ExhibitΒ 4.5
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INDENTURE
Dated as of MarchΒ 26, 2009
Among
CMP SUSQUEHANNA CORP.,
THE GUARANTORS NAMED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO
and
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Trustee
VARIABLE RATE SENIOR SUBORDINATED
SECURED SECOND LIEN NOTESΒ DUE 2014
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TABLE OF
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ARTICLEΒ 1Β DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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SectionΒ 1.01
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Definitions
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SectionΒ 1.02
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Other Definitions
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SectionΒ 1.03
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Reserved
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SectionΒ 1.04
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Rules of Construction
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SectionΒ 1.05
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Acts of Holders
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ARTICLEΒ 2Β Β THE
NOTES
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SectionΒ 2.01
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Form and Dating; Terms
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SectionΒ 2.02
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Execution and Authentication
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SectionΒ 2.03
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Registrar and Paying Agent
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SectionΒ 2.04
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Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
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SectionΒ 2.05
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Holder Lists
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SectionΒ 2.06
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Transfer and Exchange
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SectionΒ 2.07
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Replacement Notes
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SectionΒ 2.08
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Outstanding Notes
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SectionΒ 2.09
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Treasury Notes
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SectionΒ 2.10
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Temporary Notes
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SectionΒ 2.11
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Cancellation
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SectionΒ 2.12
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Defaulted Interest
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SectionΒ 2.13
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CUSIP Numbers
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ARTICLEΒ 3Β Β REDEMPTION
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SectionΒ 3.01
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Notices to Trustee
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SectionΒ 3.02
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Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed
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SectionΒ 3.03
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Notice of Redemption
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SectionΒ 3.04
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Effect of Notice of Redemption
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SectionΒ 3.05
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Deposit of Redemption Price
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SectionΒ 3.06
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Notes Redeemed in Part
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SectionΒ 3.07
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Optional Redemption
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SectionΒ 3.08
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Mandatory Redemption
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SectionΒ 3.09
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Offers to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds
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ARTICLEΒ 4Β Β COVENANTS
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SectionΒ 4.01
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Payment of Notes
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SectionΒ 4.02
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Maintenance of Office or Agency
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SectionΒ 4.03
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Reports and Other Information
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SectionΒ 4.04
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Compliance Certificate
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SectionΒ 4.05
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Taxes
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SectionΒ 4.06
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Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
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SectionΒ 4.07
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Limitation on Restricted Payments
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SectionΒ 4.08
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Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
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SectionΒ 4.09
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Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock
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SectionΒ 4.10
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Asset Sales
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SectionΒ 4.11
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Transactions with Affiliates
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SectionΒ 4.12
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Liens
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SectionΒ 4.13
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Corporate Existence
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SectionΒ 4.14
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Offer to Repurchase upon Change of Control
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SectionΒ 4.15
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Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted
Subsidiaries
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SectionΒ 4.16
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Limitation on Layering
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ARTICLEΒ 5Β Β SUCCESSORS
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SectionΒ 5.01
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Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets
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SectionΒ 5.02
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Successor Corporation Substituted
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ARTICLEΒ 6Β Β DEFAULTS
AND REMEDIES
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SectionΒ 6.01
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Events of Default
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SectionΒ 6.02
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Acceleration
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SectionΒ 6.03
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Other Remedies
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SectionΒ 6.04
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Waiver of Past Defaults
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SectionΒ 6.05
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Control by Majority
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SectionΒ 6.06
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Limitation on Suits
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SectionΒ 6.07
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Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment
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SectionΒ 6.08
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Collection Suit by Trustee
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SectionΒ 6.09
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Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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SectionΒ 6.10
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Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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SectionΒ 6.11
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Delay or Omission Not Waiver
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SectionΒ 6.12
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Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
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SectionΒ 6.13
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Priorities
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SectionΒ 6.14
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Undertaking for Costs
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ARTICLEΒ 7Β Β TRUSTEE
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SectionΒ 7.01
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Duties of Trustee
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SectionΒ 7.02
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Rights of Trustee
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SectionΒ 7.03
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Individual Rights of Trustee
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SectionΒ 7.04
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Trusteeβs Disclaimer
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SectionΒ 7.05
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Notice of Defaults
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SectionΒ 7.06
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Reserved
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SectionΒ 7.07
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Compensation and Indemnity
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SectionΒ 7.08
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Replacement of Trustee
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SectionΒ 7.09
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Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
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SectionΒ 7.10
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Eligibility; Disqualification
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ARTICLEΒ 8Β Β LEGAL
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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SectionΒ 8.01
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Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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SectionΒ 8.02
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Legal Defeasance and Discharge
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SectionΒ 8.03
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Covenant Defeasance
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SectionΒ 8.04
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Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
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SectionΒ 8.05
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Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions
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SectionΒ 8.06
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Repayment to Issuer
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SectionΒ 8.07
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLEΒ 9Β Β AMENDMENT,
SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
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SectionΒ 9.01
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Without Consent of Holders of Notes
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SectionΒ 9.02
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With Consent of Holders of Notes
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SectionΒ 9.03
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With Consent of Representatives of Designated Senior Indebtedness
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SectionΒ 9.04
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Revocation and Effect of Consents
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SectionΒ 9.05
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Notation on or Exchange of Notes
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SectionΒ 9.06
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Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
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ARTICLEΒ 10Β Β COLLATERAL
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SectionΒ 10.01
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Collateral and Security Documents
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SectionΒ 10.02
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Equal and Ratable Sharing of Collateral by Holders of Parity
Lien Debt
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SectionΒ 10.03
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Ranking of Parity Liens
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SectionΒ 10.04
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Relative Rights
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SectionΒ 10.05
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Perfection; Insurance
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SectionΒ 10.06
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Release of Collateral
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SectionΒ 10.07
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Permitted Releases Not To Impair Lien
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SectionΒ 10.08
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Certificates of the Trustee
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SectionΒ 10.09
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Suits To Protect the Collateral
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SectionΒ 10.10
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Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the
Security Documents
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SectionΒ 10.11
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Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee
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SectionΒ 10.12
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Release Upon Termination of the Companyβs Obligations
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SectionΒ 10.13
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NotesΒ Collateral Agent
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SectionΒ 10.14
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Designations
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SectionΒ 10.15
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Intercreditor Agreement Governs
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ARTICLEΒ 11Β Β SUBORDINATION
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SectionΒ 11.01
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Agreement To Subordinate
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SectionΒ 11.02
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Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy
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SectionΒ 11.03
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Default on Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer
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SectionΒ 11.04
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Acceleration of Payment of Notes
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SectionΒ 11.05
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When Distribution Must Be Paid Over
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SectionΒ 11.06
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Subrogation
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SectionΒ 11.07
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Relative Rights
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SectionΒ 11.08
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Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Issuer
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SectionΒ 11.09
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Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent
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SectionΒ 11.10
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Distribution or Notice to Representative
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SectionΒ 11.11
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Article 11 Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To
Accelerate
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SectionΒ 11.12
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Trust Moneys Not Subordinated
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SectionΒ 11.13
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Trustee Entitled To Rely
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SectionΒ 11.14
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Trustee To Effectuate Subordination
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SectionΒ 11.15
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Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Issuer
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SectionΒ 11.16
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Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer on
Subordination Provisions
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ARTICLEΒ 12Β Β GUARANTEES
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SectionΒ 12.01
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Guarantee
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SectionΒ 12.02
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Limitation on Guarantor Liability
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SectionΒ 12.03
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Execution and Delivery
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SectionΒ 12.04
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Subrogation
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SectionΒ 12.05
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Benefits Acknowledged
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SectionΒ 12.06
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Release of Guarantees
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ARTICLEΒ 13Β Β SUBORDINATION
OF GUARANTEES
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SectionΒ 13.01
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Agreement To Subordinate
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88
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SectionΒ 13.02
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Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy
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SectionΒ 13.03
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Default on Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor
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SectionΒ 13.04
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Demand for Payment
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89
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SectionΒ 13.05
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When Distribution Must Be Paid Over
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90
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SectionΒ 13.06
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Subrogation
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90
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SectionΒ 13.07
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Relative Rights
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90
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SectionΒ 13.08
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Subordination May Not Be Impaired by a Guarantor
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90
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SectionΒ 13.09
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Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent
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90
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SectionΒ 13.10
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Distribution or Notice to Representative
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90
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SectionΒ 13.11
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Article 13 Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To
Demand Payment
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SectionΒ 13.12
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Trust Moneys Not Subordinated
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SectionΒ 13.13
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Trustee Entitled To Rely
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91
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SectionΒ 13.14
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Trustee To Effectuate Subordination
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SectionΒ 13.15
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Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness of
Guarantors
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SectionΒ 13.16
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Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor on
Subordination Provisions
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ARTICLEΒ 14Β Β SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
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SectionΒ 14.01
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Satisfaction and Discharge
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SectionΒ 14.02
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Application of Trust Money
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ARTICLEΒ 15Β Β MISCELLANEOUS
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SectionΒ 15.01
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Reserved
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SectionΒ 15.02
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Notices
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SectionΒ 15.03
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Reserved
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SectionΒ 15.04
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Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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SectionΒ 15.05
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Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
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SectionΒ 15.06
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Rules by Trustee and Agents
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SectionΒ 15.07
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No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders
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95
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SectionΒ 15.08
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Governing Law
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95
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SectionΒ 15.09
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Waiver of Jury Trial
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95
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SectionΒ 15.10
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Force Majeure
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SectionΒ 15.11
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Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
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SectionΒ 15.12
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Successors
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Severability
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SectionΒ 15.14
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Counterpart Originals
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iv
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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v
Β
INDENTURE, dated as of MarchΒ 26, 2009, among CMP
Susquehanna Corp., a Delaware corporation
(βCMPβ), the Guarantors (as defined herein)
listed on the signature pages hereto and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.,
as Trustee (the βTrusteeβ).
Β
WITNESSETH
Β
WHEREAS, CMP has duly authorized the creation of an issue of up
to $15,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Variable Rate
Senior Subordinated Secured Second Lien Notes due 2014;Β and
Β
WHEREAS, each of CMP and each of the Guarantors has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture.
Β
NOW, THEREFORE, each of CMP, the Guarantors and the Trustee
agrees as follows for the benefit of each other and for the
equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
Β
ARTICLEΒ 1
Β
DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Β
SectionΒ 1.01Β Β Definitions.
Β
β144A Global Noteβ means a Global Note
substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ A hereto,
bearing the Global NoteΒ Legend and the Private Placement
Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the
name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a
denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the
Notes sold in reliance on RuleΒ 144A.
Β
βAcquired Indebtednessβ means, with
respect to any specified Person,
Β
(1)Β Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time
such other Person is merged with or into or became a Restricted
Subsidiary of such specified Person, including Indebtedness
incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other
Person merging with or into or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary
of such specified Person,Β and
Β
(2)Β Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset
acquired by such specified Person.
Β
βAdditional Notesβ means additional
Notes issued from time to time under this Indenture in
accordance with SectionsΒ 2.01 and 4.09 hereof.
Β
βAdvisory Services Agreementβ means the
advisory services agreement dated MayΒ 5, 2006 among Parent
Holdings, the Issuer, Cumulus Media Partners, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, and affiliates of the members of the
Consortium named therein, as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified.
Β
βAffiliateβ of any specified Person
means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
such specified Person. For purposes of this definition,
βcontrolβ (including, with correlative meanings, the
terms βcontrolling,β βcontrolled byβ and
βunder common control withβ), as used with respect to
any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.
Β
βAgentβ means any Registrar or Paying
Agent.
Β
βApplicable Proceduresβ means, with
respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial
interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the
Depositary, Euroclear
and/or
Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
Β
βAsset Saleβ means:
Β
(1)Β the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition,
whether in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions, of property or assets (including by way of a Sale
and Lease-Back Transaction) of the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (each referred to in this definition as
a βdispositionβ);Β or
1
Β
Β
(2)Β the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any
Restricted Subsidiary, whether in a single transaction or a
series of related transactions;
Β
in each case, other than:
Β
(a)Β any disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade
Securities or obsolete or worn out equipment in the ordinary
course of business or any disposition of inventory or goods (or
other assets) held for sale in the ordinary course of business;
Β
(b)Β the disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Issuer in a manner permitted pursuant to the
provisions described under SectionΒ 5.01 hereof or any
disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to
this Indenture;
Β
(c)Β the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted
Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under
SectionΒ 4.07 hereof;
Β
(d)Β any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity
Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or
series of transactions with an aggregate fair market value of
less than $5.0Β million;
Β
(e)Β any disposition of property or assets or issuance of
securities by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to the
Issuer or by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer
to another Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer;
Β
(f)Β to the extent allowable under SectionΒ 1031 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any exchange of like property
(excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;
Β
(g)Β the lease, assignment or sub-lease of any real or
personal property in the ordinary course of business;
Β
(h)Β any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or
Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
Β
(i)Β foreclosures on assets;
Β
(j)Β any financing transaction with respect to property
built or acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary
after the Issue Date, including Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
and asset securitizations permitted by this Indenture;Β and
Β
(k)Β the licensing of intellectual property.
Β
βBank Collateral Agentβ means Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrative Agent under the
Senior Credit Facilities (or any successor administrative agent
or collateral agent thereto under the Senior Credit Facilities),
or if there are no Senior Credit Facilities, the βBank
Collateral Agentβ designated pursuant to the terms of
the documentation governing the Priority Lien Obligations.
Β
βBankruptcy Lawβ means TitleΒ 11,
U.S.Β Code or any similar federal or state law for the
relief of debtors.
Β
βBusiness Dayβ means each day which is
not a Legal Holiday.
Β
βCalculation Agentβ means an agent
appointed from time to time by the Issuer for the purpose of
determining the rates of interest in effect from time to time
with respect to the Notes pursuant to this Indenture and
calculating the amount of interest payable from time to time
with respect thereto. Unless otherwise specified, the
Calculation Agent shall be the Trustee.
Β
βCapital Stockβ means:
Β
(1)Β in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
Β
(2)Β in the case of an association or business entity, any
and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other
equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
Β
(3)Β in the case of a partnership or limited liability
company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or
limited);Β and
2
Β
Β
(4)Β any other interest or participation that confers on a
Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses
of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
Β
βCapitalized Lease Obligationβ means, at
the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of
the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such
time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability
on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in
accordance with GAAP.
Β
βCash Equivalentsβ means:
Β
(1)Β United States dollars;
Β
(2)Β securities issued or directly and fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by the U.S.Β government or any
agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation
of such government with maturities of 24Β months or less
from the date of acquisition;
Β
(3)Β certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar
time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date
of acquisition, bankersβ acceptances with maturities not
exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case
with any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less
than $500.0Β million in the case of U.S.Β banks and
$100.0Β million (or the U.S.Β dollar equivalent as of
the date of determination) in the case of
non-U.S.Β banks;
Β
(4)Β repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the
types described in clausesΒ (2) and (3)Β entered into
with any financial institution meeting the qualifications
specified in clauseΒ (3) above;
Β
(5)Β commercial paper rated at least
P-1 by
Xxxxxβx or at least
A-1 by
S&P and in each case maturing within 24Β months after
the date of creation thereof;
Β
(6)Β marketable short-term money market and similar
securities having a rating of at least
P-2 or
A-2 from
either Xxxxxβx or S&P, respectively (or, if at any
time neither Xxxxxβx nor S&P shall be rating such
obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency),
and in each case maturing within 24Β months after the date
of creation thereof;
Β
(7)Β investment funds investing 95% of their assets in
securities of the types described in clausesΒ (1) through
(6)Β above;
Β
(8)Β readily marketable direct obligations issued by any
state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an
Investment Grade Rating from either Xxxxxβx or S&P
with maturities of 24Β months or less from the date of
acquisition;
Β
(9)Β Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with
a rating of βAβ or higher from S&P or
βA2β or higher from Xxxxxβx with maturities of
24Β months or less from the date of acquisition;Β and
Β
(10)Β Investments with average maturities of 12Β months
or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated
AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3
(or the equivalent thereof) or better by Xxxxxβx.
Β
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include
amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in
clauseΒ (1) above, provided, that such amounts are
converted into United States dollars as promptly as practicable
and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt
of such amounts.
Β
βCash Interest Expenseβ means, with
respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without
duplication, of:
Β
(1)Β the cash component of Consolidated Interest Expense of
such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period,
whether paid or accrued, excluding, without limitation, original
issue discount, non cash interest expense, amortization and
write-off of debt issuance costs, the interest component of any
deferred payment obligations and net payments, if any, pursuant
to Hedging Obligations; plus
Β
(2)Β the cash component of Consolidated Interest Expense of
such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized
during such period; plus
3
Β
Β
(3)Β any cash interest payment on Indebtedness of another
person that is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such
Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not
such Guarantee or Lien is called upon and limited to the amount
of such Guarantee or the fair market value of the property
secured by such Lien, as the case may be.
