Upon the
transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend,
the Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend
unless (i) the circumstance contemplated by paragraph (a)(i)(x) of this Section
2.17 exist or (ii) there is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee to the effect that
neither such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in
order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act.
(d) General. By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private
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Placement Legend, each Holder of such a Note acknowledges the restrictions on
transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the Private Placement
Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note only as provided in this
Indenture.
The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other
written communications received pursuant to Section 2.16 or this Section 2.17.
The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters,
notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving
of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee.
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If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Paragraph 6 of the
Initial Notes or Paragraph 5 of the Exchange
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Notes, it shall notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent in writing of
the Redemption Date and the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed.
The Company shall give each notice provided for in this Section 3.01 at
least 60 days before the Redemption Date (unless the Trustee shall agree to a
shorter notice period, which agreement shall be evidenced in a writing signed on
behalf of the Trustee and shall not be unreasonably withheld), together with an
Officers' Certificate stating that such redemption shall comply with the
conditions contained herein and in the Notes. The Trustee shall agree to such
shorter period as shall be acceptable to it.
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Notes To Be
Redeemed.
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In case of a partial redemption, selection of the Notes or portions
thereof for redemption shall be made by the Trustee by lot, pro rata or in such
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manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair and in such manner as complies with
any applicable legal requirements; provided, however, that if a partial
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redemption is made with the proceeds of an Equity Offering, selection of the
Notes or portion thereof for redemption shall be made by the Trustee only on a
pro rata basis, unless such method is otherwise prohibited. Notes may be
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redeemed in part in multiples of $1,000 principal amount only. Notice of
redemption will be sent, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 days
and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to each Holder
whose Notes are to be redeemed at the last address for such Holder then shown on
the registry books. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of
redemption that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon
cancellation of the original Note. On and after any redemption date, interest
will cease to accrue on the Notes or part thereof called for redemption as long
as the company has deposited with the Paying Agent funds in satisfaction of the
redemption price pursuant to this Indenture.
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption.
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At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date,
the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed a notice of redemption by first-
class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at
the last address
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for such Holder then shown on the registry books, with a copy to the Trustee and
any Paying Agent; provided, however, that if a partial redemption is made with
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the proceeds of an Equity Offering, the notice of redemption must be made at
least 15 days prior to the date fixed for such redemption. At the Company's
written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the
Company's name and at the Company's expense. The Trustee shall have no liability
for any error contained in any such notice unless such error was the result of
the Trustee's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Any notice which is mailed
in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given, whether or not the Holder receives the notice. In any case, failure to
duly give notice by mail, or any defect in the notice, to the Holder of any Note
designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of
the proceedings for the redemption of such Note or any other Note.
Each notice for redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and
shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price and the amount of accrued interest, if any,
to be paid;
(3) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(4) the subparagraph of the Notes pursuant to which such redemption
is being made;
(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying
Agent to collect the Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any;
(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making the redemption
payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and
after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the Holders of
such Notes is to receive payment of the Redemption Price plus accrued
interest, if any, upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the Notes redeemed;
(7) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the
principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption
Date, and upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in the aggregate
principal
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amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued;
and
(8) if fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the identification
of the particular Notes (or portion thereof) to be redeemed, as well as the
aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the aggregate
principal amount of Notes to be outstanding after such partial redemption.
SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
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Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03,
Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at
the Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any. Upon surrender to the
Trustee or Paying Agent, such Notes called for redemption shall be paid at the
Redemption Price (which shall include accrued interest thereon to the Redemption
Date), but installments of interest, the maturity of which is on or prior to the
Redemption Date, shall be payable to Holders of record at the close of business
on the relevant record dates referred to in the Notes.
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.
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On or before the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the Redemption Price plus
accrued interest, if any, of all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Paying
Agent shall promptly return to the Company any U.S. Legal Tender so deposited
which is not required for that purpose, except with respect to monies owed as
obligations to the Trustee pursuant to Article Seven.
If the Company complies with the preceding paragraph, then, unless the
Company defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price plus accrued interest,
if any, interest on the Notes to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after
the applicable Redemption Date, whether or not such Notes are presented for
payment.
SECTION 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part.
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Upon surrender of a Note that is to be redeemed in part, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Note or
Notes equal in aggregate principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note
surrendered.
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ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes.
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The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on the Notes on the
dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture. An
installment of principal of or interest on the Notes shall be considered paid on
the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent (other than the Company or an
Affiliate) holds on that date U.S. Legal Tender designated for and sufficient to
pay the installment in full.
The Company shall pay, to the extent such payments are lawful, interest
on overdue principal and on overdue installments of interest (without regard to
any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the rate borne by
the Notes plus 2% per annum. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture,
the Company may, to the extent it is required to do so by law, deduct or
withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States of America
from principal or interest payments hereunder.
SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
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The Company shall maintain the office or agency required under Section
2.03. The Company shall give prior written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the
Trustee set forth in Section 10.02.
SECTION 4.03. Corporate Existence.
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Except as otherwise permitted by Article Five and Section 4.16, the
Company shall do or cause to be done, at its own cost and expense, all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence
and the corporate existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance
with the respective organizational documents of each such
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Restricted Subsidiary and the material rights (charter and statutory) and
franchises of the Company and each such Restricted Subsidiary; provided,
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however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve, with respect to
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itself, any material right or franchise and, with respect to any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, any such existence, material right or franchise, if the
Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of
the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.04. Payment of Taxes and Other
Claims.
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The Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all material taxes, assessments and
governmental charges (including withholding taxes and any penalties, interest
and additions to taxes) levied or imposed upon it or any of its Subsidiaries or
properties of it or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) all lawful claims for
labor, materials and supplies that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon
the property of it or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the
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Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or
discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability
or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings properly
instituted and diligently conducted for which adequate reserves, to the extent
required under GAAP, have been taken.
SECTION 4.05. Maintenance of Properties and
Insurance.
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(a) The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, maintain its material properties in good working order and
condition (subject to ordinary wear and tear) and make all necessary repairs,
renewals, replacements, additions, betterments and improvements thereto and
actively conduct and carry on its business; provided, however, that nothing in
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this Section 4.05 shall prevent the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of its
properties, if such discontinuance is, in the good faith judgment of the Board
of Directors of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be,
desirable in the conduct of their respective businesses and is not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
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(b) The Company shall provide or cause to be provided, for itself and
each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, insurance (including appropriate self-
insurance) against loss or damage of the kinds that, in the good faith judgment
of the Board of Directors of the Company, are adequate and appropriate for the
conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in a
prudent manner, with reputable insurers or with the government of the United
States of America or an agency or instrumentality thereof, in such amounts, with
such deductibles, and by such methods as shall be customary, in the good faith
judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, for companies similarly
situated in the industry.
SECTION 4.06. Compliance Certificate; Notice
of Default.
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(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the
end of the Company's fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate from any of its
principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting
officer or controller stating that a review of its activities and the activities
of its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the
supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the
Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this
Indenture and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate,
that to the best of such Officer's knowledge the Company during such preceding
fiscal year has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant
in this Indenture and no Default or Event of Default occurred during year and at
the date of such certificate there is no Default or Event of Default that has
occurred and is continuing or, if such signers do know of such Default or Event
of Default, the certificate shall describe the Default or Event of Default and
its status with particularity. The Officers' Certificate shall also notify the
Trustee should the Company elect to change the manner in which it fixes its
fiscal year end.
(b) The annual financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.08
shall be accompanied by a written report of the Company's independent
accountants (who shall be a firm of established national reputation) that in
conducting their audit of such financial statements nothing has come to their
attention that would lead them to believe that the Company has violated any
provisions of Article Four, Five or Six insofar as they relate to accounting
matters or, if any such violation has occurred, specifying the nature and period
of existence thereof, it being understood that such accountants shall not be
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liable directly or indirectly to any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge
of any such violation.
(c) (i) If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or (ii) if any Holder seeks to exercise any remedy hereunder with
respect to a claimed Default under this Indenture or the Notes, the Company
shall deliver to the Trustee, at its address set forth in Section 10.02, by
registered or certified mail or by telegram, telex or facsimile transmission
followed by hard copy by registered or certified mail an Officers' Certificate
specifying such event, notice or other action within five Business Days of its
becoming aware of such occurrence.
SECTION 4.07. Compliance with Laws.
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The Company shall comply, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to
comply, with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders and
restrictions of the United States of America, all states and municipalities
thereof, and of any governmental department, commission, board, regulatory
authority, bureau, agency and instrumentality of the foregoing, in respect of
the conduct of their respective businesses and the ownership of their respective
properties, except for such noncompliances as are not in the aggregate
reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition
or results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole.
SECTION 4.08. SEC Reports.
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(a) Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer and the issuance of the
Exchange Notes, the Company (at its own expense) shall file with the SEC and
shall file with the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the SEC
copies of the quarterly and annual reports and of the information, documents,
and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC
may by rules and regulations prescribe) to be filed pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act (without regard to whether the Company is subject to
the requirements of such Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act); provided that
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prior to the consummation of the Exchange Offer and the issuance of the Exchange
Notes, the Company (at its own expense) will mail to the Trustee and Holders in
accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section 4.08 substantially the same
information that would have been required by the foregoing documents within 15
days of when any such document would otherwise have been required to be filed
with the SEC. Upon quali-
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fication of this Indenture under the TIA, the Company shall also comply with the
provisions of TIA ss. 314(a).
(b) At the Company's expense, the Company shall cause an annual report
if furnished by it to stockholders generally and each quarterly or other
financial report if furnished by it to stockholders generally to be filed with
the Trustee and mailed to the Holders at their addresses appearing in the
register of Notes maintained by the Registrar at the time of such mailing or
furnishing to stockholders.
(c) The Company shall provide to any Holder any information reasonably
requested by such Holder concerning the Company (including financial statements)
necessary in order to permit such Holder to sell or transfer Notes in compliance
with Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The Company shall have a reasonable
period of time to provide such Holder with any such information.
