THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS TRUSTEE SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Dated as of April 3, 2009
THE
BLACK & XXXXXX CORPORATION
AND
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
AS
TRUSTEE
8.950%
Senior Notes Due 2014
Dated
as of April 3, 2009
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE
I. DEFINITIONS; INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
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SECTION 1.1 Definitions.
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SECTION 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of Trust
Indenture Act.
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SECTION 1.3 Rules of
Construction.
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ARTICLE II. THE
NOTES
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SECTION 2.1 Designation.
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SECTION 2.2 Principal Amount; Series
Treatment.
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SECTION 2.3 Payment of Principal and
Interest.
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SECTION 2.4 Form.
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SECTION 2.5 Transfer
Restrictions.
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SECTION 2.6 Sinking
Fund.
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ARTICLE
III. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES; CHANGE OF CONTROL
REPURCHASE EVENT
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ARTICLE IV. EXECUTION OF THE
NOTES
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ARTICLE
V. MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION 5.1 Ratification.
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SECTION 5.2 Trustee.
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SECTION 5.3 Governing Law.
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SECTION 5.4 Table of Contents;
Headings.
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SECTION 5.5 Multiple
Originals.
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SECTION
5.6 Severability.
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SECTION 5.7 Effective
Date.
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Exhibit A
– Form of Note
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SECOND
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of April 3, 2009 (this “Supplemental
Indenture”), between THE BLACK & XXXXXX CORPORATION, a Maryland
corporation (the “Company”), and THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (formerly known as The Bank of New York), as trustee
(the “Trustee”).
RECITALS
A. The
Company and the Trustee have executed an indenture, dated as of
November 16, 2006 (the “Indenture”), to
provide for, among other things, the issuance from time to time of the Company’s
Debt Securities in one or more series as might be authorized under the
Indenture.
B. The
Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may enter into an indenture
supplemental thereto to establish the form and terms of any series of Debt
Securities as provided by Sections 2.1 and 2.3 of the
Indenture.
C. The
Company and the Trustee have executed a supplemental indenture, dated as of
November 16, 2006 (the “First Supplemental
Indenture”), to provide for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount
of $300,000,000 of Debt Securities known as 5.750% Senior Notes due
2016.
D. The
Company has duly authorized and desires to enter into this Supplemental
Indenture to provide for the establishment of Debt Securities to be known as the
8.950% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”), the form,
substance, terms, provisions and conditions of which shall be set forth in the
Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture.
E. The
Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture and satisfy all requirements necessary to make (i) this
Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms and
(ii) the Debt Securities provided for hereby, when executed and delivered
by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the
Company.
NOW
THEREFORE, each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and
for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions; Incorporation
by Reference
SECTION
1.1 Definitions.
“DTC” means The
Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors and
assigns, or such other depository institution hereinafter appointed by the
Company.
“Exchange Act” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“First Supplemental
Indenture” shall have the meaning set forth in the third
recital.
“Global Notes” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.4(b).
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“Indenture” shall have
the meaning set forth in the first recital.
“Initial Notes” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(a).
“Moody’s” means
Xxxxx’x Investor Services, Inc.
“Notes” shall have the
meaning set forth in the fourth recital.
“Rating Agency” means
(1) each of Moody’s and S&P and (2) if either of Xxxxx’x and S&P ceases
to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for
reasons outside the control of the Company, a Substitute Rating Agency in lieu
thereof.
“S&P” means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc.
“Substitute Rating
Agency” means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”
within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected
by the Company (as certified by the Board of Directors of the Company) as a
replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both, as the case may
be.
“Supplemental
Indenture” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory
paragraph.
SECTION
1.2 Incorporation by Reference
of Trust Indenture Act. This Supplemental Indenture is subject
to the mandatory provisions of the TIA, which are incorporated by reference in
and made a part of this Supplemental Indenture. All TIA terms used in
this Supplemental Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined in the TIA by
reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned
to them by such definitions.
SECTION
1.3 Rules
of Construction.
(a) Unless
otherwise indicated, capitalized terms that are not defined herein shall have
the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
(b) Unless
the context otherwise requires:
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(i)
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a
term has the meaning assigned to
it;
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(ii)
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an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with U.S. GAAP;
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(iii)
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“or”
is not exclusive;
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(iv)
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“including”
means including without limitation;
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(v)
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words
in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the
singular;
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(vi)
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the
principal amount of any noninterest bearing or other discount security at
any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a
balance sheet of the issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with
U.S. GAAP; and
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(vii)
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unless
otherwise indicated, all references to Articles or Sections refer to
Articles or Sections of this Supplemental
Indenture.
