EXHIBIT 10.1
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of April 11, 2000 (this
"Supplemental Indenture"), among PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES USA, INC., a Delaware
corporation, as the subsidiary guarantor (the "Guarantor"), and THE BANK OF NEW
YORK, a New York banking association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the
Indenture referred to below.
RECITALS
A. The Company and the Trustee are parties to that certain Indenture,
dated as of January 13, 1998 (the "Indenture"), pursuant to which the Company
may from time to time issue its debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of
indebtedness (collectively, the "Debt Securities").
B. Article IX of the Indenture provides that the Company, when authorized
by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, and the Trustee may,
without the consent of the holders of the Debt Securities, enter into a
supplemental indenture to establish the form or terms of Debt Securities of any
series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 2.03 of the Indenture.
C. The Company desires to issue, and the Guarantor desires to guarantee,
$425,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 9-5/8% Senior Notes Due April 1, 2010
(the "Notes") and in connection therewith, the Company and the Guarantor have
duly determined to make, execute and deliver to the Trustee this Supplemental
Indenture to set forth the terms and provisions of the Notes and the Guarantor's
guarantees thereof (the "Guarantees") as required by the Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants
set forth herein, the parties hereto agree, subject to the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, as follows for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders
of the Notes:
Section 1. Notes. Pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Indenture, the terms
and provisions of the Notes are as follows:
(a) The title of the Notes shall be "9-5/8% Senior Notes Due April 1,
2010."
(b) The Notes shall be limited to $425,000,000 aggregate principal
amount.
(c) The Notes shall not require any principal or premium payments prior
to maturity on April 1, 2010.
(d) The rate at which the Notes shall bear interest shall be 9-5/8% per
annum; the date from which such interest shall accrue shall be April 11, 2000;
the interest payment dates on which such interest shall be payable shall be
April 1 and October 1, beginning October 1, 2000; and the record dates for the
determination of the holders of the Notes to whom such interest is payable shall
be the immediately preceding March 15 (for April 1 payment dates) and September
15 (for October 1 payment dates); the rate at which the overdue principal shall
bear interest shall be 1% per annum in excess of the rate stated initially in
this clause; and the rate at which overdue installments of interest shall bear
interest shall be 1% per annum in excess of the rate stated initially in this
clause to the extent lawful.
(e) Payments of principal of and interest on the Notes represented by one
or more Global Senior Notes initially registered in the name of The Depository
Trust Company (the "Depositary") or its nominee with respect to the Notes shall
be made by the Company through the Trustee in immediately available funds to the
Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be.
(f) The Notes shall be redeemable at any time, at the option of the
Company, in whole or from time to time in part, at the price, and otherwise in
accordance with the terms and provisions, set forth in Section 2 of this
Supplemental Indenture and (to the extent they do not conflict with Section 2 of
this Supplemental Indenture) the terms and provisions of Sections 3.03 and 3.04
of the Indenture.
(g) The Notes shall be represented by one or more Global Senior Notes
deposited with the Depositary and registered in the name of the nominee of the
Depositary.
(h) There shall be no mandatory sinking fund for the payments of the
Notes.
(i) In addition to the Events of Default set forth in Section 6.01 of the
Indenture, failure on the part of the Guarantor to comply with Section 3(c) of
this Supplemental Indenture shall be an Event of Default with respect to the
Notes.
(j) The obligations of the Guarantor with respect to the Notes shall be
defeased if the Notes are defeased or if the Company's covenants under the
Indenture are defeased.
(k) As long as the Depositary or its nominee, or a successor Depositary
or its nominee, is the registered owner of the Global Senior Notes relating to
the Notes, owners of the beneficial interests in such Global Senior Notes shall
not be entitled to have the Notes registered in their names and shall not
receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of Notes in definitive form
except (i) as provided in Section 2.15(c) of the Indenture or (ii) if an Event
of Default with respect to the Notes has occurred and is continuing.
(l) The Bank of New York shall be the Trustee for the Notes under the
Indenture.
(m) Article X of the Indenture shall apply to the Notes.
(n) The Guarantor shall execute and deliver its guarantee, substantially
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Guarantee"), of the payment of
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes in accordance with
Section 3 hereof.
(o) The Notes shall not be subordinated pursuant to the provisions of
Article XII of the Indenture. The Notes shall be senior unsecured obligations of
the Company ranking pari passu with other existing and future senior unsecured
indebtedness of the Company.
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(p) The Company shall be subject to all the covenants set forth in
Article IV of the Indenture with respect to the Notes.
(q) To the extent not set forth herein, the provisions of Section 2.03
of the Indenture are not applicable.
Section 2. Optional Redemption of Notes. The Notes will be redeemable at
any time, at the option of the Company, in whole or from time to time in part,
upon not less than 30 and not more than 60 days' notice as provided in the
Indenture, on any date prior to maturity (the "Redemption Date") at a price
equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the
relevant record date to receive interest due on any interest payment date that
is on or prior to the Redemption Date) plus a Make-Whole Premium, if any (the
"Redemption Price"). In no event will a Redemption Price ever be less than 100%
of the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
to the Redemption Date.
The amount of the Make-Whole Premium with respect to any of the Notes (or
portion thereof) to be redeemed will be equal to the excess, if any, of:
(a) the sum of the present values, calculated as of the Redemption Date,
of:
(i) each interest payment that, but for such redemption, would
have been payable on such Note (or portion thereof) being redeemed on
each interest payment date occurring after the Redemption Date (excluding
any accrued interest for the period prior to the Redemption Date); and
(ii) the principal amount that, but for such redemption, would
have been payable at the final maturity of such Note (or portion thereof)
being redeemed; over
(b) the principal amount of such Note (or portion thereof) being
redeemed.
The present values of interest and principal payments referred to in
clause (a) above will be determined in accordance with generally accepted
principles of financial analysis. Such present values will be calculated by
discounting the amount of each payment of interest or principal from the date
that each such payment would have been payable, but for the redemption, to the
Redemption Date at a discount rate equal to the Treasury Yield (as defined
below) plus 50 basis points.
The Make-Whole Premium will be calculated by an independent investment
banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company; provided that
if the Company fails to make such appointment at least 45 business days prior to
the Redemption Date, or if the institution so appointed is unwilling or unable
to make such calculation, such calculation will be made by Credit Suisse First
Boston Corporation (or its successor) or, if such firm is unwilling or unable to
make such calculation, by an independent investment banking institution of
national standing appointed by the Trustee (in any such case, an "Independent
Investment Banker").
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For purposes of determining the Make-whole Premium, "Treasury Yield"
means a rate of interest per annum equal to the weekly average yield to maturity
of United States Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity that corresponds
to the remaining term to maturity of the applicable Notes, calculated to the
nearest 1/12th of a year (the "Remaining Term"). The Treasury Yield will be
determined as of the third business day immediately preceding the applicable
Redemption Date.
The weekly average yields of United States Treasury Notes will be
determined by reference to the most recent statistical release published by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "H.15 (519) Selected Interest
Rates" or any successor release (the "H.15 Statistical Release"). If the H.15
Statistical Release sets forth a weekly average yield for United States Treasury
Notes having a constant maturity that is the same as the Remaining Term, then
the Treasury Yield will be equal to such weekly average yield. In all other
cases, the Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation, on a
straight-line basis, between the weekly average yields on the United States
Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and greater than the
Remaining Term and the United States Treasury Notes that have a constant
maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Term (in each case as set forth
in the H.15 Statistical Release). Any weekly average yields so calculated by
interpolation will be rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with any figure of
1/200th of 1% or above being rounded upward. If weekly average yields for United
States Treasury Notes are not available in the H.15 Statistical Release or
otherwise, then the Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation of
comparable rates selected by the Independent Investment Banker.
In the case of any partial redemption, selection of the Notes for
redemption will be made by the Trustee on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such
other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and
appropriate, although no such Note of $1,000 in original principal amount or
less shall be redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the
notice of redemption relating to such Note shall state the portion of the
principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to
the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof
upon cancellation of the original Note.