SECTION 4.09. Waiver of Stay, Extension or
Usury Laws.
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The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or
other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any
portion of the principal of or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein,
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) the Company hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of
any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit
the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 4.10. Limitation on Restricted
Payments.
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The Company shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, (a) declare or pay any
dividend or make any distribution (other than dividends or distributions payable
in Qualified Capital Stock of the Company) on or in respect of shares of the
Company's Capital Stock to holders of such Capital Stock, (b) purchase, redeem
or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Capital Stock of the Company or any
warrants, rights or op-
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tions to purchase or acquire shares of any class of such Capital Stock, or (c)
make any Restricted Investment (each of the foregoing actions set forth in
clauses (a), (b) and (c) being referred to as a "Restricted Payment"), if at the
time of such Restricted Payment or immediately after giving effect thereto, (i)
a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the
Company is not able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other
than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with Section 4.12, or (iii) the
aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made subsequent to the Issue Date shall
exceed the sum of: (w) 50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income (or if
cumulative Consolidated Net Income shall be a loss, minus 100% of such loss) of
the Company earned subsequent to the Issue Date and on or prior to the date the
Restricted Payment occurs (the "Reference Date") (treating such period as a
single accounting period); plus (x) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds received
by the Company (including the fair market value of property other than cash)
from any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company) from the issuance and
sale subsequent to the Issue Date and on or prior to the Reference Date of
Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (including Capital Stock issued upon the
conversion of convertible Indebtedness or in exchange for outstanding
Indebtedness); plus (y) without duplication of any amounts included in clause
(iii)(x) above, 100% of the aggregate net proceeds (including the fair market
value of property other than cash) of any equity contribution received by the
Company from a holder of the Company's Capital Stock (excluding any net proceeds
from an Equity Offering to the extent used to redeem Notes in accordance with
the optional redemption provisions of the Notes) plus (z) 100% of the aggregate
net proceeds (including the fair market value of property other than cash) of
any (i) sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) dividend from, or the sale of the stock
of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions set forth in the
immediately preceding paragraph do not prohibit: (1) the payment of any dividend
or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date
of declaration of such dividend or notice of such redemption if the dividend or
payment of the redemption price, as the case may be, would have been permitted
on the date of declaration or notice; (2) if no Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing as a consequence thereof, the acquisition of any
shares of Capital Stock of the Company (the "Retired Capital Stock"), either (i)
solely in exchange for shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (the
"Refunding Capital Stock"), or
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(ii) if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
through the application of net proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for
cash (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of shares of Qualified Capital
Stock of the Company; (3) if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof, the declaration and
payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred
Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) issued after the Issue Date
(including, without limitation, the declaration and payment of dividends on
Refunding Capital Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable
thereon pursuant to clause (2)); provided that, at the time of the issuance of
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such Designated Preferred Stock, the Company, after giving effect to such
issuance on a pro forma basis, would have had a Consolidated Fixed Charge
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Coverage Ratio of at least 2.0 to 1.0; (4) payments for the purpose of and in an
amount equal to the amount required to permit the Company to redeem or
repurchase its common equity or options in respect thereof, in each case in
connection with the repurchase provisions under employee stock option or stock
purchase agreements or other agreements to compensate management or other
employees; provided that such redemptions or repurchases pursuant to this clause
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(4) shall not exceed $5.0 million (which amount shall be increased by the amount
of any proceeds to the Company from (x) sales of Capital Stock of the Company to
management or other employees subsequent to the Issue Date in excess of such
amounts as provided a basis for a Restricted Payment pursuant to clause (iii) in
the foregoing paragraph and (y) any "key-man" life insurance policies which are
used to make such redemptions or repurchases) in the aggregate; provided,
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further, that the cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company from
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management or other employees of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Capital Stock of the Company
will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment under this Indenture; (5)
repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options
if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price thereof; (6) so
long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
payments not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate, to enable the Company to make
payments to holders of its Capital Stock in lieu of issuance of fractional
shares of its Capital Stock; (7) payments made in connection with the
application of the net proceeds of the Recapitalization; and (8) loans made in
the ordinary course of business to management or other employees to purchase
common equity of the Company and to make tax payments associated with the
receipt of cash distributions in connection with the Recapitalization. In
determining the aggregate amount
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of Restricted Payments made subsequent to the Issue Date in accordance with
clause (iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph, (a) amounts expended (to
the extent such expenditure is in the form of cash) pursuant to clauses (1),
(2), (4) and (6) shall be included in such calculation; provided such
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expenditures pursuant to clause (4) shall not be included to the extent of cash
proceeds received by the Company from any "key man" life insurance policies and
(b) amounts expended pursuant to clauses (3), (5), (7) and (8) shall be excluded
from the such calculation.
SECTION 4.11. Limitation on Transactions with
Affiliates.
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(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any
transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation,
the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any
service) with, or for the benefit of, any of its Affiliates involving aggregate
consideration in excess of $1.0 million (an "Affiliate Transaction"), other than
(x) Affiliate Transactions permitted under paragraph (b) below and (y) Affiliate
Transactions on terms that are not materially less favorable than those that
might reasonably have been obtained in a comparable transaction at such time on
an arm's-length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate; provided,
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however, that for a transaction or series of related transactions with an
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aggregate value of $2.5 million or more, at the Company's option (i) such
determination shall be made in good faith by a majority of the disinterested
members of the Board of the Directors of the Company or (ii) the Board of
Directors of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary party to such
Affiliate Transaction shall have received an opinion from a nationally
recognized investment banking firm that such Affiliate Transaction is on terms
not materially less favorable than those that might reasonably have been
obtained in a comparable transaction at such time on an arm's-length basis from
a Person that is not an Affiliate; and provided, further, that for a transaction
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or series of related transactions with an aggregate value of $5.0 million or
more, the Board of Directors of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary
party to such Affiliate Transaction shall have received an opinion from a
nationally recognized investment banking firm that such Affiliate Transaction is
on terms not materially less favorable than those that might reasonably have
been obtained in a comparable transaction at such time on an arm's-length basis
from a Person that is not an Affiliate.
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(b) The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (i) reasonable fees
and compensation paid to and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers,
directors, employees or consultants of the Company or any Subsidiary as
determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors or senior
management; (ii) transactions exclusively between or among the Company and any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries or exclusively between or among such Restricted
Subsidiaries; provided such transactions are not otherwise prohibited by this
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Indenture; (iii) transactions effected as part of a Qualified Securitization
Transaction; (iv) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or any
amendment thereto or any transaction contemplated thereby (including pursuant to
any amendment thereto) or in any replacement agreement thereto so long as any
such amendment or replacement agreement is not more disadvantageous to the
Holders in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the
Issue Date; (v) Restricted Payments permitted by this Indenture; (vi) the
payment of customary annual management, consulting and advisory fees and related
expenses to the Principals and their Affiliates; (vii) payments by the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the Principals and their Affiliates
made pursuant to any financial advisory or financing agreement, including,
without limitation, in connection with acquisitions or divestitures which are
approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
in good faith; (viii) payments or loans to employees or consultants which are
approved by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith; (ix) the
existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any stockholders agreement
(including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related
thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date and any similar agreements
which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or
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the performance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of
obligations under, any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under
any similar agreement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted
by this clause (ix) to the extent that the terms of any such amendment or new
agreement are not otherwise disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes in any
material respect; (x) transactions permitted by, and complying with, the
provisions of Section 5.01; and (xi) transactions with customers, clients,
suppliers, joint venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods or services,
in each case in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation,
pursuant to joint venture agreements) and otherwise in compliance with the terms
of this Indenture which are fair to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries,
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able determination of the Board of Directors of the Company or the senior
management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably
have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party.
SECTION 4.12. Limitation on Incurrence of
Additional Indebtedness.
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The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume, guarantee,
acquire, become liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to, or otherwise
become responsible for payment of (collectively, "incur") any Indebtedness
(other than Permitted Indebtedness); provided, however, that if no Default or
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Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time or as a
consequence of the incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the Company may incur
Indebtedness if on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, after giving
effect to the incurrence thereof, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
of the Company is greater than 2.50 to 1.0, if the date of such incurrence is on
or prior to May 15, 1998 (subject to clause (c)(y) below), (b) 2.25 to 1.0, if
the date of such incurrence is after May 15, 1998 and on or prior to November
15, 1998 (subject to clause (c)(y) below), or (c) 2.00 to 1.00, if date of such
incurrence is after (x) November 15, 1998 or (y) an Initial Public Offering has
been consummated.
SECTION 4.13. Limitation on Dividend and Other
Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries.
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The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or permit to
exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction
on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (a) pay dividends or make any
other distributions on or in respect of its Capital Stock; (b) make loans or
advances or to pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to the Company or
any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or (c) transfer any of its
property or assets to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by
reason of: (1) applicable law; (2) this Indenture; (3) non-assignment provisions
of any contract or any lease entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(4) any instrument governing Acquired Indebtedness, which encumbrance or
restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any
Person, other than the Person or the properties
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or assets of the Person so acquired; (5) agreements existing on the Issue Date
(including, without limitation, the Bank Credit Agreement); (6) restrictions on
the transfer of assets subject to any Lien permitted under this Indenture
imposed by the holder of such Lien; (7) restrictions imposed by any agreement to
sell assets or Capital Stock permitted under this Indenture to any Person
pending the closing of such sale; (8) any agreement or instrument governing
Capital Stock of any Person that is acquired; (9) Indebtedness or other
contractual requirements of a Securitization Entity in connection with a
Qualified Securitization Transaction; provided that such restrictions apply only
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to such Securitization Entity; (10) any agreement or instrument governing
Indebtedness (whether or not outstanding) of foreign Restricted Subsidiaries of
the Company incurred in reliance on clauses (iii) and (xvi) of the definition of
Permitted Indebtedness; (11) other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred
subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.12; provided that any such
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restrictions are ordinary and customary with respect to the type of Indebtedness
being incurred (under the relevant circumstances); (12) restrictions on cash or
other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in
the ordinary course of business; and (13) any encumbrances or restrictions
imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases,
supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts,
instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (12) above;
provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals increases,
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supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith
judgment of the Company's Board of Directors, no more restrictive with respect
to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the
dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification,
restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or
refinancing.