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ARTICLE
II
The
Notes
SECTION
2.1 Designation. The
Company hereby establishes a series of Debt Securities designated the “8.950%
Senior Notes due 2014” for issuance under the Indenture.
SECTION
2.2 Principal Amount; Series
Treatment.
(a) The
Notes shall initially be limited to an aggregate principal amount of
$350,000,000 (the “Initial
Notes”). The Company may, from time to time without the
consent of the Holders of the outstanding Notes, issue additional Notes, so that
such additional Notes and the outstanding Notes shall be consolidated together
and form a single series of Debt Securities under the Indenture, as supplemented
by this Supplemental Indenture. For all purposes of the Indenture and
this Supplemental Indenture, all Notes, whether Initial Notes or additional
Notes, shall constitute one series of Debt Securities and shall vote together as
one series of Debt Securities.
(b) Any
additional Notes issued under Section 2.2(a)
shall have the same terms in all respects as the corresponding series of Notes,
except that interest will accrue on the additional Notes from the most recent
date to which interest has been paid on the Notes of such series (other than the
additional Notes) or if no interest has been paid on the outstanding Notes of
such series from the first date that the outstanding Notes were originally
issued under the Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental
Indenture.
(c) The
Notes shall be issued only in fully registered form, without coupons, and only
in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof.
SECTION
2.3 Payment
of Principal and Interest.
(a) The
principal amount of each Note shall be due and payable on April 15,
2014.
(b) Subject
to adjustment under Section 2.3(c), the
Notes will bear interest at the rate of 8.950% per annum from April 3, 2009
until the principal thereof becomes due and payable or to the date of redemption
(if any) of the Notes, such interest to be payable semi-annually in arrears on
April 15 and October 15 of each year, to the Holders of record of the Notes as
of the close of business on the April 1 and October 1 preceding such
interest payment dates, commencing, in the case of the Initial Notes or any
additional Notes issued prior to such date, on October 15, 2009.
(c) The
interest rate payable on the Notes shall be subject to adjustments from time to
time if either Xxxxx’x or S&P (or, in either case, any Substitute Rating
Agency thereof)
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downgrades
(or subsequently upgrades) the debt rating assigned to the Notes, in the manner
described below.
If the
rating of the Notes from Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency thereof) is
decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest
rate on the Notes shall increase from the interest rate payable on the Notes on
the date of their initial issuance by the percentage set forth opposite that
rating:
Xxxxx’x
Rating*
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Percentage
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Ba1
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Ba2
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0.50 | % | ||
Ba3
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0.75 | % | ||
B1
or below
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* Including
the equivalent ratings of any Substitute Rating Agency.
If the
rating of the Notes from S&P (or any Substitute Rating Agency thereof) is
decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest
rate on the Notes shall increase from the interest rate payable on the Notes on
the date of their initial issuance by the percentage set forth opposite that
rating:
S&P
Rating*
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Percentage
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BB+
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0.25 | % | ||
BB
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0.50 | % | ||
BB-
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0.75 | % | ||
B+
or below
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1.00 | % |
* Including
the equivalent ratings of any Substitute Rating Agency.
If at any
time the interest rate on the Notes has been adjusted upward as a result of a
decrease in a rating by either Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, any
Substitute Rating Agency thereof), as the case may be, and subsequently such
Rating Agency increases its rating of the Notes to any of the threshold ratings
set forth above, the interest rate on the Notes shall be decreased such that the
interest rate for the Notes equals the interest rate payable on the Notes on the
date of their initial issuance plus the percentages set forth opposite the
applicable ratings from the tables above in effect immediately following the
increase in rating. If Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency
thereof) subsequently increases its rating of the Notes to Baa3 or higher (or an
equivalent rating of such Substitute Rating Agency), and S&P (or any
Substitute Rating Agency thereof) increases its rating to BBB- or higher (or an
equivalent rating of such Substitute Rating Agency), the interest rate on the
Notes shall be decreased to the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date
of their initial issuance. In addition, the interest rate on the Notes shall
permanently cease to be subject to any adjustment described above
(notwithstanding any subsequent decrease in the ratings by either or both Rating
Agencies) if the Notes become rated A3 and A- or higher by Xxxxx’x and S&P,
respectively (or, in either case, the equivalent ratings of any Substitute
Rating Agency, or one of these ratings if the Notes are only rated by one Rating
Agency).
