Exhibit 4.1
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THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION,
as Issuer
and
the GUARANTORS named herein,
as Guarantors
and
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
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INDENTURE
Dated as of March 12, 1998
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up to $355,000,000
11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005, Series A
and
11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005, Series B
and
Floating Interest Rate
Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM*)) due 2003, Series A
and
Floating Interest Rate
Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM*)) due 2003, Series B
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* FIRSTS is a service xxxx of BT Xxxx. Xxxxx Incorporated.
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA Indenture
Section Section
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310 (a)(1).......................................... 7.10
(a)(2).......................................... 7.10
(a)(3).......................................... N.A.
(a)(4).......................................... N.A.
(a)(5).......................................... 7.10
(b)............................................. 7.08; 7.10; 10.02
(c)............................................. N.A.
311 (a)............................................. 7.11
(b)............................................. 7.11
(c)............................................. N.A.
312 (a)............................................. 2.05
(b)............................................. 10.03
(c)............................................. 10.03
313 (a)............................................. 7.06
(b)(1).......................................... N.A.
(b)(2).......................................... 7.06
(c)............................................. 7.06; 10.02
(d)............................................. 7.06
314 (a)............................................. 4.07; 4.09; 10.02
(c)(1).......................................... 10.04
(c)(2).......................................... 10.04
(c)(3).......................................... N.A.
(e)............................................. 10.05
(f)............................................. N.A
315 (a)............................................. 7.01(b)
(b)............................................. 7.05; 10.02
(c)............................................. 7.01(a)
(d)............................................. 7.01(c)
(e)............................................. 6.11
316 (a)(last sentence).............................. 2.09
(a)(1)(A)....................................... 6.05
(a)(1)(B)....................................... 6.04
(a)(2).......................................... N.A.
(b)............................................. 6.07; 9.04
317 (a)(1).......................................... 6.08
(a)(2).......................................... 6.09
(b)............................................. 2.04
318 (a)............................................. 10.01
(c)............................................. 10.01
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N.A. means Not Applicable
NOTE: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed
to be a part of this Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.............................................1
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of TIA......................24
SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction..................................24
ARTICLE TWO THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating........................................25
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication...........................28
SECTION 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.............................30
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Assets in Trust...................31
SECTION 2.05. Securityholder Lists...................................31
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange..................................31
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Securities.................................39
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Securities.................................40
SECTION 2.09. Treasury Securities....................................40
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities...................................40
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation...........................................41
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest.....................................41
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Number...........................................41
SECTION 2.14. Designation............................................42
ARTICLE THREE REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. Optional Redemption....................................42
SECTION 3.02. Notices to Trustee.....................................43
SECTION 3.03. Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed.................43
SECTION 3.04. Notice of Redemption...................................44
SECTION 3.05. Effect of Notice of Redemption.........................45
SECTION 3.06. Deposit of Redemption Price............................45
SECTION 3.07. Securities Redeemed in Part............................45
ARTICLE FOUR COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Securities..................................46
SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency........................46
SECTION 4.03. Limitation on Restricted Payments......................47
SECTION 4.04. Corporate Existence....................................50
SECTION 4.05. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims......................50
SECTION 4.06. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance................51
SECTION 4.07. Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default..............52
SECTION 4.08. Compliance with Laws...................................53
SECTION 4.09. SEC Reports and Other Information......................53
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SECTION 4.10. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws................54
SECTION 4.11. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.............54
SECTION 4.12. Limitation on Indebtedness.............................55
SECTION 4.13. Limitation on Dividends and Other Payment
Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.......56
SECTION 4.14. Limitation on Liens....................................57
SECTION 4.15. Change of Control......................................57
SECTION 4.16. Limitation on Sale of Assets...........................59
SECTION 4.17. Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions..............62
SECTION 4.18. Limitation on Preferred Stock of Restricted
Subsidiaries.........................................62
SECTION 4.19. Qualifying Investment Requirements.....................62
SECTION 4.20. Future Guarantees......................................63
SECTION 4.21. Conduct of Business....................................63
ARTICLE FIVE SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.01. When Company May Merge, Etc............................63
SECTION 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted......................66
ARTICLE SIX DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default......................................66
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration...........................................68
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies.........................................69
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults................................70
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority....................................70
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits....................................70
SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders To Receive Payment...................71
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.............................71
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.......................71
SECTION 6.10. Priorities.............................................72
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs..................................73
SECTION 6.12. Ranking................................................73
ARTICLE SEVEN TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee......................................73
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee......................................75
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee...........................76
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer...................................76
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Default......................................76
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders..........................76
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.............................77
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SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.................................78
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.......................79
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification..........................79
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company..............................................79
ARTICLE EIGHT DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01. Termination of Company's Obligations...................80
SECTION 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance...............81
SECTION 8.03. Application of Trust Money.............................85
SECTION 8.04. Repayment to Company...................................85
SECTION 8.05. Reinstatement..........................................86
ARTICLE NINE AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders.............................86
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders................................87
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with TIA....................................89
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents......................89
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities..................90
SECTION 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc........................90
ARTICLE TEN MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.01. TIA Controls...........................................90
SECTION 10.02. Notices................................................90
SECTION 10.03. Communications by Holders with Other Holders...........92
SECTION 10.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions
Precedent............................................92
SECTION 10.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion..........92
SECTION 10.06. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar..............93
SECTION 10.07. Legal Holidays.........................................93
SECTION 10.08. Governing Law..........................................93
SECTION 10.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements..........93
SECTION 10.10. No Recourse Against Others.............................93
SECTION 10.11. Successors.............................................94
SECTION 10.12. Duplicate Originals....................................94
SECTION 10.13. Severability...........................................94
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ARTICLE ELEVEN GUARANTEE OF SECURITIES
SECTION 11.01. Unconditional Guarantee................................94
SECTION 11.02. Limitations on Guarantees..............................96
SECTION 11.03. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee....................96
SECTION 11.04. Release of a Guarantor.................................97
SECTION 11.05. Waiver of Subrogation..................................98
SECTION 11.06. Immediate Payment......................................98
SECTION 11.07. No Set-Off.............................................99
SECTION 11.08. Obligations Continuing.................................99
SECTION 11.09. Obligations Reinstated.................................99
SECTION 11.10. Obligations Not Affected...............................99
SECTION 11.11. Waiver................................................100
SECTION 11.12. No Obligation To Take Action Against the Company......100
SECTION 11.13. Dealing with the Company and Others...................100
SECTION 11.14. Default and Enforcement...............................101
SECTION 11.15. Amendment, Etc........................................101
SECTION 11.16. Acknowledgment........................................101
SECTION 11.17. Costs and Expenses....................................101
SECTION 11.18. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies........................101
SECTION 11.19. Survival of Obligations...............................102
SECTION 11.20. Guarantee in Addition to Other Obligations............102
SECTION 11.21. Severability..........................................102
SECTION 11.22. Successors and Assigns................................102
Exhibit A - Form of Series A Fixed Rate Note
Exhibit A-1 - Form of Series A Floating Rate Note
Exhibit B - Form of Series B Fixed Rate Note
Exhibit B-1 - Form of Series B Floating Rate Note
Exhibit C - Form of Legend for Book-Entry Securities
Exhibit D - Form of Transferee Letter of Representation
Exhibit E - Form of certification to be given by the holders of
beneficial interest in a temporary Regulation S global
security to Euroclear or Cedel
Exhibit F - Form of certification to be given by Euroclear operator
or Cedel Bank, Societe Anonyme
Exhibit G - Form of certification to be given by transferee of
beneficial interest in a temporary Regulation S global
security
Exhibit H - Form of certification for transfer or exchange of
restricted global security to temporary Regulation S global
security
Exhibit I - Form of certification for transfer or exchange of
restricted global security to permanent Regulation S global
security
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Exhibit J - Form of certification for transfer or exchange of
temporary Regulation S global security or permanent Regulation
S global security to restricted global security
Exhibit K-1 - Form of certification for transfer or exchange of
non-global restricted security to restricted global security
Exhibit K-2 - Form of certification for transfer or exchange of
non-global restricted security to permanent Regulation S
global security or temporary Regulation S global security
Exhibit L-1 - Form of certification for transfer or exchange of
non-global permanent Regulation S security to restricted
global security
Exhibit L-2 - Form of certification for transfer or exchange of
non-global permanent Regulation S security to permanent
Regulation S global security
Exhibit M - Form of Guarantee
Note: This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to
be part of this Indenture.
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INDENTURE, dated as of March 12, 1998, by and among THE DOE RUN
RESOURCES CORPORATION, a New York corporation (the "Company"), as issuer,
FABRICATED PRODUCTS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as guarantor, DOE RUN CAYMAN
LTD., a Cayman Islands company, as guarantor, DOE RUN MINING S.R. LTDA., a
Peruvian company, as guarantor, and DOE RUN PERU S.R. LTDA., a Peruvian company,
as guarantor, and STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee (the
"Trustee").
Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the other
parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of (i) the Holders of the
Company's 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005, Series A, and Senior Notes due 2005,
Series B, without distinction as to Series and (ii) the Holders of the
Company's Floating Interest Rate Senior Notes (FIRSTS)(SM) due 2003, Series
A, and Floating Interest Rate Senior Notes (FIRSTS)(SM) due 2003, Series B,
without distinction as to Series:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
"Acquired Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of a person or any of its
Subsidiaries existing at the time such person becomes a Subsidiary (Restricted
Subsidiary, in the case of the Company) or assumed in connection with the
acquisition of assets from such person, including, without limitation,
Indebtedness incurred by such person in connection with, or in anticipation or
contemplation of, such person becoming a Subsidiary (Restricted Subsidiary, in
the case of the Company) or such acquisition.
"Acquisition" means the acquisition on October 23, 1997 by Doe Run
Peru of Metaloroya pursuant to the Subscription Agreement.
"Affiliate" of any specified person means any other person, directly
or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
"affiliated," "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative of the
foregoing. For purposes of Section 4.11, the term "Affiliate" shall include any
person who, as a result of any transaction described therein, would become an
Affiliate.
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"Affiliate Transaction" has the meaning provided in Section 4.11(a).
"Agent" means any Registrar or Paying Agent.
"Agent Member" means any member of, or participant in, the
Depository.
"Applicable Procedures" has the meaning provided in Section 2.06(g).
"Asset Acquisition" means (i) an Investment by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in any other person pursuant to which such person shall
become a Restricted Subsidiary or a Subsidiary of a Restricted Subsidiary or
shall be merged with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) the
acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the assets of any
person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such person or
any division or line of business of such person.
"Asset Sale" means any direct or indirect sale, issuance,
conveyance, transfer, lease, assignment or other transfer for value by the
Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (including, without limitation,
any Sale/leaseback) to any person, in one transaction or a series of related
transactions, of (i) any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary; (ii) all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of any division or line of
business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; or (iii) any other
properties or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than in
the ordinary course of business. For the purposes of this definition, the term
"Asset Sale" shall not include (i) any sale, issuance, conveyance, transfer,
lease or other disposition of properties or assets that is consummated in
accordance with the provisions of Article Five and (ii) the sale of inventory in
the ordinary course of business.
"Asset Sale Offer" has the meaning provided in Section 4.16(a)(ii).
"Asset Sale Offer Payment Date" means, with respect to any Available
Amount from an Asset Sale, the earlier of (x) the 180th day following receipt of
such Available Amount or (y) such earlier date on which an Asset Sale Offer
shall expire.
"Available Amount" has the meaning provided in Section 4.16(a)(ii).
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"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11 of the U.S. Code or any similar
Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means, with respect to any person, the Board of
Directors of such person or any committee of the Board of Directors of such
person duly authorized, with respect to any particular matter, to exercise the
power of the Board of Directors of such person.
"Board Resolution" means with respect to any person, a copy of a
resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such person
to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such person and to be in
full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Book-Entry Security" means a Security represented by a Global
Security and registered in the name of the nominee of the Depository.
"Business Day" means any day that is not a Legal Holiday.
"Capital Expenditures" shall mean payments for any assets, or
improvements, replacements, substitutions or additions thereto, that have a
useful life of more than one year and which, in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied, are required to be capitalized (as opposed to expensed in
the period in which the payment occurred).
"Capital Lease," as applied to any person, means any lease of (or
any agreement conveying the right to use) any property (whether real, personal
or mixed) by such person as lessee which, in conformity with GAAP, is required
to be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of such person.
"Capital Stock" means, with respect to any person, any and all
shares, interests, participation or other equivalents (however designated) of
such person's capital stock, whether outstanding at the Issue Date or issued
after the Issue Date, and any and all rights, warrants or options exchangeable
for or convertible into such capital stock (but excluding any debt security that
is exchangeable for or convertible into such capital stock).
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means, as to any person, the
obligations of such person under a Capital Lease and, for purposes of this
Indenture, the amount of such obligations
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at any date shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations at such date,
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Cash Equivalents" means (i) marketable direct obligations issued
by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by
any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States,
in each case maturing within two years from the date of acquisition thereof;
(ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of
America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof maturing within two years from the date of acquisition
thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings
obtainable from either Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. ("S&P"), or Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
("Moody's"); (iii) commercial paper maturing no more than two years from the
date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at
least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody's; (iv) certificates of deposit or
bankers' acceptances maturing within two years from the date of acquisition
thereof issued by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United
States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or any U.S.
branch of a foreign bank having at the date of acquisition thereof combined
capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000; (v) repurchase obligations
with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types
described in clause (i) above entered into with any bank meeting the
qualifications specified in clause (iv) above; and (vi) investments in money
market funds which invest substantially all their assets in securities of the
types described in clauses (i) through (v) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
for the purposes of clause (i) of the definition of "Permitted Investments," 20%
of the Cash Equivalents may include securities having a rating of at least BBB
by S&P and Baa by Moody's.
"CEDEL" means Cedel Bank, Societe Anonyme (or any successor
securities clearing agency).
"Centromin" shall mean Empresa Minera del Centro del Peru S.A.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of one or more of the
following events: (i) any direct or indirect sale, lease, exchange or other
transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company, DRA or Renco to any person or
group of related persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (a
"Group") (other than a Permitted Holder or a Group controlled by a Permitted
Holder), together with any Af-
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filiates thereof (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of
this Indenture); (ii) the approval by the holders of Capital Stock of the
Company, DRA or Renco, as the case may be, of any plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company, DRA or Renco, as the case may be
(whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Indenture);
(iii) the acquisition in one or more transactions of "beneficial ownership"
(within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that
a person shall be deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of all securities that
such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable
immediately or only after the passage of time) by any person, entity or Group
(other than a Permitted Holder or a Group controlled by any Permitted Holder) of
any Capital Stock of the Company, DRA or Renco such that, as a result of such
acquisition, such person, entity or Group either (A) beneficially owns (within
the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, more than 50% of the Company's, DRA's or Renco's then outstanding
voting securities entitled to vote on a regular basis in an election for a
majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, DRA or Renco or (B) otherwise
has the ability to elect, directly or indirectly, a majority of the members of
the Company's, DRA's or Renco's Board of Directors; or (iv) the shareholders of
Renco as of the Issue Date and the Permitted Holders shall cease to own at least
50% of the equity of Renco owned by such shareholders on the Issue Date.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a merger of DRA with and into
the Company or Renco shall not constitute a "Change of Control" hereunder.
"Change of Control Date" has the meaning provided in Section
4.15(a).
"Change of Control Offer" has the meaning provided in Section
4.15(a).
"Change of Control Payment Date" has the meaning provided in Section
4.15(b)(2).
"Company" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces it pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter means such
successor.
"Company Order" means a written order or request signed in the name
of the Company by its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to
the Trustee.
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"Consolidated EBITDA" means, with respect to any person, for any
period, the sum (without duplication) of (i) Consolidated Net Income, (ii) to
the extent Consolidated Net Income has been reduced thereby, all income taxes of
such person and its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the
Company) paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for such period (other than
income taxes attributable to extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring gains or
losses), Consolidated Interest Expense (net of any interest income),
amortization expense (including amortization of deferred financing costs) and
depletion and depreciation expense and (iii) other non-cash items (other than
non-cash interest) reducing Consolidated Net Income (including, without
limitation, any non-cash charges in respect of post-employment benefits for
health care, life insurance and long-term disability benefits required in
accordance with GAAP) less other non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net
Income, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such person and its
Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the Company) in accordance
with GAAP.
"Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means, with respect to
any person, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such person during the four full
fiscal quarters (the "Four Quarter Period") ending on or prior to the date of
the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio (the "Transaction Date") to Consolidated Fixed Charges of
such person for the Four Quarter Period. For purposes of this definition, if the
Transaction Date occurs prior to the date on which four full fiscal quarters
have elapsed subsequent to the Issue Date and financial statements with respect
thereto are available, "Consolidated EBITDA" and "Consolidated Fixed Charges"
shall be calculated, in the case of the Company, after giving effect on a pro
forma basis to the issuance of the Securities and the application of the net
proceeds therefrom including the redemption of the Company's outstanding
preferred stock on the Issue Date as if the Securities were issued on the first
day of the Four Quarter Period. In addition to and without limitation of the
foregoing, for purposes of this definition, "Consolidated EBITDA" and
"Consolidated Fixed Charges" shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro
forma basis for the period of such calculation to (i) the incurrence of any
Indebtedness (and the application of the net proceeds therefrom) of such person
or any of its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the Company)
giving rise to the need to make such calculation and any incurrence of other
Indebtedness at any time on or after the first day of the Four Quarter Period
and on or prior to the Transaction Date (the "Reference Period"), as if such
incurrence occurred on the first day of the Reference Period and (ii) any Asset
Sales or Asset Acquisitions (including, without
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limitation, any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such
calculation as a result of such person or one of its Subsidiaries (Restricted
Subsidiaries, in the case of the Company)(including any person who becomes a
Subsidiary (Restricted Subsidiary, in the case of the Company) as a result of
the Asset Acquisition) incurring, assuming or otherwise being liable for
Acquired Indebtedness) occurring during the Reference Period, as if such Asset
Sale or Asset Acquisition (including the incurrence, assumption or liability for
any such Indebtedness or Acquired Indebtedness) occurred on the first day of the
Reference Period. If such person or any of its Subsidiaries (Restricted
Subsidiaries, in the case of the Company) directly or indirectly guarantees
Indebtedness of a third person, the preceding sentence shall give effect to the
incurrence of such guaranteed Indebtedness as if such person or any Subsidiary
(Restricted Subsidiary, in the case of the Company) of such person had directly
incurred or otherwise assumed such guaranteed Indebtedness. Furthermore, in
calculating "Consolidated Fixed Charges" for purposes of determining the
denominator (but not the numerator) of this "Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio," (1) interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the
Transaction Date and which will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be
deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest
on such Indebtedness in effect on the Transaction Date, and (2) notwithstanding
clause (1) above, interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis, to
the extent such interest is covered by agreements relating to Interest Rate
Protection Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum
resulting after giving effect to the operation of such agreements.
"Consolidated Fixed Charges" means, with respect to any person for
any period, the sum of, without duplication, the amounts for such period, taken
as a single accounting period, of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense of such
person (net of any interest income) less non-cash amortization of deferred
financing costs and (ii) the product of (x) the amount of all dividends
declared, paid or accrued on Preferred Stock of such person during such period
times (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which
is one minus the then current effective consolidated Federal, state, local and
foreign tax rate (expressed as a decimal number between 1 and 0) of such person
during such period (as reflected in the audited consolidated financial
statements of such person for the most recently completed fiscal year).
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, with respect to any person
for any period, without duplication, the sum of (i) the interest expense of such
person and its Subsidiaries
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(Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the Company) for such period as
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied,
including, without limitation, (a) any amortization of debt discount, (b) the
net cost under Interest Rate Protection Obligations (including any amortization
of discounts), (c) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation and
(d) all accrued interest, and (ii) the interest component of Capitalized Lease
Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued by such person
and its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the Company)
during such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any person for any
period, the net income (or loss) of such person and its Subsidiaries (Restricted
Subsidiaries, in the case of the Company), on a consolidated basis for such
period determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that (i) the net income of
any person in which such person or any Subsidiary (Restricted Subsidiary, in the
case of the Company) of such person has an ownership interest with a third party
(other than a person that meets the definition of a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
(Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary, in the case of the Company)) shall be
included only to the extent of the amount that has actually been received by
such person or its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries (Wholly-Owned Restricted
Subsidiaries, in the case of the Company) in the form of dividends or other
distributions during such period (subject to, in the case of any dividend or
distribution received by a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (Wholly-Owned Restricted
Subsidiary, in the case of the Company) of such person, the restrictions set
forth in clause (ii) below) and (ii) the net income of any Subsidiary
(Restricted Subsidiary, in the case of the Company) of such person that is
subject to any restriction or limitation on the payment of dividends or the
making of other distributions shall be excluded to the extent of such
restriction or limitation; provided, further that there shall be excluded (a)
the net income (or loss) of any person (acquired in a pooling of interests
transaction) accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary (Restricted
Subsidiary, in the case of the Company) of such person or is merged into or
consolidated with such person or any Subsidiary (Restricted Subsidiary, in the
case of the Company) of such person, (b) any gain (or loss) (and related tax
effects) resulting from an Asset Sale by such person or any of its Subsidiaries
(Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the Company) (c) any extraordinary,
unusual or nonrecurring gains or losses (and related tax effects) in accordance
with GAAP and (d) any compensation-related expenses arising as a result of the
application of the net proceeds from the issuance of the Securities. For
purposes of Section 4.03, the amortization of deferred fi-
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nancing costs relating to the issuance of the Securities shall be excluded from
this definition of "Consolidated Net Income."
"Consolidated Net Worth" means, with respect to any person at any
date, the sum of (i) the consolidated shareholders' equity of such person less
the amount of such shareholders' equity attributable to Disqualified Capital
Stock of such person and its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case
of the Company), as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied and (ii) the amount of any Preferred Stock of such person
not included in the shareholders' equity of such person in accordance with GAAP,
which Preferred Stock does not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock.
"Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning provided in Section 8.02(c).
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"Default" means any event that is, or after notice or passage of
time or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Depository" means, with respect to the Securities issued in the
form of one or more Book-Entry Securities, The Depository Trust Company or
another person designated as Depository by the Company, which must be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act.
"Depository Securities Certification" has the meaning provided in
Section 2.01.
"Disqualified Capital Stock" means any class of Capital Stock which,
by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or
for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event (other than a
Change of Control), matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking
fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder
thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the Maturity Date.
"Doe Run Cayman" means Doe Run Cayman Ltd., a Cayman Islands
company.
"Doe Run Mining" means Doe Run Mining S.R. Ltda., a Peruvian
company.
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"Doe Run Peru" means Doe Run Peru S.R. Ltda., a Peruvian company.
"DRA" means DR Acquisition Corp., a Missouri corporation.
"DR Exploration" means Doe Run Exploration SA (Proprietary) Limited,
a South African corporation.
"Equity Offering" means an offering of Qualified Capital Stock of
the Company (other than to any Subsidiary of the Company).
"Euroclear" means the Euroclear Clearance System (or any successor
securities clearing agency).
"Event of Default" has the meaning provided in Section 6.01.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Exchange Offer" means the registration by the Company under the
Securities Act of all the Series B Notes pursuant to a registration statement
under which the Company offers each Holder of Series A Notes the opportunity to
exchange all Series A Notes held by such Holder for Series B Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Series A
Notes held by such Holder, all in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Fair Market Value" means, with respect to any asset, the price
which could be negotiated in an arm's-length free market transaction, for cash,
between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of whom is under undue
pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair Market Value of any
asset of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be determined by the
Board of Directors of the Company acting in good faith and shall be evidenced by
a Board Resolution thereof delivered to the Trustee; provided that with respect
to any Asset Sale which involves in excess of $5 million, the Fair Market Value
of any such asset or assets shall be determined by an Independent Financial
Advisor.
"Fixed Rate Notes" means Series A Fixed Rate Notes and Series B
Fixed Rate Notes.
"Floating Rate Notes" means Series A Floating Rate Notes and Series
B Floating Rate Notes.
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"FPI" means Fabricated Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in
the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of
the accounting profession of the United States, which are in effect as of the
Issue Date.
"Global Security" means a Security evidencing all or a part of the
Securities to be issued as Book-Entry Securities, issued to the Depository in
accordance with Section 2.02 and bearing the legend or legends prescribed in
Exhibit C to this Indenture.
"guarantee" means, as applied to any obligation, (a) a guarantee
(other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the
ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner, of any part or
all of such obligation and (b) an agreement, direct or indirect, contingent or
otherwise, the practical effect of which is to assure in any way the payment or
performance (or payment of damages in the event of non-performance) of all or
any part of such obligation, including, without limiting the foregoing, the
payment of amounts drawn down by letters of credit.
"Guarantees" means the guarantee of the Securities by the
Guarantors.
"Guarantor" means each of FPI, Doe Run Cayman, Doe Run Mining, Doe
Run Peru and any Restricted Subsidiary that in the future executes a
supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 4.20 of this Indenture or otherwise
in which any such Restricted Subsidiary agrees to be bound by the terms of this
Indenture; provided that any person constituting a Guarantor as described above
shall cease to constitute a Guarantor when its respective Guarantee is released
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
"Hedging Agreement" shall mean any agreement with respect to (i) the
hedging of price risk associated with the purchase or sale of lead, copper,
zinc, gold and silver under which the Company is a party or beneficiary and (ii)
the hedging of currency risks in connection with funding payroll expenses, so
long as any such agreement has been entered into in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past price risk
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or currency management practices of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries
and not for purposes of speculation.
"Holder" or "Securityholder" means the person in whose name a
Security is registered on the Registrar's books.
"Indebtedness" means with respect to any person, without
duplication, (i) all obligations of such person for borrowed money, (ii) all
obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other
similar instruments, (iii) all Capitalized Lease Obligations (but not
obligations under Operating Leases) of such person, (iv) all obligations of such
person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services,
all conditional sale obligations and all obligations under any title retention
agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable, accrued expenses and deferred
taxes arising in the ordinary course of business), (v) all obligations of such
person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker's
acceptance or similar credit transaction entered into in the ordinary course of
business, (vi) all obligations of any other person of the type referred to in
clauses (i) through (v) which are secured by any Lien on any property or asset
of such first person and the amount of such obligation shall be the lesser of
the value of such property or asset or the amount of the obligation so secured,
(vii) all guarantees of Indebtedness by such person, (viii) Disqualified Capital
Stock valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary maximum fixed
repurchase price plus accrued and unpaid dividends, (ix) all obligations under
interest rate agreements or hedging agreements of such person and (x) any
amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension or refunding
of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (i) through (ix) above. For
purposes hereof, the "maximum fixed repurchase price" of any Disqualified
Capital Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated
in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such
Disqualified Capital Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness
shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and if such price
is based upon, or measured by, the Fair Market Value of such Disqualified
Capital Stock, such Fair Market Value to be determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the person issuing such Disqualified Capital Stock.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any obligation of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the form of an earn-out arrangement
undertaken in connection with any acquisition of property or assets by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, which obligation shall be based upon
increases in metal prices above price levels existing on the date of such
acquisition, shall not constitute Indebtedness under this Indenture.