Section 3. Guarantee.
(a) The Guarantee. The Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to
each Holder of the Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the
Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and
enforceability of this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture, the Notes or the
obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: (i) the principal of
and premium, if any, and interest, on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full
when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and
interest on the overdue principal of and interest on premium, if any, and
interest, on the Notes if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the
Company to the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder shall
be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof
and thereof; and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of
any of the Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same shall be
promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the
extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so
guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantor shall be obligated to pay or
perform the same immediately. The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations
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hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or
enforceability of the Notes, this Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture, the
absence of any action to enforce the same, any amendment or modification of or
waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any provisions hereof or
thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce
the same, any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, or any change in the ownership of
the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives 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 the Guarantor's
guarantee under this Section shall not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor contained in the
Notes, this Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture. If any Holder or the
Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the
Guarantor or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting
in relation to either the Company or the Guarantor any amount paid by any
thereof to the Trustee or such Holder, the Guarantor's guarantee under this
Section, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force
and effect. The Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of
subrogation in relation to the Holders of the Notes in respect of any
obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full in cash of all obligations
with respect to the Notes guaranteed hereby. The Guarantor further agrees that,
as between itself as guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders of the Notes
and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations
guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VI of the Indenture
for the purposes of the Guarantor's guarantee hereunder, notwithstanding any
stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of
the obligations with respect to the Notes guaranteed hereby and (y) in the event
of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article VI
of the Indenture, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall
forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purposes of its
guarantee hereunder. The Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and
expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and expenses) incurred by the
Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section.
(b) Execution and Delivery of Guarantee. To evidence its Guarantee, set
forth in Section 3(a), the Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such
Guarantee shall be endorsed by an officer of the Guarantor on each of the Notes
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, that this Supplemental Indenture
shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by its President or one of its Vice
Presidents and that the Company on behalf of the Guarantor shall deliver to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that the foregoing have been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Guarantor and that such Guarantee is a valid and
legally binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor
in accordance with its terms. The Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee,
set forth in Section 3(a), shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding
any failure to endorse on each of the Notes a notation of the Guarantee. If an
officer of the Guarantor whose signature is on this Supplemental Indenture or on
the Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates
the Notes on which the Guarantee is endorsed, the Guarantee shall be valid
nevertheless. The delivery of any of the Notes by the Trustee, after the
authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee
set forth in this Supplemental Indenture on behalf of the Guarantor.
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(c) Guarantor May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. The Guarantor
shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any Person, or sell all or
substantially all its assets, unless the following conditions have been
satisfied:
(i) Either (1) the Guarantor shall be the continuing Person in
the case of a merger, or (2) the resulting, surviving or transferee
Person, if other than the Guarantor (the "Successor Guarantor"), shall be
a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States,
any State thereof, or the District of Columbia and the Successor
Guarantor shall expressly assume all of the obligations of the Guarantor
under the Guarantee;
(ii) Immediately after giving effect to the transaction (and
treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Successor
Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor as a result of the
transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Guarantor or the
Subsidiary at the time of the transaction), no Default or Event of
Default would occur or be continuing; and
(iii) The Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the
consolidation, merger or sale complies with this Supplemental Indenture.
Upon any consolidation by the Guarantor with, or merger by the Guarantor
into, any other person or any sale of the properties and assets of the Guarantor
as an entirety or virtually as an entirety as described in the preceding
paragraph, the successor resulting from such consolidation or into which the
Guarantor is merged or the transferee of such sale, will succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Guarantor under
this Supplemental Indenture, and thereafter the predecessor (if still in
existence) will be released from its obligations and covenants under this
Supplemental Indenture and all outstanding Notes.
(d) Release and Reinstatement of Guarantee. The Guarantor shall be
released and relieved of any obligations under its Guarantee upon release or
other termination of both (A) that certain Guaranty, dated as of March 19, 1999,
by the Guarantor with respect to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Facility
Agreement (Primary Facility), dated as of March 19, 1999 (the "Existing Credit
Facility"), among the Company, NationsBank, N.A., as administrative agent, CIBC
Inc., as documentation agent, Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New York, as
documentation agent, Chase Bank of Texas, National Association, as syndication
agent, the co-agents signatory thereto, and the other lenders signatory thereto
and (B) to the extent made available, that certain Guarantee by the Guarantor
with respect to the credit facility to be made available to the Company pursuant
to the Commitment Letter dated March 22, 2000, among the Company, Bank of
America, N.A., Credit Suisse First Boston, The Chase Manhattan Bank, Banc of
America Securities LLC and Chase Securities Inc. (the "New Credit Facility")
(the foregoing guarantees being referred to herein as the "Credit Facilities
Guarantees"). The obligations of the Guarantor under its Guarantee shall be
reinstated upon the reinstatement of the obligations of the Guarantor under
either of the Credit Facilities Guarantees and the Guarantor hereby agrees to
execute a guarantee substantially in the form of the Guarantee upon such
reinstatement. Any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or
successive refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements), as a
whole, or in part, of the Existing Credit Facility or the New Credit Facility
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shall not be deemed a release or other termination of the applicable Credit
Facilities Guarantee if the Guarantor provides a guarantee with respect to such
refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement in substantially the
same form, and on substantially the same terms, as such Credit Facilities
Guarantee. It is hereby understood and agreed that the Existing Credit Facility
and the New Credit Facility may be refinanced, refunded, extended, renewed or
replaced (through one or refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or
replacements), as a whole, or in part, from time to time after the termination
of the Existing Credit Facility or the New Credit Facility, as applicable.
(e) Contribution. The Company agrees that, in the event a payment shall
be made by the Guarantor under the Guarantee, the Company shall indemnify the
Guarantor in an amount equal to the amount of such payment multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the net worth of the Company on the
date hereof and the denominator of which shall be the aggregate net worth of the
Company and the Guarantor on the date hereof.
Section 4. Amendments to Sections 1.01, 2.07 and 2.15 and Article IV.
(a) Section 1.01. Section 1.01 is hereby amended, solely with respect
to the Notes, by:
(i) adding the definitions specified in Schedule I hereto;
(ii) amending and restating the definitions specified in
Schedule II hereto; and
(iii) deleting clause (a)(iv)(A) of the definition of "Adjusted
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" and substituting therefor the following
language "the net book value of other tangible assets of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, as of a date no earlier than the date of the Company's
latest annual or quarterly financial statement, and"; deleting the
following language "Issue Date (including, without limitation, under the
Credit Agreements)" at the end of clause (e) of the definition of
"Permitted Liens" and substituting therefor the following language "date
on which the 6.50% Senior Notes due 2008 and the 7.20% Senior Notes due
2028 of the Company were originally issued"; adding the following
language "and Liens securing Non-Recourse Indebtedness; provided,
however, that the related purchase money Indebtedness and Non-Recourse
Indebtedness, as applicable, shall not be secured by any Property or
assets of the company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the
Property acquired by the Company with the proceeds of such purchase money
Indebtedness or Non- Recourse Indebtedness, as applicable" after
"Purchase Money Liens" in clause (i) of the definition of "Permitted
Liens"; and deleting the definition of "Credit Agreements" and
substituting therefor the definition "Credit Facilities" specified in
Schedule I hereto.
(b) Sections 2.07 and 2.15. Section 2.07 is hereby amended, solely with
respect to the Notes, by adding "the Underwriters," before "the Company" in the
last sentence of Section 2.07, and Section 2.15 is hereby amended, solely with
respect to the Notes, by adding "the Underwriters," before "the Company" in the
third sentence of subclause (v) of Section 2.15(c).
(c) Article IV. Article IV is hereby amended, solely with respect to the
Notes, by adding the Sections specified in Schedule III hereto.
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Section 5. Ratification. This Supplemental Indenture is executed and
shall be construed as an indenture supplemental to the Indenture and, as
provided in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture forms a part of the
Indenture. Except to the extent amended by or supplemented by this Supplemental
Indenture, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee hereby ratify, confirm and
reaffirm the Indenture in all respects.