Β
βChange of Controlβ means the occurrence
of any of the following:
Β
(1)Β the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of
related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any
Person other than a Permitted Holder;Β or
Β
(2)Β the Issuer becomes aware of (by way of a report or any
other filing pursuant to SectionΒ 13(d) of the Exchange Act,
proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by any
Person or group (within the meaning of SectionΒ 13(d)(3) or
SectionΒ 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor
provision), including any group acting for the purpose of
acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the
meaning of
RuleΒ 13d-5(b)(1)
under the Exchange Act), other than the Permitted Holders, in a
single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by
way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or
purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of
RuleΒ 13d-3
under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of 50% or
more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer
or any of its direct or indirect parent companies holding
directly or indirectly 100% of the total voting power of the
Voting Stock of the Issuer,
Β
provided, that a βChange of Controlβ
shall not include a merger, consolidation or other business
combination involving the Issuer and Cumulus Media Inc.
and/or its
controlled Affiliates if the Leverage Ratio of the Successor
Company immediately following such transaction is not greater
than the Leverage Ratio of the Issuer immediately prior to such
merger, consolidation or other business combination.
Β
βClearstreamβ means Clearstream Banking,
SociΓ©tΓ© Anonyme.
Β
βCollateralβ means all the collateral
from time to time described in the Security Documents.
Β
βConsolidated Depreciation and Amortization
Expenseβ means with respect to any Person for any
period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization
expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees
of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period
on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance
with GAAP.
Β
βConsolidated Interest Expenseβ means,
with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication,
the sum of:
Β
(1)Β consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such
expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing
Consolidated Net Income (including (a)Β amortization of
original issue discount resulting from the issuance of
Indebtedness at less than par, (b)Β all commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to
letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (c)Β non-cash
interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense
attributable to the movement in the xxxx to market valuation of
Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to
GAAP), (d)Β the interest component of Capitalized Lease
Obligations, and (e)Β net payments, if any; pursuant to
interest rate Hedging Obligations with respect to Indebtedness,
and excluding (x)Β amortization of deferred financing fees,
debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses,
(y)Β any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing
fees and (z)Β commissions, discounts, yield and other fees
and charges; plus
Β
(2)Β consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or
accrued; less
Β
(3)Β interest income for such period.
Β
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease
Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate
reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest
implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with
GAAP.
4
Β
Β
βConsolidated Net Incomeβ means, with
respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net
Income, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in
accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that,
without duplication,
Β
(1)Β any after-tax effect of extraordinary, non-recurring or
unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating
thereto) or expenses, severance, relocation costs and
curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement
employee benefit plans shall be excluded,
Β
(2)Β the Net Income for such period shall not include the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during
such period,
Β
(3)Β any after-tax effect of income (loss) from disposed or
discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on
disposal of disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations shall
be excluded,
Β
(4)Β any after-tax effect of gains or losses (less all fees
and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset
dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business, as
determined in good faith by the Issuer, shall be excluded,
Β
(5)Β the Net Income for such period of any Person that is
not a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is
accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be
excluded; provided, that Consolidated Net Income of the
Issuer shall be increased by the amount of dividends or
distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash
(or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or
a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,
Β
(6)Β solely for the purpose of determining the amount
available for Restricted Payments under clauseΒ (3)(A) of
SectionΒ 4.07(a) hereof, the Net Income for such period of
any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be
excluded if the declaration or payment of dividends or similar
distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is
not at the date of determination wholly permitted without any
prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or,
directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its
charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order,
statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that
Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such
restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar
distributions has been legally waived, provided, that
Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer will be increased by the
amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments
actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to
the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such
period, to the extent not already included therein,
Β
(7)Β effects of adjustments (including the effects of such
adjustments pushed down to the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries) in the property and equipment, other intangible
assets, deferred revenue and debt line items in such
Personβs consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP
resulting from the application of purchase accounting in
relation to any consummated acquisition or the amortization or
write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be
excluded,
Β
(8)Β any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early
extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other
derivative instruments shall be excluded,
Β
(9)Β any impairment charge or asset write-off, in each case,
pursuant to GAAP and the amortization of intangibles arising
pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded,
Β
(10)Β any non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants
of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options,
restricted stock or other rights shall be excluded,
Β
(11)Β any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or
any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any
acquisition, Investment, Asset Sale, issuance or repayment of
Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing
transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument
(in each case, including any such transaction undertaken but not
completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs
incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction
shall be excluded,Β and
Β
(12)Β accruals and reserves that are established within
twelve months after the Issue Date that are so required to be
established as a result of the Transaction in accordance with
GAAP shall be excluded.
5
Β
Β
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of
SectionΒ 4.07(a) hereof only (other than clauseΒ (3)(D)
of SectionΒ 4.07(a) hereof), there shall be excluded from
Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale or
other disposition of Restricted Investments made by the Issuer
and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions
of Restricted Investments from the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances which
constitute Restricted Investments by the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, any sale of the stock of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary or any distribution or dividend from an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent such
amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted
under clauseΒ (3)(D) of SectionΒ 4.07(a) hereof.
Β
βConsortiumβ means Xxxx Capital
Partners, LLC, The Blackstone Group, Xxxxxx X. Xxx Partners,
L.P. and Cumulus Media Inc. and each of their respective
Affiliates but not including, however, any portfolio companies
of any of the foregoing.
Β
βContingent Obligationsβ means, with
respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person
guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do
not constitute Indebtedness (βprimary obligationsβ) of
any other Person (the βprimary obligorβ) in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without
limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not
contingent,
Β
(1)Β to purchase any such primary obligation or any property
constituting direct or indirect security therefor,
Β
(2)Β to advance or supply funds
Β
(a)Β for the purchase or payment of any such primary
obligation,Β or
Β
(b)Β to maintain working capital or equity capital of the
primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or
solvency of the primary obligor,Β or
Β
(3)Β to purchase property, securities or services primarily
for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary
obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment
of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.
Β
βContribution Indebtednessβ means
Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor in an
aggregate principal amount not greater than twice the aggregate
amount of cash contributions (other than Excluded Contributions)
made to the capital of the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor
after the Issue Date; provided, that such Contribution
Indebtedness:
Β
(1)Β if the aggregate principal amount of such Contribution
Indebtedness is greater than one times such cash contributions
to the capital of the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as
applicable, the amount of such excess shall be (A)(x)
Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Secured Indebtedness) or
(y)Β Senior Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Secured
Indebtedness) and (B)Β Indebtedness with a Stated Maturity
later than the Stated Maturity of the Notes,Β and
Β
(2)Β (a)Β is incurred within 180Β days after the
making of such cash contributions and (b)Β is so designated
as Contribution Indebtedness pursuant to an Officerβs
Certificate on the date of the incurrence thereof.
Β
βCorporate TrustΒ Office of the
Trusteeβ shall be at the address of the Trustee
specified in SectionΒ 15.02 hereof or such other address as
to which the Trustee may give notice to the Holders and the
Issuer.
Β
βCredit Facilitiesβ means, with respect
to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, one or more
debt facilities, including the Senior Credit Facilities, or
other financing arrangements (including, without limitation,
commercial paper facilities or indentures) providing for
revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit or other
long-term indebtedness, including any notes, mortgages,
guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements
executed in connection therewith, and any amendments,
supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements
or refundings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or
commercial paper facilities that replace, refund or refinance
any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or
commitments thereunder, including any such replacement,
refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that increases
the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder or alters the
maturity thereof or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional
borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or
any other agent, lender or group of lenders.
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Β
Β
βCustodianβ means the Trustee, as
custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any
successor entity thereto.
Β
βDefaultβ means any event that is, or
with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would
be, an Event of Default.
Β
βDefinitive Noteβ means a certificated
Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in
accordance with SectionΒ 2.06(c) hereof, substantially in
the form of ExhibitΒ A hereto, except that such Note
shall not bear the Global NoteΒ Legend and shall not have
the βSchedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global
Noteβ attached thereto.
Β
βDepositaryβ means, with respect to the
Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the
Person specified in SectionΒ 2.03 hereof as the Depositary
with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto
appointed as Depositary hereunder and having become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
Β
βDesignated Non-cash Considerationβ
means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received
by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an
Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash
Consideration pursuant to an Officerβs Certificate, setting
forth the basis of such valuation, executed by the principal
financial officer of the Issuer, less the amount of cash or Cash
Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or
collection on such Designated Non-cash Consideration.
Β
βDesignated Preferred Stockβ means
Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any parent corporation thereof
(in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for
cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock
ownership plan or trust established by the Issuer or any of its
Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred
Stock, pursuant to an Officerβs Certificate executed by the
principal financial officer of the Issuer or the applicable
parent corporation thereof, as the case may be, on the issuance
date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the
calculation set forth in clauseΒ (3) of SectionΒ 4.07(a)
hereof.
Β
βDesignated Senior Indebtednessβ means:
Β
(1)Β any Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Credit
Facilities;Β and
Β
(2)Β any other Senior Indebtedness permitted under this
Indenture, the principal amount of which is $25.0Β million
or more and that has been specifically designated by the Issuer
in the instrument evidencing or governing such Senior
Indebtedness as βDesignated Senior
Indebtednessβ for purposes of this Indenture.
Β
βDickey Familyβ means Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx,Β Xx. and Xxxx X. Xxxxxx.
Β
βDisqualified Stockβ means, with respect
to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its
terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is
convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon
the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable
(other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset
sale) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is
redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than
solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale), in
whole or in part, in each case prior to the date 91Β days
after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the date
the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided,
however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan
for the benefit of employees of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries
or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall
not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be
required to be repurchased by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries in
order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.
Β
βEBITDAβ means, with respect to any
Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such
Person for such period
Β
(1)Β increased (without duplication) by:
Β
(a)Β provision for taxes based on income or profits or
capital, including, without limitation, state, franchise and
similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid
or accrued during such period deducted (and not added back) in
computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
Β
(b)Β Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including
(i)Β net losses or Hedging Obligations or other derivative
instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest
rate risk and (ii)Β costs of surety bonds in
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Β
connection with financing activities, in each case, to the
extent included in Fixed Charges) to the extent the same was
deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated
Net Income; plus
Β
(c)Β Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of
such Person for such period to the extent the same were deducted
(and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income;
plus
Β
(d)Β any expenses or charges (other than depreciation or
amortization expense) related to any Equity Offering, Permitted
Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the
incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this
Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not
successful), including (i)Β such fees, expenses or charges
related to the offering of the Notes and the Credit Facilities
and (ii)Β any amendment or other modification of the Notes,
and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing
Consolidated Net Income; plus
Β
(e)Β the amount of any restructuring charge or reserve
deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing
Consolidated Net Income, including any one-time costs incurred
in connection with acquisitions after the Issue Date and costs
related to the closure
and/or
consolidation of facilities; plus
Β
(f)Β any other non-cash charges, including any write offs or
write downs, reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period
(provided, that if any such non-cash charges represent an
accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future
period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future
period shall be subtracted from EBITDA to such extent, and
excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a
prior period); plus
Β
(g)Β the amount of any minority interest expense consisting
of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests
of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary deducted
(and not added back) in such period in calculating Consolidated
Net Income; plus
Β
(h)Β the amount of advisory fees and related expenses (other
than pursuant to the Management Agreement or any replacement
thereof) paid in such period to members of the Consortium (or
their Affiliates, as applicable) to the extent otherwise
permitted under SectionΒ 4.11 hereof; plus
Β
(i)Β any costs or expense incurred by the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or
stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit
plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder
agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded
with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Issuer or
net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interest of the
Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that
such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set
forth in clauseΒ (3) of SectionΒ 4.07(a) hereof;
plus
Β
(j)Β the amount of loss incurred by the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary in connection with acquiring
βstickβ stations or commencing operations under an
owned, but not operated, license, in each case as a direct
result of the acquisition of such station or initiation of such
license within 24Β months of the acquisition of the
applicable station or initiation of operations in respect of the
applicable license in an aggregate amount for all such stations
and licenses not to exceed $5.0Β million in any four fiscal
quarter period,
Β
(2)Β decreased by (without duplication) non-cash gains
increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such
period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they
represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential
cash item that reduced EBITDA in any prior period,Β and
Β
(3)Β increased or decreased by (without duplication):
Β
(a)Β any net gain or loss resulting in such period from
Hedging Obligations and the application of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No.Β 133; plus or
minus, as applicable,
Β
(b)Β any net gain or loss resulting in such period from
currency translation gains or losses related to currency
remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any net loss or gain
resulting from hedge agreements for currency exchange risk).
Β
βEquity Interestsβ means Capital Stock
and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital
Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into,
or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.
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Β
Β
βEquity Offeringβ means any public or
private sale of common stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or
any of its direct or indirect parent companies (excluding
Disqualified Stock), other than:
Β
(1)Β public offerings with respect to the Issuerβs or
any direct or indirect parent companyβs common stock
registered on
FormΒ S-8;
Β
(2)Β issuances to any Subsidiary of the Issuer;Β and
Β
(3)Β any such public or private sale that constitutes an
Excluded Contribution.
Β
βEuroclearβ means Euroclear S.A./N.V.,
as operator of the Euroclear system.
Β
βExchange Actβ means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Β
βExcluded Contributionβ means net cash
proceeds or marketable securities received by the Issuer from
Β
(1)Β contributions to its common equity capital,Β and
Β
(2)Β the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or
to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other
management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Issuer)
of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated
Preferred Stock) of the Issuer, in each case designated as
Excluded Contributions pursuant to an officerβs certificate
executed by the principal financial officer of the Issuer on the
date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity
Interests are sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from
the calculation set forth in clauseΒ (3) of
SectionΒ 4.07(a) hereof.
Β
βFCCβ means the U.S.Β Federal
Communications Commission.
Β
βFinal Orderβ shall mean a final order
issued by the U.S.Β Bankruptcy Court.
Β
βFixed Chargesβ means, with respect to
any Person for any period, the sum of:
Β
(1)Β Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such
period;
Β
(2)Β all cash dividends or other distributions paid
(excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of
Preferred Stock during such period;Β and
Β
(3)Β all cash dividends or other distributions paid
(excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of
Disqualified Stock during such period.
Β
βForeign Subsidiaryβ means, with respect
to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is
not organized or existing under the laws of the United States,
any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory
thereof and any Restricted Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary.
Β
βGAAPβ means generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States which are in effect
on the Issue Date.
Β
βGlobal NoteΒ Legendβ means the
legend set forth in SectionΒ 2.06(f)(ii) hereof, which is
required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this
Indenture.
Β
βGlobal Notesβ means, individually and
collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the
Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of
ExhibitΒ A hereto, issued in accordance with
SectionΒ 2.01, 2.06(b) or 2.06(d) hereof.
Β
βGovernment Securitiesβ means securities
that are:
Β
(1)Β direct obligations of the United States of America for
the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is
pledged;Β or
Β
(2)Β obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and
acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America the timely payment of which is unconditionally
guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United
States of America,
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Β
Β
which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the
option of the issuers thereof, and shall also include a
depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in
SectionΒ 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with
respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment
of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities
held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such
depository receipt; provided, that (except as required by
law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from
the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from
any amount received by the custodian in respect of the
Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or
interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such
depository receipt.
Β
βguaranteeβ means a guarantee (other
than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in
the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any
manner (including letters of credit and reimbursement agreements
in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or
other obligations.
Β
βGuaranteeβ means the guarantee by any
Guarantor of the Issuerβs Obligations under this Indenture.
Β
βGuarantorβ means Holdings and each
Subsidiary Guarantor.
Β
βHedging Obligationsβ means, with
respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any
interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement,
interest rate collar agreement, currency swap agreement or
similar agreement providing for the transfer or mitigation of
interest rate or currency risks either generally or under
specific contingencies.
Β
βHolderβ means the Person in whose name
a Note is registered on the Registrarβs books.
Β
Β
βIndebtednessβ means, with respect to
any Person, without duplication:
Β
(1)Β any indebtedness (including principal and premium). of
such Person, whether or not contingent:
Β
(a)Β in respect of borrowed money;
Β
(b)Β evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar
instruments or letters of credit or bankersβ acceptances
(or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof);
Β
(c)Β representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the
purchase price of any property (including Capitalized Lease
Obligations), except (i)Β any such balance that constitutes
a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in
each case accrued in the ordinary course of business and
(ii)Β any earn-out obligations until such obligation becomes
a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance
with GAAP;Β or
Β
(d)Β representing any Hedging Obligations;
Β
if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness
(other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would
appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the
footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with
GAAP;
Β
(2)Β to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by
such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor
or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in
clauseΒ (1) of a third Person (whether or not such items
would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or
guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments
for collection in the ordinary course of business;Β and
Β
(3)Β to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations
of the type referred to in clauseΒ (1) of a third Person
secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such first Person,
whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such first Person.
Β
βIndentureβ means this Indenture, as
amended or supplemented from time to time.
Β
βIndependent Financial Advisorβ means an
accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to
Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized
standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer,
qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.
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Β
Β
βIndirect Participantβ means a Person
who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a
Participant.
Β
βInitial Notesβ means the $14,031,000
aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture
on the Issue Date in connection with the Transaction.
Β
βIntercreditor Agreementβ means an
Intercreditor Agreement, entered into by the Issuer, the
Guarantors, the Trustee, the NotesΒ Collateral Agent and the
Bank Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of
ExhibitΒ E hereto, as may be amended, modified,
supplemented, restated
and/or
replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof
and this Indenture.
Β
βInterest Determination Dateβ means,
with respect to any Interest Period, the third Business Day
immediately preceding the first day of such Interest Period.