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"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from
time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Independent Financial Advisor" means an accounting, appraisal or
investment banking firm of nationally recognized standing that is, in the
reasonable and good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company,
qualified to perform the task for which such firm has been engaged and
disinterested and independent with respect to the Company and its Affiliates.
"Initial Purchasers" means BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated, Xxxxxxxxx,
Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation and UBS Securities LLC.
"Interest Payment Date" means the stated maturity of an installment
of interest on the Securities.
"Interest Rate Protection Obligations" means the obligations of any
person, pursuant to any arrangement with any other person, whereby, directly or
indirectly, such person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic
payments calculated by applying either a floating or a fixed rate of interest on
a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such other
person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same
notional amount and shall include, without limitation, interest rate swaps,
caps, floors, collars and similar agreements.
"Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter.
"Investment" means, with respect to any person, any direct or
indirect advance, loan, guarantee or other extension of credit or capital
contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or
any payment for property or services for the account or use of others or
otherwise), or any purchase or acquisition by such person of any Capital Stock,
bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidences of Indebtedness issued
by, any other person. Investments shall exclude extensions of trade credit on
commercially reasonable terms in accordance with normal trade practices. For the
purposes of Section 4.03, the amount of any Investment (other than an Investment
covered by clause (z) of Section 4.03) shall be the original cost of such
Investment plus the cost of all additional Investments by the Company or any of
the Restricted Subsidiaries, without any adjustments for increases or decreases
in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such
Investment, reduced by the pay-
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ment of dividends or distributions in connection with such Investment or any
other amounts received in respect of such Investment.
"Issue Date" means the date on which the Securities offered hereby
are originally issued under this Indenture.
"legal defeasance" has the meaning provided in Section 8.02(b).
"Legal Holiday" has the meaning provided in Section 10.07.
"Lien" means (x) any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security
interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind including, without limitation, any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature
thereof, any option or other agreement to sell and any filing of or agreement to
file a financing statement as debtor under the Uniform Commercial Code or any
similar statute and (y) any agreement to enter into any of the foregoing.
"Maturity Date" means (i) with respect to the Floating Rate Notes,
March 15, 2003 and (ii) with respect to the Fixed Rate Notes, March 15, 2005.
"Metaloroya" means Empresa Metalurgica La Oroya S.A., a Peruvian
company, prior to the merger of such entity with and into Doe Run Peru.
"Net Cash Proceeds" means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the
proceeds thereof in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in
respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of cash or
Cash Equivalents (except to the extent that such obligations are financed or
sold with recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) net of (i)
brokerage commissions and other fees and expenses (including fees and expenses
of legal counsel and investment bankers) related to such Asset Sale, (ii)
provisions for all taxes payable as a direct result of such Asset Sale and (iii)
appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
as the case may be, as a reserve required in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied against any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, after such Asset
Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit
liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under
any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale, all as
reflected in an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee.
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"Obligations" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees and
other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
"Offering Memorandum" means the Offering Memorandum dated March 6,
1998, pursuant to which the Series A Notes were issued.
"Officer" means, with respect to any person, the Chairman of the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief
Financial Officer, the Controller, the Treasurer, or the Secretary of such
person.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any person, a
certificate signed by two Officers or by an Officer and either an Assistant
Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of such person and otherwise complying with
the requirements of Sections 10.04 and 10.05.
"Operating Lease" means, as applied to any person, any lease
(including, without limitation, leases that may be terminated by the lessee at
any time) of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) that is not a
Capital Lease other than any such lease under which that person is the lessor.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel who
is acceptable to the Trustee complying with the requirements of Sections 10.04
and 10.05. Unless otherwise required by the TIA, the legal counsel may be an
employee of or counsel to the Company.
"Owner Securities Certification" has the meaning provided in Section
2.01.
"Paying Agent" has the meaning provided in Section 2.03.
"Permanent Regulation S Global Security" has the meaning provided in
Section 2.01.
"Permitted Holders" means Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx and his Affiliates,
estate, heirs and legatees, and the legal representatives of any of the
foregoing, including, without limitation, the trustee of any trust of which one
or more of the foregoing are the sole beneficiaries.
"Permitted Indebtedness" means (i) any Indebtedness of the Company
and the Restricted Subsidiaries under (A) the U.S. Revolving Credit Facility in
an aggregate amount not to exceed $100.0 million in aggregate principal amount
at any time
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outstanding and (B) the Peruvian Revolving Credit Facility in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $60.0 million in aggregate principal amount at
any time outstanding, in each case plus any interest, fees and expenses from
time to time owed thereunder, (ii) the Securities issued in the Offering in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $255.0 million and the related
Guarantees, (iii) any other Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date, (iv) purchase money Indebtedness and
any Indebtedness incurred for Capitalized Lease Obligations (A) of the Company
and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Doe Run Cayman and its Subsidiaries)
not to exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding and (B) of
Doe Run Cayman and its Subsidiaries not to exceed $20.0 million in the aggregate
at any time outstanding, (v) Interest Rate Protection Obligations to the extent
the notional principal amount of such Interest Rate Protection Obligations does
not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness to which such Interest Rate
Protection Obligations relate, and Hedging Agreements, in each case entered into
in the ordinary course of business, (vi) additional Indebtedness of the Company
and the Restricted Subsidiaries not to exceed $25.0 million in the aggregate at
any time outstanding, (vii) Indebtedness owed by the Company or any of the
Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or any Wholly-Owned
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that this clause (vii) shall also include
Indebtedness indirectly between or among the Company and/or one or more of the
Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries through one or more financial
intermediaries, (viii) any renewals, extensions, substitutions, refundings,
refinancings or replacements of any Indebtedness described in the preceding
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and this clause (viii), so long as such
renewal, extension, substitution, refunding, refinancing or replacement does not
result in an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Indebtedness represented thereby (except if such Indebtedness refinances
Indebtedness under the Revolving Credit Facilities or any other agreement
providing for subsequent borrowings, does not result in an increase in the
commitment available under the Revolving Credit Facilities or such other
agreement) and (ix) any guarantees of the foregoing.
"Permitted Investment" means (i) cash and Cash Equivalents, (ii) any
Investment by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the Company
or any Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary; provided that this clause (ii) shall
also include indirect Investments by the Company and the Wholly-Owned Restricted
Subsidiaries in the Company or one or more of the Wholly-Owned Restricted
Subsidiaries through one or more financial intermediaries, (iii) Related
Business Investments by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in
joint ven-
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tures, partnerships or persons (including Unrestricted Subsidiaries) that are
not Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed $25.0
million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; (iv) Investments by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in another person, if as a result of such
Investment (a) such other person becomes a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary or
(b) such other person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or
conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, the Company or a Wholly-Owned
Restricted Subsidiary, (v) Investments received in connection with the
bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement of
delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers and suppliers, in
each case arising in the ordinary course of business, (vi) the non-cash proceeds
of any Asset Sale, (vii) Investments under or pursuant to Interest Rate
Protection Obligations or Hedging Agreements, in each case in the ordinary
course of business, (viii) loans and advances to employees of the Company and
the Restricted Subsidiaries made in the ordinary course of business and (ix)
Investments represented by the Qualifying Investments Promissory Notes.
"Permitted Liens" means (i) pledges or deposits by such person under
worker'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 statutory obligations of such person or deposits 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, (ii)
Liens imposed by law, such as landlords', carriers', warehousemen's and
mechanics' Liens or bankers' Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business
for sums which are not yet due or are being contested in good faith and for
which adequate provision has been made, (iii) Liens for taxes not yet subject to
penalties for non-payment or which are being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings, if adequate reserve, as may be required by GAAP, shall
have been made therefor, (iv) Liens in favor of issuers of surety bonds or
appeal bonds issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such
person in the ordinary course of its business, (v) Liens to support trade
letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business, (vi) survey
exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for,
rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other
similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions on the use of real property,
(vii) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under clause (iv) of the definition
of Permitted Indebtedness; provided that the Fair Market Value of the asset at
the time of the incurrence of the Indebtedness subject to the Lien shall
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not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured, (viii) Liens with
respect to Acquired Indebtedness permitted to be incurred in accordance with
Section 4.12; provided that such Liens secured such Acquired Indebtedness at the
time of the incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or any of
the Restricted Subsidiaries and were not incurred in connection with, or in
anticipation of, the incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or
any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, further, that such Liens do not
extend to or cover any property or assets of the Company or any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries other than the property or assets that secured the
Acquired Indebtedness prior to the time such Indebtedness became Acquired
Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and are no
more favorable to the lienholders than those securing the Acquired Indebtedness
prior to the incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or any of
the Restricted Subsidiaries, (ix) Liens arising from judgments, decrees or
attachments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default, (x) Liens on
assets or property (including any real property upon which such assets or
property are or will be located) securing Indebtedness incurred to purchase or
construct such assets or property, which Indebtedness is permitted to be
incurred under this Indenture, (xi) Liens securing Indebtedness which is
incurred to refinance or replace Indebtedness which has been secured by a Lien
permitted under this Indenture and is permitted to be refinanced or replaced
under this Indenture, provided that such Liens do not extend to or cover any
property or assets of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries not
securing the Indebtedness so refinanced or replaced, and (xii) Liens securing
reimbursement obligations under letters of credit but only in or upon the goods
the purchase of which was financed by such letters of credit.
"person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency
or political subdivision thereof or any similar entities.
"Peruvian Revolving Credit Facility" means one or more working
capital facilities or other working capital financings or programs entered into
by Doe Run Peru and its Subsidiaries from time to time, as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and
includes any agreement renewing, refinancing or replacement all or any portion
of the Indebtedness under such agreement.
"Plan of Liquidation" means, with respect to any person, a plan that
provides for, contemplates or the effectuation of which is preceded or
accompanied by (whether or not substantially contemporaneously, in phases or
otherwise) (i) the sale,
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lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets
of such person otherwise than as an entirety or substantially as an entirety and
(ii) the distribution of all or substantially all of the proceeds of such sale,
lease, conveyance or other disposition and all or substantially all of the
remaining assets of such person to holders of Capital Stock of such person.
"Preferred Stock" means, with respect to any person, any and all
shares, interests, participation or other equivalents (however designated) of
such person's preferred or preference stock, whether outstanding on the Issue
Date or issued thereafter, and including, without limitation, all classes and
series of preferred or preference stock of such person.
"principal" of any Indebtedness (including the Securities) means the
principal of such Indebtedness plus the premium, if any, on such Indebtedness.
"pro forma" means, with respect to any calculation made or required
to be made pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, a calculation in accordance
with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.
"Qualified Capital Stock" means, with respect to any person, any
Capital Stock of such person that is not Disqualified Capital Stock or
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Disqualified Capital Stock.
"Qualified Institutional Buyer" or "QIB" shall have the meaning
specified in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
"Qualifying Auditors" shall mean the firm of independent auditors of
acknowledged international prestige elected annually by Centromin in accordance
with Section 4.2 of the Subscription Agreement.
"Qualifying Investment" shall mean investments that meet the
qualifications of Section 4.5 of the Subscription Agreement, as determined in
good faith by the Qualifying Auditors.
"Qualifying Investments Promissory Notes" shall have the meaning
given to such term in Section 4.19.
"Record Date" means the Record Dates specified in the Securities;
provided that if any such date is a Legal Holiday, the Record Date shall be the
first day immediately preceding such specified day that is not a Legal Holiday.
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"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture
and the Securities.
"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture
and the Securities.
"Registrar" has the meaning provided in Section 2.03.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
Agreement by and between the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers,
dated as of March 12, 1998, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act (or any
successor provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
"Related Business Investment" means any Investment, Capital
Expenditure or other expenditure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
which is related to the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries
as it is conducted on the Issue Date or any business which is the same, similar
or reasonably related to such business.
"Renco" means The Renco Group, Inc., a New York corporation, which
is the ultimate parent of the Company, or any successor thereto.
"Restricted Global Security" has the meaning provided in Section
2.01.
"Restricted Payment" has the meaning provided in Section 4.03.
"Restricted Period" has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
"Restricted Security" has the meaning provided in Rule 144(a)(3)
under the Securities Act.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company which at
the time of determination is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of
Directors of the Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a
Restricted Subsidiary only if, immediately after giving effect to such
designation, the Company and the Guarantors could incur at least $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebt-
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edness) pursuant to Section 4.12, on a pro forma basis taking into account such
designation.
"Revolving Credit Facilities" means the U.S. Revolving Credit
Facility and the Peruvian Revolving Credit Facility.
"Sale/leaseback" means any lease, whether an Operating Lease or a
Capital Lease, whereby the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries,
directly or indirectly, becomes or remains liable as lessee or as guarantor or
other surety, of any property (whether real or personal or mixed) whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, (i) that the Company or the Restricted
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, has sold or transferred or is to sell or
transfer to any other person (other than the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary), or (ii) that the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, as
the case may be, intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other
property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or any
such Restricted Subsidiary to any person (other than the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary) in connection with such lease.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities" means the Series A Notes, and the Series B Notes and
any other notes issued after the Issue Date in accordance with clause (iii) of
the fourth paragraph of Section 2.02.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
"Series A Fixed Rate Notes" means the Company's 11 1/4% Senior Notes
due 2005, Series A, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof, that are issued pursuant to this Indenture.
"Series A Floating Rate Notes" means the Company's Floating
Interest Rate Senior Notes (FIRSTS)(SM) due 2003, Series A, as amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, that are
issued pursuant to this Indenture.
"Series A Notes" means the Series A Fixed Rate Notes and the Series
A Floating Rate Notes due 2005.
"Series B Fixed Rate Notes" means the Company's 11 1/4% Senior Notes
due 2005, Series B, as amended or supple-
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mented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, that are issued
pursuant to this Indenture.
"Series B Floating Rate Notes" means the Company's Floating Interest
Rate Senior Notes (FIRSTS)(SM*) due 2003, Series B, as amended or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, that are issued pursuant
to this Indenture.
"Series B Notes" means the Series B Fixed Rate Notes and the Series
B Floating Rate Notes.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary that
satisfies the criteria for a "significant subsidiary" set forth in Rule 1.02(w)
of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.
"Subsidiary" of any person means (i) any corporation of which the
outstanding capital stock having at least a majority of the votes entitled to be
cast in the election of directors under ordinary circumstances shall at the time
be owned, directly or indirectly, by such person or (ii) any other person of
which at least a majority of the voting interest under ordinary circumstances is
at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by such person. For purposes of this
definition, any directors' qualifying shares or investments by foreign nationals
mandated by applicable law shall be disregarded in determining the ownership of
a Subsidiary.
"Subscription Agreement" means the Contrato de Transferencia de
Acciones, Aumento de Capital Social y Subscripcion de Acciones de la Empresa
Metalurgica La Oroya S.A., dated as of October 23, 1997, between Doe Run Peru
and Centromin.
"Temporary Regulation S Global Security" has the meaning provided in
Section 2.01.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. xx.xx.
77aaa-77bbbb), as amended, as in effect on the date of the execution of this
Indenture until such time as this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, and
thereafter as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under
the TIA.
"Transferee Certificate" means the Transferee Letter of
Representation attached as Exhibit D to this Indenture.
"Transferee Securities Certification" has the meaning provided in
Section 2.06(g).
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"Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and
thereafter means such successor.
"Trust Officer" means any officer of the Trustee assigned by the
Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.
"U.S. Government Obligations" has the meaning provided in Section
8.01(b).
"U.S. Legal Tender" means such coin or currency of the United States
of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of
public and private debts.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means (i) any Subsidiary of the Company
which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated
by the Board of Directors of the Company, as provided below) and (ii) any
Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of the Company
may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any newly acquired or
newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, unless such
Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property
of, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company which is not a Subsidiary of the
Subsidiary to be so designated; provided that (a) the Company certifies that
such designation complies with Section 4.03 and (b) each Subsidiary to be so
designated and each of its Subsidiaries has not at the time of designation, and
does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become
directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which
the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries. The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any
Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary only if, immediately after
giving effect to such designation, the Company and the Guarantors could incur at
least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness)
pursuant to Section 4.12, on a pro forma basis taking into account such
designation.
"U.S. Revolving Credit Facility" means the Loan and Security
Agreement dated as of the Issue Date, among the Company, FPI Congress Financial
Corporation, as Lender, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, and includes any agreement renewing,
refinancing or replacement of all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such
agreement.
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"Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary
which is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company.
"Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of such person to the
extent all of the Capital Stock or other ownership interests in such Subsidiary
(other than (x) directors' qualifying shares, (y) with respect to Doe Run Peru,
any shares purchased by employees of Doe Run Peru or Centromin in connection
with the Acquisition, which retained amount shall not exceed 1% of the total
interests in Doe Run Peru, and (z) an immaterial interest owned by other persons
solely to comply with applicable law) is owned directly or indirectly by such
person or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such person.
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of TIA.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, such
provision is incorporated by reference in, and made a part of, this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture security holder" means a Holder or a Securityholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee.
"obligor" on this Indenture securities means the Company or any
other obligor on the 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 and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.
SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
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(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the
plural include the singular;
(5) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(6) "herein," "hereof" and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or
other subdivision.
ARTICLE TWO
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating.
The Securities and the Trustee's certificate of authentication with
respect thereto shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, Exhibit A-1,
Exhibit B or Exhibit B-1 hereto, as the case may be. The Securities may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. The Company and the Trustee shall approve the form of the Securities and
any notation, legend or endorsement on them. Each Security shall be dated the
date of its authentication, shall bear interest from the applicable date and
shall be payable on the Interest Payment Dates and the Maturity Date. Each
Security shall have an executed Guarantee from each of the Guarantors endorsed
thereon substantially in the form of Exhibit M hereto.
The terms and provisions contained in the Securities shall
constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the
extent applicable, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their
execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and
provisions and to be bound thereby.
Securities offered and sold in their initial distribution in
reliance on Regulation S may be initially issued in the form of temporary Global
Securities in fully registered form without interest coupons, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit A-1, as applicable, with such applicable
legends as are provided for in Exhibit A, Exhibit A-1 or Exhibit C. Such
temporary Global Securities may be registered in the name of the Depository or
its nominee and deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depository,
duly executed by
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the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided (and the
Guarantors shall execute the Guarantees thereon), for credit by the Depository
to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of the Securities
represented thereby (or such other accounts as they may direct), provided that
upon such deposit all such Securities shall be credited to or through accounts
maintained at the Depository by or on behalf of Euroclear or CEDEL. Until such
time as the Restricted Period (as defined below) shall have expired, such
temporary Global Securities, together with their Successor Securities which are
Global Securities other than the Restricted Global Security, shall be referred
to herein as a "Temporary Regulation S Global Security." After such time as the
Restricted Period shall have expired and the certifications referred to below in
the next succeeding paragraph shall have been provided, interests in such
Temporary Regulation S Global Securities shall be exchanged for interests in
like Global Securities, referred to herein collectively as the "Permanent
Regulation S Global Security," substantially in the form of Security set forth
in Exhibit A or Exhibit A-1, as applicable, with such applicable legends as are
provided for in Exhibit A, Exhibit A-1 or Exhibit C. Such Permanent Regulation S
Global Securities shall be registered in the name of the Depository or its
nominee and deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depository, duly
executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter
provided, for credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of the
Securities represented thereby (or such other accounts as they may direct). The
aggregate principal amount of the Temporary Regulation S Global Security or the
Permanent Regulation S Global Security may be increased or decreased from time
to time by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the
Depository, as hereinafter provided. As used herein, the term "Restricted
Period" means the period of 40 days commencing on the day after the latest of
(a) the day on which the Securities are first offered to persons other than
distributors (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S and (b)
the date of this Indenture.
Interests in a Temporary Regulation S Global Security may be
exchanged for interests in a Permanent Regulation S Global Security only after
(a) the expiration of the Restricted Period, (b) delivery by a beneficial owner
of an interest therein to Euroclear or CEDEL of a written certification (an
"Owner Securities Certification") substantially in the form of Annex E hereto,
and (c) upon delivery by Euroclear or CEDEL to the Trustee of a written
certification (a "Depository Securities Certification") substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit F. Upon satisfaction of such conditions, the
Trustee will exchange the portion of the Temporary Regulation S
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Global Security covered by such certification for interests in a Permanent
Regulation S Global Security. The delivery by such Holder of a beneficial
interest in such Temporary Regulation S Global Security of such certification
shall constitute an irrevocable instruction by such holder to Euroclear or
CEDEL, as the case may be, to exchange such Holder's beneficial interest in the
Temporary Regulation S Global Security for a beneficial interest in the
Permanent Regulation S Global Security upon the expiration of the Restricted
Period in accordance with the next succeeding paragraph.
Upon:
(i) the expiration of the Restricted Period;
(ii) receipt by Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case may be, of Owner
Securities Certifications described in the preceding paragraph;
(iii) receipt by the Depository of:
(1) written instructions given in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures from an Agent Member directing the Depository
to credit or cause to be credited to a specified Agent Member's
account a beneficial interest in a Permanent Regulation S Global
Security in a principal amount equal to that of the beneficial
interest in a corresponding Temporary Regulation S Global Security
for which the necessary certifications have been delivered; and
(2) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent
Member, and the Euroclear or CEDEL account for which such Agent
Member's account is held, to be credited with, and the account of
the Agent Member to be debited for, such beneficial interest; and
(iv) receipt by the Trustee of notification from the Depository of
the transactions described in (iii) above and from Euroclear or CEDEL, as
the case may be, of Depository Securities Certifications,
the Trustee, as Registrar, shall instruct the Depository to reduce the principal
amount of such Temporary Regulation S Global Security and to increase the
principal amount of such Permanent Regulation S Global Security, by the
principal amount of the beneficial interest in such Temporary Regulation S
Global Security to be so transferred, and to credit or cause to be cred-
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ited to the account of the person specified in such instructions a beneficial
interest in such Permanent Regulation S Global Security having a principal
amount equal to the amount by which the principal amount of such Temporary
Regulation S Global Security was reduced upon such transfer.
Securities offered and sold in their initial distribution in
reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and other than in reliance on
Rule 144A under the Securities Act or Regulation S shall be issued in the form
of one or more Global Securities (collectively, and, together with their
Successor Securities, the "Restricted Global Security") in fully registered form
without interest coupons, substantially in the form of Security set forth in
Exhibit A or Exhibit A-1, as applicable, with such applicable legends as are
provided for in Exhibit A, Exhibit A-1 or Exhibit C, except as otherwise
permitted herein. Such Restricted Global Security shall be registered in the
name of the Depository or its nominee and deposited with the Trustee, as
custodian for the Depository, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by
the Trustee as hereinafter provided, for credit by the Depository to the
respective accounts of beneficial owners of the Securities represented thereby
(or such other accounts as they may direct). The aggregate principal amount of
the Restricted Global Security may be increased or decreased from time to time
by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the
Depository, in connection with a corresponding decrease or increase in the
aggregate principal amount of the Temporary Regulation S Global Security or the
Permanent Regulation S Global Security, as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication.
Two Officers, or an Officer and an Assistant Secretary, shall sign,
or one Officer shall sign and one Officer or an Assistant Secretary for the
Company and each Guarantor (each of whom shall, in each case, have been duly
authorized by all requisite corporate actions) shall attest to, the Securities
for the Company and the Guarantees for the Guarantors by manual or facsimile
signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security or a Guarantee was an
Officer at the time of such execution but no longer holds that office at the
time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall nevertheless be
valid.
A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The
signature shall be conclu-
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sive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall authenticate (i) Series A Fixed Rate Notes for
original issue in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $200,000,000,
(ii) Series A Floating Rate Notes for original issue in the aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $55,000,000 and (iii) one or more series of Fixed Rate
Notes and one or more series of Floating Rate Notes for original issue after the
Issue Date (such Notes to be substantially in the form of Exhibits A or A-1, as
the case may be, or Exhibits B or B-1, as the case may be) in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000 (and if in the form of Exhibit A or
A-1, as the case may be, the same principal amount of Securities in exchange
therefor upon consummation of a registered exchange offer) in each case, upon
written orders of the Company in the form of an Officers' Certificate. In each
case, the Officers' Certificate shall specify the amount of Securities to be
authenticated and the date on which the Securities are to be authenticated and
the aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding on the date of
authentication whether the Securities are to be Series A Notes, Series B Notes
or Securities issued under clause (iii) of the preceding sentence and shall
further specify the amount of such Securities to be issued as a Global Security
or in certificated form. The aggregate principal amount of Securities
outstanding at any time may not exceed $355,000,000, except as provided in
Section 2.07. Upon the written order of the Company in the form of an Officers'
Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities in substitution of
Securities originally issued to reflect any name change of the Company.
Series B Notes may be issued only in exchange for a like principal
amount of Series A Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer.
The principal and interest on Book-Entry Securities shall be payable
to the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as the sole registered
owner and the sole holder of the Book-Entry Securities represented thereby. The
principal and interest on Securities in certificated form shall be payable at
the office of the Paying Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably
acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. Unless otherwise provided
in the appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever
the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the
Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticat-
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ing agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company and
Affiliates of the Company.
The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
If the Securities are to be issued in the form of one or more Global
Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver one or more Global Securities that shall represent and shall be in
minimum denominations of $1,000.
SECTION 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, where (a) Securities may be presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar"), (b)
Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment ("Paying Agent") and (c)
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this
Indenture may be served. The Company may also from time to time designate one or
more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for such purposes. Neither
the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company shall act as Paying Agent. The
Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and
exchange. The Company, upon notice to the Trustee, may have one or more
co-Registrars and one or more additional paying agents reasonably acceptable to
the Trustee. The term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The
Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent until such
time as the Trustee has resigned or a successor has been appointed. The initial
office of the Company and the Trustee for purposes of this Section 2.03 shall be
State Street Bank and Trust Company, N.A., 00 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, XX, XX
00000.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with
any Agent not a party to this Indenture, which agreement shall implement the
provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify
the Trustee, in advance, of the name and address of any such Agent. If the
Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as
such.
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SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Assets in Trust.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee
to agree in writing that each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit
of the Holders or the Trustee all assets held by the Paying Agent for the
payment of principal of, or interest on, the Securities (whether such assets
have been distributed to it by the Company or any other obligor on the
Securities), and shall notify the Trustee of any Default by the Company (or any
other obligor on the Securities) in making any such payment. The Company at any
time may require a Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the
Trustee and account for any assets disbursed and the Trustee may at any time
during the continuance of any payment Default, upon written request to a Paying
Agent, require such Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the
Trustee and to account for any assets distributed. Upon distribution to the
Trustee of all assets that shall have been delivered by the Company to the
Paying Agent, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for such assets.
SECTION 2.05. Securityholder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
the Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to
the Trustee before each Record Date and at such other times as the Trustee may
request in writing a list as of such date and in such form as the Trustee may
reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders, which list may be
conclusively relied upon by the Trustee.