Section 6. Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be an original, but
all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 7. Governing Law. The laws of the State of New York shall govern
the construction and interpretation of this Supplemental Indenture, without
regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be signed on their behalf by their duly authorized representatives
as of the date first above written:
PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
By: -------------------------------
Name:
Title:
PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES USA, INC.
By: -------------------------------
Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By: -------------------------------
Name:
Title:
Exhibit A - Form of Guarantee
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Schedule I
"Additional Assets" means (1) any Property (other than Indebtedness or
Capital Stock) used in Oil and Gas Business; (2) the Capital Stock of a Person
that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such
Capital Stock by the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; or (3) Capital
Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such time is a
Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that any such Restricted Subsidiary
described in clauses (2) or (3) above is primarily engaged in the Oil and Gas
Business.
"Asset Disposition" means any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition
(or series of related sales, leases, transfers or dispositions) by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary, including any disposition by means of a merger,
consolidation or similar transaction (each referred to for the purposes of this
definition as a "disposition"), of
(1) any shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary
(other than directors' qualifying shares or shares required by applicable
law to be held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary),
(2) all or substantially all the assets of any division or line
of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or
(3) any other assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
outside of the ordinary course of business of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary
(other than, in the case of (1), (2) and (3) above, (A) a disposition by a
Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary; (B) for purposes of Section 4.15 only, a
disposition that constitutes a Restricted Payment permitted by Section 4.14 or a
Permitted Investment (including transfers of assets to an oil and gas royalty
trust); (C) a disposition of assets with a fair market value of less than
$5,000,000; (D) the sale or transfer (whether or not in the ordinary course of
business) of crude oil and natural gas properties or direct or indirect
interests in real property; provided, however, that at the time of such sale or
transfer such properties do not have associated with them any proved reserves;
(E) the abandonment, farm-out, lease or sublease of developed or undeveloped
crude oil and natural gas properties in the ordinary course of business; (F) the
trade or exchange by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any crude oil
and natural gas Property owned or held by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary for any crude oil and natural gas Property owned or held by another
Person; (G) the sale or transfer of mineral products or surplus or obsolete
equipment, in each case in the ordinary course of business; and (H) any
disposition that constitutes a Change of Control.
"Average Life" means, as of the date of determination, with respect to
any Indebtedness, the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products
of the numbers of years from the date of determination to the dates of each
successive scheduled principal payment of or redemption or similar payment with
respect to such Indebtedness multiplied by the amount of such payment by (2) the
sum of all such payments.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(1) any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders, is or becomes the
"beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act,
except that for purposes of this clause (1) such person shall be deemed to have
"beneficial ownership" of all shares that any such person has the right to
acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage
of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of
the Voting Stock of the Company; provided, however, that the Permitted Holders
do not have the right or ability by contract or otherwise to elect or designate
for election a majority of the Board of Directors (for the purposes of this
clause (1), such other person shall be deemed to beneficially own any Voting
Stock of a Person (the "specified person") held by any other Person (the "parent
entity"), if such other person is the beneficial owner (as defined above in this
clause (1)), directly, of more than 50% of the voting power of the Voting Stock
of such parent entity and the Permitted Holders do not have the right or ability
by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election a
majority of the board of directors of such parent entity);
(2) individuals who on the date the Notes are issued constituted the
Board of Directors (together with any new directors whose election by such Board
of Directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Company
was approved by a vote of 66-2/3% of the directors of the Company then still in
office who were either directors on the date the Notes are issued or whose
election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any
reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors then in office;
(3) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of
the Company; or
(4) the sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company
(determined on a consolidated basis) to another Person (other than, in all such
cases, a Person that is controlled by the Permitted Holders), other than a
transaction following which the transferee Person becomes the obligor in respect
of the Notes and a Subsidiary of the transferor of such assets.
"Consolidated Coverage Ratio" as of any date of determination means the
ratio of
(x) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the period of the most
recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending at least 45 days prior to
the date of such determination to
(y) Consolidated Interest Expense for such four fiscal quarters;
provided, however, that
(1) if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has Incurred any
Indebtedness since the beginning of such period that remains outstanding
or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the
Consolidated Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence of Indebtedness, or both,
EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be
calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Indebtedness
as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred on the first day of such
period,
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(2) if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has repaid,
repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged any Indebtedness since the
beginning of such period or if any Indebtedness is to be repaid,
repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged (in each case other than
Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such
Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and has not been replaced) on
the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the
Consolidated Coverage Ratio, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for
such period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as if such discharge
had occurred on the first day of such period and as if the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary has not earned the interest income actually
earned during such period in respect of cash or Temporary Cash
Investments used to repay, repurchase, defease or otherwise discharge
such Indebtedness,
(3) if since the beginning of such period the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Asset Disposition, the EBITDA
for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if
positive) directly attributable to the assets which are the subject of
such Asset Disposition for such period, or increased by an amount equal
to the EBITDA (if negative), directly attributable thereto for such
period and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be reduced
by an amount equal to the Consolidated Interest Expense directly
attributable to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with
respect to the Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries in
connection with such Asset Disposition for such period (or, if the
Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold, the Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period directly attributable to the
Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Company and
its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such
Indebtedness after such sale),
(4) if since the beginning of such period the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary (by merger or otherwise) shall have made an
Investment in any Restricted Subsidiary (or any person which becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary) or an acquisition of assets, including any
acquisition of assets occurring in connection with a transaction
requiring a calculation to be made hereunder, EBITDA and Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro
forma effect thereto (including the Incurrence of any Indebtedness) as if
such Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of such period
and
(5) if since the beginning of such period any Person (that
subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such
period) shall have made any Asset Disposition, any Investment or
acquisition of assets that would have required an adjustment pursuant to
clause (3) or (4) above if made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
during such period, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such
period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if
such Asset Disposition, Investment or acquisition occurred on the first
day of such period.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an
acquisition of assets, the amount of income or earnings relating thereto and the
amount of Consolidated Interest Expense associated with any Indebtedness
Incurred in connection therewith, the pro forma calculations shall be determined
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in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of the Company.
If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro
forma effect, the interest of such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the
rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the
entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Protection Agreement
applicable to such Indebtedness if such Interest Rate Protection Agreement has a
remaining term in excess of 12 months).
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period, the total interest
expense of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, plus, to
the extent not included in such total interest expense, and to the extent
incurred by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, without duplication,
(1) interest expense attributable to capital leases and the
interest expense attributable to leases constituting part of a Sale and
Leaseback Transaction,
(2) amortization of debt discount or premium and debt issuance
cost,
(3) capitalized interest,
(4) non-cash interest expenses,
(5) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with
respect to letters of credit and bankers' acceptance financing,
(6) net payments or receipts pursuant to Interest Rate
Protection Agreements,
(7) Disqualified Stock dividends in respect of all Disqualified
Stock held by Persons other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary
(other than dividends payable solely in Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the issuer of such Disqualified Stock),
(8) interest incurred in connection with Investments in
discontinued operations,
(9) interest accruing on any Indebtedness of any other Person to
the extent such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by (or secured by the assets
of) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and
(10) the cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan
or similar trust to the extent such contributions are used by such plan
or trust to pay interest or fees to any Person (other than the Company)
in connection with Indebtedness Incurred by such plan or trust;
provided, however, "Consolidated Interest Expense" shall not include (a) any
Consolidated Interest Expense with respect to any Production Payments and
Reserve Sales, (b) to the extent included in total interest expense,
amortization or write-off of deferred financing costs of such Person or (c)
accretion of interest charges on future plugging and abandonment obligations,
future retirement benefits and other obligations that do not constitute
Indebtedness.
