Exhibit 4.1
TELESAT CANADA,
as Issuer
TELESAT LLC,
as Co-Issuer
Guarantors Party hereto
and
Indenture
Dated as of June 30, 2008
11.0% Senior Notes Due 2015
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Acta
of 1939 and Indenture
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Trust Indenture Act Section |
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Indenture Section |
§ 310
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608
608
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(b)
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608, 609
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§ 311
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605 |
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(b)
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605 |
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§ 312
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701 |
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§ 313
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703
1008
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(d)
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703 |
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§ 314
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1009 |
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(c)(1)
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102
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(d)
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N.A. |
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(e)
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§ 315
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(d)
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§ 316
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(a)(last sentence)
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(a)(1)(B)
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101 (“Outstanding”)
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513
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(b)
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508 |
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§ 317
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N.A. means Not Applicable.
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This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose,
be deemed to be a part of this Indenture. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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SECTION 101. |
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Rules of Construction and Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
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SECTION 102. |
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Definitions |
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SECTION 103. |
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Compliance Certificates and Opinions |
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SECTION 104. |
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Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee |
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SECTION 105. |
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Acts of Holders |
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SECTION 106. |
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Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company, Any Guarantor and Agent |
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SECTION 107. |
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Notice to Holders; Waiver |
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SECTION 108. |
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Effect of Headings and Table of Contents |
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SECTION 109. |
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Successors and Assigns |
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SECTION 110. |
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Separability Clause |
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SECTION 111. |
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Benefits of Indenture |
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SECTION 112. |
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Governing Law |
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SECTION 113. |
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Legal Holidays |
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SECTION 114. |
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No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders |
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SECTION 115. |
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Trust Indenture Act Controls |
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SECTION 116. |
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Counterparts |
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SECTION 117. |
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Regulatory Matters |
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SECTION 118. |
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Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdictions; Waiver of Immunities;
Waiver of Jury Trial |
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SECTION 119. |
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Conversion of Currency |
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ARTICLE TWO
NOTE FORMS
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SECTION 201. |
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Form and Dating |
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SECTION 202. |
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Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating |
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ARTICLE THREE
THE NOTES
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SECTION 301. |
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Title and Terms |
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SECTION 302. |
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Denominations |
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SECTION 303. |
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Temporary Notes |
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SECTION 304. |
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Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange |
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SECTION 305. |
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes |
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SECTION 306. |
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Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved |
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SECTION 307. |
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Persons Deemed Owners |
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SECTION 308. |
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Cancellation |
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SECTION 309. |
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Computation of Xxxxxxxx |
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Transfer and Exchange |
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SECTION 311. |
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CUSIP Numbers |
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SECTION 312. |
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Issuance of Additional Notes |
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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SECTION 401. |
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Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
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SECTION 402. |
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Application of Trust Money |
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ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
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SECTION 501. |
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Events of Default |
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SECTION 502. |
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Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment |
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SECTION 503. |
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Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee |
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SECTION 504. |
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Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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SECTION 505. |
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Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes |
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SECTION 506. |
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Application of Money Collected |
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SECTION 507. |
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Limitation on Suits |
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SECTION 508. |
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Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest |
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SECTION 509. |
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Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
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SECTION 510. |
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Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
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SECTION 511. |
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Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
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SECTION 512. |
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Control by Holders |
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SECTION 513. |
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Waiver of Past Defaults |
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SECTION 514. |
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Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws |
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ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
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SECTION 601. |
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Duties of the Trustee |
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SECTION 602. |
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Notice of Defaults |
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SECTION 603. |
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Certain Rights of Trustee |
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SECTION 604. |
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Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes |
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SECTION 605. |
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May Hold Notes |
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SECTION 606. |
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Money Held in Trust |
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SECTION 607. |
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Compensation and Reimbursement |
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SECTION 608. |
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Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility |
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SECTION 609. |
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Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor |
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SECTION 610. |
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Acceptance of Appointment by Successor |
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SECTION 611. |
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Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business |
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SECTION 612. |
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Appointment of Authenticating Agent |
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SECTION 613. |
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Force Majeure |
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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SECTION 701. |
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Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses |
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SECTION 702. |
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Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders |
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SECTION 703. |
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Reports by Trustee |
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ARTICLE EIGHT
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ALL OR
SUBSTANTIALLY ALL ASSETS
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SECTION 801. |
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Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms |
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SECTION 802. |
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Guarantors and Co-Issuers May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms |
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SECTION 803. |
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Successor Substituted |
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ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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SECTION 901. |
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Amendments or Supplements Without Consent of Holders |
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SECTION 902. |
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Amendments, Supplements or Waivers with Consent of Holders |
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SECTION 903. |
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Execution of Amendments, Supplements or Waivers |
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SECTION 904. |
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Revocation and Effect of Consents |
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SECTION 905. |
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Compliance with Trust Indenture Act |
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SECTION 906. |
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Notation on or Exchange of Notes |
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SECTION 907. |
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Notice of Supplemental Indentures |
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ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
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SECTION 1001. |
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Payment of Principal, Premium, if Any, and Interest |
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SECTION 1002. |
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Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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SECTION 1003. |
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Money for Notes Payments To Be Held in Trust |
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SECTION 1004. |
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Corporate Existence |
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SECTION 1005. |
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Payment of Taxes and Other Claims |
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SECTION 1006. |
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Maintenance of Properties |
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SECTION 1007. |
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Maintenance of Insurance |
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SECTION 1008. |
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Statement by Officers as to Default |
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SECTION 1009. |
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Reports and Other Information |
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SECTION 1010. |
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Limitation on Restricted Payments |
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Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock |
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Limitation on Liens |
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SECTION 1013. |
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Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates |
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SECTION 1014. |
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Limitations on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries |
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Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries |
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SECTION 1016. |
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Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions |
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SECTION 1017. |
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Change of Control |
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Asset Sales |
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SECTION 1019. |
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Suspension of Covenants |
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SECTION 1020. |
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Payments for Consent |
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Conduct of Business |
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SECTION 1022. |
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Limitation on Activities of the Co-Issuer. |
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SECTION 1023. |
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Additional Amounts |
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
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Right of Redemption |
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Applicability of Article |
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Election To Redeem; Notice To Trustee |
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SECTION 1104. |
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Selection by Trustee of Notes To Be Redeemed |
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SECTION 1105. |
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Notice of Redemption |
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SECTION 1106. |
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Deposit of Redemption Price |
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SECTION 1107. |
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Notes Payable on Redemption Date |
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SECTION 1108. |
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Notes Redeemed in Part |
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SECTION 1109. |
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Redemption for Changes in Withholding Taxes |
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SECTION 1110. |
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Offers to Repurchase by Application of Proceeds |
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ARTICLE TWELVE
GUARANTEES
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Guarantees |
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Severability |
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Restricted Subsidiaries |
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SECTION 1204. |
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Limitation of Guarantors’ Liability |
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Contribution |
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SECTION 1206. |
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Subrogation |
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SECTION 1207. |
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Reinstatement |
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SECTION 1208. |
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Release of a Guarantor |
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SECTION 1209. |
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Benefits Acknowledged |
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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SECTION 1301. |
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Issuer’s Option To Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
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SECTION 1302. |
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Legal Defeasance and Discharge |
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Covenant Defeasance |
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SECTION 1304. |
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Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
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SECTION 1305. |
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Deposited Money and Government Securities To Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions |
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SECTION 1306. |
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Reinstatement |
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APPENDIX & EXHIBITS
Rule 144A / Regulation S / IAI Appendix
EXHIBIT 1 to Rule 144A / Regulation S / IAI Appendix — Form of Initial Note
EXHIBIT 2 to Rule 144A / Regulation S / IAI Appendix — Form of Transferee Letter of Representation
EXHIBIT A — Form of Exchange Security or Private Exchange Security
EXHIBIT B — Form of Notation of Guarantee
EXHIBIT C — Form of Supplemental Indenture
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INDENTURE dated as of June 30, 2008 (this “
Indenture”), among Telesat Holdings
Inc., a Canadian corporation (“
Holdings” or “
Telesat Holding”), Telesat Canada, a Canadian corporation (the
“
Issuer” or “
Company”), Telesat Interco Inc. (“
Intermediate Holdco”), Telesat LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Issuer (the “
Co-Issuer,” and
together with the Issuer the “
Co-Issuers”), having its principal office at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, X0X0X0, and certain of Holdings’ direct and indirect Subsidiaries (as
defined below), each named in the signature pages hereto (each, a “
Guarantor” and, together with
Holdings and Intermediate Holdco, collectively, the “
Guarantors”), and THE BANK OF
NEW YORK, a
New
York banking corporation, as Trustee (the “
Trustee”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Co-Issuers have duly authorized the creation of an issue of (i) 11.0% Senior Notes Due
2015 to be issued on the date hereof (the “Initial Notes”) and (ii) if and when issued as required
by the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement dated the date hereof, among Holdings, Issuer,
Co-Issuer, the Guarantors and the Purchasers (as defined therein) (the “Registration Rights
Agreement”), 11.0% Senior Exchange Notes Due 2015 issued in an Exchange Offer in exchange for any
Initial Notes (the “Exchange Notes”, and collectively with the Initial Notes, the “Notes”), of
substantially the tenor and amount hereinafter set forth, and to provide therefor the Co-Issuers
have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture.
Each Guarantor has duly authorized its Guarantee of the Initial Notes and if, and when issued,
the Exchange Notes and to provide therefor each Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and
delivery of this Indenture.
All things necessary have been done to make the Notes, when executed by the Co-Issuers and
authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Co-Issuers, the valid and legally
binding obligations of the Co-Issuers and to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding
agreement of the Co-Issuers, in accordance with their and its terms.
All things necessary have been done to make the Guarantees, upon execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the valid obligations of each Guarantor and to make this Indenture a valid and
legally binding agreement of each Guarantor, in accordance with their and its terms.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof,
it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and ratable benefit of all Holders, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Rules of Construction and Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
(a) For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article, and words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the
singular;
(2) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with GAAP (as herein defined);
(3) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision;
(4) all references to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Appendices shall be construed to
refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Appendices to, this Indenture;
(5) “or” is not exclusive;
(6) “including” means including without limitation;
(7) all references to the date the Notes were originally issued shall refer to the
Issue Date; and
(8) all references, in any context, to any interest or other amount payable on or with
respect to the Notes shall be deemed to include any Special Interest (as herein defined)
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and any Additional Amounts (as herein
defined).
(b) Whether or not this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, this Indenture is subject to
the mandatory provisions of the TIA (as herein defined) which are incorporated by reference in and
made a part of this Indenture as if this Indenture were qualified. The following TIA terms have
the following meanings:
(1) “Commission” means the SEC;
(2) “indenture securities” means the Notes and the Guarantees;
(3) “indenture security holder” means a Holder;
(4) “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;
(5) “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and
(6) “obligor” on the indenture securities means each of the Co-Issuers, each Guarantor
and any other obligor on the indenture securities.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such
definitions.
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SECTION 102. Definitions.
“Acceptable Exclusions” shall mean, in the case of any insurance procured in accordance with
Section 1007(b):
(i) war, invasion, hostile or warlike action in time of peace or war, including action
in hindering, combating or defending against an actual, impending or expected attack by:
(A) government or sovereign power (de jure or de facto); or
(B) authority maintaining or using a military, navy or air force; or
(C) a military, navy, or air force; or
(D) any agent of any such government, power, authority or force,
(ii) any anti-satellite device, or device employing atomic or nuclear fission and/or
fusion, or device employing laser or directed energy beams,
(iii) insurrection, strikes, labor disturbances, riots, civil commotion, rebellion,
revolution, civil war, usurpation, or action taken by a government authority in hindering,
combating or defending against such an occurrence, whether there be declaration of war or
not,
(iv) confiscation, nationalization, seizure, restraint, detention, appropriation,
requisition for title or use by or under the order of any government or governmental
authority or agent (whether secret or otherwise and/or whether civil, military or de facto)
or public or local authority or agency,
(v) nuclear reaction, nuclear radiation, or radioactive contamination of any nature,
whether such loss or damage be direct or indirect, except for radiation naturally occurring
in the space environment,
(vi) electromagnetic or radio frequency interference, except for physical damage to a
Satellite directly resulting from such interference,
(vii) willful or intentional acts of the directors or officers of the named insured,
acting within the scope of their duties, designed to cause loss or failure of a Satellite,
(viii) an act of one or more persons, whether or not agents of a sovereign power, for
political or terrorist purposes and whether the loss, damage or failure resulting therefrom
is accidental or intentional,
(ix) any unlawful seizure or wrongful exercise of control of a Satellite made by any
person or persons acting for political or terrorist purposes,
(x) loss of revenue, incidental damages and/or consequential loss,
(xi) extra expenses, other than the expenses insured under a policy,
(xii) third party liability,
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(xiii) loss of a redundant component(s) that does not cause a transponder failure, and
(xiv) such other similar exclusions as may be customary for policies of such type as of
the date of issuance or renewal of such coverage.
“Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person,
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged
with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including
Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging
with or into or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified
Person.
“Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 105 of this
Indenture.
“Additional Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 1023 of this Indenture.
“Additional Notes” means any Senior Notes issued by the Company pursuant to Section 312.
“Acquisition Agreement” means the Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2006,
among Telesat Interco Inc., BCE Inc. and Telesat Canada, as in effect on the Acquisition Closing
Date.
“Acquisition Closing Date” means October 31, 2007.
“Acquisition Documents” means the Acquisition Agreement and all other material agreements and
documents related to the acquisition of Telesat Canada and its Safe Income Notes pursuant to the
Acquisition Agreement each as in effect on the Acquisition Closing Date.
“Actual Nimiq 4 Revenue Contract Amount” means the amount of contracted revenue attributable
to Nimiq 4 to be paid to Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP in
respect of the portion of the applicable four-quarter period in which the in-service date of Nimiq
4 occurs from and after such in-service date.
“Adjusted Net Assets” has the meaning specified in Section 1205 of this Indenture.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For
purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms
“controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any
Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by agreement or otherwise.
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“Affiliate Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 1013 of this Indenture.
“Agent” means any Note Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.
“Aggregate In-Orbit Insurance Amount” shall mean (a) 100% of the aggregate net book value of
all Covered Satellites other than any Excluded Satellite and (b) 50% of the aggregate net book
value of any Excluded Satellite that is a Named Satellite. For the purposes of this definition,
aggregate net book value with respect to a Satellite shall exclude any liability of a Satellite
Purchaser to pay the Satellite Manufacturer any satellite performance incentive payments and any
liability of a Satellite Manufacturer to pay the Satellite Purchaser any satellite performance
warranty paybacks.
“All Risks Insurance” shall mean, with respect to any Satellite, insurance for risks of loss
of and damage to such Satellite and the related Associated Equipment, including all components
thereof, at all times during the manufacture, testing, storage, payload processing and transport of
such Satellite and such Associated Equipment, if any, up to the time of Launch, in the case of such
Satellite, and until delivery to the applicable Satellite Purchaser, in the case of such Associated
Equipment.
“Ancillary Agreement” shall mean the Ancillary Agreement, dated as of August 7, 2007, among
Loral Space & Communications Inc., Skynet, PSP, Holdings and Telesat Canada, as in effect on the
Acquisition Closing Date.
“Annualized Nimiq 4 Revenue Contract Amount” means the amount of contracted revenue
attributable to Nimiq 4 that would have been realized by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries
during the applicable four-quarter period prior to the in-service date of Nimiq 4 had such
in-service date occurred on the first day of such four-quarter period. Such amount shall be
calculated by taking the Actual Nimiq 4 Revenue Contract Amount and applying such amount on a pro
rata basis to the portion of such four-quarter period prior to such in-service date as if Nimiq 4
had been in service from the first day of such four-quarter period.
“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any Redemption Date, the greater of:
(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; and
(2) the excess, if any, of:
(a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of
the Note at the First Call Date (such redemption price being set forth in the table
appearing in Section 1101), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note
through the First Call Date (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption
Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such
Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over
(b) the principal amount of the Note.
“APT Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement by and among APT Satellite Company
Limited, Loral Orion Inc. and Bank of China (HK) Limited, dated as of October 8, 2004, as in effect
on the Acquisition Closing Date.
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“Asset Purchase Agreement” shall mean that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated August 7,
2007, by and among Skynet, Skynet Satellite Corporation and Loral Space & Communications Inc., as
in effect on the Acquisition Closing Date.
“Asset Sale” means:
(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, whether in a single
transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of
a Sale Lease-Back Transaction) of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary (each referred to in
this definition as a “disposition”), or
(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether in a
single transaction or a series of related transactions, in each case, other than:
(a) a disposition of Cash Equivalents, obsolete or worn out property or
equipment, inventory or other assets that in the reasonable judgment of the Issuer
are no longer useful in the conduct of the business of Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries and that in each case are disposed of in the ordinary course of
business;
(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Holdings or
any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 801 or
any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture;
(c) the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is
permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 1010;
(d) any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any
Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of transactions with an aggregate
fair market value of less than US $10.0 million;
(e) any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by a
Restricted Subsidiary to Holdings or by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary to the
Issuer or a Guarantor;
(f) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a
Similar Business;
(g) the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the
ordinary course of business;
(h) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other
securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(i) foreclosures on or expropriations of assets;
(j) any financing transaction with respect to property built, repaired,
improved or acquired by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date,
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cluding Sale and Lease-Back Transactions and asset securitizations, permitted
by this Indenture;
(k) any Event of Loss;
(l) dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or
compromise thereof in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practice;
(m) the T10R Sale Leaseback;
(n) any transfer of transponders or the corresponding interest in common
elements on the Telstar 18 Satellite to APT Satellite Company Limited or its
affiliates effected pursuant to that certain letter agreement dated August 26, 2003,
as amended on November 16, 2003 by and between Skynet and APT Satellite Company
Limited in connection with the receipt of “export control approval” for such
transfer, or any foreclosure pursuant to the APT Security Agreement;
(o) the granting of a Lien permitted under Section 1012;
(p) the Telesat Headquarters Sale; and
(q) additional dispositions of assets (taken together with all such
dispositions made pursuant to this clause (q)) since the Acquisition Closing Date
with an aggregate fair market value not exceeding US$50.0 million.
“Asset Sale Offer” has the meaning specified in Section 1018 of this Indenture.
“Asset Transfer Agreement” shall mean that certain Asset Transfer Agreement dated August 7,
2007, by and among Holdings, Skynet and Loral Space & Communications Inc., as in effect on the
Acquisition Closing Date.
“Associated Equipment” shall mean, with respect to any Satellite, the equipment to be
delivered by the Satellite Manufacturer with respect thereto pursuant to the terms of the
applicable Satellite Purchase Agreement.
“Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies’ Creditors
Arrangement Act (Canada), the Winding-Up Restructuring Act (Canada), Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Bankruptcy Code of 1978, or any similar United States federal or state law or Canadian federal or
provincial law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, winding-up, liquidation,
reorganization or relief of debtors or any amendment to, succession to or change in any such law.
“Board of Directors” means, with respect to any Person, (i) in the case of any corporation,
the board of directors of such Person, (ii) in the case of any limited liability company, the board
of managers of such Person, (iii) in the case of any partnership, the Board of Directors of the
general partner of such Person and (iv) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the
foregoing or, in each case, other than for purposes of the definitions of “Change of Control” and
“Continuing Directors,” any duly authorized committee of such body.
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“Board Resolution” means, with respect to the Issuer, Co-Issuer or Holdings, a duly adopted
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, Co-Issuer or Holdings, as applicable, or any
committee thereof to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Issuer, Co-Issuer or
Holdings, as applicable, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification.
“Business Day” means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.
“Capital Stock” means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock,
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock,
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or
membership interests (whether general or limited), and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a
share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the
amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be
capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in
accordance with GAAP; provided that the following leases shall be treated as operating leases and
not as capital leases: (a) Satellite Relocation and Lease Agreement dated as of November 22, 2006,
between Telesat Canada and DirectTV Enterprises, LLC and (b) Amendment No. 1 entered into as of the
22nd day of November 2006 to the Memorandum of Agreement entered into by Telesat Canada and
DirectTV Enterprises, LLC on December 23, 2003, subsequently amended and restated on March 10, 2005
and further amended and restated on October 6, 2005; provided that such leases shall not be treated
as capital leases only so long as they are not amended in a manner materially adverse to the
holders of the Notes since or after the Acquisition Closing Date. For purposes of Section 1012, a
Capitalized Lease Obligation will be deemed to be secured by a Lien on the property being leased.
“Cash Equivalents” means:
(1) United States dollars and Canadian dollars,
(2) pounds sterling,
(3) (a) euro, or any national currency of any participating member state in the
European Union or
(b) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local
currencies held by them from time to time in the ordinary course of business,
(4) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured
by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of
which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such
government with maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition,
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(5) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities
of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not
exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having
capital and surplus of not less than US$250.0 million in the case of domestic banks and
US$100.0 million (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case
of foreign banks,
(6) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses
(4) and (5) above, entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications
specified in clause (5) above,
(7) commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Xxxxx’x or at least A-1 by S&P and in each
case maturing within 6 months after the date of creation thereof,
(8) marketable short-term money market and similar funds (x) either having assets in
excess of US$250.0 million or (y) having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Xxxxx’x
or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Xxxxx’x nor S&P shall be rating such
obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency),
(9) auction rate securities rated at least Aa3 by Xxxxx’x and AA- by S&P (or, if at any
time either S&P or Xxxxx’x shall cease to rate such obligations, an equivalent rating from
another nationally recognized rating service),
(10) investment funds investing 95% or more of their assets in securities of the types
described in clauses (1) through (9) above,
(11) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of
America or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories
obtainable from either Xxxxx’x or S&P with maturities of 12 months or less from the date of
acquisition, and
(12) with respect to the Issuer, Holdings and any Restricted Subsidiary organized in
Canada or any political subdivision thereof, instruments and investments correlative in
type, maturity and rating to those referred to in clauses (1) to (11) above denominated in
United States or Canadian dollars.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in
currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1) through (3) above, provided that such amounts
are converted into any currency listed in clauses (1) through (3) above, as promptly as practicable
and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
“Cash Management Services” means any of the following to the extent not constituting a line of
credit (other than overdraft facilities): ACH transactions, treasury and/or cash management
services, including, without limitation, controlled disbursement services, overdraft facilities,
foreign exchange facilities, deposit and other accounts and merchant services.
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:
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(1) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or
substantially all of the assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any
Person other than a Permitted Holder; or
(2) the Company becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition
by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of
acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under
the Exchange Act), other than the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a related
series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or
purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act,
or any successor provision) of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock
of Holdings or any company that holds directly or indirectly more than 50% of the total
voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings; or
(3) following the initial public offering of the common stock of Holdings, Continuing
Directors shall not constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors of Holdings; or
(4) the Issuer ceases to be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holdings.
“Change of Control Offer” has the meaning specified in Section 1017 of this Indenture.
“Change of Control Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 1017 of this Indenture.
“Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 1017 of this Indenture.
“Co-Issuer” means the Person named as the “Co-Issuer” in the first paragraph of this
Indenture, until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter “Co-Issuer” shall mean such successor Person.
“Common Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests,
participations and other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such
Person’s common stock, whether now outstanding or issued after the date of this Indenture, and
includes all series and classes of such common stock.
“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture,
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.
“Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by two Officers or one Officer and either an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
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“consolidated” or “Consolidated” means, with respect to any Person, such Person consolidated
with its Restricted Subsidiaries, and shall not include any Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of
deferred financing fees, and other related non-cash charges, excluding any non-cash item that
represents an accrual or reserve for a cash expenditure for a future period, of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, for any period, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for such period
(1) increased (without duplication) by:
(a) Consolidated Income Tax Expense accrued for such period to the extent
deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period; plus
(b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period to the extent deducted in
determining Consolidated Net Income for such period; plus
(c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such
period to the extent such depreciation and amortization were deducted in computing
Consolidated Net Income; plus
(d) collections on investments in sales-type leases during such period, to the
extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income for such period; plus
(e) to the extent deducted in arriving at Consolidated Net Income, foreign
withholding taxes paid or accrued in such period; plus
(f) any expenses or charges related to any Equity Offering, Permitted
Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or Indebtedness permitted to
be incurred by this Indenture including a refinancing thereof (whether or not
successful), including (i) such fees, expenses or charges related to the Notes
offered hereby and the Senior Subordinated Notes, the Credit Facilities and the
financings that occurred in connection with the Transactions on the Acquisition
Closing Date and (ii) any amendment or other modification of such notes, loans or
the Credit Facilities, and, in each case, deducted in computing Consolidated Net
Income; plus
(g) the amount of any restructuring charge deducted in such period in computing
Consolidated Net Income, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with
acquisitions after the Issue Date and costs related to closure of facilities; plus
(h) any other non-cash charges reducing Consolidated Net Income for such
period, excluding any such charge that represents an accrual or reserve for a cash
expenditure for a future period; plus
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(i) the amount of any minority interest expense deducted in calculating
Consolidated Net Income (less the amount of any cash dividends paid to the holders
of such minority interests); plus
(j) to the extent deducted in arriving at Consolidated Net Income and to the
extent paid in Mezzanine Securities pursuant to clause (12)(a) of the second
paragraph of Section 1013, the annual consulting fee payable pursuant to the
Consulting Services Agreement as in effect on the Acquisition Closing Date; plus
(k) in the case of any period ending prior to or during the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2007, Transaction Expenses; plus
(l) solely for purposes of clause (i)(b) of the fourth paragraph of Section
1010, the first paragraph of Section 1011 and clause (12) of Section 1013, to the
extent the in-service date of Nimiq 4 occurs during the period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters of Holdings then most recently ended (taken as one accounting
period) (each, a “Test Period”), an amount equal to 90% of the Annualized Nimiq 4
Revenue Contract Amount, provided that the Issuer in good faith reasonably believes
that Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries will realize revenue in accordance
with GAAP in respect of Nimiq 4 during the next Test Period in an amount not less
than the Annualized Nimiq 4 Revenue Contract Amount plus the Actual Nimiq 4 Revenue
Contract Amount in respect of Nimiq 4 realized during such prior Test Period; plus
(m) solely for purposes of clause (i)(b) of the fourth paragraph of Section
1010 and clause (12) of Section 1013, in the event of any loss of any Satellite
during the applicable Test Period, 90% of the contracted for revenues that would
reasonably have been expected to be realized but for such loss for that portion of
the period following such loss attributable to such Satellite (less revenue actually
realized in respect of such Satellite during such period after such event of loss)
so long as insurance for such satellite required to be maintained under this
Indenture is maintained in accordance with this Indenture and Holdings or a
Restricted Subsidiary has filed a notice of loss with the applicable insurers and
believes in good faith that the insurers will pay funds (and the applicable
insurer(s) have not indicated that they will not pay such funds) in amounts that the
Issuer reasonably believes will be sufficient to replace such Satellite with a
replacement Satellite that generates annual revenues for Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries not less than the revenue generated by such replaced Satellite during
the four-quarter period ended immediately prior to such event of loss; but such
amounts may only be added to Consolidated EBITDA so long as Holdings or the
applicable Restricted Subsidiary intends promptly to replace such Satellite and is
working reasonably to do so (provided that the amount added to Consolidated EBITDA
under this clause (m) shall not exceed $55,000,000 for any Test Period); plus
(n) solely for purposes of clause (i)(b) of the fourth paragraph of Section
1010 and clause (12) of Section 1013, the amount of net cost savings projected by
the Issuer in good faith to be realized as a result of specified actions taken
during such period (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings had
been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits
realized during such
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period from such actions; provided that such net amount shall not exceed $58.9
million;
(2) decreased by (without duplication):
(a) any gross profit on sales-type leases included in Consolidated Net Income
for such period, except for collections on investments in sales-type leases during
such period, to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income for such period; and
(b) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income of Holdings and the
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, excluding any items which represent the
reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any
prior period; and
(3) increased or decreased by any net loss or gain resulting from currency exchange risk
Hedging Obligations.
“Consolidated Income Tax Expense” means, with respect to Holdings and the Restricted
Subsidiaries for any period, the provision for federal, state, local and foreign taxes based on
income or profits (including franchise taxes) payable by Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries
for such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum,
without duplication, of:
(a) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for
such period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income
(including amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of
Indebtedness at less than par, non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash
interest expense attributable to the movement in the xxxx to market valuation of Hedging
Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board
Statement No. 133 “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”), the
interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations and net payments, if any, pursuant to
interest rate Hedging Obligations, and excluding amortization of deferred financing fees,
any expensing of bridge or other financing fees and any interest under Satellite Purchase
Agreements),
(b) (i) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any
series of preferred stock or any Refunding Capital Stock of such Person made during such
period and (ii) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on
any series of Disqualified Stock made during such period, and
(c) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
for such period, whether paid or accrued less
(d) interest income for such period.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to
accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit
in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
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“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of
the Net Income, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated
basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that:
(1) any net after-tax extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all
fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including relating to severance, relocation
costs, new product introductions, one-time compensation charges and the Transactions) shall
be excluded,
(2) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change
in accounting principles during such period,
(3) any net after-tax income (loss) from disposed or discontinued operations and any
net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed or discontinued operations shall be
excluded,
(4) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto)
attributable to asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Holdings, shall be excluded,
(5) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall
be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of Holdings shall be increased by the
amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to
the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in
respect of such period,
(6) solely for the purpose of determining the amount of Cumulative Credit, the Net
Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be
excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions
by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination wholly
permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly
or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument,
judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to such
Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the
payment of dividends or in similar distributions has been legally waived, provided that
Consolidated Net Income of Holdings shall be increased by the amount of dividends or other
distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash)
to Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not
already included therein,
(7) effects of adjustments in any line item in such Person’s consolidated financial
statements required or permitted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement Nos.
141 and 142 resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to the
Transactions or any acquisition that is consummated after the Acquisition Closing Date, net
of taxes, shall be excluded,
(8) any net after-tax income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or
Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded,
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(9) any impairment charge or asset write-off pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards
Board Statements No. 142 and No. 144 and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to
No. 141 shall be excluded, and
(10) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or
similar rights, stock options or other rights to officers, directors or employees shall be
excluded.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 1010 only, there shall be excluded
from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale or other disposition of Restricted
Investments made by Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of
Restricted Investments from Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and
advances which constitute Restricted Investments by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, any sale
of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments
permitted under such covenant pursuant to the definition of the term Cumulative Credit.
“Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as at any date of determination, an amount equal to
the sum of (1) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of Holdings and the Restricted
Subsidiaries and (2) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Disqualified Stock of Holdings and all
preferred stock in the Restricted Subsidiaries, with the amount of such Disqualified Stock and
preferred stock equal to the greater of their respective voluntary or involuntary liquidation
preferences and maximum fixed repurchase prices, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified Stock or
preferred stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with
the terms of such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock as if such Disqualified Stock or preferred
stock were purchased on any date on which Consolidated Total 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 Stock or preferred stock, such fair market value shall be
determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of Holdings.