Β
βInterest Payment Dateβ means May 15 and
November 15 of each year to stated maturity.
Β
βInterest Periodβ means, with respect to
the initial Interest Period, the period commencing on the Issue
Date, and thereafter, the period commencing on the first
Business Day following the last day of the Interest Period then
in effect, and ending on the date one, two, three or six months
thereafter, as selected by the Issuer in a written notice to the
Trustee; provided, that:
Β
(1)Β any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day
that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in
another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall
end on the next preceding Business Day;Β and
Β
(2)Β any Interest Period that begins on the last Business
Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no
numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end
of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of
the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period.
Β
βInvestment Grade Ratingβ means a rating
equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moodyβs
and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent
rating by any other Rating Agency.
Β
βInvestment Grade Securitiesβ means:
Β
(1)Β securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed by
the United States government or any agency or instrumentality
thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);
Β
(2)Β debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment
Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments
constituting loans or advances among the Issuer and its
Subsidiaries;Β and
Β
(3)Β investments in any fund that invests exclusively in
investments of the type described in clausesΒ (1) and (2),
which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending
investment or distribution.
Β
βInvestmentsβ means, with respect to any
Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons
(including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including
guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding
accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to customers,
commission, travel and similar advances to officers and
employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of
business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of
Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any
other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be
classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of the
Issuer in the same manner as the other investments included in
this definition to the extent such transactions involve the
transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the
definition of βUnrestricted Subsidiaryβ and
SectionΒ 4.07 hereof:
Β
(1)Β βInvestmentsβ shall include the
portion (proportionate to the Issuerβs equity interest in
such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of a
Subsidiary of the Issuer 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 Issuer shall be deemed to continue
to have a permanent βInvestmentβ in an
Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to:
Β
(a)Β the Issuer βInvestmentβ in such
Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; less
Β
(b)Β the portion (proportionate to the Issuerβs equity
interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net
assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such
redesignation;Β and
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Β
Β
(2)Β 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 Issuer.
Β
βIssue Dateβ means MarchΒ 26, 2009.
Β
βIssuerβ means CMP Susquehanna Corp.;
provided, that when used in the context of determining
the fair market value of an asset or liability under this
Indenture, βIssuerβ shall be deemed to mean the
board of directors of the Issuer when the fair market value is
equal to or in excess of $20.0Β million (unless otherwise
expressly stated).
Β
βIssuer Orderβ means a written request
or order signed on behalf of the Issuer by any of the principal
executive officer, the principal financial officer, the
treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Issuer, and
delivered to the Trustee.
Β
βLegal Holidayβ means a Saturday, a
Sunday or a day on which commercial banking institutions are not
required to be open in the State of
New York or the city in
which the Corporate TrustΒ Office of the Trustee or Paying
Agent is located.
Β
βLeverage Ratioβ means, with respect to
any specified Person on any date of determination (the
βCalculation Dateβ), the ratio, on a pro
forma basis, of (1)Β the sum of the aggregate
outstanding amount of Indebtedness plus the aggregate
liquidation preference of all outstanding Disqualified Stock and
Preferred Stock (except Preferred Stock issued to the Issuer or
a Restricted Subsidiary) of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries as of the Calculation Date determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP to (2)Β the
EBITDA of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
attributable to continuing operations and businesses for the
four full fiscal quarters ended most recently prior to the
Calculation Date.
Β
For purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio:
Β
(1)Β acquisitions, including Investments, that have been
made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations, or
any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the
specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and
including any related financing transactions and including
increases in ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries, and any
incurrence or repayment of other Indebtedness or preferred
stock, at any time subsequent to the beginning of the
four-quarter reference period and on or prior to the date of
determination, as if such incurrence or issuance, or the
repayment, as the case may be, during the four-quarter reference
period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to
the Calculation Date will be given pro forma effect as if
they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference
period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of
Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility shall be
computed based upon the average balance of such Indebtedness at
the end of each month during such period);
Β
(2)Β For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma
effect is to be given to any transaction, the pro forma
calculations. shall be made in good faith by a responsible
financial or accounting officer of the Issuer;
Β
(3)Β transactions giving rise to the need to calculate the
Leverage Ratio shall be assumed to have occurred on the first
day of the four-quarter reference period;
Β
(4)Β any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the
Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted
Subsidiary at all times during such four-quarter period;Β and
Β
(5)Β any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the
Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted
Subsidiary at any time during such four-quarter period.
Β
Furthermore, in calculating Consolidated Interest Expense for
purposes of the calculation of EBITDA, (a)Β interest on
Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the date of
determination (including Indebtedness actually incurred on the
date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the
Leverage Ratio) and which will continue to be so determined
thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per
annum equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness as in
effect on the date of determination and (b)Β notwithstanding
clauseΒ (a) above, interest determined on a fluctuating
basis, to the extent such interest is covered by Hedging
Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum
resulting after giving effect to the operation of such
agreements.
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Β
Β
βLIBORβ means, for any Interest Period,
the offered rate for deposits in Dollars for an amount
approximately equal to the then outstanding principal amount of
the Notes, and for a length of time approximately equal to, the
applicable Interest Period as such rate appears on Bloomberg
PageΒ BBAMI as of 11:00Β a.m., London time, on the
Interest Determination Date; provided that if more than one
offered rate appears on the Bloomberg PageΒ BBAMI, LIBOR
shall be the arithmetic average (rounded upward to the nearest
one-hundredths (1/100th) of one percent (1.00%)) of such offered
rates. If Bloomberg PageΒ BBAMI does not include such a rate
or is unavailable on an Interest Determination Date, the
Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of
each of two major banks in the London interbank market, as
selected by the Issuer, to provide such banksβ offered
quotation (expressed as a percentage per annum), as of
approximately 11:00Β a.m., London time, on the Interest
Determination Date. LIBOR shall be the average of the interest
rates (rounded upward to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100th) of
one percent (1.00%)) of such offered rates.
Β
βLienβ means, with respect to any asset,
any mortgage, lien (statutory or otherwise), pledge,
hypothecation, charge, security interest, preference, priority
or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or
not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law,
including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other
agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing
of or agreement to give any financing statement under the
Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any
jurisdiction; provided, that in no event shall an
operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
Β
βManagement Agreementβ means the
management agreement dated as of MayΒ 5, 2006 between
Cumulus Media Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Parent Holdings,
as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
Β
βMoodyβsβ means Xxxxxβx
Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency
business.
Β
βNet Incomeβ means, with respect to any
Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in
accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of
Preferred Stock dividends.
Β
βNet Proceedsβ means the aggregate cash
proceeds received by the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale, including any cash
received upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated
Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale, net of the
direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or
disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, including
legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and
sales commissions, any relocation expenses incurred as a result
thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking
into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax
sharing arrangements), amounts required to be applied to the
repayment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on Senior
Indebtedness required (other than required by clauseΒ (i) of
SectionΒ 4.10(b) hereof to be paid as a result of such
transaction and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be
provided by the Issuer or any of its Restricted. Subsidiaries as
a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities
associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and
retained by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension
and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities
related to environmental matters or against any indemnification
obligations associated with such transaction.
Β
βNon-U.S.Β Personβ
means a Person who is not a U.S.Β Person.
Β
βNotesβ means the Initial Notes and any
Note authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. For all
purposes of this Indenture, the term βNotesβ
shall also include any Additional Notes that may be issued under
a supplemental indenture. For purposes of this Indenture, all
references to Notes to be issued or authenticated upon transfer,
replacement or exchange shall be deemed to refer to Notes of the
applicable series.
Β
βNotesΒ Collateral Agentβ means the
Trustee, as collateral agent for the Holders of the Notes, and
its successors and assigns.
Β
βObligationsβ means any principal,
interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the
filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar
proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with
respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed
claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law),
penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including
reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and
bankerβs acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and
guarantees of payment of such principal,
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interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements,
damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation
governing any Indebtedness.
Β
βOffering Memorandumβ means the Offering
Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated
MarchΒ 9, 2009, relating to the Transaction.
Β
βOfficerβ means the Chairman of the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive
Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the
Treasurer or the Secretary of the Issuer.
Β
βOfficerβs Certificateβ means a
certificate signed on behalf of the Issuer by any of the
principal executive officer, the principal financial officer,
the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Issuer,
that meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Β
βOpinion of Counselβ means a written
opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The
counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or the
Trustee.
Β
βParent Holdingsβ means CMP Susquehanna
Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation and the parent company of
Holdings.
Β
βParity Lienβ means a Lien granted by a
Security Document in favor of the NotesΒ Collateral Agent,
at any time, upon any property of the Issuer or any Guarantor to
secure Parity Lien Debt.
Β
βParity Lien Debtβ means any Additional
Notes and any other Indebtedness having substantially identical
terms as the New Notes (other than issue date, issue price,
interest rate, yield and redemption terms) and issued under an
indenture substantially identical to this Indenture and any
Indebtedness that refinances or refunds (or successive
refinancing and refunding) any Notes or Additional Notes and all
Obligations with respect to such Indebtedness; provided,
however, that such Indebtedness may (1)Β have a
Stated Maturity date that is equal to or longer than the Notes,
(2)Β contain terms and covenants that are less restrictive
than the terms and covenants under the Notes and
(3)Β contain terms and covenants that are more restrictive
than the terms and covenants under the Notes so long as prior to
or substantially simultaneously with the issuance of any such
Indebtedness, the Notes and this Indenture are amended to
contain any such more restrictive terms and covenants.
Β
βParity Lien Representativeβ means:
Β
(1)Β in the case of the Notes, the Trustee;Β or
Β
(2)Β in the case of such series of Parity Lien Debt, the
Person that maintains the transfer register for such series of
Parity Lien Debt and (a)Β is appointed as a Parity Lien
Representative (for purposes related to the administration of
the Security Documents) pursuant to the indenture, credit
agreement or other agreement governing such series of Parity
Lien Debt, together with its successors in such capacity, and
(b)Β has become a party to the
Intercreditor Agreement
pursuant to such documents or agreements (including amendments
or supplements to the
Intercreditor Agreement) as the
NotesΒ Collateral Agent shall reasonably request and in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to the NotesΒ Collateral
Agent.
Β
βParticipantβ means, with respect to the
Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an
account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream,
respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear
and Clearstream).
Β
βPermitted Asset Swapβ means the
concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business
Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or
Cash Equivalents between the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries and another Person; provided, that any cash
or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with
SectionΒ 4.10 hereof.
Β
βPermitted Holdersβ means (i)Β each
of the members of the Consortium on the Issue Date,
(ii)Β members of the Xxxxxx Family, (iii)Β members of
management of the Issuer (or its direct parent) who are holders
of Equity Interests of the Issuer (or any of its direct or
indirect parent companies); provided, that if such
members of management own beneficially or of record more than
10% of the outstanding voting stock of the Issuer in the
aggregate, they shall be treated as Permitted Holders of only
10% of the outstanding voting stock of the Issuer at such time,
and (iv)Β any group (within the meaning of
SectionΒ 13(d)(3) or SectionΒ 14(d)(2) of the Exchange
Act or any successor provision)
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of which any of the foregoing are members; provided,
that, in the case of such group and without giving effect to the
existence of such group or any other group, persons identified
in clausesΒ (i) and (ii), collectively, have beneficial
ownership of more than 50% of the total voting power of the
Voting Stock of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect
parent companies.
Β
βPermitted Investmentsβ means:
Β
(1)Β any Investment in the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
Β
(2)Β any Investment in cash and Cash Equivalents or
Investment Grade Securities;
Β
(3)Β any Investment by the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in a Person that is engaged in a Similar Business
if as a result of such Investment:
Β
(a)Β such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary;Β or
Β
(b)Β such Person, in one transaction or a series of related
transactions, is merged or consolidated with or into, or
transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is
liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary,
Β
and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person;
provided, that such Investment was not acquired by such
Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger,
consolidation or transfer;
Β
(4)Β any Investment in securities or other assets not
constituting cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade
Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made
pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 4.10 hereof or any
other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
Β
(5)Β any Investment existing on the Issue Date;
Β
(6)Β any Investment acquired by the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries:
Β
(a)Β in exchange for any other Investment or accounts
receivable held by the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary
in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout,
reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other
Investment or accounts receivable;Β or
Β
(b)Β as a result of a foreclosure by the Issuer or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured
Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any
secured Investment in default;
Β
(7)Β Hedging Obligations permitted under clauseΒ (x) of
SectionΒ 4.09(b) hereof;
Β
(8)Β Investments the payment for which consists of Equity
Interests (exclusive of Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer, or
any of its direct or indirect parent companies; provided,
however, that such Equity Interests will not increase the
amount available for Restricted Payments under clauseΒ (3)
of SectionΒ 4.07(a) hereof;
Β
(9)Β guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under
SectionΒ 4.09 hereof;
Β
(10)Β Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions
of inventory, supplies, material or equipment;
Β
(11)Β additional Investments having an aggregate fair market
value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant
to this clauseΒ (11) that are at that time outstanding
(without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary
to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash
or marketable securities), not to exceed 3.5% of Total Assets at
the time of such Investments (with the fair market value of each
Investment being measured at the time made and without giving
effect to subsequent changes in value);
Β
(12)Β advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of,
employees not in excess of $10.0Β million outstanding at any
one time, in the aggregate;
Β
(13)Β loans and advances to officers, directors and
employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses
and other similar expenses, in each case incurred in the
ordinary course of business or consistent with past
practices;Β and
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Β
(14)Β Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures having an
aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other
Investments made pursuant to this clause (14), that are at that
time outstanding not to exceed 1.0% of Total Assets at the tune
of such Investment (with the fair market value being measured at
the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in
value).
Β
βPermitted Joint Venturesβ means a
corporation, partnership or other entity (other than a
Subsidiary) engaged in one or more Similar Businesses in respect
of which the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary
(a)Β beneficially owns at least 20% of the Equity Interests
of such entity and (b)Β either is a party to an agreement
empowering one or more parties to such agreement (which may or
may not be the Issuer or a Subsidiary), or is a member of a
group that, pursuant to the constituent documents of the
applicable corporation, partnership or other entity, has the
power, to direct the policies, management and affairs of such
entity.
Β
βPermitted Junior Securitiesβ means:
Β
(1)Β Equity Interests in the Issuer, any Guarantor or any
direct or indirect parent of the Issuer;Β or
Β
(2)Β unsecured debt securities that are subordinated to all
Senior Indebtedness (and any debt securities issued in exchange
for Senior Indebtedness) to substantially the same extent as, or
to a greater extent than, the Notes and the related Guarantees
are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness under this Indenture;
provided, that the term βPermitted Junior
Securitiesβ shall not include any securities
distributed pursuant to a plan of reorganization if the
Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities is treated as
part of the same class as the Notes for purposes of such plan of
reorganization; provided, further that to the
extent that any Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or the
Guarantors outstanding on the date of consummation of any such
plan of reorganization is not paid in full in cash on such date,
the holders of any such Senior Indebtedness not so paid in full
in cash have consented to the terms of such plan of
reorganization.
Β
βPermitted Liensβ means, with respect to
any Person:
Β
(1)Β pledges or deposits by such Person under workersβ
compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar
legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids,
tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness)
or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure
public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of
cash or U.S.Β government bonds to secure surety or appeal
bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security
for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent,
in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
Β
(2)Β Liens imposed by law, such as carriersβ,
warehousemenβs and mechanicsβ Liens, in each case for
sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 30Β days or
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or
other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such
Person with respect to which such Person shall then be
proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review if
adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the
books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;
Β
(3)Β Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental
charges not yet overdue for a period of more than 30Β days
or payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto
are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with
GAAP;
Β
(4)Β Liens in favor of issuers of performance and surety
bonds or bid bonds or with respect to other regulatory
requirements or letters of credit issued pursuant to the request
of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of
its business;
Β
(5)Β minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements
or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses,
rights-of-way,
sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other
similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use
of real properties or Liens incidental, to the conduct of the
business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties
which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and
which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the
value of said properties or materially impair their use in the
operation of the business of such Person;
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Β
(6)Β Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred
pursuant to clauseΒ (iv) of SectionΒ 4.09(b) hereof;
Β
(7)Β Liens existing on the Issue Date;
Β
(8)Β Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the
time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided,
however, such Liens are not created or incurred in
connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person
becoming such a Subsidiary; provided, further,
however, that such Liens may not extend to any other
property owned by the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
Β
(9)Β Liens on property at the time the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary acquired the property, including any
acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into
the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
provided, however, that such Liens are not created
or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such
acquisition; provided, further, however
that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the
Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
Β
(10)Β Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a
Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Issuer or another Restricted
Subsidiary permitted to be incurred in accordance with
SectionΒ 4.09 hereof;
Β
(11)Β Liens securing Hedging Obligations so long as related
Indebtedness is, and is permitted to be under this Indenture,
secured by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging
Obligations;
Β
(12)Β Liens on specific items of inventory of other goods
and proceeds of any Person securing such Personβs
obligations in respect of bankersβ acceptances issued or
created for the account of such Person to facilitate the
purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
Β
(13)Β leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to
others in the ordinary course of business which do not
materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business
of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and do not
secure any Indebtedness;
Β
(14)Β Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing
statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business;
Β
(15)Β Liens in favor of the Issuer or any Guarantor;
Β
(16)Β Liens on equipment of the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of
business to the Issuerβs clients;
Β
(17)Β Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension,
renewal or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding,
extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of
any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the
foregoing clauses (6), (7), (8)Β and (9); provided,
however, that (a)Β such new Lien shall be limited to
all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien
(plus improvements on such property), and (b)Β the
Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased
to any amount greater than the sum of (i)Β the outstanding
principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the
Indebtedness described under clauses (6), (7), (8)Β and
(9)Β at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien
under this Indenture, and (ii)Β an amount necessary to pay
any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such
refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;
Β
(18)Β deposits made in the ordinary course of business to
secure liability to insurance carriers;
Β
(19)Β other Liens securing obligations incurred in the
ordinary course of business which obligations do not exceed
$7.5Β million at any one time outstanding;
Β
(20)Β Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not
constituting an Event of Default under clauseΒ (v) under
SectionΒ 6.01(a) hereof so long as such Liens are adequately
bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been
duly initiated for the review of such judgment have not been
finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings
may be initiated has not expired;
Β
(21)Β Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities
arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties
in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary
course of business;
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Β
(22)Β Liens (i)Β of a collection bank arising under
SectionΒ 4-210
of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of
collection, (ii)Β attaching to commodity trading accounts or
other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary
course of business, and (iii)Β in favor of banking
institutions arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits
(including the right of setoff) and which are within the general
parameters customary in the banking industry;
Β
(23)Β Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments
in repurchase agreements permitted under SectionΒ 4.09
hereof; provided, that such Liens do not extend to any
assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase
agreement;
Β
(24)Β Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial
deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to
commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred
in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative
purposes;Β and
Β
(25)Β Liens that are contractual rights of set-off
(i)Β relating to the establishment of depository relations
with banks not given in connection with the issuance of
Indebtedness, (ii)Β relating to pooled deposit or sweep
accounts of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred
in the ordinary course of business of the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii)Β relating to purchase
orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the
Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary
course of business.