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Beneficial interests in a Global Security may, subject to the
restrictions on the transferability of the Securities and upon delivery of a
certificate in the form of Exhibit D, be exchanged for certificated Securities
upon request but only upon at least 20 days' prior written notice given to the
Trustee by or on behalf of the Depository (in accordance with the Depository's
customary procedures) and will bear the applicable legends set forth in Exhibit
A or Exhibit A-1, as applicable.
(b) If any Global Security is to be exchanged for other Securities
or cancelled in whole, it shall be surrendered by or on behalf of the Depository
or its nominee to the Trustee, as Registrar, for exchange or cancellation as
provided in this Article II. If any Global Security is to be exchanged for
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other Securities or cancelled in part, or if another Security is to be exchanged
in whole or in part for a beneficial interest in any Global Security, such
Global Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as provided
in this Article II or, if the Trustee is acting as custodian for the Depository
or its nominee (or is party to a similar arrangement) with respect to such
Global Security, the principal amount thereof shall be reduced or increased by
an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged or cancelled, or the
principal amount of such other Security to be so exchanged for a beneficial
interest therein, as the case may be, in each case by means of an appropriate
adjustment made on the records of the Trustee, whereupon the Trustee, in
accordance with the Applicable Procedures, shall instruct the Depository or its
authorized representatives to make a corresponding adjustment to its records
(including by crediting or debiting any Agent Member's account as necessary to
reflect any transfer or exchange of a beneficial interest). Upon any such
surrender or adjustment of a Global Security, the Trustee shall, subject to this
Article II, authenticate and deliver any Securities (and the Guarantors shall
execute the Guarantees thereon) issuable in exchange for such Global Security
(or any portion thereof) to or upon the order of, and registered in such names
as may be directed by, the Depository or its authorized representative and each
of the Guarantors shall execute a Guarantee thereon at the Trustee's request.
Upon the request of the Trustee in connection with the occurrence of any of the
events specified in the preceding paragraph or in paragraph (r) below, the
Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of
Securities that are not in the form of Global Securities. The Trustee shall be
entitled to rely upon any order, direction or request of the Depository or its
authorized representative which is given or made pursuant to this Article II if
such order, direction or request is given or made in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures, as certified to the Trustee by the Depository.
(c) Subject to the provisions in the legends required by this
Indenture, the registered Holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any
Person, including Agent Members and Persons who may hold interests in Agent
Members, to take any action that such Holder is entitled to take under this
Indenture.
(d) Neither Agent Members nor any other Person on whose behalf Agent
Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any
Global Security held on their behalf by the Depository or under the Global
Security, and the Depository may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any
agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute
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owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of
the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification,
proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or impair, as between
the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices
governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security. With respect
to any Global Security deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the
Depository for credit to their respective accounts (or to such other accounts as
they may direct) at Euroclear or CEDEL, the provisions of the "Operating
Procedures of the Euroclear System" and the "Terms and Conditions Governing Use
of Euroclear", and the "Management Regulations" and "Instructions to
Participants" of CEDEL, respectively, shall be applicable to such Global
Security, as certifies to the Trustee by Euroclear or CEDEL, as applicable.
(e) Upon presentation for transfer or exchange of any Security at
the office of the Trustee, as Registrar, located in The City of New York,
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer or exchange in the form approved
by the Company (it being understood that, until notice to the contrary is given
to holders of Securities, the Company shall be deemed to have approved the form
of instrument of transfer or exchange, if any, printed on any Security),
executed by the registered Holder, in person or by such Holder's attorney
thereunto duly authorized in writing, and upon compliance with this Section
2.06, such Security shall be transferred upon the Register, and a new Security
shall be authenticated and issued in the name of the transferee and the
Guarantors shall execute Guarantees thereon. Notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary herein or in the Securities, transfers of a Global Security, in
whole or in part, and transfers of interests therein of the kind described in
this Section 2.06, shall only be made in accordance with this Section 2.06.
Transfers and exchanges subject to this Section 2.06 shall also be subject to
the other provisions of this Indenture that are not inconsistent with this
Section 2.06.
(f) General. A Global Security may not be transferred, in whole or
in part, to any Person other than the Depository or a nominee thereof, and no
such transfer to any such other Person may be registered; provided, however,
that this clause (f) shall not prohibit any transfer of a Security that is
issued in exchange for a Global Security but is not itself a Global Security. No
transfer of a Security to any Person shall be effective under this Indenture or
the Securities unless and until such Security has been registered in the name of
such Person. Nothing in this clause (f) shall prohibit or render ineffective any
transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global
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Security effected in accordance with the other provisions of this Section 2.06.
(g) Temporary Regulation S Global Security. If the holder of a
beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Global Security wishes at any
time to transfer such interest to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof
in the form of a beneficial interest in such Temporary Regulation S Global
Security, such transfer may be effected, subject to the rules and procedures of
the Depository, Euroclear and CEDEL, in each case to the extent applicable and
as in effect from time to time (the "Applicable Procedures"), only in accordance
with this clause (g). Upon delivery (i) by a beneficial owner of an interest in
a Temporary Regulation S Global Security to Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case may
be, of an Owner Securities Certification, (ii) by the transferee of such
beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Security to Euroclear
or CEDEL, as the case may be, of a written certification (a "Transferee
Securities Certification") substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto and
(iii) by Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case may be, to the Trustee, as Registrar,
of a Depository Securities Certification, the Trustee may direct either
Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case may be, to reflect on its records the transfer
of a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Security from the
beneficial owner providing the Owner Securities Certification to the Person
providing the Transferee Securities Certification.
(h) Restricted Global Security to Temporary Regulation S Global
Security. If the holder of a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global
Security wishes at any time to transfer such interest to a Person who wishes to
take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Temporary
Regulation S Global Security, such transfer may be effected, subject to the
Applicable Procedures, only in accordance with the provisions of this clause (h)
and clause (n) below. Upon receipt by the Trustee, as Registrar, of (A) written
instructions given by or on behalf of the Depository in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Trustee to credit or cause to be credited to
a specified Agent Member's account a beneficial interest in the Temporary
Regulation S Global Security in a specified principal amount and to cause to be
debited from another specified Agent Member's account a beneficial interest in
the Restricted Global Security in an equal principal amount and (B) a
certificate in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit H signed by or on
behalf of the holder of such beneficial interest in the Restricted Global
Security, the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall, subject to clause (n)
below, reduce the principal amount of the Restricted Global Security, and
increase the principal amount of the Temporary
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Regulation S Global Security by such specified principal amount.
(i) Restricted Global Security to Permanent Regulation S Global
Security. If the holder of a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global
Security wishes at any time to transfer such interest to a Person who wishes to
take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Permanent
Regulation S Global Security, such transfer may be effected, subject to the
Applicable Procedures, only in accordance with this clause (i). Upon receipt by
the Trustee, as Security Registrar, of (A) written instructions given by or on
behalf of the Depository in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing
the Trustee to credit or cause to be credited to a specified Agent Member's
account a beneficial interest in the Permanent Regulation S Global Security in a
specified principal amount and to cause to be debited from another specified
Agent Member's account a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security
in an equal principal amount and (B) a certificate in substantially the form set
forth in Exhibit I signed by or on behalf of the holder of such beneficial
interest in the Restricted Global Security, the Trustee, as Registrar, shall
reduce the principal amount of a Restricted Global Security, and increase the
principal amount of the Permanent Regulation S Global Security by such specified
principal amount.
(j) Temporary Regulation S Global Security or Permanent Regulation S
Global Security to Restricted Global Security. If the holder of a beneficial
interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Security or the Permanent
Regulation S Global Security at any time, wishes to transfer such interest to a
Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in the Restricted Global Security, such transfer may be effected, subject to the
Applicable Procedures, only in accordance with this clause (j) and clause (n)
below; provided that with respect to any transfer of a beneficial interest in a
Temporary Regulation S Global Security, the transferor and Euroclear or CEDEL,
as the case may be, must have previously delivered an Owner Securities
Certification and a Depository Securities Certification respectively, with
respect to such beneficial interest. Upon receipt by the Trustee, as Registrar,
of (A) written instructions given by or on behalf of the Depository in
accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Trustee to credit or
cause to be credited to a specified Agent Member's account a beneficial interest
in the Restricted Global Security in a specified principal amount and to cause
to be debited from another specified Agent Member's account a beneficial
interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Security or the Permanent
Regulation S Global Security, as the case may be, in an equal principal amount
and (B) a cer-
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tificate in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit J signed by or on behalf
of the holder of such beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global
Security or the Permanent Regulation S Global Security, as the case may be, the
Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall, subject to clause (n) below, reduce the
principal amount of such Temporary Regulation S Global Security or Permanent
Regulation S Global Security, as the case may be, and increase the principal
amount of the Restricted Global Security by such specified principal amount.
(k) Non-Global Restricted Security to Global Security. If the holder
of a Restricted Security (other than a Global Security) wishes at any time to
transfer all or any portion of such Security to a Person who wishes to take
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global
Security, the Temporary Regulation S Global Security or the Permanent Regulation
S Global Security, such transfer may be effected, subject to the Applicable
Procedures, only in accordance with this clause (k) and clause (n) below. Upon
receipt by the Trustee, as Registrar, of (A) such Security and written
instructions given by or on behalf of such Holder as provided in this Section
2.06 directing the Trustee to credit or cause to be credited to a specified
Agent Member's account a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security,
the Temporary Regulation S Global Security or the Permanent Regulation S Global
Security, as the case may be, in a specified principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Restricted Security (or portion thereof) to be so
transferred, and (B) an appropriately completed certificate substantially in the
form set forth in Exhibit K-1 hereto, if the specified account is to be credited
with a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security, or Exhibit K-2
hereto, if the specified account is to be credited with a beneficial interest in
the Temporary Regulation S Global Security or the Permanent Regulation S Global
Security, signed by or on behalf of such Holder, then the Trustee, as Registrar,
shall, subject to clause (n) below, cancel such Restricted Security (and issue a
new Security in respect of any untransferred portion thereof) as provided in
this Section 2.06 and increase the principal amount of the Restricted Global
Security, Temporary Regulation S Global Security or Permanent Regulation S
Global Security, as the case may be, by the specified principal amount.
(l) Non-Global Permanent Regulation S Security to Restricted
Global Security or Permanent Regulation S Global Security. If the Holder of a
Permanent Regulation S Security (other than a Global Security) wishes at any
time to transfer all or any portion of such Security to a Person who wishes to
take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Restricted
Global Security or the Permanent Regulation S
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Global Security, as the case may be, such transfer may be effected only in
accordance with this clause (l) and subject to the Applicable Procedures. Upon
receipt by the Trustee, as Registrar, of (A) such Security and instructions
given by or on behalf of such Holder as provided in this Section 2.06 directing
the Trustee to credit or cause to be credited to a specified Agent Member's
account a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security or the Permanent
Regulation S Global Security, as the case may be, in a principal amount equal to
the principal amount of the Security (or portion thereof) to be so transferred,
and (B)(i) with respect to a transfer which is to be delivered in the form of a
beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security, a certificate in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit L-1, signed by or on behalf of such
Holder, and (ii) with respect to a transfer which is to be delivered in the form
of a beneficial interest in the Permanent Regulation S Global Security, a
certificate in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit L-2, signed by or on
behalf of such Holder, then the Trustee, as Registrar, shall, subject to Clause
(9) below, cancel such Security (and issue a new Security in respect of any
untransferred portion thereof) as provided in this Section 2.06 and increase the
principal amount of the Restricted Global Security, or the Permanent Regulation
S Global Security, as the case may be, by the specified principal.
(m) Other Exchanges. Securities that are not Global Securities may
be exchanged (on transfer or otherwise) for Securities that are not Global
Securities or for beneficial interests in a Global Security (if any is then
outstanding) only in accordance with such procedures, which shall be
substantially consistent with the provisions of clauses (f) through (l) above
(including the certification requirements intended to insure that transfers of
beneficial interests in a Global Security comply with Rule 144A under the
Securities Act, Rule 144 under the Securities Act or Regulation S, as the case
may be) and any Applicable Procedures, as may be from time to time adopted by
the Company and the Trustee.
(n) Interests in Temporary Regulation S Global Security To Be Held
Through Euroclear or CEDEL. Until the later of the expiration of the Restricted
Period and the provision of the Owner Securities Certification and the
Depository Securities Certification, beneficial interests in any Temporary
Regulation S Global Security may be held only in or through accounts maintained
at the Depository by Euroclear or CEDEL (or by Agent Members acting for the
account thereof).
(o) When Securities in certificated form are presented to the
Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to
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register the transfer of such Securities or to exchange such Securities for an
equal principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the
Registrar or co-Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as
requested if its requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however,
that the Securities surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed
or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Registrar or co-Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof
or his attorney duly authorized in writing. To permit registrations of transfers
and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
Securities (and the Guarantors shall execute the Guarantors thereon) at the
Registrar's or co-Registrar's request. No service charge shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable
in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar
governmental charge payable upon exchanges or transfers pursuant to Sections
2.02, 2.10, 3.07, 4.15, 4.16 or 9.05). The Registrar or co-Registrar shall not
be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Security (i) during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the mailing of a
notice of redemption of Securities and ending at the close of business on the
day of such mailing and (ii) selected for redemption in whole or in part
pursuant to Article Three, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being
redeemed in part.
(p) If a Series A Note is a Restricted Security in certificated
form, then as provided in this Indenture and subject to the limitations herein
set forth, the Holder, provided it is a Qualified Institutional Buyer, may
exchange such Security for a Book-Entry Security by instructing the Trustee (by
completing the Transferee Certificate in the form of Exhibit D hereto) to
arrange for such Series A Note to be represented by a beneficial interest in a
Global Security in accordance with the customary procedures of the Depository.
(q) Upon any exchange provided for in Section 2.06(a), the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the person
specified by the Depository a new Series A Note or Series A Notes registered in
such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depository, pursuant to
the instructions of the beneficial owner of the Securities requesting the
exchange, shall instruct the Trustee. Thereupon, the beneficial ownership of
such Global Security shown on the records maintained by the Depository or its
nominee shall be reduced by the amounts so exchanged and an appropriate
endorsement shall be made by or on behalf of the Trustee on the Global Security.
Any such exchange shall be effected
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through the Depository in accordance with the procedures of the Depository
therefor.
(r) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Global Security shall be
registered for transfer or exchange, or authenticated and delivered, whether
pursuant to this Section, Section 2.07, 2.10 or 3.07 or otherwise, in the name
of a person other than the Depository for such Global Security or its nominee
until (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depository for such Global Security or if at any time the Depository
ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a
successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 30 days, (ii) the
Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company order that all such
Global Securities shall be exchangeable or (iii) there shall have occurred and
be continuing an Event of Default. Upon the occurrence in respect of any Global
Security representing the Series A Notes of any one or more of the conditions
specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence, such Global
Security may be registered for transfer or exchange for Series A Notes
registered in the names of, authenticated and delivered to such persons as the
Trustee or the Depository, as the case may be, shall direct.
(s) Except as provided above, any Security authenticated and
delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
any Global Security, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 2.07, 2.10 or
3.07 or otherwise, shall also be a Global Security and bear the legend specified
in Exhibit C.
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Securities.
If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or if the
Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed or
wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a
replacement Security (and the Guarantors shall execute the Guarantees thereon)
if the Trustee's requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the
Company, such Holder must provide an indemnity bond or other indemnity,
sufficient in the judgment of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, to
protect the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss
which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Company may charge
such Holder for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in replacing a Security,
including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel. Every replacement Security
shall constitute an additional obligation of the Company and the Guarantors.
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SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Securities.
Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities that have
been authenticated by the Trustee except those cancelled by it, those delivered
to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. A
Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or any of its
Affiliates holds the Security.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 (other than a
mutilated Security surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding
unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security
is held by a bona fide purchaser. A mutilated Security ceases to be outstanding
upon surrender of such Security and replacement thereof pursuant to Section
2.07.
If on a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date the Paying Agent holds
U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay all of the
principal and interest due on the Securities payable on that date, then on and
after that date such Securities cease to be outstanding and interest on them
ceases to accrue; provided, however, that to the extent the Trustee is enjoined
from making payments to the Holders, interest will continue to accrue until such
time as the Trustee is not so enjoined.
SECTION 2.09. Treasury Securities.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount
of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Securities
owned by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded, except
that, for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in
relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities that the
Trustee knows are so owned shall be disregarded.
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities.
Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may
prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities (and the
Guarantors shall execute the guarantees thereon) upon receipt of a written order
of the Company in the form of an Officers' Certificate. The Officers'
Certificate shall specify the amount of temporary Securities to be authenticated
and the date on which the temporary Securities are to be authenticated.
Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities
but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary
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Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the
Trustee shall authenticate and the Guarantors shall execute Guarantees on, upon
receipt of a written order of the Company pursuant to Section 2.02, definitive
Securities in exchange for temporary Securities.
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee
any Securities surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The
Trustee, or at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent,
and no one else, shall cancel and, at the written direction of the Company,
shall dispose of all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or
cancellation. Subject to Section 2.07, the Company may not issue new Securities
to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation. If the Company shall acquire any of the Securities, such
acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the
Indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.11.
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities,
it shall, unless the Trustee fixes another record date pursuant to Section 6.10,
pay the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent lawful) any interest payable on
the defaulted interest to the persons who are Holders on a subsequent special
record date, which date shall be the fifteenth day next preceding the date fixed
by the Company for the payment of defaulted interest or the next succeeding
Business Day if such date is not a Business Day. At least 15 days before the
subsequent special record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder, with a
copy to the Trustee, a notice that states the subsequent special record date,
the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest, and interest payable on
such defaulted interest, if any, to be paid.
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Number.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use a CUSIP number or
numbers, and if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP number or numbers in notices
of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such
notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of the CUSIP number or numbers printed in the notice or on
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the Securities, and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities.
SECTION 2.14. Designation.
The Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities and the Guarantees is
hereby irrevocably designated as "senior indebtedness" or such other term
denoting seniority (i) for all purposes of the provisions defining subordination
contained in agreements that provide that the Indebtedness of the Company issued
pursuant to such agreements is subordinate to Indebtedness designated as senior
indebtedness and (ii) for the purposes of any future Indebtedness of the Company
which the Company expressly makes subordinate to any senior indebtedness or such
other term denoting seniority. In connection with the issuance of any such
future subordinated Indebtedness, the Company shall take all necessary steps to
effectuate the foregoing.
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. Optional Redemption.
(a) The Fixed Rate Notes will be subject to redemption, in whole
or in part, at the option of the Company, at any time on or after March 15,
2002, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount)
set forth below plus accrued interest to the redemption date, if redeemed during
the 12 month period beginning on March 15 of the years indicated below:
Year Percentage
2002...................................... 105.625%
2003...................................... 102.813%
2004 and thereafter....................... 100.000%
(b) The Floating Rate Notes will be subject to redemption, in
whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company, at
the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth
below plus accrued interest to the redemption date, if redeemed during the
twelve month period beginning on March 15 of the years indicated below:
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Year Percentage
1998...................................... 104.000%
1999...................................... 103.000%
2000...................................... 102.000%
2001...................................... 101.000%
2002 and thereafter....................... 100.000%
(c) In addition, at any time prior to March 15, 2001, the Company
may redeem up to 35% of the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of the
Fixed Rate Notes issued in the Offering plus (y) any additional Fixed Rate Notes
issued after the Issue Date pursuant to this Indenture, with the proceeds of one
or more Equity Offerings at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of
principal amount) of 111.25% plus accrued interest to the redemption date;
PROVIDED that at least 65% of the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of
Fixed Rate Notes issued in the Offering plus (y) any additional Fixed Rate Notes
issued after the Issue Date pursuant to this Indenture remains outstanding
immediately after any such redemption. In order to effect the foregoing
redemption with the proceeds of any Equity Offering, the Company shall make such
redemption not more than 120 days after the consummation of any such Equity
Offering.
SECTION 3.02. Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Securities pursuant to this
Indenture and the Securities, it shall notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent
in writing of the Redemption Date and the principal amount of the Securities to
be redeemed and whether it wants the Trustee to give notice of redemption to the
Holders (at the Company's expense) at least 30 days (unless a shorter notice
shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) but not more than 60 days before the
Redemption Date. Any such notice may be cancelled at any time prior to notice of
such redemption being mailed to any Holder and shall thereby be void and of no
effect.
SECTION 3.03. Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed.
If less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed at any time,
the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed in compliance with the
requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the
Securities being redeemed are listed or, if the Securities are not listed on a
national securities exchange, on a PRO RATA basis, by lot or by such other
method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.
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The Trustee shall make the selection from the Securities outstanding
and not previously called for redemption and shall promptly notify the Company
in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any
Security selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed. Securities in denominations of $1,000 or less may be redeemed only in
whole. The Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal to $1,000 or any
integral multiple thereof) of the principal of Securities that have
denominations larger than $1,000. If a redemption is to be made with the
proceeds of an Equity Offering pursuant to Section 3.01(c), selection of the
Fixed Rate Notes for redemption shall be made by the Trustee only on a PRO RATA
basis unless such method is otherwise prohibited. Provisions of this Indenture
that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of
Securities called for redemption.
SECTION 3.04. Notice of Redemption.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.01, at least 30 days but
not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date the Company shall mail a notice
of redemption by first class mail to each Holder whose Securities are to be
redeemed, with a copy to the Trustee. At the Company's request, the Trustee
shall give the notice of redemption in the Company's name and at the Company's
expense. Each notice for redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed
and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(4) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the
Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;
(5) that, unless the Company defaults in making the redemption
payment, interest on Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue on
and after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the Holders
of such Securities is to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon
surrender to the Paying Agent of the Securities redeemed;
(6) if any Security is being redeemed in part, the portion of the
principal amount of such Security to be redeemed and that, after the
Redemption Date, and upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or
Securities in
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the aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof
will be issued;
(7) if fewer than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the
identification of the particular Securities (or portion thereof) to be
redeemed, as well as the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be
redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be
outstanding after such partial redemption; and
(8) the CUSIP number, if any, relating to such Securities.
SECTION 3.05. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.04,
Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date
and at the Redemption Price. Upon surrender to the Trustee or Paying Agent, such
Securities called for redemption shall be paid at the Redemption Price plus
accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose
maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable on the relevant
Interest Payment Dates to the Holders of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to in the Securities.
SECTION 3.06. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or before the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient and timely to pay the Redemption Price
of all Securities to be redeemed on that date (other than Securities or portions
thereof called for redemption on that date which have been delivered by the
Company to the Trustee for cancellation). The Paying Agent shall promptly return
to the Company any U.S. Legal Tender so deposited which is not required for that
purpose upon the written request of the Company, except with respect to monies
owed as obligations to the Trustee pursuant to Article Seven.
If the Company complies with the preceding paragraph, then, unless
the Company defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price, interest on the
Securities to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the applicable
Redemption Date, whether or not such Securities are presented for payment.
SECTION 3.07. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Security that is to be redeemed in part, the
Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new
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Security or Securities equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of
the Security surrendered.
ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Securities.
The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on the
Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities. An
installment of principal of or interest on the Securities shall be considered
paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent holds on that date
U.S. Legal Tender designated for and sufficient and timely to pay the
installment. Interest on the Fixed Rate Notes will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months and interest on the Floating Rate
Notes will be computed as set forth in Exhibit A-1 or Exhibit B-1, as
applicable.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and (to the
extent permitted by law) on overdue installments of interest at a rate equal to
13.25% PER ANNUM.
SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, the office or agency required under Section 2.03. The Company shall
give prior notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the
location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to
maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee
with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands
may be made or served at the address of the Trustee set forth in Section 10.02.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any
or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner
relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for such purposes. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission
and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
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The Company hereby initially designates the office of State Street
Bank and Trust Company, Xxxxxxx Square, 225 Asylum, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX
00000, as such office of the Company in accordance with this Section 4.02.
SECTION 4.03. Limitation on Restricted Payments.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, after the Issue Date (a) declare or pay
any dividend or make any distribution on the Company's Capital Stock or make any
payment to holders of such Capital Stock (other than dividends or distributions
payable in Qualified Capital Stock of the Company), (b) purchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire or retire for value any Capital Stock of the Company or any
warrants, rights or options to purchase or acquire shares of any class of such
Capital Stock, (c) purchase, redeem, prepay, defease or otherwise acquire or
retire for value, prior to any scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or
scheduled sinking fund payment, Indebtedness of the Company or any of the
Guarantors that is expressly subordinate in right of payment to the Securities
or the Guarantee of such Guarantor, as the case may be, or (d) make any
Investment (excluding any Permitted Investment) (each of the foregoing actions
set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) being referred to as a "Restricted
Payment"), if at the time of such Restricted Payment or immediately after giving
effect thereto,(i) a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or (ii) Restricted Payments made subsequent to the Issue Date (the
amount expended for such purposes, if other than in cash, shall be the Fair
Market Value of such property proposed to be transferred by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to such Restricted Payment)
shall exceed the sum of:
(w) 50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income (or if cumulative
Consolidated Net Income shall be a loss, minus 100% of such loss) of the
Company earned subsequent to the Issue Date and prior to the date the
Restricted Payment occurs (treating such period as a single accounting
period);
(x) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including the Fair Market
Value of Property other than cash, received by the Company from any person
(other than a Subsidiary of the Company) from the issuance and sale
subsequent to the Issue Date of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company
(excluding (A) Qualified Capital Stock paid as a dividend on any Capital
Stock or as interest on any Indebtedness, (B) any net proceeds from
issuances and sales financed directly or indirectly using funds borrowed
from
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the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, until and to the extent such
borrowing is repaid and (C) any net proceeds from any Equity Offering
which are used to redeem Fixed Rate Notes pursuant to, and in accordance
with, the provisions under Section 3.01(c).
(y) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including the Fair Market
Value of property other than cash, received by the Company from any person
(other than a Subsidiary of the Company) from the issuance and sale of
Disqualified Capital Stock and/or Indebtedness, in each case that has been
converted into or exchanged for Qualified Capital Stock of the Company
after the Issue Date; and
(z) without duplication, the sum of (1) the aggregate amount
returned in cash on or with respect to Investments (other than Permitted
Investments) made subsequent to the Issue Date whether through interest
payments, principal payments, dividends or other distributions or
payments, (2) the net cash proceeds received by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary from the disposition of all or any portion of such
Investments (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) and (3) upon
redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary,
the Fair Market Value of such Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the sum
of clauses (1), (2) and (3) above shall not exceed the aggregate amount of
all such Investments made subsequent to the Issue Date.
The foregoing provisions shall not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of its
declaration if the dividend would have been permitted on the date of
declaration;
(2) the acquisition of Capital Stock of the Company or Indebtedness
of the Company or any Guarantor either (i) solely in exchange for shares
of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or (ii) through the application
of net proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for cash (other than to
a Subsidiary of the Company) of shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the
Company.