“Consulting Services Agreement” means the Consulting Services Agreement between Loral Space &
Communications Inc. and the Issuer as in effect on the Acquisition Closing Date.
“Contingent Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person
guaranteeing any leases (other than any lease or leases entered into in connection with any Sale
Lease-Back Transaction), dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness
(“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly
or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not
contingent,
(1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or
indirect security therefor,
(2) to advance or supply funds:
(A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation, or
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(B) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or
otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, or
(3) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring
the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make
payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.
“Continuing Director” shall mean, at any date, an individual (a) who is a member of the Board
of Directors of Holdings on the Issue Date, (b) who, as at such date, has been a member of such
Board of Directors for at least the 12 preceding months, (c) who has been nominated to be a member
of such Board of Directors, directly or indirectly, by a Permitted Holder or Persons nominated by a
Permitted Holder or (d) who has been nominated to be a member of such Board of Directors by a
majority of the other Continuing Directors then in office or a nominating committee in which
directors nominated by Permitted Holders form the majority of the members thereof.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date of the
execution of this instrument is located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Corporate Trust Division — Corporate Finance Unit, or such other address as the Trustee
may designate from time to time by notice to the Company, or the principal corporate trust office
of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time
to time by notice to the Company).
“Corporation” includes corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.
“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1303 of this Indenture.
“Covered Satellite” means any Satellite that is owned or leased by Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or for which Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries otherwise
retains the risk of loss.
“Credit Facilities” means, with respect to Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, one
or more debt facilities, including the Senior Credit Facilities, or commercial paper facilities
with banks or other institutional lenders or investors or indentures providing for revolving credit
loans, term loans, receivables financing, including through the sale of receivables to such lenders
or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against receivables, letters of
credit or other long-term indebtedness, including any notes, guarantees, collateral documents,
instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements,
modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings thereof and any indentures or
credit facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or
investors that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities
or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or
indenture that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided
that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 1011).
“CRTC” shall mean the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission or any
successor authority of the Government of Canada substituted therefor.
“Cumulative Credit” means the sum of (without duplication):
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(1) the aggregate net cash proceeds, and the fair market value of marketable securities
or other property other than cash (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of
Holdings), received by Holdings from the issue or sale (other than to a Restricted
Subsidiary) of any class of Equity Interests, including Retired Capital Stock, in Holdings
after the Acquisition Closing Date, other than (A) Disqualified Stock, (B) Equity Interests
to the extent the net cash proceeds therefrom are applied as provided for in clause (4) of
the second paragraph of Section 1010, (C) Refunding Capital Stock and (D) Excluded
Contributions; plus
(2) 100% of any cash and the fair market value of marketable securities or other
property other than cash (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Holdings)
received by Holdings as a capital contribution from its shareholders subsequent to the
Acquisition Closing Date other than any Excluded Contributions; plus
(3) the principal amount (or accreted amount (determined in accordance with GAAP), if
less) of any Indebtedness, or the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price,
as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock, of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary
issued after the Acquisition Closing Date (other than any such Indebtedness or Disqualified
Stock to the extent issued to a Restricted Subsidiary), which has been converted into or
exchanged for Equity Interests in Holdings (other than Disqualified Stock); plus
(4) cumulative Consolidated EBITDA from and after the first day of the fiscal quarter
during which the Acquisition Closing Date occurs, to the end of the fiscal quarter
immediately preceding the date of the proposed Restricted Payment, or, if cumulative
Consolidated EBITDA for such period is negative, minus the amount by which cumulative
Consolidated EBITDA is less than zero; plus
(5) to the extent not already included in Consolidated EBITDA, 100% of the aggregate
net cash proceeds received by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary since the Acquisition
Closing Date from (A) Investments (other than Permitted Investments or Investments made
pursuant to clause (12) of the second paragraph of Section 1010), whether through interest
payments, principal payments, dividends or other distributions and payments, or the sale or
other disposition (other than to Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary) thereof made by
Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) cash dividends from, or the sale (other
than to Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the stock of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary
(other than in respect of Unrestricted Subsidiaries designated as such pursuant to clause
(12) of the second paragraph of Section 1010); plus
(6) if any Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than in respect of Unrestricted Subsidiaries
designated as such pursuant to clause (12) of the second paragraph of Section 1010) is
redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary, the fair market value of all Investments by
Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Subsidiary, as determined in good faith by
the Board of Directors of Holdings.
“Cumulative Interest Expense” means, in respect of any Restricted Payment, the sum of the
aggregate amount of Consolidated Interest Expense of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries for
the period from and after the first day of the fiscal quarter during which the Acquisition Closing
Date occurs, to the end of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the proposed Restricted
Payment.
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“Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any period, such
Person’s ratio of (1) Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of the date of calculation (the
“Determination Date”) to (2) the Consolidated EBITDA for the four full consecutive fiscal quarters
immediately preceding such Determination Date for which financial information is available (the
“Measurement Period”). In the event that Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs, assumes,
guarantees or redeems any Indebtedness or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or preferred stock
subsequent to the commencement of the Measurement Period for which the Debt to Consolidated EBITDA
Ratio is being calculated but prior to the Determination Date, then the Debt to Consolidated EBITDA
Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee or
redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock
and the application of the net proceeds thereof, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of
the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions,
dispositions, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with
GAAP) that have been made by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary during the four-quarter
reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with
the Determination Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments,
acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (and the change in any
associated obligations and the change in Consolidated EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on
the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any
Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into Holdings or any
Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall have made any Investment,
acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or disposed operation that would have required
adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be
calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition,
disposition, merger, consolidation or disposed operation had occurred at the beginning of the
applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction,
the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting
officer of the Issuer or Holdings. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is
being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate
in effect on the Determination Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into
account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness). Interest on a Capitalized Lease
Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible
financial or accounting officer of the Issuer or Holdings to be the rate of interest implicit in
such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation
referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro
forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the
applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that 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
rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based
upon such optional rate chosen as the Issuer or Holdings may designate.
“Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both
would be, an Event of Default.
“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 306(b) of this Indenture.
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“Delayed Draw Senior Secured Term Loan B Facility” means the US$150 million Delayed Draw
Senior Secured Term Loan B Facility portion of the Senior Credit Facilities.
“Depositary” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.
“Designated Noncash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration
received by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so
designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, setting forth
the basis of such valuation, executed by an executive vice president and the principal financial
officer of the Issuer or Holdings, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in
connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Noncash Consideration.
“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person
which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it
is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily
redeemable, other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale, pursuant to a sinking fund
obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, other than as a
result of a change of control or asset sale, in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date 91
days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer
outstanding; provided, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of
employees of Holdings or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock
shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by
Holdings or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.
“EMU” means economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.
“Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire
Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for,
Capital Stock.
“Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of common stock or preferred stock of
Holdings or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (excluding Disqualified Stock), other
than
(1) public offerings with respect to Holdings or any direct or indirect parent
company’s common stock registered on Form S-8 (or the equivalent thereof) and
(2) any public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution.
“euro” means the single currency of participating member states of the EMU.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501 of this Indenture.
“Event of Loss” has the meaning specified in Section 1007 of this Indenture.
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“Event of Loss Proceeds” means, with respect to any Event of Loss, all Satellite insurance
proceeds received by Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Event
of Loss, after
(1) provision for all income or other taxes measured by or resulting from such Event of
Loss,
(2) payment of all reasonable legal, accounting and other reasonable fees and expenses
related to such Event of Loss,
(3) payment of amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured
by a Lien on the Satellite that is the subject of such Event of Loss,
(4) provision for payments to Persons who own an interest in the Satellite (including
any transponder thereon) in accordance with terms of the agreement(s) governing the
ownership of such interest by such Person (other than payments to insurance carriers
required to be made based on the future revenues generated from such Satellite), and
(5) deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by Holdings or such Restricted
Subsidiary as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with
the Satellite that was the subject of the Event of Loss.
“Excess Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 1018 of this Indenture.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“Exchange Notes” has the meaning specified in the first recital of this Indenture. Unless the
context otherwise requires, all references to the Exchange Notes shall include 11.0% Senior
Exchange Notes Due 2015 issued in exchange for any Additional Notes.
“Exchange Offer” means the Exchange Offer as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Exchange Offer Registration Statement” means the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Excluded Contribution” means net cash proceeds, marketable securities or Qualified Proceeds
received by Holdings from:
(a) contributions to its common equity capital, and
(b) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of Holdings or to any management equity plan
or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of
Holdings) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of Holdings,
in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate executed by
an executive vice president and the principal financial officer of the Issuer or Holdings on the
date such
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capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be,
which are excluded from the calculation set forth in the definition of the term “Cumulative
Credit”.
“Excluded Satellites” shall mean (a) the Satellites owned by Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries commonly referred to as Skynet EDS, Telesat Anik F1, Nimiq 2 and the transponders for
which Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries have a right to use on Satmex 5, (b) the Satellites
leased by Holdings and its Subsidiaries commonly referred to as Nimiq 3 and Nimiq 4iR, (c) any
other Satellite other than a Named Satellite that (i) is not expected or intended, in the good
faith determination of the Board of Directors of the Issuer and/or Holdings and evidenced by a
Board Resolution delivered to the Trustee, to earn future revenues from the operation of such
Satellite in excess of US$25.0 million in any fiscal year and (ii) has a book value of less than
$50.0 million, (d) any other Satellite, other than a Named Satellite, with one year or less of
in-orbit life remaining (it being understood and agreed that such Satellite shall be deemed to have
“in-orbit life” only for so long as it is maintained in station kept orbit) and (e) any other
Satellite designated as an Excluded Satellite by the Board of Directors of the Issuer and/or
Holdings and evidenced by a Board Resolution delivered to the Trustee if the Board of Directors of
the Issuer and/or Holdings determines in good faith that (i)(A) such Satellite’s performance and/or
operating status has been adversely affected by anomalies or component exclusions and Holdings and
its Restricted Subsidiaries are unlikely to receive insurance proceeds from a future failure
thereof or (B) there are systemic failures or anomalies applicable to Satellites of the same model
and (ii) Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries are unlikely to obtain usual and customary
coverage in the satellite insurance market for the Satellite at a premium amount that is, and on
other terms and conditions that are, commercially reasonable despite commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain such coverage (including efforts to minimize the exclusions and insurance
deductibles, subject to usual and customary exclusions consistent with the anomalies and/or
operating status of the Satellite).
“Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of Holdings or the Restricted Subsidiaries in
existence on the Issue Date, plus interest accruing thereon.
“FCC” means the Federal Communications Commission or any governmental authority in the United
States substituted therefor.
“FCC Licenses” shall mean all authorizations, orders, licenses and permits issued by the FCC
to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, under which Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries is
authorized to launch and operate any of its Satellites or to operate any of its transmit only,
receive only or transmit and receive earth stations.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such
Person that is not organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof,
the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof, or the laws of Canada or any province or
territory thereof.
“Funding Guarantor” has the meaning specified in Section 1205 of this Indenture.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in Canada which are in effect on the
Issue Date.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean any federal, state, provincial, local or foreign court or
tribunal or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body.
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“Government Securities” means securities that are:
(a) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which
its full faith and credit is pledged, or
(b) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of
America,
which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuers thereof, and
shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment
of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the
account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such
custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such
depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government
Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities
evidenced by such depository receipt.
“guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for
collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including
letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any
Indebtedness or other obligations.
“Guarantee” means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Co-Issuers’ obligations under the
Notes and this Indenture.
“Guarantor” means Holdings and each Subsidiary that executes a Guarantee.
“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under
any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement,
foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or similar agreement providing for the transfer
or mitigation of interest rate or currency risks either generally or under specific contingencies.
“Holder” means, at any time, a Person in whose name a note is at such time registered on the
Note Registrar’s books.
“Holding PIK Preferred Stock” means preferred equity securities of Holdings issued on the
Acquisition Closing Date to fund a portion of the Transactions, on the terms described under
Section 1010 hereof, and additional preferred equity of the same class and series issued as
pay-in-kind dividends thereon in accordance with the terms thereof as in effect on the Acquisition
Closing Date and preferred equity issued to refinance any of the same in accordance with clause
(i)(c) of the last paragraph of Section 1010.
“incur” has the meaning specified in Section 1011 of this Indenture.
“incurrence” has the meaning specified in Section 1011 of this Indenture.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person,
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(1) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not
contingent:
(a) in respect of borrowed money;
(b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of
credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without double counting, reimbursement
agreements in respect thereof);
(c) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any
property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) and the present value (discounted
at the interest rate borne by the Notes, compounded annually) of total obligations
of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in
any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction (including any period for which such lease has
been extended)), except any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar
obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of
business; or
(d) representing any Hedging Obligations,
if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit
and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the
footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(2) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable
for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred
to in clause (1) of another Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance
sheet of the such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments
for collection in the ordinary course of business; and
(3) to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of another Person secured by a
Lien on any asset owned by such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such
Person; provided that the Lien granted on certain transponders pursuant to the APT Security
Agreement shall not be deemed to result in any Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary;
provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include
(A) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business; (B) deferred or prepaid
revenues; (C) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to
satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller; (D) any obligations to
make progress or incentive payments under Satellite Purchase Agreements and Launch Services
Agreements, in each case, to the extent not overdue by more than 90 days; and (E) any obligations
in respect of the T10R Saleleaseback.
“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this Indenture and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be part of
and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively.
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“Independent Director” means, with respect to the Board of Directors of Holdings, a member of
such board who is not an officer, director, employee or appointee of Loral Space & Communications
Inc. or its Affiliates (other than Holdings and its Subsidiaries).
“Industry Canada” shall mean Industry Canada or any successor department of the Government of
Canada substituted therefor.
“Industry Canada Authorizations” shall mean all authorizations, orders, licenses and
exemptions issued by Industry Canada to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, pursuant to authority
under the Radiocommunication Act or the Telecommunications Act, as amended, under which Holdings or
any of its Subsidiaries is authorized to launch and operate any of its Satellites or to operate any
of its transmit only, receive only or transmit and receive earth stations or any ancillary
terrestrial communications facilities.
“Initial Notes” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture.
“Initial Purchasers” means Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, UBS Securities LLC, X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and Xxxxxxxxx & Company, Inc.
“In-Orbit Insurance” shall mean, with respect to any Satellite, insurance for risks of loss of
and damage to such Satellite attaching upon the expiration of the Launch Insurance therefor and
renewing, during the commercial in-orbit service of such Satellite, prior to the expiration of the
immediately preceding corresponding In-Orbit Insurance policy, subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Indenture.
“In-Orbit Spare Capacity” shall mean the C-band payload of a satellite with in-orbit
replacement capacity that:
(a) is available in the event of a Covered Satellite loss or failure in order to
restore C-band service on the Covered Satellite;
(b) meets or exceeds the contractual performance specifications for the C-band payload
being protected; and
(c) may be provided directly by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary or by another
satellite operator pursuant to a contractual arrangement;
provided that no Satellite or satellite being used to provide “In-Orbit Spare Capacity” with
respect to a Covered Satellite may itself qualify as In-Orbit Spare Capacity.
“Interest Payment Date” means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on the Notes.
“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by
Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.
“Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other
Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital
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contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to customers, commission,
travel and similar advances to officers and employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of
business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or
other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be
classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of Holdings in the same manner as the
other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer
of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section
1010,
(1) “Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to Holdings’ equity interest
in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of Holdings
at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than the
deemed designation of The Access Centre LLC and The SpaceConnection, Inc. as Unrestricted
Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date in accordance with the last sentence of the definition of
“Unrestricted Subsidiary”); provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary
as a Restricted Subsidiary, Holdings shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent
“Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to:
(x) Holdings’ “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation
less
(y) the portion (proportionate to Holdings’ equity interest in such Subsidiary)
of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such
redesignation; and
(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at
its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith
by the Board of Directors of Holdings.
“Issue Date” means
.
“Issuer” means the Person named as the “Issuer” in the first paragraph of this Indenture,
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Issuer” shall mean such successor Person.
“Launch” shall mean, with respect to any Satellite, the point in time before lift-off of such
Satellite at which risk of loss of such Satellite passes to the applicable Satellite Purchaser
under the terms of the applicable Satellite Purchase Agreement, unless risk of loss thereunder is
to pass to such Satellite Purchaser after lift-off, in which case “Launch” shall mean the
intentional ignition of the first stage engines of the launch vehicle that has been integrated with
such Satellite.
“Launch Insurance” shall mean, with respect to any Satellite, insurance for risks of loss of
and damage to such Satellite attaching not later than the time of Launch and continuing at least
until the successful or unsuccessful attempt to achieve physical separation of such Satellite from
the launch vehicle that had been integrated with such Satellite.
“Launch Services Agreement” shall mean, with respect to any Satellite, the agreement between
the applicable Satellite Purchaser and the applicable Launch Services Provider relating to the
launch of such Satellite.
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“Launch Services Provider” shall mean, with respect to any Satellite, the provider of launch
services for such Satellite pursuant to the terms of the Launch Services Agreement related thereto.
“Legal Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1302 of this Indenture.
“
Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in
New York
City or Toronto are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, hypothec, charge,
security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed,
recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give
a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the
Uniform Commercial Code or Personal Property Security Act (or equivalent statutes) of any
jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall any lease (other than a Capitalized Lease Obligation)
entered into in the ordinary course of business be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“Letter of Transmittal” means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Company and sent
to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.
“Material Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary (a) whose
total assets at the last day for which financial statements are available were equal to or greater
than 2.5% of the consolidated total assets of Holdings and its consolidated subsidiaries at such
date or (b) whose gross revenues for the most recently ended four quarter period for which
financial statements are available were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the consolidated gross
revenues of Holdings and its consolidated subsidiaries for such period.
“Mezzanine Securities” shall mean junior subordinated promissory notes in the form attached to
the Senior Credit Facilities as in effect on the Acquisition Closing Date and as described in the
Offering Memorandum under “Related Party Transactions—Transaction Agreements—Consulting Services
Agreement.”
“Minority Investment” shall mean any Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which Holdings or any
Restricted Subsidiary owns capital stock or other equity interests.
“Maturity”, when used with respect to any Note, means the date on which the principal of such
Note or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether
at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption or otherwise.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency
business.
“Named Satellites” shall mean the Satellites commonly referred to as Nimiq 1, Anik F1R, Anik
F2, Anik F3, Telstar 11N (following its successful launch and the expiry of its applicable Launch
Insurance), Telstar 12, Nimiq 4 (following its successful launch and the expiry of its applicable
Launch Insurance) and Nimiq 5 (following its successful launch and the expiry of its applicable
Launch Insurance).
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“Nationally Recognized Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal,
investment banking firm or consultant of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith
judgment of the Issuer, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.
“Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person,
determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary in respect of any Asset Sale, including any cash received upon the sale or other
disposition of any Designated Noncash Consideration received in any Asset Sale, net of the direct
costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Noncash
Consideration, including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales
commissions, any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a
result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax
sharing arrangements), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium, if
any, and interest on Pari Passu Indebtedness required (other than required by clause (1) of the
second paragraph of Section 1018) to be paid as a result of such transaction and any deduction of
appropriate amounts to be provided by Holdings as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any
liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Holdings
after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, pension and other post-employment benefit
liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification
obligations associated with such transaction.
“Nimiq 1” shall mean the A2100 AX (Lockheed Xxxxxx) Satellite with an expected end of
commercial service life of 2024.
“Nimiq 2” shall mean the A2100 AX (Lockheed Xxxxxx) Satellite with an expected end of
commercial service life of 2023.
“Nimiq 3” shall mean the BSS601 (Boeing) Satellite with an expected end of commercial service
life of July 2010.
“Nimiq 4” shall mean the E-3000 (XXXX Astrium) Satellite currently under construction.
“Nimiq 4iR” shall mean the BSS601 (Boeing) Satellite with an expected end of commercial
service life of June 2009.
“Nimiq 5” shall mean the SS/L 1300 Satellite currently under construction.
“Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
“Note Register” and “Note Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 304.
“Notes” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly
means any Notes authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. The Initial Notes and the
Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes of this Indenture, and unless
the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes, any
Additional Notes and the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes and any Additional
Notes.
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“Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements
(including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and banker’s acceptances),
damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, penalties,
fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the
documentation governing any Indebtedness.
“Offering Memorandum” shall mean the Offering Memorandum, dated June [ ], 2008, relating to
the sale of the Initial Notes.
“Officer” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or
the Secretary of the Issuer or Holdings, or if acting in connection with the Co-Issuer, the
Co-Issuer.
“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers of the Issuer, Co-Issuer or
Holdings, as applicable, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal
financial officer, or the principal accounting officer of the Issuer, Co-Issuer or Holdings, as
applicable, that meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture and is delivered to the
Trustee.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who may be an employee of or
counsel to the Issuer or Holdings.
“Outstanding”, when used with respect to Notes, means, as of the date of determination, all
Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(1) Notes theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(2) Notes, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary
amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than
Holdings) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by Holdings (if Holdings shall act
as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Notes; provided that, if such Notes are to
be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or
provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(3) Notes, except to the extent provided in Sections 1302 and 1303, with respect to
which Holdings has effected Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as provided in Article
Thirteen; and
(4) Notes which have been paid pursuant to Section 305 or in exchange for or in lieu of
which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other
than any such Notes in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Notes are held by a Protected Purchaser in whose hands the
Notes are valid obligations of Holdings;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, consent, notice or
waiver hereunder, and for the purpose of making the calculations required by TIA Section 313, Notes
owned
by the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or such other
obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether
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the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes which a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
“Pari Passu Indebtedness” means with respect to any Person:
(1) Indebtedness of such Person, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter
incurred; and
(2) all other Obligations of such Person (including interest accruing on or after the
filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to such Person whether
or not post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding) in respect of Indebtedness
described in clause (1) above,
unless, in the case of clauses (1) and (2) above, in the instrument creating or evidencing the same
or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such Indebtedness or other
Obligations are subordinate in right of payment to the Notes or the Guarantee of such Person, as
the case may be; provided, however, that Pari Passu Indebtedness shall not include:
(A) any obligation of such Person to Holdings or any Subsidiary;
(B) any liability for Federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such
Person;
(C) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary
course of business; or
(D) any Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior
in any respect to any other Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person.
“Paying Agent” means any Person (including the Issuer acting as Paying Agent) authorized by
the Issuer to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Notes on behalf of the
Issuer.
“Permitted Asset Swap” means the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business
Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between Holdings or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person.
“Permitted Business” means the business engaged in by Holdings and its Subsidiaries on the
Issue Date and businesses that are reasonably related thereto or reasonable extensions thereof.
“Permitted Debt” has the meaning set forth under Section 1011 of this Indenture.
“Permitted Holders” means (i) each of Loral Space & Communications Inc., the Public Sector
Pension Investment Board, a Canadian Federal Special Act corporation, and MHR Fund Management LLC
and their respective Affiliates (other than portfolio companies of any of the same) and members of
management of Holdings who are shareholders of Holdings on the Issue Date and (ii) any Specified
FSS Operator; provided, that a Rating Decline shall not have occurred in connection
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with the transaction (including any incurrence of indebtedness used to finance the acquisition
thereof) involving such Specified FSS Operator that would have resulted in a Change of Control (but
for this clause (ii)) and provided, further, that the notice referred to in the definition of
Rating Decline has been given to each of the Rating Agencies.
“Permitted Investments” means:
(a) any Investment in (x) Holdings or any Guarantor or (y) in a Restricted Subsidiary
that is not a Guarantor, in the case of this clause (y) in an aggregate amount since the
Acquisition Closing Date not to exceed the greater of US$175.0 million and 3.0% of Total
Assets;
(b) any Investment in cash and Cash Equivalents;
(c) any Investment by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings in a Person
that is engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment:
(1) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or
(2) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is
merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys
substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, Holdings or a Restricted
Subsidiary;
(d) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash or Cash
Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to Section 1018, or
any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(e) any Investment existing on the Issue Date;
(f) any Investment acquired by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary
(1) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by
Holdings or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a
bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of Holdings or such
Restricted Subsidiary of such other Investment or accounts receivable or
(2) as a result of a foreclosure by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary with
respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any
secured Investment in default;
(g) Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (j) of the second paragraph of Section
1011;
(h) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of Holdings, or any
of its direct or indirect parent companies (exclusive of Disqualified Stock); provided,
however, that such Equity Interests shall not increase the amount available for Restricted
Payments under the calculation set forth in the definition of the term “Cumulative Credit”;
(i) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 1011;
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(j) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an investment that is permitted and
made in accordance with the second paragraph of Section 1013 (except transactions described
in clauses (2) and (4) of the second paragraph of Section 1013);
(k) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies,
material or equipment;
(l) if no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, additional
Investments having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments
made pursuant to this clause (l) (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable
securities), not to exceed since the Acquisition Closing Date the greater of US$125.0
million and 2.50% of Total Assets (with the fair market value of each Investment being
measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);
(m) advances to employees not in excess of US$10.0 million outstanding at any one time,
in the aggregate;
(n) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees for business-related travel
expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary
course of business;
(o) amounts owed by XTAR for which Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries has agreed
to defer receipt of payment in an aggregate amount since the Acquisition Closing Date not to
exceed US$5.0 million; and
(p) Investments in Subsidiaries of Holdings in Hong Kong not to exceed since the
Acquisition Closing Date US$275.0 million plus any Third Party Indemnity Payment in the
aggregate at any time outstanding for the purpose of enabling such Subsidiaries to acquire,
construct, launch and insure the replacement satellite to the satellite known as Telstar 10,
to operate Telstar 10 and such replacement satellite and to pay taxes, provided that while
such Investments are outstanding, such Subsidiaries shall not incur or permit to exist any
Indebtedness other than the T10R Sale Leaseback and any Capitalized Lease Obligations
relating to such replacement satellite.
“Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:
(1) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment
insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids,
tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such
Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or
deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such
Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the
payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(2) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, in
each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with
respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings
for review;
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(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due or payable
or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(4) Liens in favor of issuers of performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or with
respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit issued pursuant to the request
of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;
(5) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or
rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and
telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of
real properties or Liens incidental, to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the
ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and
which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or
materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(6) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (a), (d) or
(m) of the definition of Permitted Debt; provided that in the case of such clause (d) or (m)
such Liens shall not extend to any assets other than the specified asset being financed (and
insurance proceeds related thereto) and additions and improvements thereon;
(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date;
(8) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary; provided, however, such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or
in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a subsidiary; provided, further,
however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by Holdings or any
Restricted Subsidiary;
(9) Liens on property at the time Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the
property, including any acquisition by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with
or into Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens are not
created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided,
further, however, that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by Holdings or
any Restricted Subsidiary;
(10) Liens placed upon the capital stock of any Restricted Subsidiary acquired in an
acquisition or similar transaction permitted by this Indenture to secure Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to clause (o)(y) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” and/or Liens placed
upon the assets of any such Restricted Subsidiary so acquired to secure a guarantee by such
Restricted Subsidiary of any such Indebtedness of Holdings or any other Restricted
Subsidiary;
(11) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing
to Holdings or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred in accordance with
Section 1011 hereof;
(12) Liens securing Hedging Obligations (including Liens in favor of a counterparty to
a swap or similar agreement on Holdings’ or any Restricted Subsidiary’s rights under
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such agreement) and Cash Management Services, in each case so long as the related
Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred under this Indenture;
(13) Liens on 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;
(14) leases and subleases of real property which do not materially interfere with the
ordinary conduct of the business of Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(15) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code or Personal Property Security Act
financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by Holdings and its
Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(16) Liens (including Liens in connection with Sale and Lease-Back Transactions) in
favor of Holdings or any Guarantor;
(17) Liens on equipment of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the
ordinary course of business to a client of Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary at which such
equipment is located;
(18) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or
successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in
part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7),
(8), (9), (10), (11), (12) and (16); provided, however, that (x) such new Lien shall be
limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus
improvements on such property), and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time
is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount
or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (6), (7), (8),
(9), (10), (11), (12) and (16) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under
this Indenture, and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including
premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;
(19) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance
carriers;
(20) reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions expressed in any original grant
from the Canadian Crown or other grants of real or immovable property, or interests therein;
(21) the right reserved to or vested in any governmental authority by the terms of any
lease, license, franchise, grant or permit acquired by Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or by any statutory provision to terminate any such lease, license, franchise,
grant or permit, or to require annual or other payments as a condition to the continuance
thereof;
(22) security given to a public utility or any governmental authority when required by
such utility or authority in connection with the operations of Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its business;
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(23) subdivision agreements, site plan control agreements, development agreements,
servicing agreements, cost sharing, reciprocal and other similar agreements with municipal
and other governmental authorities affecting the development, servicing or use of a
property, provided the same are complied with in all material respects;
(24) facility cost sharing, servicing, reciprocal or other similar agreements related
to the use and/or operation of a property in the ordinary course of business, provided the
same are complied with in all material respects;
(25) Liens in favor of customers on Satellites or portions thereof (including insurance
proceeds relating thereto) or the satellite construction or acquisition agreement being
relating thereto in the event such Satellites or portions thereof are being constructed or
acquired at the request of one or more customers to secure repayment of such deposits and
related amounts;
(26) restrictions in condosat agreements relating to transponders that restrict sales,
dispositions, leases or security interests on satellites to any third party purchaser,
lessee or secured party unless such purchaser or lessee of such satellite agrees to (or, in
the case of a security interest in such satellite, the secured party agrees pursuant to a
non-disturbance agreement that in connection with the enforcement of any such security
interest or the realization upon any such security interest, such secured party agrees that,
prior to or concurrently with the transfer becoming effective, the person to whom the
satellite bus shall be transferred shall agree that such transferee shall) be subject to the
terms of the applicable condosat agreement and provided that Holdings and/or the applicable
Restricted Subsidiaries shall have used their commercially reasonable efforts in negotiating
such condosat agreements so that such agreements do not contain such restrictions;
(27) deemed trusts created by operation of law in respect of amounts which are (i) not
yet due and payable, (ii) immaterial, (iii) being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP or
(iv) have not been paid due to inadvertence after exercising due diligence;
(28) Liens in respect of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by the “Limitation
on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions” covenant with respect to assets with a fair market
value of not more than US$325.0 in the aggregate; and
(29) other Liens so long as the aggregate principal amount of the obligations so
secured does not exceed US$75.0 million at any one time outstanding.
For purposes of this definition, the term “Indebtedness” shall be deemed to include interest
on such Indebtedness.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
“Personal Property Security Act” means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) and any
successor or replacement legislation thereto.
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“Predecessor Note” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a
portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 305 in exchange for a mutilated Note
or in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.
“preferred stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends
or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.
“Protected Purchaser” has the meaning specified in Section 305 of this Indenture.
“Qualified Proceeds” means assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person
engaged in, a Similar Business; provided that the fair market value of any such assets or Capital
Stock shall be determined by the Board of Directors of Holdings in good faith.