Β
For purposes of this definition, the term
βIndebtednessβ shall be deemed to include
interest on such Indebtedness.
Β
βPermitted Prior Liensβ means Liens that
are permitted by the terms of the Senior Credit Facilities and
the Security Documents to be prior to the Liens securing the
Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities and any other
Priority Lien Obligations.
Β
βPersonβ means any individual,
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization, government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof or any other entity.
Β
βPledgorsβ means the Issuer, Holdings
and any other Guarantor that provides collateral security for
any Secured Obligations.
Β
βPreferred Stockβ means any Equity
Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends or
upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.
Β
βPriority Lien Obligationsβ means
(1)Β all Secured Bank Indebtedness, (2)Β all other
Obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors (not constituting
Indebtedness) arising under agreements governing Secured Bank
Indebtedness, (3)Β all Hedging Obligations (and guarantees
thereof) of the Issuer and the Guarantors owing to any Person
that is a lender (or an affiliate of a lender) party to the
Senior Credit Facilities at the time it enters into the hedging
agreement giving rise to such Hedging Obligations and such
Personβs successors and assigns, together with all
Obligations with respect to such Hedging Obligations (and the
guarantees thereof), in each case secured by any Lien and
(4)Β all Obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors in
respect of cash management services or automated clearinghouse
transfer of funds (including guarantees thereof) owing to any
Person that is a lender (or an affiliate of a lender) party to
the Senior Credit Facilities and secured by any Lien.
Β
βPrivate Placement Legendβ means the
legend set forth in SectionΒ 2.06(f)(i) hereof to be placed
on all Notes issued under this Indenture, except where otherwise
permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
Β
βProof of Claimβ shall mean a proof of
claim or debt filed in accordance with and pursuant to any
applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Law, the Federal Rules
of Bankruptcy Procedure
and/or a
Final Order of the U.S.Β Bankruptcy Court.
Β
βProper Proof of Claimβ shall mean, at
any time, a Proof of Claim in an amount not less than the sum of
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes at such
time plus accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes at such time.
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Β
βQIBβ means a βqualified
institutional buyerβ as defined in RuleΒ 144A
Β
βQualified Proceedsβ means assets that
are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged
in, a Similar Business; provided, that the fair
market value of any such assets or Capital Stock shall be
determined by the Issuer in good faith.
Β
βRating Agenciesβ means Xxxxxβx and
S&P or if Xxxxxβx or S&P 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 Issuer which shall be substituted for
Xxxxxβx or S&P or both, as the case may be.
Β
βRecord Dateβ for the interest payable
on any applicable Interest Payment Date means May 1 or November
1 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest
Payment Date.
Β
βRegulationΒ Sβ means
RegulationΒ S promulgated under the Securities Act.
Β
βRegulationΒ S Global Noteβ means a
RegulationΒ S Temporary Global Note or RegulationΒ S
Permanent Global Note, as applicable.
Β
βRegulationΒ S Permanent Global
Noteβ means a permanent Global Note in the form of
ExhibitΒ A hereto, bearing the Global Note Legend and
the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of
and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee,
issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal
amount of the RegulationΒ S Temporary Global Note upon
expiration of the Restricted Period.
Β
βRegulationΒ S Temporary Global
Noteβ means a temporary Global Note in the form of
ExhibitΒ A hereto, bearing the Global Note Legend,
the Private Placement Legend and the RegulationΒ S Temporary
Global Note Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and
registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued
in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of
the Notes initially sold in reliance on RuleΒ 903.
Β
βRegulationΒ S Temporary Global Note
Legendβ means the legend set forth in
SectionΒ 2.06(f)(iii) hereof.
Β
βRelated Business Assetsβ means assets
(other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a
Similar Business, provided, that any assets received by
the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets
transferred by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not
be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of
securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of
such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary. .
Β
βRepresentativeβ means any trustee,
agent or representative (if any) for an issue of Senior
Indebtedness or Priority Lien Obligations.
Β
βResponsible Officerβ means, when used
with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate
trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president,
assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant
treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who
customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the
Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or
to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such
Personβs knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture.
Β
βRestricted Definitive Noteβ means a
Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
Β
βRestricted Global Noteβ means a Global
Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
Β
βRestricted Investmentβ means an
Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
Β
βRestricted Periodβ means the
40-day
distribution compliance period as defined in RegulationΒ S.
Β
βRestricted Subsidiaryβ means, at any
time, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Issuer (including
any Foreign Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted
Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon the
occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in
the definition of βRestricted Subsidiary.β
Β
βRuleΒ 144β means RuleΒ 144
promulgated under the Securities Act.
Β
βRuleΒ 144Aβ means RuleΒ I 44A
promulgated under the Securities Act.
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Β
βRuleΒ 903β means RuleΒ 903
promulgated under the Securities Act.
Β
βRuleΒ 904β means RuleΒ 904
promulgated under the Securities Act.
Β
βS&Pβ means StandardΒ &
Poorβs, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., and
any successor to its rating agency business.
Β
βSale and Lease-Back Transactionβ means
any arrangement providing for the leasing by the Issuer or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any real or tangible personal
property, which property has been or is to be sold or
transferred by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary to a
third Person in contemplation of such leasing.
Β
βSECβ means the U.S.Β Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Β
βSecured Bank Indebtednessβ means all
Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor outstanding under
the Senior Credit Facilities and related Guarantees (including
interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in
bankruptcy or similar proceeding or for reorganization of the
Issuer or any Guarantor (at the rate provided for in the
documentation with respect thereto, regardless of whether or not
a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such
proceedings)), and any and all other fees, expense reimbursement
obligations, indemnification amounts, penalties, and other
amounts (whether existing on the Issue Date or thereafter
created or incurred) and all obligations of the Issuer or any
Guarantor to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of
amounts paid under letters of credit, acceptances or other
similar instruments, in each case to the extent arising under
the Senior Credit Facilities that is secured by a Lien.
Β
βSecured Indebtednessβ means any
Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
secured by a Lien.
Β
βSecurities Actβ means the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
SEC promulgated thereunder.
Β
βSecurity Documentsβ means the security
agreements and related agreements, as amended, supplemented,
restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid,
refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, creating the
security interests in the Collateral as contemplated hereby.
Β
βSenior Credit Facilitiesβ means the
Credit Facility under the Credit Agreement, dated MayΒ 5,
2006, by and among the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto, the
lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder
and Deutsche Bank TrustΒ Company Americas, as Administrative
Agent, including any guarantees, mortgages, collateral
documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection
therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications,
extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings
thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial
paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or
investors that replace, refund or refinance any part of the
loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder,
including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing
facility or indenture that increases the amount borrowable
thereunder or alters the maturity thereof or adds Restricted
Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder
and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of
lenders.
Β
βSenior Indebtednessβ means:
Β
(1)Β all Secured Bank Indebtedness;
Β
(2)Β all Hedging Obligations (and guarantees thereof);
Β
(3)Β any other Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor
permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture,
unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred
expressly provides that it is on a parity with or subordinated
in right of payment to the Notes or any related
Guarantee;Β and
Β
(4)Β all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the
preceding clauses (1), (2)Β and (3);
Β
provided, however that Senior Indebtedness shall
not include:
Β
(a)Β any obligation of such Person to the Issuer or any of
its Subsidiaries;
Β
(b)Β any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes
owed or owing by such Person;
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Β
(c)Β any accounts payable or other liability to trade
creditors arising in the ordinary course of business;
provided, that obligations incurred pursuant to the
Credit Facilities shall not be excluded pursuant to this
clauseΒ (c);
Β
(d)Β any Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person
which is subordinate or junior in any respect to any other
Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person;Β or
Β
(e)Β that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of
incurrence is incurred in violation of this Indenture;
provided, however, that such Indebtedness shall be
deemed not to have been incurred in violation of this Indenture
for purposes of this clause if such Indebtedness is incurred
under any of the Credit Facilities, and the holder(s) of such
Indebtedness or their agent or representative shall have
received a certificate from an officer of the Issuer to the
effect that the incurrence of such Indebtedness does not (or, in
the case of a revolving credit facility thereunder, the
incurrence of the entire committed amount thereof at the date on
which the initial borrowing thereunder is made would not)
violate the provisions of this Indenture.
Β
βSenior Subordinated Indebtednessβ means:
Β
(1)Β with respect to the Issuer, Indebtedness which ranks
equal in right of payment to the Notes issued by the
Issuer;Β and
Β
(2)Β with respect to any Guarantor, Indebtedness which ranks
equal in right of payment to the Guarantee of such entity of the
Notes.
Β
βSignificant Subsidiaryβ means any
Restricted Subsidiary that would be a βsignificant
subsidiaryβ as defined in ArticleΒ 1,
RuleΒ 1-02
of
RegulationΒ S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation
is in effect on the Issue Date.
Β
βSimilar Businessβ means any business
conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or any business that
is similar, reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto.
Β
βStated Maturityβ means, with respect to
any installment of interest or principal on any series of
Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or
principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation
governing such Indebtedness, and will not include any contingent
obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or
principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment
thereof.
Β
βSubordinated Indebtednessβ means, with
respect to the Notes,
Β
(1)Β any Indebtedness of the Issuer which is by its terms
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes,Β and
Β
(2)Β any Indebtedness of any Guarantor which is by its terms
subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such entity
of the Notes.
Β
βSubsidiaryβ means, with respect to any
Person:
Β
(1)Β any corporation, association, or other business entity
(other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total
voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard
to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of
directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of
determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by
such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that
Person or a combination thereof or is consolidated under GAAP
with such Person at such time;Β and
Β
(2)Β any partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company or similar entity of which
Β
(x)Β more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution
rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited
partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the
other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof
whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited
partnership or otherwise,Β and
Β
(y)Β such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person
is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such
entity.
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Β
βSubsidiary Guarantorβ means each
Restricted Subsidiary that Guarantees the Notes in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture.
Β
βTotal Assetsβ means the total assets of
the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Issuer
or such other Person as may be expressly stated.
Β
βTransactionβ means the transactions
contemplated by the Offering Memorandum, including the issuance
of the Initial Notes on the Issue Date and certain Additional
Notes that may be issued upon consummation of the exchange offer
referenced therein.
Β
βTrusteeβ means Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.,
as trustee, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the
applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the
successor serving hereunder.
Β
βUnrestricted Definitive Noteβ means one
or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required
to bear the Private Placement Legend.
Β
βUnrestricted Global Noteβ means a
permanent Global Note, substantially in the form of
ExhibitΒ A, that bears the Global Note Legend and
that has the βSchedule of Exchanges of Interests in the
Global Noteβ attached thereto, and that is deposited with
or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary,
representing Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.
Β
βUnrestricted Subsidiaryβ means:
Β
(1)Β any Subsidiary of the Issuer which at the time of
determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by
the Issuer, as provided below);Β and
Β
(2)Β any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Β
The Issuer may designate any Subsidiary of the Issuer (including
any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed
Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such
Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests
or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property
of, the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer (other than
solely any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated);
provided, that
Β
(1)Β any Unrestricted Subsidiary must be an entity of which
the Equity Interests entitled to cast at least a majority of the
votes that may be cast by all Equity Interests having ordinary
voting power for the election of directors or Persons performing
a similar function are owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Issuer;
Β
(2)Β such designation complies with SectionΒ 4.07
hereof;Β and
Β
(3)Β each of:
Β
(a)Β the Subsidiary to be so designated;Β and
Β
(b)Β its Subsidiaries
Β
has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter,
create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become
directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness
pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets
of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.
Β
The Issuer may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a
Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that, immediately after
giving effect to such designation, no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing and either:
Β
(1)Β the Issuer could incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to the Leverage Ratio test set forth in
SectionΒ 4.09(a) hereof;Β or
Β
(2)Β the Leverage Ratio for the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries would not be greater than such ratio for the Issuer
and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such
designation,
Β
in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account
such designation.
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Β
Any such designation by the Issuer shall be notified by the
Issuer to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy
of the resolution of the board of directors of the Issuer or any
committee thereof giving effect to such designation and an
Officerβs Certificate certifying that such designation
complied with the foregoing provisions.
Β
βU.S.Β Personβ means a
U.S.Β person as defined in RuleΒ 902(k) under the
Securities Act.
Β
βVoting Stockβ of any Person as of any
date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time
entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of
such Person.
Β
βWeighted Average Life to Maturityβ
means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or
Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient
obtained by dividing
Β
(1)Β the sum of the products of the number of years from the
date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled
principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar
payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or Preferred
Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment; by
Β
(2)Β the sum of all such payments.
Β
βWholly Owned Subsidiaryβ of any Person
means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding
Equity Interests of which (other than directorsβ qualifying
shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or
more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
Β
SectionΒ 1.02Β Β Other
Definitions.
Β
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β
|
Β
|
Defined
|
Β
|
Term
|
Β
|
in Section
|
Β
|
Β
|
βAcceptable Commitmentβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
4.10
|
Β
|
βAffiliate Transactionβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
4.11
|
Β
|
βAsset Sale Offerβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
4.10
|
Β
|
βAuthentication Orderβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
2.02
|
Β
|
βBlockage Noticeβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
11.03
|
Β
|
βChange of Control Offerβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
4.14
|
Β
|
βChange of Control Paymentβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
4.14
|
Β
|
βChange of Control Payment Dateβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
4.14
|
Β
|
βCovenant Defeasanceβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
8.03
|
Β
|
βDTC
|
Β
|
Β
|
2.03
|
Β
|
βEvent of Defaultβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
6.01
|
Β
|
βExcess Proceedsβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
4.10
|
Β
|
βGuarantee Blockage Noticeβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
13.03
|
Β
|
βGuarantee Payment Blockage Periodβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
13.03
|
Β
|
βGuarantor Payment Defaultβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
13.03
|
Β
|
βincurβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
4.09
|
Β
|
βLegal Defeasanceβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
8.02
|
Β
|
βNon-Guarantor Payment Defaultβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
13.03
|
Β
|
βNon-Payment Defaultβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
11.03
|
Β
|
βNote Registerβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
2.03
|
Β
|
βOffer Amountβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
3.09
|
Β
|
βOffer Periodβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
3.09
|
Β
|
βPari Passu Indebtednessβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
4.10
|
Β
|
βParity Lien Documentsβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
10.05
|
Β
|
βpay its Guaranteeβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
13.03
|
Β
|
βpay the Notesβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
11.03
|
Β
|
βPaying Agentβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
2.03
|
Β
|
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Β
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β
|
Β
|
Defined
|
Β
|
Term
|
Β
|
in Section
|
Β
|
Β
|
βPayment Blockage Periodβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
11.03
|
Β
|
βPayment Defaultβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
11.03
|
Β
|
βPurchase Dateβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
3.09
|
Β
|
βRefinancing Indebtednessβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
4.09
|
Β
|
βRefunding Capital Stockβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
4.07
|
Β
|
βRegistrarβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
2.03
|
Β
|
βRestricted Paymentsβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
4.07
|
Β
|
βSecured Obligationsβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
10.01
|
Β
|
βSuccessor Companyβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
5.01
|
Β
|
βSuccessor Personβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
5.01
|
Β
|
βTreasury Capital Stockβ
|
Β
|
Β
|
4.07
|
Β
|
Β
SectionΒ 1.03Β Β Reserved.