Each
adjustment required by any decrease or increase in a rating set forth above,
whether occasioned by the action of Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, any
Substitute Rating
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Agency
thereof), shall be made independent of any and all other adjustments. In no
event shall (1) the interest rate payable for the Notes be reduced to below
the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance or
(2) the total increase in the interest rate on the Notes exceed 2.00% above
the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial
issuance.
For so
long as only one Rating Agency provides a rating on the Notes, any subsequent
increase or decrease in the interest rate of the Notes necessitated by a
reduction or increase in the rating by the agency continuing to provide the
rating shall be twice the percentage set forth in the applicable table above. No
adjustments in the interest rate of the Notes shall be made solely as a result
of a Rating Agency ceasing to provide a rating. For so long as no Rating Agency
provides a rating of the Notes, the interest rate on the Notes shall increase
to, or remain at, as the case may be, 2.00% above the interest rate payable on
the Notes on the date of their initial issuance.
Any
interest rate increase or decrease described above shall take effect on the next
business day after the rating change has occurred. The Company shall
be responsible for delivering an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee on the
date of any increase or decrease in the ratings of the Notes notifying the
Trustee (i) of any such change in the rating of the Notes; (ii) specifying the
new interest rate payable on the Notes; and (iii) setting forth the effective
date of any change in the interest rate payable on the Notes. The
Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the ratings of the Notes to
determine whether there has been any increase or decrease in such rating or for
calculating the new interest rate payable on the Notes in the event of any
increase or decrease in the ratings of the Notes.
If the
interest rate payable on the Notes is increased as described in this Section 2.3(c),
then the term “interest”, as used in the Indenture and the Notes, shall be
deemed to include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise
requires.
(d) Any
payment of principal or interest required to be made on a day that is not a
Business Day need not be made on such day, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such day
and no interest shall accrue as a result of such delayed payment.
SECTION
2.4 Form.
(a) The
Notes shall contain the terms set forth in, and shall be substantially in the
form of, Exhibit A.
The terms and provisions contained in the form of Notes set forth in Exhibit A shall
constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of the Indenture, as
supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture.
The Notes
shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture, as supplemented by
this Supplemental Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements imprinted or otherwise
reproduced thereon, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture, as
supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, as may be required to comply with
any law, or with any rules of any securities exchange, all as may, consistently
herewith, be determined by the Officers executing the Notes as evidenced by
their execution of the Notes.
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(b) The
Company initially appoints DTC to act as Depositary with respect to the Notes
issued in the form of Global Securities.
So long
as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with DTC, or unless
otherwise required by law, or otherwise contemplated herein, all of the Notes
shall be represented by one or more Notes in global form registered in the name
of DTC or its nominee.
The Notes
shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent Global Securities
in registered form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (the
“Global
Notes”), registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of DTC,
upon Company Order, deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for DTC or its
nominee, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as
hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Global Notes may
from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records
of the Trustee, as custodian for DTC or its nominee, in accordance with the
instructions given by the Holder thereof, as hereinafter provided.
The
transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in any such Global Notes shall be
effected through DTC in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture, the
Indenture and DTC’s applicable procedures. Except as provided in the
Indenture, beneficial owners of a Global Note shall not be entitled to have
certificates registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to
receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive form and will not be
considered Holders of such Global Note.
Any
Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified
therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of
outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate
amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be
increased or reduced to reflect redemptions, transfers or exchanges permitted
hereby. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any
increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby
shall be made by the Trustee in such manner and upon written instructions given
by the Holder of such Notes in accordance with the Indenture and this
Supplemental Indenture. Payment of principal of and interest and premium,
if any, on any Global Note shall be made to the Holder of such
Note.
SECTION
2.5 Transfer
Restrictions. The following provisions shall apply only to the
Global Notes:
(a) Each
Global Note authenticated under this Supplemental Indenture shall be registered
in the name of DTC or its nominee and delivered to DTC or its nominee or to the
Trustee if the Trustee is acting as custodian for DTC or its nominee with
respect to such Global Note, and each such Global Note shall constitute a single
Note for all purposes of the Indenture and this Supplemental
Indenture.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Supplemental Indenture, no Global Note may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Notes registered, and no transfer of a Global
Note in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than
DTC or its nominee except as provided in Section 2.4 of the Indenture.