“Rating Agency” mean Xxxxx’x and S&P or if Xxxxx’x or S&P or both shall not make a rating on
the Notes (or the applicable security) publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical
rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Issuer (in the case of the Notes, as
certified by a Board Resolution) which shall be substituted for Xxxxx’x or S&P or both, as the case
may be.
“Rating Decline” means the occurrence on any date from and after the date of the public notice
by Holdings, the Issuer or another Person seeking to effect a transaction that would be a Change
in Control (but for clause (ii) of the definition of Permitted Holders) or an arrangement that, in
the good faith judgment of the Issuer, would be expected to result in a Change of Control (but for
clause (ii) of the definition of Permitted Holders) until the end of the 30-day period following
such public notice or the abandonment of the proposed transaction (which period shall be extended
so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade
by any Rating Agency) of: (1) a decline in the rating of the Notes by any Rating Agency by at
least one notch in the gradation of the rating scale (e.g.,
+ or - for S&P or 1, 2 and 3 for
Xxxxx’x) or of the credit outlook with respect thereto from such Rating Agency’s rating of the
Notes; or (2) withdrawal by any Rating Agency of such Rating Agency’s rating of the Notes.
“Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, in whole or in part,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the price at
which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Refinancing Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in Section 1011 of this Indenture.
“Refunding Capital Stock” has the meaning specified in Section 1010 of this Indenture.
“Registration Rights Agreement” means (i) the Registration Rights Agreement related to the
Notes dated as of the Issue Date, among the Co-Issuers, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers and (ii) any other registration rights agreement entered into in connection with the
issuance of Additional Notes in a private offering by the Co-Issuers after the Issue Date.
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“Regular Record Date” has the meaning specified in Section 301 of this Indenture.
“Related Business Assets” means assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in
a Similar Business, provided that any assets received by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary in
exchange for assets transferred by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be
Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the
securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.
“Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer assigned to the
Corporate Trust Division — Corporate Finance Unit (or any successor division or unit) of the
Trustee located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, who shall have direct responsibility
for the administration of this Indenture, and for the purposes of Section 601(c)(2) and Section 602
shall also include any other officer of the Trustee to whom any corporate trust matter is referred
because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“Restricted Payments” has the meaning specified in Section 1010 of this Indenture.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any time, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of Holdings
(including any Foreign Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however,
that upon the occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary,
such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “Restricted Subsidiary”.
“Retired Capital Stock” has the meaning specified in Section 1010 of this Indenture.
“Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction” has the meaning specified in Section 1023 of this Indenture.
“S&P” means Standard and Poor’s, a division of the XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., and any
successor to its rating agency business.
“Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person providing for the
leasing by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of any real or tangible personal property, which
property has been or is to be sold or transferred by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary to such
Person in contemplation of such leasing.
“Satellite” means any satellite owned by, leased to or for which a contract to purchase has
been entered into by, Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, whether such satellite is in the process
of manufacture, has been delivered for launch or is in orbit (whether or not in operational
service).
“Satellite Construction and Acquisition” means the construction, acquisition and installation
with respect to up to four new Satellites since the Acquisition Closing Date (including
replacements of existing Satellites), which, without limitation, may include Satellites acquired
pursuant to “condosat” transactions.
“Satellite Manufacturer” means, with respect to any Satellite, the prime contractor and
manufacturer of such Satellite.
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“Satellite Purchase Agreement” means, with respect to any Satellite, the agreement between the
applicable Satellite Purchaser and either (i) the applicable Satellite Manufacturer relating to the
manufacture, testing and delivery of such Satellite or (ii) the applicable seller relating to the
purchase and sale of such Satellite.
“Satellite Purchaser” means Holdings or Restricted Subsidiary that is a party to a Satellite
Purchase Agreement or Launch Services Agreement, as the case may be.
“Satmex 5” shall mean the BSS601 HP (Boeing Satellite Systems) known as Satmex 5 on which
Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries have a right to use transponders.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created
under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is
not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the
body performing such duties at such time.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder.
“Senior Credit Facilities” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of the Acquisition Closing
Date, among Holdings, the Restricted Subsidiaries, the lenders party thereto in their capacities as
lenders thereunder, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent, UBS Securities
LLC, as Syndication Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., The Bank of Nova Scotia and Citibank,
N.A., Canadian Branch, as Co-Documentation Agents, and the other arrangers and agents set forth
therein, including any guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in
connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals,
restatements or refundings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper
facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors that replace, refund or refinance
any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such
replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount borrowable
thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted
under Section 1011).
“Senior Subordinated Bridge Loan Agreement” means that Senior Subordinated Bridge Loan
Agreement, dated as of the Acquisition Closing Date, among Holdings, the Issuer, the guarantors
named therein, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., as
administrative agent, UBS Securities LLC, as syndication agent, the other agents and arrangers
party thereto, including the guarantees, instruments and agreements executed in connection
therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements
thereof.
“Senior Subordinated Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of the Issue Date as described in
the Offering Memorandum under “Description of the Senior Subordinated Notes”, and any amendments or
supplements thereto.
“Senior Subordinated Notes” means the senior subordinated notes issued on the Issue Date under
the Senior Subordinated Indenture.
“Shelf Registration Statement” means the shelf registration statement as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
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“Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant
subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-002 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the
Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the date hereof.
“Similar Business” means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by Holdings and
its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related,
incidental or ancillary thereto.
“Skynet” means Loral Skynet Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Skynet Contribution Documents” shall mean the Asset Transfer Agreement, Asset Purchase
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreement, collectively.
“Special Interest” means additional interest or other similar liquidated damages (however
designated) due under a Registration Rights Agreement.
“Specified FSS Operators” means each of Intelsat, Ltd., SES Global and Eutelsat Communications
and any successor entities of each of the foregoing.
“Special Interest” means all liquidated damages then owing pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“Special Interest Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 1019 hereof.
“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 306.
“SSL” means Space Systems/Loral, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any of its successors.
“Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Note or any installment of principal thereof
or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Notes as the fixed date on which the
principal of such Notes or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” means:
(1) with respect to any Co-Issuer, any Indebtedness of such Co-Issuer which is by its
terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and
(2) with respect to any Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Guarantor which is by its
terms subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such Guarantor.
”Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person,
(1) any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership,
joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the
total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of
any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at
the time of de-
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termination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more
of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof and
(2) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of
which:
(x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity
and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the
other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of
membership, general, special or limited partnership or otherwise, and
(y) such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling
general partner or otherwise controls such entity.
“Successor Company” has the meaning specified in Section 801 of this Indenture.
“Successor Person” has the meaning specified in Section 802 of this Indenture.
“Tax” shall mean any tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge
(including penalties, interest and any other liabilities related thereto).
“Taxing Authority” shall mean any government or political subdivision or territory or
possession of any government or any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax.
“Telesat Anik F1” shall mean the BSS702 (Boeing) Satellite with an expected end of commercial
service life of 2013.
“Telesat Headquarters Sale” means the sale by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary, and the
lease by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary, each on terms that are fair to Holdings and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, of the corporate headquarters building of the Issuer located at 1600
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0.
“The Access Centre LLC” means The Access Centre LLC, a limited liability company organized
under the laws of Florida, and its successors.
“The SpaceConnection, Inc.” means The SpaceConnection, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and its
successors.
“Third Party Indemnity Payment” means indemnity payments to Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries by third parties in relation to taxes of Subsidiaries of Holdings in Hong Kong.
“Third Party Launch Liability Insurance” means insurance for legal liability for property loss
or damage and bodily injury caused by any Satellite or the launch vehicle used to launch such
Satellite and procured by the Launch Services Provider with respect to such Satellite in accordance
with the terms of the related Launch Services Agreement.
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“Total Assets” means the total assets of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on
the most recent balance sheet of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries provided to the Trustee
and Holders.
“Transaction Documents” means the Acquisition Documents and the Skynet Contribution Documents.
“Transaction Expenses” means any fees and expenses incurred or paid by Holdings or its
Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions (it being understood that the “true-up payments”
contemplated by the Ancillary Agreement are not included in such amounts).
“Transactions” means the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the
financing transactions in connection therewith as described in the Offering Memorandum under the
heading “The Transactions”.
“Treasury Rate” means, as of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption
date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in
the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) that has become publicly available at
least two Business Days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer
published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period
from the redemption date to the First Call Date; provided, however, that if the period from the
redemption date to the First Call Date, is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually
traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.
“Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date
as of which this Indenture was executed, except as provided in Section 905.
“
Trustee” means The Bank of
New York, a
New York banking corporation, until a successor
replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
“T10R Sale Leaseback” shall mean a Sale and Lease-back Transaction relating to the replacement
satellite to Telstar 10 pursuant to Sections 9.9 and 9.10 of that certain Lease Agreement dated
August 18, 1999 by and between LAPS(HK) and APT Satellite Company Limited as described in the
Offering Memorandum under “Our Business—In Orbit Satellites—In Orbit Owned Satellites—Telstar
10.”
“
Uniform Commercial Code” means the
New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to
time.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:
(1) any Subsidiary of Holdings (other than any Co-Issuer and Intermediate Holdco which
at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Board of
Directors of Holdings, as provided below), and
(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Board of Directors of Holdings may designate any Subsidiary of Holdings (including any
existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unre-
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stricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity
Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any lien on, any property of, Holdings, the Issuer
or any of their Subsidiaries (other than any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated),
provided that
(a) any Unrestricted Subsidiary must be an entity of which shares of the Capital Stock
or other equity interests (including partnership interests) entitled to cast at least a
majority of the votes that may be cast by all shares or equity interests having ordinary
voting power for the election of directors or other governing body are owned, directly or
indirectly, by Holdings,
(b) such designation complies with Section 1010, and
(c) each of
(1) the Subsidiary to be so designated and
(2) 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 Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary.
The Board of Directors of Holdings may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (1) immediately after giving effect to such designation no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (2) the Company could incur
at least US$1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio test
described under Section 1011(a).
Any such designation by the Board of Directors of Holdings shall be notified by the Issuer to
the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to
such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the
foregoing provisions.
Holdings shall be deemed to have designated, in compliance with this definition, The Access
Centre LLC and The SpaceConnection, Inc. as Unrestricted Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date.
“U.S. Person” means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities
Act.
“Vice President”, when used with respect to the Issuer, Holdings or the Trustee, means any
vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the
title “vice president”.
“Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at
the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person, provided,
however, that with respect to Holdings, the term “Voting Stock” shall not include preferred shares
of Holdings which have a nominal dividend and return of capital and vote only for the election of
directors, for so long as such shares are held and voted by directors nominated by a committee
consisting of
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Continuing Directors or by Public Sector Pension Investment Board or by Loral Space &
Communications Inc.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified
Stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to
the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption
or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock multiplied by
the amount of such payment, by
(2) the sum of all such payments.
“Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary that is a direct or
indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holdings.
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the
outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying
shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of
such Person.
SECTION
103. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or request by the
Co-Issuers to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the
Co-Issuers shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture (including any covenant compliance with which
constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if
any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to
which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture
relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 1008(a)) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein 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;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as
to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.
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SECTION
104. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several matters are
required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary
that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that
they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an
opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and
any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of Holdings, the Issuer or Co-Issuer, as the case may
be, may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon
which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion may be
based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of Holdings, the Issuer or Co-Issuer, as the case may
be, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of
Holdings, the Issuer or Co-Issuer, as the case may be, unless such counsel knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with
respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
SECTION
105. Acts of Holders .
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one
or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents
duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is
hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders
signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in
favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate
or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of authority. The fact and date of the
execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same,
may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The principal amount and serial numbers of Notes held by any Person, and the date of
holding the same, shall be proved by the Note Register.
(d) If the Issuer shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Issuer may, at its option, by or pursuant to a
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Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the
Issuer shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such record date
shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date
not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in
connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a record
date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of
business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether
Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that
purpose the Outstanding Notes shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such
authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective
unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than
eleven months after the record date. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same
Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the
Trustee, the Co-Issuers or any Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such
action is made upon such Note.
SECTION
106. Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company, Any Guarantor and Agent. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Co-Issuers or any Guarantor shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (which may be via
facsimile) to or with the Trustee at The Bank of
New York, 100 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Division — Corporate Finance Unit; or
(2) any of the Co-Issuers or any Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if made,
given, furnished or delivered in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or
delivered by recognized overnight courier, to the Issuer addressed to it at the address of
its principal office specified in the first paragraph, Attention: General Counsel, or at any
other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Issuer or such
Guarantor.
The Trustee shall have the right, but shall not be required, to rely upon and comply with
instructions and directions sent by e-mail, facsimile and other similar unsecured electronic
methods by persons believed by the Trustee to be authorized to give instructions and directions on
behalf of either of the Co-Issuers or any Guarantor. The Trustee shall have no duty or obligation
to verify or confirm that the person who sent such instructions or directions is, in fact, a person
authorized to give instructions or directions on behalf of the Co-Issuers or any Guarantor; and the
Trustee shall have no liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or
sustained by either of the Co-Issuers or any Guarantor as a result of such reliance upon or
compliance with such instructions or directions. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising
out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee,
including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the
risk of interception and misuse by third parties.
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SECTION 107. Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to
Holders by the Co-Issuers or the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise
herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder
affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Note Register, not later than the
latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In
any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any
defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Holders. Notices given by publication shall be deemed given on the
first date on which publication is made and notices given by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
shall be deemed given five calendar days after mailing.
In case by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service or by reason
of any other cause, it shall be impracticable to mail notice of any event to Holders when such
notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of
giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient
giving of such notice for every purpose hereunder.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing
by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver
shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein,
the Table of Contents and the reconciliation and tie between the TIA and this Indenture are for
convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not affect
the construction hereof.
SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns. All agreements of each of the Co-Issuers in this Indenture
and the Notes will bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this
Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind
its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 1208 hereof.
SECTION 110. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Note Registrar and
their successors hereunder and the Holders any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 112.
Governing Law. This Indenture, the Notes and any Guarantee shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York. This Indenture is subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of an Indenture qualified under
the TIA and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
SECTION 113. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or
Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Note shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any
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provision of this Indenture or of the Notes) payment of principal (or premium, if any) or
interest need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with
the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, or at the
Stated Maturity or Maturity; provided that no interest shall accrue for purposes of such payment
for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or
Maturity, as the case may be.
SECTION 114. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders. No
director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or any
Guarantor or any of their parent companies (other than the Issuer and the Guarantors) shall have
any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Guarantees
or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or
their creation to the extent permitted by applicable law. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives
and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance
of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities
laws and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.
SECTION 115. Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies
or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA,
the provision required by the TIA shall control as if this Indenture were qualified under the TIA.
If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the TIA that may be so
modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so
modified or excluded, as the case may be.
SECTION 116. Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.
SECTION 117. Regulatory Matters.
In connection with the exercise of remedies after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the
Holders and the Trustee agree that they will not take any action under this Indenture or the Notes
which would cause the Issuer to breach the “Canadian ownership and control rules” established under
Section 16 of the Telecommunications Act (Canada), as amended from time to time. The Issuer
agrees to take any action which any Holder or the Trustee may reasonably request in order to obtain
from the FCC, U.S. Department of Justice, Industry Canada, CRTC or any other applicable
Governmental Authority such approval as may be necessary to enable the Holders and the Trustee to
exercise the full rights and benefits granted to them pursuant to this Indenture.
Notwithstanding anything herein or the Notes to the contrary, prior to the occurrence of an
Event of Default and the consent of the FCC, U.S. Department of Justice, Industry Canada, CRTC and
of any other applicable Governmental Authority to the assignment or transfer of control of FCC
Licenses, Industry Canada Authorizations, CRTC approvals or other governmental permits, licenses,
or other authorizations, this Indenture, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do
not and will not constitute, create, or have the effect of constituting or creating directly or
indirectly, actual or practical ownership of any FCC Licenses, Industry Canada Authorizations, CRTC
approvals or other governmental permits, licenses or other authorizations by the Holders or the
Trustee or control, affirmative or negative, direct or indirect, by Holders or the Trustee over the
management or any other aspect of the operation of any FCC Licenses, Industry Canada
Authorizations, CRTC approvals or other governmental permits, licenses, or other authorizations.
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SECTION 118. Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdictions; Waiver of Immunities; Waiver of Jury
Trial.
By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, each of the Issuer, Co-Issuer and each
Guarantor (i) acknowledges that it has irrevocably designated and appointed CT Corporation System,
110 0xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 xs its authorized agent upon which process may
be served in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Notes, the Guarantees or this
Indenture that may be instituted in any federal or
New York state court located in The Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, or brought by the Trustee (whether in its individual capacity or
in its capacity as Trustee hereunder), (ii) irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction
of any such court in any such suit or proceeding, and (iii) agrees that service of process upon CT
Corporation System and written notice of said service to the Issuer (mailed or delivered to the
Issuer in accordance with Section 106, attention: General Counsel, at its principal office at 1600
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of
process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding. The Issuer, Co-Issuer and each Guarantors
each further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all
such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of
CT Corporation System in full force and effect so long as this Indenture shall be in full force and
effect.
To the extent that any of the Issuer, Co-Issuer or any Guarantor has or hereafter may acquire
any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of
notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with
respect to itself or its property, it hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its
obligations under this Indenture and the Note or Guarantees, as applicable, to the extent permitted
by law.
Each of the Issuer, Co-Issuer and each Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, any obligation that it may now or hereafter have to the laying
of venue of any such action, suit or proceeding in any such court or any appellate court with
respect thereto. Each of the Issuer, Co-Issuer and each Guarantor irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of any inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such
action, suit or proceeding in any such court.
EACH PARTY HERETO, AND EACH HOLDER OF A SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY WAIVES, TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT
OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
INDENTURE.
SECTION 119. Conversion of Currency.
(a) Each of the Issuer, Co-Issuer and each Guarantor covenants and agrees that the following
provisions shall apply to conversion of currency in the case of the Notes, Guarantees and this
Indenture:
(i) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in, or enforcing the judgment of, any
court in any country, it becomes necessary to convert into a currency (the “Judgment
Currency”) an amount due or contingently due in any other currency under the Notes of any
series and this Indenture (the “Base Currency”), then the conversion shall be made at the
rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day before the day on which a final
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judgment is given or the order of enforcement is made, as the case may be (unless a
court shall otherwise determine.
(ii) If there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Business Day
before the day on which the judgment referred to in (i) above is given or an order of
enforcement is made, as the case may be (or such other date as a court shall determine), and
the date of receipt of the amount due, the Issuer, Co-Issuer and Guarantors, as applicable,
shall pay such additional (or, as the case may be, such lesser) amount, if any, as may be
necessary so that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency when converted at the rate of
exchange prevailing on the date of receipt will produce the amount in the Base Currency
originally due.
(b) In the event of the winding-up of any of the Issuer, Co-Issuer or Guarantors at any time
while any amount or damages owing under the Notes, Guarantees and this Indenture, or any judgment
or order rendered in respect thereof, shall remain outstanding, the Co-Issuers and the Guarantors
shall indemnify and hold the Holders and the Trustee harmless against any deficiency arising or
resulting from any variation in rates of exchange between (1) the date as of which the equivalent
of the amount in the Base Currency due or contingently due under the Notes, Guarantees and this
Indenture (other than under this subsection (b)) is calculated for the purposes of such winding-up
and (2) the final date for the filing of proofs of claim in such winding-up. For the purpose of
this subsection (b) the final date for the filing of proofs of claim in the winding-up of any of
the Issuer, Co-Issuer or Guarantors shall be the date fixed by the liquidator or otherwise in
accordance with the relevant provisions of applicable law as being the latest practicable date as
at which liabilities of the Issuer, Co-Issuer or Guarantors, as applicable may be ascertained for
such winding-up prior to payment by the liquidator or otherwise in respect thereto.
(c) The obligations contained in subsections (a)(ii) and (b) of this Section 119 shall
constitute separate and independent obligations of the each of the Issuer, Co-Issuer and each
Guarantor from its other obligations under the Notes, Guarantees and this Indenture, shall give
rise to separate and independent causes of action against the Issuer, Co-Issuer or Guarantors, as
applicable, shall apply irrespective of any waiver or extension granted by any Holder or the
Trustee or either of them from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect
notwithstanding any judgment or order or the filing of any proof of claim in the winding-up of the
Issuer, Co-Issuer or Guarantors, as applicable, for a liquidated sum in respect of amounts due
hereunder (other than under Subsection (b) above) or under any such judgment or order. Any such
deficiency as aforesaid shall be deemed to constitute a loss suffered by the Holders or the
Trustee, as the case may be, and no proof or evidence of any actual loss shall be required by the
Issuer, Co-Issuer or Guarantors, as applicable or its liquidator. In the case of subsection (b)
above, the amount of such deficiency shall not be deemed to be increased or reduced by any
variation in rates of exchange occurring between the said final date and the date of any
liquidating distribution.
The term “rate(s) of exchange” shall mean the rate of exchange quoted by a Canadian chartered
bank as may be designated in writing by the Issuer to the Trustee from time to time, at its central
foreign exchange desk in its main office in Toronto at 12:00 noon (Toronto time) on the relevant
date for purchases of the Base Currency with the Judgment Currency and includes any premiums and
costs of exchange payable.
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ARTICLE TWO
NOTE FORMS
SECTION 201. Form and Dating. Provisions relating to the Initial Notes, the Private Exchange
Notes and the Exchange Notes are set forth in the Rule 144A / Regulation S / IAI Appendix attached
hereto (the “Appendix”) which is hereby incorporated in, and expressly made part of, this
Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 to the Appendix which is hereby incorporated in, and
expressly made a part of, this Indenture. The Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A,
which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Notes may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the
Co-Issuers are subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is
in a form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer). Each Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication. The terms of the Note set forth in the Appendix and Exhibit A are part of
the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 202. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Notes shall be executed on
behalf of the Co-Issuers by any two Officers of each Co-Issuer. The signature of any Officer on
the Notes may be manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such authorized
officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Notes.
Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the
proper officers of the Co-Issuers shall bind the Co-Issuers, notwithstanding that such individuals
or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of such Notes.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Co-Issuers may deliver Notes executed by the Co-Issuers to the Trustee for authentication, together
with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee in
accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Notes.
On the Issue Date, the Co-Issuers shall deliver the Initial Notes in the aggregate principal
amount of US$692,825,000 executed by the Co-Issuers to the Trustee for authentication, together
with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, directing the Trustee to
authenticate the Notes and an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel certifying that all
conditions precedent to the issuance of Notes contained herein have been fully complied with, and
the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Initial
Notes. At any time and from time to time after the Issue Date, the Co-Issuers may deliver
Additional Notes executed by the Co-Issuers to the Trustee for authentication, together with a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Additional Notes, directing the Trustee
to authenticate the Additional Notes and an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel certifying
that the issuance of such Additional Notes is in compliance with Article Ten hereof and that all
other conditions precedent to the issuance of Notes contained herein have been fully complied with,
and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such
Additional Notes. On Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate for original issue Exchange
Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed US$692,825,000 plus the aggregate principal
amount of any Additional Notes issued; provided that such Exchange Notes shall be issuable only
upon the valid surrender for cancellation of Initial Notes and any Additional Notes of a like
aggregate principal amount in accordance with an Exchange Offer
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pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Exchange Notes and an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel certifying that
all conditions precedent to the issuance of such Exchange Notes are complied with (including the
effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement related thereto). In each case, the
Trustee shall receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel of the Co-Issuers in
connection with such authentication of Notes. Such Company Order shall specify the amount of Notes
to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for
any purpose unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the
form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized
signatory, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence,
that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits
of this Indenture.
In case any of the Co-Issuers or any Guarantor, pursuant to Article Eight of this Indenture,
shall be consolidated or merged with or into any other Person or shall convey, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the
successor Person resulting from such consolidation, or surviving such merger, or into which such
Co-Issuer or such Guarantor shall have been merged, or the Person which shall have received a
conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition as aforesaid, shall have executed a supplemental
indenture hereto with the Trustee pursuant to Article Eight of this Indenture, any of the Notes
authenticated or delivered prior to such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, lease or
other disposition may, from time to time, at the request of the successor Person, be exchanged for
other Notes executed in the name of the successor Person with such changes in phraseology and form
as may be appropriate, but otherwise in substance of like tenor as the Notes surrendered for such
exchange and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon Company Request of the successor
Person, shall authenticate and deliver Notes as specified in such request for the purpose of such
exchange. If Notes shall at any time be authenticated and delivered in any new name of a successor
Person pursuant to this Section in exchange or substitution for or upon registration of transfer of
any Notes, such successor Person, at the option of the Holders but without expense to them, shall
provide for the exchange of all Notes at the time Outstanding for Notes authenticated and delivered
in such new name.
ARTICLE THREE
THE NOTES
SECTION 301. Title and Terms. The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated
and issued under this Indenture is not limited; provided, however, that any Additional Notes issued
under this Indenture are issued in accordance with Sections 202 and 1011 hereof, as part of the
same series as the Initial Notes.
The Notes shall be known and designated as the “11.0% Senior Notes Due 2015” of the
Co-Issuers. The Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be November 1, 2015, and the Notes shall bear
interest at the rate of 11.0% per annum from the Issue Date, or from the most recent Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semi-annually on
November 1 and November 1 in each year beginning November 1, 2008, and at said Stated Maturity,
until the principal thereof is paid or duly provided for and to the Person in whose name the Note
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Note) is registered at the close of business on April 15 and October 15 immediately preceding
such Interest Payment Date (each, a “Regular Record Date”).
The principal of (and premium, if any), interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes
shall be payable at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose in The City and
State of New York or, at the option of the Issuer, payment of interest may be made by check mailed
to the Holders of the Notes at their respective addresses set forth in the Note Register of
Holders; provided that all payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest and Special
Interest, if any, with respect to Notes represented by one or more permanent Global Notes
registered in the name of or held by Depositary or its nominee will be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder or Holders thereof. Until
otherwise designated by the Issuer, the Issuer’s office or agency in New York shall be the office
of the Trustee maintained for such purpose.
Holders shall have the right to require the Co-Issuers to purchase their Notes, in whole or in
part, in the event of a Change of Control pursuant to Section 1017. The Notes shall be subject to
repurchase pursuant to an Offer to Purchase as provided in Section 1018.
The Notes shall be redeemable as provided in Article Eleven.
The due and punctual payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes
payable by the Issuer is irrevocably unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth herein, by
each of the Guarantors.
SECTION 302. Denominations. The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons
and only in denominations of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof.
SECTION 303. Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of definitive Notes, the Company may
execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes which
are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued
and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers
executing such Notes may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
If temporary Notes are issued, the Company will cause definitive Notes to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be
exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of
the Company designated for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002, without charge to the Holder.
Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of
definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.
SECTION 304. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Co-Issuers shall cause to be
kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such
office and in any other office or agency designated pursuant to Section 1002 being herein sometimes
referred to as the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Co-Issuers shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes.
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The Note Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of being converted into
written form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times, the Note Register shall be open to
inspection by the Trustee. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed as note registrar (the “Note Registrar”) for the purpose of
registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the
Co-Issuers designated pursuant to Section 1002, the Co-Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new
Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized
denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged
at such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Co-Issuers shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive; provided that no exchange of Notes for Exchange Notes shall occur
until an Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the SEC, the
Trustee shall have received an Officers’ Certificate confirming that the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC and the Initial Notes to be exchanged
for the Exchange Notes shall be cancelled by the Trustee.
All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid
obligations of the Co-Issuers, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so
required by either of the Co-Issuers or the Note Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by
written instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Co-Issuers and the Note Registrar,
duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption of
Notes, but the Co-Issuers may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any taxes, fees or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange
of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 202, 303, 906, 1017, 1018, or 1108 not
involving any transfer.
SECTION 305. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes. If (1) any mutilated Note is
surrendered to the Trustee, or (2) the Issuer and the Trustee receive evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and there is delivered to the Issuer
and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them
harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer or the Trustee that such Note has been
acquired by a Protected Purchaser (as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code) (a
“Protected Purchaser”), the Issuer shall execute and upon Company Order the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any such mutilated Note or in lieu of any such destroyed,
lost or stolen Note, a new Note of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become or is about to become
due and payable, the Co-Issuers in their discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such
Note.
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Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section, the Co-Issuers
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee)
connected therewith.
Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Co-Issuers and
each Guarantor, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time
enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Notes.
SECTION 306. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
(a) Interest on any Note which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest at the office or agency of the Co-Issuers maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section
1002; provided, however, that, subject to Section 301 hereof, each installment of interest may at
the Co-Issuers’ option be paid by (1) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the
written order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 307, to the address of such
Person as it appears in the Note Register or (2) transfer to an account located in the United
States maintained by the payee.
(b) Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the Regular
Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such defaulted interest and (to the extent
lawful) interest on such defaulted interest at the rate of 2.0% per annum in excess of the
interest rate applicable to the Notes (such defaulted interest and interest thereon herein
collectively called “Defaulted Interest”) may be paid by the Co-Issuers, at their election in each
case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Co-Issuers may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons
in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close
of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall
be fixed in the following manner. The Co-Issuers shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed
payment, and at the same time the Co-Issuers shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of
money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted
Interest, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall
fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more
than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not
less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer of such Special Record Date, and in the name
and at the expense of the Co-Issuers, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and
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the Special Record Date therefor to be given in the manner provided
for in Section 107, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so given, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their
respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record
Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
(2) The Co-Issuers may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful
manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice
given by the Co-Issuers to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
(c) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Note delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall
carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Note.
(d) Criminal Interest Rate/Interest Act (Canada)
(i) For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), whenever any interest is calculated
on the basis of a period of time other than a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, the
annual rate of interest to which each rate of interest utilized pursuant to such
calculation is equivalent to such rate so utilized multiplied by the actual number of days
in the calendar year in which the same is to be ascertained and divided by the number of
days used in such calculation. For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), the
principle of deemed reinvestment of interest will not apply to any interest calculation
under the Indenture or the Notes, and the rates of interest stipulated in this Indenture or
the Notes are intended to be nominal rates and not effective rates or yields.
(ii) If any provision of this Indenture or any of the Notes would obligate the
Co-Issuers to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to any Holder under any
of the Notes in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by law or would
result in a receipt by that Holder of interest at a criminal rate (as construed under the
Criminal Code (Canada)), then notwithstanding that provision, that amount or rate shall be
deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of
interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by law or result in a receipt
by that Holder of interest at a criminal rate, the adjustment to be effected, to the extent
necessary, (A) first, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid to the
affected Holder under this Section 306 (d) and (b) thereafter, by reducing any fees,
commissions, premiums and other amounts required to be paid to the affected Holder which
would constitute interest for purposes of Section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada).
(iii) Notwithstanding clause (ii) above, and after giving effect to all adjustments
contemplated thereby, if any Holder shall have received an amount in excess of the maximum
permitted by the Criminal Code (Canada), then the Co-Issuers shall be entitled, by notice
in writing to the affected Holder, to obtain reimbursement from that Holder in an amount
equal to that excess, and pending reimbursement, the amount of the excess shall be deemed
to be an amount payable by that Holder to the Co-Issuers.