Β
SectionΒ 1.04Β Β Rules
of Construction.
Β
Unless the context otherwise requires:
Β
(a)Β a term has the meaning assigned to it;
Β
(b)Β an accounting term not otherwise defined has the
meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
Β
(c)Β βorβ is not exclusive;
Β
(d)Β words in the singular include the plural, and in the
plural include the singular;
Β
(e)Β βwillβ shall be interpreted to express a
command;
Β
(f)Β provisions apply to successive events and transactions;
Β
(g)Β references to sections of, or rules under, the
Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute,
replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC
from time to time;
Β
(h)Β unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to
an βArticle,β βSectionβ or
βclauseβ refers to an Article, Section or clause, as
the case may be, of this Indenture;Β and
Β
(i)Β the words βherein,β βhereofβ and
βhereunderβ and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not any particular Article,
Section, clause or other subdivision.
Β
SectionΒ 1.05Β Β Acts
of Holders.
Β
(a)Β Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be
given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by
one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing.
Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments or record
or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby
expressly required, to the Issuer. Proof of execution of any
such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or
the holding by any Person of a Note, shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Indenture and (subject to SectionΒ 7.01)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in
the manner provided in this SectionΒ 1.05.
Β
(b)Β The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any
such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a
witness of such execution or by the certificate of any notary
public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution
thereof. Where such execution is by or on behalf of any legal
entity other than an individual, such certificate or affidavit
shall also constitute proof of the authority of the Person
executing the same. The fact and date of the execution of any
such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person
executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that
the Trustee deems sufficient.
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Β
(c)Β The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note
Register.
Β
(d)Β Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Note shall
bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of
every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or
in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of any
action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee or the Issuer
in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is
made upon such Note.
Β
(e)Β The Issuer may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a
record date for the purpose of determining the identity of
Holders entitled to give any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or take any other act, or to
vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or
permitted to be given or taken by Holders.
Β
(f)Β Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to
take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Note may
do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of
such Note or by one or more duly appointed agents, each of which
may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any
part of such principal amount. Any notice given or action taken
by a Holder or its agents with regard to different parts of such
principal amount pursuant to this paragraph shall have the same
effect as if given or taken by separate Holders of each such
different part.
Β
(g)Β Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a
Holder, including DTC that is the Holder of a Global Note, may
make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in
writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be
made, given or taken by Holders, and DTC that is the Holder of a
Global Note may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial
owners of interests in any such Global Note through such
depositaryβs standing instructions and customary practices.
Β
(h)Β The Issuer may fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interests
in any Global Note held by DTC entitled under the procedures of
such depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies
duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in
this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a
record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their
duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be
entitled to make, give or take such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such
record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be valid or
effective if made, given or taken more than 90Β days after
such record date.
Β
ARTICLEΒ 2
Β
THE NOTES
Β
SectionΒ 2.01Β Β Form
and Dating; Terms.
Β
(a)Β General.Β Β The Notes and the
Trusteeβs certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ A hereto. The
Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by
law, stock exchange rules or usage. Each Note shall be dated the
date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations
of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Β
(b)Β Global Notes.Β Β Notes issued in
global form shall be substantially in the form of
ExhibitΒ A hereto (including the Global Note Legend
thereon and the βSchedule of Exchanges of Interests in the
Global Noteβ attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive
form shall be substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ A
hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without
the βSchedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global
Noteβ attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent
such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified in the
βSchedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global
Noteβ attached thereto and each shall provide that it shall
represent up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes from
time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to
time be reduced or increased, as applicable, to reflect
exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to
reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall
be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the
Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder
thereof as required by SectionΒ 2.06 hereof.
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Β
(c)Β Temporary Global Notes.Β Β Notes
offered and sold in reliance on RegulationΒ S shall be
issued initially in the form of the RegulationΒ S Temporary
Global Note, which shall be deposited on behalf of the
purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as
custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the
Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of
designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream,
duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee as
hereinafter provided.
Β
Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial
interests in the RegulationΒ S Temporary Global Note shall
be exchanged for beneficial interests in the RegulationΒ S
Permanent Global Note pursuant to the Applicable Procedures.
Simultaneously with the authentication of the RegulationΒ S
Permanent Global Note, the Trustee shall cancel the
RegulationΒ S Temporary Global Note. The aggregate principal
amount of the RegulationΒ S Temporary Global Note and the
RegulationΒ S Permanent Global Note may from time to time be
increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the
Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be,
in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.
Β
(d)Β Terms.Β Β The aggregate principal
amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited.
Β
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall
constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this
Indenture and the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by
their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree
to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However,
to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the
express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this
Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
Β
The Notes shall be subject to repurchase by the Issuer pursuant
to an Asset Sale Offer as provided in SectionΒ 4.10 hereof
or a Change of Control Offer as provided in SectionΒ 4.14
hereof. The Notes shall not be redeemable, other than as
provided in ArticleΒ 3.
Β
Additional Notes ranking pari passu with the Initial
Notes may be created and issued from time to time by the Issuer
without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be
consolidated with and form a single class with the Initial Notes
and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or
otherwise as the Initial Notes; provided, that the
Issuerβs ability to issue Additional Notes shall be subject
to the Issuerβs compliance with SectionΒ 4.09 hereof.
Any Additional Notes shall be issued with the benefit of an
indenture supplemental to this Indenture.
Β
(e)Β Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures
Applicable.Β Β The provisions of the
βOperating Procedures of the Euroclear Systemβ and
βTerms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclearβ and
the βGeneral Terms and Conditions of Clearstream
Bankingβ and βCustomer Handbookβ of Clearstream
shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the
RegulationΒ S Temporary Global Note and the
RegulationΒ S Permanent Global Notes that are held by
Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
Β
SectionΒ 2.02Β Β Execution
and Authentication.
Β
At least one Officer shall execute the Notes on behalf of the
Issuer by manual or facsimile signature.
Β
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that
office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall
nevertheless be valid.
Β
A Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated
substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ A hereto, as
the case may be, by the manual signature of the Trustee. The
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been
duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Β
On the Issue Date, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Issuer
Order (an βAuthentication Orderβ), authenticate
and deliver the Initial Notes. In addition, at any time, from
time to time, the Trustee shall upon an Authentication Order
authenticate and deliver any Additional Notes for an aggregate
principal amount specified in such Authentication Order for such
Additional Notes issued hereunder.
Β
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to
the Issuer to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may
authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each
reference in this Indenture to
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authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent
to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Issuer.
Β
SectionΒ 2.03Β Β Registrar
and Paying Agent.
Β
The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange
(βRegistrarβ) and an office or agency where
Notes may be presented for payment (βPaying
Agentβ). The Registrar shall keep a register of the
Notes (βNote Registerβ) and of their transfer
and exchange. The Issuer may appoint one or more co-registrars
and one or more additional paying agents. The term
βRegistrarβ includes any
co-registrar
and the term βPaying Agentβ includes any
additional paying agent. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent
or Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Issuer
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of
any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Issuer fails to
appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent,
the Trustee shall act as such. The Issuer or any of its
Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
Β
The Issuer initially appoints The Depository TrustΒ Company
(βDTCβ) to act as Depositary with respect to
the Global Notes.
Β
The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Paying
Agent and Registrar for the Notes and to act as Custodian with
respect to the Global Notes.
Β
SectionΒ 2.04Β Β Paying
Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
Β
The Issuer shall require each Paying Agent other than the
Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in
trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held
by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if
any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of
any default by the Issuer in making any such payment. While any
such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent
to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Issuer at any
time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to
the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent
(if other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary) shall have no further
liability for the money. If the Issuer or a Subsidiary acts as
Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust
fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as
Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings
relating to the Issuer, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent
for the Notes.
Β
SectionΒ 2.05Β Β Holder
Lists.
Β
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names
and addresses of all Holders. If the Trustee is not the
Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee at least two
Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in
such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably
require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes.
Β
SectionΒ 2.06Β Β Transfer
and Exchange.
Β
(a)Β Transfer and Exchange of Global
Notes.Β Β Except as otherwise set forth in this
SectionΒ 2.06, a Global Note may be transferred, in whole
and not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to
a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor
Depositary. A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be
exchanged for a Definitive Note unless (i)Β the Depositary
(x)Β notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depositary for such Global Note or (y)Β has
ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act
and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by
the Issuer within 120Β days, (ii)Β the Issuer, at its
option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause
the issuance of the Definitive Notes or (iii)Β there shall
have occurred and be continuing a Default or Event of Default
with respect to the Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the
preceding events in (i), (ii)Β or (iii)Β above,
Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or
beneficial interests therein will be registered in the names,
and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on
behalf of the Depositary (in accordance with its customary
procedures). Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in
whole or in part, as provided in SectionsΒ 2.07 and 2.10
hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for,
or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to
this SectionΒ 2.06 or SectionΒ 2.07 or 2.10 hereof,
shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall
be, a Global Note, except for Definitive Notes issued subsequent
to any of the preceding events in (i), (ii)Β or
(iii)Β above and pursuant to
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SectionΒ 2.06(c) hereof. A Global Note may not be exchanged
for another Note other than as provided in this
SectionΒ 2.06(a); provided, however,
beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and
exchanged as provided in SectionΒ 2.06(b) or (c)Β hereof.
Β
(b)Β Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in
the Global Notes.Β Β The transfer and exchange
of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected
through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of
this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to
restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to
the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of
beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require
compliance with either subsectionΒ (i) or (ii)Β below,
as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following
subsections, as applicable:
Β
(i)Β Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same
Global Note.Β Β Beneficial interests in any
Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the
same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer
restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend;
provided, however, that prior to the expiration of
the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the
RegulationΒ S Temporary Global Note may not be made to a
U.S.Β Person or for the account or benefit of a
U.S.Β Person. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted
Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required
to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers
described in this SectionΒ 2.06(b)(i).
Β
(ii)Β All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial
Interests in Global Notes.Β Β In connection with
all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not
subject to SectionΒ 2.06(b)(i) hereof, the transferor of
such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either
(A) (1)Β a written order from a Participant or an Indirect
Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or
cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global
Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be
transferred or exchanged and (2)Β instructions given in
accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information
regarding the Participant account to be credited with such
increase or (B) (1)Β a written order from a Participant or
an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance
with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause
to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the
beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and
(2)Β instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar
containing information regarding the Person in whose name such
Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or
exchange referred to in (1)Β above; provided, that in
no event shall Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or
exchange of beneficial interests in the RegulationΒ S
Temporary Global Note prior to (A)Β the expiration of the
Restricted Period and (B)Β the receipt by the Registrar of
any certificates required pursuant to RuleΒ 903. Upon
satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange
of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this
Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the
Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of
the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof.
Β
(iii)Β Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another
Restricted Global Note.Β Β A beneficial interest
in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the
requirements of SectionΒ 2.06(b)(ii) hereof and the
Registrar receives the following:
Β
(A)Β if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a
beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor
must deliver a certificate in the form of ExhibitΒ B
hereto, including the certifications in item
(1)Β thereof;Β or
Β
(B)Β if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a
beneficial interest in the RegulationΒ S Global Note, then
the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(2)Β thereof.
Β
(iv)Β Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a
Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an
Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any
Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof
for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or
transferred to a Person who takes
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delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies
with the requirements of SectionΒ 2.06(b)(ii) hereof and the
Registrar receives the following:
Β
(1)Β if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form
of ExhibitΒ C hereto, including the certifications in
item (1)(a) thereof;Β or
Β
(2)Β if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such holder in the form of
ExhibitΒ B hereto, including the certifications in
item (4)Β thereof, and, in each such case set forth in this
subsection (iv), if the Registrar so requests or if the
Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such
exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act
and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in
the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Β
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to this
subsectionΒ (iv) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note
has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon
receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with
SectionΒ 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or
more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests
transferred pursuant to this subsection (iv).
Β
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be
exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery
thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note.
Β
(c)Β Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for
Definitive Notes.
Β
(i)Β Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes
to Restricted Definitive Notes.Β Β If any holder
of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive
Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive
Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in
paragraph (i)Β or (ii)Β of SectionΒ 2.06(a) hereof
and receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
Β
(A)Β if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such holder substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ C
hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
Β
(B)Β if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a
QIB in accordance with RuleΒ 144A, a certificate
substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ B hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)Β thereof;
Β
(C)Β if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a
Non-U.S.Β Person
in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or
RuleΒ 904, a certificate substantially in the form of
ExhibitΒ B hereto, including the certifications in
item (2)Β thereof;
Β
(D)Β if such beneficial interest is being transferred
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act in accordance with RuleΒ 144, a
certificate substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ B
hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
Β
(E)Β if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the
Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, a certificate
substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ B hereto,
including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof;Β or
Β
(F)Β if such beneficial interest is being transferred
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of
ExhibitΒ B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(c) thereof,
Β
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the
applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to
SectionΒ 2.06(g) hereof, and the Issuer shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and mail to the Person designated
in the instructions a Definitive Note in the applicable
principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this
SectionΒ 2.06(c)
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shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized
denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial
interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from
the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The
Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose
names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued
in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the
Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all
restrictions on transfer contained therein.
Β
(ii)Β Beneficial Interests in RegulationΒ S
Temporary Global Note to Definitive
Notes.Β Β Notwithstanding
SectionsΒ 2.06(c)(i)(A) and (C)Β hereof, a beneficial
interest in the RegulationΒ S Temporary Global Note may not
be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note
prior to (A)Β the expiration of the Restricted Period and
(B)Β the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates
required pursuant to RuleΒ 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) of the
Securities Act, except in the case of a transfer pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act other than Rule 903 or RuleΒ 904.
Β
(iii)Β Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes
to Unrestricted Definitive Notes.Β Β A holder of
a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange
such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or
may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note
only upon the occurrence of any of the events in
subsectionΒ (i) or (ii)Β of SectionΒ 2.06(a) hereof
and if the Registrar receives the following:
Β
(1)Β if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such holder substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b)
thereof;Β or
Β
(2)Β if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form
of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such
holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (4)Β thereof;
Β
and, in each such case set forth in this subsection (iii), if
the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so
require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to
the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in
compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on
transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend
are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
Β
(iv)Β Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global
Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes.Β Β If
any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a
Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive
Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in
subsectionΒ (i) or (ii)Β of SectionΒ 2.06(a) hereof
and satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
SectionΒ 2.06(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the
aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be
reduced accordingly pursuant to SectionΒ 2.06(g) hereof, and
the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
mail to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive
Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note
issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this
SectionΒ 2.06(c)(iv) shall be registered in such name or
names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as
the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the
Registrar through instructions from or through the Depositary
and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall
mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such
Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange
for a beneficial interest pursuant to this
SectionΒ 2.06(c)(iv) shall not bear the Private Placement
Legend.
Β
(d)Β Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for
Beneficial Interests.
Β
(i)Β Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial
Interests in Restricted Global Notes.Β Β If any
Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such
Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
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or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of
the following documentation:
Β
(A)Β if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note
proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder
substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ C hereto,
including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
Β
(B)Β if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred
to a QIB in accordance with RuleΒ 144A, a certificate
substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ B hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)Β thereof;
Β
(C)Β if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred
to a
Non-U.S.Β Person
in an offshore transaction in accordance with RuleΒ 903 or
RuleΒ 904, a certificate substantially in the form of
ExhibitΒ B hereto, including the certifications in
item (2)Β thereof;
Β
(D)Β if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act in accordance with RuleΒ 144, a
certificate substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ B
hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
Β
(E)Β if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred
to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, a
certificate substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ B
hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b)
thereof;Β or
Β
(F)Β if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of
ExhibitΒ B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(c) thereof,
Β
the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note,
increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount
of, in the case of clauseΒ (A) above, the applicable
Restricted Global Note, in the case of clauseΒ (B) above,
the applicable 144A Global Note, and in the case of
clauseΒ (C) above, the applicable RegulationΒ S Global
Note.
Β
(ii)Β Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial
Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes.Β Β A
Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note
for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or
transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note only if the Registrar receives the
following:
Β
(A)Β if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to
exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder
substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ C hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof;Β or
Β
(B)Β if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to
transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof
in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global
Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form
of ExhibitΒ B hereto, including the certifications in
item (4)Β thereof;
Β
and, in each such case set forth in this subsection (ii), if the
Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so
require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to
the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in
compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on
transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend
are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
Β
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subsections in
this SectionΒ 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the
Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the
aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
Β
(iii)Β Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial
Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes.Β Β A
Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note
for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or
transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an
exchange or transfer, the Trustee
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shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and
increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount
of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
Β
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a
beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subsectionΒ (ii)
or (iii)Β above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note
has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon
receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with
SectionΒ 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or
more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
Β
(e)Β Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for
Definitive Notes.Β Β Upon request by a Holder of
Definitive Notes and such Holderβs compliance with the
provisions of this SectionΒ 2.06(e), the Registrar shall
register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to
such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder
shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes
duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by
such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In
addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional
certifications, documents and information, as applicable,
required pursuant to the following provisions of this
SectionΒ 2.06(e):
Β
(i)Β Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted
Definitive Notes.Β Β Any Restricted Definitive
Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons
who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive
Note if the Registrar receives the following:
Β
(A)Β if the transfer will be made pursuant to a QIB in
accordance with RuleΒ 144A, then the transferor must deliver
a certificate substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ B
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)Β thereof;
Β
(B)Β if the transfer will be made pursuant to RuleΒ 903
or Rule 904 then the transferor must deliver a certificate in
the form of ExhibitΒ B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2)Β thereof;Β or
Β
(C)Β if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form
of ExhibitΒ B hereto, including the certifications
required by item (3)Β thereof, if applicable.