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"Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the net income of the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries; provided, however, that there shall
not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:
(1) any net income of any Person (other than the Company) if
such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except that subject to the
exclusion contained in clause (4) below, the Company's equity in the net
income of any such Person for such period shall be included in such
Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually
distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in
the case of a dividend or other distribution paid to a Restricted
Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (3) below);
(2) any net income (or loss) of any Person acquired by the
Company or a Subsidiary in a pooling of interests transaction for any
period prior to the date of such acquisition;
(3) any net income of any Restricted Subsidiary if such
Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly,
on the payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such
Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Company, except
that
(A) subject to the exclusion contained in clause (4)
below, the Company's equity in the net income of any such
Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in such
Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash
actually distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such
period to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary as a
dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a
dividend or other distribution paid to another Restricted
Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause) and
(B) the Company's equity in a net loss of any such
Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in
determining such Consolidated Net Income;
(4) any gain or loss net of taxes realized upon the sale or
other disposition of any assets of the Company, its consolidated
Subsidiaries or any other Person (including pursuant to any
sale-and-leaseback arrangement) which is not sold or otherwise disposed
of in the ordinary course of business and any gain or loss realized upon
the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person;
(5) extraordinary gains or losses net of taxes;
(6) any write-downs of non-current assets net of taxes,
provided, however, that any ceiling limitation write-downs in accordance
with GAAP shall be treated as capitalized costs, as if such write-downs
had not occurred; and
(7) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles
net of taxes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.14 only, there shall
be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any repurchases, repayments or
redemptions of Investments, proceeds realized on the sale of Investments or
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return of capital to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such
repurchases, repayments, redemptions, proceeds or returns increase the amount of
Restricted Payments permitted under such Section pursuant to Section
4.14(a)(3)(D).
"Credit Facilities" means, with respect to the Company, the existing
credit facility made available to the Company pursuant to the Second Amended and
Restated Credit Facility Agreement dated March 19, 1999, among the Company and
the lenders named therein and the credit facility to be made available to the
Company pursuant to the Commitment Letter dated March 22, 2000, among the
Company, Bank of America, N.A., Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse
First Boston, The Chase Manhattan Bank and Chase Securities Inc., in each case,
together with any Refinancings thereof by a lender or a syndicate of lenders. It
is understood and agreed that the Credit Facilities may be refinanced, refunded,
extended, renewed or replaced (through one or more such refinancings,
refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements), as a whole, or in part, from
time to time after the termination of the applicable Credit Facility.
"EBITDA" for any period means the sum of Consolidated Net Income, plus
the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net
Income:
(1) all income tax expense of the Company and its consolidated
Restricted Subsidiaries,
(2) Consolidated Interest Expense,
(3) depreciation and amortization expense of the Company and its
consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding amortization expense
attributable to a prepaid operating activity item that was paid in cash
in a prior period),
(4) exploration and abandonments expense (if applicable) and
(5) all other non-cash charges of the Company and its
consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any such non-cash charge
to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash
expenditures in any future period); and
in each case for such period, and less, to the extent included in calculating
such Consolidated Net Income and in excess of any costs or expenses attributable
thereto and deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (x)
the amount of deferred revenues that are amortized during such period and are
attributable to reserves that are subject to Volumetric Production Payments, and
(y) amounts recorded in accordance with GAAP as repayments of principal and
interest pursuant to Dollar-Denominated Production Payments. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the
depreciation and amortization and non-cash charges of, a Restricted Subsidiary
shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute EBITDA only to the extent
(and in the same proportion) that the net income of such Restricted Subsidiary
was included in calculating Consolidated Net Income and only if a corresponding
amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the
Company by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been
obtained), pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments,
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judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations
applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders.
"Guarantor" means Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.
"Investment" in any Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan
(other than advances to customers in the ordinary course of business that are
recorded as accounts receivable on the balance sheet of the lender) or other
extensions of credit (including by way of Guarantee or similar arrangement) or
capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to
others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of
others), or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other
similar instruments issued by such Person. For purposes of the definition of
"Unrestricted Subsidiary", the definition of "Restricted Payment" and Section
4.14,
(1) "Investment" shall include the portion (proportionate to the
Company's equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of
the net assets of any Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such
Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however,
that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary,
the Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent "Investment"
in an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to an amount (if positive) equal to
(x) the Company's "Investment" in such Subsidiary at the time of such
redesignation less (y) the portion (proportionate to the Company's equity
interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets
of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted
Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such
transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors.
"Investment Grade Rating" means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or
the equivalent) by Moody's or BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P.
"Net Available Cash" from an Asset Disposition means cash payments
received therefrom (including any cash payments received by way of deferred
payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise
and proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any securities received as
consideration, but only as and when received, but excluding any other
consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of
Indebtedness or other obligations relating to such properties or assets or
received in any other noncash form), in each case net of
(1) all legal, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and
other fees and expenses incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial,
foreign and local taxes required to be accrued as a liability under GAAP,
as a consequence of such Asset Disposition,
(2) all payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by
any assets subject to such Asset Disposition, in accordance with the
terms of any Lien upon or other security agreement of any kind with
respect to such assets, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain
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a necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable law, be
repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition,
(3) all distributions and other payments required to be made to
minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result
of such Asset Disposition and
(4) the deduction of appropriate amounts provided by the seller
as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated
with the Property or other assets disposed in such Asset Disposition and
retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset
Disposition.
"Net Cash Proceeds", with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital
Stock, means the cash proceeds of such issuance or sale net of attorneys' fees,
accountants' fees, underwriters' or placement agents' fees, discounts or
commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred in
connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a
result thereof.
"Non-Recourse Indebtedness" means Indebtedness or that portion of
Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary incurred in connection
with the acquisition by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of any Property
and as to which:
(1) the holders of such Indebtedness agree in writing that they
will look solely to the Property so acquired and securing such
Indebtedness for payment on or in respect of such Indebtedness and
(2) no default with respect to such Indebtedness would permit
(after notice or passage of time or both), according to the terms of any
other Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, any holder
of such other Indebtedness to declare a default under such other
Indebtedness or cause the payment of such other Indebtedness to be
accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity.
"Permitted Business Investment" means any investment made in the ordinary
course of, and of a nature that is or shall have become customary in, the Oil
and Gas Business including investments or expenditures for actively exploiting,
exploring for, acquiring, developing, producing, processing, gathering,
marketing or transporting oil and gas through agreements, transactions,
interests or arrangements which permit one to share risks or costs, comply with
regulatory requirements regarding local ownership or satisfy other objectives
customarily achieved through the conduct of Oil and Gas Business jointly with
third parties, including (i) ownership interests in oil and gas properties,
processing facilities, gathering systems, pipelines or ancillary real property
interests and (ii) Investments in the form of or pursuant to operating
agreements, processing agreements, farm-in agreements, farm-out agreements,
development agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, unitization
agreements, pooling agreements, joint bidding agreements, service contracts,
joint venture agreements, partnership agreements (whether general or limited),
subscription agreements, stock purchase agreements and other similar agreements
(including for limited liability companies) with third parties, excluding,
however, Investments in corporations other than Restricted Subsidiaries.
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"Permitted Holders" means Southeastern Asset Management Inc. and its
Affiliates; provided, however, that a Person shall cease to be a Permitted
Holder upon making a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that
indicates such Person has acquired or holds the Company's Voting Stock with a
purpose or effect of changing or influencing control of the Company or in
connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or
effect.
"Permitted Investment" means an Investment by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in:
(1) the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary or a Person that will, upon
the making of such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) another Person if as a result of such Investment such other
Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or
conveys all or substantially all its assets to, the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary;
(3) cash and Temporary Cash Investments;
(4) receivables owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary if
created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and
payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade
terms; provided, however, that such trade terms may include such
concessionary trade terms as the Company or any such Restricted
Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;
(5) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are
expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated
as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the
ordinary course of business;
(6) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practices of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary;
(7) stock, obligations or securities received in settlement of debts
created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or in satisfaction of
judgments;
(8) any Person to the extent such Investment represents the non-cash
portion of the consideration received for an Asset Disposition
as permitted pursuant to Section 4.15;
(9) Permitted Business Investments;
(10) Investments intended to promote the Company's strategic
objectives in the Oil and Gas Business in an aggregate amount
not to exceed $50.0 million at any one time outstanding,
measured as of the date such Investments are made, without
giving effect to any subsequent changes in value (which
Investments shall be deemed no longer outstanding only upon the
return of capital thereof);
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(11) Investments in any units of any oil and gas royalty trust; and
(12) Investments made pursuant to Hedging Obligations of the Company
and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Property" means, with respect to any Person, any interest of such Person
in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible
or intangible, including Capital Stock and other securities issued by any other
Person (but excluding Capital Stock or other securities issued by such first
mentioned Person).