(3) the acquisition of Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor
that is expressly subordinate in right of payment to the Securities or
such Guarantor's Guarantee, as the case may be, either (i) solely in
exchange for Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor which is
expressly subordinate in right of payment to the Securities or such
Guarantor's Guarantee, as the case may be, at
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least to the extent that the Indebtedness being acquired is subordinated
to the Securities or such Guarantor's Guarantee, as the case may be, and
has no scheduled principal prepayment dates prior to the scheduled final
maturity date of the Indebtedness being exchanged or (ii) through the
application of net proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for cash
(other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of Indebtedness of the Company
or such Guarantor which is expressly subordinate in right of payment to
the Securities or such Guarantor's Guarantee, as the case may be, at least
to the extent that the Indebtedness being acquired is subordinated to the
Securities or such Guarantor's Guarantee, as the case may be, and has no
scheduled principal prepayment dates prior to the scheduled final maturity
date of the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(4) the making of payments by the Company or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries to DRA or Renco (A) no earlier than ten days prior to the
date on which Renco is required to make its payments to the Internal
Revenue Service or the applicable state taxing authority, as the case may
be, pursuant to a tax sharing agreement (which tax sharing agreement
provides that the payments thereunder shall not exceed the amount the
Company and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay for taxes on
a stand-alone basis, except that the Company and its Subsidiaries will not
have the benefit of any of its tax loss carryforwards unless such tax
losses were a result of timing differences between the Company's and its
Subsidiaries' accounting for tax and financial reporting purposes, and
which tax sharing agreement also provides that transactions between the
Company, DRA and Renco and Renco's other Subsidiaries are accounted for on
a cash basis and not on an accrual basis) and (B) to reimburse DRA or
Renco for out of pocket insurance payments made by DRA or Renco on behalf
of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(5) the payment by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries
of a management fee to Renco in an amount not to exceed $200,000 in any
month;
(6) the repurchase from Renco of the Company's outstanding 2,500
shares of preferred stock, par value $1,000 per share, including the
payment of accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, in an aggregate amount of
approximately $2.8 million; and
(7) the payment of a transaction fee to Renco in an amount of
approximately $2.2 million;
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PROVIDED that in the case of clauses (2), (3) and (5), no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such payment or as
a result thereof.
In determining the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments
permissible under clause (ii) of the first paragraph of this section, amounts
expended, incurred or outstanding pursuant to clauses (1) and (2) (but not
pursuant to clauses (3), (4), (5), (6) or (7)) of the second paragraph of this
section shall be included as Restricted Payments; PROVIDED that any proceeds
received from the issuance of Qualified Capital Stock pursuant to clause (2) of
the second paragraph of this section shall be included in calculating the amount
referred to in clause (x) or clause (y), as the case may be, of the first
paragraph of this Section 4.03.
SECTION 4.04. Corporate Existence.
Except as otherwise permitted by Article Five, each of the Company
and the Guarantors shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve
and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate or
other existence of each of its Subsidiaries in accordance with the respective
organizational documents of each such Subsidiary and the rights (charter and
statutory) and franchises of each of the Company and the Guarantors and each
such Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each of the Company and the Guarantors
shall not be required to preserve, with respect to itself, any right or
franchise, and with respect to any of its Subsidiaries any such existence, right
or franchise, if the Board of Directors of each of the Company and the
Guarantors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable
in the conduct of the business of each of the Company and the Guarantors and
will not be adverse in any material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 4.05. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or
discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all taxes, assessments
and governmental charges (including withholding taxes and any penalties,
interest and additions to taxes) levied or imposed upon it or any of its
Subsidiaries or properties of it or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) all lawful
claims for labor, materials and supplies that, if unpaid, might by law become a
Lien upon the property of it or any of its Subsidiaries; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or
discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim if either (a) the amount,
applicability or validity thereof is being contested in
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good faith by appropriate proceedings and an adequate reserve has been
established therefor to the extent required by GAAP or (b) the failure to make
such payment or effect such discharge (together with all other such failures)
would not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or results
of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.06. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance.
(a) Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall cause all
properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any
of its Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and
working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and shall cause to be
made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements
thereof, all as in its judgment may be necessary, so that the business carried
on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all
times unless the failure to so maintain such properties (together with all other
such failures) would not have a material adverse effect on the financial
condition or results of operations of the Company and the Guarantors and their
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in this Section
4.06 shall prevent the Company and the Guarantors or any of their Subsidiaries
from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such properties, or
disposing of any of them, if such discontinuance or disposal is either (i) in
the ordinary course of business, (ii) in the good faith judgment of the Board of
Directors of the Company or the Guarantors or the Subsidiary concerned, or of
the senior officers of the Company or the Guarantors or such Subsidiary, as the
case may be, desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company or the
Guarantors or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, or (iii) is otherwise
permitted by this Indenture.
(b) Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall provide or cause to
be provided, for itself and each of its Subsidiaries, insurance (including
appropriate self-insurance) against loss or damage of the kinds that, in the
reasonable, good faith opinion of each of the Company and the Guarantors are
adequate and appropriate for the conduct of the business of the Company and the
Guarantors and such Subsidiaries in a prudent manner, with reputable insurers or
with the government of the United States of America or an agency or
instrumentality thereof, in such amounts, with such deductibles, and by such
methods as shall be customary, in the reasonable, good faith opinion of each of
the Company and the Guarantors, for companies similarly situated in the
industry, unless the failure to provide such insurance (together with all other
such failures)
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would not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or results
of operations of each of the Company and the Guarantors and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.07. Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 60 days after
the end of the Company's fiscal quarters and within 90 days after the end of the
Company's fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate stating that a review of its
activities and the activities of its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal
period has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view
to determining whether it has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its
obligations under this Indenture and further stating, as to each such Officer
signing such certificate, that to the best of his knowledge, the Company during
such preceding fiscal period has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each
and every such covenant and no Default or Event of Default occurred during such
period and at the date of such certificate there is no Default or Event of
Default that has occurred and is continuing or, if such signers do know of such
Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall describe the Default or Event
of Default and its status with particularity. The Officers' Certificate shall
also include all calculations necessary to show covenant compliance. The
Officers' Certificate shall also notify the Trustee should the Company elect to
change the manner in which it fixes its fiscal year end.
(b) So long as not contrary to the then current recommendations of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year a
written statement by its independent certified public accountants stating (A)
that its audit examination has included a review of the terms of this Indenture
and the Securities as they relate to accounting matters, and (B) whether, in
connection with its audit examination, any Default or Event of Default has come
to its attention and if such a Default or Event of Default has come to its
attention, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof.
(c) The Company will deliver to the Trustee as soon as possible, and
in any event within 10 days after the Company becomes aware or should reasonably
have become aware of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, an
Officers' Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what
action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
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SECTION 4.08. Compliance with Laws.
Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall comply, and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with all applicable statutes, rules,
regulations, orders and restrictions of the United States of America, Peru and
the Cayman Islands, all states and municipalities thereof, and of any
governmental department, commission, board, regulatory authority, bureau, agency
and instrumentality of the foregoing, in respect of the conduct of their
respective businesses and the ownership of their respective properties, except
such as are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and
except for such noncompliances as would not in the aggregate have a material
adverse effect on the financial condition or results of operations of each of
the Company and the Guarantors and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.09. SEC Reports and Other Information.
(a) At all times when the Company is required or permitted
voluntarily to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act or this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, the Company (at its own
expense) shall file with the SEC and shall file with the Trustee and mail or
cause the Trustee to mail to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the
register of Securities within 15 days after it files them with the SEC copies of
the annual reports, quarterly reports and the information, documents, and other
reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by
rules and regulations prescribe) to be filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act. If the Company is not subject to the requirements of such
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and not permitted to voluntarily file
and this Indenture has not been qualified under the TIA, the Company (at its own
expense) shall file with the Trustee and mail or cause the Trustee to mail to
the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Securities, within
15 days after it would have been required to file such information with the SEC,
all information and financial statements, including any notes thereto and with
respect to annual reports, quarterly reports, an auditors' report by an
accounting firm of established national reputation, and a "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," both
comparable to the disclosure that each of the Company would have been required
to include in such annual reports, quarterly reports, information, documents or
other reports, as if the Company was subject to the requirements of such Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in each case in the form that would have been
required by the SEC. Upon qualification of this Indenture under
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the TIA, the Company shall also comply with the provisions of TIA ss. 314(a).
(b) At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act, upon the request of a Holder of a Series A Note, the
Company will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished such information as is
specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision thereto) to such Holder or to a prospective purchaser of such Series A
Note designated by such Holder, as the case may be, in order to permit
compliance by such Holder with Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
SECTION 4.10. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.
Each of the Company and the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that
it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in
any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or
extension law or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the
each of Company and the Guarantors from paying all or any portion of the
principal of or interest on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby expressly waives
all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder,
delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but
will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law
had been enacted.
SECTION 4.11. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any
transaction (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or
exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with or for the
benefit of an Affiliate of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than
transactions between the Company and a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary or
between Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries) (an "Affiliate Transaction"),
other than (x) Affiliate Transactions permitted under (b) below and (y)
Affiliate Transactions (including lease transactions) on terms that are no less
favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary in the aggregate
than those that might reasonably have been obtained in a comparable transaction
by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary on an arm's-length basis (as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of
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the Company, as evidenced by a Board Resolution) from a person that is not an
Affiliate; PROVIDED that except as otherwise provided under (b) below, neither
the Company nor any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall enter into an Affiliate
Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving or having a
value of more than $5.0 million unless the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, has received an opinion from an Independent
Financial Advisor, with a copy thereof to the Trustee, to the effect that the
financial terms of such Affiliate Transaction are fair and reasonable to the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, and such terms are no
less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be,
than those that could be obtained in a comparable transaction on an arm's-length
basis with a person that is not an Affiliate.
(b) The foregoing provisions shall not apply to (i) any Restricted
Payment that is made in compliance with Section 4.03, (ii) payments by the
Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to Renco or DRA of the amounts set
forth in clauses (4), (5), (6) and (7) of the second paragraph of Section 4.03
and (iii) reasonable and customary regular fees to directors of the Company and
the Restricted Subsidiaries who are not employees of the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries.
SECTION 4.12. Limitation on Indebtedness.
(a) The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume,
guarantee, become liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to, or
otherwise become responsible for the payment of (collectively "incur") any
Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) other than Permitted
Indebtedness; PROVIDED that the Company and the Guarantors may incur
Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) if: (A) no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the proposed
incurrence thereof or shall occur as a result of such proposed incurrence, and
(B) after giving effect to such proposed incurrence, the Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company is at least equal to 2.25 to 1.0.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor
may incur Acquired Indebtedness to the extent such Indebtedness could have been
incurred by the Company and the Guarantors pursuant to the proviso in the
immediately preceding sentence.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors shall not, directly or
indirectly, in any event incur any Indebtedness which by its terms (or by the
terms of any agreement governing such
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Indebtedness) is subordinated to any other Indebtedness of the Company or such
Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is also by its terms (or by the terms of any
agreement governing such Indebtedness) made expressly subordinated to the
Securities or the Guarantee of such Guarantor, as the case may be, to the same
extent and in the same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated to such other
Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor.
SECTION 4.13. Limitation on Dividends and Other Payment
Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to
exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any
Restricted Subsidiary to: (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on
its Capital Stock, or any other interest or participation in, or measured by,
its profits, owned by the Company or by any Restricted Subsidiary, or pay any
Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; (b) make loans or
advances to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; or (c) transfer any of its
properties or assets to the Company or to any Restricted Subsidiary, except, in
each case, for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(i) applicable law; (ii) this Indenture; (iii) customary non-assignment
provisions of any lease governing a leasehold interest of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary; (iv) any instrument governing Indebtedness of a person
acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such
acquisition, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any person,
or the properties or assets of any person, other than the person or its
Subsidiaries so acquired; (v) any written agreement existing on the Issue Date
or amendments or modifications thereto, PROVIDED that no such agreement shall be
modified or amended in such a manner as to make the encumbrance or restriction
more restrictive than as in effect on the Issue Date; (vi) Indebtedness existing
and as in effect on the Issue Date, including, without limitation, the U.S.
Revolving Credit Facility or any refinancing, refunding, replacement or
extensions thereof, PROVIDED that any such encumbrance or restriction contained
in any refinancing, refunding, replacement or extension of the U.S. Revolving
Credit Facility shall be no more restrictive than such encumbrance or
restriction contained in the U.S. Revolving Credit Facility as in effect on the
Issue Date; (vii) Indebtedness under the Peruvian Revolving Credit Facility or
any refinancings, refundings, replacements or extensions thereof, PROVIDED that
such restrictions do not prohibit payments pursuant to the intercompany
agreements between
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the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect on the Issue Date or
pursuant to any replacements thereof or pursuant to any comparable agreements
thereto, in each case providing for the same or similar payments; and (viii)
Indebtedness incurred in accordance with this Indenture, PROVIDED that such
encumbrance or restriction shall be no more restrictive than any encumbrance or
restriction contained in the Revolving Credit Facilities.
SECTION 4.14. Limitation on Liens.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Liens upon any properties or assets of the Company (including, without
limitation, any Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary) or any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries whether owned on the Issue Date or acquired after the
Issue Date, or on any income or profits therefrom, or assign or otherwise convey
any right to receive income or profits thereon other than (i) Liens existing on
the Issue Date to the extent and in the manner such Liens are in effect on the
Issue Date, (ii) Liens on the non-fixed assets of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness under the Revolving Credit Facilities and
(iii) Permitted Liens.
SECTION 4.15. Change of Control.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall be
obligated to make an offer to purchase all outstanding Securities pursuant to
the offer described in paragraph (b), below (the "Change of Control Offer"), at
a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued
interest, if any, to the date of purchase. Within 10 days after the date upon
which the Change of Control occurred (the "Change of Control Date") requiring
the Company to make a Change of Control Offer pursuant to this Section 4.15, the
Company shall so notify the Trustee.
(b) The notice to the Holders shall contain all instructions and
materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Date,
the Company shall send, by first class mail, a notice to each Holder, with
copies to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of
Control Offer. Such notice shall state:
(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 4.15 and that all Securities tendered will be accepted for
payment;
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(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest)
and the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 45 days nor later
than 60 days following the Change of Control Date, other than as may be
required by law) (the "Change of Control Payment Date");
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor,
any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer
shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a
Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Security, with
the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the last page of
the Security completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in
the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the
Change of Control Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Paying Agent receives, not later than two Business Days prior to the
Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission
or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of
the Securities the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such
Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Security purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part will be
issued new Securities in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased
portion of the Securities surrendered; and
(8) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of
Control.
On or before the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall
(i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender
sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Securities so tendered and (iii)
deliver to the Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers'
Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the
Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Securities so
accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, and the Trus-
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tee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders new Securities equal in
principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered. Any
Securities not so accepted shall be promptly mailed by the Company to the Holder
thereof. The Company 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
Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section
14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in
connection with the repurchase of securities pursuant to a Change of Control
Offer. The Change of Control Offer shall remain open for at least 20 Business
Days and until the close of business on the Change of Control Payment Date. For
purposes of this Section 4.15, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent.
SECTION 4.16. Limitation on Sale of Assets.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries to, consummate any Asset Sale, unless (i) such Asset Sale is for at
least Fair Market Value, (ii) at least 80% of the consideration therefrom
received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or
Cash Equivalents and (iii) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall apply
the Net Cash Proceeds of such Asset Sale within 270 days of receipt thereof, as
follows:
(i) first, to repay (and, in the case of any revolving credit
facility, effect a permanent reduction in the commitment thereunder) any
Indebtedness secured by the assets involved in such Asset Sale or
otherwise required to be repaid with the proceeds thereof; and
(ii) second, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds remaining after
application pursuant to the preceding paragraph (A) (the "Available
Amount"), the Company shall make an offer to purchase (the "Asset Sale
Offer") from all Holders of Securities, up to a maximum principal amount
(expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Available
Amount at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof
plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company will not be required to apply pursuant
to this paragraph (B) Net Cash Proceeds received from any Asset Sale if,
and only to the extent that, such Net Cash Proceeds are applied to a
Related Business Investment within 270 days of such Asset Sale; PROVIDED,
FURTHER, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the
Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in
connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise
disposed
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of for cash, then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to
constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall
be applied in accordance with this Section 4.16; and PROVIDED, FURTHER,
that the Company may defer the Asset Sale Offer until there is an
aggregate unutilized Available Amount equal to or in excess of $5 million
resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time, the entire
unutilized Available Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $5
million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph). To the
extent the Asset Sale Offer is not fully subscribed to by Holders of the
Securities, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may retain such
unutilized portion of the Available Amount and use it for any purpose not
prohibited by this Indenture.
In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of
the property and assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as an
entirety to a person in a transaction permitted under Article Five hereof, the
successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of
the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of
this Section 4.16, and shall comply with the provisions of this covenant with
respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the Fair
Market Value of such properties and assets of the Company or the Restricted
Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for
purposes of this Section 4.16.
The notice of an Asset Sale Offer shall be sent, by first class
mail, by the Company (or caused to be mailed by the Company) with a copy to the
Trustee to all Holders of Securities not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days
before the Asset Sale Payment Date at their last registered addresses. The Asset
Sale Offer shall remain open from the time of mailing until three days before
the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date. The notice to the Holders shall contain all
instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities
pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. Such notice shall state:
(1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to Section
4.16;
(2) the purchase price (including an amount of accrued interest) and
the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date;
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
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(4) that unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any
Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease
to accrue interest after the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to
an Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender the Security, with the
form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the last page of the
Security completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the
notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the
Asset Sale Offer Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Paying Agent receives, no later than two Business Days prior to the Asset
Sale Offer Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or
letter stating fully the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the
Securities the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such
Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Security purchased;
(7) that if Securities in a principal amount in excess of the
principal amount of the Securities to be acquired pursuant to the Asset
Sale Offer are tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Asset Sale
Offer, the Company shall purchase Securities on a PRO RATA basis (with
such adjustment as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only
Securities in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000
shall be so acquired); and
(8) that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part will be
issued new Securities in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased
portion of the Securities surrendered.
On or before an Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, the Company shall (i)
accept for payment Securities or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset
Sale Offer (on a PRO RATA basis if required pursuant to paragraph (7) above),
(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the
purchase price of all Securities or portions thereof so tendered and (iii)
deliver to the Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers'
Certificate identifying the Securities or portions thereof accepted for payment
by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail or deliver to Holders of
Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, and the
Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail or deliver to such Holders new
Securities equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the
Securities surren-
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dered. Any Securities not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by
the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company will publicly announce the
results of the Asset Sale Offer as promptly as practicable following the Asset
Sale Offer Payment Date. The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable,
with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other
securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Securities
pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer.
SECTION 4.17. Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries to, enter into any Sale/leaseback. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into a Sale/leaseback if
(i) after giving pro forma effect to any such Sale/leaseback, the Company and
the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with Section 4.12, (ii) the
sale price in such Sale/leaseback is at least equal to the Fair Market Value of
such property and (iii) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall apply
the Net Cash Proceeds of the sale as provided pursuant to Section 4.16, to the
extent required by such provision.
SECTION 4.18. Limitation on Preferred Stock of Restricted
Subsidiaries.
The Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any
Preferred Stock (except to the Company or a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary),
nor will the Company permit any person (other than the Company or a Wholly-Owned
Restricted Subsidiary) to hold any Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary.
SECTION 4.19. Qualifying Investment Requirements.
At least semi-annually commencing April 30, 1998 until $120 million
has been expended by Doe Run Peru in the manner required by Section 4.5 of the
Subscription Agreement, (i) Doe Run Peru shall make Investments in Doe Run
Mining, which Investments, including any interest payable thereon, shall be
represented by promissory notes (the "Qualifying Investments Promissory Notes"),
in an amount equal to Doe Run Peru's expected Qualifying Investments for the
following six months and (ii) Doe Run Mining shall use the proceeds of each such
Qualifying Investment to prepay in part the promissory note issued by Doe Run
Mining to Metaloroya on October 23, 1997, the date of consummation of the
Acquisition; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that pending utilization of such proceeds for
Qualifying Investments, Doe Run Peru may repay outstanding loans under the
Peruvian Revolving Credit Facility.
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SECTION 4.20. Future Guarantees.
If the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries transfers or
causes to be transferred, in one transaction or a series of related
transactions, any property to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor,
or if the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall organize, acquire
or otherwise invest in another Restricted Subsidiary having total assets with a
book value in excess of $1 million, then such transferee or acquired or other
Restricted Subsidiary shall (i) execute and deliver to the Trustee a
supplemental indenture in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee pursuant
to which such Restricted Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the
Company's obligations under the Securities and this Indenture on the terms set
forth in this Indenture and (ii) deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by such Restricted Subsidiary and constitutes a legal, valid, binding
and enforceable obligation of such Restricted Subsidiary. Thereafter, such
Restricted Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor for all purposes of this Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following Restricted Subsidiaries shall not
be required to become Guarantors under this Indenture: (i) DR Exploration; (ii)
any Restricted Subsidiary formed or acquired in connection with Related Business
Investments made by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant
to clause (iii) of the definition of "Permitted Investment" and (iii) any
Restricted Subsidiary which is not permitted by law to become a Guarantor under
this Indenture.
SECTION 4.21. Conduct of Business.
The Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will not engage in any
businesses which are not the same, similar or reasonably related to the
businesses in which the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on
the Issue Date.
ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.01. When Company May Merge, Etc.
(a) The Company will not, in a single transaction or series of
related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, assign,
transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
assets to any person or (ii) adopt a Plan of Liquidation unless:
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(1) either (a) the Company shall be the surviving or continuing
corporation, or (b) the person (if other than the Company) formed by such
consolidation or the person into which the Company is merged or the person
which acquires by sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or
otherwise all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or in the
case of a Plan of Liquidation, the person to which the assets of the
Company have been transferred (i) shall be a corporation organized and
validly existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof
or the District of Columbia and (ii) shall expressly assume, by
supplemental indenture (in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee)
executed and delivered to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, all of the Securities,
and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture, the Securities
and the Registration Rights Agreement on the part of the Company to be
performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the
assumption contemplated by clause (1)(b)(ii) above (including giving
effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred or
anticipated to be incurred in connection with or in respect of such
transaction), the Company (in the case of clause (a) of the foregoing
clause (1))or such person (in the case of clause (1)(b) thereof) (a) shall
have a Consolidated Net Worth (immediately after the transaction but prior
to any purchase accounting adjustments relating to such transaction) equal
to or greater than the Consolidated Net Worth of the Company immediately
prior to such transaction and shall be able to incur (assuming a market
rate of interest with respect thereto) at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) as if it were the Company
under paragraph (a) of Section 4.12 of this Indenture;
(3) immediately before and after giving effect to such transaction
and the assumption contemplated by clause (1)(b)(ii) above (including
giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred or
anticipated to be incurred in connection with or in respect of the
transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing;
(4) the Company or such person shall have delivered to the Trustee
(A) an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which counsel
shall not be in-house counsel of the Company), each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, lease or Plan of Liquidation
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and if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such
transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this provision of
this Indenture and that all conditions precedent in this Indenture
relating to such transaction have been satisfied and (B) a certificate
from the Company's independent certified public accountants stating that
the Company has made the calculations required by clause (2) above in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and
(5) neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary nor such
person, as the case may be, would thereupon become obligated with respect
to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) nor any of its
property or assets subject to any Lien, unless the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary or such person, as the case may be, could incur such
Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or create such Lien under
this Indenture (giving effect to such person being bound by all the terms
of this Indenture).
(b) For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease,
assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of
transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or
more Restricted Subsidiaries, the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, shall be deemed
to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of
the Company.
Each Guarantor (other than any Guarantor whose Guarantee is to be
released in accordance with the terms of the Guarantee and this Indenture in
connection with any transaction complying with the provisions of Section 4.16)
will not, and the Company will not cause or permit any Guarantor to, consolidate
with or merge with or into or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to any person (other than a
merger of the Company with any Guarantor or a merger of Guarantors) unless (i)
the entity formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other
than the Guarantor) or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized and validly existing
under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia or an entity organized and validly existing under the laws of the
foreign jurisdiction in which such Guarantor is organized; (ii) such entity
assumes by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of such Guarantor under
such Guarantee; and (iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction,
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Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the merger of the Company with an
Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of incorporating the Company in
another jurisdiction shall be permitted and (ii) the merger of the Company and
any Restricted Subsidiary shall be permitted.
SECTION 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation, merger, conveyance, lease or transfer in
accordance with Section 5.01, the successor person formed by such consolidation
or into which the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, is merged or to
which such conveyance, lease or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or such
Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if
such successor person had been named as the Company or such Guarantor, as the
case may be, herein and thereafter (except in the case of a sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition) the predecessor corporation
will be relieved of all further obligations and covenants under this Indenture
and the Securities, in the case of the Company, or its Guarantee, in the case of
any Guarantor.
ARTICLE SIX
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default.
An "Event of Default" occurs if:
(1) the Company defaults in the payment of interest on any
Securities when the same becomes due and payable and the Default continues
for a period of 30 days;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of the stated principal
amount of any Securities when the same becomes due and payable at
maturity, upon acceleration or redemption pursuant to an offer to purchase
required hereunder or otherwise;
(3) the Company or any of the Guarantors fails to comply in all
material respects with any of their other agreements contained in the
Securities or this Indenture
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(including, without limitation, under Sections 4.15, 4.16 and 5.01) and
the Default continues for the period and after the notice specified below;
(4) there shall be any default or defaults in the payment of
principal or interest under one or more agreements, instruments,
mortgages, bonds, debentures or other evidences of Indebtedness under
which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary then has outstanding
Indebtedness in excess of $7.5 million, individually or in the aggregate;
(5) there shall be any default or defaults under one or more
agreements, instruments, mortgages, bonds, debentures or other evidences
of Indebtedness under which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary then
has outstanding Indebtedness in excess of $7.5 million, individually or in
the aggregate, and such default or defaults have resulted in the
acceleration of the maturity of such Indebtedness;
(6) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary fails to perform (after
giving effect to any applicable grace periods) any term, covenant,
condition or provision of one or more agreements, instruments, mortgages,
bonds, debentures or other evidences of Indebtedness under which the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary then has outstanding Indebtedness in
excess of $7.5 million, individually or in the aggregate, and such failure
to perform results in the commencement of judicial proceedings to
foreclose upon any assets of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary
securing such Indebtedness or the holders of such Indebtedness shall have
exercised any right under applicable law or applicable security documents
to take ownership of any such assets in lieu of foreclosure;
(7) one or more judgments, orders or decrees for the payment of
money which either individually or in the aggregate at any one time exceed
$7.5 million shall be rendered against the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary by a court of competent jurisdiction and shall remain
undischarged and unbonded for a period (during which execution shall not
be effectively stayed) of 60 consecutive days after such judgment becomes
final and nonappealable;
(8) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (1) admits in writing
its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, (2) commences
a voluntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with respect to
itself, (3) consents to the entry of a judgment, decree or order for
relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law, (4) consents to the ap-
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pointment of a Custodian of it or for substantially all of its property,
(5) consents to or acquiesces in the institution of a bankruptcy or an
insolvency proceeding against it, (6) makes a general assignment for the
benefit of its creditors or (7) takes any corporate action to authorize or
effect any of the foregoing;
(9) a court of competent jurisdiction enters a judgment, decree or
order for relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law which shall
(1) approve as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition in respect of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary, (2) appoint a Custodian of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary or for substantially all of its property or (3)
order the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and such judgment,
decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days; or
(10) any of the Guarantees of any Significant Subsidiary ceases to
be in full force and effect or any of such Guarantees is declared to be
null and void and unenforceable or any of such Guarantees is found to be
invalid, or any such Guarantor denies its liability under its Guarantee
(other than by reason of release of a Guarantor in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture).