Any Note issued in exchange for a Global Note or any portion thereof shall
be a Global Note; provided that any such Note so issued
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that is
registered in the name of a Person other than DTC or its nominee shall not be a
Global Note.
(c) Notes
issued in exchange for a Global Note or any portion thereof pursuant to clause
(b) above shall be issued pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Indenture.
(d) At
such time as all interests in a Global Note have been redeemed, repurchased,
converted, canceled or exchanged for Notes in definitive form, such Global Note
shall, upon receipt thereof, be canceled by the Trustee in accordance with
standing procedures and instructions existing between DTC and the Trustee.
At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Note
is redeemed, repurchased, converted, canceled or exchanged for Notes in
definitive form, the principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance
with the standing procedures and instructions existing between DTC and the
Trustee, be appropriately reduced, and an endorsement shall be made on such
Global Note, by the Trustee, at the written direction of the Company, to reflect
such reduction.
SECTION
2.6 Sinking
Fund. The Notes shall not be subject to a sinking
fund.
ARTICLE
III
Optional Redemption of the
Notes; Change of Control Repurchase Event
The Notes
may be redeemed at the option of the Company on the terms and conditions set
forth in the form of Note set forth in Exhibit A. In
the event of a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined in Exhibit A) the
Company will offer to repurchase the Notes on the terms and conditions set forth
in the form of Note set forth in Exhibit
A.
ARTICLE
IV
Execution of the
Notes
The
Notes, the Company Order, any Opinion of Counsel and any Officers’ Certificates
to be delivered under the Indenture in connection with the authentication and
delivery of the Notes shall be executed and delivered as set forth in the
Indenture.
ARTICLE
V
Miscellaneous
SECTION
5.1 Ratification. The
Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, as supplemented
by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and
this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner
and to the extent herein and therein provided.
SECTION
5.2 Trustee. The
Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of
the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect
of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the
Company.
SECTION
5.3 Governing
Law. THIS
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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SECTION
5.4 Table
of Contents; Headings. The table of contents and headings of
the Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for
convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof
and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions
hereof.
SECTION
5.5 Multiple
Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but
all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is
enough to prove this Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION
5.6 Severability. A
determination that any provision of this Supplemental Indenture is unenforceable
or invalid shall not affect the enforceability or validity of any other
provision hereof.
SECTION
5.7 Effective
Date. This Supplemental Indenture shall be effective pursuant
to Section 9.1 of the Indenture immediately upon execution by the Company and
delivery to and execution by the Trustee of this Supplemental
Indenture.
[signatures appear on the following
page]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed as of the date first written above.
THE BLACK & XXXXXX CORPORATION | |||
By:
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/s/
XXXX X. XXXXXXXXXXX
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Name:
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Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Title:
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Vice
President – Investor Relations
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and
Treasurer
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | |||
By:
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/s/
XXXXXX X. XXXXXX
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Vice
President
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EXHIBIT
A
[FORM OF
FACE OF NOTE]
[Global
Notes shall bear the following legend]
[THIS
SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY
(“DTC”), AS DEPOSITARY, OR A NOMINEE OF DTC. TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL
NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC
OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS
OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE
HEREOF.
UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, TO THE
COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OF PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER
NAME AS REQUESTED BY THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUIRED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
A-1
No.
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Principal
Amount $350,000,000,
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as
revised by the Schedule of
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Increases
and Decreases in
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Global
Security attached hereto
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CUSIP NO.
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ISIN:
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8.950%
Senior Notes Due 2014
The Black
& Xxxxxx Corporation, a Maryland corporation, promises to pay to Cede &
Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $350,000,000 Dollars, as
revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached
hereto, on April 15, 2014.
Interest
Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15
Record
Dates: April 1 and October 1
Additional
provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this
Note.
THE BLACK
& XXXXXX CORPORATION
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
TRUSTEE’S
CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
The Bank
of New York Mellon, as Trustee,
certifies
that this is one of the Debt
Securities
referred to in the Indenture.
By: _____________________________
Authorized
Signatory
Date:
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[FORM OF
REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
8.950%
Senior Notes Due 2014
This Note
is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of The Black & Xxxxxx
Corporation, a Maryland corporation (such corporation, and its successors and
assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the
“Company”), of
the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued pursuant to an
indenture, dated as of November 16, 2006, as amended and supplemented by the
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 3, 2009 (together referred to
herein as the “Indenture”), between
the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New
York), a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee,” which term
includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture), to which the Indenture and
all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description
of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Debt Securities.