SECTION 4.14. [Reserved]
SECTION 4.15. Change of Control.
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(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder shall
have the right to require that the Company purchase all or a portion of such
Holder's Notes pursuant to the offer described in paragraph (b) below (the
"Change of Control Offer") at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal
amount thereof plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase.
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(b) Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control
occurred (the "Change of Control Date"), the Company shall send, by first-class
mail, a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall
govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. The notice to the Holders shall
contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to
tender Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer. Such notice shall state:
(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 4.15 and that all Notes tendered and not withdrawn will be accepted
for payment;
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and
the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 45
days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by
law) (the "Change of Control Payment Date");
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any
Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall
cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a
Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the
form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the
Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice
prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the
Change of Control Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Paying Agent receives, not later than five Business Days prior to the
Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission
or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the
Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is
withdrawing his election to have such Notes purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued
new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the
Notes surrendered; provided that each Note purchased and each new Note
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shall be in an original principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples
thereof; and
(8) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of
Control.
On or before the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall (i)
accept for payment Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Change of
Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient
to pay the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Notes so
tendered and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an
Officers' Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by
the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so
accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued interest,
if any. For purposes of this Section 4.15, the Trustee shall act as the Paying
Agent.
Any amounts remaining after the purchase of Notes pursuant to a Change
of Control Offer shall be returned by the Trustee to the Company.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the
Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the
extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent the
provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions
under this Section 4.15, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities
laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations
under this Section 4.15 by virtue thereof.
SECTION 4.16. Limitation on Asset Sales.
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(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless (i) the Company or the
applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at
the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the
assets sold or otherwise disposed of (as determined in good faith by the
Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received
by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset
Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the
time of such disposition; (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the
Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted
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Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within
365 days of receipt thereof either (A) to prepay any Indebtedness under the Bank
Credit Agreement and effect a permanent reduction in the availability
thereunder, (B) to reinvest in Productive Assets, or (C) a combination of
prepayment (and reduction), repurchase and investment permitted by the foregoing
clauses (iii)(A) and (iii)(B). Pending the final application of any such Net
Cash Proceeds, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce
Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility, if any, or otherwise invest such
Net Cash Proceeds in Cash Equivalents. On the 366th day after an Asset Sale or
such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such
Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to
such Asset Sale as set forth in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) or (iii)(C) of the
next preceding sentence (each, a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date"), such
aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before
such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B)
or (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount")
shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer
to purchase (the "Net Proceeds Offer") on a date (the "Net Proceeds Offer
Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 45 days following the applicable
Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, from all Holders on a pro rata basis that
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amount of Notes equal to the Net Proceeds Offer Amount at a price equal to 100%
of the principal amount of the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued interest
thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time
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any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is
converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest
received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion
or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net
Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Net Proceeds Offer Amount is less
than $5.0 million, the application of the Net Cash Proceeds constituting such
Net Proceeds Offer Amount to a Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until such
time as such Net Proceeds Offer Amount plus the aggregate amount of all Net
Proceeds Offer Amounts arising subsequent to the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date
relating to such initial Net Proceeds Offer Amount from all Asset Sales by the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries aggregates at least $5.0 million, at
which time the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall apply all Net
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Cash Proceeds constituting all Net Proceeds Offer Amounts that have been so
deferred to make a Net Proceeds Offer (the first date the aggregate of all such
deferred Net Proceeds Offer Amounts is equal to $5.0 million or more shall be
deemed to be a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date").
Notwithstanding the two immediately preceding paragraphs, the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale
without complying with such paragraphs to the extent (i) at least 75% of the
consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes any combination of Productive
Assets, cash or Cash Equivalents and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market
value (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors);
provided the portion of such consideration that constitutes cash and Cash
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Equivalents received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in
connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph
shall be deemed Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the two preceding
paragraphs.
Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown
on the register of Holders within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer
Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures
set forth in this Indenture. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer,
Holders may elect to tender their Notes in whole or in part in integral
multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender
Notes in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Notes of tendering
Holders will be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered). A Net
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Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 business days or such longer
period as may be required by law. To the extent that the aggregate amount of
Notes tendered pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Proceeds
Offer Amount, the Company may use any remaining Net Proceeds Offer Amount for
general corporate purposes. Upon completion of any such Net Proceeds Offer, the
Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall be reset at zero.
(b) Subject to the deferral of the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date
contained in the second paragraph of subsection (a) above, each notice of a Net
Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 4.16 shall be mailed or caused to be
mailed, by first-class mail, by the Company not more than 25 days after the Net
Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all Holders at their last registered addresses as
of a date within 15 days of the mailing of such notice, with a copy to the
Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to
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able such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall
state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section 4.16
and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment; provided,
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however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered in a Net
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Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such offer
exceeds the aggregate amount of the Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall
select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments
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as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in
denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof shall be purchased);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and
the purchase date (which shall be 20 Business Days from the date of mailing
of notice of such Net Proceeds Offer, or such longer period as required by
law) (the "Proceeds Purchase Date");
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any
Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to
accrue interest after the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Net
Proceeds Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form
entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note
completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior
to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Proceeds
Purchase Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Paying Agent receives, not later than five Business Days prior to the
Proceeds Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter
setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the
Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is
withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued
new Notes in a principal amount equal
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to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that each
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Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in an original principal
amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.
On or before the Proceeds Purchase Date, the Company shall (i) accept
for payment Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds
Offer which are to be purchased in accordance with item (b)(1) above, (ii)
deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase
price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Notes to be purchased and (iii)
deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate
stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying
Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an
amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any, and the
Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders new Notes equal in
principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. Any Notes
not so accepted shall be promptly mailed by the Company to the Holder thereof.
For purposes of this Section 4.16, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent.
Any amounts remaining after the purchase of Notes pursuant to a Net
Proceeds Offer shall be returned by the Trustee to the Company.
The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the
Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the
extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the
provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section
4.16, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and
regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this
Section 4.16 by virtue thereof.
SECTION 4.17. Limitation on Preferred Stock of
Subsidiaries.
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The Company shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
issue any Preferred Stock (other than to the Company or to a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) or permit any Person (other than the
Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) to own any
Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.
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SECTION 4.18. Limitation on Liens.
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The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind
against or upon any of its property or assets, or any proceeds therefrom, unless
(i) in the case of Liens securing Indebtedness that is expressly subordinate or
junior in right of payment to the Notes, the Notes are secured by a Lien on such
property, assets or proceeds that is senior in priority to such Liens and (ii)
in all other cases, the Notes are equally and ratably secured, except for (A)
Liens existing as of the Issue Date and any extensions, renewals or replacements
thereof; (B) Liens securing obligations under the Bank Credit Agreement; (C)
Liens securing the Notes; (D) Liens of the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company on assets of any Subsidiary of the Company; (E) Liens
securing Indebtedness which is incurred to refinance Indebtedness which has been
secured by a Lien permitted under this Indenture and which has been incurred in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such
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Liens (x) are no less favorable to the Holders and are not more favorable to the
lienholders with respect to such Liens than the Liens in respect of the
Indebtedness being refinanced and (y) do not extend to or cover any property or
assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not securing the
Indebtedness so refinanced, and (F) Permitted Liens.
SECTION 4.19. Limitation on Guarantees by
Subsidiaries.
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The Company shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or
indirectly, by way of the pledge of any intercompany note or otherwise, to
assume, guarantee or in any other manner become liable with respect to any
Indebtedness of the Company or any other Subsidiary (other than (A) Indebtedness
and other obligations under the Bank Credit Agreement, (B) Permitted
Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary, (C) Indebtedness under Currency
Agreements in reliance on clause (vi) of the definition of Permitted
Indebtedness or (D) Interest Swap Obligations incurred in reliance on clause (v)
of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness), unless, in any such case such
Restricted Subsidiary executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to this
Indenture, providing a guarantee of payment of the Notes by such Restricted
Subsidiary (the "Guarantee").
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such Guarantee by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Notes shall provide by its terms
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that it shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged,
without any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder,
upon: (i) the unconditional release of such Restricted Subsidiary from its
liability in respect of the Indebtedness in connection with which such Guarantee
was executed and delivered pursuant to the preceding paragraph; or (ii) any sale
or other disposition (by merger or otherwise) to any Person which is not a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, of all of the Company's Capital Stock in,
or all or substantially all of the assets of, such Restricted Subsidiary;
provided that (a) such sale or disposition of such Capital Stock or assets is
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otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture and (b) such
assumption, guarantee or other liability of such Restricted Subsidiary has been
released by the holders of the other Indebtedness so guaranteed.
SECTION 4.20. Conduct of Business.
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The Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not engage in any
businesses a majority of whose revenues are not derived from the same or
reasonably similar, ancillary or related to, or a reasonable extension,
development or expansion of, the businesses in which the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the Issue Date.
ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.01. Merger, Consolidation and Sale
of Assets.
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(a) The Company shall not, in a single transaction or a series of
related transactions, consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell, assign,
transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
assets to, another Person or Persons or adopt a Plan of Liquidation unless:
(1) either (A) the Company shall be the survivor of such merger or
consolidation or (B) the surviving Person (the "Surviving Entity") is a
corporation, partnership, limited liability company or trust organized and
existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the
District of Columbia and such Surviving Entity shall
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expressly assume all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and
this Indenture;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (on a pro
forma basis, including any Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be
incurred in connection with such transaction), the Company or the Surviving
Entity, as the case may be, (A) shall have a Consolidated Net Worth equal
to or greater than the Consolidated Net Worth of the Company immediately
prior to such transaction and (B) shall be able to incur at least $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance
with Section 4.12;
(3) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such
transaction (including any Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be
incurred in connection with the transaction), no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(4) the Company or the Surviving Entity, as the case may be, shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such
consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or
other disposition (and, if a supplemental indenture is required in
connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture) complies
with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and that all conditions
precedent in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been
satisfied.