"Rating Agency" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, Inc. and Xxxxx'x
Investors Service, Inc. or if Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, Inc. or Xxxxx'x
Investors Service, Inc. or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly
available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the
case may be, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Board
of Directors) which shall be substituted for Standard & Poor's Ratings Group,
Inc. or Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or both, as the case may be.
"Refinance" means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend,
renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue other
Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such indebtedness. "Refinanced" and
"Refinancing" shall have correlative meanings.
"Refinancing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness that Refinances any
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the Issue
Date or Incurred in compliance with this Indenture, including Indebtedness that
Refinances Refinancing Indebtedness; provided, however, that:
(1) such Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity no
earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced;
(2) such Refinancing Indebtedness has an Average Life at the
time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal to or
greater than the Average Life of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, and
(3) such Refinancing Indebtedness has an aggregate principal
amount (or if Incurred with original issue discount, an aggregate issue
price) that is equal to or less than the aggregate principal amount (or
if Incurred with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value)
then outstanding or committed (plus fees and expenses, including any
premium and defeasance costs) under the Indebtedness being Refinanced;
provided further, however, that Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include (A)
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that Refinances Indebtedness of the Company or (B)
Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that Refinances
Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Restricted Payment" with respect to any Person means
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(1) the declaration or payment of any dividends or any other
distributions of any sort in respect of its Capital Stock (including any
payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving such
Person) or similar payment to the direct or indirect holders of its
Capital Stock (other than dividends or distributions payable solely in
its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) and dividends or
distributions payable solely to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary,
and other than pro rata dividends or other distributions made by a
Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to minority stockholders
(or owners of an equivalent interest in the case of a Subsidiary that is
an entity other than a corporation)),
(2) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement
for value of any Capital Stock of the Company held by any Person or of
any Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary held by any Affiliate of the
Company (other than a Restricted Subsidiary), including the exercise of
any option to exchange any Capital Stock (other than into Capital Stock
of the Company that is not Disqualified Stock), provided, however, that
the Company may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value
common stock of the Company in an amount not to exceed $10.0 million in
the aggregate in any fiscal year for all such transactions after the date
of the Issue Date made pursuant to this proviso and the amount of such
purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value shall
be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
(3) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other
acquisition or retirement for value, prior to scheduled maturity,
scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment of any Subordinated
Obligations of such Person (other than the purchase, repurchase, or other
acquisition of Subordinated Obligations purchased in anticipation of
satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final
maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such purchase,
repurchase or other acquisition) or
(4) the making of any Investment (other than a Permitted
Investment) in any Person.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company that is not
an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Subordinated Obligation" means, with respect to a Person, any
Indebtedness of such Person (whether outstanding on the date the Notes are
issued or thereafter Incurred) which is subordinate or junior in right of
payment to the Notes or a Subsidiary Guaranty of such Person, as the case may
be, pursuant to a written agreement to that effect.
"Subsidiary Guarantor" means any Subsidiary of the Company, including the
Guarantor, which incurs a Guarantee under Section 4.13(b)(12) hereof.
"Subsidiary Guaranty" means a Guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor
permitted under Section 4.13(b)(12).
"Underwriters" means Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Banc of
America Securities LLC, Chase Securities Inc., First Union Securities Inc., Banc
One Capital Markets, Inc., FleetBoston Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc., Scotia Capital
Markets (USA), Inc. and TD Securities (USA) Inc.
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"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means:
(1) any Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of
determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board
of Directors in the manner provided below; and
(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including
any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Company) to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns
any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property
of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary
of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided, however, that either (A) the
Subsidiary to be so designated has total assets of $1,000 or less or (B) if such
Subsidiary has assets greater than $1,000, such designation would be permitted
under Section 4.14. The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted
Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that immediately
after giving effect to such designation (A) the Company could Incur $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness under Section 4.13(a) and (B) no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing. Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall
be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the
resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an
Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the
foregoing provisions.
"Voting Stock" of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other
interests (including partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding and
normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote
in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" means a Restricted Subsidiary all the Capital
Stock of which (other than directors' qualifying shares or shares required by
applicable law to be held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary) is owned by the Company or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries."
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Schedule II
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or
indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
"controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing. For
purposes of Sections 4.14 and 4.15 only, "Affiliate" shall also mean any
beneficial owner of Capital Stock representing 5% or more of the total voting
power of the Voting Stock (on a fully diluted basis) of the Company or of rights
or warrants to purchase such Capital Stock (whether or not currently
exercisable) and any Person who would be an Affiliate of any such beneficial
owner pursuant to the first sentence hereof. For purposes of Section 4.16 only,
"Affiliate" shall not include Prize Energy Corp.
"Disqualified Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock
which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible
or for which it is exchangeable at the option of the holder) or upon the
happening of any event:
(1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking
fund obligation or otherwise;
(2) is convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holder
for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock; or
(3) is mandatorily redeemable or must be purchased upon the
occurrence of certain events or otherwise, in whole or in part,
in each case on or prior to the first anniversary of the Stated Maturity of the
Notes; provided, however, that any Capital Stock that would not constitute
Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right
to require such Person to purchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the
occurrence of an "asset sale" or "change of control" occurring prior to the
first anniversary of the Stated Maturity of the Notes shall not constitute
Disqualified Stock if (1) the "asset sale" or "change of control" provisions
applicable to such Capital Stock are not more favorable to the holders of such
Capital Stock than the terms applicable to the Debt Securities in Sections 4.15
and 4.17 of this Indenture and (2) any such requirement only becomes operative
after compliance with such terms applicable to the Notes, including the purchase
of any Debt Securities tendered pursuant thereto.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, at any date, any of the
following, without duplication:
(1) any liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
(A) for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of
the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person
or only to a portion thereof),
(B) evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar
instrument or
(C) for the payment of money relating to a Capitalized
Lease Obligation or other obligation (whether issued or
assumed) relating to the deferred purchase price of
property;
(2) all conditional sale obligations and all obligations under
any title retention agreement (even if the rights and remedies of the
seller under such agreement in the event of default are limited to
repossession or sale of such property);
(3) all obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any
letter of credit, banker's acceptance or similar credit transaction other
than as entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(4) the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to
the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock
of such Person or, with respect to any Preferred Stock of any Subsidiary
of such Person, the principal amount of such Preferred Stock to be
determined in accordance with the Indenture (but excluding, in each case,
any accrued dividends);
(5) all indebtedness of others of the type referred to in
clauses (i) through (iv) hereof secured by (or for which the holder of
such indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be
secured by) any Lien on any asset or property (including, without
limitation, leasehold interests and any other tangible or intangible
property) of such Person, whether or not such indebtedness is assumed by
such Person or is not otherwise such Person's legal liability; provided
that if the obligations so secured have not been assumed in full by such
Person or are otherwise not such Person's legal liability in full, the
amount of such indebtedness for the purposes of this definition shall be
limited to the lesser of the amount of such indebtedness secured by such
Lien or the fair market value of the assets or the property securing such
lien;
(6) all indebtedness of others of the type referred to in
clauses (i) through (v) hereof (including all interest and dividends on
any Indebtedness or Preferred Stock of any other Person the payment of
which is) guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by such Person or that is
otherwise its legal liability or which such Person has agreed to purchase
or repurchase or in respect of which such Person has agreed contingently
to supply or advance funds; and
(7) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition,
obligations in respect of Hedging Obligations.