To the extent terms of the Indenture and this Note are inconsistent, the terms
of the Indenture shall govern. This Note is one of a series of Debt
Securities of the Company designated as the 8.950% Senior Notes due 2014 (the
“Notes”),
initially limited in aggregate principal amount of $350,000,000, subject to the
issuance of additional Notes as provided in the Indenture. Terms used but not
defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the
Indenture.
1. Interest.
(a) Subject
to adjustment under Section 1.3(c), the Company promises to pay interest on the
principal amount of this Debt Security at the rate per annum shown
above.
(b) The
Company will pay interest semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each
year commencing October 15, 2009. Interest on the Notes will
accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on the Notes
or, if no interest has been paid, from April 3, 2009. The Company
shall pay interest on overdue principal or premium, if any (plus interest on
such interest to the extent lawful), at the rate borne by the Notes to the
extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
(c) The
interest rate payable on the Notes shall be subject to adjustments from time to
time if either Xxxxx’x or S&P (or, in either case, any Substitute Rating
Agency thereof) downgrades (or subsequently upgrades) the debt rating assigned
to the Notes, in the manner described below.
If the
rating of the Notes from Xxxxx’x (or any Substitute Rating Agency thereof) is
decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest
rate on the Notes shall increase from the interest rate payable on the Notes on
the date of their initial issuance by the percentage set forth opposite that
rating:
Xxxxx’x
Rating*
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Percentage
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Ba1
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0.25 | % | ||
Ba2
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0.50 | % | ||
Ba3
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0.75 | % |
A-3
B1
or below
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1.00 | % |
* Including
the equivalent ratings of any Substitute Rating Agency.
If the
rating of the Notes from S&P (or any Substitute Rating Agency thereof) is
decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest
rate on the Notes shall increase from the interest rate payable on the Notes on
the date of their initial issuance by the percentage set forth opposite that
rating:
S&P
Rating*
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Percentage
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BB+
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0.25 | % | ||
BB
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0.50 | % | ||
BB-
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0.75 | % | ||
B+
or below
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1.00 | % |
* Including
the equivalent ratings of any Substitute Rating Agency.
If at any
time the interest rate on the Notes has been adjusted upward as a result of a
decrease in a rating by either Xxxxx’x or S&P (or, in either case, any
Substitute Rating Agency thereof), as the case may be, and subsequently such
Rating Agency increases its rating of the Notes to any of the threshold ratings
set forth above, the interest rate on the Notes shall be decreased such that the
interest rate for the Notes equals the interest rate payable on the Notes on the
date of their initial issuance plus the percentages set forth opposite the
applicable ratings from the tables above in effect immediately following the
increase in rating. If Xxxxx’x (or any Substitute Rating Agency
thereof) subsequently increases its rating of the Notes to Baa3 or higher (or an
equivalent rating of such Substitute Rating Agency), and S&P (or any
Substitute Rating Agency thereof) increases its rating to BBB- or higher (or an
equivalent rating of such Substitute Rating Agency), the interest rate on the
Notes shall be decreased to the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date
of their initial issuance. In addition, the interest rate on the Notes shall
permanently cease to be subject to any adjustment described above
(notwithstanding any subsequent decrease in the ratings by either or both Rating
Agencies) if the Notes become rated A3 and A- or higher by Xxxxx’x and S&P,
respectively (or, in either case, the equivalent ratings of any Substitute
Rating Agency, or one of these ratings if the Notes are only rated by one Rating
Agency).
Each
adjustment required by any decrease or increase in a rating set forth above,
whether occasioned by the action of Xxxxx’x or S&P (or, in either case, any
Substitute Rating Agency thereof), shall be made independent of any and all
other adjustments. In no event shall (1) the interest rate payable for the
Notes be reduced to below the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of
their initial issuance or (2) the total increase in the interest rate on
the Notes exceed 2.00% above the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date
of their initial issuance.