(b) For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease,
assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of
transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or
more Subsidiaries of the Company, the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, shall be deemed
to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of
the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (2) and (3), (a) any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company may consolidate with, merge into or
transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company and (b) the
Company may merge with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of
reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction.
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SECTION 5.02. Successor Corporation
Substituted.
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Upon any consolidation, combination or merger or any transfer of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with the
foregoing, the surviving entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and
may exercise every right and power of and shall assume all obligations of, the
Company under this Indenture and the Notes with the same effect as if such
surviving entity had been named as such and thereafter, except in the case of a
lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants
under this Indenture and the Notes; provided that solely for purposes of
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computing amounts described in clause (iii) of the first paragraph of Section
4.10, any such surviving entity to the Company shall only be deemed to have
succeeded to and be substituted for the Company with respect to periods
subsequent to the effective time of such consolidation, combination, merger or
transfer of assets.
ARTICLE SIX
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default.
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An "Event of Default" occurs if:
(1) the Company fails to pay interest on any Notes when the same
becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days;
or
(2) the Company fails to pay the principal on any Notes when such
principal becomes due and payable, at maturity, upon redemption or
otherwise (including the failure to make a payment to purchase Notes
tendered pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or a Net Proceeds Offer); or
(3) the Company defaults in the observance or performance of any
other covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture and which default
continues for a period of 30 days after the Company receives written notice
specifying the default (and demanding that such default be remedied) from
the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the outstanding principal
amount of the Notes; or
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(4) the Company fails to pay at final stated maturity (giving effect
to any extensions thereof) the principal amount of any Indebtedness of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Entity)
of the Company, and such failure continues for a period of 20 days or more,
or the acceleration of the final stated maturity of any such Indebtedness
(which acceleration is not rescinded, annulled or otherwise cured within 20
days of receipt by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of notice of
any such acceleration) if the aggregate principal amount of such
Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such
Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at final stated
maturity or which has been accelerated, in each case with respect to which
the 20-day period described above has passed, aggregates $5.0 million or
more at any time; or
(5) one or more judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of $5.0
million shall have been rendered against the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries and such judgments remain undischarged, unpaid or
unstayed for a period of 60 days after such judgment or judgments become
final and non-appealable; or
(6) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (A) commences a
voluntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with respect to
itself, (B) consents to the entry of a judgment, decree or order for relief
against it in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law,
(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for substantially
all of its property, (D) consents to or acquiesces in the institution of a
bankruptcy or an insolvency proceeding against it, (E) makes a general
assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or (F) takes any corporate
action to authorize or effect any of the foregoing; or
(7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters a judgment, decree or
order for relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in
an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law, which shall (A)
approve as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition in respect of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary, (B) appoint a Custodian of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary or for substantially all of its property or (C) order the
winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; and such judg-
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ment, decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of
60 consecutive days.
Any Event of Default shall not be deemed to have occurred under clause
(4) or (5) until the Trustee shall have received written notice from the Company
or any of the Holders or unless a Trust Officer shall have actual knowledge of
such Event of Default.
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration.
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(a) If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified
in Section 6.01(6) or (7) with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing
and has not been waived pursuant to Section 6.04, then the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of outstanding Notes may declare all
of the unpaid principal of and accrued interest on all the Notes to be due and
payable by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee specifying the
respective Event of Default and that it is a "notice of acceleration" (the
"Acceleration Notice"), and the same shall become immediately due and payable.
(b) If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(6) or (7) occurs
with respect to the Company, all unpaid principal and accrued interest on the
Notes then outstanding shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and
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payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any
Noteholder.
(c) At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to
the Notes in accordance with Section 6.02(a), the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Notes by notice to the Trustee and the Company may
rescind and cancel such declaration and its consequences (i) if the rescission
would not conflict with any judgment or decree, (ii) if all existing Events of
Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest
that has become due solely because of the acceleration, (iii) to the extent the
payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest
and overdue principal, which has become due otherwise than by such declaration
of acceleration, has been paid, (iv) if the Company has paid the Trustee its
reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses,
disbursements and advances and (v) in the event of the cure or waiver of an
Event of Default of the type described in Section 6.01(6) or (7), the Trustee
shall have received an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that such
Event of Default has been cured or waived. The holders of a majority in
principal amount of the
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Notes may waive any existing Default or Event of Default under this Indenture,
and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or
interest on any Notes.
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies.
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If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the
payment of principal of or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance
of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any
of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding, and any such
proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee
of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the
payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders
in respect of which such judgment has been recovered. A delay or omission by the
Trustee or any Holder 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 to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.
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Subject to Sections 2.09 and 6.07, the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may waive an
existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except a Default in
the payment of principal of or interest on any Note as specified in clauses (1)
and (2) of Section 6.01 in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under
Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each outstanding Note affected. When a Default or Event of Default is waived, it
is cured and ceases.
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority.
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Subject to Section 2.09, the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or
power conferred on it, including, without limitation, any remedies provided for
in Section 6.03. However, the Trustee may refuse to
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follow any direction that the Trustee reasonably believes conflicts with any law
or this Indenture, that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the
rights of another Holder, or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability;
provided that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
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which is not inconsistent with such direction; and provided, further, that this
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provision shall not affect the rights of the Trustee set forth in Section
7.01(d).
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits.
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A Noteholder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture
or the Notes unless:
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing
Event of Default;
(2) Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding
Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holders offer to the Trustee indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 45 days after
receipt of the request and the offer of satisfactory indemnity; and
(5) during such 45-day period the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction which,
in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with the request.
A Noteholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Noteholder or to obtain a preference or priority over such other
Noteholder.
SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders To Receive
Payment.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of
any Holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
a Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note, or to bring
suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such re-
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spective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such
Holder.
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.
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If an Event of Default in payment of principal or interest specified
in clause (1) or (2) of Section 6.01 occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the
Company or any other obligor on the Notes for the whole amount of principal and
accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with interest on overdue principal
and, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue
installments of interest at the rate set forth in Section 4.01 and such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
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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 (including any claim for the compensation, expenses, taxes,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the
Noteholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relating to the Company or any
other obligor upon the Notes, any of their respective creditors or any of their
respective property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive
any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to
distribute the same, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceedings is
hereby authorized by each Noteholder to make such payments to the Trustee and,
in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments
directly to the Noteholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, taxes, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agent and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.07. The Company's payment obligations under this Section 6.09 shall be
secured in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.07 hereunder. Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or
the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect
of the claim of any Noteholder in any such proceeding.
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SECTION 6.10. Priorities.
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If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article
Six, it shall pay out the money in the following order, upon presentation of the
several Notes and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid and upon
surrender thereof if fully paid:
First: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;
Second: if the Holders are forced to proceed against the Company
directly without the Trustee, to Holders for their collection costs;
Third: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for
principal and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal and
interest, respectively; and
Fourth: to the Company or any other obligor on the Notes, as their
interests may appear, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
The Trustee, upon prior notice to the Company, may fix a record date
and payment date for any payment to Noteholders pursuant to this Section 6.10.
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.
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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, 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 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder
pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by a Holder or Holders of more than 10% in
principal amount of the outstanding Notes.
SECTION 6.12. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
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No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or
to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of
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any other right or remedy, and every remedy shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given
hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The
assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall
not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate
right or remedy.
SECTION 6.13. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
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No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note to
exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any
such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article Six or by law
to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case
may be.
ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
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(a) If a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise
thereof as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during an Event of Default:
(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties as are specifically
set forth in this Indenture and no covenants or obligations shall be
implied in this Indenture against the Trustee.
(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,
the Trustee shall examine the certificates
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and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements
of this Indenture.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, the
Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own grossly negligent action,
its own grossly negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except
that:
(1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of
this Section 7.01.
(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was
grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(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 6.02, 6.04 or 6.05.
(d) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right
or power not expressly provided for hereunder unless it receives indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense which might
be incurred by it in connection with any such performance or exercise.
(e) Whether or not herein expressly provided, every provision of
this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs
(a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 7.01.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money or
assets received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the
Company. Assets held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other
assets except to the extent required by law.
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee.
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Subject to Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected
in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, note or other paper or document believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
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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 consult
with counsel and may require an Officers' Certificate, an Opinion of
Counsel or both, which shall conform to Sections 10.04 and 10.05. The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in
good faith in reliance on such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or indirectly or by or through
agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for the
misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action that it takes or
omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized
or within its rights or powers.
(e) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion,
may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters
as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further
inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled, upon reasonable notice to
the Company, to examine the books, records, and premises of the Company,
personally or by agent or attorney and to consult with the officers and
representatives of the Company, including the Company's accountants and
attorneys.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security
or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by it in compliance with
such request, order or direction.
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(g) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in
respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.
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The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company, or their respective Affiliates with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee. Any 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.
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The recitals contained herein and in the Notes shall be taken as
statements of the Company and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy
of this Indenture or the Notes, and it shall not be accountable for the
Company's use or application of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be
responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or the Notes
other than the Trustee's certificate of authentication.
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Default.
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If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to
the employees of the Trustee with responsibility for the Notes, the Trustee
shall mail to each Noteholder notice of the uncured Default or Event of Default
within 90 days after such Default or Event of Default occurs. Except in the case
of a Default or an Event of Default in payment of principal of, or interest on,
any Note, including but not limited to an accelerated payment and the failure to
make payment on the Change of Control Payment Date pursuant to a Change of
Control Offer or on the Proceeds Purchase Date pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer
and, except in the case of a failure to comply with Article V hereof, the
Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as its Board of Directors, the
executive committee of its Board of Directors or a committee of its directors
and/or Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in
the interest of the Noteholders.
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.