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(iv) Any amount or rate of interest referred to in this Section 306 (d) shall be
determined in accordance with generally accepted actuarial practices and principles as an
effective annual rate of interest over the term of this Indenture and the Notes on the
assumption that any charges, fees, or expenses that fall within the meaning of interest (as
defined in the Criminal Code (Canada)) shall be prorated over that period of time and, in
the event of a dispute, a certificate of a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries
appointed by the Trustee shall be conclusive for the purposes of that determination.
SECTION
307. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to the due presentment of a Note for registration of
transfer, the Co-Issuers, any Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of either of the Co-Issuers or
the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Note is registered as the owner of such Note
for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Sections
304 and 306) interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note
be overdue, and none of the Co-Issuers, the Trustee or any agent of either of the Co-Issuers or the
Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION
308. Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to
the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Co-Issuers may at any time deliver to the
Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the
Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other
Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated hereunder
which the Co-Issuers have not issued and sold, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly
cancelled by the Trustee. If any of the Co-Issuers shall so acquire any of the Notes, however,
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. No Notes
shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes cancelled as provided in this
Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Notes held by the Trustee
shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures unless by Company
Order the Co-Issuers shall direct that cancelled Notes be returned to it.
SECTION
309. Computation of Interest. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION
310. Transfer and Exchange. The Notes shall be issued in registered form and shall be
transferable only upon the surrender of a Note for registration of transfer. When a Note is
presented to the Note Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Note
Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if the requirements of this Indenture and
Section 8-401(a) of the Uniform Commercial Code are met. When Notes are presented to the Note
Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes
of other denominations, the Note Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same
requirements are met.
SECTION
311. CUSIP Numbers. The Co-Issuers in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers, ISINs
and “Common Code” numbers (in each case, if then generally in use) in addition to serial numbers,
and, if so, the Trustee shall use such “CUSIP” numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers in addition
to serial numbers in notices of redemption, repurchase or other notices to Holders as a convenience
to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such “CUSIP” numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers either as
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printed on the Notes
or as contained in any notice of a redemption or repurchase and that reliance may be placed only on
the serial or other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption or
repurchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will
promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers, ISINs and “Common Code”
numbers applicable to the Notes.
SECTION
312. Issuance of Additional Notes. The Co-Issuers may, subject to Section 1011 of this
Indenture, issue additional Notes having identical terms and conditions to the Initial Notes issued
on the Issue Date (the “Additional Notes”); provided, however, that no Additional Notes may be
issued at a price that would cause such Additional Notes to have “original issue discount” within
the meaning of Section 1273 of the Code. The Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date and any
Additional Notes subsequently issued shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this
Indenture. Exchange Notes issued in exchange for Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date and
Exchange Notes issued for any Additional Notes subsequently issued shall be treated as a single
class for all purposes under this Indenture.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION
401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall upon Company Request
and at the Company’s expense cease to be of further effect (except as set forth in the last
paragraph of this Section and as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of
Notes which shall survive until all Notes have been cancelled expressly provided for herein or
pursuant hereto) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture when:
(1) either
(A) all Notes heretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes
which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as
provided in Section 305 and (ii) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or segregated and held in
trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such
trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or
(B) all such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice
of redemption pursuant to Section 1105 or otherwise, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity 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
Co-Issuers,
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and the Co-Issuers or any Guarantor, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust
solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government
Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without
consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the
date of such deposit (in the case of Notes which have become due and payable) or to the
Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) no Default or Event of Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to
be applied to make such deposit) with respect to this Indenture or the Notes shall have
occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such
deposit and such deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a
default under the Senior Credit Facilities any other material agreement or instrument (other
than this Indenture) to which each of the Co-Issuers or any Guarantor is a party or by which
the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or any Guarantor is bound;
(3) the Co-Issuers have paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this
Indenture;
(4) the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this
Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of such Notes at the Stated
Maturity or the Redemption Date, as the case may be; and
(5) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein to the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Co-Issuers to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Issuer to any Authenticating
Agent under Section 612 and, if money or Government Securities shall have been deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee
under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive such satisfaction and
discharge.
SECTION
402. Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of
Section 1003, all money or Government Securities deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401
shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting
as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the
principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money or Government Securities
has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money or Government Securities need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in
accordance with Section 401 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 Issuer’s, the Co-Issuer’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and
the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 401
until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or Government
Securities in accordance with Section 401; provided that if the Co-Issuers have made any payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its
obligations, the Co-Issuers shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to
receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION
501. Events of Default. “Event of Default”, wherever used herein, means any one of the
following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be effected by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or
regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or
otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes issued under this Indenture;
(2) default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest (including Special
Interest) or Additional Amounts on or with respect to the Notes issued under this Indenture;
(3) failure by the Issuer to comply with its obligations under Section 801;
(4) failure by the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or any Guarantor for 45 days after receipt of
written notice given by the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Notes then outstanding and issued under this Indenture to comply with any of its
obligations, covenants or other agreements (other than a default referred to in clauses (1),
(2) or (3) above) contained in this Indenture or the Notes;
(5) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there is issued or
by which there is secured or evidenced any Indebtedness by Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary or the payment of which is guaranteed by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary,
other than Indebtedness owed to Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary, whether such
Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the issuance of the Notes, if
(A) such default either
(i) results from the failure to pay any such Indebtedness at its
stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace
periods) or
(ii) relates to an obligation other than the obligation to pay
principal of any such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity and
results in the holder or holders of such Indebtedness causing such
Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity;
(B) the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal
amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at
stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or the
maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregate US$50.0 million or more at any
one time outstanding; and
(C) in the case of the occurrence of a default described in (A)(ii) above, such
default results in (x) the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to the final
maturity thereof or (y) the commencement of judicial proceedings to foreclose upon,
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to exercise remedies under applicable law or applicable security documents to
take ownership of, the assets securing such Indebtedness;
(6) failure by Holdings or any Significant Subsidiary to pay final judgments
aggregating in excess of US$50.0 million, which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged
and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final, and in the
event such judgment is covered by insurance, an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by
any creditor upon such judgment or decree which is not promptly stayed;
(7) any of the following events with respect to Holdings or any Significant Subsidiary:
(A) Holdings or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of
any Bankruptcy Law
(i) commences a voluntary case;
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case;
(iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for any substantial
part of its property;
(iv) takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency;
or
(B) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any
Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an
involuntary case;
(ii) appoints a custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for
any substantial part of its property; or
(iii) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or
(8) the Guarantee of Holdings or any Significant Subsidiary shall for any reason cease
to be in full force and effect or be declared null and void or any responsible officer of
Holdings or any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, denies that
it has any further liability under its Guarantee or gives notice to such effect, other than
by reason of the termination of this Indenture or the release of any such Guarantee in
accordance with this Indenture.
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SECTION
502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
(b) If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(7)
above) occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes issued under this Indenture may declare the
principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the Outstanding
Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee
if given by Holders).
(c) Upon the effectiveness of such declaration, such principal and interest will be due and
payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in Section
501(7) above occurs and is continuing, then the principal amount of all Outstanding Notes shall
ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any notice, declaration or other act
on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
(d) At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made and before a judgment or
decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in
this Article, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, by
written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if:
(1) the Co-Issuers have paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:
(A) all overdue interest on all Outstanding Notes,
(B) all unpaid principal of (and premium, and Special Interest, if any, on) any
Outstanding Notes which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration, and interest on such unpaid principal at the rate borne by the Notes,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue
interest at the rate borne by the Notes, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel; and
(2) Events of Default, other than the non-payment of amounts of principal of (or
premium, if any, on) or interest on Notes which have become due solely by such declaration
of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513,
no such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION
503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The Co-Issuers
covenant that if:
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Note when such
interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, or Special
Interest, if any, on) any Note at the Maturity thereof,
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the Co-Issuers will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders
of such Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on such Notes for principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, and interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and, to the extent
that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue installment of
interest, at the rate borne by the Notes, and, in addition thereto, 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.
If the Co-Issuers fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own
name as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the
sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce
the same against the Co-Issuers, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Notes and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the
Co-Issuers, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Notes, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to
protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders under this Indenture and the
Guarantees by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem necessary to protect
and enforce any such rights, including seeking recourse against any Guarantor, whether for the
specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of
any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy, including seeking recourse against
any Guarantor.
SECTION
504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership,
insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative the Co-Issuers or any other obligor including any Guarantor, upon the
Notes or the property of either of the Co-Issuers or of such other obligor or their creditors, the
Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as
therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have
made any demand on the Co-Issuers for the payment of overdue principal, premium, if any, or
interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any)
and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file such other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial
proceeding, and
(2) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official in any
such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee
and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 607.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to
or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, ad-
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justment 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 Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION
505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes. All rights of action and
claims under this Indenture or the Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and
any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name and 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.
SECTION
506. Application of Money Collected. Any money or property collected by the Trustee
pursuant to this Article and any money or other property distributable in respect of obligations of
the Co-Issuers under this Indenture after the occurrence of an Event of Default shall be applied in
the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of
such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Notes
and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully
paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes in respect of which or for the benefit of
which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on such Notes for principal (and premium, if any)
and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Co-Issuers or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may direct in writing; provided that all sums due and owing to the Holders and
the Trustee have been paid in full as required by this Indenture.
SECTION
507. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Notes shall have any right to institute any
proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is
continuing;
(2) Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have requested
the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it
against any loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt
thereof and the offer of security or indemnity; and
(5) Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have not given
the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period,
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it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner
whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture or the Guarantees to
affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain
priority or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture or the
Guarantees, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the
Holders (it being further understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to
ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).
SECTION
508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the right,
which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment, as provided herein (including, if
applicable, Article Eleven) and in such Note of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject
to Section 306) interest on such Note on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Note
(or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement
of any such payment on or after such respective dates, and such rights shall not be impaired
without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION
509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any
proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture or the Guarantees and such
proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such
proceeding, the Co-Issuers, Holdings, any Guarantor, any other obligor of the Notes, the Trustee
and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder
and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no
such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION
510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in the last paragraph of
Section 305, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders
is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and 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
511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. 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 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.
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SECTION
512. Control by Holders. The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Notes shall have the right to 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
the Trustee, provided that:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture,
(2) subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee may take any other
action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) the Trustee need not take any action which might involve it in personal liability
or be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not consenting.
SECTION
513. Waiver of Past Defaults. Subject to Sections 508 and 902, the Holders of not less
than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may on behalf of the Holders of all
such Notes waive any past Default hereunder and its consequences, except a continuing Default or
Event of Default (1) in respect of the payment of interest on, premium, if any, or the principal of
any such Note held by a non-consenting Holder, or (2) 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.
Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture, but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION
514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. Each of the Co-Issuers, the Guarantors and any
other obligor on the Notes covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at
any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage
of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the Co-Issuers, the
Guarantors and any other obligor on the Notes (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) 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.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION
601. Duties of the Trustee.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith or willful misconduct 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; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions
specifically required by any provision hereof to be provided to it, the Trustee shall be
under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture, but not to verify the contents thereof or any conclusions
therein.
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(b) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing of which a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee has actual knowledge or of which written notice of such Event of Default shall have
been given to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee by the Issuer, any other obligor of the Notes
or by any Holder, 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 their exercise, as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability
for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct,
except that
(1) this paragraph (c) shall not be construed to limit the effect of paragraphs (a) or
(d) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes relating to the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture.
(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(e) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture
relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee
shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION
602. Notice of Defaults. Within 30 days after the receipt from the Issuer of notice of
the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee shall transmit, in the
manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), notice of such Default or Event of Default
hereunder, unless such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived; provided,
however, that, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal
of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any Note, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding
such notice if and so long as a trust committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good
faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders.
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SECTION
603. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Sections 601 and 602:
(1) 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, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in original or facsimile form) believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Co-Issuers mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors
may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and the advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
reliance on the advice or opinion of such counsel;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to
this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses, losses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or
other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry
or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney at the expense
of Issuer and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or
investigation;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any
duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall
not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in
good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers
conferred upon it by this Indenture; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not
constitute willful misconduct or gross negligence.
(9) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the
Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person
employed to act hereunder;
(10) the Trustee may request that the Co-Issuers deliver an Officers’ Certificate
setting forth the names of individuals or titles of officers authorized at such time to take
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fied actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any
person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so
authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded;
(14) anything in this Indenture notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee be
responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind
whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the
Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form
of action; and
(15) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any
Default or Event of Default unless written notice of such Default or Event of Default from
the Company or any Holder is received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this
Indenture.
Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes. The recitals contained
herein and in the Notes, except for the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as
the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Notes, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this
Indenture, authenticate the Notes and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements
made by it in a Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Issuer are true and accurate,
subject to the qualifications set forth therein. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use
or application by the Issuer of Notes or the proceeds thereof.
May Hold Notes. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Note Registrar or any other agent
of the Issuer or of the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Notes and, subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, may otherwise deal with the Issuer
with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Paying Agent, Note Registrar or such
other agent; provided, however, that, if it acquires any conflicting interest, it must eliminate
such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue or resign.
Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no
liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing
with the Issuer.
Compensation and Reimbursement. The Co-Issuers, Holdings and the Guarantors, jointly
and severally, agree:
(16) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in
writing between the Issuer and the Trustee for all services rendered by it hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);
(17) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel and of all Persons
not regularly employed by the Trustee), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as
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shall be determined to have been caused by its own gross negligence or willful misconduct;
and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee and their officers, agents,
directors, and employees for, and to hold them harmless against, any and all loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense, including taxes (other than the taxes based on the
income of the Trustee) incurred without gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part,
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust,
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim, regardless of
whether the claim is asserted by the Issuer, a Guarantor, a Holder or any other Person, or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder.
The obligations of the Co-Issuers and Guarantors under this Section to compensate the Trustee,
to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances and to indemnify and hold
harmless the Trustee shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and resignation or removal of the Trustee. As
security for the performance of such obligations of the Co-Issuers and Guarantors, the Trustee
shall have a claim prior to the Notes upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee
as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on particular Notes.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(8), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its
counsel) of and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable Bankruptcy Law.
“Trustee” for purposes of this Section shall include any predecessor Trustee; provided,
however, that the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of any Trustee hereunder shall not
affect the rights of any other Trustee hereunder.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.
SECTION
608. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall be at all times a Trustee
hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and shall have a
combined capital and surplus of at least US$50,000,000. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of Federal, State, territorial
or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section,
the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
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SECTION
609. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 610.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Issuer. Upon
receiving such notice of resignation, the Issuer shall promptly
appoint a successor trustee by written instrument executed by authority of the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be
delivered to the resigning Trustee and a copy to the successor Trustee. If the instrument of
acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 610 shall not have been delivered to the
Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of removal, the removed Trustee may
petition, at the expense of the Issuer, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor Trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of not less than a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, delivered to the Trustee and to the Issuer. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 610 shall not have been
delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the
resigning Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Issuer, any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(d) The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be
excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other
securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Issuer are
outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the Issuer, by a Board Resolution, shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be appointed by Act of
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes delivered to the Issuer and
the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of
such appointment, become the successor Trustee and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by
the Issuer. If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Issuer or the Holders and
accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Note for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) The Issuer shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee and each
appointment of a successor Trustee to the Holders in the manner provided for in Section 107. Each
notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust
Office.
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SECTION
610. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) Every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Issuer and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of the Issuer or the successor Trustee,
such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee
and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held
by such retiring Trustee hereunder subject to the lien provided for in Section 607. Upon request
of any such successor Trustee, the Issuer shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and
certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts.
(b) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance
such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
SECTION
611. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any corporation into
which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any
corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of
the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be
otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper
or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Notes shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and
deliver the Notes so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Notes. In case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated,
any successor Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder
or in the name of the successor Trustee. In all such cases such certificates shall have the full
force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee
shall have; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any
predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply
only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
SECTION
612. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. At any time when any of the Notes remain
Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to the Notes
which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Notes and the Trustee
shall give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Notes with respect to which such
Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner provided for in Section 107. Notes so authenticated
shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all
purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by
an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, and a copy of such
instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Issuer. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture
to the authentication and delivery of Notes by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Issuer and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws
to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than
US$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authority. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent,
shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
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this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee
and to the Issuer. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by
giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Issuer. Upon receiving such
a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may
appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Issuer and shall give
written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Notes, in the manner provided for in Section
107. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become
vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if
originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed
unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Issuer agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time such compensation for
its services under this Section as shall be agreed in writing between the Issuer and such
Authenticating Agent.
If an appointment is made pursuant to this Section, the Notes may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication
in the following form:
This is one of the Notes designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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SECTION 613. Force Majeure. The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure
or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused,
directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its control, including, without limitation, acts of
God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage;
epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunctions of utilities,
computer (hardware or software)
or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; act of civil or military authority and
governmental action.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION
701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses. The Issuer will furnish or cause to
be furnished to the Trustee:
(1) semiannually, not more than 10 days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such
form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of
such Regular Record Date; and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request in writing, within 30
days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content to
that in clause (1) hereof as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is
furnished;
provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Note Registrar, no such list
need be furnished.
SECTION
702. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders. Every Holder of Notes, by receiving
and holding the same, agrees with the Issuer and the Trustee that none of the Issuer or the Trustee
or any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such
information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with TIA Section 312,
regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be
held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under TIA Section
312(b).
SECTION
703. Reports by Trustee. Within 60 days after February 15 of each year commencing with
the first February 15 after the Issue Date, the Trustee shall transmit to the Holders of Notes
(with a copy to the Company at the address specified in Section 106), in the manner and to the
extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), a brief report dated as of such February 15 that complies
with TIA Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b).
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ARTICLE EIGHT
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ALL OR
SUBSTANTIALLY ALL ASSETS
SECTION
801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Issuer may not consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or
not the Issuer is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related
transactions, to any Person unless
(1) the Issuer is the surviving or continuing corporation or the Person formed by,
continuing from or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than
the Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other
disposition will have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of
Canada, any province or territory thereof, the United States, any state thereof or the
District of Columbia (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor
Company”);
(2) the Successor Company, if other than the Issuer, expressly assumes all the
obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture, the Notes and the Registration Rights
Agreement pursuant to supplemental indentures in form reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee;
(3) immediately after such transaction no Default or Event of Default exists;
(4) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, as if such
transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, (A) the
Successor Company would be permitted to incur at least US$1.00 of additional Indebtedness
pursuant to the Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio test set forth in the first sentence of
Section 1011 or (B) the Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for the Successor Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries would be less than such Ratio for Holdings and the Restricted
Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction;
(5) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above,
in which case clause (2) of the second to last paragraph of this Section 801 shall apply,
shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such
Person’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes; and
(6) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer
and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
For purposes of this Section 801, any Indebtedness of the Successor Company which was not
Indebtedness of the Issuer immediately prior to the transaction shall be deemed to have been
incurred in connection with such transaction.
The Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Issuer under this Indenture
and the Notes.
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SECTION
802. Guarantors and Co-Issuers May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms. Subject to
Section 1208, neither Holdings nor Intermediate Holdco may consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or
into or wind up into (whether or not Holdings or Intermediate Holdco, as applicable, is the
surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to any Person
unless:
(1) Holdings or Intermediate Holdco, as applicable, is the surviving or continuing
corporation or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or
merger (if other than Holdings or Intermediate Holdco, as applicable) or to which such sale,
assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a
corporation organized or existing under the laws of Canada, any province or territory
thereof, the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory
thereof (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Parent”);
(2) the Successor Parent, if other than Holdings or Intermediate Holdco, as applicable,
expressly assumes all the obligations of Holdings and Intermediate Holdco, as applicable,
under this Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Guarantees pursuant to
supplemental indentures in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(3) immediately after such transaction no Default or Event of Default exists; and
(4) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer
and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
The Successor Parent will succeed to, and be substituted for Holdings or Intermediate Holdco, as
applicable, under this Indenture and the Guarantees.
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 or
assets of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, the Equity Interests of which constitute all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of Holdings or Intermediate Holdco will be deemed to
be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of Holdings or
Intermediate Holdco, as applicable.
Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(a) any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Issuer) may consolidate, amalgamate with,
merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Issuer or any
Guarantor; and
(b) the Issuer or any Guarantor may merge or amalgamate with an Affiliate of the Issuer
solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Issuer or such Guarantor in another
jurisdiction of the United States or Canada so long as the amount of Indebtedness of
Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby.
Subject to Section 1208 hereof, no Subsidiary Guarantor nor the Co-Issuer will, and Holdings
will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Co-Issuer to, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with
or into or wind up into (whether or not such Subsidiary Guarantor or the Co-Issuer is the surviving
corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially
all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to, any Person unless
(A) (1) (x) such Subsidiary Guarantor or the Co-Issuer, as applicable, is the
surviving or continuing corporation or (y) the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor or the
Co-Issuer, as applicable) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or
other disposition will have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws
of Canada, any province or territory thereof (except that in the case of the Co-Issuer, such
surviving Person shall be organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any
state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof), the United States, any
state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Subsidiary Guarantor
or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Person”) (provided
that, in the case of clause (y), if the Subsidiary Guarantor or Co-Issuer, as applicable,
that is not the Successor Person of such transaction (a “Non-Successor Person”) had,
immediately prior to such transaction, been formed, organized or existing under the laws of
a jurisdiction other than those referenced immediately above and/or existed in or was
organized as a legal entity other than a corporation, then the Successor Person of such
transaction may be formed, organized or existing under the
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laws of the same jurisdiction as such Non-Successor Person had then been and may be of
the same corporate or other organizational type as such Non-Successor Person had then been);
(2) the Successor Person, if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor or the Co-Issuer, as
applicable, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor or the
Co-Issuer, as applicable, under this Indenture and, in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor,
such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee, pursuant to supplemental indentures in
form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(3) immediately after such transaction no Default or Event of Default exists; and
(4) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such
supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with; or
(B) in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor, the transaction is made in compliance with
Section 1018.
Subject to Section 1208 hereof, the Successor Person will succeed to, and be substituted for,
such Subsidiary Guarantor or the Co-Issuer, as applicable, under this Indenture and such Subsidiary
Guarantor’s Guarantee, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary Guarantor may
merge into, amalgamate with or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to another
Subsidiary Guarantor or the Issuer.
SECTION 803. Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment,
conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer,
Co-Issuer or any Guarantor in accordance with Sections 801 and 802 hereof, the successor Person
formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer, Co-Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may
be, is merged or the successor Person to which such sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease
or disposition is made, shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and
power of, the Issuer, Co-Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture or the
Guarantees, as the case may be, with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as
the Issuer, Co-Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, herein or the Guarantees, as the case
may be. When a successor Person assumes all obligations of its predecessor hereunder, the Notes or
the Guarantees, as the case may be, such predecessor shall be released from all obligations;
provided that in the event of a transfer or lease, the predecessor shall not be released from the
payment of principal and interest or other obligations on the Notes or the Guarantees, as the case
may be.
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ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION
901. Amendments or Supplements Without Consent of Holders. Without the consent of any
Holders, the Co-Issuers, any Guarantor (with respect to a Guarantee or this Indenture to which it
is a party), when authorized by Board Resolutions of their respective Board of Directors, and the
Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may amend or supplement this Indenture, any Guarantee
or the Notes, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, mistake, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes;
(3) to comply with Article Eight hereof;
(4) to provide the assumption of the Issuers’ or such Guarantor’s obligations to
Holders;
(5) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the
Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such
Holder;
(6) to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power
conferred in this Indenture upon the Issuer or any Guarantor;
(7) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of
a successor Trustee pursuant to the requirements of Sections 609 and 610 hereof;
(9) to provide for the issuance of Exchange Notes or private exchange notes, which are
identical to Exchange Notes except that they are not freely transferable;
(10) to add a Guarantor under this Indenture;
(11) to conform the text of this Indenture, Guarantees or the Notes to any provision of
the “Description of The Senior Notes” section of the Offering Memorandum to the extent that
such provision in the “Description of The Senior Notes” was intended to be a verbatim
recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes; or
(12) making any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer
and legending of Notes; provided, however, that (A) compliance with this Indenture as so
amended would not result in Notes being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or
any applicable securities law and (B) such amendment does not materially and adversely
affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes.
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SECTION
902. Amendments, Supplements or Waivers with Consent of Holders. With the consent of the
Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, by Act of said
Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee, the Co-Issuers, any Guarantor (with respect to any
Guarantee or this Indenture to which it is a party), when authorized by Board Resolutions of their
respective Board of Directors, and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, any
Guarantee or the Notes for the purpose of adding any provisions hereto or thereto, changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders
hereunder or thereunder (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender
offer or Exchange Offer for, the Notes) and any existing Default, Event of Default or compliance
with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes may be waived
with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, other than Notes beneficially owned by the Issuer or
its Affiliates (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of or tender offer or
exchange offer for Notes); provided, however, that no such amendment, supplement or waiver shall,
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby:
(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment,
supplement or waiver;
(2) reduce the principal of or change the Maturity of any such Note or alter or waive
the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes (other than Sections 1017 and
1018);
(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;
(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if
any, or interest on the Notes issued under this Indenture, except a rescission of
acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such
acceleration, or in respect of a covenant or provision contained in this Indenture or any
guarantee which cannot be amended or modified without the consent of all Holders;
(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;
(6) make any change in Section 513 or the rights of Holders to receive payments of
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes;
(7) make any change in these amendment and waiver provisions;
(8) release Holdings, Intermediate Holdco or any Guarantor that is a Significant
Subsidiary from any of its obligations under its Guarantee or this Indenture, except as
permitted by this Indenture;
(9) modify or change any provision of this Indenture or the related definitions to
affect the ranking of the Notes or any Guarantee in a manner that adversely affects the
Holders; or
(10) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, or interest on
such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the
enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes.
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SECTION
903. Execution of Amendments, Supplements or Waivers. In executing, or accepting the
additional trusts created by, any amendment, supplement or waiver permitted by this Article or the
modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be provided with,
and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by
this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment,
supplement or waiver which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION
904. Revocation and Effect of Consents. Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes
effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note
and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the
consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any
such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the
Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment
becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its
terms (or if silent as to effectiveness, on 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 such amendment, supplement or waiver) and thereafter
binds every Holder.
The Co-Issuers 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. If a record
date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at
such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to
consent to such amendment, supplement, or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether
or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid
or effective for more than 120 days after such record date unless the consent of the requisite
number of Holders has been obtained.
SECTION
905. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant
to this Indenture shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION
906. Notation on or Exchange of Notes. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation
about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Co-Issuers in
exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order (an
“Authentication Order”), authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and
effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
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SECTION
907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures. Promptly after the execution by the Issuer, any
Guarantor and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 902,
the Issuer shall give notice thereof to the Holders of each Outstanding Note affected, in the
manner provided for in Section 107, setting forth in general terms the substance of such
supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION
1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if Any, and Interest. The Co-Issuers covenant and
agree for the benefit of the Holders that they will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest, Additional Amount, if any, and Special Interest, if any, on the
Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture.
The Co-Issuers shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate of 2.0% per annum in excess
of the interest rate applicable to the Notes specified therefor in the Notes, and it shall pay
interest on overdue installments of interest, Additional Amounts, if any, and Special Amounts,
if any, at the same rate to the extent lawful.
SECTION
1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Co-Issuers will maintain in The City of New
York, an office or agency where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Notes may
be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon
the Co-Issuers in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The designated office of
the Trustee shall be such office or agency of the Co-Issuers, unless the Issuer shall designate and
maintain some other office or agency for one or more of such purposes. The Issuer will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any change in the location of any such office or agency. If at
any time the Co-Issuers 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 Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Co-Issuers hereby
appoint the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.
The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies (in or
outside of The City of New York) where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all
such purposes and may from time to time rescind any such designation; provided, however, that no
such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Co-Issuers of their obligation to
maintain an office or agency in The City of New York for such purposes. The Issuer will give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and any change in the
location of any such other office or agency.
SECTION
1003. Money for Notes Payments To Be Held in Trust. If the Co-Issuers shall at any time
act as their own Paying Agent, they will, on or before each due date of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or Special Interest, if any, or interest on any of the Notes, segregate and hold
in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal of
(or premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act.
Whenever the Co-Issuers shall have one or more Paying Agents for the Notes, it will, on or
before each due date of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Notes, deposit
with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so
becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will
promptly notify the Trustee of such action or any failure so to act.
The Co-Issuers will cause each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to execute and deliver to
the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
or interest on Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such
sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any Default by the Co-Issuers (or any other obligor upon
the Notes) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest; and
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(3) at any time during the continuance of any such Default, upon the written request of
the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Co-Issuers may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay,
to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Issuer or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by
the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Issuer or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such sums.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer, in trust
for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Note and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall
be paid to the Issuer on Company Request, or (if then held by the Issuer) shall be discharged from
such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look
only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer as Trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any
such repayment, shall at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in a newspaper
published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general
circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the
date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the
Issuer.
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SECTION 1004. Corporate Existence. Subject to Article Eight, Holdings will do or cause to be done
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence and that
of each Restricted Subsidiary and the corporate rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of
Holdings and each Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that Holdings shall not be required to
preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries as a whole.
SECTION 1005. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. Holdings will pay or discharge or cause to be
paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon Holdings or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits
or property of Holdings or any Subsidiary and (2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and
supplies, which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of Holdings or any
Subsidiary; provided, however, that Holdings 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 and for which appropriate
reserves, if necessary (in the good faith judgment of management of Holdings) are being maintained
in accordance with GAAP.
SECTION 1006. Maintenance of Properties. Holdings will cause all properties owned by Holdings or
any Restricted Subsidiary or used or held for use in the conduct of its business or the business of
any Restricted Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and
supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals,
replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of Holdings may be
necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and
advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall
prevent Holdings from discontinuing
the maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of Holdings,
desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any Restricted Subsidiary.
SECTION 1007. Maintenance of Insurance.
(b) Generally. Holdings will, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, at all
times maintain in full force and effect, with insurance companies that the Issuer believes (in the
good faith judgment of the management of the Issuer) are financially sound and responsible at the
time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance in at least such amounts and against at
least such risks (and with such risk retentions) as are usually insured against in the same
general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business.
(c) Covered Satellites. Holdings will, and will cause each of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, maintain insurance with respect to Satellites as follows:
(1) All Risks Insurance. Holdings will procure or will cause each Satellite
Manufacturer to procure at its own expense and maintain in full force and effect, at all
times prior to the Launch of any satellite purchased by Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of a Satellite Purchase Agreement, All Risks Insurance
with such terms as are reasonably commercially available and customary in the industry with
respect to such satellite, it being understood that if a Satellite Manufacturer procures All
Risks Insurance for satellites in accordance with the requirements of the applicable
Satellite Purchase Agreement, Holdings’ obligations under this clause (i) with respect to
such satellites shall be satisfied. In no event shall Holdings be required to, or be
required to cause any Satellite Manufacturer to, procure or maintain All Risks Insurance to
insure risks that may be required to be insured by, or that covers the same risks or the
same period of coverage as, Launch Insurance.