For so
long as only one Rating Agency provides a rating on the Notes, any subsequent
increase or decrease in the interest rate of the Notes necessitated by a
reduction or increase in the rating by the agency continuing to provide the
rating shall be twice the percentage set forth in the applicable table above. No
adjustments in the interest rate of the Notes shall be made solely as a result
of a Rating Agency ceasing to provide a rating. For so long as no
Rating
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Agency
provides a rating of the Notes, the interest rate on the Notes shall increase
to, or remain at, as the case may be, 2.00% above the interest rate payable on
the Notes on the date of their initial issuance.
Any
interest rate increase or decrease described above shall take effect on the next
business day after the rating change has occurred. The Company shall
be responsible for delivering an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee on the
date of any increase or decrease in the ratings of the Notes notifying the
Trustee (i) of any such change in the rating of the Notes; (ii) specifying the
new interest rate payable on the Notes; and (iii) setting forth the effective
date of any change in the interest rate payable on the Notes. The
Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the ratings of the Notes to
determine whether there has been any increase or decrease in such rating or for
calculating the new interest rate payable on the Notes in the event of any
increase or decrease in the ratings of the Notes.
If the
interest rate payable on the Notes is increased as described in this
Section 1.3(c), then the term “interest”, as used in the Indenture and the
Notes, shall be deemed to include any such additional interest unless the
context otherwise requires.
2.
Method of
Payment. By at least 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the
date on which any principal of or interest on any Note is due and payable, the
Company shall deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent money sufficient to
pay such principal, premium, if any, and/or interest when due. The
Company will pay interest (except Defaulted Interest) to the Persons who are
registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on April 1 or October
1 next preceding the interest payment date even if Notes are cancelled,
repurchased or redeemed after the record date and on or before the interest
payment date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to
collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and
interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts. Except as described
in the succeeding two sentences, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Indenture; provided, however, that, at
the option of the Company, each installment of interest may be paid by check
mailed to addresses of the Persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall
appear on the Security Register. Payments in respect of Notes
represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium, if any, and
interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
accounts specified by the Depositary. Payments in respect of Notes
represented by definitive Notes (including principal, premium, if any, and
interest) held by a Holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
Notes represented by definitive Notes will be made by wire transfer to a U.S.
dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such
Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee
or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 15
days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date
as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
Any
payment of principal or interest required to be made on a day that is not a
Business Day need not be made on such day, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such day
and no interest shall accrue as a result of such delayed payment. As
used in this Note, the term “Business Day” means a
day other than
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a
Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking institutions are
authorized or required by law to close in the City of New York.
3. Paying Agent and
Registrar. Initially, the Trustee will act as Trustee, Paying
Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying
Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice to any Holder. The
Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or
co-registrar.
4. Indenture. The
Company issued the Notes under the Indenture. The terms of the Notes
include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by
reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C.
§§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “Act”). Capitalized
terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in
the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders
are referred to the Indenture and the Act for a statement of those
terms. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this
Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall
control.
The Notes are general unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company initially limited to $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes and will rank equally with all of the Company’s existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. The Company may at any time issue additional Notes under the Indenture in unlimited amounts having the same terms as and treated as a single class with the Notes for all purposes under the Indenture and will vote together as one class with respect to the Notes. This Note is one of the Debt Securities referred to in the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on, among other things the incurrence of certain liens and sale-leaseback transactions by the Company or its Subsidiaries and consolidations, mergers and sales of assets of the Company.
5. Redemption; Change of
Control Repurchase Event. The Notes will be redeemable, in
whole or in part, at any time, at the option of the Company, upon not less than
30 and not more than 60 days prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each
Holder of Notes to be so redeemed at such Holder’s registered address, at a
redemption price equal to the greater of
· 100% of
the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; or
· the sum
of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and
interest on the Notes to be redeemed, exclusive of interest accrued to the
redemption date, discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted
Treasury Rate (as defined below), plus 50 basis points, as calculated by an
Independent Investment Banker;
plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the
Notes to be redeemed to the redemption date.
For
purposes of determining the optional redemption price, the following definitions
are applicable:
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“Adjusted Treasury
Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date for the
Notes,
· the
yield, under the heading that represents the average for the immediately
preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release
designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication that is published weekly by
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and that establishes yields
on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under
the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to
the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or
after the applicable maturity date, yields for the two published maturities most
closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and
the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such
yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month); or
· if such
release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding
the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal
to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury
Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as
a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for
such redemption date.
The
Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third business day preceding
the redemption date.
“Comparable Treasury
Issue” means the U.S. Treasury security selected by an Independent
Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the
Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in
accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate
debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such
Notes.