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Based on an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee if required by TIA (S)
313(a), within 60 days after each May 15 begin-
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ning with May 15, 1998, the Trustee shall, to the extent that any of the events
described in TIA (S) 313(a) occurred within the previous twelve months, but not
otherwise, mail to each Noteholder a brief report dated as of such date that
complies with TIA (S) 313(a) that complies with TIA . The Trustee also shall
provide reports in form and substance which comply with TIA (S)(S) 313(b) and
(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Noteholders shall
be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange, if any,
on which the Notes are listed.
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee if the Notes become
listed on any stock exchange, or upon the delisting of any such Notes.
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
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The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation 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 fees and expenses,
including out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it in connection with the
performance of its duties under this Indenture. Such expenses shall include the
reasonable compensation, fees and expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel.
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee and its agents, employees,
stockholders and directors and officers for, and hold them harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred by them except for such actions to the
extent caused by any gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part arising
out of or in connection with the administration of this trust including the
costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of their rights, powers or
duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim
asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek indemnity. At the Trustee's
sole discretion, the Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall
cooperate and may participate in the defense with counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee; provided, that any settlement of a claim shall be approved in writing
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by the Trustee. Alternatively, the Trustee may at its option have separate
counsel of its own choosing and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and
expenses of such counsel; provided, that the Company will not be required to pay
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such fees and expenses if it assumes the Trustee's defense and there is no
conflict of interest between the Company and the Trustee in connection with such
defense as reasonably determined by the Trustee. The Company need not pay for
any settlement made without its written consent which shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify
against any loss or liability to the extent incurred by the Trustee through its
gross negligence or willful misconduct.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all assets or money held or
collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except assets or money
held in trust to pay principal of or interest on particular Notes. The Trustee's
right to receive payment of any amounts due under this Section 7.07 shall not be
subordinate to any other liability or indebtedness of the Company (even though
the Notes may be subordinate to such other liability or indebtedness).
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.01(6) or (7) occurs, such expenses and the
compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law; provided, however, that this shall not
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affect the Trustee's rights as set forth in the preceding paragraph or Section
6.10.
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.
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The Trustee may resign upon 30 days' notice to the Company. The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may remove
the Trustee by so notifying the Company and the Trustee and may appoint a
successor Trustee with the Company's written consent. The Company may 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 becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, the Company
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shall notify each Holder of such event and shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may appoint a successor Trustee
to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that,
the retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, transfer all property
held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided in
Section 7.07, 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. A successor Trustee shall mail
notice of its succession to each Noteholder.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the
Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes 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 Holder may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and
the appointment of a successor Trustee, which must satisfy the eligibility
requirements of Section 7.10.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section
7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the
benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
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If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another
corporation, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any
further act shall, if such resulting, surviving or transferee corporation is
otherwise eligible hereunder, be the successor Trustee; provided that such
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SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.
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This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirement of TIA (S)(S) 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee (or, in the case
of a corporation included in a bank holding company system, the related bank
holding company) shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50
million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. In
addition, if the Trustee is a corporation included in a bank holding company
system, the Trustee, independently of such bank holding company, shall meet the
capital requirements of TIA (S) 310(a)(2). The Trustee shall comply with TIA (S)
310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of
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TIA (S) 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 (S)
310(b)(1) are met. The provisions of TIA (S) 310 shall apply to the Company, as
obligor of the Notes.
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
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The Trustee shall comply with TIA (S) 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA (S) 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA (S) 311(a) to the extent indicated therein. The
provisions of TIA (S) 311 shall apply to the Company, as obligor on the Notes.
ARTICLE EIGHT
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01. Termination of the Company's
Obligations.
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The Company may terminate its obligations under the Notes and this
Indenture, except those obligations referred to in the penultimate paragraph of
this Section 8.01, if all Notes previously authenticated and delivered (other
than destroyed, lost or stolen Notes which have been replaced or paid or Notes
for whose payment U.S. Legal Tender has theretofore been deposited with the
Trustee or the Paying Agent in trust or segregated and held in trust by the
Company and thereafter repaid to the Company, as provided in Section 8.05) have
been delivered
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to the Trustee for cancellation and the Company has paid all sums payable by it
hereunder, or if:
(a) either (i) pursuant to Article Three, the Company shall have
given notice to the Trustee and mailed a notice of redemption to each
Holder of the redemption of all of the Notes or (ii) all Notes have
otherwise become due and payable hereunder;
(b) the Company shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee or a trustee satisfactory to the Trustee, as
trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders for that
purpose, U.S. Legal Tender in such amount as is sufficient without
consideration of reinvestment of such interest, to pay principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the outstanding Notes to maturity or
redemption; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably
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instructed to apply such U.S. Legal Tender to the payment of said
principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the Notes.
(c) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such
deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company is a
party or by which it is bound;
(d) the Company shall have paid all other sums payable by it
hereunder; and
(e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent providing for the termination of the Company's obligations under
the Notes and this Indenture have been complied with. Such Opinion of
Counsel shall also state that such termination does not result in a default
under the Bank Credit Agreement (if then in effect) or any other agreement
or instrument then known to such counsel that binds or affects the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, the Company's obligations in
Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 4.01, 4.02, 7.07, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive
until the Notes are no longer outstanding pursuant to the last paragraph of
Section 2.08. After the Notes are no longer outstanding, the Company's
obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive.
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After such delivery or irrevocable deposit, the Trustee upon request
shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company's obligations under
the Notes and this Indenture except for those surviving obligations specified
above.
SECTION 8.02. Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.
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(a) The Company may, at its option by Board Resolution of the Board
of Directors of the Company, at any time, elect to have either paragraph (b) or
(c) below be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the
conditions set forth in Section 8.03.
(b) Upon the Company's exercise under paragraph (a) hereof of the
option applicable to this paragraph (b), the Company shall be deemed to have
been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on
the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "Legal
Defeasance"). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the
outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for
the purposes of Section 8.04 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred
to in (i) and (ii) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under
such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense
of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except
for the following provisions, which shall survive until otherwise terminated or
discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive
solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.04 hereof, and as more fully
set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and interest
on such Notes when such payments are due, (ii) the Company's obligations with
respect to such Notes under Article Two and Section 4.02, (iii) the rights,
powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company's
obligations in connection therewith and (iv) this Article Eight. Subject to
compliance with this Article Eight, the Company may exercise its option under
this paragraph (b) notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under
paragraph (c) hereof.
(c) Upon the Company's exercise under paragraph (a) hereof of the
option applicable to this paragraph (c), the Company shall be released from its
obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.10 through 4.20 and
Article Five with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the
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ditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "Covenant Defeasance"), and
the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not "outstanding" for the purposes of any
direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the
consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall
continue to be deemed "outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder (it being
understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting
purposes). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect
to the outstanding Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no
liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such
covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere
herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant
to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to
comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event or Default under Section
6.01(3), but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and
such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company's exercise
under paragraph (a) hereof of the option applicable to this paragraph (c)
Sections 6.01(4) and 6.01(5) shall not constitute Events of Default.
SECTION 8.03. Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant
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Defeasance.
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The following shall be the conditions to the application of
either Section 8.02(b) or 8.02(c) to the outstanding Notes:
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee,
in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, U.S. Legal Tender or U.S.
Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as
will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants, to pay the principal of and interest
on the Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the
applicable redemption date, as the case may be, of such principal or
installment of principal of or interest on the Notes; provided that
the Trustee shall have received an irrevocable written order from the
Company instructing the Trustee to apply such U.S. Legal Tender or
the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to said payments
with respect to the Notes;
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(b) in the case of an election under Section 8.02(b) hereof
unless all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation (i) have become due and payable, (ii) will become due
and payable on the Maturity Date within one year, or (iii) are to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee
in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United
States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (A) the
Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this
Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income
tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such
Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders will not recognize
income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of
such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on
the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would
have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) in the case of an election under Section 8.02(c)
hereof, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee
confirming that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss
for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant
Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been
the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(d) no Default or Event of Default or event which with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a Default or an Event of
Default with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event
of Default resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness all or a
portion of the proceeds of which will be used to defease the Notes
pursuant to this Article Eight concurrently with such incurrence);
(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not
result in a breach or violation of or constitute a default under this
Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the
Company or any of its
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Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound;
(f) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the
Company with the intent of preferring the Holders over any other
creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering,
delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company;
(g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that
all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal
Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with; and
(h) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the trust funds will not be
subject to any rights of any holders of Indebtedness of the Company
other than the Notes, and (ii) assuming no intervening bankruptcy or
insolvency of the Company between the date of deposit and the 91st
day following the deposit and that no Holder is an insider of the
Company, after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds
will not be subject to the effect of any applicable Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 8.04. Application of Trust Money.
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The Trustee or Paying Agent shall hold in trust U.S. Legal Tender
or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to Article Eight, and
shall apply the deposited U.S. Legal Tender and the money from U.S. Government
Obligations in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and
interest on the Notes. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to invest said
U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations except as it may agree with the
Company.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax,
fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Legal Tender or U.S.
Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Article Eight or the principal and
interest received in respect thereof.
Anything in this Article Eight to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the
Company's request any U.S. Legal Tender or U. S. Government Obligations held by
it as provided
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in Article Eight which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be
required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.
SECTION 8.05. Repayment to the Company.
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Subject to Article Eight, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall
promptly pay to the Company upon request any excess U.S. Legal Tender or U.S.
Government Obligations held by them at any time and thereupon shall be relieved
from all liability with respect to such money. The Trustee and the Paying Agent
shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of
principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years; provided that the
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Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any payment, may at
the expense of the Company cause to be published once in a newspaper of general
circulation in The City of New York or mail to each Holder entitled to such
money notice that such money remains unclaimed and that after a date specified
therein which shall be at least 30 days from the date of such publication or
mailing any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the
Company. After payment to the Company, Noteholders entitled to such money must
look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable law
designates another Person.
SECTION 8.06. Reinstatement.