Notwithstanding the preceding, Indebtedness shall not include (a)
accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business, (b) any obligations
in respect of prepayments for gas or oil production or gas or oil imbalances and
(c) Production Payments and Reserve Sales.
"Oil and Gas Business" means (a) the acquisition, exploration,
exploitation, development, production, operation and disposition of interests in
oil, gas and other hydrocarbon properties, (b) the gathering, marketing,
treating, processing, storage, refining, selling and transporting of any
production from such interests or properties and products produced in
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association therewith, (c) any power generation and electrical transmission
business and (d) any business or activity relating to, arising from, or
necessary, appropriate or incidental to the activities described in the
foregoing clauses (a) through (c) of this definition.
"Senior Indebtedness" means, with respect to a Person,
(1) Indebtedness of such Person, whether outstanding on the
Issue Date or thereafter Incurred, and
(2) accrued and unpaid interest (including interest accruing on
or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization
relating to such Person to the extent post-filing interest is allowed in
such proceeding) in respect of (A) indebtedness of such Person for money
borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or
other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is
responsible or liable
unless, in the case of (1) and (2), in the instrument creating or evidencing the
same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding it is provided that such
obligations are subordinate in right of payment to the Debt Securities;
provided, however, that Senior Indebtedness of such Person shall not include:
(1) any obligation of such Person to any Subsidiary,
(2) any liability for Federal, state, local or other taxes owed
or owing by such Person,
(3) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors
arising in the ordinary course of business (including guarantees thereof
or instruments evidencing such liabilities),
(4) any Indebtedness of such Person (and any accrued and unpaid
interest in respect thereof) which is subordinate or junior in any
respect to any other Indebtedness or other obligation of such Person or
(5) that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of
Incurrence is Incurred in violation of this Indenture.
"Temporary Cash Investments" means any of the following:
(1) any investment in direct obligations of the United States of
America or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United
States of America or any agency thereof,
(2) investments in time deposit accounts, certificates of
deposit and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of
acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company which is organized
under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any
foreign country recognized by the United States of America, and which
bank or trust company has capital, surplus and undivided profits
aggregating in excess of $50,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent
thereof) and has outstanding debt that is rated "A" (or such similar
equivalent rating) or higher by at least one nationally recognized
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statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the
Securities Act) or any money-market fund sponsored by a registered broker
dealer or mutual fund distributor,
(3) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days
for underlying securities of the types described in clause (1) above
entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause
(2) above,
(4) investments in commercial paper, maturing not more than 90
days after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than
an Affiliate of the Company) organized and in existence under the laws of
the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the
United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any
investment therein is made of "P-1" (or higher) according to Xxxxx'x
Investors Service, Inc. or "A-1" (or higher) according to Standard and
Poor's Ratings Group, and
(5) investments in securities with maturities of six months or
less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any
state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by
any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least
"A" by Standard & Poor's Ratings Group or "A" by Xxxxx'x Investors
Service, Inc.
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Schedule III
SECTION 4.13. Limitation on Indebtedness.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, Incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness; provided,
however, that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be entitled to
Incur Indebtedness if, on the date of such Incurrence and after giving effect
thereto on a pro forma basis, no Default has occurred and is continuing and the
Consolidated Coverage Ratio exceeds 2.0 to 1.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph (a), so long as no Default
has occurred and is continuing, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries
shall be entitled to Incur any or all of the following Indebtedness:
(1) Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to the Credit Facilities,
including any amendment, modification, supplement, extension,
restatement, replacement (including replacement after the termination of
such Credit Facilities), restructuring, increase, renewal, or Refinancing
thereof from time to time in one or more agreements or instruments;
provided, however, that, after giving effect to any such Incurrence, the
aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness then outstanding does not
exceed the greater of (i) $675.0 million less the sum of all principal
payments with respect to such Indebtedness pursuant to Section
4.16(a)(3)(A) and (ii) the sum of (x) $100 million and (y) 20% of the
Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible Assets determined as of the date of
the Incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(2) Indebtedness owed to and held by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary; provided, however, that any subsequent issuance or transfer
of any Capital Stock which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary
ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of such
Indebtedness (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) shall
be deemed, in each case, to constitute the Incurrence of such
Indebtedness by the obligor thereon;
(3) the Debt Securities;
(4) Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date (other than
Indebtedness described in clause (1), (2) or (3) of this Section
4.13(b));
(5) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary Incurred and
outstanding on or prior to the date on which such Subsidiary was acquired
by the Company (other than Indebtedness Incurred in connection with, or
to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to
consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to
which such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary or was acquired by the
Company);
(6) Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness Incurred
pursuant to Section 4.13(a) or pursuant to clause (3), (4) or (5) of this
Section 4.13(b) or this clause (6); provided, however, that to the extent
such Refinancing Indebtedness directly or indirectly Refinances
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary Incurred pursuant to clause (5), such
Refinancing Indebtedness shall be Incurred only by such Subsidiary;
(7) Hedging Obligations consisting of Interest Rate Protection
Agreements directly related to Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred by
the Company pursuant to this Indenture;
(8) Non-Recourse Indebtedness;
(9) Indebtedness in respect of bid, performance, reimbursement
or surety obligations issued by or for the account of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, including
Guarantees and letters of credit functioning as or supporting such bid,
performance, reimbursement or surety obligations (in each case other than
for an obligation for money borrowed);
(10) Indebtedness consisting of obligations in respect of
purchase price adjustments, indemnities or Guarantees of the same or
similar matters in connection with the acquisition or disposition of
Property;
(11) Indebtedness under Commodity Price Protection Agreements
and Currency Exchange Protection Agreements entered into in the ordinary
course of business for the purpose of limiting risks that arise in the
ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(12) Indebtedness consisting of the Subsidiary Guarantee of the
Guarantor (including any reinstatement of such Subsidiary Guarantee) and
any Subsidiary Guarantee by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor of
Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to paragraph (a) or pursuant to clause
(1), (2), (3), (4), (7), (11) or (13) or pursuant to clause (6) to the
extent the Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred thereunder directly or
indirectly Refinances Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to paragraph (a) or
pursuant to clauses (3) or (4); and
(13) Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount which, when
taken together with all other Indebtedness of the Company outstanding on
the date of such Incurrence (other than Indebtedness permitted by clauses
(1) through (12) of this Section 4.13(b) or Section 4.13(a)), does not
exceed $50 million.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
Guarantor shall Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.13(b) if the
proceeds thereof are used, directly or indirectly, to Refinance any Subordinated
Obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor unless such Indebtedness
shall be subordinated to the Debt Securities or to the Subsidiary Guaranty of
such Subsidiary Guarantor to at least the same extent as such Subordinated
Obligations.
(d) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.13, (1) in
the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of
the types of Indebtedness described herein, the Company, in its sole discretion,
shall classify such item of Indebtedness at the time of Incurrence and only be
required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one of the above
clauses and (2) the Company shall be entitled at the time of such Incurrence to
divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of
Indebtedness described herein.
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(e) For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar
denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness where the Indebtedness
Incurred is denominated in a different currency, the amount of such Indebtedness
will be the U.S. Dollar Equivalent determined on the date of the Incurrence of
such Indebtedness, provided, however, that if any such Indebtedness denominated
in a different currency is subject to a Currency Exchange Protection Agreement
with respect to U.S. dollars covering all principal, premium, if any, and
interest payable on such Indebtedness, the amount of such Indebtedness expressed
in U.S. dollars will be as provided in such Currency Exchange Protection
Agreement. The principal amount of any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in the
same currency as the Indebtedness being Refinanced will be the U.S. Dollar
Equivalent of the Indebtedness Refinanced, except to the extent that (1) such
U.S. Dollar Equivalent was determined based on a Currency Exchange Protection
Agreement, in which case the Refinancing Indebtedness will be determined in
accordance with the preceding sentence, and (2) the principal amount of the
Refinancing Indebtedness exceeds the principal amount of the Indebtedness being
Refinanced, in which case the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of such excess, will be
determined on the date such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred.