“Comparable Treasury
Price” means, with respect to any redemption date applicable to the Notes
(1) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the
Trustee for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations; or (2) if the Trustee obtains fewer than
four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Trustee.
“Independent Investment
Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the
Trustee after consultation with the Company; provided that the Trustee will not
be liable for any errors and omissions of the Independent Investment
Banker.
“Reference Treasury
Dealer” means (1) Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Banc of America
Securities LLC, and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. (or their respective
successors); provided,
however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S.
government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the
Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (2) one
other Primary Treasury Dealer appointed by the Trustee after consultation with
the Company; provided that the Trustee will not be liable for any errors and
omissions of such Primary Treasury Dealer.
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“Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any
redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked
prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Notes, expressed in each case
as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Trustee by
such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third
business day preceding such redemption date.
In the
case of any partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will be
made by the Trustee at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the
redemption date and by such method as the Trustee shall deem to be fair and
appropriate (and in such manner as complies with applicable legal requirements)
provided that (i) the Notes and portions thereof that the Trustee selects shall
be in amounts of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof and
(ii) no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount
of a Note not redeemed to less than $2,000. Notice of such redemption
will be given within this period of time in accordance with the
Indenture. 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. On and after the redemption date,
interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for
redemption as long as the Company has deposited with the Trustee or with a
Paying Agent (or, if applicable, segregated and held in trust) money sufficient
to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all the Notes that are
to be redeemed on such date.
If
a Change of Control Repurchase Event (defined below) occurs, unless the Company
has previously exercised its right to redeem the Notes as described above, the
Company will make an offer to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part
(in amounts of $2,000 or in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of
that Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on
the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase. Within 30 days following any
Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any
Change of Control (defined below), but after the public announcement of the
Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder, with a copy to
the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may
constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase
Notes on the payment date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier
than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed. The
notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of
Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of
Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in
the notice. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under
the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations under the
Exchange Act to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in
connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control
Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions
herein, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and
regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the
Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions herein by virtue of such
conflict.
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On
the Change of Control Repurchase Event payment date, the Company will, to the
extent lawful:
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accept
for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to
the Company’s offer;
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deposit
with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price in
respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered;
and
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deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted,
together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal
amount of Notes being purchased by the
Company.
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The
Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the
purchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and
mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal
in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered; provided that each new Note
will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in
excess thereof.
The
Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a
Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the
manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an
offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all Notes properly
tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.
For
purposes of the Notes:
“Below Investment Grade
Rating Event” means the Notes are rated below Investment Grade (defined
below) by both Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of
an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the
60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control
(which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under
publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by either of the Rating
Agencies); provided
that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of
a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect
of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below
Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of
Control Repurchase Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating
to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly
confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s request that the
reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance
comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change
of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred
at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).
“Change of Control”
means the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any
merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term
is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the beneficial owner,
directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s Voting Stock (defined
below), measured by voting power rather than number of
shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will
not
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be deemed
to involve a Change of Control if (1) the Company becomes a wholly owned
subsidiary of a holding company and (2) the holders of the Voting Stock of such
holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the
same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that
transaction.
“Change of Control Repurchase
Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below
Investment Grade Rating Event.
“Investment Grade”
means a rating of Baa3 or better by Xxxxx’x (or its equivalent under any
successor rating categories of Xxxxx'x); a rating of BBB- or better by S&P
(or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P); and the
equivalent Investment Grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or
Rating Agencies selected by the Company.
“Voting Stock” of any
specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange
Act) as of any date means the capital stock of such person that is at the time
entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such
person.
6.
Denominations;
Transfer; Exchange. The Notes are in registered form without
coupons in denominations of principal amount of $2,000 and whole multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in
accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder,
among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents
and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the
Indenture. The Registrar need not (A) issue, register the transfer of
or exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of 15 days before
the day of any selection of Notes for redemption and ending at the close of
business on the day of selection, (B) register the transfer of or to exchange
any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any Note being redeemed in part, or (C) register the transfer of or
to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest
payment date.
7.
Persons Deemed
Owners. The registered Holder of this Note will be treated as
the owner of it for all purposes.
8.
Unclaimed
Money. If money for the payment of principal or interest
remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money
back to the Company at its written request unless an abandoned property law
designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled
to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee or Paying
Agent for payment.
9.