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If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. Legal
Tender or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Article Eight 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 Notes shall
be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Article
Eight until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all
such U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Article
Eight; provided that if the Company has made any payment of interest on or
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principal of any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the
Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to
receive such payment from the U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations
held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE NINE
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders.
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The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the
Trustee, together, may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without
notice to or consent of any Noteholder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
provided that such amendment or supplement does not, in the opinion
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of the Trustee, adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any
material respect;
(2) to comply with Article Five;
(3) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in
place of certificated Notes;
(4) to comply with any requirements of the SEC in order to
effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(5) to make any change that would provide any additional
benefit or rights to the Noteholders or that does not adversely affect
the rights of any Noteholder;
(6) to provide for issuance of the Exchange Notes and
the Private Exchange Notes, which will have terms substantially
identical in all material respects to the Initial Notes (except that
the transfer restrictions contained in the Initial Notes will be
modified or eliminated, as appropriate), and which will be treated
together with any outstanding Initial Notes, as a single issue of
securities; or
(7) to make any other change that does not, in the opinion of the
Trustee, adversely affect in any material respect the rights of any
Noteholders hereunder;
provided that the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
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stating that such amendment or supplement complies with the provisions of this
Section 9.01.
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SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders.
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The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the
Trustee, together, with the written consent of the Holder or Holders of at least
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, may amend or
supplement this Indenture or the Notes, without notice to any other Noteholders.
The Holder or Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of this
Indenture or the Notes without notice to any other Noteholder. No amendment,
supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, shall,
without the consent of each Holder of each Note affected thereby:
(1) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an
amendment;
(2) reduce the rate of or change or have the effect of changing
the time for payment of interest, including defaulted interest, on any
Notes;
(3) reduce the principal of or change or have the effect of
changing the fixed maturity of any Notes, or change the date on which
any Notes may be subject to redemption or repurchase, or reduce the
redemption or repurchase price therefor;
(4) make any Notes payable in money other than that stated in
the Notes;
(5) make any change in provisions of this Indenture protecting
the right of each Holder to receive payment of principal of and
interest on such Holder's Note on or after the due date thereof or to
bring suit to enforce such payment, permitting holders of a majority in
principal amount of Notes to waive Defaults or Events of Default, other
than ones with respect to the payment of principal of or interest on
the Notes, or relating to certain amendments of this Indenture;
(6) amend, modify or change in any material respect the
obligation of the Company to make or consummate a Change of Control
Offer in the event of a Change of Control or make and consummate a
Net Proceeds Offer in respect of any Asset Sale that has been
consummated or modify any of the provisions or definitions with
respect
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thereto after a Change of Control has occurred or the subject Asset
Sale has been consummated; or
(7) modify the ranking of the Notes to adversely affect the
Holders in any material respect.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under
this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment,
supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the
substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02
becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders affected thereby a
notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of
the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in
any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with TIA.
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Every amendment, waiver or supplement of this Indenture or the
Notes shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.
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Until an amendment, waiver or supplement becomes effective, a
consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every
subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as
the consenting Holder's Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any
Note. Subject to the following paragraph, any such Holder or subsequent Holder
may revoke the consent as to such Holder's Note or portion of such Note by
notice to the Trustee or the Company received before the date on which the
Trustee receives an Officers' Certificate certifying that the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Notes have consented (and not theretofore revoked
such consent) to the amendment, supplement or waiver.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date
for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment,
supplement or waiver, which record date shall be at least 30 days prior to the
first solicitation of such consent. If a record date is fixed, then
notwithstanding the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, those
Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies),
and only those Persons, shall be entitled to revoke any consent previously
given, whether or not
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such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent
shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it
shall bind every Noteholder, unless it makes a change described in any of
clauses (1) through (7) of Section 9.02, in which case, the amendment,
supplement or waiver shall bind only each Holder of a Note who has consented to
it and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the
same debt as the consenting Holder's Note.
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
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If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a
Note, the Company may direct the Trustee to require the Holder of the Note to
deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the
Note about the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the
Company so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the
Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Any such
notation or exchange shall be made at the sole cost and expense of the Company.
SECTION 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc.
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The Trustee shall execute any amendment, supplement or waiver
authorized pursuant to this Article Nine; provided that the Trustee may, but
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shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or waiver
which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers' Certificate
each stating that the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver
authorized pursuant to this Article Nine is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. Such Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee.
ARTICLE TEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.01. TIA Controls.
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If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or
conflicts with another provision which is required to be
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included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision shall control.
SECTION 10.02. Notices.
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Any notices or other communications required or permitted
hereunder shall be in writing, and shall be sufficiently given if made by hand
delivery, by telex, by telecopier or registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed as follows:
if to the Company:
Therma-Wave, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
if to the Trustee:
IBJ Xxxxxxxx Bank & Trust Company
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
Each of the Company and the Trustee by written notice to each
other such Person may designate additional or different addresses for notices to
such Person. Any notice or communication to the Company or the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given or made as of the date so delivered if personally
delivered; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if
faxed; and five (5) calendar days after mailing if sent by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid (except that a notice of change of address shall
not be deemed to have been given until actually received by the addressee).
Any notice or communication mailed to a Noteholder shall be
mailed to him by first-class mail or other equivalent means at his address as it
appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently
given to him if so mailed within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Noteholder or any
defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Noteholders.
If a notice or communica-
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tion is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not
the addressee receives it.
SECTION 10.03. Communications by Holders with Other Holders.
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Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA ss. 312(b) with other
Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The
Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and any other Person shall have the
protection of TIA ss. 312(c).
SECTION 10.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions
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Precedent.
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Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to
take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(1) an Officers' Certificate, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, stating that, in the opinion of the
signers, all conditions precedent to be performed by the Company, if
any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action
have been complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion
of such counsel, all such conditions precedent to be performed by the
Company, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the
proposed action have been complied with.
SECTION 10.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
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Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture, other than the Officers'
Certificate required by Section 4.06, shall include:
(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
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(3) statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such
examination or investigation as is reasonably 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 each such
Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 10.06. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent,
Registrar.
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The Trustee may make reasonable rules in accordance with the Trustee's
customary practices for action by or at a meeting of Noteholders. The Paying
Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.
SECTION 10.07. Legal Holidays.
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A "Legal Holiday" used with respect to a particular place of payment
is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New
York or at such place of payment are not required to be open. If a payment date
is a Legal Holiday at such place, payment may be made at such place on the next
succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the
intervening period.
SECTION 10.08. Governing Law.
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THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE
AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICT OF LAWS. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE
JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE.
SECTION 10.09. No Adverse Interpretation of
Other Agreements.
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This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or
debt agreement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Any such indenture,
loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
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SECTION 10.10. No Recourse Against Others.
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A director, officer, employee, stockholder or incorporator, as such,
of the Company or of the Trustee shall not have any liability for any
obligations of the Company under the Notes or this Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creations.
Each Noteholder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. Such
waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
SECTION 10.11. Successors.
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All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall
bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind
its successors.
SECTION 10.12. Duplicate Originals.
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All parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together shall represent the
same agreement.
SECTION 10.13. Severability.
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In case any one or more of the provisions in this Indenture or in the
Notes shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in any respect for any
reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every
other respect and of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby, it being intended that all of the provisions hereof shall
be enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.
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SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.
Issuer:
THERMA-WAVE, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Trustee:
IBJ XXXXXXXX BANK & TRUST
COMPANY, as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
EXHIBIT A
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CUSIP No.:
THERMA-WAVE, INC.
10.625% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2004
No. $
THERMA-WAVE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company," which term
includes any successor entity), for value received promises to pay to
or registered assigns, the principal sum of
Dollars, on May 15, 2004.
Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15.
Record Dates: May 1 and November 1.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained
herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this
place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed
manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers and a facsimile of its
corporate seal to be affixed hereto or imprinted hereon.
THERMA-WAVE, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Dated: May 16, 1997 Title:
Certificate of Authentication.
This is one of the 10.625% Senior Notes due 2004 referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
IBJ XXXXXXXX BANK & TRUST
COMPANY, as Trustee
Dated: May 16, 1997 By:
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Authorized Signatory
A-1
(REVERSE OF SECURITY)
10.625% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2004
1. Interest. THERMA-WAVE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
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"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the
rate per annum shown above. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most
recent date on which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid,
from May 16, 1997. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on
each Interest Payment Date, commencing November 15, 1997. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue
installments of interest from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the
Notes plus 2% per annum and on overdue installments of interest (without regard
to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful.
2. Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the
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Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders
at the close of business on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest
Payment Date even if the Notes are cancelled on registration of transfer or
registration of exchange after such Record Date. Holders must surrender Notes to
a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal
and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender"). However,
the Company may pay principal and interest by its check payable in such U.S.
Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest payment to the Paying
Agent or to a Holder at the Holder's registered address.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, IBJ Xxxxxxxx Bank &
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Trust Company, a New York banking corporation (the "Trustee"), will act as
Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar
or co-Registrar without notice to the Holders.
4. Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture,
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dated as of May 15, 1997 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and the Trustee.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Initial Notes of the Company
designated as its 10.625% Senior Notes due 2004 (the "Initial Notes"). The Notes
are limited in aggregate principal amount to $115,000,000. The Notes include the
Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes, as defined below, issued in exchange for
the Initial Notes pursuant to the Indenture. The Initial Notes and
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the Exchange Notes are treated as a single class of securities under the
Indenture. Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless
otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the
Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code (S)(S) 77aaa-77bbbb) (the "TIA"), as in
effect on the date of the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Notes are
referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of them. The Notes are
general unsecured obligations of the Company.
5. Registration Rights. Pursuant to the Registration Rights
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Agreement among the Company and the Holders of the Initial Notes, the Company
will be obligated to consummate an exchange offer pursuant to which the Holder
of this Note shall have the right to exchange this Note for the Company's Series
B 10.625% Senior Notes due 2004 (the "Exchange Notes"), which have been
registered under the Securities Act, in like principal amount and having terms
identical in all material respects to the Initial Notes. The Holders of the
Initial Notes shall be entitled to receive certain additional interest payments
in the event such exchange offer is not consummated and upon certain other
conditions, all pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement.