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(2) Launch Insurance. Holdings will, or will cause the relevant Satellite
Manufacturer to, obtain, maintain and keep in full force and effect with respect to each
Covered Satellite that is to be launched, Launch Insurance (it being understood that if a
Satellite Manufacturer procures Launch Insurance for Covered Satellites in accordance with
the terms of this clause (ii), Holdings’ obligations under this clause (ii) with respect to
such Covered Satellites shall be satisfied), to be procured prior to the launch of such
Covered Satellite, which insurance shall attach not later than at Launch and continue in
full force and effect until no sooner than the completion of initial in-orbit testing,
provided that Holdings shall have no obligation to obtain or maintain Launch
Insurance for any satellite for which there is neither risk of loss to Holdings or its
Restricted Subsidiaries nor an obligation by Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries to make
any payments to the Satellite Manufacturer that exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate prior
to risk of loss passing to Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries. The Launch Insurance
for each Covered Satellite:
(A) shall provide coverage for all of the risks of loss of and damage to such
Covered Satellite (other than any risks borne by the relevant Launch Services
Provider pursuant to any launch risk guarantee in accordance with the terms of the
applicable Launch Services Agreement or by the relevant Satellite Manufacturer in
accordance with the terms of the applicable Satellite Purchase Agreement), including
for partial loss, constructive total loss and total loss, subject to (x) Acceptable
Exclusions and (y) such other exclusions, deductibles or limitations of coverage as
are then customary in
the satellite insurance market and as are prudent, as reasonably determined by
the Issuer;
(B) shall be in an amount not less than the aggregate of the purchase price of
such Covered Satellite, the purchase price of launch services therefor (other than
for risks borne by the relevant Launch Services Provider pursuant to any launch risk
guarantee in accordance with the terms of the applicable Launch Services Agreement or
by the relevant Satellite Manufacturer in accordance with the terms of the applicable
Satellite Purchase Agreement) and the premium payable for such insurance;
(C) shall name the applicable Satellite Purchaser as the named insured;
(D) shall provide that it will not be cancelled or reduced, amended or allowed
to lapse without renewal, except after not less than 15 days’ prior notice to the
Trustee; provided that if such policy notice provisions are not available on
commercially reasonable terms such notice shall be provided to the Trustee by the
Issuer not less than 15 days in advance, if such cancellation, reduction, amendment
or lapse without renewal is initiated by the Issuer and otherwise at such time as the
Issuer becomes aware of, or receives notice of any cancellation, reduction,
amendment, or lapse without renewal; and
(E) shall, in the case of a Satellite a portion of which is owned by Holdings or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and the balance of which is owned by any Person
that is not an Affiliate of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other
than solely by reason of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary holding a
non-controlling equity interest in such Person), only be required with respect to
that portion of such Satellite that is owned by Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or for which Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries otherwise
retains the risk of loss.
(3) In-Orbit Risk Management. Other than with respect to (A) Excluded
Satellites and (B) the C-band payload of any Covered Satellite that is not a Named Satellite
protected by In-Orbit Spare Capacity, Holdings will, and will cause its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, obtain, maintain and keep in full force and effect, with respect to each
Covered Satellite, In-Orbit Insurance with respect to each Covered Satellite.
(A) Attachment of In-Orbit Insurance. Any In-Orbit Insurance procured
with respect to such Covered Satellite shall attach (A) upon the expiration of the
Launch Insurance or any In-Orbit Insurance then in effect, as the case may be or (B)
upon the withdrawal of the protection provided by In-Orbit Spare Capacity to such
Covered Satellite, and in each such case shall continue in full force and effect
until all obligations under this Indenture and in respect of the Notes have been
paid in full or until such Covered Satellite is again protected by In-Orbit Spare
Capacity.
(B) Terms of In-Orbit Insurance. Any In-Orbit Insurance procured with
respect to such Covered Satellite:
(1) shall provide coverage for all of the risks of loss of and damage
to such Covered Satellite (other than the risks borne by the relevant Launch
Services Provider pursuant to any launch risk guarantee in accordance
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with the terms of the applicable Launch Services Agreement or by the
relevant Satellite Manufacturer pursuant to the terms of the applicable
Satellite Purchase Agreement), including for partial loss, constructive
total loss and total loss, subject to (x) Acceptable Exclusions and (y) such
other exclusions, deductibles or limitations of coverage with respect to
Covered Satellites that would otherwise be Excluded Satellites under
paragraph (e) of the definition of “Excluded Satellites” but for the
commercially reasonable efforts by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries
to minimize the exclusions and insurance deductibles;
(2) with respect to Covered Satellites, In-Orbit Insurance shall be in
an amount not less than 50% of the Aggregate In-Orbit Insurance Amount (with
the allocation of such insurance among such Covered Satellites being in
Holdings’ discretion; provided that, with respect to each Named Satellite,
In-Orbit Insurance shall be in an amount not less than 50% of such Named
Satellite’s net book value), it being understood that (i) any Covered
Satellite protected by In-Orbit Spare Capacity shall be deemed to be insured
for 100% of the net book value of the C-band payload portion of such Covered
Satellite, (ii) any Excluded Satellite with one year or less of in-orbit
life remaining shall be deemed to be insured for 100% of its net book value
(it being understood and agreed that such Excluded Satellite shall be deemed
to have “in-orbit life” only for so long as it is maintained in station kept
orbit) and (iii) any Excluded Satellite for which Holdings and its
Restricted Subsidiaries have procured and maintain In-Orbit Insurance in
accordance with clause (1) immediately above shall be deemed to be insured
for the amount of such insurance procured and maintained; in the event any
loss, damage or failure affecting a Covered Satellite or the expiration and
non-renewal of an insurance policy for a Covered Satellite resulting from a
claim of loss under such policy that causes a failure to comply with this
clause (2), Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be
in compliance with this clause (2) for the 120 days immediately following
such loss, damage or failure or policy expiration, provided that Holdings
procures such insurance or provides In-Orbit Spare Capacity as necessary to
comply with this clause (2) within such 120 day period;
(3) shall name the applicable Satellite Purchaser as the named insured;
(4) shall provide that it will not be cancelled or reduced, amended or
allowed to lapse without renewal, except after not less than 15 days’ prior
notice to the Trustee; provided that if such policy notice provisions are
not available on commercially reasonable terms such notice shall be provided
to the Trustee by the Issuer not less than 15 days in advance, if such
cancellation, reduction, amendment or lapse without renewal is initiated by
the Issuer and otherwise at such time as the Issuer becomes aware of, or
receives notice of any cancellation, reduction, amendment, or lapse without
renewal; and
(5) shall, in the case of a Satellite a portion of which is owned by
Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and the balance of which is
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owned by any Person that is not an Affiliate of either Holdings or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than solely by reason of Holdings or any
Restricted Subsidiary holding a non-controlling equity interest in such
Person), only be required with respect to that portion of the Satellite that
is owned by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or for which
Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries otherwise retains the risk of
loss.
(4) Third Party Launch Liability Insurance. The Issuer will cause each Launch
Services Provider to procure and maintain Third Party Launch Liability Insurance in full
force and effect for the period required under the relevant Launch Services Agreement and to
name the Trustee and the Holders as additional insureds thereunder.
(5) Delivery of Insurance Policies. With respect to any scheduled launch of
any Covered Satellite and, with respect to In-Orbit Insurance procured, not later than ten
(10) Business Days after the date on which such insurance is required to be procured as
provided in clause (ii) or clause (iii) above, as the case may be, the Issuer shall deliver
to the Trustee the final agreed form of such policy together with certificates of insurance
with respect thereto, confirming (A) that such insurance is in full force and effect as of
such date, (B) the names and percentages of the relevant insurance companies, (C) the amount
and expiration dates of such policy, (D) that all premiums and other amounts currently due
for such insurance have been paid in full, and (E) in the case of Third Party Launch
Liability Insurance policies, that the Trustee and the Holders are named as additional
insureds to the extent required hereby.
(c) Procurement of Insurance by Trustee. Without limiting the obligations of
Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary hereunder, in the event Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary shall fail to maintain in full force and effect insurance as required by this Section
1007, then the Trustee, acting pursuant to instructions of Holders holding not less than 25% of
the aggregate principal amount of notes, may, but shall have no obligation to, upon reasonable
prior notice to the Issuer of its intention to do so, procure insurance covering the interests of
the Holders in such amounts and against such risks as are required hereby, and the Issuer shall
reimburse the Trustee in respect of any premiums or other fees or expenses paid by the Trustee in
respect thereof.
(d) In the event of the unavailability of In-Orbit Spare Capacity for any reason, Holdings
shall, within 120 days of such loss or unavailability, be required to have in effect In-Orbit
Insurance complying with clauses (b)(ii) or (b)(iii) of this Section 1007, as applicable, with
respect to all Satellites that the In-Orbit Spare Capacity was intended to protect so long as
In-Orbit Spare Capacity is unavailable, provided that the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries
shall be considered in compliance with this Section 1007 for the 120 days immediately following
such loss or unavailability as the case may be.
(e) In the event that Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries receive proceeds from any
Satellite insurance covering any Satellite owned by Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, or in the event that Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries receives
proceeds from any insurance maintained for it by a Satellite Manufacturer or any Launch Services
Provider covering any of such Satellites (the event resulting in the payment of such proceeds, an
“Event of Loss”), all Event of Loss Proceeds in respect of such Event of Loss shall be applied in
the manner provided for in the second paragraph under Section 1018.
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(f) Holdings will, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, notify the Trustee
promptly whenever any separate insurance concurrent in form or contributing in the event of loss
with that required to be maintained under this Section 1007 is taken out by Holdings or any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries; and promptly deliver to the Trustee a duplicate original copy of such
policy or policies, or an insurance certificate with respect thereto.
(g) In connection with the covenants set forth in this Section 1007, it is understood and
agreed that
(1) neither the Trustee nor any Holder nor any of their respective agents or employees
shall be liable for any loss or damage insured by the insurance policies required to be
maintained under this Section 1007, it being understood that (A) Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries shall look solely to their insurance companies or any other parties other than
the aforesaid parties for the recovery of such loss or damage and (B) such insurance
companies shall have no rights of subrogation against the Trustee or any Holder or any of
their respective agents or employees (it being understood and agreed that the Issuer shall
only be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to seek such waiver of subrogation
rights against such parties, but in no event shall such efforts require the making of
payments or material concessions in exchange for such consent). If, however, the insurance
policies do not provide waiver of subrogation rights against such parties, then each of
Holdings and the Issuer hereby agree, to the extent permitted by law, to waive, and to cause
each of their Subsidiaries to waive, its right of recovery, if any, against the Trustee, the
Holders and their respective agents and employees;
(2) the designation of any form, type or amount of insurance coverage under this
Section 1007 shall in no event be deemed a representation, warranty or advice by the Trustee
or the Holders that such insurance is adequate for the purposes of the business of Holdings
and its Subsidiaries or the protection of their properties; and
(3) all references to book value set forth herein shall be measured with respect to the
entity which owns or leases the applicable Satellite, provided that if the entity
leases the applicable Satellite from an Affiliate then such references shall be measured
with respect to the book value of such Affiliate.
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SECTION
1008. Statement by Officers as to Default.
(i) The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal
year,
an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries during the preceding quarter or the preceding fiscal year, as the case may be, has
been made under the supervision of the signing officers with a view to determining whether it has
kept, observed, performed and fulfilled, and has caused each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
keep, observe, perform and fulfill its obligations under this Indenture and further stating, as to
each such officer signing such certificate, that, to the best of his or her knowledge, the Issuer
during such preceding quarter or the preceding fiscal year, as the case may be, has kept,
observed, performed and fulfilled, and has caused each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to keep,
observe, perform and fulfill each and every such covenant contained in this Indenture and no
Default or Event of Default occurred during such quarter or year, as the case may be, and at the
date of such certificate there is no Default or Event of Default which has occurred and is
continuing or, if such signers do know of such Default
or Event of Default, the certificate shall describe its status, with particularity and that,
to the best of
his or her knowledge, no event has occurred and remains by reason of which payments
on the account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such
event has occurred, a description of the event and what action each is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto. The Officers’ Certificate shall also notify the Trustee should the Issuer
elect to change the manner in which it fixes its fiscal year-end. For purposes of this Section
1008(a), such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement
of notice under this Indenture.
(j) (1) When any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this
Indenture, or (2) if the trustee for or the holder of any other evidence of Indebtedness of the
Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary gives any notice or takes any other action with respect to a
claimed default (other than with respect to Indebtedness in the principal amount of less than
US$25,000,000), the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee by registered or certified mail or
facsimile transmission an Officers’ Certificate specifying such event, notice or other action
within five Business Days of its occurrence.
SECTION
1009. Reports and Other Information.
Notwithstanding that the Issuer may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided
for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC,
Holdings shall file with the SEC (and make available to the Trustee and Holders of the Notes
(without exhibits), without cost to each Holder, within 15 days after it files them with the SEC),
(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2008), annual reports containing substantially the same information
relating to Holdings and its subsidiaries that would be required to be contained in an
Annual Report on Form 10-K, or any successor or comparable form;
(b) within 60 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each
fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2008), quarterly reports
containing substantially the same information relating to Holdings and its subsidiaries that
would be required to be contained in a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, or any successor or
comparable form; provided that with respect to quarterly reports delivered in respect of any
fiscal quarter ending prior to December 31, 2008, the management discussion and analyses of
financial condition and results of operation of Holdings and its consolidated subsidiaries
(or any similarly titled sections) contained therein shall not be required to contain an
analysis of any quarterly periods of 2008 as compared to the corresponding periods in 2007;
(c) promptly from time to time after the occurrence of an event required that would be
required to be therein reported, substantially the same information relating to Holdings and
its subsidiaries that would be required to be contained in a Current Report on Form 8-K, or
any successor or comparable form; and
(d) any other information, documents and other reports which Holdings would be required
to file with the SEC if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
provided that the Issuer shall not be so obligated to file such reports with the SEC if the SEC
does not permit such filing, in which event the Issuer will make available such information to
prospective purchasers of notes, in addition to providing such information to the Trustee and the
Holders of the Notes,
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in each case within 15 days after the time the Issuer would be required to
file such information with the SEC, if it were subject to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
and provided further that such reports may be filed on Form 20-F, 40-F or Form 6-K (or any
successor form), as applicable, provided that the substance of such reports shall be as required
above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to financial statements required to be
delivered in respect of the fiscal quarters ending March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2008, such
financial statements shall not be required to contain consolidating financial data with respect to
Guarantor and non-Guarantor Subsidiaries of the type contemplated by Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X of
the Securities Act.
In the event that any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings becomes a Guarantor of the
Notes, this Indenture will permit the Issuer to satisfy its obligations under this Section 1009
with respect to financial information relating to the Issuer by furnishing financial information
relating to such parent; provided that the same is accompanied by consolidating information that
explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such parent, on
the one hand, and the information relating to Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a
standalone basis, on the other hand.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer will be deemed to have furnished such reports
referred to above to the Holders if it or any parent company has filed such reports with the SEC
via the XXXXX filing system and such reports are publicly available. In addition, such
requirements shall be deemed satisfied prior to the commencement of the exchange offer or the
effectiveness of the shelf registration statement by the filing with the SEC of the exchange offer
registration statement or shelf registration statement within the time periods specified in the
Registration Rights Agreement entered into on the Issue Date, and any amendments thereto, with such
financial information that satisfies Regulation S-X of the Securities Act.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including
compliance with any of the covenants under this Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to
rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
In addition, the Issuer will furnish to the Holders and prospective investors upon their
request, any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities
Act so long as the Notes are not freely transferable under the Securities Act.
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SECTION
1010. Limitation on Restricted Payments.
Holdings will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:
(a) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on account of Holdings’ or any
Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable on
account of Holdings’ or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests in connection with any
merger or consolidation other than
(1) dividends or distributions by Holdings payable in Equity Interests (other
than Disqualified Stock) of Holdings or in options, warrants or other rights to
purchase such Equity Interests, or
(2) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the
case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series
of securities issued by a Subsidiary other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, Holdings
or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or
distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of
securities;
(b) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity
Interests of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings, including any dividend
or distribution payable in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation;
(c) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire
or retire for value in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or
maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness, other than the purchase, repurchase or other
acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking
fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year
of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition; or
(d) make any Restricted Investment
(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above being
collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of such Restricted
Payment:
(1) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
would occur as a consequence thereof;
(2) Holdings can incur at least US$1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to
the provisions of the first paragraph of Section 1011; and
(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other
Restricted Payments made by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the
Acquisition Closing Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (1) and
(5) of the next succeeding paragraph, but excluding all other Restricted Payments
permitted by the next succeeding paragraph), is less than the amount, if any, by
which (1) the Cumulative Credit exceeds (2) 1.4 times Cumulative Interest Expense
(the “Restricted Payments Basket”).
The foregoing provisions will not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date
of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have
complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity
Interests (“Retired Capital Stock”) or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer,
Holdings or Intermediate Holdco, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of, Equity
Interests of Holdings (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) (“Refunding
Capital Stock”);
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(3) the redemption, repurchase, defeasance, exchange or other acquisition or
retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary
made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale
of, new Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary which is incurred in
compliance with Section 1011 so long as
(A) the principal amount (or accreted value, in the case of
Indebtedness issued at a discount) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed
the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Subordinated
Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired, defeased, exchanged
or retired for value, plus the amount of any reasonable fees, expenses and
premium incurred or paid in connection with such redemption, repurchase,
acquisition or retirement and the incurrence of such new Indebtedness,
(B) such new Indebtedness is subordinated to Pari Passu Indebtedness at
least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so purchased,
exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, defeased, exchanged, acquired or retired
for value,
(C) such new Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to
or later than the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated
Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, exchanged, acquired
or retired;
(D) such new Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal
to or greater than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the
Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased,
exchanged, acquired or retired; and
(E) the obligor of such Indebtedness does not include any Person (other
than the Co-Issuers or any Guarantor) that is not an obligor of the
Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired;
(4) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other
acquisition or retirement for value of common Equity Interests of Holdings or any of
its direct or indirect parent companies held by any future, present or former
employee, director or consultant of Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its
direct or indirect parent companies pursuant to any management equity plan or stock
option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement; provided,
however, that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (4) do not
exceed US$15.0 million in the aggregate since the Acquisition Closing Date; provided
further that such amount may be increased by an amount not to exceed
(A) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests of Holdings
and, to the extent contributed to Holdings, Equity Interests of any of
Holdings’ direct or indirect parent companies, in each case to members
of management, directors or consultants of Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries
or any of its direct or indirect parent companies that occurs or occurred
after the Acquisition Closing Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the
sale of
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such Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the payment
of Restricted Payments by virtue of clause (1) of the definition of the term
“Cumulative Credit”; plus
(B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by
Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Acquisition Closing Date;
less
(C) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made since the
Acquisition Closing Date pursuant to clauses (A) and (B) of this clause (4);
and provided further that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Issuer or any
Guarantor from members of management of Holdings, any of its direct or indirect
parent companies or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a repurchase of
Equity Interests of Holdings or any of its direct or indirect parent companies will
not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 1010
or any other provision of this Indenture;
(5) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any
class or series of Disqualified Stock of Holdings or any other Restricted Subsidiary
issued in accordance with the covenant described under Section 1011 to the extent
such dividends are included in the definition of Cumulative Interest Expense;
(6) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock
options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise
price or taxes payable in respect of such options or warrants;
(7) Investments that are made with Excluded Contributions;
(8) any Restricted Payment used to fund the Transactions and the fees and
expenses related thereto, including, without limitation, any amounts to be paid
pursuant to the Ancillary Agreement, in each case to the extent permitted by Section
1013;
(9) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of
any Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions similar to those described
under Sections 1017 and 1018; provided that all Notes tendered by holders of the
Notes in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as
applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;
(10) the declaration and payment of dividends by Holdings to, or the making of
loans to, any direct or indirect parent in amounts required for any direct or
indirect parent companies to pay
(A) franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to
maintain their corporate or other legal existence, and
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(B) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and
employees of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer to the
extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the
ownership or operation of the Co-Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(11) Restricted Payments made to fund payments made in accordance with clause
(7) or (12) of the second paragraph of Section 1013; and
(12) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed US$100.0
million since the Acquisition Closing Date;
provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment
permitted under clause (12), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
or would occur as a consequence thereof.
As of the Issue Date, all of Holdings’ Subsidiaries will be Restricted Subsidiaries, other
than The Access Centre LLC and The SpaceConnection, Inc., which will be Unrestricted Subsidiaries
as of the Issue Date. The Issuer will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a
Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of “Unrestricted
Subsidiary.” For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary,
all outstanding Investments by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent
repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount
determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of “Investment.” Such designation
will be permitted only if a Restricted Payment in such amount would be permitted at such time,
whether pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 1010 or under clauses (7) or (12), or
pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Investments,” and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the
definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to any of
the restrictive covenants set forth in this Indenture.
Unless otherwise permitted by the foregoing, Holdings will not, and will not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:
(i) make any Restricted Payment in respect of Holding PIK Preferred Stock (including
any payment upon the occurrence of a change of control within the meaning of the Holding PIK
Preferred Stock), except that, regardless of whether or not such Restricted Payment would be
permitted by the provisions of the first three paragraphs of this Section 1010:
(a) Holdings may make distributions of pay-in-kind dividends on Holding PIK
Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Holding PIK Preferred Stock as
in effect on the Acquisition Closing Date;
(b) Holdings may pay cash dividends (including any accrued dividends) on the
Holding PIK Preferred Stock in accordance with the term thereof as in effect on the
Acquisition Closing Date, if for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters
for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date
of payment of such dividend, after giving pro forma effect to such dividend payment, Holdings would have a Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio of less
than 5.5 to 1.0 (provided that such amounts shall constitute Restricted Payments for
purposes of the Restricted Payments Basket and shall reduce availability thereunder
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unless made pursuant to another basket or exclusion referred to in the second
paragraph of this Section 1010 above (it being understand that so long as such ratio
is satisfied such cash dividend on the Holding PIK Preferred Stock may be made
regardless of whether there is then availability under Restricted Payments Basket or
any other basket or exclusion referred to in the second paragraph of this Section
1010 above)); and
(c) Holdings may purchase, redeem, defease or refinance (collectively,
“refinance”) all or a portion of the Holding PIK Preferred Stock prior to maturity
thereof if such Holding PIK Preferred Stock is refinanced exclusively with proceeds
of, and/or exchanged for, Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of Holdings
(collectively, “replacement equity”); provided that in each case (x) such
replacement equity shall constitute Excluded Contributions and shall not count
toward the Cumulative Credit, (y) any net proceeds from the issuance of such
replacement equity shall be contributed to the equity of the Issuer and (z) such
replacement equity shall have been issued to a Person other than Holdings and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, or
(ii) amend the terms of the Holding PIK Preferred Stock in a manner, when taken as a
whole, materially adverse to the Holders of notes.
For the avoidance of doubt, the repayment, repurchase, redemption or retirement of Holding PIK
Preferred Stock with cash or other assets (other than through the issuance of Capital Stock of
Holdings (other than Disqualified Stock) in lieu thereof in accordance with clause (i)(c) above)
shall be deemed to be a Restricted Payment subject to the first three paragraphs of this Section
1010.
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SECTION
1011. Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock.
Holdings will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly,
create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable,
contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”) with respect to
any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and Holdings will not issue any shares of
Disqualified Stock and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock; provided, however, that Holdings may incur Indebtedness
(including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any Guarantor may
incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue
shares of preferred stock, if Holdings’ Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio would be less than or
equal to 6.5 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net
proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or the Disqualified Stock
or preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom
had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
The foregoing limitations will not apply to (“Permitted Debt”):
(a) the incurrence of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities by Holdings or any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to
have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof), up to an aggregate principal
amount of US$2,550.0 million outstanding at any one time, less the aggregate of all principal prepayments made in respect of the Credit Facilities pursuant to clause (1) of the
second paragraph of Section 1018; provided that the amount available under this clause (a)
shall reduce on the date that is the twelve month anniversary of the Acquisition Closing
Date by the amount, if any, of the US$150.0 million Delayed Draw Senior Secured Term Loan B
Facility which is undrawn as of such date (but only to the extent of such undrawn amount);
(b) (x) the incurrence by the Issuer and any Guarantor of Indebtedness represented by
the Notes (including any Guarantee) (other than any Additional Notes) and
(y) the incurrence by the Issuer and any Guarantor of Indebtedness represented
by the Senior Subordinated Notes (and the guarantees thereof under the Senior
Subordinated Indenture) in an aggregate principal amount, when taken together with
Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Subordinated Bridge Loan Agreement, not to
exceed US$217,175,000 at any time outstanding;
(c) Existing Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (a) and (b));
(d) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations and Indebtedness related to
Sale and Lease-Back Transactions), Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred by
Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, to finance the purchase, lease or
improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment that is used or useful in a Similar
Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person
owning such assets, in an aggregate principal amount which, when aggregated with the
principal amount of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then
outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (d) and including all Refinancing
Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any other Indebtedness, Disqualified
Stock and preferred stock incurred pursuant to this clause (d), does not exceed the greater
of (x) US$125.0 million and (y) 2.50% of Total Assets;
(e) Indebtedness incurred by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary constituting
reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of
business, including letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, or other
Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation
claims; provided, however, that upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the incurrence
of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing
or incurrence;
(f) Indebtedness arising from agreements of Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary
providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each
case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business,
assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person
acquiring or disposing all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the
purpose of financing such acquisition; provided, however, that
(1) such Indebtedness is not to be reflected on the balance sheet of Holdings
or any Restricted Subsidiary prepared in accordance with GAAP (contingent
obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise
reflected
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on the balance sheet will not be deemed to be reflected on such balance
sheet for purposes of this clause (f)(i)) and
(2) the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall
at no time exceed the gross proceeds including noncash proceeds (the fair market
value of such noncash proceeds being measured at the time received and without
giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) actually received by Holdings and
the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition;
(g) Indebtedness (including Indebtedness related to Sale and Lease-Back Transactions),
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of the Issuer, Holdings or Intermediate Holdco to a
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary
that is not a Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; provided further
that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which
results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other
subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to Holdings or another Restricted
Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(h) Indebtedness (including Indebtedness related to Sale and Lease-Back Transactions)
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary to Holdings or another
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that
(1) any such Indebtedness is made pursuant to an intercompany note and
(2) if a Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness to a Restricted Subsidiary that is
not a Guarantor such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the
Guarantee of such Guarantor; provided further that any subsequent transfer of any
such Indebtedness (except to Holdings or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be
deemed, in each case to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(i) shares of preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to Holdings or another
Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any
Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to
be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of preferred
stock (except to Holdings or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed in each case to
be an issuance of such shares of preferred stock;
(j) (x) Hedging Obligations entered into for bona fide (non-speculative) business
purposes, provided that to the extent such Hedging Obligations are in respect of interest
rate or exchange rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness, such Hedging Obligations relate
to payment obligations on Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section
1011 and (y) Indebtedness in respect of Cash Management Services entered into in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(k) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and completion
guarantees provided by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of
business, including guarantees or obligations of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary
with respect to letters of credit supporting such performance, bid, appeal or surety
obligations (in each case other than for an obligation for money borrowed);
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(l) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock of the Issuer or any Guarantor
not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation
preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of
all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then outstanding and incurred
pursuant to this clause (l), does not at any one time outstanding exceed US$200.0 million
(it being understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred
pursuant to this clause (l) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of
this clause (l) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this
Section 1011 from and after the first date on which the Issuer or such Guarantor could have
incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock under the first paragraph
of this Section 1011 without reliance on this clause (l));
(m) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred to finance Satellite
Construction and Acquisition in an aggregate amount not to exceed US$600.0 million
outstanding at any time;
(n) the incurrence by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock which serves to refund or refinance any Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred as permitted under the first paragraph of
this Section 1011 and clauses (b), (c) and (m) above, this clause (n) and clause (o) below
or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock issued to so refund or refinance
such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock including additional Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred to pay premiums and fees in connection
therewith (the “Refinancing Indebtedness”) prior to its respective maturity; provided,
however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness
(1) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing
Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining Weighted Average Life
to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being
refunded or refinanced,
(2) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (i) Indebtedness
subordinated or pari passu to the Notes or any Guarantee of the Notes, such
Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated or pari passu to the Notes or such
Guarantee at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced or
refunded or (ii) Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, such Refinancing
Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, respectively and
(3) shall not include
(x) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a
Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or
preferred stock of the Issuer,
(y) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a
Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a Guarantor or
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(z) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of
Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(o) (x) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock of Persons that are
acquired by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into or amalgamated with a
Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, provided that in the
case of this clause (x) immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, amalgamation or
merger, either (1) the Issuer would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to the Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio test set forth in the first
paragraph of this Section 1011 or (2) Holdings’ Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is less
than or equal to the amount thereof immediately prior to such acquisition, amalgamation or
merger;
(y) Indebtedness incurred in connection with or in contemplation of the acquisition of
Persons that are acquired by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into or
amalgamated with a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture,
provided that in the case of this clause (y) immediately after giving effect to such
acquisition, amalgamation or merger, either (1) the Issuer would be permitted to incur at
least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio
test set forth in the first paragraph of this Section 1011 or (2) Holdings’ Debt to
Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is less than or equal to the amount thereof immediately prior to
such acquisition, amalgamation or merger;
(p) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of
a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course
of business, provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within two Business Days of its
incurrence;
(q) Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary supported by a letter of
credit issued pursuant to the Senior Credit Facilities, in a principal amount not in excess
of the stated amount of such letter of credit;
(r) (1) any guarantee by the Issuer or a Guarantor of Indebtedness or other
obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness
incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture, or
(2) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Issuer or
any Guarantor, provided that such guarantee is incurred in accordance with Section
1015; and
(s) Mezzanine Securities issued pursuant to clause (12)(a) of the second paragraph of
Section 1013, including pay-in-kind interest payments issued thereon, in each case in
accordance with the terms of the Mezzanine Securities as in effect on the Acquisition
Closing Date.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 1011:
(a) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred
stock meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted
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edness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock described in clauses (a) through
(s) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this
Section 1011, the Issuer, in its sole discretion, will classify or reclassify such
item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (or any portion thereof)
and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock in one of the above clauses of this Section
1011; provided, that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities
(and for such purposes assuming that the revolving portions of the Senior Credit
Facilities and the Delayed Draw Senior Secured Term Loan B Facility were fully drawn
on the Issue Date) will be treated as incurred on the Issue Date under clause (a) of
the preceding paragraph and the Issuer shall not be permitted to reclassify all or
any portion of such Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date; and
(b) at the time of incurrence, the Issuer will be entitled to divide and
classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness
described above.
Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form
of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock will not be deemed to be
an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock for purposes of this
Section 1011.