SECTION 4.14. Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to make a Restricted Payment if at the time
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary makes such Restricted Payment:
(1) a Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would
result therefrom);
(2) the Company is not entitled to Incur an additional $1.00 of
Indebtedness under Section 4.13(a); or
(3) the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all
other Restricted Payments since the Issue Date would exceed the sum of
(without duplication):
(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income accrued during the
period (treated as one accounting period) from the beginning of
the fiscal quarter immediately following the fiscal quarter
during which the Issue Date occurs to the end of the most recent
fiscal quarter ending at least 45 days prior to the date of such
Restricted Payment (or, in case such Consolidated Net Income
shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit); plus
(B) 100% of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by
the Company from the issuance or sale of its Capital Stock
(other than Disqualified Stock) subsequent to the Issue Date
(other than an issuance or sale to a Subsidiary of the Company
and other than an issuance or sale to an employee stock
ownership plan or to a trust established by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees) and 100%
of any cash capital contribution received by the Company from
its shareholders subsequent to the Issue Date; plus
(C) the amount by which Indebtedness of the Company is
reduced on the Company's balance sheet upon the conversion or
exchange (other than by a Subsidiary of the Company) subsequent
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to the Issue Date of any Indebtedness of the Company convertible
or exchangeable for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the Company (less the amount of any cash, or the fair
value of any other property, distributed by the Company upon
such conversion or exchange); plus
(D) an amount equal to the sum of (x) the net reduction
in the Investments (other than Permitted Investments) made by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Person resulting
from repurchases, repayments or redemptions of such Investments
by such Person, proceeds realized on the sale of such
Investment, proceeds representing the return of capital
(excluding dividends and distributions), in each case received
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and (y) to the
extent such Person is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the portion
(proportionate to the Company's equity interest in such
Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such
Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such Unrestricted Subsidiary
is designated a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that
the foregoing sum shall not exceed, in the case of any such
Person or Unrestricted Subsidiary, the amount of Investments
(excluding Permitted Investments) previously made (and treated
as a Restricted Payment) by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in such Person or Unrestricted Subsidiary; plus
(E) $25 million.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.14(a) shall not prohibit:
(1) any Restricted Payment (other than a Restricted Payment
described in clause (1) of the definition of "Restricted Payment") made
out of the Net Cash Proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, or
made by exchange for, Capital Stock of the Company (other than
Disqualified Stock and other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a
Subsidiary of the Company or an employee stock ownership plan or to a
trust established by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the
benefit of their employees) or a substantially concurrent cash capital
contribution received by the Company from its shareholders; provided,
however, that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be excluded in the
calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments and (B) the Net Cash
Proceeds from such sale or such cash capital contribution (to the extent
so used for such Restricted Payment) shall be excluded from the
calculation of amounts under Section 4.14(a)(3)(B);
(2) any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other
acquisition or retirement for value of Subordinated Obligations of the
Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the
proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Indebtedness which is
permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.13; provided, however,
that such purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other
acquisition or retirement for value shall be excluded in the calculation
of the amount of Restricted Payments;
(3) dividends paid within 60 days after the date of declaration
thereof if at such date of declaration such dividend would have complied
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with this Section 4.14; provided, however, that such dividend shall be
included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; or
(4) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing the
repurchase or other acquisition of shares of or options to purchase
shares of, Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from
employees, former employees, directors or former directors of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries (or permitted transferees of such employees,
former employees, directors or former directors), pursuant to the terms
of the agreements (including employment agreements) or plans (or
amendments thereto) approved by the Board of Directors under which such
individuals purchase or sell or are granted the option to purchase or
sell, shares of such Capital Stock; provided, however, that the aggregate
amount of such repurchases and other acquisitions shall not exceed $3
million in any calendar year; provided further, however, that such
repurchases and other acquisitions shall be excluded in the calculation
of the amount of Restricted Payments.
SECTION 4.15. Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, directly or indirectly, consummate any Asset Disposition unless (1) the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of such
Asset Disposition at least equal to the fair market value (including as to the
value of all non-cash consideration), as determined in good faith by the Board
of Directors, of the shares and assets subject to such Asset Disposition; (2) at
least 75% of the consideration thereof received by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash, cash equivalents, Additional
Assets or any combination thereof ("Permitted Consideration"); provided,
however, that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be permitted to
receive Property other than Permitted Consideration, so long as the aggregate
fair market value, as determined in the good faith of the Board of Directors, of
all such Property other than Permitted Consideration received from Asset
Dispositions and held by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries at any one
time shall not exceed 10% of Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible Assets; and (3)
an amount equal to 100% of the Net Available Cash from such Asset Disposition is
applied by the Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) (A)
first, to the extent the Company elects (or is required by the terms of any
Indebtedness), to prepay, repay, redeem or purchase Senior Indebtedness of the
Company or Indebtedness (other than any Disqualified Stock) of a Restricted
Subsidiary (in each case other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company) within one year from the later of the date of such
Asset Disposition or the receipt of such Net Available Cash; (B) second, to the
extent of the balance of such Net Available Cash after application in accordance
with clause (A), to the extent the Company elects, to acquire Additional Assets
within one year from the later of the date of such Asset Disposition or the
receipt of such Net Available Cash; and (C) third, to the extent of the balance
of such Net Available Cash after application in accordance with clauses (A) and
(B), to make an Offer to the holders of the Debt Securities (and to holders of
other Senior Indebtedness of the Company designated by the Company) to purchase
Debt Securities (and such other Senior Indebtedness) pursuant to and subject to
the conditions of Section 4.15(b); provided, however, that in connection with
any prepayment, repay ment or purchase of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (A) or
(C) above, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall permanently retire
such Indebtedness and shall cause the related loan commitment (if any) to be
permanently reduced in an amount equal to the principal amount so prepaid,
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repaid or purchased. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
4.15, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to apply
any Net Available Cash in accordance with this Section 4.15(a) except to the
extent that the aggregate Net Available Cash from all Asset Dispositions which
are not applied in accordance with this Section 4.15(a) exceeds $20.0 million.
Pending application of Net Available Cash pursuant to this Section 4.15(a), such
Net Available Cash shall be invested in Temporary Cash Investments or applied to
temporarily reduce revolving credit indebtedness.
For the purposes of this Section 4.15(a), the following are deemed to be
cash or cash equivalents: (1) the assumption of Indebtedness of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary and the release of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary from all liability on such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset
Disposition and (2) securities received by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary from the transferee that are promptly converted by the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary into cash.
(b) In the event of an Asset Disposition that requires the purchase of
Debt Securities (and other Senior Indebtedness pursuant to Section
4.15(a)(3)(C), the Company shall purchase Debt Securities tendered pursuant to
an offer by the Company for the Debt Securities and such other Senior
Indebtedness (the "Offer") at a purchase price of 100% of their principal amount
(or, in the event such other Senior Indebtedness was issued with significant
original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), without premium,
plus accrued but unpaid interest (or, in respect of such other Senior
Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of
such Senior Indebtedness in accordance with the procedures (including
prorationing in the event of over subscription) set forth in Section 4.15(c). If
the aggregate purchase price of Debt Securities (and any other Senior
Indebtedness tendered pursuant to the Offer) exceeds the Net Available Cash
allotted to their purchase, the Company shall select the Debt Securities and
other Senior Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis but in round
denominations, which in the case of the Debt Securities will be denominations of
$1,000 principal amount or multiples thereof. The Company shall not be required
to make an Offer to purchase Debt Securities (and other Senior Indebtedness
pursuant to this Section 4.15 if the Net Available Cash available therefor is
less than $20.0 million (which lesser amount shall be carried forward for
purposes of determining whether such an Offer is required with respect to the
Net Available Cash from any subsequent Asset Disposition).