Defeasance. Subject
to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company at any time may
terminate some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if
the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Securities for
the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to
redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
10.
Amendment,
Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the
Indenture, (i) the Indenture or the Notes may be amended with the written
consent of the Holders of at least a
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majority
in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and (ii) any default (other
than with respect to nonpayment or in respect of a provision that cannot be
amended without the written consent of each Holder affected thereby) or
noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture,
without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend the
Indenture or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency,
or to comply with Article IV of the
Indenture, or to add guarantees with respect to the Notes, or to secure the
Notes, or to add additional covenants of the Company, or surrender rights and
powers conferred on the Company, or to comply with any request of the SEC in
connection with qualifying the Indenture under the Act, or to make any change
that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder, or to establish the
form or terms of the Notes as permitted under the Indenture, or to evidence and
provide for the acceptance of appointment under the Indenture by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Notes and as shall be necessary to provide for or
facilitate the administration of the trusts under the Indenture by more than one
Trustee.
11.
Defaults and
Remedies. Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i)
default in any payment of interest or additional interest on any Note when due,
and continuing for 30 days; (ii) default in the payment of principal or premium,
if any, on any Note when due at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption,
upon declaration or otherwise; (iii) default by the Company in the
performance of or breaches by the Company of any covenant or agreement in the
Indenture or under the Notes, other than those referred to in (i) or (ii), where
such default continues for 60 days after written notice to the Company by the
Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the outstanding Notes; (iv) (a) failure by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries to pay, in accordance with its terms and when payable,
any of the principal, premium, if any, interest or additional amounts, if any,
on any Debt (including the Notes, but other than the Notes, if any, with respect
to which the failure to pay principal, premium, if any, interest or additional
interest is also an Event of Default under clauses (i), (ii) or both) having, in
the aggregate, a then outstanding principal amount in excess of $50,000,000, at
the later of final maturity or the expiration of any applicable grace period or
(b) acceleration of the maturity of Debt in an aggregate principal amount in
excess of $50,000,000, if that acceleration results from a default under the
instrument giving rise to or securing such Debt; or (v) certain events of
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company.
If an
Event of Default described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25%
in outstanding principal amount of the Notes by notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the
principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all
the Notes to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such
principal, premium and accrued and unpaid interest shall be immediately due and
payable. If an Event of Default described in clause (v) above occurs
and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid
interest on all the Notes will become and be immediately due and payable without
any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any
Holders.
Holders
may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the
Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the
Notes unless it receives
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reasonable
indemnity or security satisfactory to it. Subject to certain
limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may direct
the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may
withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default
(except a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on any Note) if it determines in good faith that withholding
notice is in the interests of Holders.
12.
Trustee Dealings with
the Company. Subject to certain limitations set forth in the
Indenture, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with
and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its affiliates and may
otherwise deal with the Company or its affiliates with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee.
13.
No Recourse
Against Others. An incorporator, director, officer, employee,
affiliate or stockholder, of the Company, solely by reason of this status, shall
not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such
obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are
part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.
14.
Authentication. This
Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an
authenticating agent acting on its behalf) manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Note.
15.
Abbreviations. Customary
abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN
COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (=joint
tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST
(=custodian) and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
16.
CUSIP
Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the
Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures the Company has caused
CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use
CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to
Holders. No representation is made by the Company or the Trustee as
to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained
in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers placed thereon.
17.
Governing
Law. This Note shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
The
Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to
the Holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this
Note. Requests may be made to:
The Black
& Xxxxxx Corporation
000 Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxx
Towson,
Maryland 21286
Attention: Treasurer
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ASSIGNMENT
FORM
To assign
this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we
assign and transfer this Note to
______________________________________________________
(Print or
type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
______________________________________________________
(Insert
assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and
irrevocably appoint _________________________ agent to transfer this Note on the
books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for
him.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Date:_____________________________
Your Signature:_______________________
Signature
Guarantee:________________________________________________________________________________
(Signature
must be guaranteed)
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sign
exactly as your name appears on the other
side of this Note.
The
signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks,
stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in
an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to SEC Rule
17Ad-15.
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[TO BE
ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE
OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
(i) The
following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been
made:
Date
of Exchange
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Amount
of decrease in Principal Amount of this Global
Security
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Amount
of increase in Principal Amount of this Global
Security
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Principal
Amount of this Global Security following such decrease or
increase
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Signature
of authorized signatory of Trustee or Securities
Custodian
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