The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred
in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the
currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is
denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.
Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries will not, directly or indirectly, incur any
Indebtedness that is or purports to be by its terms (or by the terms of any agreement governing
such Indebtedness) subordinated to any other Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary,
unless such Indebtedness is also by its terms (or by the terms of any agreement governing such
Indebtedness) made expressly subordinate to the Notes, to the same extent and in the same manner as
such Indebtedness is subordinated to such other Indebtedness of Holdings and/or its Restricted
Subsidiaries, as applicable. For purposes of the foregoing, no Indebtedness will be deemed to be
subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of Holdings and/or a Restricted
Subsidiary solely by virtue of being unsecured or secured by a junior priority lien or by virtue of
the fact that the holders of such Indebtedness have entered into intercreditor agreements or other
arrangements giving one or more of such holders priority over the other holders in the collateral
held by them.
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SECTION 1012. Limitation on Liens. Holdings shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (except
Permitted Liens) that secures any Obligations under any Indebtedness of Holdings or a Restricted
Subsidiary against or on any asset or property now owned or hereafter acquired by Holdings or any
such Restricted Subsidiary, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or convey any right to
receive income therefrom, unless:
(1) in the case of Liens securing Indebtedness that is Subordinated Indebtedness, the
Notes or such Guarantee of such Guarantor are secured by a Lien on such property or assets
that is senior in priority to such Liens; and
(2) in all other cases, the Notes or such Guarantee of such Guarantor are equally and
ratably secured; provided that any Lien which is granted to secure the Notes under this
Section 1012 shall be discharged at the same time as the discharge of the Lien that gave
rise to the obligation to so secure the Notes.
SECTION 1013. Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates.
Holdings will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any payment to, or
sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any
property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement,
understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of Holdings
(each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) in any one or series of related transactions
involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of US$5.0 million, unless
(a) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to
Holdings or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a
comparable transaction by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person
(or, in the event that there are no comparable transactions involving Persons who are not
Affiliates of Holdings or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary to apply for comparative
purposes, is otherwise on terms that, taken as a whole, Holdings has determined to be fair
to Holdings or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary), and
(b) Holdings or the Issuer delivers to the Trustee (x) with respect to any Affiliate
Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or
consideration in excess of US$10.0 million, a resolution adopted by the majority of the
Board of Directors of Holdings (and a majority of the Independent Directors) approving such
Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such
Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (a) above and (y) with respect to any Affiliate
Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or
consideration in excess of US$15.0 million, a written opinion of a Nationally Recognized
Independent Financial Advisor stating that such Affiliate Transaction meets the requirements
of clause (a).
The foregoing provisions will not apply to the following:
(1) transactions between or among Holdings or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries; provided that in the case of non-Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries,
no Affiliate of Holdings (other than another Restricted Subsidiary) owns more than
10% of the Equity Interests in such Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) (x) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 1010 and the definition of
Permitted Investments;
(3) the payment of reasonable and customary fees paid to, and indemnities
provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Issuer,
any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) transactions in which Holdings, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, as
the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from a Nationally Recognized
Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Issuer or
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Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements
of clause (a) of the preceding paragraph;
(5) other than in respect of the Transaction Documents or the Consulting
Services Agreement (which are addressed in clauses (7) and (12) below), any
agreement as in effect as of the Acquisition Closing Date, or any amendment thereto
(so long as any such amendment is not materially disadvantageous to the Holders);
(6) the existence of, or the performance by Holdings 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 Acquisition Closing Date and any similar agreements
which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the
performance by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of obligations under any future
amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into
after the Acquisition Closing Date shall only be permitted by this clause (6) to the
extent that the terms of any such amendment or new agreement are not otherwise
disadvantageous to the Holders or Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries in any
material respect;
(7) the Transactions and the payment of fees and expenses relating to the
Transactions pursuant to the Transaction Documents (other than as set forth in
clause (12) below) and amounts under the Ancillary Agreement; provided that (a) any
payments pursuant to Sections 1.1, 1.2, and 3.1 through 3.6 of the Ancillary
Agreement shall not exceed since the Acquisition Closing Date US$50.0 million in the
aggregate and (b) any payments of tax distributions in accordance with Section 3.7
of the Ancillary Agreement shall not exceed US$2.0 million per calendar year;
(8) any transaction with a joint venture or similar entity which would
constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because Holdings or a Restricted
Subsidiary owns an equity interest in or otherwise controls such joint venture or
similar entity; provided that no Affiliate of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries
other than Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary shall have a beneficial interest in
such joint venture or similar entity;
(9) the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of
Holdings to any Permitted Holder or to any director, officer, employee or
consultant;
(10) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to employees or consultants
of Holdings, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any Restricted
Subsidiary which are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of Holdings in
good faith;
(11) purchases of satellites from SSL; provided that the Issuer or Holdings
delivers to the Trustee a letter from its Board of Directors stating that the Board
of Directors (including a majority of the Independent Directors) has determined in
good
faith that such purchase (A) is on terms that are not (when taken as a whole)
materially less favorable to Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable,
than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that
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an Affiliate and (B) has been approved by a majority of the directors
(including a majority of the Independent Directors) of Holdings; and
(12) (a) the annual fee of US$5.0 million to be paid to Loral Space &
Communications Inc. pursuant to the Consulting Services Agreement as in effect on
the Acquisition Closing Date, which fee shall (x) be payable in the form of
Mezzanine Securities (provided that cash interest thereon shall only be payable if
the provisions of clause (y) below are satisfied) or (y) if, for the most recently
ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are
available immediately preceding the date of payment of such amount, after giving pro
forma effect thereto, Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries would have a Debt to
Consolidated EBITDA Ratio of less than 5.0 to 1.0, be payable in cash or Cash
Equivalents or Mezzanine Securities, (b) reimbursements for payments to
non-affiliated third parties made by any Permitted Holders on behalf of Holdings
and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the Consulting Services Agreement not
to exceed US$1.0 million in the aggregate in any calendar year, and (c) payment for
corporate and administrative services (such as accounting, financial, treasury and
other similar services, of the type that would have had to have been preformed by
Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries or contracted out to third parties) rendered
under the Consulting Services Agreement as in effect on the Acquisition Closing Date
not to exceed US$4.0 million per calendar year to the extent such payments are
approved by the Independent Directors in accordance with the provisions of the
Consulting Services Agreement as in effect on the Acquisition Closing Date.
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SECTION 1014. Limitations on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries.
Holdings will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly,
create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or
consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:
(a) (1) pay dividends or make any other distributions to Holdings or any Restricted
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(2) pay any Indebtedness owed to Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(b) make loans or advances to Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(c) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to Holdings or any
Restricted Subsidiary,
except (in each case) for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date, including
pursuant to the Senior Credit Facilities and related documentation and the Senior
Subordinated Indenture and related documentation, in each case as in effect on the Issue
Date;
(2) this Indenture and the Notes;
(3) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business
that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (c) above on the property so
acquired;
(4) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;
(5) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by Holdings or any
Restricted Subsidiary in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in
contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or
the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of
the Person, so acquired;
(6) contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to
a Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition
of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary;
(7) secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 1011
and Section 1012 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such
Indebtedness;
(8) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under
contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(9) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements;
(10) customary provisions contained in leases and other agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of business; and
(11) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b) and
(c) above 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 (10) above, provided that such amendments,
modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or
refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of Holdings’ Board of Directors, not materially
more restrictive with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions than those prior to
such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding,
replacement or refinancing.
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SECTION
1015. Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries.
Holdings will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, other than a Guarantor, to guarantee the
payment of any Indebtedness of any Issuer or any Guarantor (including without limitation becoming a
borrower or co-borrower under the Senior Credit Facilities), unless:
(a) such Restricted Subsidiary simultaneously executes and delivers a supplemental
indenture to this Indenture providing for a Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary, except
that with respect to a guarantee of Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor if such
Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such
Guarantor’s Guarantee of the Notes, any such guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary with
respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Restricted
Subsidiary’s Guarantee with respect to the Notes substantially to the same extent as such
Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes;
(b) such Restricted Subsidiary waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or
any other rights against Holdings or any other Restricted Subsidiary as a result of any
payment by such Restricted Subsidiary under its Guarantee; and
(c) such Restricted Subsidiary shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that
(1) such Guarantee has been duly executed and authorized and
(2) such Guarantee constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such
Restricted Subsidiary, except insofar as enforcement thereof may be limited by any
Bankruptcy Law (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers)
and except insofar as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity.
SECTION
1016. Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions.
Holdings will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and
Lease-Back Transaction; provided that Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into a Sale
and Lease-Back Transaction if:
(a) Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary could have:
(1) incurred any Indebtedness relating to such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction
under Section 1011; and
(2) incurred a Lien to secure such Indebtedness pursuant to Section 1012
without equally and ratably securing the Notes pursuant to Section 1012;
(b) the consideration received by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary in that Sale
and Lease-Back Transaction is at least equal to the fair market value of the property sold
and otherwise complies with Section 1018;
(c) the transfer of assets in that Sale and Lease-Back Transaction is permitted by,
and the Issuer applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with Section 1018; and
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(pp) in the aggregate not more than US$325.0 million in fair market value of assets are
subject to a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction at any one time;
provided, however, that (x) clauses (b) and (c) shall not apply to any Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction between the Issuer and any Guarantor or between Guarantors and (y) this Section 1016
shall not apply to the T10R Sale Leaseback or the Telesat Headquarters Sale.
SECTION
1017.
Change of Control.
If a Change of Control occurs, the Co-Issuers shall make an offer to repurchase all of the
Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a price in cash (the
“Change of Control Payment”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued
and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, to the date of
repurchase, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive
interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date. Within 30 days following any Change of
Control, the Issuer shall send notice of such Change of Control Offer by first class mail, with a
copy to the Trustee, to each Holder to the address of such Holder appearing in the Note Register,
with the following information:
(1) a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 1017 and
that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer will be
accepted for payment;
(2) the repurchase price and the repurchase date, which will be no earlier than
30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of
Control Payment Date”);
(3) any Note not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to
accrue interest;
(4) unless the Co-Issuers default in the payment of the Change of Control
Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will
cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) Holders electing to have any Notes repurchased pursuant to a Change of
Control Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled
“Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase” on the reverse of the Notes completed, to the
Paying Agent specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to
the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control
Payment Date;
(6) Holders will be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their
election to require the Issuer to repurchase such Notes, provided that the Paying
Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day
prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile
transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder of the Notes, the
principal amount of Notes tendered for repurchase, and a statement that such Holder
is withdrawing his tendered Notes and his election to have such Notes repurchased;
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(7) that Holders whose notes are being repurchased only in part will be issued
new Notes equal in principal amount to the unrepurchased portion of the Notes
surrendered, which unrepurchased portion must be equal to US$2,000 or a US$1,000
integral multiple thereof.
While the Notes are in global form and the Co-Issuers make an offer to repurchase all of the
Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, a Holder may exercise its option to elect for the
repurchase of the Notes through the facilities of DTC, subject to its rules and regulations.
The notice, if mailed in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been
given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. If (a) the notice is mailed in a manner
herein provided and (b) any Holder fails to receive such notice or a Holder receives such notice
but it is defective, such Holder’s failure to receive such notice or such defect shall not affect
the validity of the proceedings for the purchase of the Notes as to all other Holders that properly
received such notice without defect.
The Co-Issuers 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 or regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer.
To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the
provisions of this Indenture, the Co-Issuers will comply with the applicable securities laws and
regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by
virtue thereof.
On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Co-Issuers will, to the extent permitted by law,
(1) accept for payment all notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer,
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control
Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered and
(3) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes so
accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating that such notes or portions thereof
have been tendered to and repurchased by the Co-Issuers.
The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of the Notes the Change of Control Payment
for such notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail to each Holder a new Note equal
in principal amount to any unrepurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any, provided, that
each such new Note will be in a principal amount of US$2,000 or a US$1,000 integral multiple
thereof. The Issuer will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as
soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
The Co-Issuers will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer if a third party makes
such Change of Control Offer contemporaneously with or upon a Change of Control in the manner, at
the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements of this Indenture and purchases all
notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
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SECTION 1018.
Asset Sales.
Holdings will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, cause, make or suffer to
exist an Asset Sale, unless
(a) Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration
at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in
good faith by the Board of Directors of Holdings) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed
of and
(b) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of the consideration
therefor received by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the
form of Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of
(1) any liabilities (as shown on Holdings’, or such Restricted Subsidiary’s,
most recent balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto) of Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the
Notes, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets and for which Holdings
and all Restricted Subsidiaries have been unconditionally released by all creditors
in writing,
(2) any securities received by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary from such
transferee that are converted by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash
(to the extent of the cash received) within 180 days following the closing of such
Asset Sale, and
(3) any Designated Noncash Consideration received by Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value (as determined
in good faith by the Issuer), taken together with all other Designated Noncash
Consideration received pursuant to this clause (c) that is at that time outstanding,
not to exceed an amount equal to 2.0% of Total Assets at the time of the receipt of
such Designated Noncash Consideration, with the fair market value of each item of
Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at the time received and without
giving effect to subsequent changes in value,
shall be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for purposes of this provision and for no other
purpose.
Within 395 days after Holdings’ or any Restricted Subsidiary’s receipt of the Net Proceeds of
any Asset Sale (or Event of Loss Proceeds) (such 395 day period, the “Reinvestment Period”),
Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset
Sale (together with any Event of Loss Proceeds required to be applied as provided in Section 1007
below)
(1) to permanently reduce Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities and any other
Pari Passu Indebtedness (other than Disqualified Stock and other than Obligations owed to
Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary or Affiliate of Holdings) and to correspondingly reduce
commitments with respect thereto, provided that if the Issuer shall so reduce Obligations
under any Pari Passu Indebtedness (other than Obligations under any Pari Passu Indebtedness
secured by a Lien on the assets of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary), it will equally
and ratably reduce Obligations under the Notes if the Notes are then prepayable or, if the
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may not then be prepaid, the Issuer shall make an offer (in accordance with the
procedures set
forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase their Notes at 100% of
the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the
amount of Notes that would otherwise be prepaid,
(2) to an investment in (a) any one or more businesses, provided that such investment
in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock and results in Holdings
or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Stock of
such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary, (b) capital expenditures or
(c) acquisitions of other assets, in each of (a), (b) and (c), used or useful in a Similar
Business, or
(3) to an investment in (a) any one or more businesses engaged in a Similar Business,
provided that such investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital
Stock and results in Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, owning an
amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes a Restricted
Subsidiary, (b) properties used or useful in a Similar Business or (c) other assets used or
useful in a Similar Business that, in each of (a), (b) and (c), replace the businesses,
properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale;
provided that, in the case of clauses (2) and (3) above, a binding commitment entered into prior to
the end of the Reinvestment Period shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds
(or Event of Loss Proceeds, as applicable) from the date of such commitment so long as Holdings or
such Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such
Net Proceeds (or Event of Loss Proceeds, as applicable) will be applied to satisfy such commitment
(an “Acceptable Commitment”) and, in the event any Acceptable Commitment is later canceled or
terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds (or Event of Loss Proceeds, as applicable) are
so applied, Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into another Acceptable Commitment (a
“Replacement Commitment”) within six months of such cancellation or termination; provided further
that if any Replacement Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before such Net
Proceeds (or Event of Loss Proceeds, as applicable) are applied, then such Net Proceeds shall
constitute Excess Proceeds.
Any Net Proceeds from the Asset Sale (and Event of Loss Proceeds) that are not invested or
applied as provided and within the Reinvestment Period will be deemed to constitute “Excess
Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds US$25.0 million, the Co-Issuers
shall make an offer to all Holders of the Notes, and, if required by the terms of any Pari Passu
Indebtedness, to the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness (an “Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase
the maximum principal amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of
the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, to the date fixed for the
closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. The
Co-Issuers will commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within ten Business
Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceed US$25.0 million by mailing the notice required
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee.
To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered
pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuer may use any remaining
Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to other covenants contained in this
Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of notes or the Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by
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such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes
and such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or
principal amount of the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered in accordance with Section
1110. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset
at zero.
Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds (or Event of Loss Proceeds) pursuant to this
Section 1018, Holdings or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may apply such Net Proceeds (or
Event of Loss Proceeds) temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit
facility or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds (or Event of Loss Proceeds) in any manner not
prohibited by this Indenture.
The Co-Issuers 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 or regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the
extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of
this Indenture, the Co-Issuers will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and
shall not be deemed to have breached their obligations described in this Indenture by virtue
thereof.
If less than all of the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness is to be redeemed at any time,
selection of such Notes for redemption, will be made by the Trustee on a pro rata basis to the
extent practicable; provided that no Notes of US$2,000 or less shall be purchased or redeemed in
part.
Notices of purchase or redemption shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, at
least 30 but not more than 60 days before the purchase or redemption date to each Holder to be
purchased or redeemed at such Holder’s registered address with a copy to the Trustee. If any Note
is to be purchased or redeemed in part only, any notice of purchase or redemption that relates to
such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof that has been or is to be
purchased or redeemed.
A new Note in principal amount equal to the unpurchased or unredeemed portion of any Note
purchased or redeemed in part shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation
of the original Note. On and after the purchase or redemption date, unless the Co-Issuers default
in payment of the purchase or Redemption Price, interest shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions
thereof purchased or called for redemption.
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SECTION 1019. Suspension of Covenants.
During any period of time that: (1) the Notes have Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating
Agencies and (2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture
(the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (1) and (2) being collectively
referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”), Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries will not be
subject to the following provisions of this Indenture:
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(collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”). Upon the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event, the
amount of Excess Proceeds from Net Proceeds (and Event of Loss Proceeds) shall be set at zero. In
addition, the Guarantees of the Guarantors will also be suspended as of such date (the “Suspension
Date”). In the event that Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the
Suspended Covenants for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date
(the “Reversion Date”) one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraws its Investment Grade Rating or
downgrades the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating or a Default or Event
of Default occurs and is continuing, then Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter
again be subject to the Suspended Covenants with respect to future events and the Guarantees will
be reinstated. The period of time between the Suspension Date and the Reversion Date is referred
to in this description as the “Suspension Period”. Notwithstanding that the Suspended Covenants
may be reinstated, no Default or Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred as a result of a
failure to comply with the Suspended Covenants during the Suspension Period (or upon termination of
the Suspension Period or after that time based solely on events that occurred during the Suspension
Period). For purposes of determining compliance with Sections 1012 and 1016 of this Indenture
during the Suspension Period, it shall be assumed that the provisions of Section 1011 are
applicable during such period as if the applicable Covenant Suspension Event had not occurred.
On the Reversion Date, all Indebtedness incurred, or Disqualified Stock issued, during the
Suspension Period will be classified to have been incurred or issued pursuant to the first
paragraph of Section 1011 below. To the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock would not
be so permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 1011, such
indebtedness or Disqualified Stock will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so
that it is classified as permitted under clause (c) of the second paragraph of Section 1011.
Calculations made after the Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted
Payments under Section 1010 will be made as though Section 1010 had been in effect since the Issue
Date and throughout the Suspension Period. Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the
Suspension Period will reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under the
first paragraph of Section 1010. Notwithstanding anything contained in the definition of
“Unrestricted Subsidiary,” during a Suspension Period Holdings may not designate any Subsidiary as
an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
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SECTION
1020. Payments for Consent.
Holdings will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly,
pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any holder of notes for or as an
inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture
or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid or is paid to all holders of the Notes
that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents
relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
SECTION 1021. Conduct of Business.
Holdings will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business
other than the Permitted Business.
SECTION 1022. Limitation on Activities of the Co-Issuer.
The Co-Issuer may not hold any material assets, become liable for any material obligations,
engage in any trade or business, or conduct any business activity, other than (1) the issuance of
its Equity Interests to the Issuer or any Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer, (2) the
incurrence of Indebtedness as a co-obligor or guarantor, as the case may be, of the Notes, the
Senior Credit Facilities and any other Indebtedness that is permitted to be incurred by the Issuer
under Section 10; provided that the net proceeds of such Indebtedness are not retained by the
Co-Issuer, and (3) activities incidental thereto. Neither Holdings nor any Restricted Subsidiary
shall engage in any transactions with the Co-Issuer in violation of the immediately preceding
sentence.
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SECTION 1023. Additional Amounts.
All payments made by the Co-Issuers or a Guarantor under or with respect to the Notes or the
Guarantees will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of
any present or future Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of any Taxing Authority in any
jurisdiction in which a Co-Issuer or Guarantor is organized or is otherwise resident or deemed
resident for tax purposes or any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made (each a
“Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless a Co-Issuer or Guarantor is required to withhold or deduct
Taxes by law or by the interpretation or administration thereof. If a Co-Issuer or Guarantor is
required to withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of Taxes imposed by a Relevant Taxing
Jurisdiction from any payment made under or with respect to the Notes or the Guarantees, such
Co-Issuer or Guarantor will (a) make such withholding or deduction and (b) remit the full amount
deducted or withheld to the relevant authority in accordance with and in the time required under
applicable law and (c) pay such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary so
that the net amount received by each Holder of notes (including Additional Amounts) after such
withholding or deduction will equal the amount the Holder would have received if such Taxes had not
been withheld or deducted; provided, however, that no Additional Amounts will be payable with
respect to any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, capital gains, excise or personal property tax or
any similar Tax or governmental charge or any Tax that would not have been imposed, payable or due:
(1) but for the existence of any present or former connection between the Holder (or
the beneficial owner of, or person ultimately entitled to obtain an interest in, such notes)
and the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (including being a citizen or resident or national of,
or carrying on a business or maintaining a permanent establishment in, or being physically
present in, the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction) other than the mere acquisition, ownership,
holding or disposition of the Notes or enforcement of rights thereunder or the receipt of
payments in respect thereof;
(2) but for the failure to satisfy any certification, identification or other reporting
requirements whether imposed by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice;
provided, however, that the Issuer has delivered a request to the Holder or beneficial owner
to comply with such requirements at least 30 days prior to the date by which such compliance
is required and such Holder or beneficial owner can legally comply with such requirements;
(3) if the presentation of notes (where presentation is required) for payment had
occurred within 30 days after the date such payment was due and payable or was duly provided
for, whichever is later, but only to the extent such Additional Amounts would not have been
required had the note been presented on the last day of the applicable 30 day period;
(4) but for the fact that the Holder does not deal at arm’s length (within the meaning
of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) with the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or a Guarantor; or
(5) but for any combination of the items listed above.
Each of the Co-Issuers and the Guarantors will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder and
beneficial owner from and against (x) any Taxes (other than Taxes excluded by clauses (1) through
(5) above) levied or imposed on a Holder or owner as a result of payments made under or with
respect to the Notes (including any such Tax imposed under Part XIII of the Income Tax Act (Canada)
and arising on an assignment (other than an assignment that is not effected in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture) of a note to a person resident of or deemed resident of Canada that
is withheld from or levied or imposed on a Holder or beneficial owner), and (y) any Taxes (other
than Taxes excluded by clauses (1) through (5) above) so levied or imposed with respect to any
indemnification payments under the foregoing clause (x) or this clause (y) such that the net amount
received by such Holder or beneficial owner after such indemnification payments will not be less
than the net amount the Holder or beneficial owner would have received if the Taxes described in
clauses (x) and (y) above had not been imposed.
In any context, the payment of amounts based upon the principal amount of the Notes or of
principal, interest or of any other amount payable under or with respect to any of the Notes, shall
be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such
context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.
Upon request, the Issuer will provide the Trustee with documentation evidencing the payment of
the Taxes giving rise to the Additional Amounts.
The Co-Issuers will pay any present or future stamp, registration, court or documentary taxes,
or any other excise, property or similar taxes, charges or levies (including any interest and
penalties related thereto) which arise in any jurisdiction from the execution, delivery or
registration of the Notes or Guarantees or any other document or instrument referred to therein, or
the receipt of any payments with respect to the Notes or Guarantees (“Documentary Taxes”).
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The obligation to pay Additional Amounts and Documentary Taxes under the terms and conditions
described above will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of this Indenture.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
SECTION 1101. Right of Redemption. At any time prior to May 1, 2012, the Co-Issuers may redeem the
Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by
first-class mail postage prepaid, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of the Notes to the
address of such Holder appearing in the security register, at a redemption price equal to 100% of
the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid
interest and
Special Interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, to the date of redemption (the
“Redemption Date”), subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive
interest due on the relevant interest payment date.
On or after May 1, 2012 (the “First Call Date”), the Co-Issuers may redeem the Notes, in whole
or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice by first class mail, postage
prepaid, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder
appearing in the Note Register at the Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of principal
amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Special Interest, if any, and
Additional Amounts, if any, to the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of
record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment
Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on May 1 of each of the years indicated
below:
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Percentage |
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2012 |
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105.50 |
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2013 |
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102.75 |
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2014 and thereafter |
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100.00 |
% |
In addition, prior to May 1, 2011, the Co-Issuers may, at their option, redeem up to 35% of
the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture at a redemption price equal to
111.0% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and
Special Interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, to the applicable Redemption Date,
subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on
the relevant interest payment date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings of
Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to the extent such net cash proceeds are
contributed to Holdings; provided that at least 65% of the sum of the aggregate principal amount of
Notes originally issued under this Indenture and any Additional Notes issued under this Indenture
after the Issue Date remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption;
provided further that each such redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of closing of each
such Equity Offering.
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SECTION 1102. Applicability of Article. Redemption of Notes at the election of the Company or
otherwise, as permitted or required by any provision of this Indenture, shall be made in accordance
with such provision and this Article.
SECTION 1103. Election To Redeem; Notice To Trustee. The election of the Company to redeem any
Notes pursuant to Section 1101 above shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any
redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Notes to be
redeemed and shall deliver to the Trustee such documentation and records as shall enable the
Trustee to select the Notes to be redeemed pursuant to Section 1104.
SECTION 1104. Selection by Trustee of Notes To Be Redeemed. If less than all of the Notes or such
Pari Passu Indebtedness are to be redeemed at any time, selection of such Notes for redemption,
will be made by the Trustee on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable; provided that no notes
of US$2,000 or less shall be purchased or redeemed in part.
Notices of purchase or redemption shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, at
least 30 but not more than 60 days before the purchase or redemption date to each Holder of Notes
to be purchased or redeemed at such Holder’s registered address. If any Note is to be
purchased or redeemed in part only, any notice of purchase or redemption that relates to such Note
shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof that has been or is to be purchased or
redeemed.
A new Note in principal amount equal to the unpurchased or unredeemed portion of any Note
purchased or redeemed in part will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of
the original Note. On and after the purchase or Redemption Date, unless the Co-Issuers default in
payment of the purchase or Redemption Price, interest shall cease to accrue on notes or portions
thereof purchased or called for redemption.
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SECTION 1105. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided for
in Section 107 not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder
to be redeemed.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price and the amount of accrued interest to the Redemption Date
payable as provided in Section 1107, if any,
(3) if less than all Outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in
the case of a partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Notes to be
redeemed,
(4) in case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to such
Note shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, the
Holder will receive, without charge, a new Note or Notes of authorized denominations for the
principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,
(5) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price (and accrued interest, if any, to
the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1107) will become due and payable upon
each such Note, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed, and that interest thereon will cease
to accrue on and after said date,
(6) the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any,
(7) the name and address of the Paying Agent,
(8) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect
the Redemption Price,
(9) the “CUSIP” number, ISIN or “Common Code” number and that no representation is made
as to the accuracy or correctness of the “CUSIP” number, ISIN or “Common Code” number, if
any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes, and
(10) the paragraph of the Notes pursuant to which the Notes are to be redeemed.
Notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed at the election of the Co-Issuers shall be given
by the Co-Issuers or, at the Co-Issuers’ request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Co-Issuers.
SECTION
1106. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to any Redemption Date, the Co-Issuers shall
deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Co-Issuers is acting as its own Paying
Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to
pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued interest and Special Interest, if any, on, all the Notes
which are to be redeemed on that date.
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SECTION 1107. Notes Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as
aforesaid, the Notes so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified (together with accrued interest and Special Interest, if any, to
the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Co-Issuers shall default in the
payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Notes shall cease to bear interest.
Upon surrender of any such Note for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Note shall be
paid by the Co-Issuers at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest and Special
Interest, if any, to the Redemption Date and such Notes shall be canceled by the Trustee; provided,
however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date
shall be payable to the Holders of such Notes, or one or more Predecessor Notes, registered as such
at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions
of Section 306.
If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption,
the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at
the rate borne by the Notes.
SECTION 1108. Notes Redeemed in Part. Any Note which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to
the provisions of this Article) shall be surrendered at the office or agency of the Co-Issuers
maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002 (with, if the Co-Issuers or the Trustee so
requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Co-Issuers and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly
authorized in writing), and the Co-Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange
for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered.
SECTION 1109. Redemption for Changes in Withholding Taxes
In addition, the Co-Issuers may, at their option, redeem all (but not less than all) of the
Notes then outstanding, in each case at 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption, if any Co-Issuer or a Guarantor has become or
would become obligated to pay, on the next date on which any amount would be payable with respect
to such notes, any Additional Amounts (or make indemnity payments) as a result of any change in law
of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (including any regulations promulgated thereunder) or in the
official interpretation or administration of law or relevant position or policy of any applicable
taxing authority of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, if such change is announced and becomes
effective on or after the Issue Date; provided that the Issuer determines, in its business
judgment, that the obligation to pay such Additional Amounts or indemnification payments cannot be
avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to it. Notice of any such redemption must be
given not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption pursuant to
this paragraph and no later than 270 days after
such Co-Issuer or Guarantor first becomes liable to pay such Additional Amounts (or indemnity
payments); provided that no such notice will be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest
date on which such Co-Issuer or Guarantor would be obliged to pay such Additional Amounts.
Prior to giving any notice of redemption of the Notes pursuant to this section, the Issuer
will deliver to the Trustee:
(1) an Officers’ Certificate stating that the Co-Issuers are entitled to effect such
redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to
the right of the Co-Issuers so to redeem have occurred; and
(2) a written tax opinion of recognized counsel in the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction
acceptable to the Trustee, that the Issuer, Co-Issuer or any Guarantor, as the case may be,
has or will become obliged to pay Additional Amounts as a result of such amendment or change
as described above. Such certificate and opinion will be made available for inspection by
the Holders.
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SECTION 1110. Offers to Repurchase by Application of Proceeds
(a) In the event that, pursuant to Section 1018 hereof, the Co-Issuers shall be required to
commence an Asset Sale Offer, they shall follow the procedures specified below.
(b) The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days following its
commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable
law (the “Offer Period”). No later than five Business Days after the termination of the Offer
Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Co-Issuers shall apply all Excess Proceeds (the “Offer Amount”)
to the purchase of Notes and, if required, Pari Passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis, if
applicable), or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and Pari Passu
Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased
shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.
(c) If the Purchase Date is on or after a Regular Record Date and on or before the related
Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, up to but
excluding the Purchase Date, shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the
close of business on such Record Date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who
tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.