(c) (1) Promptly, and in any event within 10 days after the Company
becomes obligated to make an Offer, the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee and send, by first-class mail to each Holder, a written notice
stating that the Holder may elect to have his Debt Securities purchased
by the Company either in whole or in part (subject to prorating as
described in Section 4.15(b) in the event the Offer is oversubscribed) in
integral multiples of $1,000 of principal amount, at the applicable
purchase price. The notice shall specify a purchase date not less than 30
days nor more than 60 days after the date of such notice (the "Purchase
Date") and shall contain such information concerning the business of the
Company which the Company in good faith believes will enable such Holders
to make an informed decision (which at a minimum will include (A) the
most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K (including audited
consolidated financial statements) of the Company, the most recent
subsequently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and any Current Report
on Form 8-K of the Company filed subsequent to such Quarterly Report,
other than Current Reports describing Asset Dispositions otherwise
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described in the offering materials (or corresponding successor reports),
(B) a description of material developments in the Company's business
subsequent to the date of the latest of such Reports, and (C) if
material, appropriate pro forma financial information) and all
instructions and materials necessary to tender Debt Securities pursuant
to the Offer, together with the information contained in clause (3).
(2) Not later than the date upon which written notice of an
Offer is delivered to the Trustee as provided below, the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate as to (A) the amount of
the Offer (the "Offer Amount"), including information as to any other
Senior Indebtedness included in the Offer, (B) the allocation of the Net
Available Cash from the Asset Dispositions pursuant to which such Offer
is being made and (C) the compliance of such allocation with the
provisions of Section 4.15(a) and (b). On such date, the Company shall
also irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if
the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in
trust) in Temporary Cash Investments, maturing on the last day prior to
the Purchase Date or on the Purchase Date if funds are immediately
available by open of business, an amount equal to the Offer Amount to be
held for payment in accordance with the provisions of this Section. If
the Offer includes other Senior Indebtedness, the deposit described in
the preceding sentence may be made with any other paying agent pursuant
to arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee. Upon the expiration of the
period for which the Offer remains open (the "Offer Period"), the Company
shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Debt Securities or
portions thereof which have been properly tendered to and are to be
accepted by the Company. The Trustee shall, on the Purchase Date, mail or
deliver payment (or cause the delivery of payment) to each tendering
Holder in the amount of the purchase price. In the event that the
aggregate purchase price of the Debt Securities delivered by the Company
to the Trustee is less than the Offer Amount applicable to the Debt
Securities, the Trustee shall deliver the excess to the Company
immediately after the expiration of the Offer Period for application in
accordance with this Section 4.15.
(3) Holders electing to have a Debt Security purchased shall be
required to surrender the Debt Security, with an appropriate form duly
completed, to the Company at the address specified in the notice at least
three Business Days prior to the Purchase Date. Holders shall be entitled
to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receives not
later than one Business Day prior to the Purchase Date, a telex,
facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder,
the principal amount of the Debt Security which was delivered for
purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing
his election to have such Debt Security purchased. Holders whose Debt
Securities are purchased only in part shall be issued new Debt Securities
equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Debt
Securities surrendered.
(4) At the time the Company delivers Debt Securities to the
Trustee which are to be accepted for purchase, the Company shall also
deliver an Officers' Certificate stating that such Debt Section. A Debt
Security shall be deemed to have been accepted for purchase at the time
the Trustee, directly or through an agent, mails or delivers payment
therefor to the surrendering Holder.
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(d) 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 Debt Securities pursuant to
this Section. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with provisions of this Section, the Company shall comply
with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to
have breached its obligations under this Section by virtue of its compliance
with such securities laws or regulations.
SECTION 4.16. Limitation on Affiliate Transactions.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale,
lease or exchange of any property, employee compensation arrangements or the
rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of the Company (an "Affiliate
Transaction") unless (1) the terms thereof are no less favorable to the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that could be obtained at the time of
such transaction in arm's-length dealings with a Person who is not an Affiliate;
(2) if such Affiliate Transaction involves an amount in excess of $1.0 million
but less than $5.0 million, an officer of the Company certifies that such
Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (1) of this paragraph, evidenced by
an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee; (3) if such Affiliate
Transaction involves an amount equal to or in excess of $5.0 million but less
than $20.0 million, the terms of the Affiliate Transaction are set forth in
writing and a majority of the non-employee directors of the Company
disinterested with respect to such Affiliate Transactions have determined in
good faith that the criteria set forth in clause (1) are satisfied and have
approved the relevant Affiliate Transaction as evidenced by a Board of Directors
resolution; and (4) if such Affiliate Transaction involves an amount equal to or
in excess of $20.0 million, the Board of Directors shall also have received a
written opinion from an investment banking firm of national prominence that is
not an Affiliate of the Company to the effect that such Affiliate Transaction is
fair, from a financial standpoint, to the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.16(a) shall not prohibit (1) any
Investment or other Restricted Payment, in each case permitted to be made
pursuant to Section 4.14; (2) any issuance of securities, or other payments,
awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding
of, employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by
the Board of Directors, (3) loans or advances to officers, directors or
employees in the ordinary course of business of the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries; (4) the payment of reasonable fees to directors of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries who are not employees of the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries; (5) any transaction with a Restricted Subsidiary or
joint venture or similar entity which would constitute an Affiliate Transaction
solely because the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary owns an equity interest in
or otherwise controls such Restricted Subsidiary, joint venture or similar
entity; (6) the issuance or sale of any Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the Company; (7) indemnities of officers, directors or employees of
the Company or any Subsidiary consistent with such Person's charter, bylaws and
applicable statutory provisions; (8) any severance or employment agreement
entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business; and (9) any transaction or series of transactions
pursuant to any agreement or obligation of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in effect on the Issue Date.
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SECTION 4.17. Change of Control.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder shall have
the right to require that the Company purchase such Holder's Debt Securities at
a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the
right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest on
the relevant interest payment date), in accordance with the terms contemplated
in Section 4.17(b).
(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall
mail a notice to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee (the "Change of Control
Offer") stating:
(1) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder
has the right to require the Company to purchase such Holder's Debt
Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal
amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of
purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date);
(2) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change
of Control (including information with respect to pro forma historical
income and capitalization, each after giving effect to such Change of
Control);
(3) the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days
nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed); and
(4) the instructions determined by the Company, consistent with
this Section, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Debt
Securities purchased.
(c) Holders electing to have a Debt Security purchased will be required
to surrender the Debt Security, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the
Company at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days
prior to the purchase date. Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election
if the Trustee or the Company receives not later than one Business Day prior to
the purchase date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting
forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Debt Security which
was delivered for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is
withdrawing his election to have such Debt Security purchased.
(d) On the purchase date, all Debt Securities purchased by the Company
under this Section shall be delivered by the Company to the Trustee for
cancellation, and the Company shall pay the purchase price plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, to the Holders entitled thereto.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Company
shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control
if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times
and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in Section
applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all
Debt Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control
Offer.
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(f) 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 Debt Securities pursuant to
this Section. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with provisions of this Section, the Company shall comply
with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to
have breached its obligations under this Section by virtue of its compliance
with such securities laws or regulations.
Section 4.18. During any period time that (a) the Notes have an
Investment Grade Rating from either of the Rating Agencies and (b) no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture, the Company
and the Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to the provisions in
Sections 4.13, 4.14, 4.15 and 4.16 of the Indenture (collectively, the
"Suspended Covenants"). In the event that the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants for any period of time
as a result of the preceding sentence and, subsequently, one or both of the
Rating Agencies withdraws its ratings or downgrades the ratings assigned to the
Notes below the required Investment Grade Ratings so that the Notes do not have
an Investment Grade Rating from either Rating Agency, or a Default or Event of
Default occurs and is continuing, then the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants and
compliance with the Suspended Covenants with respect to Restricted Payments made
after the time of such withdrawal, downgrade, Default or Event of Default will
be calculated in accordance with the terms of Section 4.14 as though such
covenant had been in effect during the entire period of time from the date the
Notes are issued.
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