6. Redemption.
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(a) Optional Redemption. The Notes will be redeemable, at the
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Company's option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on and
after May 15, 2001, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the
following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount
thereof) if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on May 15 of the
year set forth below, plus, in each case, accrued interest to the date of
redemption:
Year Percentage
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2001................................................... 105.313%
2002................................................... 102.656
2003................................................... 100.000
(b) Optional Redemption Upon Equity Offerings. At any time, or from
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time to time, on or prior to May 15, 2000, the Company may, at its option, use
the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings to redeem up to 40%
(provided that such percentage shall decrease to 35% if an Initial Public
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Offering has not been consummated on or prior to November 15, 1998 and any other
Notes previously redeemed pursuant to this provision shall be included in
determining such percentage) of
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the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued at a redemption price
equal to 110.625% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the
date of redemption; provided that at least $69.0 million aggregate principal
amount of Notes remains outstanding immediately after any such redemption. In
order to effect the foregoing redemption with the proceeds of any Equity
Offering, the Company shall make such redemption not more than 120 days after
the consummation of any such Equity Offering; provided that in the case of an
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Initial Public Offering, the Company shall first comply with the provisions set
forth below in paragraph (c).
(c) Mandatory Redemption Following Initial Public Offering. If the
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Company consummates an Initial Public Offering prior to May 15, 2000, the
Company shall apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Initial Public
Offering to make an offer to purchase on a date not less than 30 nor more than
45 days following the consummation of the Initial Public Offering (such
consummation date to be determined without regard to any over-allotment option
granted by the Company to underwriters) from all Holders on a pro rata basis
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that amount of Notes equal to the Net Cash Proceeds at a price equal to 110.625%
of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however,
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that the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds required to be applied pursuant
to this provision shall be reduced dollar for dollar (i) to the extent such Net
Cash Proceeds are used to prepay indebtedness under the Bank Credit Agreement
and effect a permanent reduction in the availability thereunder and (ii) by the
aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings
consummated prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering to the
extent used to redeem Notes as set forth under paragraph (b) above; and
provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be
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required pursuant to this provision to redeem an aggregate principal amount of
Notes in excess of 40% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally
issued (or 35% if the Initial Public Offering is consummated on or after
November 15, 1998), less the aggregate principal amount of Notes previously
redeemed pursuant to the terms set forth above under paragraph (b) above.
7. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be mailed at
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least 30 days but not more than 60days before the Redemption Date to each Holder
of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder's registered address. Notes in
denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, if monies for the redemption of
the Notes called for redemption shall have been deposited with the Paying Agent
for redemption on such Re-
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demption Date, then, unless the Company defaults in the payment of such
Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any, the Notes called for redemption
will cease to bear interest from and after such Redemption Date and the only
right of the Holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of the Redemption
Price plus accrued interest, if any.
8. Offers to Purchase. Sections 4.15 and 4.16 of the Indenture
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provide that, after certain Asset Sales and upon the occurrence of a Change of
Control, and subject to further limitations contained therein, the Company will
make an offer to purchase certain amounts of the Notes in accordance with the
procedures set forth in the Indenture.
9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. The Notes are in registered
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form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000. A Holder shall register the transfer of or exchange Notes in accordance
with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to
furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain
transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith
as permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of
or exchange of any Notes or portions thereof selected for redemption.
10. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note shall be
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treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
11. Unclaimed Money. If money for the payment of principal or
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interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will
pay the money back to the Company. After that, all liability of the Trustee and
such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
12. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity. If the Company at
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any time deposits with the Trustee U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government
Obligations sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes to
redemption or maturity and complies with the other provisions of the Indenture
relating thereto, the Company will be discharged from certain provisions of the
Indenture and the Notes (including certain covenants, but excluding its
obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes).
13. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions,
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the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the written
consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes then outstanding, and any existing Default or Event of Default or
noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the
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written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the
parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among
other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, provide for
uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, or comply
with Article Five of the Indenture or make any other change that does not
adversely affect in any material respect the rights of any Holder of a Note.
14. Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture imposes certain
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limitations on the ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
among other things, incur additional Indebtedness, make payments in respect of
its Capital Stock or certain Indebtedness, enter into transactions with
Affiliates, create dividend or other payment restrictions affecting
Subsidiaries, merge or consolidate with any other Person, sell, assign,
transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
assets or adopt a plan of liquidation. Such limitations are subject to a number
of important qualifications and exceptions. The Company must annually report to
the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.
15. Successors. When a successor assumes, in accordance with the
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Indenture, all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the
Indenture, the predecessor will be released from those obligations.
16. Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is
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continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of Notes then outstanding may declare all the Notes to be due and payable
in the manner, at the time and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided
in the Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture or the
Notes unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it. The
Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to direct
the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from
Holders of Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a
Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding
notice is in their interest.
17. Trustee Dealings with Company. The Trustee under the Indenture,
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in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company, its Subsidiaries or their
respective Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
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18. No Recourse Against Others. No stockholder, director, officer,
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employee or incorporator, as such, of the Company shall have any liability for
any obligation of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.
Each Holder of a Note by accepting a Note waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance
of the Notes.
19. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee
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or Authenticating Agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on this
Note.
20. Governing Law. The Laws of the State of New York shall govern
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this Note and the Indenture, without regard to principles of conflict of laws.
21. Abbreviations and Defined Terms. Customary abbreviations may be
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used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (=
tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint
tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST
(= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
22. CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the
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Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused
CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the
Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed
on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed hereon.
23. Indenture. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound
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by all of the terms and provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended
from time to time.
The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Note upon written request
and without charge a copy of the Indenture, which has the text of this Note in
larger type. Requests may be made to: Therma-Wave, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attn: Chief Financial Officer.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
If you the Holder want to assign this Note, fill in the form below and
have your signature guaranteed:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
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(Print or type name, address and zip code and
social security or tax ID number of assignee)
and irrevocably appoint , agent to
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transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
Date: Signed:
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(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the other side
of this Note)
Signature Guarantee:
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In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior to the
date which is the earlier of (i) the date of the declaration by the SEC of
the effectiveness of a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act") covering resales of this Note (which
effectiveness shall not have been suspended or terminated at the date of the
transfer) and (ii) May 16, 1999, the undersigned confirms that it has not
utilized any general solicitation or general advertising in connection with the
transfer and that this Note is being transferred:
[Check One]
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(1) to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; or
--
(2) pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act;
--
or
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(3) to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule
-- 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act) that has
furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain
representations and agreements (the form of which letter can be
obtained from the Trustee); or
(4) outside the United states to a "foreign person" in compliance with
-- Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act; or
(5) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under
-- the Securities Act; or
(6) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
-- Act; or
(7) pursuant to another available exemption from the registration
-- requirements of the Securities Act.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of
the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the
registered Holder thereof; provided that if box (3), (4), (5) or (7) is checked,
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the Company or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer
of the Notes, in its sole discretion, such legal opinions, certifications
(including an investment letter in the case of box (3) or (4)) and other
information as the Trustee or the Company has reasonably requested to confirm
that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
If none of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or Registrar shall not be
obligated to register this Note in the name of any person other than the Holder
hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set
forth herein and in Section 2.17 of the Indenture shall have been satisfied.
Dated: Signed:
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(Sign exactly as name
appears on the other side
of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:.
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this
Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole
investment discretion and that it and any such account is a "qualified
institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act
and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and
acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the
undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request
such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the
undersigned's foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from
registration provided by Rule 144A.
Dated:
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NOTICE: To be executed by
an executive officer
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[OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE]
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, check the appropriate
box:
Section 4.15 [ ]
Section 4.16 [ ]
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, state the
amount you elect to have purchased:
$
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Dated:
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NOTICE: The signature on this
assignment must correspond with the
name as it appears upon the face of
the within Note in every particular
without alteration or enlargement or
any change whatsoever and be
guaranteed by the endorser's bank or
broker.
Signature Guarantee:
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EXHIBIT B
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CUSIP No.:
THERMA-WAVE, INC.
SERIES B 10.625% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2004
No. $
THERMA-WAVE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company," which term
includes any successor entity), for value received promises to pay to
or registered assigns, the principal sum of Dollars, on
May 15, 2004.
Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15.
Record Dates: May 1 and November 1.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained
herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this
place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed
manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers and a facsimile of its
corporate seal to be affixed hereto or imprinted hereon.
THERMA-WAVE, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated: , 199
Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the Series B 10.625% Senior Notes due 2004 referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
IBJ XXXXXXXX BANK & TRUST
COMPANY, as Trustee
Dated: , 1997 By:
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Authorized Signatory
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(REVERSE OF SECURITY)
SERIES B 10.625% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2004
1. Interest. THERMA-WAVE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
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"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the
rate per annum shown above. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most
recent date on which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid,
from May 16, 1997. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on
each Interest Payment Date, commencing November 15, 1997. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue
installments of interest from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the
Notes plus 2% per annum and on overdue installments of interest (without regard
to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful.
2. Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes
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(except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders at the
close of business on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment
Date even if the Notes are cancelled on registration of transfer or registration
of exchange after such Record Date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying
Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and
interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender"). However,
the Company may pay principal and interest by its check payable in such U.S.
Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest payment to the Paying
Agent or to a Holder at the Holder's registered address.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, IBJ Xxxxxxxx Bank & Trust
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Company, a New York banking corporation (the "Trustee"), will act as Paying
Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-
Registrar without notice to the Holders.
4. Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated
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as of May 15, 1997 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and the Trustee. This
Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Exchange Notes of the Company
designated as its Series B 10.625% Senior Notes due 2004 (the "Exchange Notes").