Β
(ii)Β Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted
Definitive Notes.Β Β Any Restricted Definitive
Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted
Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note
if the Registrar receives the following:
Β
(A)Β if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes
proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive
Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form
of ExhibitΒ C hereto, including the certifications in
item (1)(d) thereof;Β or
Β
(B)Β if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes
proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of
ExhibitΒ B hereto, including the certifications in
item (4)Β thereof;
Β
and, in each such case set forth in this subsection (ii), if the
Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably
acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or
transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the
restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private
Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act.
Β
(iii)Β Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted
Definitive Notes.Β Β A Holder of Unrestricted
Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.
Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the
Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes
pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
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(f)Β Legends.Β Β The following legends
shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive
Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated
otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture:
Β
(i)Β Private Placement Legend.
Β
(A)Β Except as permitted by subsectionΒ (B) below, each
Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in
exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend
in substantially the following form:
Β
THE SECURITY EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
βSECURITIES ACTβ), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND
CANNOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF
UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM,
OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS
SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST
HEREIN:
Β
(1)Β REPRESENTS THAT (A)Β IT IS A βQUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYERβ (AS DEFINED IN RULEΒ 144A UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT), (B)Β IT IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTEΒ IN
AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONΒ S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (C)Β IT IS AN
βINSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORβ (AS DEFINED IN
RULEΒ 501(A)(1),(2), (3)Β OR (7)Β OF
REGULATIONΒ D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT);
Β
(2)Β AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR
ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE
βRESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATEβ) THAT IS [IN THE
CASE OF NEW NOTESΒ SOLD PURSUANT TO RULEΒ 144A: ONE
YEAR] [IN THE CASE OF NEW NOTES SOLD PURSUANT TO
REGULATIONΒ S: 40 DAYS] AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL
ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY
AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY
PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A)Β TO THE ISSUER,
(B)Β PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN
DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C)Β FOR SO
LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO
RULEΒ 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A βQUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYERβ AS DEFINED IN RULEΒ 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULEΒ 144A,
(D)Β PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATIONΒ S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (E)Β TO AN INSTITUTIONAL βACCREDITED
INVESTORβ WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULEΒ 501(a)(1), (2),
(3)Β OR (7)Β UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS
OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF THE
SECURITIES OF $250,000, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A
VIEW TO OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION
IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F)Β PURSUANT TO
ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTIONΒ FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING THE
EXEMPTIONΒ PROVIDED BY RULEΒ 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, IF AVAILABLE, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR
ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND SUBJECT TO THE
ISSUERβS AND THE TRUSTEEβS RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH
OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D), (E)Β OR
(F)Β TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL,
CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF
THEM; AND
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(3)Β AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS
NOTEΒ OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE
SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.
Β
[IN THE CASE OF NEW NOTESΒ SOLD PURSUANT TO
REGULATIONΒ S: BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF
REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S.Β PERSON NOR IS IT
PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S.Β PERSON AND IS
ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE
WITH REGULATIONΒ S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.]
Β
BY ACCEPTING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THIS SECURITY, EACH HOLDER
HEREOF AND EACH SUBSEQUENT TRANSFEREE IS DEEMED TO REPRESENT AND
WARRANT THAT (A)(1) IT IS NOT (a)Β AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
SUBJECT TO PARTΒ 4 OF SUBTITLE B OF TITLEΒ I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED
(βERISAβ), (b)Β A PLAN TO WHICH SECTIONΒ 4975
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE
βCODEβ) APPLIES, (c)Β AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING
ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLANβS INVESTMENT
IN THE ENTITY (EACH OF (a), (b)Β AND (c), A βBENEFIT
PLAN INVESTORβ), (d)Β A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN AS DEFINED IN
SECTIONΒ 3(32) OF ERISA (βGOVERNMENTAL PLANβ),
(e)Β A CHURCH PLAN AS DEFINED IN SECTIONΒ 3(33) OF ERISA
THAT HAS NOT MADE AN ELECTION UNDER SECTIONΒ 410(d) OF THE
CODE (βCHURCH PLANβ) OR (f)Β A
NON-U.S.Β PLAN,
(2)Β IT IS A BENEFIT PLAN INVESTOR AND ITS PURCHASE AND
HOLDING OF THE NOTEΒ WILL NOT RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT
PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTIONΒ 406 OR 407 OF ERISA OR
SECTIONΒ 4975 OF THE CODE, OR (3)(a) IT IS A GOVERNMENTAL
PLAN, A CHURCH PLAN OR A
NON-U.S.Β PLAN
AND (b)Β ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THE NOTEΒ IS NOT
SUBJECT TO (I)Β ERISA, (II)Β SECTIONΒ 4975 OF THE
CODE OR (III)Β ANY OTHER FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR
NON-U.S.Β LAW
THAT PROHIBITS OR IMPOSES AN EXCISE OR PENALTY TAX ON THE
PURCHASE OR HOLDING OF THE NOTE; AND (B)Β EACH HOLDER AND
SUBSEQUENT TRANSFEREE WILL PROMPTLY NOTIFY THE ISSUER AND THE
TRUSTEE IF, AT ANY TIME, IT IS NO LONGER ABLE TO MAKE THE
REPRESENTATIONS CONTAINED IN CLAUSE (A)Β ABOVE.
Β
(B)Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or
Definitive Note issued pursuant to subsection (b)(iv), (c)(iii),
(c)(iv), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii) or (e)(iii) of this Section
2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution
thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.
Β
(ii)Β Global Note Legend.Β Β Each
Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form:
Β
THIS GLOBAL NOTEΒ IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN
THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT
TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT
(I)Β THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTIONΒ 2.06(g) OF THE INDENTURE,
(II)Β THIS GLOBAL NOTEΒ MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT
NOT IN PARTΒ PURSUANT TO SECTIONΒ 2.06(a) OF THE
INDENTURE, (III)Β THIS GLOBAL NOTEΒ MAY BE DELIVERED TO
THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTIONΒ 2.11 OF
THE INDENTURE AND (IV)Β THIS GLOBAL NOTEΒ MAY BE
TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN
CONSENT OF THE ISSUER. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE
OR IN PARTΒ FOR NOTESΒ IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS
NOTEΒ MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE
DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUSTΒ COMPANY (55 XXXXX
XXXXXX, XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX) (βDTCβ) TO THE ISSUER OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND
ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME
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OF CEDEΒ & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE
TO CEDEΒ & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR
OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDEΒ & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
Β
(iii)Β RegulationΒ S Temporary Global Note
Legend.Β Β The RegulationΒ S Temporary
Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form:
Β
THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A
TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
U.S.Β SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
βSECURITIES ACTβ), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE
UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY
U.S.Β PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE
EXEMPTIONΒ FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS
USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATIONΒ S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
Β
(g)Β Cancellation
and/or
Adjustment of Global Notes.Β Β At such time as
all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been
exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has
been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part,
each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and
canceled by the Trustee in accordance with SectionΒ 2.11
hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any
beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or
transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for
Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by
such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement
shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the
Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such
reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for
or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other
Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement
shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the
Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such
increase.
Β
(h)Β General Provisions Relating to Transfers and
Exchanges.
Β
(i)Β To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global
Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication
Order in accordance with SectionΒ 2.02 hereof or at the
Registrarβs request.
Β
(ii)Β No service charge shall be made to a holder of a
beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a
Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in
connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or
similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer
pursuant to SectionsΒ 2.07, 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.14 and
9.05 hereof).
Β
(iii)Β Neither the Registrar nor the Issuer shall be
required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
Β
(iv)Β All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or
Definitive Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Β
(v)Β The Issuer shall not be required (A)Β to issue, to
register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15Β days before
the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under
SectionΒ 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on
the day of selection, (B)Β to 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)Β to register the transfer of or to exchange a
Note between a Record Date and the next succeeding Interest
Payment Date.
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(vi)Β Prior to due presentment for the registration of a
transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Issuer may
deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered
as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving
payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee,
any Agent or the Issuer shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
Β
(vii)Β Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Note at the office or agency of the Issuer designated pursuant
to SectionΒ 4.02 hereof, the Issuer shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and mail, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more replacement
Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like
aggregate principal amount.
Β
(viii)Β At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged
for other Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations
of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of the Notes
to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Global
Notes or Definitive Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the
Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
mail, the replacement Global Notes and Definitive Notes which
the Holder making the exchange is entitled to in accordance with
the provisions of SectionΒ 2.02 hereof.
Β
(ix)Β All certifications, certificates and Opinions of
Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to
this SectionΒ 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or
exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
Β
SectionΒ 2.07Β Β Replacement
Notes.
Β
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, the
Registrar or the Issuer and the Trustee receives evidence to its
satisfaction of the ownership and destruction, loss or theft of
any Note, the Issuer shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt
of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement
Note if the Trusteeβs requirements are met. If required by
the Trustee or the Issuer, an indemnity bond must be supplied by
the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and
the Issuer to protect the Issuer, the Trustee, any Agent and any
authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer
if a Note is replaced. The Issuer may charge for its expenses in
replacing a Note.
Β
Every replacement Note is a contractual obligation of the Issuer
and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture
equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued
hereunder.
Β
SectionΒ 2.08Β Β Outstanding
Notes.
Β
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes
authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it,
those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the
interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance
with the provisions hereof, and those described in this
SectionΒ 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in
SectionΒ 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be
outstanding because the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer
holds the Note.
Β
If a Note is replaced pursuant to SectionΒ 2.07 hereof, it
ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof
satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide
purchaser.
Β
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under
SectionΒ 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and
interest on it ceases to accrue.
Β
If the Paying Agent (other than the Issuer, a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or
maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that
date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to
be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.
Β
SectionΒ 2.09Β Β Treasury
Notes.
Β
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or
consent, Notes owned by the Issuer, or by any Affiliate of the
Issuer, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except
that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall
be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or
consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which
have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the
pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgeeβs right to deliver any such direction, waiver or
consent with
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respect to the Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or
any obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or of
such other obligor.
Β
SectionΒ 2.10Β Β Temporary
Notes.
Β
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery,
the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes.
Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of
certificated Notes but may have variations that the Issuer
considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable
delay, the Issuer shall prepare and the Trustee shall
authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Β
Holders and beneficial holders, as the case may be, of temporary
Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits accorded to
Holders, or beneficial holders, respectively, of Notes under
this Indenture.
Β
SectionΒ 2.11Β Β Cancellation.
Β
The Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to
the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of
transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee or, at the direction
of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent and no one
else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and
shall destroy cancelled Notes (subject to the record retention
requirement of the Exchange Act or the Trustee). Certification
of the cancellation of all cancelled Notes shall be delivered to
the Issuer. The Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace Notes
that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
Β
SectionΒ 2.12Β Β Defaulted
Interest.
Β
If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it
shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to
the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest to
the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date,
in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in
SectionΒ 4.01 hereof. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid
on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which
proposed date must conform to the requirements of this
SectionΒ 2.12), and at the same time the Issuer shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the
aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
defaulted interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed
payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such defaulted interest as
provided in this SectionΒ 2.12. The Trustee shall fix or
cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment
date; provided, that no such special record date shall be
less than 10Β days prior to the related payment date for
such defaulted interest. The Trustee shall promptly notify the
Issuer of such special record date. At least 15Β days before
the special record date, the Issuer (or, upon the written
request of the Issuer, the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Issuer) shall send or cause to be mailed,
first-class postage prepaid or electronically sent, to each
Holder a notice at his or her address as it appears in the Note
Register that states the special record date, the related
payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
Β
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this SectionΒ 2.12
and for greater certainty, each Note delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or
in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such
other Note.
Β
SectionΒ 2.13Β Β CUSIP
Numbers.
Β
The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP numbers (if then
generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP
numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders;
provided, that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers
either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers. The Issuer will as promptly as practicable notify
the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
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ARTICLEΒ 3
Β
REDEMPTION
Β
SectionΒ 3.01Β Β Notices
to Trustee.
Β
If the Issuer elects to redeem Notes pursuant to
SectionΒ 3.07 hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at
least 2 Business Days before notice of redemption is required to
be sent or caused to be sent to Holders pursuant to
SectionΒ 3.03 hereof but not more than 60Β days before a
redemption date, an Officerβs Certificate setting forth
(a)Β the paragraph or subparagraph of such Note
and/or
Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall
occur, (b)Β the redemption date, (c)Β the principal
amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (d)Β the redemption
price.
Β
SectionΒ 3.02Β Β Selection
of Notes to Be Redeemed.
Β
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time,
the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed (a)Β if
the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in
compliance with the requirements of the principal national
securities exchange on which the Notes are listed or (b)Β on
a pro rata basis or, to the extent that selection on a pro rata
basis is not practicable, by lot or by such other method the
Trustee considers fair and appropriate. In the event of partial
redemption by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be
selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor
more than 60Β days prior to the redemption date by the
Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for
redemption.
Β
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the
Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to
be redeemed. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in
amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof; no Notes of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part,
except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed,
the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even
if not in an amount of $2,000 or a multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding
sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes
called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for
redemption.
Β
SectionΒ 3.03Β Β Notice
of Redemption.
Β
Subject to SectionΒ 3.09 hereof, the Issuer shall sent or
cause to be sent electronically or mailed by first-class mail
notices of redemption at least 30Β days but not more than
60Β days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes
to be redeemed at such Holderβs registered address (or
otherwise delivered in accordance with the procedures of DTC),
except that redemption notices may be sent more than
60Β days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued
in connection with ArticleΒ 8 or ArticleΒ 14 hereof.
Notices of redemption may be conditional.
Β
The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall
state:
Β
(a)Β the redemption date;
Β
(b)Β the redemption price;
Β
(c)Β if any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion
of the principal amount of that Note that is to be redeemed and
that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a
new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion of the original Note representing the same indebtedness
to the extent not redeemed will be issued in the name of the
Holder of the Notes upon cancellation of the original Note;
Β
(d)Β the name and address of the Paying Agent;
Β
(e)Β that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to
the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
Β
(f)Β that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such
redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption
ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
Β
(g)Β the paragraph or subparagraph of the Notes
and/or
Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for
redemption are being redeemed;
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(h)Β that no representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or
printed on the Notes;Β and
Β
(i)Β any condition to such redemption.
Β
At the Issuerβs request, the Trustee shall give the notice
of redemption in the Issuerβs name and at its expense;
provided, that the Issuer shall have delivered to the
Trustee, at least 2 Business Days before notice of redemption is
required to be sent to Holders pursuant to this
SectionΒ 3.03 (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to by
the Trustee), an Officerβs Certificate requesting that the
Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be
stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.
Β
SectionΒ 3.04Β Β Effect
of Notice of Redemption.
Β
Once notice of redemption is sent in accordance with
SectionΒ 3.03 hereof and subject to satisfaction or waiver
of the conditions specified in such notice of redemption, Notes
called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the
redemption date at the redemption price. The notice, if sent in
a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have
been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In
any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in
the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption
in whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other Note. Subject to
SectionΒ 3.05 hereof, on and after the redemption date,
interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called
for redemption.
Β
SectionΒ 3.05Β Β Deposit
of RedemptionΒ Price.
Β
Prior to 10:00Β a.m. (
New York City time) on the redemption
date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee or with the
Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and
accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that
date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to
the Issuer any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying
Agent by the Issuer in excess of the amounts necessary to pay
the redemption price of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all
Notes to be redeemed.
Β
If the Issuer complies with the provisions of the preceding
paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall
cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for
redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after a Record Date but
on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any
accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date shall be paid
to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the
close of business on such Record Date. If any Note called for
redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption
because of the failure of the Issuer to comply with the
preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid
principal, from the redemption date until such principal is
paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest accrued to the
redemption date not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case
at the rate provided in the Notes and in SectionΒ 4.01
hereof.
Β
SectionΒ 3.06Β Β Notes
Redeemed in Part.
Β
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Issuer
shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at
the expense of the Issuer a new Note equal in principal amount
to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered representing
the same indebtedness to the extent not redeemed;
provided, that each new Note will be in a principal
amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof. It is understood that, notwithstanding anything in this
Indenture to the contrary, only an Authentication Order and not
an Opinion of Counsel or Officerβs Certificate is required
for the Trustee to authenticate such new Note.
Β
SectionΒ 3.07Β Β Optional
Redemption.
Β
(a)Β At any time after the Issue Date, the Issuer may redeem
all or part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than
60Β daysβ prior notice delivered electronically or
mailed by first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to the
registered address of each Holder or otherwise delivered in
accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes
redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of
redemption, subject to the right of Holders of record on the
relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant
Interest Payment Date.