A Default under clause (3) above (other than in the case of any
Default under Sections 4.15, 4.16 and 5.01, which Defaults shall be Events of
Default without the notice and without the passage of time specified in this
paragraph) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company, or
the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities
notify the Company and the Trustee, of the Default, and the Company does not
cure the Default within 30 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must
specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a
"Notice of Default." Such notice shall be given by the Trustee if so requested
by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities then
outstanding.
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(8) or 6.01(9)) occurs and is continuing, then and in every such
case the Trustee may, by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25%
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may, by written
notice to the Company and the Trustee, and the Trus-
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tee shall, upon the request of such Holders, declare the aggregate unpaid
principal of and premium, if any, on all of the Securities outstanding, together
with accrued but unpaid interest thereon to the date of payment, to be due and
payable and, upon any such declaration, the same shall become and be due and
payable; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee shall be under no obligation to
follow any request of any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered
to the Trustee, after request by the Trustee, reasonable security or indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by it in
compliance with such request, order or direction. If an Event of Default
specified in Section 6.01(8) or 6.01(9) occurs, all unpaid principal, premium,
if any, and accrued interest on the Securities then outstanding shall IPSO FACTO
become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act
on the part of the Trustee or any Securityholder. Upon payment of such principal
amount and interest, all of the Company's obligations under the Securities and
this Indenture, other than obligations under Section 7.07, shall terminate. The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding by
notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if (i)
all existing Events of Default, other than the non-payment of the principal and
interest on the Securities which have become due solely by such declaration of
acceleration, have been cured or waived, (ii) to the extent the payment of such
interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue
principal, which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration, has been paid, and (iii) the rescission would not conflict with
any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction. No such rescission
shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereto. In
the event that a declaration of acceleration under either Section 6.01(4) or
6.01(5) above has occurred and is continuing, such declaration of acceleration
shall be automatically annulled if the Indebtedness that is the subject of such
Event of Default has been discharged or paid or the holders of such Indebtedness
shall have rescinded their declaration of acceleration in respect of such
Indebtedness within 60 days thereafter and no other Event of Default has
occurred during such 60-day period which has not been cured or waived.
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the
payment of principal of or interest on the Securities or to enforce the
performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.
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The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess
any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay
or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising any right or
remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is
exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative to the
extent permitted by law.
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Subject to Sections 6.07 and 9.02, the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities by notice to the Trustee may
waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except a
Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any
Security as specified in clauses (1) and (2) of Section 6.01 or in respect of
any provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of
the Holder so affected pursuant to Section 9.02. When a Default or Event of
Default is so waived, it shall be deemed cured and cease to exist.
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power
conferred on it including, without limitation, any remedies provided for in
Section 6.03. Subject to Section 7.01, however, the Trustee may refuse to follow
any direction that conflicts with any law or this Indenture, that the Trustee
determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Securityholder, or
that may involve the Trustee in personal liability; PROVIDED that the Trustee
may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent
with such direction.
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits.
A Securityholder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this
Indenture or the Securities unless:
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee notice of a continuing
Event of Default;
(2) Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
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(3) such Holders offer to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against
any loss, liability or expense to be incurred in compliance with such
request;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 30 days
after receipt of the request and the offer of satisfactory indemnity; and
(5) during such 30-day period the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities do not give the Trustee a direction
which, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with the request.
A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights
of another Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over such other
Securityholder.
SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders To Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of
any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on a Security, on or
after the respective due dates expressed in such Security, or to bring suit for
the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not
be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default in payment of principal or interest specified
in clause (1) or (2) of Section 6.01 occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the
Company, the Guarantors or any other obligor on the Securities for the whole
amount of principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with
interest on overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest
is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest, in each case at the
rate per annum borne by the Securities and such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel.
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, taxes,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the
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tyholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relating to the Company, the
Guarantors or any other obligor upon the Securities, any of their respective
creditors or any of their respective property and shall be entitled and
empowered to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any Custodian in
any such judicial proceedings is hereby authorized by each Securityholder 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 Securityholders, to pay
to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
taxes, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and counsel, and any
other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07. Nothing herein contained shall
be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt
on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder
thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Securityholder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 6.10. Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article Six, it
shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;
Second: to Holders for interest accrued on the Securities,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to
the amounts due and payable on the Securities for interest;
Third: to Holders for principal amounts owing under the Securities
and other amounts owing to the Holders with respect to the Securities,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on the Securities for principal and other amounts
owing to the Holders with respect to the Securities; and
Fourth: to the Company or any other obligor on the
Securities, as their interests may appear, or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may direct.
The Trustee, upon prior notice to the Company, may fix a record date
and payment date for any payment to Securityholders pursuant to this Section
6.10.
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SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by
it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party
litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the
court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to
the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant.
This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder
pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by a Holder or Holders of more than 10% in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities.
SECTION 6.12. Ranking.
Every Holder, by accepting a Security, shall be deemed to agree that
the indebtedness of Doe Run Peru evidenced by its Guarantee will be
contractually subordinated to the indebtedness under the Peruvian Revolving
Credit Facility. The Trustee is authorized to take any and all actions and
execute any necessary documentation, whether on the Issue Note or at any time
thereafter, to effectuate the foregoing subordination. In addition, except as
described in the preceding sentence, the indebtedness of Doe Run Mining and Doe
Run Peru evidenced by their Guarantee will rank senior in right of payment to
all future unsecured indebtedness of Doe Run Mining and Doe Run Peru,
respectively, subject to statutorily preferred exceptions and statutorily
mandated priorities based on the date of issuance with respect to payment of
obligations under applicable Peruvian law.
ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
The Trustee hereby accepts the trust imposed upon it by this
Indenture and covenants and agrees to perform the same, as herein expressed.
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) If a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise
thereof as a pru-
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dent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his
own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of a Default or an Event of
Default:
(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties as are specifically
set forth in this Indenture and no covenants or obligations shall be
implied in this Indenture that are adverse to the Trustee.
(2) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness
of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished
to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture.
However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to
determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of
this Section 7.01.
(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction
received by it pursuant to Sections 6.02 or 6.05.
(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 that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs
(a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 7.01.
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(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money or
assets received by it except as the Trustee may agree with the Company. Assets
held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other assets except to
the extent required by law.
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee.
Subject to Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any document believed by it to be genuine and
to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need
not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may consult
with counsel and may require an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of
Counsel, which shall conform to Sections 10.04 and 10.05. The Trustee
shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith
in reliance on such certificate or opinion.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall
not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed
with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action that it takes or
omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within
its rights or powers.
(e) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion,
may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters
as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such
further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled, upon reasonable
notice to the Company, to examine the books, records, and premises of the
Company, personally or by agent or attorney.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses
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and liabilities which may be incurred by it in compliance with such
request, order or direction.
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company or their respective Affiliates with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights.
However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy
of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the
Company's use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be
responsible for any statement in the Securities other than the Trustee's
certificate of authentication.
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Default.
If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if
it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder, as
their names and addresses appear on the Securityholder list described in Section
2.05, notice of the uncured Default or Event of Default within 90 days after the
Trustee obtains actual knowledge that such Default or Event of Default has
occurred. Except in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in payment of
principal of, or interest on, any Security, and a Default that resulted from the
failure to comply with Sections 4.15, 4.16 or 5.01, the Trustee may withhold the
notice if and so long as its board of directors, the executive committee of its
board of directors or a committee of its directors and/or Trust Officers in good
faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interest of the
Securityholders.
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.
This Section 7.06 shall not be operative as a part of this Indenture
until this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, and, until such qualification,
this Indenture shall be construed as if this Section 7.06 were not contained
herein.
Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following
the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall, to the extent that any of the
events described in TIA ss. 313(a) occurred within the previous twelve months,
but not otherwise,
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mail to each Securityholder a brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies
with TIA ss. 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA xx.xx. 313(b) and
313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders
shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange,
if any, on which the Securities are listed.
The Company shall notify the Trustee if the Securities become listed
on any securities exchange.
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services as the Company and the Trustee may agree. The
Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon
request for all tax obligations imposed on the Trustee related to this Indenture
and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it. Such expenses
shall include the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee's agents and
counsel.
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee and its agents for, and hold
them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred by them except
for such actions to the extent caused by any negligence or bad faith on their
part, arising out of or in connection with the administration of this trust
including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of
their rights, powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company
promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek
indemnity, but the Trustee's failure to so notify the Company shall not affect
the Company's obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the
Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel
and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel;
provided that the Company will not be required to pay such fees and expenses if
it assumes the Trustee's defense and there is no conflict of interest between
the Company and the Trustee in connection with such defense as reasonably
determined by the Trustee. The Company need not pay for any settlement made
without its written consent. The Company need not reimburse any expense or
indemnify against any loss or liability to the extent incurred by the Trustee
through its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
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To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section 7.07,
the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all assets or money
held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except assets or
money held in trust to pay principal of or interest on particular Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event
of Default specified in Section 6.01(8) or (9) occurs, such expenses and the
compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.
The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities may remove the
Trustee by so notifying the Company and the Trustee and may appoint a successor
trustee with the Company's consent. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee
or its property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall notify each Holder of such
event and shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the
successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Securities may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee
appointed by the Company.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that,
the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the
successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided in Section 7.07, the resignation
or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor
Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this
Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each
Securityholder.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the re-
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tiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount
of the outstanding Securities may petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section
7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the
benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another
corporation, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any
further act shall, if such resulting, surviving or transferee corporation is
otherwise eligible hereunder, be the successor Trustee.
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirement of TIA xx.xx. 310(a)(1) and 310(a)(5). The Trustee (or in the case
of a corporation included in a bank holding company system, the related bank
holding company) shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of
condition. In addition, if the Trustee is a corporation included in a bank
holding company system, the Trustee, independently of such bank holding company,
shall meet the capital requirements of TIA ss. 310(a)(2). The Trustee shall
comply with TIA ss. 310(b); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that there shall be excluded from
the operation of TIA ss. 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other
securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other securities, of
the Company or the Guarantors are outstanding, if the requirements for such
exclusion set forth in TIA ss. 310(b)(1) are met.
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee shall comply with TIA ss. 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA ss. 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA ss. 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
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ARTICLE EIGHT
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01. Termination of Company's Obligations.
The Company and the Guarantors may terminate their obligations under
the Securities and the Guarantees and this Indenture, except those obligations
referred to in the penultimate paragraph of this Section 8.01, if all Securities
previously authenticated and delivered (other than destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities which have been replaced or paid and Securities for whose payment
money has heretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by
the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust)
have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and the Company has paid all
sums payable by it hereunder, or if:
(a) pursuant to Article Three, the Company shall have given notice
to the Trustee and mailed a notice of redemption to each Holder of the
redemption of all of the Securities under arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for the giving of such notice;
(b) the Company shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee or a trustee satisfactory to the Trustee, under
the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, as trust funds in trust solely for the
benefit of the Holders for that purpose, money or direct non-callable
obligations of, or non-callable obligations guaranteed by, the United
States of America for the payment of which guarantee or obligation the
full faith and credit of the United States is pledged ("U.S. Government
Obligations") maturing as to principal and interest in such amounts and at
such times as are sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of
such interest, to pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such
outstanding Securities to redemption as certified to the Trustee by a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants designated by
the Company; PROVIDED that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably
instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of such U.S. Government
Obligations to the payment of said principal, premium, if any, and
interest with respect to the Securities; and
(c) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent providing for the
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termination of the Company's obligation under the Securities, the
Guarantees and this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, the Company's obligations
in Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 4.01, 4.02, 7.07, 7.08, 8.04 and 8.05 shall
survive until the Securities are no longer outstanding. After the Securities are
no longer outstanding, the Company's obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.04 and 8.05
shall survive.
After such delivery or irrevocable deposit the Trustee upon request
shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company's obligations under
the Securities, the Guarantees and this Indenture except for those surviving
obligations specified above.
SECTION 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.
(a) The Company may, at its option by Board Resolution, at any time,
with respect to the Securities, elect to have either paragraph (b) or paragraph
(c) below be applied to the outstanding Securities upon compliance with the
conditions set forth in paragraph (d).
(b) Upon the Company's exercise under paragraph (a) of the option
applicable to this paragraph (b), the Company shall be deemed to have been
released and discharged from its obligations with respect to the outstanding
Securities and the Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth below are
satisfied (hereinafter, "legal defeasance"). For this purpose, such legal
defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged
the entire indebtedness represented by the outstanding Securities, which shall
thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for the purposes of paragraph (e)
below and the other Sections of and matters under this Indenture referred to in
(i) and (ii) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such
Securities and Guarantees and this Indenture insofar as such Securities and
Guarantees are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following
which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the
rights of Holders of outstanding Securities to receive solely from the trust
fund described in paragraph (d) below and as more fully set forth in such
paragraph, payments in respect of the principal of and interest on such
Securities and Guarantees when such payments are due, (ii) the Company's
obligations with respect to such Securities and Guarantees under Sections 2.05,
2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 4.02, 7.07, 7.08, 8.04 and 8.05, (iii) the rights, powers,
trusts,
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duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (iv) this Section 8.02.
Subject to compliance with this Section 8.02, the Company may exercise its
option under this paragraph (b) notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option
under paragraph (c) below with respect to the Securities.
(c) Upon the Company's exercise under paragraph (a) of the option
applicable to this paragraph (c), the Company shall be released and discharged
from its obligations under any covenant contained in Article Five and in
Sections 4.03, 4.07, 4.09 and 4.11 through 4.21 with respect to the outstanding
Securities on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied
(hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and the Securities shall thereafter be
deemed to be not "outstanding" for the purpose 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 Securities, the Company may omit to
comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or
limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by
reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of
any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other
document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event
of Default under Section 6.01, but, except as specified above, the remainder of
this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
(d) The following shall be the conditions to application of either
paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) above to the outstanding Securities:
(i) the Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee 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 Securities, (A)
money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the
scheduled payment of principal of and interest in respect thereof in
accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before
the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination
thereof, 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
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the out-
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standing Securities on the Maturity Date of such principal or installment
of principal or interest in accordance with the terms of this Indenture
and of such Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee (or other
qualifying trustee) shall have received an irrevocable written order from
the Company instructing the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to apply
such money or the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to said
payments with respect to the Securities;
(ii) no Default or Event of Default or event which with notice or
lapse of time or both would become a Default or an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing on the
date of such deposit or, insofar as Sections 6.01(8) and (9) are
concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the
date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be
deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period);
(iii) such legal defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in
a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default or Event of Default
under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(iv) in the case of an election under paragraph (b) above, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating
that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been published by,
the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (y) since the date of this
Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax
law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion
shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Securities will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result
of such legal defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the
same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been
the case if such legal defeasance had not occurred;
(v) in the case of an election under paragraph (c) above, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that the Holders of the outstanding Securities will not recognize
income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such
covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the
case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred;
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(vi) in the case of an election under either paragraph (b) or (c)
above, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, assuming no intervening
bankruptcy of the Company between the date of deposit and the 91st day
following the date of deposit and that no Holder is an insider of the
Company, (x) the trust funds will not be subject to any rights of any
other holders of Indebtedness of the Company, and (y) after the 91st day
following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect
of any applicable Bankruptcy Law; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if a court were
to rule under any such law in any case or proceeding that the trust funds
remained property of the Company, no opinion needs to be given as to the
effect of such laws on the trust funds except the following: (A) assuming
such trust funds remained in the Trustee's possession prior to such court
ruling to the extent not paid to Holders of Securities, the Trustee will
hold, for the benefit of the Holders of Securities, a valid and
enforceable security interest in such trust funds that is not avoidable in
bankruptcy or otherwise, subject only to principles of equitable
subordination, (B) the Holders of Securities will be entitled to receive
adequate protection of their interests in such trust funds if such trust
funds are used, and (C) no property, rights in property or other interests
granted to the Trustee or the Holders of Securities in exchange for or
with respect to any of such funds will be subject to any prior rights of
any other Person, subject only to prior Liens granted under Section 364 of
Title 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (or any section of any other
Bankruptcy Law having the same effect), but still subject to the foregoing
clause (B); and
(vii) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that (A) all
conditions precedent provided for relating to either the legal defeasance
under paragraph (b) above or the covenant defeasance under paragraph (c)
above, as the case may be, have been complied with and (B) if any other
Indebtedness of the Company shall then be outstanding, such legal
defeasance or covenant defeasance will not violate the provisions of the
agreements or instruments evidencing such Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel and a ruling
from the Internal Revenue Service required by clause (iv) above of this Section
8.02 need not be delivered if all Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable, (ii) will become due
and payable on the Maturity Date within one year or (iii) are to be called for
redemption within one year under arrange-
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ments satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.
(e) All money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the
proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee,
collectively for purposes of this paragraph (e), the "Trustee") pursuant to
paragraph (d) above in respect of the outstanding Securities shall be held in
trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such
Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (other than the Company or any of its Affiliates) as the Trustee
may determine, to the Holders of such Securities of all sums due and to become
due thereon in respect of principal and interest, but such money need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee
or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to paragraph (d) above 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 Securities.
Anything in this Section 8.02 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request,
in writing, by the Company any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it
as provided in paragraph (d) above which, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount
thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent
legal defeasance or covenant defeasance.
SECTION 8.03. Application of Trust Money.
The Trustee shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations
deposited with it pursuant to Sections 8.01 and 8.02, and shall apply the
deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations in accordance
with this Indenture to the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the Securities.
SECTION 8.04. Repayment to Company.
Subject to Sections 7.07, 8.01 and 8.02, the Trustee shall promptly
pay to the Company, upon receipt by the Trustee
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of an Officers' Certificate, any excess money, determined in accordance with
Sections 8.02(d)(i) and (e), held by it at any time. The Trustee and the Paying
Agent shall pay to the Company upon receipt by the Trustee or the Paying Agent,
as the case may be, of an Officers' Certificate, any money held by it for the
payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Trustee and the Paying Agent before being required to make any
payment may, but need not, at the expense of the Company, cause to be published
once in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or mail to
each Holder entitled to such money notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that after a date specified therein, which shall be at least 30 days from the
date of such publication or mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then
remaining will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company,
Securityholders entitled to money must look solely to the Company for payment as
general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another
Person, and all liability of the Trustee or Paying Agent with respect to such
money shall thereupon cease.
SECTION 8.05. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with this Indenture 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, then
and only then the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the Securities
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had been made pursuant to
this Indenture until such time as the Trustee is permitted to apply all such
money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Indenture;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Company has made any payment of interest on or
principal of any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the
Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to
receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the
Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE NINE
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders.
From time to time, the Company and the Guarantors when authorized by
Board Resolutions, and the Trustee, to-
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gether, may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities without notice
to or consent of any Securityholder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; provided that
such amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of any
Holder;
(2) to comply with Article Five;
(3) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in
place of certificated Securities;
(4) to make any other change that does not materially adversely
affect the rights of any Securityholders hereunder, including, without
limitation, adding Restricted Subsidiaries as additional Guarantors; or
(5) to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with
the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
PROVIDED that the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and
an Officers' Certificate, each stating that such amendment or supplement
complies with the provisions of this Section 9.01.
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders.
Subject to Section 6.07, the Company and the Guarantors, when
authorized by Board Resolutions, and the Trustee, together, with the written
consent of the Holder or Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Securities, may amend or supplement this Indenture or
the Securities, without notice to any other Securityholders. Subject to Section
6.07, the Holder or Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Securities may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of
this Indenture or the Securities without notice to any other Securityholder.
However, without the consent of each Securityholder, no amendment, supplement or
waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, may:
(1) reduce the principal amount of Securities whose Holders must
consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver of any provision of this
Indenture or the Securities;
(2) reduce the rate of, or extend the time for payment of, interest,
including defaulted interest, on any Security;
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(3) reduce the principal amount of any Security or any premium
thereon;
(4) change the Maturity Date of any Security, or alter the
redemption provisions or the repurchase provisions in this Indenture or
the Securities in a manner adverse to any Holder;
(5) waive a default in the payment of the principal of, interest on,
or redemption payment or repurchase payment required hereunder with
respect to, any Security, including without limitation, a failure to make
payment when required upon a Change of Control or after an Asset Sale;
(6) make any changes in any provisions relating to waivers of
defaults, the ability of the Holders to enforce their rights under this
Indenture, the Securities or this Section 9.02;
(7) make the principal of, or the interest on any Security payable
in money other than as provided for in this Indenture and the Securities
as in effect on the date hereof;
(8) affect the ranking of the Securities or the Guarantees in a
manner adverse to the Holders;
(9) after the Company's obligation to purchase the Securities arises
thereunder, amend, change or modify in any material respect any obligation
of the Company to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer in the
event of a Change of Control or make and consummate an Asset Sale Offer in
the event of an Asset Sale or waive any default in the performance thereof
or modify any of the provisions or definitions with respect to such
offers; or
(10) release the Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or
waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance
thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02
becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders affected thereby a
notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of
the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in
any
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way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with TIA.
From the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA,
every amendment, waiver or supplement of this Indenture or the Securities shall
comply with the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, waiver or supplement becomes effective, a
consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every
subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same
debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even if notation of the consent is not
made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke
the consent as to his Security or portion of his Security by notice to the
Trustee or the Company received before the date on which the Trustee receives an
Officers' Certificate certifying that the Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Securities have consented (and not theretofore revoked such consent)
to the amendment, supplement or waiver. Notwithstanding the above, nothing in
this paragraph shall impair the right of any Securityholder under ss. 316(b) of
the TIA.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date
for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment,
supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the last
sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, those persons who were Holders
at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those persons,
shall be entitled to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such
persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be
valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall
bind every Securityholder, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses
(1) through (10) of Section 9.02, in which case, the amendment, supplement or
waiver shall bind only each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and
every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences
the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security.
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SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities.
If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a
Security, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to
the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security about
the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or
the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue
and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security (and the Guarantors shall
execute the Guarantees thereon) that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make
the appropriate notation or issue a new Security shall not affect the validity
and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
SECTION 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc.
The Trustee shall execute any amendment, supplement or waiver
authorized pursuant to this Article Nine; PROVIDED that the Trustee may, but
shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or waiver
which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers' Certificate
each stating that the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver
authorized pursuant to this Article Nine is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture.
ARTICLE TEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.01. TIA Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts
with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the
TIA, the required provision shall control.
SECTION 10.02. Notices.
Any notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder
shall be in writing, and shall be sufficiently given if made by hand delivery,
by telex, by telecopier or registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return
receipt requested, or overnight courier addressed as follows:
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if to the Company or any Guarantor:
The Doe Run Resources Corporation
0000 Xxxx 000 Xxxxx
Xx. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
with a copy to:
Cadwalader, Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxx
000 Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.,
c/o Managing Attorneys' Office
if to the Trustee:
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Xxxxxxx Square
225 Asylum, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Each of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee by written
notice to each other such person may designate additional or different addresses
for notices to such person. Any notice or communication to the Company, the
Guarantors or the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given or made as of the
date so delivered, if personally delivered; when answered back, if telexed; when
receipt is acknowledged, if faxed; and five (5) calendar days after mailing, if
sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid (except that a notice of
change of address shall not be deemed to have been given until actually received
by the addressee).
Any notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder, including
any notice delivered in connection with TIA ss. 310(b), TIA ss. 313(c), TIA ss.
314(a) and TIA ss. 315(b), shall be mailed to him by first class mail or other
equivalent means at his address as it appears on the registration books of the
Registrar and shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed within the time
prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any
defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Securityholders. If a notice or communi-
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cation is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not
the addressee receives it.
SECTION 10.03. Communications by Holders with Other Holders.
Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA ss. 312(b) with
other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar and any
other person shall have the protection of TIA ss. 312(c).
SECTION 10.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company or the Guarantors to
the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish
to the Trustee:
(1) an Officers' Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Trustee, stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed
action have been complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION 10.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, 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
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(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such
person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 10.06. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules in accordance with the
Trustee's customary practices for action by or at a meeting of Securityholders.
The Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.
SECTION 10.07. Legal Holidays.
A "Legal Holiday" used with respect to a particular place of payment
is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New
York or at such place of payment are not required to be open. If a payment date
is a Legal Holiday at such place, payment may be made at such place on the next
succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the
intervening period.
SECTION 10.08. Governing Law.
THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND THE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS
APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT
REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS. Each of the parties hereto agrees to
submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in any action
or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture.
SECTION 10.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan
or debt agreement of the Company, the Guarantors, or any of their Subsidiaries.
Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this
Indenture.
SECTION 10.10. No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee, stockholder or Affiliate, as such, of
the Company or the Guarantors shall not have any liability for any obligations
of the Company or the Guarantors under the Securities or this Indenture or for
any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all
such liability. Such waiver and re-
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lease are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
SECTION 10.11. Successors.
All agreements of the Company and the Guarantors in this Indenture
and the Securities shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in
this Indenture shall bind its successor.
SECTION 10.12. Duplicate Originals.
All parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together shall represent the
same agreement.
SECTION 10.13. Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in any respect for any reason, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
GUARANTEE OF SECURITIES
SECTION 11.01. Unconditional Guarantee.
Subject to the provisions of this Article Eleven, each of the
Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably
guarantees, on a senior basis, except as described in Section 6.12, (such
guarantee to be referred to herein as a "Guarantee") to each Holder of a Note
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors
and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture,
the Securities or the obligations of the Company or any other Guarantors to the
Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder, that: (a) the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities shall be duly and punctually
paid in full when due, whether at maturity, upon redemption at the option of
Holders pursuant to the provisions of the Securities relating thereto, by
acceleration or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and (to the
extent permitted by law) interest, if any, on the Securities and all other
obligations of the Company or the Guarantors to the Holders or the Trustee
hereunder or thereunder (including amounts due the
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Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof) and all other obligations shall be promptly
paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof;
and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities
or any of such other obligations, the same shall be promptly paid in full when
due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal,
whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of
any amount so guaranteed, or failing performance of any other obligation of the
Company to the Holders under this Indenture or under the Securities, for
whatever reason, each Guarantor shall be obligated to pay, or to perform or
cause the performance of, the same immediately. An Event of Default under this
Indenture or the Securities shall constitute an event of default under this
Guarantee, and shall entitle the Holders of Securities to accelerate the
obligations of the Guarantors hereunder in the same manner and to the same
extent as the obligations of the Company.
Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder
shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or
enforceability of the Securities or this Indenture, the absence of any action to
enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Securities with
respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, any release of any other Guarantor,
the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the
same, whether or not a Guarantee is affixed to any particular Security, or any
other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable
discharge or defense of a Guarantor. Each of the Guarantors hereby waives the
benefit of diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a
court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to
require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands
whatsoever and covenants that its Guarantee shall not be discharged except by
complete performance of the obligations contained in the Securities, this
Indenture and this Guarantee. This Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and not
of collection. If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or
otherwise to return to the Company or to any Guarantor, or any custodian,
trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to the Company
or such Guarantor, any amount paid by the Company or such Guarantor to the
Trustee or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged,
shall be reinstated in full force and effect. Each Guarantor further agrees
that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders of Securities and the
Trustee, on the other hand, (a) subject to this Article Eleven, the maturity of
the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six
hereof for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, in-
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junction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the
obligations guaranteed hereby, and (b) in the event of any acceleration of such
obligations as provided in Article Six hereof, such obligations (whether or not
due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for
the purpose of this Guarantee.
No stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator, past,
present or future, or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any personal liability
under this Guarantee by reason of his, her or its status as such stockholder,
officer, director, employee or incorporator.
Each Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under its
Guarantee shall be entitled to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an
amount pro rata based on the net assets of each Guarantor, determined in
accordance with GAAP.
SECTION 11.02. Limitations on Guarantees.
The obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee are limited to
the maximum amount which, 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 its
contribution obligations under this Indenture, will result in the obligations of
such Guarantor under the Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or
fraudulent transfer under any laws of the United States, any state of the United
States, the District of Columbia, the Republic of Peru or the Cayman Islands or
any political subdivisions or territories therein or any other jurisdiction
under which a Guarantor is organized.
SECTION 11.03. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.
To further evidence the Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01, each
Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Guarantee, substantially in the
form of Exhibit M herein, shall be endorsed on each Security authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee. Such Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of each
Guarantor by either manual or facsimile signature of two Officers of each
Guarantor, each of whom, in each case, shall have been duly authorized to so
execute by all requisite corporate action. The validity and enforceability of
any Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to any
particular Security.
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Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in
Section 11.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure
to endorse on each Security a notation of such Guarantee.
If an Officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture or
a Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates
the Security on which such Guarantee is endorsed or at any time thereafter, such
Guarantor's Guarantee of such Security shall be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the
authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Guarantee
set forth in this Indenture on behalf of each Guarantor.
SECTION 11.04. Release of a Guarantor.
(a) If no Default exists or would exist under this Indenture, upon
the sale or disposition of all of the Capital Stock of a Guarantor by the
Company, in a transaction constituting an Asset Sale the Net Cash Proceeds of
which are applied in accordance with Section 4.16, or upon the consolidation or
merger of a Guarantor with or into any Person in compliance with Article Five
(in each case, other than to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company), or if
any Guarantor is dissolved or liquidated in accordance with this Indenture, such
Guarantor's Guarantee shall be released, and such Guarantor and each Subsidiary
of such Guarantor that is also a Guarantor shall be deemed released from all
obligations under this Article Eleven without any further action required on the
part of the Trustee or any Holder. Any Guarantor not so released or the entity
surviving such Guarantor, as applicable, shall remain or be liable under its
Guarantee as provided in this Article Eleven.
(b) The Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing
the release of a Guarantor upon receipt of a request by the Company or such
Guarantor accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
certifying as to the compliance with this Section 11.04, provided the legal
counsel delivering such Opinion of Counsel may rely as to matters of fact on one
or more Officers Certificates of the Company.
The Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the
Company or a Guarantor in order to evidence the release of such Guarantor from
its obligations under its Guarantee endorsed on the Securities and under this
Article Eleven.
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Except as set forth in Articles Four and Five and this Section
11.04, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall
prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or
another Guarantor or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a
Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or
another Guarantor.
SECTION 11.05. Waiver of Subrogation.
Until this Indenture is discharged and all of the Securities are
discharged and paid in full, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives and agrees
not to exercise any claim or other rights which it may now or hereafter acquire
against the Company that arise from the existence, payment, performance or
enforcement of the Company's obligations under the Securities or this Indenture
and such Guarantor's obligations under this Guarantee and this Indenture, in any
such instance including, without limitation, any right of subrogation,
reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification, and any right to
participate in any claim or remedy of the Holders against the Company, whether
or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract, statute
or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from
the Company, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or
in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim or other
rights. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the
preceding sentence and any amounts owing to the Trustee or the Holders of
Securities under the Securities, this Indenture, or any other document or
instrument delivered under or in connection with such agreements or instruments,
shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall have been deemed to have
been paid to such Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the
benefit of, the Trustee or the Holders and shall forthwith be paid to the
Trustee for the benefit of itself or such Holders to be credited and applied to
the obligations in favor of the Trustee or the Holders, as the case may be,
whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits
from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the
waiver set forth in this Section 11.05 is knowingly made in contemplation of
such benefits.
SECTION 11.06. Immediate Payment.
Each Guarantor agrees to make immediate payment to the Trustee on
behalf of the Holders of all Obligations owing or payable to the respective
Holders upon receipt of a demand
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for payment therefor by the Trustee to such Guarantor in writing.
SECTION 11.07. No Set-Off.
Each payment to be made by a Guarantor hereunder in respect of the
Obligations shall be payable in the currency or currencies in which such
Obligations are denominated, and shall be made without set-off, counterclaim,
reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.
SECTION 11.08. Obligations Continuing.
The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall be continuing and
shall remain in full force and effect until all the obligations have been paid
and satisfied in full. Each Guarantor agrees with the Trustee that it will from
time to time deliver to the Trustee suitable acknowledgments of this continued
liability hereunder.
SECTION 11.09. Obligations Reinstated.
The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall continue to be
effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment
which would otherwise have reduced the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder
(whether such payment shall have been made by or on behalf of the Company or by
or on behalf of a Guarantor) is rescinded or reclaimed from any of the Holders
upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or
any Guarantor or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. If
demand for, or acceleration of the time for, payment by the Company is stayed
upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company,
all such Indebtedness otherwise subject to demand for payment or acceleration
shall nonetheless be payable by each Guarantor as provided herein.
SECTION 11.10. Obligations Not Affected.
The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected,
impaired or diminished in any way by any act, omission, matter or thing
whatsoever, occurring before, upon or after any demand for payment hereunder
(and whether or not known or consented to by any Guarantor or any of the
Holders) which, but for this provision, might constitute a whole or partial
defense to a claim against any Guarantor hereunder or might operate to release
or otherwise exonerate any Guarantor from any of its obligations hereunder or
otherwise affect such
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obligations, whether occasioned by default of any of the Holders or otherwise.
SECTION 11.11. Waiver.
Without in any way limiting the provisions of Section 11.01 hereof,
each Guarantor hereby waives notice or proof of reliance by the Holders upon the
obligations of any Guarantor hereunder, and diligence, presentment, demand for
payment on the Company, protest or notice of dishonor of any of the Obligations,
or other notice or formalities to the Company of any kind whatsoever.
SECTION 11.12. No Obligation To Take Action Against the Company.
Neither the Trustee nor any other Person shall have any obligation
to enforce or exhaust any rights or remedies or to take any other steps under
any security for the Obligations or against the Company or any other Person or
any property of the Company or any other Person before the Trustee is entitled
to demand payment and performance by any or all Guarantors of their liabilities
and obligations under their Guarantees or under this Indenture.
SECTION 11.13. Dealing with the Company and Others.
The Holders, without releasing, discharging, limiting or otherwise
affecting in whole or in part the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor
hereunder and without the consent of or notice to any Guarantor, may
(a) grant time, renewals, extensions, compromises, concessions,
waivers, releases, discharges and other indulgences to the Company or any
other Person;
(b) take or abstain from taking security or collateral from the
Company or from perfecting security or collateral of the Company;
(c) release, discharge, compromise, realize, enforce or otherwise
deal with or do any act or thing in respect of (with or without
consideration) any and all collateral, mortgages or other security given
by the Company or any third party with respect to the obligations or
matters contemplated by this Indenture or the Securities;
(d) accept compromises or arrangements from the Company;
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(e) apply all monies at any time received from the Company or from
any security upon such part of the Obligations as the Holders may see fit
or change any such application in whole or in part from time to time as
the Holders may see fit; and
(f) otherwise deal with, or waive or modify their right to deal
with, the Company and all other Persons and any security as the Holders or
the Trustee may see fit.
SECTION 11.14. Default and Enforcement.
If any Guarantor fails to pay in accordance with Section 11.06
hereof, the Trustee may proceed in its name as trustee hereunder in the
enforcement of the Guarantee of any such Guarantor and such Guarantor's
obligations thereunder and hereunder by any remedy provided by law, whether by
legal proceedings or otherwise, and to recover from such Guarantor the
obligations.
SECTION 11.15. Amendment, Etc.
No amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this
Indenture relating to any Guarantor or consent to any departure by any Guarantor
or any other Person from any such provision will in any event be effective
unless it is signed by such Guarantor and the Trustee.
SECTION 11.16. Acknowledgment.
Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges communication of the terms of
this Indenture and the Securities and consents to and approves of the same.
SECTION 11.17. Costs and Expenses.
Each Guarantor shall pay on demand by the Trustee any and all costs,
fees and expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees on a solicitor and
client basis) incurred by the Trustee, its agents, advisors and counsel or any
of the Holders in enforcing any of their rights under any Guarantee.
SECTION 11.18. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.
No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of
the Trustee or the Holders, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or
under this Indenture or the Securities, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder or under this Indenture or the Securities pre-
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clude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right,
remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges in the
Guarantee and under this Indenture, the Securities and any other document or
instrument between a Guarantor and/or the Company and the Trustee are cumulative
and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privilege provided by law.
SECTION 11.19. Survival of Obligations.
Without prejudice to the survival of any of the other obligations of
each Guarantor hereunder, the obligations of each Guarantor under Section 11.01
and shall be enforceable against such Guarantor without regard to and without
giving effect to any right of offset or counterclaim available to or which may
be asserted by the Company or any Guarantor.
SECTION 11.20. Guarantee in Addition to Other Obligations.
The obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee and this
Indenture are in addition to and not in substitution for any other obligations
to the Trustee or to any of the Holders in relation to this Indenture or the
Securities (including the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement).
SECTION 11.21. Severability.
Any provision of this Article Eleven which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions
and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not
invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction
unless its removal would substantially defeat the basic intent, spirit and
purpose of this Indenture and this Article Eleven.
SECTION 11.22. Successors and Assigns.
Each Guarantee shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
each Guarantor and the Trustee and the other Holders and their respective
successors and permitted assigns, except that no Guarantor may assign any of its
obligations hereunder or thereunder.
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SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed as of the date first written above.
THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION,
as Issuer
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President and CFO
FABRICATED PRODUCTS, INC.,
as Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: President
DOE RUN MINING S.R. LTDA.,
as Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Finance Manager
DOE RUN PERU S.R. LTDA,
as Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Finance Manager
DOE RUN CAYMAN LTD.,
as Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF SERIES A FIXED RATE NOTE]
[If a restricted security, then insert -- THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR
THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS
ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B)
IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES
THAT IT WILL NOT PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE
OF THIS SECURITY RESELL, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE
ISSUER THEREOF OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS DEFINED IN
RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN "ACCREDITED
INVESTOR") THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES (OR HAS FURNISHED ON ITS
BEHALF BY A U.S. BROKER-DEALER) TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING
CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
OF THIS SECURITY (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUST FOR
THIS SECURITY), (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN
COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE),
OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS
TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION
WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE
OF THIS SECURITY, IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, THE
HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND THE ISSUER SUCH
CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS EITHER OF THEM MAY
REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN
EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS "OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION," "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON" HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM
BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
[If a Temporary Regulation S Global Security, then insert -- THIS SECURITY IS A
TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER.
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EXCEPT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE,
INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR
SOLD TO A U.S. PERSON OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON PRIOR TO
THE EXPIRATION OF THE RESTRICTED PERIOD (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE), AND NO
TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF AN INTEREST IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL
SECURITY MAY BE MADE FOR AN INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY OR IN A
PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY UNTIL AFTER THE LATER OF THE DATE OF
EXPIRATION OF THE RESTRICTED PERIOD AND THE DATE ON WHICH THE OWNER SECURITIES
CERTIFICATION AND THE DEPOSITORY SECURITIES CERTIFICATION RELATING TO SUCH
INTEREST HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE, TO
THE EFFECT THAT THE BENEFICIAL OWNER OR OWNERS OF SUCH INTEREST ARE NOT U.S.
PERSONS.]
[If a Permanent Regulation S Security, then insert -- THE SECURITIES
EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933 (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, OR DELIVERED IN
THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON,
UNLESS THE SECURITIES ARE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN EXEMPTION
FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREOF IS AVAILABLE.]
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THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION
11 1/4% Senior Note
due 2005, Series A
CUSIP No.
No. $
The Doe Run Resources Corporation, a New York corporation (the
"Company," which term includes any successor entity), for value received
promises to pay to or registered assigns, the principal sum
of Dollars, on March 15, 2005.
Interest Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15
Record Dates: March 1 and September 1
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security
contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set
forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be
signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
Dated: March 12, 0000
XXX XXX XXX RESOURCES CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Series A Fixed Rate Notes described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION
11 1/4% Senior Note
due 2005, Series A
1. Interest.
THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION, a New York corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay cash interest on the principal amount of this
Security at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest
semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year (the
"Interest Payment Date"), commencing September 15, 1998. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and interest on
overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at a rate equal to
13.25% per annum.
2. Method of Payment.
The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted
interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business
on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date even if the
Securities are cancelled on registration of transfer or registration of exchange
after such Record Date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to
collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and interest in
money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender"). However, the Company
may pay principal and interest by wire transfer of Federal funds, or interest by
its check payable in such U.S. Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such
interest payment to the Paying Agent or to a Holder at the Holder's registered
address. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall pay or cause to be
paid all amounts payable with respect to Restricted Securities or non-DTC
eligible Securities by wire transfer of Federal funds to the account of the
Holders of such Securities. If this Security is a Global Security, all payments
in respect of this Security will be made to the Depository or its nominee in
immediately available funds in accordance with customary procedures established
from time to time by the Depository.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar.
Initially, STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY (the "Trustee"), will
act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Com-
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pany may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to the Holders.
4. Indenture.
The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of
March 12, 1998 (the "Indenture"), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and
the Trustee. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of
the Company designated as its 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005, Series A (the
"Series A Fixed Rate Notes"), limited (except as otherwise provided in the
Indenture) in aggregate principal amount to $200,000,000. The Securities include
the Fixed Rate Notes (as defined in the Indenture) and the Floating Rate Notes
(as defined in the Indenture). The Fixed Rate Notes and the Floating Rate Notes
are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture unless otherwise
specified in the Indenture. Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the
Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include
those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference
to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code xx.xx. 77aaa-77bbbb) (the
"TIA"), as in effect on the date of the Indenture until such time as the
Indenture is qualified under the TIA, and thereafter as in effect on the date on
which the Indenture is qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, the Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of
Securities are referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of them.
The Securities are general obligations of the Company limited in aggregate
principal amount to $355,000,000.
5. Registration Rights.
Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement by and between the
Company, the Guarantors and the initial purchasers of the Series A Fixed Rate
Notes, the Company and the Guarantors will be obligated to consummate an
exchange offer pursuant to which the Holder of this Security shall have the
right to exchange this Security for 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005, Series B, of
the Company (the "Series B Fixed Rate Notes"), which have been registered under
the Securities Act, in like principal amount and having identical terms as the
Series A Fixed Rate Notes. The Holders of Series A Fixed Rate Notes shall be
entitled to receive certain additional interest payments in the event such
exchange offer is not consummated and upon certain other conditions, all
pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights
Agreement. The Series A Fixed Rate Notes and the Series B Fixed Rate Notes are
together referred to herein as the "Fixed Rate Notes."
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6. Optional Redemption.
The Fixed Rate Notes will be subject to redemption, in whole or in
part, at the option of the Company, at any time on or after March 15, 2002, at
the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth
below plus accrued interest to the redemption date, if redeemed during the
12-month period beginning on March 15 of the years indicated below:
Year Percentage
2002............................................ 105.625%
2003............................................ 102.813%
2004 and thereafter............................. 100.000%
In addition, at any time prior to March 15, 2001, the Company may
redeem up to 35% of (x) the aggregate principal amount of the Fixed Rate Notes
issued in the Offering plus (y) any additional Fixed Rate Notes issued after the
Issue Date pursuant to the Indenture, with the proceeds of one or more Equity
Offerings at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount)
of 111.25% plus accrued interest to the redemption date; provided that at least
65% of the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of Fixed Rate Notes issued
in the Offering plus (y) any additional Fixed Rate Notes issued after the Issue
Date pursuant to the Indenture remains outstanding immediately after any such
redemption. In order to effect the foregoing redemption with the proceeds of any
Equity Offering, the Company shall make such redemption not more than 120 days
after the consummation of any such Equity Offering. "Equity Offering" means an
offering of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (other than any Subsidiary of
the Company).
7. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed at such Holder's registered address. Securities in denominations larger
than $1,000 may be redeemed in part.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, from and after any Redemption
Date, if monies for the redemption of the Securities called for redemption shall
have been deposited with the Paying Agent for redemption on such Redemption
Date, then, unless the Company defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price,
the Securities called for redemption will cease to bear interest and the only
right of the Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of the
Redemption Price.
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8. Change of Control Offer.
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, upon the satisfaction of
the conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company shall be required to
offer to purchase all of the then outstanding Securities pursuant to a Change of
Control Offer at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof
plus accrued interest, if any, to the date of purchase. Holders of Securities
which are the subject of such an offer to repurchase shall receive an offer to
repurchase and may elect to have such Securities repurchased in accordance with
the provisions of the Indenture pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture.
9. Limitation on Disposition of Assets.
Under certain circumstances, the Company is required to apply the
net proceeds from Asset Sales to repurchase Securities at a price equal to 100%
of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the date of
purchase.
10. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder shall
register the transfer of or exchange Securities in accordance with the
Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer
taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as
permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or
exchange any Securities or portions thereof selected for redemption. No service
charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption
of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
11. Persons Deemed Owners.
The registered Holder of a Security shall be treated as the owner of
it for all purposes.
With respect to Global Securities, the Depository may grant proxies
and otherwise authorize Holders of Book-Entry Securities to give or take any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action which a Holder of a Security is entitled to give or take under the
Indenture.
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12. Unclaimed Money.
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed
for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay the money back to the
Company at its request. After that, all liability of the Trustee and such Paying
Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
13. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity.
The Company's obligations pursuant to the Indenture will be
discharged, except for obligations pursuant to certain sections thereof, subject
to the terms of the Indenture, upon the payment of all the Securities or upon
the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of money or U.S. Government Obligations
sufficient to pay when due principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on
the Securities to maturity or redemption, as the case may be.
14. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities may
be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, and
any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be
waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities then outstanding. Without notice to or consent of any
Holder, the parties thereto may amend, waive or supplement the Indenture or the
Securities to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency,
provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated
Securities, comply with Article Five of the Indenture or comply with any
requirements of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture
under the TIA, or make any other change that does not adversely affect the
rights of any Holder of a Security.
15. Restrictive Covenants.
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional
Indebtedness or Liens, make payments in respect of its Capital Stock and merge
or consolidate with any other person and sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
dispose of substantially all of certain of its properties or assets. The
limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions.
The Company must annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such
limitations.
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16. Successors.
When a successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor
under the Securities and the Indenture, the predecessor will be released from
those obligations.
17. Defaults and Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Securities then
outstanding may declare all the Securities to be due and payable in the manner,
at the time and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of Securities
may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the
Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture or the
Securities unless it has received indemnity satisfactory to it. The Indenture
permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding to direct the
Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from
Holders of Securities notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default
(except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interest.
18. Trustee Dealings with Company.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal
with the Company, the Guarantors, their Subsidiaries or their respective
Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
19. No Recourse Against Others.
No stockholder, director, officer, employee or incorporator, as
such, of the Company or the Guarantors shall have any liability for any
obligation of the Company or the Guarantors under the Securities or the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such
obligations or their creation. Each Holder of a Security by accepting a Security
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
20. Authentication.
This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating
agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on this Security.
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21. Governing Law.
The Laws of the State of New York shall govern this Security and the
Indenture.
22. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a
Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (=
tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act).
23. CUSIP Numbers.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Company will cause CUSIP numbers to be
printed on the Securities immediately prior to the qualification of the
Indenture under the TIA as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No
representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the
Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed hereon.
24. Guarantees.
This Security will be entitled to the benefits of certain Guarantees
made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture
for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders.
25. Indenture.
Each Holder, by accepting a Security, agrees to be bound by all of
the terms and provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended from time
to time.
The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Security upon written
request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: THE
DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION, 0000 Xxxx 000 Xxxxx, Xx. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
Attn.: Chief Financial Officer.
26. Certain Information Obligations.
At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, upon the request of a Holder of a Series
A Fixed Rate Note, the Company will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished
such information as is specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the
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Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto) to such Holder or to a
prospective purchaser of such Series A Fixed Rate Security designated by such
Holder, as the case may be, in order to permit compliance by such Holder with
Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
[The form of reverse of a Temporary Regulation S Global Security
shall be as set forth below --
Until this Temporary Regulation S Global Security is exchanged for a
Permanent Regulation S Global Security, the Holder hereof shall not be entitled
to receive payments of interest hereon; until so exchanged in full, this
Temporary Regulation S Global Security shall in all other respects be entitled
to the same benefits as other Securities under the Indenture.
This Temporary Regulation S Global Security is exchangeable in whole
or in part for one or more Permanent Regulation S Global Securities or
Restricted Global Securities only (i) on or after the expiration of the
Restricted Period and (ii) upon presentation of certificates (accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel, if applicable) required by Article II of the Indenture. Upon
exchange of this Temporary Regulation S Global Security for one or more
Permanent Regulation S Global Securities or Restricted Global Securities, the
Trustee shall cancel this Temporary Regulation S Global Security.
This Temporary Regulation S Global Security shall not become valid
or obligatory until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been
duly manually signed by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture. This
Temporary Regulation S Global Security shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES FOR GLOBAL SECURITIES
The following exchanges of a part of this Temporary Regulation S
Global Security for other Global Securities have been made:
Amount of Amount of Principal
decrease in increase in Amount of this
Principal Principal Global Security Signature of
Amount of this Amount of following such authorized
Date of Global this Global decrease (or officer of
Exchange Security Security increase) Trustee
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
I or we assign this Security to
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee)
Please insert Social Security or other
identifying number of assignee
_________________________________________
and irrevocably appoint _______________________ agent to transfer this Security
on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Dated: Signed:
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________________________________________________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the front of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
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[OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE]
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, check the appropriate
box:
Section 4.15 [ ]
Section 4.16 [ ]
If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by
the Company pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, state the
amount:
$
Date: Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your
name appears on the front
of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
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XXXXXXX X-0
[FORM OF SERIES A FLOATING RATE NOTE]
[If a restricted security, then insert -- THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR
THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS
ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B)
IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES
THAT IT WILL NOT PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE
OF THIS SECURITY RESELL, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE
ISSUER THEREOF OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS DEFINED IN
RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN "ACCREDITED
INVESTOR") THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES (OR HAS FURNISHED ON ITS
BEHALF BY A U.S. BROKER-DEALER) TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING
CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
OF THIS SECURITY (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUST FOR
THIS SECURITY), (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN
COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE),
OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS
TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION
WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE
OF THIS SECURITY, IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, THE
HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND THE ISSUER SUCH
CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS EITHER OF THEM MAY
REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN
EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS "OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION," "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON" HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM
BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
[If a Temporary Regulation S Global Security, then insert -- THIS SECURITY IS A
TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER.
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EXCEPT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE,
INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR
SOLD TO A U.S. PERSON OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON PRIOR TO
THE EXPIRATION OF THE RESTRICTED PERIOD (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE), AND NO
TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF AN INTEREST IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL
SECURITY MAY BE MADE FOR AN INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY OR IN A
PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY UNTIL AFTER THE LATER OF THE DATE OF
EXPIRATION OF THE RESTRICTED PERIOD AND THE DATE ON WHICH THE OWNER SECURITIES
CERTIFICATION AND THE DEPOSITORY SECURITIES CERTIFICATION RELATING TO SUCH
INTEREST HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE, TO
THE EFFECT THAT THE BENEFICIAL OWNER OR OWNERS OF SUCH INTEREST ARE NOT U.S.
PERSONS.]
[If a Permanent Regulation S Security, then insert -- THE SECURITIES
EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933 (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, OR DELIVERED IN
THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON,
UNLESS THE SECURITIES ARE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN EXEMPTION
FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREOF IS AVAILABLE.]
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THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION
Floating Interest Rate Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM)*)
due 2003, Series A
CUSIP No.
No. $
The Doe Run Resources Corporation, a New York corporation (the
"Company," which term includes any successor entity), for value received
promises to pay to or registered assigns, the principal sum
of Dollars, on March 15, 2003.
Interest Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15
Record Dates: March 1 and September 1
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security
contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set
forth at this place.
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* FIRSTS is a service xxxx of BT XXxx. Xxxxx Incorporated.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be
signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
Dated: March 12, 0000
XXX XXX XXX RESOURCES CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Floating Interest Rate Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM))
due 2003, Series A described in the within-mentioned Indenture.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION
Floating Interest Rate Senior Notes
(FIRSTS(SM)) due 2003, Series A
1. Interest.
THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION, a New York corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at
the rate per annum, reset semi-annually, equal to LIBOR (as defined below) plus
6.29%, as determined by the calculation agent (the "Calculation Agent").
Interest on this Security will accrue from the most recent date on which
interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from March 12, 1998.
The Company will pay interest semi-annually on each March 15 and September 15
(each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing September 15, 1998, for the
period commencing on and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment
Date and ending on and including the day next preceding the Interest Payment
Date (an "Interest Period"), with the exception that the first Interest Period
shall commence on and include March 12, 1998 and end on and include September
14, 1998, and at stated maturity.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and interest on
overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at a rate equal to
13.25% per annum.
"LIBOR", with respect to an Interest Period, shall be the rate
(expressed as a percentage per annum) for deposits in United States dollars for
a six-month period beginning on the second London Banking Day (as defined) after
the Determination Date (as defined) that appears on Telerate Page 3750 (as
defined) as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Determination Date. If Telerate
Page 3750 does not include such a rate or is unavailable on a Determination
Date, LIBOR for the Interest Period shall be the arithmetic mean of the rates
(expressed as a percentage per annum) for deposits in a Representative Amount
(as defined) in U.S. dollars for a six-month period beginning on the second
London Banking Day after the Determination Date that appears on Reuters Screen
LIBO Page (as defined) as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Determination Date.