(d) Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Co-Issuers shall send, by first-class
mail, a notice to each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain
all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset
Sale Offer. The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and holders of Pari Passu
Indebtedness. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:
(1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 1110 and Section
1018 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer shall remain open;
(2) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(3) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue
interest;
(4) that, unless the Co-Issuers default in making such payment, any Note accepted for
payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest on and after the
Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may
elect to have Notes purchased in integral multiples of US$2,000 only;
(6) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer
shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect
Repurchase” attached to the Note completed, or transfer such Note by book-entry transfer, to
the Issuer, the Depositary, if appointed by the Issuer, or a Paying Agent at the address
specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;
(7) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Co-Issuers, the
Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receive, not later than the expiration
of the Offer Period, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of
the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a
statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;
(8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness
surrendered by the holders thereof exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee shall select the
Notes and the Co-Issuers, or, if so elected by the Co-Issuers, the agent for such Pari Passu
Indebtedness, shall select such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis
based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness
tendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Trustee so that only
Notes in denominations of US$2,000, or integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof,
shall be purchased); and
(9) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes
equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or
transferred by book-entry transfer) representing the same indebtedness to the extent not
repurchased.
(e) On or before the Purchase Date, the Co-Issuers shall, to the extent lawful, (1) accept
for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions
thereof validly tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has
been tendered, all Notes tendered and (2) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the
Notes
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properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal
amount of Notes or portions thereof so tendered.
(f) The Co-Issuers, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly
mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes
properly tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Co-Issuers for purchase, and the Co-Issuers
shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall
authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) such new Note to such
Holder (it being understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no
Opinion of Counsel or Officers’ Certificate is required for the Trustee to authenticate and mail
or deliver such new Note) in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note
surrendered representing the same indebtedness to the extent not repurchased; provided
that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of US$2,000 or an integral multiple of
US$1,000 in excess thereof.
Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Co-Issuers to the
Holder thereof. The Co-Issuers shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on or
as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date.
Other than as specifically provided in this Section 1110 or Section 1018 hereof, any purchase
pursuant to this Section 1110 shall be made pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Article
XI.
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ARTICLE TWELVE
GUARANTEES
SECTION 1201. Guarantees. The Guarantors, as primary obligors and not merely as sureties, hereby
jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, on a senior basis, the Notes and
obligations of the Co-Issuers hereunder and thereunder, and guarantees to each Holder of a Note
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and to the Trustee for itself and on behalf of such
Holder, that: (1) the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on, or Special Interest in
respect of, the Notes will be paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise (including the amount that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay
under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Law), together with interest on the overdue principal, if
any, and interest on any overdue interest, to the extent lawful, and all other obligations of the
Co-Issuers to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be paid in full or performed,
all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (2) in case of any extension of time of
payment or renewal of any Notes or of any such other obligations, the same shall be paid in full
when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated
Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, subject, however, in the case of clauses (1) and (2) above,
to the limitation set forth in Section 1204 hereof.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional,
irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the
absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any
provisions hereof or thereof, any release of any other Guarantor, the recovery of any judgment
against the Issuer, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor.
Each Guarantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) the benefits of diligence,
presentment, demand for payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or
bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer or any other
Person, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that the Guarantee of such
Guarantor shall not be discharged as to any Note except by complete performance of the obligations
contained in such Note, this Indenture and such Guarantee. Each Guarantor acknowledges that the
Guarantee is a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due and not of collection.
Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that, in the event of a default in payment of principal (or
premium, if any) or interest on such Note, whether at its Stated Maturity, by acceleration,
purchase or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the
Holder of such Note, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly
against each of the Guarantors to enforce such Guarantor’s Guarantee without first proceeding
against the Issuer or any other Guarantor. Each Guarantor agrees that if, after the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee or any of the Holders are prevented by
applicable law from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the Maturity of the Notes, to
collect interest on the Notes, or to enforce or exercise any other right or
remedy with respect to the Notes, such Guarantor shall pay to the Trustee for the account of
the Holder, upon demand therefor, the amount that would otherwise have been due and payable had
such rights and remedies been permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of the Holders.
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Issuer or
any Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation
to either the Issuer or any Guarantor, any amount paid by any of them to the Trustee or such
Holder, the Guarantee of each of the Guarantors, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be
reinstated in full force and effect. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between each
Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee on the other hand, (1) subject to this
Article Twelve, the Maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in
Article Five hereof for the purposes of the Guarantee of such Guarantor notwithstanding any stay,
injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any acceleration of such obligation as provided in
Article Five hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due
and payable by each Guarantor for the purpose of the Guarantee of such Guarantor.
Each Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any
petition be filed by or against the Issuer for liquidation, reorganization, should the Issuer
become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee
be appointed for all or any significant part of the Issuer’s assets, and shall, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in
amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Notes, whether as a
“voidable preference”, “fraudulent transfer” or otherwise, all as though such payment or
performance had not been made. In the event that any payment or any part thereof, is rescinded,
reduced, restored or returned, the Notes shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be
reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or
returned. The form of Notation of Guarantee to be executed on each Note by each Guarantor is
attached as Exhibit B hereto.
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SECTION 1202. Severability. In case any provision of any Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby to the extent permitted by applicable law.
SECTION 1203. Restricted Subsidiaries. The Issuer shall cause any Restricted Subsidiary required to
guarantee payment of the Notes pursuant to the terms and provisions of Section 1015 to (1) execute
and deliver to the Trustee any amendment or supplement to this Indenture in accordance with the
provisions of Article Nine of this Indenture pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary shall
guarantee all of the obligations on the Notes, whether for principal, premium, if any, interest
(including interest accruing after the filing of, or which would have accrued but for the filing
of, a petition by or against the Issuer under any Bankruptcy Law, whether or not such interest is
allowed as a claim after such filing in any proceeding under such law) and other amounts due in
connection therewith (including any fees, expenses and indemnities), on an unsecured senior basis
and (2) deliver to such Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Trustee to
the effect that such amendment or supplement has been duly executed and delivered by such
Restricted Subsidiary and is in compliance with the terms of this Indenture. Upon the execution of
any such amendment or supplement, the obligations of the Guarantors and any such Restricted
Subsidiary under their respective Guarantees shall become joint and several and each reference to
the “Guarantor” in this Indenture shall, subject to Section 1207, be deemed to refer to all
Guarantors, including such Restricted Subsidiary. Such Guarantee shall be released in accordance
with Section 803 and Section 1208.
SECTION 1204. Limitation of Guarantors’ Liability. Each Guarantor and by its acceptance hereof each
Holder confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the guarantee by each such
Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes
of the Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act,
the Fraudulent Conveyances Act or any similar federal, provincial or state law or the provisions of
its local law relating to fraudulent transfer or conveyance. To effectuate the foregoing intention,
the Holders and each such Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor
under its Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount that will not, after giving effect to
all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and after giving effect to any
collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the
obligations of such other Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to this Section 1204, result in
the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee constituting such fraudulent transfer or
conveyance.
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SECTION 1205. Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution among the
Guarantors, the Guarantors agree, inter se, that in the event any payment or distribution is made
by any Guarantor (a “Funding Guarantor”) under a Guarantee, such Funding Guarantor shall be
entitled to a contribution from all other Guarantors in a pro rata amount based on the Adjusted Net
Assets (as defined below) of each Guarantor (including the Funding Guarantor) for all payments,
damages and expenses incurred by that Funding Guarantor in discharging the Issuer’s obligations
with respect to the Notes or any other Guarantor’s obligations with respect to the Guarantee of
such Guarantor. “Adjusted Net Assets” of such Guarantor at any date shall mean the lesser of (1)
the amount by which the fair value of the property of such Guarantor exceeds the total amount of
liabilities, including contingent liabilities (after giving effect to all other fixed and
contingent liabilities incurred or assumed on such date), but excluding liabilities under the
Guarantee of such Guarantor at such date and (2) the amount by which the present fair salable value
of the assets of such Guarantor at such date exceeds the amount that will be required to pay the
probable liability of such Guarantor on its debts (after giving effect to all other fixed and
contingent liabilities incurred or assumed on such date), excluding debt in respect of the
Guarantee of such Guarantor, as they become absolute and matured.
SECTION 1206. Subrogation. Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders against the
Co-Issuers in respect of any amounts paid by any Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section
1201; provided, however, that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Guarantor
shall be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of
subrogation until all amounts then due and payable by the Co-Issuers under this Indenture or the
Notes shall have been paid in full.
SECTION 1207. Reinstatement. Each Guarantor hereby agrees (and each Person who becomes a Guarantor
shall agree) that the Guarantee provided for in Section 1201 shall continue to be effective or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time, payment, or any part thereof, of any obligations or
interest thereon is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by a Holder to the Issuer upon the
bankruptcy or insolvency of the Issuer or any Guarantor.
SECTION 1208. Release of a Guarantor. Any Guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Notes shall
be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon:
(1) (A) any sale, exchange or transfer (by merger, amalgamation or otherwise) of all of
the Issuer’s and/or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock in such Guarantor (including
any sale, exchange or transfer following which the applicable Guarantor is no longer a
Restricted Subsidiary) or all or substantially all the assets of such Guarantor (other than
any sale, exchange or transfer to the Issuer, any Guarantor and/or any Restricted Subsidiary), which sale, exchange or transfer is made in compliance with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture,
(B) the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary of
the Senior Credit Facilities or the other guarantee which resulted in the creation
of such Guarantee, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under
such guarantee,
(C) if Holdings properly designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a
Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary upon effectiveness of such designation or
when it first ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary, respectively, or
(D) exercise of the Legal Defeasance of the Notes under Section 1302 hereof, or
the Covenant Defeasance of the Notes under Section 1303 hereof, or if the
Co-Issuers’ obligations under this Indenture are discharged in accordance with
Section 401; and
(2) such Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the
release and discharge of the Guarantee have been complied with.
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SECTION 1209. Benefits Acknowledged. Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and
indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and from its
guarantee and waivers pursuant to its Guarantees under this Article Twelve.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION
1301. Issuer’s Option To Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Issuer may, at
its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to the Notes, elect to have either
Section 1302 or Section 1303 be applied to all Outstanding Notes upon compliance with the
conditions set forth below in this Article Thirteen.
SECTION 1302. Legal Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 1301 of the
option applicable to this Section 1302, each of the Issuer and the Guarantors shall be deemed to
have been discharged from its respective obligations with respect to all Outstanding Notes on the
date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For
this purpose, such Legal Defeasance means that each of the Issuer and the Guarantors 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 1305 and the
other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (1) and (2) below, and to have satisfied all its
other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture insofar as such Notes are concerned (and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same),
except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:
(1) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of
(and premium, if any, on) and interest on such Notes when such payments are due, solely out of the
trust described in Section 1304, (2) the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such Notes under
Sections 303, 304, 305, 1002 and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder (including Section 607), and the obligations of each of the Issuer and the
Guarantors in connection therewith and (4) this Article Thirteen.
Subject to compliance with this Article Thirteen, the Issuer may exercise its option
under this Section 1302 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1303 with
respect to the Notes.
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SECTION 1303. Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 1301 of the option
applicable to this Section 1303, each of the Issuer and the Guarantors shall be released from its
respective obligations under any covenant contained in Sections 801, 802 and in Sections 1005,
1006, 1007 and 1009 through and including 1018 and 1021 with respect to the Outstanding Notes on
and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant
Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not to be “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. For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to
the Outstanding Notes, the Issuer or any Guarantor, as applicable, may omit to comply with and
shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such
covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such
covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any
other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default
under Sections 501(3), 501(4), 501(5), 501(6) and 501(8) and, with respect to only any Significant
Subsidiary and not the Issuer, Section 501(7), but, except as specified above, the remainder of
this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1304. Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the
conditions to application of either Section 1302 or Section 1303 to the Outstanding Notes:
(1) The Issuer shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 608 who shall agree to
comply with the provisions of this Article Thirteen applicable to it) as trust funds in
trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security
for, and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Notes; (A) cash in U.S.
dollars, or (B) non-callable Government Securities, or (C) a combination thereof (without
consideration of any reinvestment of interest), in such amounts as will be sufficient, in
the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which
shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Notes on the Stated
Maturity (or Redemption Date, if applicable) of such principal (and premium, if any, or,
interest due on the Notes; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed
to apply such cash or the proceeds of such Government Securities to said payments with
respect to the Notes. Before such a deposit, the Company may give to the Trustee, in
accordance with Section 1103 hereof, a notice of its election to redeem all of the
Outstanding Notes at a future date in accordance with Article Eleven hereof, which notice
shall be irrevocable. Such irrevocable redemption notice, if given, shall be given effect
in applying the foregoing;
(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel in the United States confirming that, subject to customary assumptions
and exclusions,
(A) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the United
States Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or
(B) since the issuance of the Notes, there has been a change in the applicable
U.S. Federal income tax law,
in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel in the United
States shall confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of
the Outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax
purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax
on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if
such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(3) (x) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States confirming that, subject to customary
assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Outstanding Notes will not recognize income,
gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance
and will be subject to such tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred; and (y) in
the case of Covenant Defeasance or Legal Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in Canada confirming that the Holders will not recognize
income, gain or loss for Canadian federal tax purposes as a result of such Covenant
Defeasance or Legal Defeasance and will be subject to Canadian federal tax on the same
amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
Covenant Defeasance or Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(4) no Default or Event of Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to
be applied to make such deposit) shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit;
(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under the Senior Credit Facilities or any other
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agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which, the Issuer or any
Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or any Guarantor is bound;
(6) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that, as of the date of such opinion and subject to customary assumptions and exclusions
following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable
Bankruptcy Law affecting creditors’ rights generally under any applicable U.S. Federal or
state law, and that the Trustee has a perfected security interest in such trust funds for
the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Outstanding Notes;
(7) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating
that the deposit was not made by the Issuer with the intent of preferring the Holders over
any of its other Creditors defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the
Issuer or any Guarantor or others; and
(8) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel in the United States (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to
customary assumptions and exclusions) each stating that all conditions precedent provided
for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have
been complied with.
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SECTION 1305. Deposited Money and Government Securities To Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all cash and
Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other
qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 1305, the “Qualifying Trustee”)
pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of the Outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by
the Qualifying Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as its own Paying
Agent) as the Qualifying Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to
become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, but such money or
Government Securities need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Issuer shall pay and indemnify the Qualifying Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge
imposed on or assessed against the Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the
principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge
which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Notes.
Anything in this Article Thirteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the Qualifying Trustee
shall deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon Company Request any money or Government
Securities held by it as provided in Section 1304 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to
the Qualifying Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be
deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as applicable, in
accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1306. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or
Government Securities in accordance with Section 1305 by reason of any order or judgment of any
court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application,
then the Issuer’s and each Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Outstanding Notes
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303,
as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such
money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 1305; provided, however, that if the
Issuer makes any payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Note following the
reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of
such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or
Paying Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as
of the day and year first above written.
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TELESAT LLC
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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TELESAT HOLDINGS INC.
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Chief Financial Officer |
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INFOSAT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
ABLE INFOSAT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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TELESAT INTERCO INC.
INFOSAT ABLE HOLDINGS, INC.
TELESAT SATELLITE HOLDINGS CORPORATION
SKYNET SATELLITE CORPORATION
TELESAT INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C.
TELESAT BRAZIL HOLDINGS LLC
TELESAT NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
TELESAT NETWORK SERVICES
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
TELESAT NS, INC.
TELESAT NS HOLDINGS, L.L.C.
TELESAT NETWORK SERVICES HOLDINGS L.L.C.
TELESAT NS, L.L.C.
TELESAT NETWORK SERVICES, L.L.C.
TELESAT SATELLITE GP, LLC
TELESAT SATELLITE LP
TELESAT COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.
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TELESAT SPACE PARTICIPAÇÕES LTDA.
TELESAT BRASIL CAPACIDADE DE
SATÉLITES LTDA.
as Guarantors
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TELESAT SERVIÇOS DE
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TELESAT BRASIL LTDA.
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Signature Page to
Senior Notes Indenture
Rule 144A / Regulation S / IAI Appendix
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL NOTES,
PRIVATE EXCHANGE NOTES
AND EXCHANGE NOTES
1. Definitions
1.1 Definitions.
For the purposes of this Appendix the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a
Temporary Regulation S Global Note or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the
Depository for such a Temporary Regulation S Global Note, to the extent applicable to such
transaction and as in effect from time to time.
“Definitive Note” means a certificated Initial Note or Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note
bearing, if required, the appropriate restricted notes legend set forth in Section 2.3(e).
“Depository” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.
“Distribution Compliance Period”, with respect to any Notes, means the period of 40
consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (i) the day on which such Notes are first
offered to Persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in
reliance on Regulation S and (ii) the issue date with respect to such Notes.
“Exchange Notes” means (1) the 11.0% Senior Notes Due 2015 issued pursuant to the Indenture in
connection with a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement and (2)
Additional Notes, if any, issued pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC under the
Securities Act.
“IAI” means an institutional “accredited investor”, as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2),
(3) and
(7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.
“Initial Notes” means (1) US$692,825,000 aggregate principal amount of 11.0% Senior Notes Due
2015 issued on the Issue Date and (2) Additional Notes, if any, issued in a transaction exempt from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
“Initial Purchasers” means (1) with respect to the Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date,
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, UBS Securities LLC, X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., Scotia Capital
(USA) Inc. and Xxxxxxxxx & Company, Inc., and (2) with respect to each issuance of Additional
Notes, the Persons purchasing such Additional Notes under the related Purchase Agreement.
“Notes” means the Initial Notes, the Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes, treated as
a single class.
“Notes Custodian” means the custodian with respect to a Global Notes (as appointed by the
Depository), or any successor Person thereto and shall initially be the Trustee.
“Private Exchange” means the offer by the Issuer, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement,
to the Initial Purchasers to issue and deliver to each Initial Purchaser, in exchange for the
Initial Notes held by the Initial Purchaser as part of its initial distribution, a like aggregate
principal amount of Private Exchange Notes.
“Private Exchange Notes” means any 11.0% Senior Notes Due 2015 issued in connection with a
Private Exchange.
“Purchase Agreement” means (1) with respect to the Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, the
Purchase Agreement dated June 24, 2008, among Holdings, the Co-Issuers, the Guarantors and the
Representatives on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, and (2) with respect to each issuance of
Additional Notes, the purchase agreement or underwriting agreement among Holdings, the Co-Issuers,
the Guarantors and the Persons purchasing such Additional Notes.
“QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
“Registered Exchange Offer” means the offer by the Issuer, pursuant to a Registration Rights
Agreement, to certain Holders of Initial Notes, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange
for the Initial Notes, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes registered under the
Securities Act.
“Registration Rights Agreement” means (1) with respect to the Initial Notes issued on the
Issue Date, the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 30, 2008, among the Issuer, the Guarantors
and the Initial Purchasers and (2) with respect to each issuance of Additional Notes issued in a
transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, the registration
rights agreement, if any, among the Issuer and the Persons purchasing such Additional Notes under
the related Purchase Agreement.
“Rule 144A Notes” means all Notes offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.
“Shelf Registration Statement” means the registration statement issued by the Issuer in
connection with the offer and sale of Initial Notes or Private Exchange Notes pursuant to a
Registration Rights Agreement.
“Transfer Restricted Notes” means Notes that bear or are required to bear the legend relating
to restrictions on transfer relating to the Securities Act set forth in Section 2.3(e) hereto.
1.2 Other Definitions.
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2. The Notes.
2.1 (a) Form and Dating. The Initial Notes will be offered and sold by the
Co-Issuers pursuant to a Purchase Agreement. The Initial Notes will be resold initially only to
(i) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) and (ii) Persons other
than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act
(“Regulation S”). Initial Notes may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs, IAIs and
purchasers in reliance on Regulation S, subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein.
Initial Notes initially resold pursuant to Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one
or more permanent global Notes in definitive, fully registered form (collectively, the “Rule 144A
Global Note”); Initial Notes initially resold to IAIs shall be issued initially in the form of one
or more permanent global Notes in definitive, fully registered form (collectively, the “IAI Global
Note”); and Initial Notes initially resold pursuant to Regulation S shall be issued initially in
the form of one or more temporary global notes in fully registered form (collectively, the
“Temporary Regulation S Global Note”), in each case without interest coupons and with the global
notes legend and the applicable restricted notes legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto, which shall
be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Initial Notes represented thereby with the Notes
Custodian and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository, duly
executed by the Co-Issuers and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in the Indenture. Except
as set forth in this Section 2.1(a), beneficial ownership interests in the Temporary Regulation S
Global Note will not be exchangeable for interests in a permanent global note (the “Permanent
Regulation S Global Note”, and together with the Temporary Regulation S Global Note, the
“Regulation S Global Note”) or any other Note prior to the expiration of the Distribution
Compliance Period and then, after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, may be
exchanged for interests in a Rule 144A Global Note, an IAI Global Note or the Permanent Regulation
S Global Note only upon certification in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that (i)
beneficial ownership interests in such Temporary Regulation S Global Note are owned either by
non-U.S. persons or U.S. persons who purchased such interests in a transaction that did not require
registration under the Securities Act and (ii) in the case of an exchange for an IAI Global Note,
certification that the interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Note is being transferred to
an institutional “accredited investor” under the Securities Act that is an institutional accredited
investor acquiring the Notes for its own account or for the account of an institutional accredited
investor.
Beneficial interests in Temporary Regulation S Global Notes and IAI Global Notes may be
exchanged for interests in Rule 144A Global Notes if (1) such exchange occurs in connection with a
transfer of Notes in compliance with Rule 144A and (2) the transferor of the beneficial interest in
the Temporary Regulation S Global Note or the IAI Global Note, as applicable, first delivers to the
Trustee a written certificate (in a form satisfactory to the Trustee) to the effect that the
beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Note or the IAI Global Note, as
applicable, is being transferred to a Person (a) who the transferor reasonably believes to be a
QIB, (b) purchasing for its own account or the account of a QIB in a transaction meeting the
requirements of Rule 144A, and (c) in accordance with all applicable securities laws of the States
of the United States and other jurisdictions.
Beneficial interests in Temporary Regulation S Global Notes and Rule 144A Global Notes may be
exchanged for an interest in IAI Global Notes if (1) such exchange occurs in connection with a
transfer of the Notes in compliance with an exemption under the Securities Act and (2) the
transferor of the Regulation S Global Note or Rule 144A Global Note, as applicable, first delivers
to the trus-
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tee a written certificate (substantially in the form of Exhibit 2) to the effect that (A) the
Regulation S Global Note or Rule 144A Global Note, as applicable, is being transferred (a) to an
“accredited investor” within the meaning of 501(a)(1),(2),(3) and (7) under the Securities Act that
is an institutional investor acquiring the Notes for its own account or for the account of such an
institutional accredited investor, in each case in a minimum principal amount of the Notes of
$250,000, for investment purposes and not with a view to or for offer or sale in connection with
any distribution in violation of the Securities Act and (B) in accordance with all applicable
securities laws of the States of the United States and other jurisdictions.
Beneficial interests in a Rule 144A Global Note or an IAI Global Note may be transferred to a
Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in a Regulation S Global Note, whether before
or after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, only if the transferor first
delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in the Indenture) to the effect
that such transfer is being made in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S or Rule 144 (if
applicable).
The Rule 144A Global Note, the IAI Global Note, the Temporary Regulation S Global Note and the
Permanent Regulation S Global Note are collectively referred to herein as “Global Notes”. The
aggregate principal amount of the Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by
adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depository or its nominee as hereinafter
provided.
(b) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.1(b) shall apply only to a Global Note
deposited with or on behalf of the Depository.
The Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(b),
authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Notes that (a) shall be registered in the
name of the Depository for such Global Note or Global Notes or the nominee of such Depository and
(b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such Depository’s
instructions or held by the Trustee as custodian for the Depository.
Members of, or participants in, the Depository (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under
the Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depository or by the
Trustee as the custodian of the Depository or under such Global Note, and the Issuer, the Trustee
and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be entitled to treat the Depository as the
absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer 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 of such Depository governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial
interest in any Global Note.
(c) Definitive Notes. Except as provided in this Section 2.1 or Section 2.3 or 2.4,
owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery
of Definitive Notes.
2.2 Authentication. The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver: (1) on the Issue
Date, an aggregate principal amount of US$692,825,000 million 11.0% Senior Notes Due 2015, (2) any
Additional Notes for an original issue in an aggregate principal amount specified in the written
order of the Issuer pursuant to Section 202 of the Indenture and (3) Exchange Notes or Private
Exchange Notes for issue only in a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange, respectively,
pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, for a like principal amount of Initial Notes, in each
case upon a written order of the Co-Issuers signed by two Officers or by an Officer and either an
Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of the Co-Issuers. Such order shall specify the
amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be
authenticated and, in the case of any issuance of Additional
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Notes pursuant to Section 313 of the Indenture, shall certify that such issuance is in
compliance with Section 1011 of the Indenture.
2.3 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes. When Definitive Notes are presented to
the Registrar with a request:
(x) to register the transfer of such Definitive Notes; or
(y) to exchange such Definitive Notes for an equal principal amount of Definitive Notes
of other authorized denominations,
the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable
requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however that the Definitive Notes surrendered
for transfer or exchange:
(i) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof
or its attorney duly authorized in writing; and
(ii) if such Definitive Notes are required to bear a restricted notes legend, they are
being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, pursuant to Section 2.3(b) or pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C) below, and
are accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable:
(A) if such Definitive Notes are being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder
for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from
such Holder to that effect; or
(B) if such Definitive Notes are being transferred to the Issuer, a
certification to that effect; or
(C) if such Definitive Notes are being transferred (x) pursuant to an exemption
from registration in accordance with Rule 144A, Regulation S or Rule 144 under the
Securities Act; or (y) in reliance upon another exemption from the requirements of
the Securities Act: (i) a certification to that effect (in the form set forth on the
reverse of the Note) and (ii) if the Issuer so requests, an opinion of counsel or
other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance with the
restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i).
(b) Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Note for a Beneficial Interest in a Global
Note. A Definitive Note may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global
Note, an IAI Global Note or a Permanent Regulation S Global Note except upon satisfaction of the
requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Note, duly endorsed or
accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, together
with:
(i) certification, in the form set forth on the reverse of the Note, that such
Definitive Note is either (A) being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, (B)
being transferred to an IAI or (C) being transferred after expiration of the Distribution
Compliance Period by a Person who initially purchased such Note in reliance on Regulation S
to a buyer who elects to hold
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its interest in such Note in the form of a beneficial interest in the Permanent
Regulation S Global Note; and
(ii) written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Notes
Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Rule 144A
Global Note (in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (b)(i)(A)), IAI Global Note (in
the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (b)(i)(B)) or Permanent Regulation S Global Note
(in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (b)(i)(C)) to reflect an increase in the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes represented by the Rule 144A Global Note, IAI Global
Note or Permanent Regulation S Global Note, as applicable, such instructions to contain
information regarding the Depository account to be credited with such increase,
then the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Note and cause, or direct the Notes Custodian to
cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depository
and the Notes Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by the Rule 144A
Global Note, IAI Global Note or Permanent Regulation S Global Note, as applicable, to be increased
by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Note to be exchanged and shall credit or cause
to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in
the Rule 144A Global Note, IAI Global Note or Permanent Regulation S Global Note, as applicable,
equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Note so canceled. If no Rule 144A Global Notes,
IAI Global Notes or Permanent Regulation S Global Notes, as applicable, are then outstanding, the
Issuer shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Issuer in the form
of an Officers’ Certificate of the Issuer, a new Rule 144A Global Note, IAI Global Note or
Permanent Regulation S Global Note, as applicable, in the appropriate principal amount.
(c) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.
(i) The transfer and exchange of Global Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be
effected through the Depository, in accordance with the Indenture (including applicable
restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the Depository therefor.
A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall deliver to the Registrar a written
order given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures containing information regarding the
participant account of the Depository to be credited with a beneficial interest in the Global Note.
The Registrar shall, in accordance with such instructions instruct the Depository to credit to the
account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Note and
to debit the account of the Person making the transfer the beneficial interest in the Global Note
being transferred.
(ii) If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global Note to a
beneficial interest in another Global Note, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records
the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Note to which such interest is being
transferred in an amount equal to the principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and
the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the
principal amount of the Global Note from which such interest is being transferred.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Appendix (other than the provisions set
forth in Section 2.4), a Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depository to
a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee
of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee
of such successor Depository.
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(iv) In the event that a Global Note is exchanged for Definitive Notes pursuant to Section 2.4
of this Appendix, prior to the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of
a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Notes, such Notes may be exchanged only in
accordance with such procedures as are substantially consistent with the provisions of this Section
2.3 (including the certification requirements set forth on the reverse of the Initial Notes
intended to ensure that such transfers comply with Rule 144A, Regulation S or another applicable
exemption under the Securities Act, as the case may be) and such other procedures as may from time
to time be adopted by the Issuer.
(d) Restrictions on Transfer of Temporary Regulation S Global Notes. During the
Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in Temporary Regulation S Global
Notes may only be sold, pledged or transferred in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and
only (i) to the Issuer, (ii) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S (other than
a transaction resulting in an exchange for an interest in a Permanent Regulation S Global Note) or
(iii) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each case in
accordance with any applicable securities laws of any State of the United States.
(e) Legend.
(i) Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv), each Note
certificate evidencing the Global Notes (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or in
substitution thereof), in the case of Notes offered otherwise than in reliance on Regulation S
shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF
SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS
HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS NOTE MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT (A) THIS NOTE MAY BE
OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) TO THE ISSUER, (II) IN THE
UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (III) TO AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE
501(A)(1),(2),(3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES
THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO
THE TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH
TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES LESS THAN $250,000, AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT, (IV) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (V) PURSUANT TO EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (VI) PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGIS-
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TRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (VI) IN ACCORDANCE
WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER
WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE FROM IT
OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
Each certificate evidencing a Note offered in reliance on Regulation S shall, in addition to
the foregoing, bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND
MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY
U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF
THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE
MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
Each Definitive Note shall also bear the following additional legend:
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT
SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO
CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note (including any Transfer
Restricted Note represented by a Global Note) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the
Registrar shall permit the transferee thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a
certificated Note that does not bear the legend set forth above and rescind any restriction on the
transfer of such Transfer Restricted Note, if the transferor thereof certifies in writing to the
Registrar that such sale or transfer was made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in
the form set forth on the reverse of the Note).
(iii) After a transfer of any Initial Notes or Private Exchange Notes pursuant to and during
the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Initial
Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, all requirements pertaining to legends on such
Initial Note or such Private Exchange Note will cease to apply, the requirements requiring any such
Initial Note or such Private Exchange Note issued to certain Holders be issued in global form will
cease to apply, and a certificated Initial Note or Private Exchange Note or an Initial Note or
Private Exchange Note in global form, in each case without restrictive transfer legends, will be
available to the transferee of the Holder of such Initial Notes or Private Exchange Notes upon
exchange of such transferring Holder’s certificated Initial Note or Private Exchange Note or
directions to transfer such Holder’s interest in the Global Note, as applicable.