Β
(b)Β Any redemption pursuant to this SectionΒ 3.07 shall
be made pursuant to the provisions of SectionsΒ 3.01 through
3.06 hereof.
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Β
SectionΒ 3.08Β Β Mandatory
Redemption.
Β
The Issuer shall not be required to make any mandatory
redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
Β
SectionΒ 3.09Β Β Offers
to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.
Β
(a)Β In the event that, pursuant to SectionΒ 4.10
hereof, the Issuer shall be required to commence an Asset Sale
Offer, it shall follow the procedures specified below.
Β
(b)Β The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of
20 Business Days following its commencement and no longer,
except to the extent that a longer period is required by
applicable law (the βOffer Periodβ). No later
than five Business Days after the termination of the Offer
Period (the βPurchase Dateβ), the Issuer shall
apply all Excess Proceeds (the βOffer Amountβ)
to the purchase of Notes and, if required, Pari Passu
Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis, if applicable), or, if
less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and Pari
Passu Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer.
Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same
manner as interest payments are made.
Β
(c)Β If the Purchase Date is on or after a Record Date and
on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and
unpaid interest up to but excluding the Purchase Date, shall be
paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the
close of business on such Record Date, and no additional
interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant
to the Asset Sale Offer.
Β
(d)Β Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the
Issuer shall send, electronically or by first-class mail, a
notice to each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The
notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to
enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale
Offer. The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and
holders of Pari Passu Indebtedness. The notice, which shall
govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:
Β
(i)Β that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to
this Section 3.09 and SectionΒ 4.10 hereof and the length of
time the Asset Sale Offer shall remain open;
Β
(ii)Β the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase
Date;
Β
(iii)Β that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment
shall continue to accrue interest;
Β
(iv)Β that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such
payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset
Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Purchase
Date;
Β
(v)Β that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant
to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in
integral multiples of $1,000 only;
Β
(vi)Β that Holders electing to have a Note purchased
pursuant to any Asset Sale offer shall be required to surrender
the Note, with the form entitled βOption of Holder to
Elect Purchaseβ attached to the Note completed, or
transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Issuer, the Depositary,
if appointed by the Issuer, or a Paying Agent at the address
specified in the notice at least three Business Days before the
Purchase Date;
Β
(vii)Β that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their
election if the Issuer, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as
the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the
Offer Period, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter
setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of
the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that
such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note
purchased;
Β
(viii)Β that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and
Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by the holders thereof
exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee shall select the Notes,
and the Issuer shall select such Pari Passu Indebtedness, to be
purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value
or principal amount of the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness
tendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by
the Trustee so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000 or
integral multiples thereof shall be purchased);Β and
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Β
(ix)Β that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part
shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the
unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by
book-entry transfer) representing the same indebtedness to the
extent not repurchased.
Β
(e)Β On or before the Purchase Date, the Issuer shall, to
the extent lawful, (i)Β accept for payment, on a pro rata
basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or
portions thereof validly tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale
Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all
Notes tendered and (ii)Β deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an
Officerβs Certificate stating the aggregate principal
amount of Notes or portions thereof so tendered.
Β
(f)Β The Issuer, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the
case may be, shall promptly mail or deliver to each tendering
Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes
properly tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Issuer for
purchase, and the Issuer shall promptly issue a new Note, and
the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall
authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by
book-entry) such new Note to such Holder (it being understood
that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the
contrary, no Opinion of Counsel or Officerβs Certificate is
required for the Trustee to authenticate and mail or deliver
such new Note) in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased
portion of the Note surrendered representing the same
indebtedness to the extent not repurchased; provided,
that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $2,000
or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Any Note
not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the
Issuer to the Holder thereof The Issuer shall publicly announce
the results of the Asset Sale Offer on or as soon as practicable
after the Purchase Date.
Β
Other than as specifically provided in this SectionΒ 3.09 or
SectionΒ 4.10 hereof, any purchase pursuant to this
SectionΒ 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the applicable
provisions of SectionsΒ 3.01 through 3.06 hereof if such
purchase were a redemption.
Β
ARTICLEΒ 4
Β
COVENANTS
Β
SectionΒ 4.01Β Β Payment
of Notes.
Β
The Issuer shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in
the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any,
and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the
Paying Agent, if other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary, holds as
of noon Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the
Issuer in immediately available funds and designated for and
sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest
then due.
Β
The Issuer shall pay interest (including post-petition interest
in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal
at the rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the
Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy
Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any
applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Β
SectionΒ 4.02Β Β Maintenance
of Office or Agency.
Β
The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an
office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar
or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration
of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may
be served. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such
office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to
maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or
served at the Corporate TrustΒ Office of the Trustee.
Β
The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to
time rescind such designations; provided, that no such
designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer
of its obligation to maintain an
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Β
office or agency for such purposes. The Issuer shall give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or
rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency.
Β
The Issuer hereby designates the Corporate TrustΒ Office of
the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Issuer in
accordance with SectionΒ 2.03 hereof.
Β
SectionΒ 4.03Β Β Reports
and Other Information.
Β
To the extent required to permit Holders of Notes (other than
Affiliates of the Issuer) to sell their Notes without
registration under the Securities Act, the Issuer or Holdings
shall make publicly available the information concerning the
Issuer or Holdings specified in RuleΒ 144(c)(2) under the
Securities Act.
Β
SectionΒ 4.04Β Β Compliance
Certificate.
Β
(a)Β The Issuer and each Guarantor shall deliver to the
Trustee, within 90Β days after the end of each fiscal year
ending after the Issue Date, a certificate from the principal
executive officer, principal financial officer or principal
accounting officer stating that a review of the activities of
the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the preceding
fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing
Officer with a view to determining whether the Issuer has kept,
observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this
Indenture, and further stating, as to such Officer signing such
certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Issuer
has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every
condition and covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in
default in the performance or observance of any of the terms,
provisions, covenants and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a
Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults of
which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Issuer is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).
Β
(b)Β When any Default has occurred and is continuing under
this Indenture, or if the Trustee or the holder of any other
evidence of Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary gives
any notice or takes any other action with respect to a claimed
Default, the Issuer shall promptly (which shall be no more than
five (5)Β Business Days) deliver to the Trustee by
registered or certified mail or by facsimile transmission an
Officerβs Certificate specifying such event and what action
the Issuer proposes to take with respect thereto.
Β
SectionΒ 4.05Β Β Taxes.
Β
The Issuer shall pay, and shall cause each of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes,
assessments, and governmental levies except such as are
contested in good faith and by appropriate negotiations or
proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not
adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Β
SectionΒ 4.06Β Β Stay,
Extension and Usury Laws.
Β
The Issuer and each of the Guarantors covenant (to the extent
that they may lawfully do so) that they shall not at any time
insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take
the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that
may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture;
and the Issuer and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that
they may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or
advantage of any such law, and covenant that they shall not, by
resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of
any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and
permit the execution of every such power as though no such law
has been enacted.
Β
SectionΒ 4.07Β Β Limitation
on Restricted Payments.
Β
(a)Β The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
Β
(i)Β declare or pay any dividend or make any payment or
distribution on account of the Issuerβs, or any of its
Restricted Subsidiariesβ Equity Interests, including any
dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger
or consolidation other than:
Β
(A)Β dividends or distributions by the Issuer payable solely
in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the
Issuer;Β or
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Β
(B)Β dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary
so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable
on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by
a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary,
the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its
pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in
accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of
securities;
Β
(ii)Β purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or
retire for value any Equity Interests of the Issuer or any
direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, including in connection
with any merger or consolidation;
Β
(iii)Β make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase,
defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value in each case,
prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or
maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness, other than:
Β
(A)Β Indebtedness permitted under clausesΒ (vi) and
(vii)Β of SectionΒ 4.09(b) hereof;Β or
Β
(B)Β the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of
Subordinated Indebtedness purchased in anticipation of
satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or
final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of
purchase, repurchase or acquisition;Β or
Β
(iv)Β make any Restricted Investment,
Β
(all such payments and other actions set forth in
clausesΒ (i) through (iv)Β above being collectively
referred to as βRestricted Paymentsβ) unless,
at the time of such Restricted Payment:
Β
(1)Β no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
would occur as a consequence thereof;
Β
(2)Β immediately after giving effect to such transaction on
a pro forma basis, the Issuer could incur $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to the Leverage Ratio test set forth in
SectionΒ 4.09(a) hereof;Β and
Β
(3)Β such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate
amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Issuer and
its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (excluding
Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (ii)(A), (iii), (iv),
(v), (vi), (vii)(A) and (B), (viii), (x), (xi), (xii)Β and
(xiv)Β of SectionΒ 4.07(b) hereof), is less than the sum
of (without duplication):
Β
(A)Β (i)Β the aggregate EBITDA of the Issuer for the
period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of
the first full fiscal quarter following the Issue Date to the
end of the Issuerβs most recently ended fiscal quarter for
which internal financial statements are available at the time of
such Restricted Payment (or, in the event aggregate EBITDA for
such period is a deficit, then minus such deficit) less
(ii)Β 1.4 times the aggregate Cash Interest Expense of the
Issuer for the same period; plus
Β
(B)Β 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair
market value, as determined in good faith by the Issuer, of
marketable securities or other property received by the Issuer
since immediately after the Issue Date (other than any such net
cash proceeds used to incur Contribution Indebtedness) from the
issue or sale of:
Β
(i)(a) Equity Interests of the Issuer, including Treasury
Capital Stock, but excluding cash proceeds and the fair market
value, as determined in good faith by the Issuer, of marketable
securities or other property received from the sale of:
Β
(x)Β Equity Interests to members of management, directors or
consultants of the Issuer, any direct or indirect parent company
of the Issuer and the Issuerβs Subsidiaries after the Issue
Date to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted
Payments made in accordance with clauseΒ (v) of
SectionΒ 4.07(b) hereof;Β and
Β
(y)Β Designated Preferred Stock;Β and
Β
(b)Β to the extent such net cash proceeds are actually
contributed to the Issuer, Equity Interests of the Issuerβs
direct or indirect parent companies (excluding contributions of
the proceeds from the sale of Designated Preferred Stock of such
companies or contributions to the extent such amounts
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Β
have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with
clauseΒ (v) of SectionΒ 4.07(b) hereof;Β or
Β
(ii)Β debt securities of the Issuer that have been converted
into or exchanged for such Equity Interests of the Issuer;
Β
provided, however, that this clauseΒ (B) shall
not include the proceeds from (W)Β Refunding Capital Stock
(as defined below), (X)Β Equity Interests or convertible
debt securities of the Issuer sold to a Restricted Subsidiary,
as the case may be, (Y)Β Disqualified Stock or debt
securities that have been converted into Disqualified Stock or
(Z)Β Excluded Contributions; plus
Β
(C)Β 100% of the aggregate amount of cash contributed and
the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the
Issuer, of marketable securities or other property to the
capital of the Issuer following the Issue Date (other than any
such net cash proceeds used to incur Contribution Indebtedness)
(other than by a Restricted Subsidiary and other than by any
Excluded Contributions); plus
Β
(D)Β 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the
fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Issuer, of
marketable securities or other property received by means of:
Β
(i)Β the sale or other disposition (other than to the Issuer
or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by
the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and
redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Issuer or
its Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of loans or advances,
and releases of guarantees, which constitute Restricted
Investments by the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in
each case after the Issue Date;Β or
Β
(ii)Β the sale (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary) of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a
distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a dividend from
an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date; plus
Β
(E)Β in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, the
fair market value of the Investment in such Unrestricted
Subsidiary, as determined by the Issuer in good faith or if, in
the case of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such fair market value
may exceed $20.0Β million, in writing by an Independent
Financial Advisor, at the time of the redesignation of such
Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary other than an
Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent such Investment
constituted a Permitted Investment;
Β
provided, however, that, to the extent the
property received under clauseΒ (B) or contributed under
clauseΒ (C) includes a βstickβ station or stations
or Equity Interests of a Person whose assets include a
βstickβ station or stations, the fair market value of
such property shall have been determined in writing by an
Independent Financial Advisor.
Β
(b)Β The foregoing provisions of SectionΒ 4.07(a) hereof
shall not prohibit:
Β
(i)Β the payment of any dividend within 60Β days after
the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration
such payment would have complied with the provisions of this
Indenture;
Β
(ii)Β (A)Β the redemption, repurchase, retirement or
other acquisition of any Equity Interests (βTreasury
Capital Stockβ) or Subordinated Indebtedness of the
Issuer or any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent
company of the Issuer, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds
of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted
Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or
indirect parent company of the Issuer to the extent contributed
to the Issuer (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock)
(βRefunding Capital Stockβ) and (B)Β if
immediately prior to the retirement of Treasury Capital Stock,
the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted
under clauseΒ (vii) of this SectionΒ 4.07(b), the
declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital
Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which
were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any
Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the
Issuer) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the
aggregate amount of dividends per annum that were
declarable and payable on such Treasury Capital Stock
immediately prior to such retirement;
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Β
(iii)Β the redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or
retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or a
Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the
substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the Issuer
or a Guarantor, as the case may be, which is incurred in
compliance with SectionΒ 4.09 hereof, so long as:
Β
(A)Β the principal amount of such new Indebtedness does not
exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if
applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest on, the
Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased,
acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any reasonable
premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument
governing the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed,
repurchased, acquired or retired and any reasonable fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such new
Indebtedness;
Β
(B)Β such new Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or
the applicable Guarantee at least to the same extent as such
Subordinated Indebtedness so purchased, exchanged, redeemed,
repurchased, acquired or retired for value;
Β
(C)Β such new Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity
date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of
the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased,
acquired or retired;Β and
Β
(D)Β such new Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to
Maturity equal to or greater than the remaining Weighted Average
Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so
redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired;
Β
(iv)Β Restricted Payments to Holdings or Parent Holdings for
the payment to Cumulus Media Inc., a Delaware corporation,
pursuant to the Management Agreement of (A)Β management fees
in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year not to exceed the
amount of the management fee set forth in the Management
Agreement (which shall in no event exceed the greater of
$4.0Β million or 4% of βAdjusted EBITDAβ
(as defined in the Management Agreement as in effect on the
Issue Date) for such fiscal year) for any fiscal year,
(B)Β any related expenses, including professional and
similar third party expenses payable under the Management
Agreement, (C)Β any termination fees pursuant to the
Management Agreement not to exceed the amount set forth in the
Management Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date and
(D)Β any amounts described in (A)Β above, the payment of
which has been deferred as set forth in the Management Agreement
as in effect on the Issue Date, and interest accrued thereon;
Β
(v)Β a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase,
retirement or the acquisition or retirement for value of Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer or any
of its direct or indirect parent companies held by any future,
present or former employee, director or consultant of the
Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect
parent companies pursuant to any management equity plan or stock
option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or
agreement; provided, however, that the aggregate
Restricted Payments made under this clauseΒ (v) do not
exceed in any calendar year $5.0Β million (which shall
increase to $10.0Β million subsequent to the consummation of
an underwritten public Equity Offering by the Issuer or any
direct or indirect parent corporation of the Issuer) (with
unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to
succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum (without giving
effect to the following proviso) of $10.0Β million in any
calendar year (which shall increase to $20.0Β million
subsequent to the consummation of an underwritten public Equity
Offering by the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent
corporation of the Issuer)); provided, further
that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an
amount not to exceed:
Β
(A)Β the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests
(other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer and, to the extent
contributed to the Issuer, Equity Interests of any of the
Issuerβs direct or indirect parent companies, in each case
to members of management, directors or consultants of the
Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect
parent companies that occurs after the Issue Date, to the extent
the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have
not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments
by virtue of clauseΒ (3) of SectionΒ 4.07(a) hereof; plus
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Β
(B)Β the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies
received by the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries after the
Issue Date; less
Β
(C)Β the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made
with the cash proceeds described in clausesΒ (A) and
(B)Β of this clause (v);
Β
and provided, further that cancellation of Indebtedness
owing to the Issuer from members of management of the Issuer,
any of the Issuerβs direct or indirect parent companies or
any of the Issuerβs Restricted Subsidiaries in connection
with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any of
its direct or indirect parent companies will not be deemed to
constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this
SectionΒ 4.07 or any other provision of this Indenture;
Β
(vi)Β the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of
any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in accordance with
SectionΒ 4.09 hereof to the extent such dividends are
included in the definition of βCash Interest
Expenseβ;
Β
(vii)Β (A)Β the declaration and payment of dividends to
holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock
(other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Issuer after the
Issue Date;
Β
(B)Β the declaration and payment of dividends to a direct or
indirect parent company of the Issuer, the proceeds of which
will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any
class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of such parent corporation issued after the
Issue Date; provided, that the amount of dividends paid
pursuant to this clauseΒ (B) shall not exceed the aggregate
amount of cash actually contributed to the Issuer from the sale
of such Designated Preferred Stock;Β or
Β
(C)Β the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding
Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock in excess of the dividends
declarable and payable thereon pursuant to clauseΒ (ii) of
this SectionΒ 4.07(b);
Β
provided, however, in the case of each of (A),
(B)Β and (C)Β of this clause (vii), that (x)Β such
dividends are included in the definition of βCash
Interest Expenseβ and (y)Β for the most recently
ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial
statements are available immediately preceding the date of
issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock or the declaration
of such dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred
Stock, after giving effect to such issuance or declaration on a
pro forma basis, the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis would have had a Leverage
Ratio of no more than 7.50 to 1.00;
Β
(viii)Β repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon
exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests
represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or
warrants;
Β
(ix)Β the declaration and payment of dividends on the
Issuerβs common stock (or the payment of dividends to any
direct or indirect parent entity to fund a payment of dividends
on such entityβs common stock), following the first public
offering of the Issuerβs common stock or the common stock
of any of its direct or indirect parent companies after the
Issue Date, of up to 6% per annum of the net cash
proceeds received by or contributed to the Issuer in or from any
such public offering, other than public offerings with respect
to the Issuerβs common stock registered on
FormΒ S-8
and other than any public sale constituting an Excluded
Contribution;
Β
(x)Β Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded
Contributions;
Β
(xi)Β other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount taken
together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to
this clauseΒ (xi) not to exceed the greater of
(x)Β $30.0Β million and (y)Β 2.5% of Total Assets at
the time made;
Β
(xii)Β any Restricted Payment used to fund the Transaction
and the fees and expenses related thereto or owed to Affiliates,
in each case to the extent permitted by SectionΒ 4.11 hereof;
Β
(xiii)Β the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or
retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant
to the provisions similar to those described under
SectionΒ 4.10 and SectionΒ 4.14 hereof; provided,
that all Notes validly tendered by Holders in connection with
the related Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as
applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for
value;
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Β
(xiv)Β the declaration and payment of dividends by the
Issuer to, or the making of loans to, any direct or indirect
parent in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent
companies to pay, in each case without duplication,
Β
(A)Β franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses
required to maintain their corporate existence;
Β
(B)Β federal, state and local income taxes, to the extent
such income taxes are attributable to the income of the Issuer
and its Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent of the amount
actually received from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in amounts
required to pay such taxes to the extent attributable to the
income of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided, that
in each case the amount of such payments in any fiscal year does
not exceed the amount that the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries would be required to pay in respect of federal,
state and local taxes for such fiscal year were the Issuer, its
Restricted Subsidiaries and its Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to
the extent described above) to pay such taxes separately from
any such parent entity;
Β
(C)Β customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to
officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent company
of the Issuer to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other
benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
Β
(D)Β general corporate operating and overhead costs and
expenses of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer
to the extent such costs and expenses are attributable to the
ownership or operation of the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries;Β and
Β
(E)Β reasonable fees and expenses other than to Affiliates
of the Issuer related to any unsuccessful equity or debt
offering of such parent entity;Β and
Β
(xv)Β the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares
of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than
Unrestricted Subsidiaries the primary assets of which are cash
and/or Cash
Equivalents);
Β
provided, however, that, at the time of and after
giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clauses
(vi), (vii), (xi), (xiii)Β and (xv)Β of this
SectionΒ 4.07(b), no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence
thereof.