If Reuters Screen LIBO Page does not include two or more rates or is unavailable
on a Determination Date, the Calculation Agent will request the principal London
office of each of four major banks in the London interbank market, as selected
by the Calculation Agent, to provide such bank's offered quotation (expressed as
a percentage per annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such
Determination Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market for deposits
in a Representative Amount in U.S. dollars for a six-month period beginning on
the second
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London Banking Day after the Determination Date. If at least two such offered
quotations are so provided, LIBOR for the Interest Period will be the arithmetic
mean of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are so provided, the
Calculation Agent will request each of three major banks in New York City, as
selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide such bank's rate (expressed as a
percentage per annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on
such Determination Date, for loans in a Representative Amount in U.S. dollars to
leading European banks for a six-month period beginning on the second London
Banking Day after the Determination Date. If at least two such rates are so
provided, LIBOR for the Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such
rates. If fewer than two such rates are so provided, then LIBOR for the Interest
Period will be LIBOR in effect with respect to the immediately preceding
Interest Period.
"Determination Date," with respect to an Interest Period, will be
the second London Banking Day preceding the first day of the Interest Period.
"London Banking Day" is any day in which dealings in U.S. dollars
are transacted or, with respect to any future date, are expected to be
transacted in the London interbank market.
"Representative Amount" means a principal amount of not less than
U.S. $1,000,000 for a single transaction in the relevant market at the relevant
time.
"Telerate Page 3750" means the display designated as "Page 3750" on
the Dow Xxxxx Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace Page 3750 on
that service).
"Reuters Screen LIBO Page" means the display designated as page
"LIBO" on The Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as may
replace the LIBO page on that service).
The amount of interest for each day that this Security is
outstanding (the "Daily Interest Amount") will be calculated by dividing the
interest rate in effect for such day by 360 and multiplying the result by the
principal amount of this Security. The amount of interest to be paid on this
Security for each Interest Period will be calculated by adding the Daily
Interest Amounts for each day in the Interest Period.
All percentages resulting from any of the above calculations will be
rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage
point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards (e.g.,
9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or
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.0987655)) and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculations
will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upwards).
The interest rate on this Security will in no event be higher than
the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by U.S.
law of general application. Under current New York law, the maximum rate of
interest is 25% per annum on a simple interest basis. This limit may not apply
to Securities in which $2,500,000 or more has been invested.
The Calculation Agent will, upon the request of the holder of any
Floating Rate Note, provide the interest rate then in effect with respect to
this Security. All calculations made by the Calculation Agent in the absence of
manifest error shall be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company
and the Holders of this Security.
2. Method of Payment.
The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted
interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business
on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date even if the
Securities are cancelled on registration of transfer or registration of exchange
after such Record Date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to
collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and interest in
money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender"). However, the Company
may pay principal and interest by wire transfer of Federal funds, or interest by
its check payable in such U.S. Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such
interest payment to the Paying Agent or to a Holder at the Holder's registered
address. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall pay or cause to be
paid all amounts payable with respect to Restricted Securities or non-DTC
eligible Securities by wire transfer of Federal funds to the account of the
Holders of such Securities. If this Security is a Global Security, all payments
in respect of this Security will be made to the Depository or its nominee in
immediately available funds in accordance with customary procedures established
from time to time by the Depository.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar.
Initially, STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY (the "Trustee"), will
act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or
Registrar without notice to the Holders.
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4. Indenture.
The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of
March 12, 1998 (the "Indenture"), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and
the Trustee. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of
the Company designated as its Floating Interest Rate Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM))
due 2003, Series A (the "Series A Floating Rate Notes"), limited (except as
otherwise provided in the Indenture) in aggregate principal amount to
$55,000,000. The Securities include the Floating Rate Notes (as defined in the
Indenture) and the Fixed Rate Notes (as defined in the Indenture). The Floating
Rate Notes and the Fixed Rate Notes are treated as a single class of securities
under the Indenture unless otherwise specified in the Indenture. Capitalized
terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined
herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and
those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
(15 U.S. Code xx.xx. 77aaa-77bbbb) (the "TIA"), as in effect on the date of the
Indenture until such time as the Indenture is qualified under the TIA, and
thereafter as in effect on the date on which the Indenture is qualified under
the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Securities are
subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the
Indenture and said Act for a statement of them. The Securities are general
obligations of the Company limited in aggregate principal amount to
$355,000,000.
5. Registration Rights.
Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement by and between the
Company, the Guarantors and the initial purchasers of the Series A Floating Rate
Notes, the Company and the Guarantors will be obligated to consummate an
exchange offer pursuant to which the Holder of this Security shall have the
right to exchange this Security for Floating Interest Rate Senior Notes
(FIRSTS(SM)) due 2003, Series B, of the Company (the "Series B Floating Rate
Notes"), which have been registered under the Securities Act, in like principal
amount and having identical terms as the Series A Floating Rate Notes. The
Holders of Series A Floating Rate Notes shall be entitled to receive certain
additional interest payments in the event such exchange offer is not consummated
and upon certain other conditions, all pursuant to and in accordance with the
terms of the Registration Rights Agreement. The Series A Floating Rate Notes and
the Series B Floating Rate Notes are together referred to herein as the
"Floating Rate Notes."
6. Optional Redemption.
The Floating Rate Notes will be subject to redemption, in whole at
any time or in part from time to time, at the
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option of the Company, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of
principal amount) set forth below plus accrued interest to the redemption date,
if redeemed during the twelve month period beginning on March 15 of the years
indicated below:
Year Percentage
1998............................................ 104.000%
1999............................................ 103.000%
2000............................................ 102.000%
2001............................................ 101.000%
2002 and thereafter............................. 100.000%
7. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed at such Holder's registered address. Securities in denominations larger
than $1,000 may be redeemed in part.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, from and after any Redemption
Date, if monies for the redemption of the Securities called for redemption shall
have been deposited with the Paying Agent for redemption on such Redemption
Date, then, unless the Company defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price,
the Securities called for redemption will cease to bear interest and the only
right of the Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of the
Redemption Price.
8. Change of Control Offer.
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, upon the satisfaction of
the conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company shall be required to
offer to purchase all of the then outstanding Securities pursuant to a Change of
Control Offer at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof
plus accrued interest, if any, to the date of purchase. Holders of Securities
which are the subject of such an offer to repurchase shall receive an offer to
repurchase and may elect to have such Securities repurchased in accordance with
the provisions of the Indenture pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture.
9. Limitation on Disposition of Assets.
Under certain circumstances, the Company is required to apply the
net proceeds from Asset Sales to repurchase Securities at a price equal to 100%
of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the date of
purchase.
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10. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder shall
register the transfer of or exchange Securities in accordance with the
Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer
taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as
permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or
exchange any Securities or portions thereof selected for redemption. No service
charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption
of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
11. Persons Deemed Owners.
The registered Holder of a Security shall be treated as the owner of
it for all purposes.
With respect to Global Securities, the Depository may grant proxies
and otherwise authorize Holders of Book-Entry Securities to give or take any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action which a Holder of a Security is entitled to give or take under the
Indenture.
12. Unclaimed Money.
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed
for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay the money back to the
Company at its request. After that, all liability of the Trustee and such Paying
Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
13. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity.
The Company's obligations pursuant to the Indenture will be
discharged, except for obligations pursuant to certain sections thereof, subject
to the terms of the Indenture, upon the payment of all the Securities or upon
the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of money or U.S. Government Obligations
sufficient to pay when due principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on
the Securities to maturity or redemption, as the case may be.
14. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities may
be amended or supplemented with the written con-
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sent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities then outstanding, and any existing Default or Event of Default or
compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding.
Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend, waive
or supplement the Indenture or the Securities to, among other things, cure any
ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, provide for uncertificated Securities in
addition to or in place of certificated Securities, comply with Article Five of
the Indenture or comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with the
qualification of the Indenture under the TIA, or make any other change that does
not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security.
15. Restrictive Covenants.
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional
Indebtedness or Liens, make payments in respect of its Capital Stock and merge
or consolidate with any other person and sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
dispose of substantially all of certain of its properties or assets. The
limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions.
The Company must annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such
limitations.
16. Successors.
When a successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor
under the Securities and the Indenture, the predecessor will be released from
those obligations.
17. Defaults and Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Securities then
outstanding may declare all the Securities to be due and payable in the manner,
at the time and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of Securities
may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the
Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture or the
Securities unless it has received indemnity satisfactory to it. The Indenture
permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding to direct the
Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from
Holders of Securities notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default
(except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interest.
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18. Trustee Dealings with Company.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal
with the Company, the Guarantors, their Subsidiaries or their respective
Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
19. No Recourse Against Others.
No stockholder, director, officer, employee or incorporator, as
such, of the Company or the Guarantors shall have any liability for any
obligation of the Company or the Guarantors under the Securities or the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such
obligations or their creation. Each Holder of a Security by accepting a Security
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
20. Authentication.
This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating
agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on this Security.
21. Governing Law.
The Laws of the State of New York shall govern this Security and the
Indenture.
22. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a
Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (=
tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act).
23. CUSIP Numbers.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Company will cause CUSIP numbers to be
printed on the Securities immediately prior to the qualification of the
Indenture under the TIA as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No
representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the
Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed hereon.
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24. Guarantees.
This Security will be entitled to the benefits of certain Guarantees
made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture
for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders.
25. Indenture.
Each Holder, by accepting a Security, agrees to be bound by all of
the terms and provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended from time
to time.
The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Security upon written
request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: THE
DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION, 0000 Xxxx 000 Xxxxx, Xx. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
Attn.: Chief Financial Officer.
26. Certain Information Obligations.
At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, upon the request of a Holder of a Series
A Floating Rate Note, the Company will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished
such information as is specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the
Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto) to such Holder or to a
prospective purchaser of such Series A Floating Rate Security designated by such
Holder, as the case may be, in order to permit compliance by such Holder with
Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
[The form of reverse of a Temporary Regulation S Global Security
shall be as set forth below --
Until this Temporary Regulation S Global Security is exchanged for a
Permanent Regulation S Global Security, the Holder hereof shall not be entitled
to receive payments of interest hereon; until so exchanged in full, this
Temporary Regulation S Global Security shall in all other respects be entitled
to the same benefits as other Securities under the Indenture.
This Temporary Regulation S Global Security is exchangeable in whole
or in part for one or more Permanent Regulation S Global Securities or
Restricted Global Securities only (i) on or after the expiration of the
Restricted Period and (ii) upon presentation of certificates (accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel, if applicable) required by Article II of the Indenture. Upon
exchange of this Temporary Regulation S Global Security for one or more
Permanent Regulation S Global Securi-
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ties or Restricted Global Securities, the Trustee shall cancel this Temporary
Regulation S Global Security.
This Temporary Regulation S Global Security shall not become valid
or obligatory until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been
duly manually signed by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture. This
Temporary Regulation S Global Security shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES FOR GLOBAL SECURITIES
The following exchanges of a part of this Temporary Regulation S
Global Security for other Global Securities have been made:
Amount of Amount of Principal
decrease in increase in Amount of this
Principal Principal Global Security Signature of
Amount of this Amount of following such authorized
Date of Global this Global decrease (or officer of
Exchange Security Security increase) Trustee
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
I or we assign this Security to
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee)
Please insert Social Security or other
identifying number of assignee
__________________________________________
and irrevocably appoint _______________________ agent to transfer this Security
on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Dated: Signed:
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________________________________________________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the front of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
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[OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE]
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, check the appropriate
box:
Section 4.15 [ ]
Section 4.16 [ ]
If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by
the Company pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, state the
amount:
$
Date: Signature:
--------------- ----------------------------------
(Sign exactly as your
name appears on the front
of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF SERIES B FIXED RATE NOTE]
THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION
11 1/4% Senior Note
due 2005, Series B
CUSIP No.
No. $
THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION, a New York corporation (the
"Company," which term includes any successor entity), for value received
promises to pay to or registered assigns, the principal sum of
Dollars, on March 15, 2005.
Interest Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15
Record Dates: March 1 and September 1
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security
contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set
forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be
signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Series B Fixed Rate Notes described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION
11 1/4% Senior Note
due 2005, Series B
1. Interest.
THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION, a New York corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay cash interest on the principal amount of this
Security at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest
semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year (the
"Interest Payment Date"), commencing September 15, 1998. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and interest on
overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at a rate equal to
13.25% per annum.
2. Method of Payment.
The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted
interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business
on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date even if the
Securities are cancelled on registration of transfer or registration of exchange
after such Record Date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to
collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and interest in
money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender"). However, the Company
may pay principal and interest by wire transfer of Federal funds, or interest by
its check payable in such U.S. Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such
interest payment to the Paying Agent or to a Holder at the Holder's registered
address.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar.
Initially, STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY (the "Trustee") will
act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or
Registrar without notice to the Holders.
4. Indenture.
The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of
March 12, 1998 (the "Indenture"), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and
the Trustee. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of
the Company desig-
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nated as its 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005, Series B (the "Series B Fixed Rate
Notes"), limited (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture) in aggregate
principal amount to $200,000,000. The Securities include the Fixed Rate Notes
(as defined in the Indenture) and the Floating Rate Notes (as defined in the
Indenture). The Fixed Rate Notes and the Floating Rate Notes are treated as a
single class of securities under the Indenture unless otherwise specified in the
Indenture. Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless
otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in
the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code xx.xx. 77aaa-77bbbb) (the "TIA"), as in
effect on the date of the Indenture until such time as the Indenture is
qualified under the TIA, and thereafter as in effect on the date on which the
Indenture is qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, the Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities
are referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of them. The
Securities are general obligations of the Company limited in aggregate principal
amount to $355,000,000.
5. Exchange Offer.
The Series B Fixed Rate Notes were issued pursuant to an exchange
offer pursuant to which 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005, Series A, of the Company
(the "Series A Fixed Rate Notes"), in like principal amount and having
substantially identical terms as the Series B Fixed Rate Notes, were exchanged
for the Series B Fixed Rate Notes. The Series A Fixed Rate Notes and the Series
B Fixed Rate Notes are together referred to herein as the "Securities."
6. Optional Redemption.
The Fixed Rate Notes will be subject to redemption, in whole or in
part, at the option of the Company, at any time on or after March 15, 2002, at
the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth
below plus accrued interest to the redemption date, if redeemed during the
12-month period beginning on March 15 of the years indicated below:
Year Percentage
2002............................................ 105.625%
2003............................................ 102.813%
2004 and thereafter............................. 100.000%
In addition, at any time prior to March 15, 2001, the Company may
redeem up to 35% of (x) the aggregate principal amount of the Fixed Rate Notes
issued in the Offering plus
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(y) any additional Fixed Rate Notes issued after the Issue Date pursuant to the
Indenture, with the proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings at a redemption
price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 111.25% plus accrued
interest to the redemption date; provided that at least 65% of the sum of (x)
the aggregate principal amount of Fixed Rate Notes issued in the Offering plus
(y) any additional Fixed Rate Notes issued after the Issue Date pursuant to the
Indenture remains outstanding immediately after any such redemption. In order to
effect the foregoing redemption with the proceeds of any Equity Offering, the
Company shall make such redemption not more than 120 days after the consummation
of any such Equity Offering. "Equity Offering" means an offering of Qualified
Capital Stock of the Company (other than any Subsidiary of the Company).
7. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed at such Holder's registered address. Securities in denominations larger
than $1,000 may be redeemed in part.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, from and after any Redemption
Date, if monies for the redemption of the Securities called for redemption shall
have been deposited with the Paying Agent for redemption on such Redemption
Date, then, unless the Company defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price,
the Securities called for redemption will cease to bear interest and the only
right of the Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of the
Redemption Price.
8. Change of Control Offer.
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, upon the satisfaction of
the conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company shall be required to
offer to purchase all of the then outstanding Securities pursuant to a Change of
Control Offer at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof
plus accrued interest, if any, to the date of purchase. Holders of Securities
which are the subject of such an offer to repurchase shall receive an offer to
repurchase and may elect to have such Securities repurchased in accordance with
the provisions of the Indenture pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture.
9. Limitation on Disposition of Assets.
Under certain circumstances, the Company is required to apply the
net proceeds from Asset Sales to repurchase Securities at a price equal to 100%
of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the date of
purchase.
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10. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder shall
register the transfer of or exchange Securities in accordance with the
Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer
taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as
permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or
exchange any Securities or portions thereof selected for redemption. No service
charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption
of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
11. Persons Deemed Owners.
The registered Holder of a Security shall be treated as the owner of
it for all purposes.
With respect to Global Securities, the Depository may grant proxies
and otherwise authorize Holders of Book-Entry Securities to give or take any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action which a Holder of a Security is entitled to give or take under the
Indenture.
12. Unclaimed Money.
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed
for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay the money back to the
Company at its request. After that, all liability of the Trustee and such Paying
Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
13. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity.
The Company's obligations pursuant to the Indenture will be
discharged, except for obligations pursuant to certain sections thereof, subject
to the terms of the Indenture, upon the payment of all the Securities or upon
the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of money or U.S. Government Obligations
sufficient to pay when due principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on
the Securities to maturity or redemption, as the case may be.
14. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities may
be amended or supplemented with the written con-
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sent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities then outstanding, and any existing Default or Event of Default or
compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding.
Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend, waive
or supplement the Indenture or the Securities to, among other things, cure any
ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, provide for uncertificated Securities in
addition to or in place of certificated Securities, comply with Article Five of
the Indenture or comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with the
qualification of the Indenture under the TIA, or make any other change that does
not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security.
15. Restrictive Covenants.
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional
Indebtedness or Liens, make payments in respect of its Capital Stock and merge
or consolidate with any other person and sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
dispose of substantially all of certain of its properties or assets. The
limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions.
The Company must annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such
limitations.
16. Successors.
When a successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor
under the Securities and the Indenture, the predecessor will be released from
those obligations.
17. Defaults and Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Securities then
outstanding may declare all the Securities to be due and payable in the manner,
at the time and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of Securities
may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the
Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture or the
Securities unless it has received indemnity satisfactory to it. The Indenture
permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding to direct the
Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from
Holders of Securities notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default
(except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interest.
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18. Trustee Dealings with Company.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal
with the Company, the Guarantors, their Subsidiaries or their respective
Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
19. No Recourse Against Others.
No stockholder, director, officer, employee or incorporator, as
such, of the Company or the Guarantors shall have any liability for any
obligation of the Company or the Guarantors under the Securities or the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such
obligations or their creation. Each Holder of a Security by accepting a Security
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
20. Authentication.
This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating
agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on this Security.
21. Governing Law.
The Laws of the State of New York shall govern this Security and the
Indenture.
22. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a
Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (=
tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act).
23. CUSIP Numbers.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Company will cause CUSIP numbers to be
printed on the Securities immediately prior to the qualification of the
Indenture under the TIA as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No
representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the
Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed hereon.
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24. Guarantees.
This Security will be entitled to the benefits of certain Guarantees
made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture
for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders.
25. Indenture.
Each Holder, by accepting a Security, agrees to be bound by all of
the terms and provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended from time
to time.
The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Security upon written
request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: THE
DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION, 0000 Xxxx 000 Xxxxx, Xx. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
Attn.: Chief Financial Officer.
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
I or we assign this Security to
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee)
Please insert Social Security or other
identifying number of assignee
__________________________________________
and irrevocably appoint _______________________ agent to transfer this Security
on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Dated: Signed:
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________________________________________________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the front of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
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[OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE]
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, check the appropriate
box:
Section 4.15 [ ]
Section 4.16 [ ]
If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by
the Company pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, state the
amount:
$
Date: Signature:
--------------- ----------------------------------
(Sign exactly as your
name appears on the front
of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
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EXHIBIT B-1
[FORM OF SERIES B FLOATING RATE NOTE]
THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION
Floating Interest Rate Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM)*)
due 2003, Series B
CUSIP No.
No. $
THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION, a New York corporation (the
"Company," which term includes any successor entity), for value received
promises to pay to or registered assigns, the principal
sum of Dollars, on March 15, 2003.
Interest Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15
Record Dates: March 1 and September 1
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security
contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set
forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be
signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
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* FIRSTS is a service xxxx of BT Xxxx. Xxxxx Incorporated.
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Floating Interest Rate Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM))
due 2003, Series B described in the within-mentioned Indenture.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION
Floating Interest Rate Senior Note (FIRSTS(SM))
due 2003, Series B
1. Interest.
THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION, a New York corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at
the rate per annum, reset semi-annually, equal to LIBOR (as defined below) plus
6.29%, as determined by the calculation agent (the "Calculation Agent").
Interest on this Security will accrue from the most recent date on which
interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from March 12, 1998.
The Company will pay interest semi-annually on each March 15 and September 15
(each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing September 15, 1998, for the
period commencing on and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment
Date and ending on and including the day next preceding the Interest Payment
Date (an "Interest Period"), with the exception that the first Interest Period
shall commence on and include March 12, 1998 and end on and include September
14, 1998, and at stated maturity.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and interest on
overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at a rate equal to
13.25% per annum.
"LIBOR", with respect to an Interest Period, shall be the rate
(expressed as a percentage per annum) for deposits in United States dollars for
a six-month period beginning on the second London Banking Day (as defined) after
the Determination Date (as defined) that appears on Telerate Page 3750 (as
defined) as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Determination Date. If Telerate
Page 3750 does not include such a rate or is unavailable on a Determination
Date, LIBOR for the Interest Period shall be the arithmetic mean of the rates
(expressed as a percentage per annum) for deposits in a Representative Amount
(as defined) in U.S. dollars for a six-month period beginning on the second
London Banking Day after the Determination Date that appears on Reuters Screen
LIBO Page (as defined) as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Determination Date.
If Reuters Screen LIBO Page does not include two or more rates or is unavailable
on a Determination Date, the Calculation Agent will request the principal London
office of each of four major banks in the London interbank market, as selected
by the Calculation Agent, to provide such bank's offered quotation (expressed as
a percentage per annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such
Determination Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market for deposits
in a Representative Amount in U.S. dollars for a six-month period beginning on
the second
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London Banking Day after the Determination Date. If at least two such offered
quotations are so provided, LIBOR for the Interest Period will be the arithmetic
mean of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are so provided, the
Calculation Agent will request each of three major banks in New York City, as
selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide such bank's rate (expressed as a
percentage per annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on
such Determination Date, for loans in a Representative Amount in U.S. dollars to
leading European banks for a six-month period beginning on the second London
Banking Day after the Determination Date. If at least two such rates are so
provided, LIBOR for the Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such
rates. If fewer than two such rates are so provided, then LIBOR for the Interest
Period will be LIBOR in effect with respect to the immediately preceding
Interest Period.
"Determination Date," with respect to an Interest Period, will be
the second London Banking Day preceding the first day of the Interest Period.
"London Banking Day" is any day in which dealings in U.S. dollars
are transacted or, with respect to any future date, are expected to be
transacted in the London interbank market.
"Representative Amount" means a principal amount of not less than
U.S. $1,000,000 for a single transaction in the relevant market at the relevant
time.
"Telerate Page 3750" means the display designated as "Page 3750" on
the Dow Xxxxx Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace Page 3750 on
that service).
"Reuters Screen LIBO Page" means the display designated as page
"LIBO" on The Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as may
replace the LIBO page on that service).
The amount of interest for each day that this Security is
outstanding (the "Daily Interest Amount") will be calculated by dividing the
interest rate in effect for such day by 360 and multiplying the result by the
principal amount of this Security. The amount of interest to be paid on this
Security for each Interest Period will be calculated by adding the Daily
Interest Amounts for each day in the Interest Period.
All percentages resulting from any of the above calculations will be
rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage
point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards (e.g.,
9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or
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.0987655)) and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculations
will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upwards).
The interest rate on this Security will in no event be higher than
the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by U.S.
law of general application. Under current New York law, the maximum rate of
interest is 25% per annum on a simple interest basis. This limit may not apply
to Securities in which $2,500,000 or more has been invested.
The Calculation Agent will, upon the request of the holder of any
Floating Rate Note, provide the interest rate then in effect with respect to
this Security. All calculations made by the Calculation Agent in the absence of
manifest error shall be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company
and the Holders of this Security.
2. Method of Payment.
The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted
interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business
on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date even if the
Securities are cancelled on registration of transfer or registration of exchange
after such Record Date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to
collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and interest in
money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender"). However, the Company
may pay principal and interest by wire transfer of Federal funds, or interest by
its check payable in such U.S. Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such
interest payment to the Paying Agent or to a Holder at the Holder's registered
address.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar.
Initially, STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY (the "Trustee") will
act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or
Registrar without notice to the Holders.
4. Indenture.
The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of
March 12, 1998 (the "Indenture"), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and
the Trustee. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of
the Company designated as its Floating Interest Rate Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM))
due 2003, Series B (the "Series B Floating Rate Notes"), limited (except as
otherwise provided in the Indenture) in aggregate
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principal amount to $55,000,000. The Securities include the Floating Rate Notes
(as defined in the Indenture) and the Fixed Rate Notes (as defined in the
Indenture). The Fixed Rate Notes and the Floating Rate Notes are treated as a
single class of securities under the Indenture unless otherwise specified in the
Indenture. Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless
otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in
the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code xx.xx. 77aaa-77bbbb) (the "TIA"), as in
effect on the date of the Indenture until such time as the Indenture is
qualified under the TIA, and thereafter as in effect on the date on which the
Indenture is qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, the Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities
are referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of them. The
Securities are general obligations of the Company limited in aggregate principal
amount to $355,000,000.
5. Exchange Offer.
The Series B Floating Rate Notes were issued pursuant to an exchange
offer pursuant to which Floating Interest Rate Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM)) due
2003, Series A, of the Company (the "Series A Notes"), in like principal amount
and having substantially identical terms as the Series B Floating Rate Notes,
were exchanged for the Series B Floating Rate Notes. The Series A Floating Rate
Notes and the Series B Floating Notes are together referred to herein as the
"Securities."
6. Optional Redemption.
The Floating Rate Notes will be subject to redemption, in whole at
any time or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company, at the
redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below
plus accrued interest to the redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve
month period beginning on March 15 of the years indicated below:
Year Percentage
1998............................................ 104.000%
1999............................................ 103.000%
2000............................................ 102.000%
2001............................................ 101.000%
2002 and thereafter............................. 100.000%
7. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each
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Holder of Securities to be redeemed at such Holder's registered address.
Securities in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, from and after any Redemption
Date, if monies for the redemption of the Securities called for redemption shall
have been deposited with the Paying Agent for redemption on such Redemption
Date, then, unless the Company defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price,
the Securities called for redemption will cease to bear interest and the only
right of the Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of the
Redemption Price.
8. Change of Control Offer.
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, upon the satisfaction of
the conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company shall be required to
offer to purchase all of the then outstanding Securities pursuant to a Change of
Control Offer at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof
plus accrued interest, if any, to the date of purchase. Holders of Securities
which are the subject of such an offer to repurchase shall receive an offer to
repurchase and may elect to have such Securities repurchased in accordance with
the provisions of the Indenture pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture.
9. Limitation on Disposition of Assets.
Under certain circumstances, the Company is required to apply the
net proceeds from Asset Sales to repurchase Securities at a price equal to 100%
of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the date of
purchase.
10. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder shall
register the transfer of or exchange Securities in accordance with the
Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer
taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as
permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or
exchange any Securities or portions thereof selected for redemption. No service
charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption
of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
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11. Persons Deemed Owners.
The registered Holder of a Security shall be treated as the owner of
it for all purposes.
With respect to Global Securities, the Depository may grant proxies
and otherwise authorize Holders of Book-Entry Securities to give or take any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action which a Holder of a Security is entitled to give or take under the
Indenture.
12. Unclaimed Money.
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed
for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay the money back to the
Company at its request. After that, all liability of the Trustee and such Paying
Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
13. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity.
The Company's obligations pursuant to the Indenture will be
discharged, except for obligations pursuant to certain sections thereof, subject
to the terms of the Indenture, upon the payment of all the Securities or upon
the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of money or U.S. Government Obligations
sufficient to pay when due principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on
the Securities to maturity or redemption, as the case may be.
14. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities may
be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, and
any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be
waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities then outstanding. Without notice to or consent of any
Holder, the parties thereto may amend, waive or supplement the Indenture or the
Securities to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency,
provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated
Securities, comply with Article Five of the Indenture or comply with any
requirements of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture
under the TIA, or make any other change that does not adversely affect the
rights of any Holder of a Security.
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15. Restrictive Covenants.
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional
Indebtedness or Liens, make payments in respect of its Capital Stock and merge
or consolidate with any other person and sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
dispose of substantially all of certain of its properties or assets. The
limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions.
The Company must annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such
limitations.
16. Successors.
When a successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor
under the Securities and the Indenture, the predecessor will be released from
those obligations.
17. Defaults and Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Securities then
outstanding may declare all the Securities to be due and payable in the manner,
at the time and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of Securities
may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the
Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture or the
Securities unless it has received indemnity satisfactory to it. The Indenture
permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding to direct the
Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from
Holders of Securities notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default
(except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interest.
18. Trustee Dealings with Company.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal
with the Company, the Guarantors, their Subsidiaries or their respective
Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
19. No Recourse Against Others.
No stockholder, director, officer, employee or incorporator, as
such, of the Company or the Guarantors shall have any liability for any
obligation of the Company or the Guarantors under the Securities or the
Indenture or for any claim
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based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.
Each Holder of a Security by accepting a Security waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance
of the Securities.
20. Authentication.
This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating
agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on this Security.
21. Governing Law.
The Laws of the State of New York shall govern this Security and the
Indenture.
22. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a
Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT
(= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A
(= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
23. CUSIP Numbers.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Company will cause CUSIP numbers to be
printed on the Securities immediately prior to the qualification of the
Indenture under the TIA as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No
representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the
Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed hereon.
24. Guarantees.
This Security will be entitled to the benefits of certain Guarantees
made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture
for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders.
25. Indenture.
Each Holder, by accepting a Security, agrees to be bound by all of
the terms and provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended from time
to time.
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The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Security upon written
request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: THE
DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION, 0000 Xxxx 000 Xxxxx, Xx. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
Attn.: Chief Financial Officer.
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
I or we assign this Security to
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee)
Please insert Social Security or other
identifying number of assignee
_________________________________________
and irrevocably appoint _______________________ agent to transfer this Security
on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Dated: Signed:
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________________________________________________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the front of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
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[OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE]
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, check the appropriate
box:
Section 4.15 [ ]
Section 4.16 [ ]
If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by
the Company pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, state the
amount:
$
Date: Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your
name appears on the front
of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF LEGEND FOR BOOK-ENTRY SECURITIES
Any Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear
a legend (which would be in addition to any other legends required in the case
of a Restricted Security) in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE
INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. THIS
SECURITY IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY
(OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE 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) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT
IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN
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.
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EXHIBIT D
Transferee Letter of Representation
The Doe Run Resources Corporation
0000 Xxxx 000 Xxxxx
Xx. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn.: [ ]
Dear Sirs:
In connection with our proposed purchase of $200,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of the 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005, Series A and 11 1/4%
Senior Notes due 2005, Series B and $55,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
Floating Interest Rate Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM)*)due 2003, Series A and Floating
Interest Rate Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM)*) due 2003, Series B (collectively, the
"Securities") of The Doe Run Resources Corporation, a New York corporation (the
"Company"), we confirm that:
1. We understand that the Securities have not been registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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 Securities to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Securities prior
to the date which is three years after the later of the date of original issue
and the last date on which the Company or any affiliate of the Company was the
owner of such Securities (or any predecessor thereto) (the "Resale Restriction
Termination Date") only (a) to the Company, (b) pursuant to a registration
statement which has been declared effective under the Securities Act, (c) so
long as the Securities are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the
Securities Act, to a person we reasonably believe is a qualified institutional
buyer under Rule 144A (a "QIB") that purchases for its own account or for the
account of a QIB and to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in
reliance on Rule 144A, (d) pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the
United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (e)
to an institutional "accredited investor" within the meaning of subparagraph
(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act that is purchasing
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* FIRSTS is a service xxxx of BT Xxxx. Xxxxx Incorporated.
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for his own account or for the account of such an institutional "accredited
investor," in each case in a minimum principal amount of Securities of $500,000,
(f) in an offshore transaction pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act or
(g) pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements
of the Securities Act, subject in each of the foregoing cases 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 to
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 Securities is proposed to be made
pursuant to clause (e) 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 Trustee, which shall provide, among other things,
that the transferee is an institutional "accredited investor" within the meaning
of subparagraph (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act and
that it is acquiring such Securities for investment purposes and not for
distribution in violation of the Securities Act. Each purchaser acknowledges
that the Company and the Trustee reserve the right prior to any offer, sale or
other transfer prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date of the
Securities pursuant to clause (c), (d) or (f) above to require the delivery of
an opinion of counsel, certifications and/or other information satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee.
2. We are an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) purchasing
for our own account or for the account of such an institutional "accredited
investor," and we are acquiring the Securities 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 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 Securities, and we and any accounts for which we
are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.
3. We are acquiring at least $500,000 principal amount of the
Securities and we are acquiring the Securities purchased by us for our own
account or for one or more accounts as to each of which we exercise sole
investment discretion.
4. You are entitled to rely upon this letter and you are irrevocably
authorized to produce this letter or a copy
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hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or
official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
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(Name of Purchaser)
By:
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Date:
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Upon transfer the Securities would be registered in the name of the
new beneficial owner as follows:
Name:
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Address:
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Taxpayer ID Number:
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EXHIBIT E
[FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE GIVEN BY HOLDERS OF
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A TEMPORARY
REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY
TO EUROCLEAR OR CEDEL]
OWNER SECURITIES CERTIFICATION
THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION
11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005]
[Floating Interest Rate Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM)*)
due 2003]**
CUSIP No.______
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 12,
1998 (the "Indenture"), by and among The Doe Run Resources Corporation, a New
York corporation, as issuer, the Guarantors named therein, and State Street Bank
and Trust Company, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
This is to certify that, as of the date hereof, $___________ of the
above-captioned Securities (the "Securities") are beneficially owned by non-U.S.
person(s). As used in this paragraph, the term "U.S. person" has the meaning
given to it by Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to
the date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the
Securities held by you for our account in accordance with your operating
procedures if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and
in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this
certification applies as of such date.
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* FIRSTS is a service xxxx of BT Xxxx. Xxxxx Incorporated.
** As applicable.
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We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if
administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection
with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize
you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such
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proceedings. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for
your benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers.
Dated: __________, ____
By:
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As, or as agent for, the beneficial
owner(s) of the Securities to which this
certificate relates.
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EXHIBIT F
[FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE GIVEN
BY THE EUROCLEAR OPERATOR OR
CEDEL BANK, SOCIETE ANONYME]
DEPOSITORY SECURITIES CERTIFICATION
THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION
[11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005]
[Floating Interest Rate Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM)*)
due 2003]**
CUSIP No. ________
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 12, 1998 (the
"Indenture"), by and among The Doe Run Resources Corporation., a New York
corporation, as issuer, the Guarantors named therein, and State Street Bank and
Trust Company, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
This is to certify that, with respect to U.S.$__________ principal amount of the
above-captioned Securities (the "Securities"), except as set forth below, we
have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission, from
member organizations appearing in our records as persons being entitled to a
portion of the principal amount of the Securities (our "Member Organizations"),
certifications with respect to such portion, substantially to the effect set
forth in the Indenture.***
We further certify (i) that we are not making available herewith for exchange
(or, if relevant, exercise of any rights or collection of any interest) any
portion of the Temporary Regulation S Global Security (as defined in the
Indenture) excepted in such certifications and (ii) that as of the date hereof
we have not received any notification from any of our Member Or-
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* FIRSTS is a service xxxx of BT Xxxx. Xxxxx Incorporated.
** As applicable.
*** Unless Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New York, London Branch is
otherwise informed by the Agent, the long form certificate set out in the
Operating Procedures will be deemed to meet the requirements of this
sentence.
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ganizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member Organizations
with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for exchange (or, if
relevant, exercise of any rights or collection of any interest) are no longer
true and cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof.
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We understand that this certification is required in connection with certain
securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative
or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certification is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certification to any interested party in such proceedings. This certificate
and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of
the Company and the Initial Purchasers.
Dated: ___________, ____
Yours faithfully,
XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW
YORK, as operator of the Euroclear System
or
[CEDEL BANK, SOCIETE ANONYME]
By:
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EXHIBIT G
[FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE GIVEN BY
TRANSFEREE OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A
TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY]
TRANSFEREE SECURITIES CERTIFICATION
THE DOE RUN RESOURCES CORPORATION.
[11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005]
[Floating Interest Rate Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM)*)
due 2003]**
CUSIP No._________
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 12, 1998 (the
"Indenture"), by and among The Doe Run Resources Corporation., a New York
corporation, as issuer, the Guarantors named therein, and State Street Bank and
Trust Company, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
For purposes of acquiring a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S
Global Security, the undersigned certifies that it is not a U.S. Person as
defined by Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the date on
which you intend to submit your certification relating to the Securities held by
you in which we intend to acquire a beneficial interest in accordance with your
operating procedures if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such
date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this
certification applies as of such date.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain
securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative
or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate
and the statements contained herein are
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* FIRSTS is a service xxxx of BT Xxxx. Xxxxx Incorporated.
** As applicable.
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made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers.
Dated: _____________, ____
By:
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As, or as agent for, the beneficial
acquiror of the Securities to which this
certificate relates.
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF CERTIFICATION FOR TRANSFER OR
EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY
TO TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY
State Street Bank and Trust Company
as Trustee
Xxxxxxx Square
225 Asylum, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Re: The Doe Run Resources Corporation
[11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005]
[Floating Interest Rate
Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM)*)
due 2003, ]**(the "Securities")
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 12,
1998 (the "Indenture"), by and among The Doe Run Resources Corporation, a New
York corporation, as issuer, the Guarantors named therein and State Street Bank
and Trust Company, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
This letter relates to U.S. $_____________ aggregate principal
amount of Securities which are held in the form of the Restricted Global
Security (CUSIP No. ) with the Depository in the name of [insert name of
transferor] (the "Transferor"). The Transferor has requested a transfer of such
beneficial interest in the Securities to a Person who will take delivery thereof
in the form of an equal aggregate principal amount of Securities evidenced by
the Temporary Regulation S Global Security (CUSIP No.______) to be held with the
Depository in the name of [Euroclear] [Cedel Bank, societe anonyme].
In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities,
the Transferor does hereby certify that such transfer has been effected in
accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Securities and
pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act of
1933,
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* FIRSTS is a service xxxx of BT Xxxx. Xxxxx Incorporated.
** As applicable.
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as amended (the "Securities Act"), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby
certify that:
(1) the offer of the Securities was not made to a person in the
United States;
[(2) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was
outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its
behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United
States;]
[(2) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities
of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor
any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction was
pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;]*
(3) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of
the requirements of Rule 903 (b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;
(4) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the
registration requirements of the Securities Act; and
(5) upon completion of the transaction, the beneficial interest
being transferred as described above is to be held with the Depository in
the name of [Euroclear] [Cedel Bank, societe anonyme].
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if
administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection
with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize
you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and
the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers.
[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:
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Name:
Title:
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* Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of
"offshore transaction" in Regulation S.
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Dated:
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cc: The Doe Run Resources Corporation
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EXHIBIT I
FORM OF CERTIFICATION FOR TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF
RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY TO
PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY
State Street Bank and Trust Company,
as Trustee
Xxxxxxx Square
225 Asylum, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Re: The Doe Run Resources Corporation
[11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005]
[Floating Interest Rate
Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM)*)
due 2003]** (the "Securities")
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 12,
1998 (the "Indenture"), by and among The Doe Run Resources Corporation, a New
York corporation, as issuer, the Guarantors named therein and State Street Bank
and Trust Company, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
This letter relates to U.S.$____________ aggregate principal amount
of Securities which are held in the form of the Restricted Global Security
(CUSIP No._______ ) with the Depository in the name of [insert name of
transferor] (the "Transferor"). The Transferor has requested a transfer of such
beneficial interest in the Securities to a Person who will take delivery thereof
in the form of an equal aggregate principal amount of Securities evidenced by
the Permanent Regulation S Global Security (CUSIP No. ______ ).
In connection with such request, and in respect of such Securities,
the Transferor does hereby certify that such transfer has been effected in
accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Securities and,
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* FIRSTS is a service xxxx of BT Xxxx. Xxxxx Incorporated.
** As applicable.
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(1) with respect to transfers made in reliance on Regulation S under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the Transferor
does hereby certify that:
(A) the offer of the Securities was not made to a person in the
United States;
[(B) (at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was
outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its
behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United
States;]
[(C) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities
of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor
any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction was
pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;]*
(D) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of
the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;
and
(E) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the
registration requirements of the Securities Act; and
(2) with respect to transfers made in reliance on Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, the Transferor does hereby certify that the Securities are being
transferred in a transaction permitted by Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if
administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection
with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize
you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and
the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers.
[Insert Name of Transferor]
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* Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of
"offshore transactions" in Regulation S.
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By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
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cc: The Doe Run Resources Corporation.
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EXHIBIT J
FORM OF CERTIFICATION FOR TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF
TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY
OR PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY TO
RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY
State Street Bank and Trust Company,
as Trustee
Xxxxxxx Square
225 Asylum, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Re: The Doe Run Resources Corporation
[11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005]
[Floating Interest Rate
Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM)*)
due 2003,]** (the "Securities")
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 12,
1998 (the "Indenture"), by and among The Doe Run Resources Corporation, a New
York corporation, as issuer, the Guarantors named therein and State Street Bank
and Trust Company, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
This letter relates to U.S.$__________ principal amount of
Securities which are evidenced by an aggregate [Temporary Regulation S Global
Security (CUSIP No.__________] [Permanent Regulation S Global Security (CUSIP
No._________ ] and held with the Depository through [Euroclear] [Cedel] (Common
Code __________ ) in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the "Transferor").
The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest in
Securities to a person that will take delivery thereof in the form of an equal
principal amount of Securities evidenced by a Restricted Global Security of the
same series and of like tenor as the Securities (CUSIP No. ______________ ).
In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities,
the Transferor does hereby certify that such
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* FIRSTS is a service xxxx of BT Xxxx. Xxxxx Incorporated.
** As applicable.
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transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under
the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor does hereby further certify
that the Securities are being transferred to a person that the Transferor
reasonably believes is purchasing the Securities for its own account, or for one
or more accounts with respect to which such person exercises sole investment
discretion, and such person and each such account is a "qualified institutional
buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A, in each case in a transaction meeting
the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with any applicable securities
laws of any state of the United States.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for
your benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchaser.
[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
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cc: The Doe Run Resources Corporation
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EXHIBIT K-1
FORM OF CERTIFICATION FOR TRANSFER
OR EXCHANGE OF NON-GLOBAL RESTRICTED SECURITY TO
RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY
State Street Bank and Trust Company
as Trustee
Xxxxxxx Square
225 Asylum, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Re: The Doe Run Resources Corporation
[11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005]
[Floating Interest Rate
Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM)*)
due 2003]** (the "Securities")
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 12,
1998 (the "Indenture"), by and among The Doe Run Resources Corporation, a New
York corporation, as issuer, the Guarantors named therein and State Street Bank
and Trust Company, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
This letter relates to $____________ principal amount of Restricted
Securities held in definitive form (CUSIP No.___________) by [insert name of
transferor] (the "Transferor"). The Transferor has requested an exchange or
transfer of such Securities.
In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities,
the Transferor does hereby certify that (i) such Securities are owned by the
Transferor and are being exchanged without transfer or (ii) such transfer has
been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A or Rule 144 under the
United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and
accordingly the Transferor does hereby further certify that:
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* FIRSTS is a service xxxx of BT Xxxx. Xxxxx Incorporated.
** As applicable.
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(1) if the transfer has been effected pursuant to Rule 144A:
(A) the Securities are being transferred to a person that the
Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Securities for its
own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such
Person exercises sole investment discretion;
(B) such Person and each such account is a "qualified
institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A; and
(C) the Securities have been transferred in a transaction
meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with any
applicable securities laws of any state of the United States; or
(2) if the transfer has been effected pursuant to Rule 144:
(A) more than two years has elapsed since the date of the
closing of the initial placement of the Securities pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement; and
i (B) the Securities have been transferred in a transaction
permitted by Rule 144 and made in accordance with any applicable
securities laws of any state of the United States.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if
administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection
with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize
you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and
the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers.
Dated: _____________, ____
[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:
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Name:
Title:
cc: The Doe Run Resources Corporation.
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EXHIBIT K-2
FORM OF CERTIFICATION FOR TRANSFER
OR EXCHANGE OF NON-GLOBAL RESTRICTED SECURITY TO
PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY
OR TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY
State Street Bank and Trust Company,
as Trustee
Xxxxxxx Square
225 Asylum, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Re: The Doe Run Resources Corporation
[11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005]
[Floating Interest Rate Senior
Notes (FIRSTS(SM)*)
due 2003,]** (the "Securities")
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 12,
1998 (the "Indenture"), by and among The Doe Run Resources Corporation, a New
York corporation, as issuer, the Guarantors named therein and State Street Bank
and Trust Company, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
This letter relates to $_________ principal amount of Restricted
Securities held in definitive form (CUSIP No._______ ) by [insert name of
transferor] (the "Transferor"). The Transferor has requested an exchange or
transfer of such Securities.
In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities,
the Transferor does hereby certify that (i) such Securities are owned by the
Transferor and are being exchanged without transfer or (ii) such transfer has
been effected pursuant to and in accordance with (a) Rule 903 or Rule 904 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or (b) Rule 144 under the
Act, and accordingly the Transferor does hereby further certify that:
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* FIRSTS is a service xxxx of BT Xxxx. Xxxxx Incorporated.
** As applicable.
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(1) if the transfer has been effected pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule
904:
(A) the offer of the Securities was not made to a person in the
United States;
(B) either;
(i) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee
was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person
acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was
outside the United States, or
(ii) the transaction was executed in, on or through the
facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither
the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the
transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;
(C) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of
the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;
(D) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the
registration requirements of the Act; and
(E) if such transfer is to occur during the Restricted Period, upon
completion of the transaction, the beneficial interest being transferred
as described above was held with the Depository through [Euroclear]
[CEDEL]; or
(2) if the transfer has been effected pursuant to Rule 144:
(A) more than two years has elapsed since the date of the closing of
the initial placement of the Securities pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement; and
(B) the Securities have been transferred in a transaction permitted
by Rule 144 and made in accordance with any applicable securities laws of
any state of the United States.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if
administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection
with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize
you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such
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proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for
your benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers.
Dated: ____________, ____
[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:
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Name:
Title:
cc: The Doe Run Resources Corporation
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EXHIBIT L-1
FORM OF CERTIFICATION FOR TRANSFER
OR EXCHANGE OF NON-GLOBAL PERMANENT REGULATION S
SECURITY TO RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY
State Street Bank and Trust Company,
as Trustee
Xxxxxxx Square
225 Asylum, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Re: The Doe Run Resources Corporation
[11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005]
[Floating Interest Rate
Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM)*)
due 2003]** (the "Securities")
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 12,
1998 (the "Indenture"), by and among The Doe Run Resources Corporation, a New
York corporation, as issuer, and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as
trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
given to them in the Indenture.
This letter relates to $ _______ principal amount of Restricted
Securities held in definitive form (CUSIP No._____ ) by [insert name of
transferor] (the "Transferor"). The Transferor has requested an exchange or
transfer of such Securities.
In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities,
the Transferor does hereby certify that (i) such Securities are owned by the
Transferor and are being exchanged without transfer or (ii) such transfer has
been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and accordingly the Transferor does
hereby further certify that the Securities are being transferred to a person
that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Securities for its own
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* FIRSTS is a service xxxx of BT Xxxx. Xxxxx Incorporated.
** As applicable.
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account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises
sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a
"qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A, in each case in
a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with any
applicable securities laws of any state of the United States.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if
administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection
with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize
you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and
the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers.
Dated: _______________, ____
[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:
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Name:
Title:
cc: The Doe Run Resources Corporation
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FORM OF CERTIFICATION FOR TRANSFER
OR EXCHANGE OF NON-GLOBAL PERMANENT REGULATION S
SECURITY TO PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY
State Street Bank and Trust Company,
as Trustee
Xxxxxxx Square
225 Asylum, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Re: The Doe Run Resources Corporation
[11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005]
[Floating Interest Rate
Senior Notes (FIRSTS(SM)*)
due 2003]** (the "Securities")
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 12,
1998 (the "Indenture"), by and among The Doe Run Resources Corporation, a New
York corporation, as issuer, the Guarantors named therein and State Street Bank
and Trust Company, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
This letter relates to $______________ principal amount of
Restricted Securities held in definitive form (CUSIP No. ) by __________ [insert
name of transferor] (the "Transferor"). The Transferor has requested an exchange
or transfer of such Securities.
In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities,
the Transferor does hereby certify that (i) such Securities are owned by the
Transferor and are being exchanged without transfer or (ii) such transfer has
been effected pursuant to and in accordance with (a) Rule 903 or Rule
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* FIRSTS is a service xxxx of BT Xxxx. Xxxxx Incorporated.
** As applicable.
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904 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or (b) Rule 144
under the Act, and accordingly the Transferor does hereby further certify that:
(1) if the transfer has been effected pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule
904:
(A) the offer of the Securities was not made to a person in
the United States;
(B) either;
(i) at the time the buy order was originated, the
transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and
any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the
transferee was outside the United States, or
(ii) the transaction was executed in, on or through the
facilities of a designated offshore securities market and
neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf
knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in
the United States;
(C) no directed selling efforts have been made in
contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904 (b) of
Regulation S, as applicable;
(D) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade
the registration requirements of the Act; and
(E) if such transfer is to occur during the Restricted Period,
upon completion of the transaction, the beneficial interest being
transferred as described above was held with the Depository through
[Euroclear] [CEDEL]; or
(2) if the transfer has been effected pursuant to Rule 144:
(A) more than two years has elapsed since the date of the
closing of the initial placement of the Securities pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement; and
(B) the Securities have been transferred in a transaction
permitted by Rule 144 and made in accordance with any applicable
securities laws of any state of the United States.
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We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if
administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection
with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize
you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This
certificate and the statements contained
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herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Initial
Purchasers.
Dated: ______________, ____
[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:
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Name:
Title:
cc: The Doe Run Resources Corporation
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EXHIBIT M
GUARANTEE
For value received, the undersigned hereby unconditionally
guarantees, as principal obligor and not only as a surety, to the Holder of this
Security the cash payments in United States dollars of principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on this Security in the amounts and at the times when due and
interest on the overdue principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, of
this Security, if lawful, and the payment or performance of all other
obligations of the Company under the Indenture (as defined below) or the
Securities, to the Holder of this Security and the Trustee, all in accordance
with and subject to the terms and limitations of this Security, Article Eleven
of the Indenture and this Guarantee. This Guarantee will become effective in
accordance with Article Eleven of the Indenture and its terms shall be evidenced
therein. The validity and enforceability of any Guarantee shall not be affected
by the fact that it is not affixed to any particular Security. Capitalized terms
used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Indenture dated as of March 12, 1998, by and among The Doe Run Resources
Corporation, a New York corporation, as issuer, the Guarantors named therein and
State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee, as amended or supplemented (the
"Indenture").
The obligations of the undersigned to the Holders of Securities and
to the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set
forth in Article Eleven of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the
Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee and all of the other provisions
of the Indenture to which this Guarantee relates.
THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAW. Each Guarantor hereby agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of
any federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan of the City of New York
for purposes of any legal suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of
or related to this Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees (a "Related
Proceeding"). The Company hereby consents to the jurisdiction of each such court
for the purposes of any Related Proceeding, and irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent it may effectively do so, any objection to the laying of venue of
any Related Proceeding in any such court and the defense of an inconvenient
forum to the maintenance of any Related Proceedings in any such court.
This Guarantee is subject to release upon the terms set forth in the
Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused its Guarantee to be
duly executed.
Date:____________________
FABRICATED PRODUCTS, INC.,
as Guarantor
By:
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Name:
Title:
DOE RUN CAYMAN LTD.,
as Guarantor
By:
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Name:
Title:
DOE RUN MINING S.R. LTDA.,
as Guarantor
By:
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Name:
Title:
DOE RUN PERU S.R. LTDA.,
as Guarantor
By:
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Name:
Title:
X-0
XXX XXX XXXX MINING S. R. Ltda.
[STAMP]
NOTARIA
SAN XXXXXX
27 de Nov. 250
XXXXXX XXXXXXXX R.
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Xxxxx 00 xx Xxxxxxxxx Xx. 000
(Xx. Central) San Xxxxxxx
Telf. 0000000 - 0000000
fax: 000-0000
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En Lima a los siete xxxx del mes de Octubre de mil novecientos noventisiete yo,
XXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXX ABOGADO NOTARIO DE LIMA, en aplicacion de los articulos
113 al 116 del DL No. 26002, legalizo la aperture del presente Libro denominado:
ACTAS corespondiente a DOE RUN PERU MINING X.X.XXXX el mismo que [ILLEGIBLE] de
100 folios simples y que queda registrado bajo el N3902-97 en mi Registro
Cronologico de Legalizacion de Apertura de Libros y Hojas Sueltas lo que doy
fe.
[STAMP]
/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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XXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXX Certifica que por error involuntario se indico en la
certificacion que antelede que la denominacion social de la persona juridica
a quien pertenece el presente libro era la de "DOE RUN MINING X.X.XXXX"
Cuando en Realidad es ta de "DOE RUN MINING X.X.XXXX" Segun escritura del 24
de setiembre de 1997. Por ante mi mismo, quedando registrada esta
ratificacion bajo el No.3916-97 en mi Registro Cronologico de Legalizacion de
Apertura de Libros y Hojas Sueltas, de todo lo que doy fe. Lima 09 de octubre
de 1997.
[STAMP]
/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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