(iv) Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial Notes,
all requirements pertaining to such Initial Notes that Initial Notes issued to certain Holders be
issued in global form will still apply with respect to Holders of such Initial Notes that do not
exchange their Initial Notes, and Exchange Notes in certificated or global form, in each case
without the restricted notes legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto will be available to Holders that
exchange such Initial Notes in such Registered Exchange Offer.
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(v) Upon the consummation of a Private Exchange with respect to the Initial Notes, all
requirements pertaining to such Initial Notes that Initial Notes issued to certain Holders be
issued in global form will still apply with respect to Holders of such Initial Notes that do not
exchange their Initial Notes, and Private Exchange Notes in global form with the global notes
legend and the applicable restricted notes legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto will be available
to Holders that exchange such Initial Notes in such Private Exchange.
(f) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Note. At such time as all beneficial
interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged for Definitive Notes, redeemed, purchased or
canceled, such Global Note shall be returned to the Depository for cancellation or retained and
canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a
Global Note is exchanged for certificated Notes, redeemed, purchased or canceled, the principal
amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on
the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Notes Custodian for such Global Note) with
respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Notes Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
(g) No Obligation of the Trustee.
(i) None of the Trustee, Paying Agent or Notes Registrar shall have any responsibility or
obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the
Depository or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its
nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the
Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person
(other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of
any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the
Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to or
upon the order of the registered Holders (which shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case
of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only
through the Depository subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The
Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the
Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners. None of the
Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Notes Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any
acts or omissions of the Depositary with respect to such Global Note, for the records of any such
depositary, including records in respect of beneficial ownership interests in respect of any such
Global Note, for any transactions between the Depositary and any Agent Member or between or among
the Depositary, any such Agent Member and/or any holder or owner of a beneficial interest in such
Global Note, or for any transfers of beneficial interests in any such Global Note.
(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under the Indenture or under applicable law
with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among
Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require
delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and
to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of the Indenture, and to examine the same to
determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
2.4 Definitive Notes.
(a) A Global Note deposited with the Depository or with the Trustee as Notes Custodian for the
Depository pursuant to Section 2.1 shall be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the
form of Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such
Global Note, in exchange for such Global Note, only if such transfer complies with Section 2.3
hereof and
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(i) the Depository notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depository for such Global Note and the Depository fails to appoint a successor depository or if at
any time such Depository ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act, and in
either case, a successor depository is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days of such notice or
(ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(b) Any Global Note that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this
Section 2.4 shall be surrendered by the Depository to the Trustee located at the Corporate Trust
Office (as defined in the Indenture), to be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part,
without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion
of such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized
denominations. Any portion of a Global Note transferred pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be
executed, authenticated and delivered only in denominations of US$2,000 principal amount and
integral multiples of US$1,000 thereof and registered in such names as the Depository shall direct.
Any Definitive Note delivered in exchange for an interest in the Transfer Restricted Note shall,
except as otherwise provided by Section 2.3(e) hereof, bear the applicable restricted notes legend
and definitive notes legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.4(b) hereof, the registered Holder of a Global Note
shall be entitled to 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 the Indenture or the Notes.
(d) In the event of the occurrence of one of the events specified in Section 2.4(a) hereof,
the Issuer shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Definitive Notes in
definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons. In the event that such Definitive
Notes are not issued, the Issuer expressly acknowledges, with respect to the right of any Holder to
pursue a remedy pursuant to the Indenture, including pursuant to Section 507 of the Indenture, the
right of any beneficial owner of Notes to pursue such remedy with respect to the portion of the
Global Note that represents such beneficial owner’s Notes as if such Definitive Notes had been
issued.
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EXHIBIT 1
to Rule 144A / Regulation S / IAI Appendix
[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE]
[Global Notes Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 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 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 NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO
NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF
THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH
IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[[FOR REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE ONLY] UNTIL 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF COMMENCEMENT OR
COMPLETION OF THE OFFERING, AN OFFER OR SALE OF SECURITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BY A DEALER (AS
DEFINED IN THE SECURITIES ACT) MAY VIOLATE THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT IF
SUCH OFFER OR SALE IS MADE OTHERWISE THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A THEREUNDER.]
[Restricted Notes Legend for Notes offered otherwise
than in Reliance on Regulation S]
THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS NOTE
MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN
APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF
THIS NOTE MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT
PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS NOTE MAY BE
OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) TO THE ISSUER, (II) WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS
DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE
144A, (III) TO AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1),(2),(3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER,
FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRE-
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SENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED
FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES
LESS THAN $250,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, (IV) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (V) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (VI) PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (VI) IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE
HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE FROM IT
OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
[Restricted Notes Legend for Notes Offered in Reliance on Regulation S]
THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND
MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S.
PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN
TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
[Temporary Regulation S Global Note Legend]
EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S
GLOBAL NOTE WILL NOT BE EXCHANGEABLE FOR INTERESTS IN THE PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE OR ANY
OTHER NOTE REPRESENTING AN INTEREST IN THE NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN A LEGEND
CONTAINING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE “40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE
PERIOD” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 903(b)(2) OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THEN
ONLY UPON CERTIFICATION IN FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH BENEFICIAL
INTERESTS ARE OWNED EITHER BY NON-U.S. PERSONS OR U.S. PERSONS WHO PURCHASED SUCH INTERESTS IN A
TRANSACTION THAT DID NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. DURING SUCH 40-DAY
DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S
GLOBAL NOTE MAY ONLY BE SOLD, PLEDGED OR TRANSFERRED (I) TO THE COMPANY, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES IN A TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR
(III) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES
(I) THROUGH (III) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED
STATES. HOLDERS OF INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE WILL NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER
OF THIS NOTE OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO ABOVE, IF THEN APPLICABLE.
AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS
TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR INTERESTS IN A RULE 144A GLOBAL NOTE ONLY
IF (1) SUCH EX-
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CHANGE OCCURS IN CONNECTION WITH A TRANSFER OF THE NOTES IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A AND (2) THE
TRANSFEROR OF THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE FIRST DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A WRITTEN CERTIFICATE (IN
THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS CERTIFICATE) TO THE EFFECT THAT THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE IS BEING
TRANSFERRED (A) TO A PERSON WHO THE TRANSFEROR REASONABLY BELIEVES TO BE A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A, (B) TO A PERSON WHO IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A,
AND (C) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND
OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS
TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR INTERESTS IN AN IAI GLOBAL NOTE ONLY IF (1)
SUCH EXCHANGE OCCURS IN CONNECTION WITH A TRANSFER OF THE NOTES IN COMPLIANCE WITH AN EXEMPTION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (2) THE TRANSFEROR OF THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE FIRST DELIVERS TO
THE TRUSTEE A WRITTEN CERTIFICATE (IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS CERTIFICATE) TO THE EFFECT THAT THE
REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE IS BEING TRANSFERRED (A) TO AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF
RULE 501(a)(1),(2),(3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE
TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE TRANSFER
OF THIS NOTE (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN
RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES LESS THAN $250,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
ACCEPTABLE TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER
JURISDICTIONS.
BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A RULE 144A GLOBAL NOTE OR AN IAI GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A
PERSON WHO TAKES DELIVERY IN THE FORM OF AN INTEREST IN THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE, WHETHER
BEFORE OR AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, ONLY IF THE TRANSFEROR
FIRST DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A WRITTEN CERTIFICATE (IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS CERTIFICATE) TO
THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR 904 OF REGULATION S OR
RULE 144 (IF AVAILABLE).
[Definitive Notes Legend]
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT
SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM
THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
Ex. 1-3
11.0% Senior Notes Due 2015
Telesat Canada, a Canadian corporation (the “Issuer” or “Company”), and Telesat LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the “Co-Issuer”, and together with the Issuer, the
“Co-Issuers”), promise to pay to
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registered assigns, the
principal sum of
Dollars on November 1, 2015 (the
“Maturity Date”).
Interest Payment Dates: May 1 and November 1 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”) commencing
November 1, 2008.
Record Dates: April 15 and October 15 (each, a “Regular Record Date”).
Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.
Dated:
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the
Notes referred to in the Indenture.
Ex. 1-4
[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL NOTE]
11.0% Senior Note Due 2015
1. Principal and Interest.
The Co-Issuers will pay the principal of this Note on November 1, 2015.
The Co-Issuers promise to pay interest, Additional Amounts, if any, and Special Interest, if
any, on the principal amount of this Note on each Interest Payment Date, as set forth below, at the
rate of 11.0% per annum (subject to adjustment as provided below).
Interest, Additional Amounts, if any, and Special Interest, if any, will be payable
semi-annually (to the Holders of record of the Notes (or any Predecessor Notes) at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date) on
each Interest Payment Date, commencing November 1, 2008.
Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid
or, if no interest has been paid, from May [ ], 2008.* Interest will be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Exchange and Registration Rights
Agreement, dated June 30, 2008 among Holdings, the Co-Issuers, the Guarantors and the Initial
Purchasers named therein (the “Registration Right Agreement”).
The Co-Issuers shall pay interest, Additional Amounts, if any, and Special Interest if any, on
overdue principal and premium, if any, and interest on overdue installments of interest, to the
extent lawful, at a rate of 2.0% per annum in excess of the rate of interest applicable to the
Notes.
2. Method of Payment.
The Issuer will pay interest (except defaulted interest) on the principal amount of the Notes
on each Interest Payment Date to the Persons who are Holders (as reflected in the Note Register at
the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the applicable Interest
Payment Date), in each case, even if the Note is cancelled on registration of transfer or
registration of exchange after such Regular Record Date; provided that, with respect to the payment
of principal, the Issuer will make payment to the Holder that surrenders this Note to any Paying
Agent on or after the Maturity Date.
The Issuer will pay principal (premium, if any) and interest in money of the United States
that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. However, the
Issuer may pay principal (premium, if any) and interest by its check payable in such money. The
Issuer may pay interest on the Notes either (a) by mailing a check for such interest to a Holder’s
registered address (as reflected in the Note Register) or (b) by wire transfer to an account
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tained by the payee. If a payment date is a date other than a Business Day at a place of
payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and no
interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
3. Paying Agent and Note Registrar.
Initially, The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation (the “Trustee”) will act as
Paying Agent and Note Registrar. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Note Registrar upon
written notice thereto. The Issuer, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of them may act as
Paying Agent, Note Registrar or co-registrar.
4. Indenture.
The Co-Issuers issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of June 30, 2008 (the
“Indenture”), among Holdings, the Co-Issuers, the Guarantors and the Trustee. Capitalized terms
herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. 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. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to this
Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted
by applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms
of this Indenture, the terms of this Indenture shall control.
The Notes are unsecured senior obligations of the Co-Issuers. The Indenture does not limit
the aggregate principal amount of the Notes.
5. Redemption.
Optional Redemption. At any time prior to May 1, 2012 the Co-Issuers may redeem the
Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of the Notes to the
address of such Holder appearing in the security register, at a redemption price equal to 100% of
the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid
interest and Special Interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, to the Redemption Date,
subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on
the relevant interest payment date.
On and after May 1, 2012, the Co-Issuers may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice by first class mail, postage prepaid, with a copy
to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the Note
Register at the Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below,
plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Special Interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if
any, to the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, if redeemed during the
twelve-month period beginning on May 1 of each of the years indicated below:
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In addition, prior to May 1, 2011, the Co-Issuers may, at their option, redeem up to 35% of
the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture at a redemption price equal to
Ex. 1-6
111.0% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and
Special Interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, to the applicable Redemption Date,
subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on
the relevant interest payment date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings of
Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Issuer to the extent such net cash proceeds are
contributed to Holdings; provided that at least 65% of the sum of the aggregate principal amount of
Notes originally issued under the Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of
each such redemption; provided further that each such redemption occurs within 90 days of the date
of closing of each such Equity Offering.
6. Repurchase upon a Change of Control and Asset Sales.
Upon the occurrence of (a) a Change of Control, the Holders of the Notes will have the right
to require that the Co-Issuers repurchase such Holder’s outstanding Notes, in whole or in part, at
a purchase price of 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Special Interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, to the date of repurchase and (b) Asset
Sales or receipt by the Co-Issuers of any Event of Loss Proceeds, the Co-Issuers may be obligated
to make offers to repurchase Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness with a portion of the Net Proceeds
of such Asset Sales or such Event of Loss Proceeds at a redemption price of 100% of the principal
amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.
7. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of US$2,000 principal amount
and whole multiples of US$1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the
Indenture. The Note Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by
the Indenture. The Note Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of any Notes selected
for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not
to be redeemed) or any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or
15 days before an interest payment date.
8. Persons Deemed Owners.
A registered Holder may be treated as the owner of a Note for all purposes.
9. Unclaimed Money.
If money for the payment of principal (premium, if any) or interest remains unclaimed for two
years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Issuer at its written
request. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment, unless an
abandoned property law designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying
Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
10. Discharge and Defeasance Prior to Redemption or Maturity.
If the Issuer irrevocably deposits, or causes to be deposited, with the Trustee money, or
Government Securities or a combination thereof (without consideration of any reinvestment of
interest), sufficient to pay the then outstanding principal of (premium, if any) and accrued
interest on the Notes (a) to Redemption or Maturity Date, the Issuer will be discharged from its
obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, except in certain circumstances for certain
covenants thereof, and (b) to the Stated Maturity, the Issuer will be discharged from certain
covenants set forth in the Indenture.
Ex. 1-7
11. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with
the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Notes, and any existing Default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. Without notice
to or the consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the
Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, mistake, defect or inconsistency and make any
change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder.
12. Restrictive Covenants.
The Indenture contains certain covenants, including covenants with respect to the following
matters: (i) Restricted Payments; (ii) Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified
Stock; (iii) Liens; (iv) transactions with Affiliates; (v) dividend and other payment restrictions
affecting Restricted Subsidiaries; (vi) guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries;
(vii) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions; (viii) merger and certain transfers of assets; (ix)
purchase of Notes upon a Change in Control; and (x) disposition of proceeds of Asset Sales. Within
120 days (or the successor time period then in effect under the rules and regulations of the
Exchange Act) after the end of each fiscal year, Holdings must report to the Trustee on compliance
with such limitations.
13. Successor Persons.
When a successor Person or other entity assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under
the Notes and the Indenture, the predecessor Person will be released from those obligations.
14. Remedies for Events of Default.
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or
the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes
to be immediately due and payable. If a bankruptcy or insolvency default with respect to the
Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries occurs and is continuing, the Notes automatically
become immediately due and payable. Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the
duties of the Trustee, in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be
under no obligation to exercise any rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Holders of the Notes unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee
indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense. Subject
to certain restrictions, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes are
given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The
Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or
that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder of a Note or
that would involve the Trustee in personal liability.
15. Guarantees.
The Co-Issuers’ obligations under the Notes are fully, irrevocably and unconditionally
guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis, to the extent set forth in the Indenture, by each of the
Guarantors.
Ex. 1-8
16. Trustee Dealings with Co-Issuers.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner
or pledgee of Notes and may make loans to, accept deposits from, perform services for, and
otherwise deal with, the Co-Issuers and their Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
17. Authentication.
This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the
other side of this Note.
18. Abbreviations.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM
(= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to
Minors Act).
19. CUSIP Numbers.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification
Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the
Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No
representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers placed thereon.
20. Holders’ Compliance with the Registration Rights Agreement.
Each Holder of a Note, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of the
Registration Rights Agreement, including the obligations of the Holders with respect to a
registration and the indemnification of the Issuer, Co-Issuer and Holdings to the extent provided
therein.
21. Governing Law.
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.
The Issuers will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture. Requests may be made to Telesat Canada, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxx, X0X 0X0, Attention: General Counsel.
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such
terms in the Indenture.
Ex. 1-9
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint
agent to
transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
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In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring prior
to the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act after the later
of the date of original issuance of such Notes and the last date, if any, on which such Notes were
owned by the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are
being transferred in accordance with its terms:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
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the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a
qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in
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to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1),(2),(3) or (7) under
the Securities Act of 1933) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing
certain representations and agreements relating to the transfer of this Note (the form of
which can be obtained from the Trustee) and, if such transfer is in respect of an aggregate
principal amount of notes less than $250,000, an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Issuer
that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act. |
Ex. 1-10
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced
by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof;
provided, however, that if box (4) is checked, the Trustee shall be entitled to
require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications
and other information as the Issuer has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being
made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, such as the exemption provided by Rule 144 under such
Act.
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Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements
of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security
Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be
determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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 of 1933, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and
acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuer 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.
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT REPURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note repurchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 1017 or
1018 of the Indenture, check the box: o
o If you want to elect to have only part of this Note repurchased by the Issuer pursuant to
Section 1017 or 1018 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: $
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Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of
the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer
Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined
by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Ex. 1-13
EXHIBIT 2
to Rule 144A / Regulation S / IAI Appendix
Form of
Transferee Letter of Representation
Telesat Canada
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
In care of
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
This certificate
is delivered to request a transfer of $ principal amount of the 11.0% Senior
Notes Due 2015 (the “Notes”) of Telesat Canada, a Canadian corporation (the “Issuer”) and Telesat
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Co-Issuer” and together with the Issuer, the
“Co-Issuers”).
Upon transfer, the Notes would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as
follows:
Name:
Address:
Taxpayer ID Number:
The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:
1. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or
(7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), purchasing for our own
account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor” at least US$250,000
principal amount of the Notes, and we are acquiring the Notes not with a view to, or for offer or
sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We 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 invest in or purchase securities similar to
the Notes in the normal course of our business. We, and any accounts for which we are acting, are
each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.
2. We understand that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and, unless
so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own
behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing Notes to offer, sell or
otherwise transfer such Notes prior to the date that is two years after the later of the date of
original issue and the last date on which the Issuer or any affiliate of the Issuer was the owner
of such Notes (or any predecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) only (i) to
the Issuer, (ii) in the United States to a person whom the seller reasonably believes is a
qualified institutional buyer in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, (iii) to an
institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning
Ex. 2-1
of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act that is an institutional
accredited investor purchasing for its own account or for the account of an institutional
accredited investor, in each case in a minimum principal amount of the Notes of US$250,000, (iv)
outside the United States in a transaction complying with the provisions of Rule 904 under the
Securities Act, (v) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by
Rule 144 (if available) or (vi) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, in each of cases (i) through (vi) subject to any requirement of law that the
disposition of our property or the property of such investor account or accounts be at all times
within our or their control and in compliance with any applicable state securities laws. The
foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction Termination
Date. If any resale or other transfer of the Notes is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (iii)
above prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from
the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Co-Issuers and the Trustee, which
shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an institutional “accredited investor”
within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and that it is
acquiring such Notes for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the
Securities Act. Each purchaser acknowledges that the Co-Issuers and the Trustee reserve the right
prior to the offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date of the
Notes pursuant to clause (iii), (iv) or (v) above to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel,
certifications or other information satisfactory to the Co-Issuers and the Trustee.
Ex. 2-2
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE NOTE
OR PRIVATE EXCHANGE NOTE] */**/
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Legend from Exhibit 1 to Appendix A and the attachment from such
Exhibit 1 captioned “[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES] SCHEDULE OF
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[If the Note is a Private Exchange Note issued in a Private Exchange
to an Initial Purchaser holding an unsold portion of its initial
allotment, add the Restricted Notes Legend from Exhibit 1 to Appendix
A and replace the Assignment Form included in this Exhibit A with the
Assignment Form included in such Exhibit 1.] |
Ex. A-1
11.0% Senior Notes Due 2015
Telesat Canada, a Canadian corporation (the “Issuer” or “Company”), and Telesat LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the “Co-Issuer”, and together with the Issuer, the
"Co-Issuers”), promise to pay to , or registered assigns,
the
principal sum of Dollars on November 1, 2015 (the “Maturity
Date”).
Interest Payment Dates: May 1 and November 1 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”) commencing
November 1, 2008.
Record Dates: April 15 and October 15 (each, a “Regular Record Date”).
Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.
Dated:
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK
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as Trustee, certifies that this is one of
the Notes referred to in the Indenture.
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Authorized Signatory
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Ex. A-2
[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF EXCHANGE NOTE
OR PRIVATE EXCHANGE NOTE]
11.0% Senior Note Due 2015
1. Principal and Interest.
The Co-Issuers will pay the principal of this Note on November 1, 2015.
The Co-Issuers promise to pay interest, Additional Amounts, if any, and Special Interest, if
any, on the principal amount of this Note on each Interest Payment Date, as set forth below, at the
rate of 11.0% per annum (subject to adjustment as provided below) except that interest accrued on
this Note pursuant to the fourth paragraph of this Section 1 for periods prior to the applicable
dates on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement (as such
terms are defined in the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below) will accrue at the rate
or rates borne by the Notes from time to time during such periods.
Interest, Additional Amounts, if any, and Special Interest, if any, will be payable
semi-annually (to the Holders of record of the Notes (or any Predecessor Notes) at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date) on
each Interest Payment Date, commencing November 1, 2008.
Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on
this Note or the Note surrendered in exchange herefor or, if no interest has been paid, from May [
], 2008.* Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
The Issuer shall pay interest, Additional Amounts, if any, and Special Interest, if any, on
overdue principal and premium, if any, and interest on overdue installments of interest, to the
extent lawful, at a rate of 2.0% per annum in excess of the rate of interest applicable to the
Notes.
2. Method of Payment.
The Issuer will pay interest (except defaulted interest) on the principal amount of the Notes
on each Interest Payment Date to the Persons who are Holders (as reflected in the Note Register at
the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the applicable Interest
Payment Date), in each case, even if the Note is cancelled on registration of transfer or
registration of exchange after such Regular Record Date; provided that, with respect to the payment
of principal, the Issuer will make payment to the Holder that surrenders this Note to any Paying
Agent on or after the Maturity Date.
The Issuer will pay principal (premium, if any) and interest in money of the United States
that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. However, the
Issuer may pay principal (premium, if any) and interest by its check payable in such money. The
Issuer may pay
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With respect to Additional Notes, this form of Note
shall be adjusted to either accrue interest from the date of issuance of such
Additional Note (“settle flat”) or for interest thereunder to be deemed to have
accrued since last interest payment date. |
Ex. A-3
interest on the Notes either (a) by mailing a check for such interest to a Holder’s registered
address (as reflected in the Note Register) or (b) by wire transfer to an account located in the
United States maintained by the payee. If a payment date is a date other than a Business Day at a
place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is a Business
Day and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
3. Paying Agent and Note Registrar.
Initially, The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation (the “Trustee”) will act as
Paying Agent and Note Registrar. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Note Registrar upon
written notice thereto. The Issuer, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of them may act as
Paying Agent, Note Registrar or co-registrar.
4. Indenture.
The Co-Issuers issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of June 30, 2008 (the
“Indenture”), among Holdings, the Co-Issuers, the Guarantors and the Trustee. Capitalized terms
herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. 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. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the
Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted
by applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms
of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control.
The Notes are unsecured senior obligations of the Co-Issuers. The Indenture does not limit
the aggregate principal amount of the Notes.
5. Redemption.
Optional Redemption. At any time prior to May 1, 2012 the Co-Issuers may redeem the
Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of the Notes to the
address of such Holder appearing in the security register, at a redemption price equal to 100% of
the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid
interest and Special Interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, to the Redemption Date,
subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on
the relevant interest payment date.
On and after May 1, 2012, the Co-Issuers may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice by first class mail, postage prepaid, with a copy
to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the Note
Register at the Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below,
plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Special Interest, if any, to the applicable Redemption
Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due
on the relevant Interest Payment Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on May
1 of each of the years indicated below:
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Ex. A-4
In addition, prior to May 1, 2011, the Co-Issuers may, at their option, redeem up to 35% of
the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture at a redemption price equal to
111.0% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and
Special Interest, if any, to the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of
record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date,
with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings of Holdings or any direct or indirect
parent of the Co-Issuers to the extent such net cash proceeds are contributed to Holdings; provided
that at least 65% of the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under the
Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption; provided
further that each such redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of closing of each such Equity
Offering.
6. Repurchase upon a Change of Control and Asset Sales.
Upon the occurrence of (a) a Change of Control, the Holders of the Notes will have the right
to require that the Co-Issuers repurchase such Holder’s outstanding Notes, in whole or in part, at
a repurchase price of 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Special Interest, if any, to the date of purchase and (b) Asset Sales or receipt by the Co-Issuers
of any Event of Loss Proceeds, the Co-Issuers may be obligated to make offers to repurchase Notes
and Pari Passu Indebtedness with a portion of the Net Proceeds of such Asset Sales or such Event of
Loss Proceeds at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.
7. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of US$2,000 principal amount
and whole multiples of US$1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the
Indenture. The Note Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by
the Indenture. The Note Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of any Notes selected
for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not
to be redeemed) or any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or
15 days before an interest payment date.
8. Persons Deemed Owners.
A registered Holder may be treated as the owner of a Note for all purposes.
9. Unclaimed Money.
If money for the payment of principal (premium, if any) or interest remains unclaimed for two
years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Issuer at its written
request. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment, unless an
abandoned property law designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying
Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
10. Discharge and Defeasance Prior to Redemption or Maturity.
If the Issuer irrevocably deposits, or causes to be deposited, with the Trustee money,
Government Securities or a combination thereof (without consideration of any reinvestment of
interest), sufficient to pay the then outstanding principal of (premium, if any) and accrued
interest on the Notes (a)
Ex. A-5
to Redemption or Maturity Date, the Issuer will be discharged from its obligations under the
Indenture and the Notes, except in certain circumstances for certain covenants thereof, and (b) to
the Stated Maturity, the Issuer will be discharged from certain covenants set forth in the
Indenture.
11. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with
the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Notes, and any existing Default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. Without notice
to or the consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the
Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, mistake, defect or inconsistency and make any
change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder.
12. Restrictive Covenants.
The Indenture contains certain covenants, including covenants with respect to the following
matters: (i) Restricted Payments; (ii) Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified
Stock; (iii) Liens; (iv) transactions with Affiliates; (v) dividend and other payment restrictions
affecting Restricted Subsidiaries; (vi) guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries;
(vii) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions; (viii) merger and certain transfers of assets; (ix)
purchase of Notes upon a Change in Control; and (x) disposition of proceeds of Asset Sales. Within
120 days (or the successor time period then in effect under the rules and regulations of the
Exchange Act) after the end of each fiscal year, Holdings must report to the Trustee on compliance
with such limitations.
13. Successor Persons.
When a successor Person or other entity assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under
the Notes and the Indenture, the predecessor Person will be released from those obligations.
14. Remedies for Events of Default.
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or
the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes
to be immediately due and payable. If a bankruptcy or insolvency default with respect to the
Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries occurs and is continuing, the Notes automatically
become immediately due and payable. Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the
duties of the Trustee, in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be
under no obligation to exercise any rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Holders of the Notes unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee
indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense. Subject
to certain restrictions, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes are
given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The
Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or
that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder of a Note or
that would involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Ex. A-6
15. Guarantees.
The Co-Issuers’ obligations under the Notes are fully, irrevocably and unconditionally
guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis, to the extent set forth in the Indenture, by each of the
Guarantors.
16. Trustee Dealings with Company.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner
or pledgee of Notes and may make loans to, accept deposits from, perform services for, and
otherwise deal with, the Co-Issuers and their Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
17. Authentication.
This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the
other side of this Note.
18. Abbreviations.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM
(= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to
Minors Act).
19. CUSIP Numbers.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification
Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the
Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No
representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers placed thereon.
20. Holders’ Compliance with the Registration Rights Agreement.
Each Holder of a Note, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of the
Registration Rights Agreement, including the obligations of the Holders with respect to a
registration and the indemnification of the Issuer, Co-Issuer and Holdings to the extent provided
therein.
21. Governing Law.
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.
The (Co-Issuers) (Holdings) will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge
a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to Telesat Canada, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, X0X 0X0, Attention: General Counsel.
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such
terms in the Indenture.
Ex. A-7
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint
agent to
transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
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(Sign exactly as your name appears
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Ex. A-8
OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT REPURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note repurchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 1017 or
1018 of the Indenture, check the box: o
o If you want to elect to have only part of this Note repurchased by the Issuer pursuant to
Section 1017 or 1018 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: $
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(Signature must be guaranteed) |
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements
of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security
Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be
determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Ex. A-9
EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE]
For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture) has, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the
Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture dated as of June 30, 2008 (the
“Indenture”) among Telesat Canada (the “Issuer”), Telesat Holdings Inc. (“Holdings”), Telesat
Interco Inc. (“Intermediate Holdco”), Telesat LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Co-Issuer” and together with the Issuer, the “Co-Issuers”), the other Guarantors party thereto and
The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”), (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal
of, premium and Special Interest, if any, and interest on, the Notes, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue
principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and the due and punctual performance of
all other obligations of the Co-Issuers to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes
or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed
in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes and to the
Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 12 of the
Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Note
Guarantee. Each Holder of a Note, by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the
Indenture.
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Ex. B-1
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of
, 200 , among
(the
“Guaranteeing
Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of [Telesat Canada (the “Issuer”)] (or its permitted successor),
[Telesat LLC] (or its permitted successor), [a Delaware limited liability company (the “Co-Issuer”
and together with the Issuer, the “Co-Issuers”), the Co-Issuers, the other Guarantors (as defined
in the Indenture referred to herein) and The Bank of New York, as trustee under the Indenture
referred to below (the “Trustee”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Co-Issuers have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture
(the “Indenture”), dated as of June 30, 2008 providing for the issuance of 11.0% Senior Notes Due
2015 (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary
shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Co-Issuers’ Obligations under
the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Guarantee”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 901 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and
deliver this Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Co-Issuers hereby direct the Trustee to execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture.
NOW, THEREFOR, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the
Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes
as follows:
1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an
unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Note Guarantee
and in the Indenture including but not limited to Article 12 thereof.
4. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director, officer, employee,
incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as such, shall have any
liability for any obligations of the Co-Issuers or any Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Notes, any
Note Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect
of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a
Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration
for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal
securities laws and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.
5. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED
TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL IN-
Ex. C-1
DENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
6. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture.
Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
7. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof.
8. THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in
respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the
recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and
the Co-Issuers.
Ex. C-2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.
Dated: , 20
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[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]
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TELESAT CANADA
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TELESAT LLC
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TELESAT HOLDINGS INC.
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TELESAT INTERCO INC.
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
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INCUMBENCY CERTIFICATE
The undersigned,
, being
the of
(the “Issuer”) does hereby
certify that the individuals listed below are qualified and acting officers of the Issuer as set
forth in the right column opposite their respective names and the signatures appearing in the
extreme right column opposite the name of each such officer is a true specimen of the genuine
signature of such officer and such individuals have the authority to execute documents to be
delivered to, or upon the request of, The Bank of New York, as Trustee under the Indenture dated as
of June 30, 2008, by and between the Issuer and The Bank of New York.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Certificate as of the
day of , 20 .