The Notes are limited in aggregate principal amount to $115,000,000. The Notes
include the Initial Notes (the 10.625% Senior Notes due 2004) and the Exchange
Notes, issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the Indenture.
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The Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes are treated as a single class of
securities under the Indenture. Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in
the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Notes include
those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference
to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code (S)(S) 77aaa-77bbbb) (the
"TIA"), as in effect on the date of the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders of
Notes are referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of them. The
Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company.
5. Redemption.
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(a) Optional Redemption. The Notes will be redeemable, at the
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Company's option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on and
after May 15, 2001, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the
following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount
thereof) if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on May 15 of the
year set forth below, plus, in each case, accrued interest to the date of
redemption:
Year Percentage
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2001....................................... 105.313%
2002....................................... 102.656
2003....................................... 100.000
(b) Optional Redemption Upon Equity Offerings. At any time, or from
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time to time, on or prior to may 15, 2000, the Company may, at its option, use
the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings to redeem up to 40%
(provided that such percentage shall decrease to 35% if an Initial Public
Offering has not been consummated on or prior to November 15, 1998 and any other
Notes previously redeemed pursuant to this provision shall be included in
determining such percentage) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
originally issued at a redemption price equal to 110.625% of the principal
amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of redemption; provided that at
least $69.0 million aggregate principal amount of Notes remains outstanding
immediately after any such redemption. In order to effect the foregoing
redemption with the proceeds of any Equity Offering, the Company shall make such
redemption not more than 120 days after the consummation of any such Equity
Offering; provided that in the case of an Initial Public Offering, the Company
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shall first comply with the provisions set forth below in paragraph (c).
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(c) Mandatory Redemption Following Initial Public Offering. If the
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Company consummates an Initial Public Offering prior to May 15, 2000, the
Company shall apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Initial Public
Offering to make an offer to purchase on a date not less than 30 nor more than
45 days following the consummation of the Initial Public Offering (such
consummation date to be determined without regard to any over-allotment option
granted by the Company to underwriters) from all Holders on a pro rata basis
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that amount of Notes equal to the Net Cash Proceeds at a price equal to 110.625%
of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however,
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that the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds required to be applied pursuant
to this provision shall be reduced dollar for dollar (i) to the extent such Net
Cash Proceeds are used to prepay indebtedness under the Bank Credit Agreement
and effect a permanent reduction in the availability thereunder and (ii) by the
aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings
consummated prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering to the
extent used to redeem Notes as set forth under paragraph (b) above; and
provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be
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required pursuant to this provision to redeem an aggregate principal amount of
Notes in excess of 40% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally
issued (or 35% if the Initial Public Offering is consummated on or after
November 15, 1998), less the aggregate principal amount of Notes previously
redeemed pursuant to the terms set forth above under paragraph (b) above.
6. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be mailed at
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least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each
Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder's registered address. Notes in
denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, if monies for the redemption of
the Notes called for redemption shall have been deposited with the Paying Agent
for redemption on such Redemption Date, then, unless the Company defaults in the
payment of such Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any, the Notes called
for redemption will cease to bear interest from and after such Redemption Date
and the only right of the Holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of
the Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any.
7. Offers to Purchase. Sections 4.15 and 4.16 of the Indenture
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provide that, after certain Asset Sales and upon the occurrence of a Change of
Control, and subject to further limitations contained therein, the Company will
make an offer
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to purchase certain amounts of the Notes in accordance with the procedures set
forth in the Indenture.
8. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. The Notes are in registered
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form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000. A Holder shall register the transfer of or exchange Notes in accordance
with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to
furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain
transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith
as permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of
or exchange of any Notes or portions thereof selected for redemption.
9. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note shall be
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treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
10. Unclaimed Money. If money for the payment of principal or
---------------
interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will
pay the money back to the Company. After that, all liability of the Trustee and
such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
11. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity. If the Company at any
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time deposits with the Trustee U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations
sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes to redemption or
maturity and complies with the other provisions of the Indenture relating
thereto, the Company will be discharged from certain provisions of the Indenture
and the Notes (including certain covenants, but excluding its obligation to pay
the principal of and interest on the Notes).
12. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions, the
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Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the written consent
of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding, and any existing Default or Event of Default or noncompliance
with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without
notice to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement
the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or
inconsistency, provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of
certificated Notes, or comply with Article Five of the Indenture or make any
other change that does not adversely affect in any material respect the rights
of any Holder of a Note.
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13. Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture imposes certain limitations
---------------------
on the ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other
things, incur additional Indebtedness, make payments in respect of its Capital
Stock or certain Indebtedness, enter into transactions with Affiliates, create
dividend or other payment restrictions affecting Subsidiaries, merge or
consolidate with any other Person, sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets or adopt a plan of
liquidation. Such limitations are subject to a number of important
qualifications and exceptions. The Company must annually report to the Trustee
on compliance with such limitations.
14. Successors. When a successor assumes, in accordance with the
----------
Indenture, all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the
Indenture, the predecessor will be released from those obligations.
15. Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is
---------------------
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of Notes then outstanding may declare all the Notes to be due and payable
in the manner, at the time and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided
in the Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture or the
Notes unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it. The
Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to direct
the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from
Holders of Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a
Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding
notice is in their interest.
16. Trustee Dealings with Company. The Trustee under the Indenture,
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in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company, its Subsidiaries or their
respective Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
17. No Recourse Against Others. No stockholder, director, officer,
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employee or incorporator, as such, of the Company shall have any liability for
any obligation of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.
Each Holder of a Note by accepting a Note waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance
of the Notes.
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18. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or
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Authenticating Agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on this
Note.
19. Governing Law. The Laws of the State of New York shall govern
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this Note and the Indenture, without regard to principles of conflict of laws.
20. Abbreviations and Defined Terms. Customary abbreviations may be
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used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (=
tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint
tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=
Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
21. CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the
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Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused
CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the
Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed
on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed hereon.
22. Indenture. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound
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by all of the terms and provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended
from time to time.
The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Note upon written request
and without charge a copy of the Indenture, which has the text of this Note in
larger type. Requests may be made to: Therma-Wave, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attn: Chief Financial Officer.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
If you the Holder want to assign this Note, fill in the form below and
have your signature guaranteed:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
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(Print or type name, address and zip code and
social security or tax ID number of assignee)
and irrevocably appoint , agent to
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transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another
to act for him.
Dated: Signed:
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(Sign exactly as name appears
on the other side of this
Note)
Signature Guarantee:
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[OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE]
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, check the appropriate
box:
Section 4.15 [ ]
Section 4.16 [ ]
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, state the
amount you elect to have purchased:
$
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Dated:
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NOTICE: The signature on this
assignment must correspond with
the name as it appears upon the
face of the within Note in every
particular without alteration or
enlargement or any change
whatsoever and be guaranteed by
the endorser's bank or broker.
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Exhibit C
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Form of Certificate To Be
Delivered in Connection with
Transfers to Non-QIB Accredited Investors
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IBJ Xxxxxxxx Bank & Trust Company
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Securities Processing
Window Level SC1
Re: Therma-Wave, Inc. 10.625% Senior
Notes due 2004
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed purchase of 10.625% Senior Notes due
2004 (the "Notes") of Therma-Wave, Inc. (the "Company"), we confirm that:
1. We have received a copy of the Offering Memorandum (the "Offering
Memorandum"), dated May 9, 1997 relating to the Notes and such other information
as we deem necessary in order to make our investment decision. We acknowledge
that we have read and agreed to the matters stated on pages (i)-(ii) of the
Offering Memorandum and in the section entitled "Transfer Restrictions" of the
Offering Memorandum, including the restrictions on duplication and circulation
of the Offering Memorandum.
2. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes is subject
to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture relating to
the Notes (as described in the Offering Memorandum) and the undersigned agrees
to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes except
in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
3. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been
registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes may not be offered or
sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf
and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated,
that if we should sell or otherwise transfer any Notes, we will do so only (i)
to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) inside the United States in
accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a "qualified institu-
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tional buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act), (iii) inside
the United States to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined below)
that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a
U.S. broker-dealer) to the Trustee (as defined in the Indenture relating to the
Notes), a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements
relating to the restrictions on transfer of the Notes, (iv) outside the United
States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (v)
pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the
Securities Act (if available), or (vi) pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any
person purchasing any of the Notes from us a notice advising such purchaser that
resales of the Notes are restricted as stated herein.
4. We are not acquiring the Notes for or on behalf of, and will not
transfer the Notes to, any pension or welfare plan (as defined in Section 3 of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974), except as permitted in the
section entitled "Transfer Restrictions" of the Offering Memorandum.
5. We understand that, on any proposed resale of any Notes, we will
be required to furnish to the Trustee and the Company such certification, legal
opinions and other information as the Trustee and the Company may reasonably
require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing
restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will bear a
legend to the foregoing effect.
6. We are an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and have
such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable
of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and
any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of
our or their investment, as the case may be.
7. We are acquiring the Notes purchased by us for our account or for
one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional "accredited investor")
as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.
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You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested
party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect
to the matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
By:
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Name
Title:
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Exhibit D
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Form of Certificate To Be Delivered
in Connection with Transfers
Pursuant to Regulation S
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IBJ Xxxxxxxx Bank & Trust Company
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Securities Processing
Window Level SC1
Re: Therma-Wave, Inc. (the "Company")
10.625% Senior Notes due 2004
(the "Notes")
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed sale of $___________ aggregate
principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected
pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and, accordingly, we represent that:
(1) the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United
States;
(2) either (a) at the time the buy offer was originated, the
transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our
behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United
States, or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the
facilities of a designated off-shore securities market and neither we nor
any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-
arranged with a buyer in the United States;
(3) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States
in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of
Regulation S, as applicable;
(4) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the
registration requirements of the Securities Act; and
(5) we have advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions
applicable to the Notes.
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You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested
party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with
respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the
meanings set forth in Regulation S.
Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferor]
By:
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Authorized Signature (1)
(i) (2)
(i) (3) (i)
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