Β
(c)Β As of the Issue Date, all of the Issuerβs
Subsidiaries will be Restricted Subsidiaries. The Issuer shall
not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted
Subsidiary except pursuant to the last sentence of the
definition of βUnrestricted Subsidiary.β For
purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent
repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated shall be deemed to be
Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the
last sentence of the definition of
βInvestment.β Such designation shall be
permitted only if a Restricted Payment in such amount would be
permitted at such time, whether pursuant to SectionΒ 4.07(a)
hereof or under clauseΒ (x) or (xi)Β of
SectionΒ 4.07(b) hereof, or pursuant to the definition of
βPermitted Investments,β and if such Subsidiary
otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Unrestricted Subsidiaries shall not be subject to any of the
restrictive covenants set forth in this Indenture.
Β
SectionΒ 4.08Β Β Dividend
and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries.
Β
(a)Β The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors to, directly or
indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or
become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual
restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:
Β
(i)Β (A)Β pay dividends or make any other distributions
to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on its
Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or
participation in, or measured by, its profits,Β or
Β
(B)Β pay any Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
Β
(ii)Β make loans or advances to the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries;Β or
Β
(iii)Β sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or
assets to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
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Β
(b)Β The restrictions in SectionΒ 4.08(a) hereof shall
not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by
reason of:
Β
(i)Β contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on
the Issue Date, including pursuant to the Senior Credit
Facilities and the related documentation;
Β
(ii)Β this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees and the
Security Documents;
Β
(iii)Β purchase money obligations for property acquired in
the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions of the
nature discussed in clauseΒ (iii) of SectionΒ 4.08(a)
hereof on the property so acquired;
Β
(iv)Β applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or
order;
Β
(v)Β any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired
by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence
at the time of such acquisition (but not created in
contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not
applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any
Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the
property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so
acquired;
Β
(vi)Β contracts for the sale of assets, including customary
restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant
to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or
disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or
assets of such Subsidiary;
Β
(vii)Β Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be
incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 4.09 hereof and
SectionΒ 4.12 hereof that limit the right of the debtor to
dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;
Β
(viii)Β restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth
imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the
ordinary course of business;
Β
(ix)Β customary provisions in joint venture agreements and
other similar agreements relating solely to such joint venture;
Β
(x)Β customary provisions contained in leases or licenses of
intellectual property and other agreements, in each case,
entered into in the ordinary course of business;Β and
Β
(xi)Β any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred
to in clauses (i), (ii)Β and (iii)Β of
SectionΒ 4.08(a) hereof imposed by any amendments,
modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements,
refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts,
instruments or obligations referred to in clausesΒ (i)
through (x)Β of this SectionΒ 4.08(b); provided,
that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals,
increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings
are, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer, no more
restrictive with respect to such encumbrance and other
restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such
amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase,
supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.
Β
SectionΒ 4.09Β Β Limitation
on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock
and Preferred Stock.
Β
(a)Β The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create,
incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or
indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively,
βincurβ and collectively, an
βincurrenceβ) with respect to any Indebtedness
(including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Issuer shall not issue
any shares of Disqualified Stock and shall not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock
or Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the
Issuer may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness)
or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any Restricted
Subsidiary that is a Guarantor may incur Indebtedness (including
Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and
issue shares of Preferred Stock, if the Leverage Ratio on a
consolidated basis for the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiariesβ most recently ended four fiscal quarters for
which internal financial statements are available immediately
preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is
incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued
would not have been greater than 7.50 to 1.00, determined on a
pro forma basis (including a pro forma application
of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional
Indebtedness had been incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or
Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the
application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning
of such four-quarter period.
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Β
(b)Β The provisions of SectionΒ 4.09(a) hereof shall not
apply to:
Β
(i)Β the incurrence of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities
by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and the
issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankersβ
acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankersβ
acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the
face amount thereof), up to an aggregate principal amount of
$800.0Β million outstanding at any one time, less the
aggregate of mandatory principal payments actually made by the
borrower thereunder in respect of Indebtedness thereunder after
the Issue Date with Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale or series of
related Asset Sales;
Β
(ii)Β the incurrence by the Issuer and any Subsidiary
Guarantor of Indebtedness represented by the Notes (including
any Guarantee) (other than any Additional Notes);
Β
(iii)Β Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in existence on the Issue Date (other than
Indebtedness described in clausesΒ (i) and (ii)Β of this
SectionΒ 4.09(b));
Β
(iv)Β Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease
Obligations), Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred by
the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, to finance the
purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal) or
equipment that is used or useful in a Similar Business, whether
through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of
any Person owning such assets in an aggregate principal amount
(together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof)
not to exceed $10.0Β million at any time outstanding,
together with all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock
and/or
Preferred Stock issued and outstanding under this clause (iv);
Β
(v)Β Indebtedness incurred by the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations
with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course
of business, including letters of credit in respect of
workersβ compensation claims, or other Indebtedness with
respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding
workersβ compensation claims; provided,
however that upon the drawing of such letters of credit
or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are
reimbursed within 30Β days following such drawing or
incurrence;
Β
(vi)Β Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Issuer or
its Restricted Subsidiaries providing for indemnification,
adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each
case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of
any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of
Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion
of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of
financing such acquisition; provided, however,
that:
Β
(A)Β such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet
of the Issuer, or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (Contingent
Obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements
and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will not be
deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of
this clause (vi)(A));Β and
Β
(B)Β the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such
Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds
including non-cash proceeds (the fair market value of such
non-cash proceeds being measured at the time received and
without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value)
actually received by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries
in connection with such disposition;
Β
(vii)Β Indebtedness of the Issuer to a Restricted
Subsidiary; provided, that any such Indebtedness owing to
a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor is expressly
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; provided,
further that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any
Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted
Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other
subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the
Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary or any collateral agent
under the Credit Facilities) shall be deemed, in each case, to
be an incurrence of such Indebtedness;
Β
(viii)Β Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the
Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that
if a Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness to a Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness is
expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of
the Notes of such Guarantor; provided, further that any
subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the
Issuer or another
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Β
Restricted Subsidiary or any collateral agent under the Credit
Facilities) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence
of such Indebtedness;
Β
(ix)Β shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary
issued to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary;
provided, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any
Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such
Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or
any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred
Stock (except to the Issuer or another of its Restricted
Subsidiaries) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of
such shares of Preferred Stock;
Β
(x)Β Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations
entered into for speculative purposes) for the purpose of
limiting interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness or
exchange rate risk;
Β
(xi)Β obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and
surety bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Issuer or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business;
Β
(xii)Β Contribution Indebtedness;
Β
(xiii)Β the incurrence by the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Issuer of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or
Preferred Stock which serves to refund or refinance any
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred as
permitted under SectionΒ 4.09(a) and clauses (ii), (iii),
(iv), (xiii)Β and (xiv)Β of this SectionΒ 4.09(b) or
any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock,
including additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or
Preferred Stock incurred to pay premiums (including reasonable
tender premiums), defeasance costs and fees in connection
therewith (the βRefinancing Indebtednessβ)
prior to its respective maturity; provided,
however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:
Β
(A)Β has a final maturity date later than the final maturity
date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time
such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than
the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being
refunded or refinanced,
Β
(B)Β to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances
(1)Β Indebtedness subordinated or pari passu to the
Notes or any Guarantee thereof, such Refinancing Indebtedness is
subordinated or pari passu to the Notes or the Guarantee
at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced
or refunded or (2)Β Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock,
such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or
Preferred Stock, respectively,Β and
Β
(C)Β shall not include:
Β
(1)Β Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of
a Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Guarantor that
refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock
of the Issuer or a Guarantor;
Β
(2)Β Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of
a Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Guarantor that
refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock
of a Guarantor;
Β
(3)Β Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of
the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary;
Β
and provided, further that subclauseΒ (A) of this
clauseΒ (xiii) shall not apply to any refunding or
refinancing of any Indebtedness outstanding under any Senior
Indebtedness;
Β
(xiv)Β Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock
of Persons that are acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary or merged into the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided,
that after giving effect to such acquisition or merger, either
Β
(A)Β the Issuer would be permitted to incur at least $1.00
of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Leverage Ratio test
set forth in SectionΒ 4.09(a) hereof,Β or
Β
(B)Β the Leverage Ratio of the Issuer and the Restricted
Subsidiaries is less than immediately prior to such acquisition
or merger;
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Β
(xv)Β Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or
other financial institution of a check, draft or similar
instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary
course of business, provided, that such Indebtedness is
extinguished within two Business Days of its incurrence;
Β
(xvi)Β Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries supported by a letter of credit issued pursuant to
the Credit Facilities, in a principal amount not in excess of
the stated amount of such letter of credit;
Β
(xvii)Β (A)Β any guarantee by the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any
Restricted Subsidiary so long as the incurrence of such
Indebtedness incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted
under the terms of this Indenture,Β or
Β
(B)Β any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of
Indebtedness of the Issuer; provided, that such guarantee
is incurred in accordance with SectionΒ 4.15 hereof;
Β
(xviii)Β Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries consisting of (A)Β the financing of insurance
premiums or (B)Β take-or-pay obligations contained in supply
arrangements in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
Β
(xix)Β Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the
Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to current or
former officers, directors and employees thereof, their
respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to
finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the
Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer to
the extent described in clauseΒ (v) of SectionΒ 4.07(b)
hereof;
Β
(xx)Β Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor
incurred in connection with or in contemplation of, or to
provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support
utilized to consummate, the acquisition by the Issuer or such
Subsidiary Guarantor of property used or useful in a Similar
Business (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the
purchase of Capital Stock of, or merger, amalgamation or
consolidation with, any Person owning such assets);
provided, that, after giving pro forma effect to such
transaction and any related transactions, the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, for the most
recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial
statements are available immediately preceding the date on which
such Indebtedness is incurred, (A)Β would have had a
Leverage Ratio of not greater than the Leverage Ratio on the
Issue Date and (B)Β would have had a Leverage Ratio lower
than the Leverage Ratio for such period immediately prior to
giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related
transactions;Β and
Β
(xxi)Β incurrence by the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $50.0Β million at any time
outstanding.
Β
(c)Β For purposes of determining compliance with this
SectionΒ 4.09:
Β
(i)Β in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified
Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the
criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in
clausesΒ (i) through (xxi)Β of SectionΒ 4.09(b)
hereof or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to
SectionΒ 4.09(a) hereof, the Issuer, in its sole discretion,
shall classify or reclassify such item. of Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof)
and shall only be required to include the amount and type of
such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock in one
of the above clauses; provided, that all Indebtedness
outstanding under the Credit Facilities on the Issue Date shall
be treated as incurred on the Issue Date under clauseΒ (i)
of SectionΒ 4.09(b) hereof;Β and
Β
(ii)Β at the time of incurrence, the Issuer shall be
entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more
than one of the types of Indebtedness described in
SectionΒ 4.09(a) and SectionΒ 4.09(b) hereof.
Β
Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the
payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock shall not be deemed to be
an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred
Stock for purposes of this SectionΒ 4.09.
Β
For purposes of determining compliance with any
U.S.Β dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of
Indebtedness, the U.S.Β dollar-equivalent principal amount
of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be
calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in
effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case
of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving
credit debt; provided, that if such Indebtedness is
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Β
incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a
foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the
applicable U.S.Β dollar denominated restriction to be
exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in
effect on the date of such refinancing, such
U.S.Β dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to
have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such
refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of
such Indebtedness being refinanced.
Β
The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance
other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the
Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the
currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which
such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on
the date of such refinancing.
Β
SectionΒ 4.10Β Β Asset
Sales.
Β
(a)Β The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, cause, make or suffer to exist an
Asset Sale, unless:
Β
(i)Β the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at
least equal to the fair market value (as determined in good
faith by the Issuer) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed
of;Β and
Β
(ii)Β except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least
75% of the consideration therefor received by the Issuer or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of
cash or Cash Equivalents; provided, that the amount of:
Β
(A)Β any liabilities (as shown on the Issuerβs or such
Restricted Subsidiaryβs, as applicable, most recent balance
sheet or in the footnotes thereto) of the Issuer or such
Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their
terms subordinated to the Notes, that are assumed by the
transferee of any such assets and for which the Issuer and all
of its Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by all
creditors in writing,
Β
(B)Β any securities received by the Issuer or such
Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by
the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the
extent of the cash received) within 180Β days following the
closing of such Asset Sale,Β and
Β
(C)Β any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the
Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having
an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other
Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this
clauseΒ (C) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed
2.5% of Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such
Designated Non-cash Consideration, with the fair market value of
each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at
the time received and without giving effect to subsequent
changes in value,
Β
shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this provision and
for no other purpose.
Β
(b)Β Within 390Β days after the receipt of any Net
Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Issuer or such Restricted
Subsidiary, at its option, may apply the Net Proceeds from such
Asset Sale.
Β
(i)Β to permanently reduce:
Β
(A)Β Obligations under the Senior Indebtedness, and to
correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;
Β
(B)Β Obligations under Senior Subordinated Indebtedness (and
to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto);
provided, that the Issuer shall equally and ratably
reduce Obligations under the Notes as provided under
SectionΒ 3.07 hereof by making an offer (in accordance with
the procedures set forth under SectionΒ 4.10(c) hereof) to
all Holders of Notes to purchase their Notes at 100% of the
principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued but unpaid
interest, if any, on the amount of Notes that would otherwise be
prepaid,Β or
Β
(C)Β Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Guarantor, other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or another
Restricted Subsidiary,
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(ii)Β to make (A)Β an Investment in any one or more
businesses, provided, that such Investment in any
business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock and
results in the Issuer or another of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Stock of
such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary,
(B)Β capital expenditures or (C)Β acquisitions of other
assets, in each of (A), (B)Β and (C), used or useful in a
Similar Business, or (iii)Β to make an investment in
(A)Β any one or more businesses, provided, that such
Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of
Capital Stock and results in the Issuer or another of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, owning an amount of
the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes a
Restricted Subsidiary, (B)Β properties or
(C)Β acquisitions of other assets that, in each of (A),
(B)Β and (C), replace the businesses, properties
and/or
assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale;
Β
provided, that, in the case of clausesΒ (ii) and
(iii)Β above, a binding commitment shall be treated as a
permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such
commitment so long as the Issuer or such other Restricted
Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith
expectation that such Net Proceeds shall be applied to satisfy
such commitment within 180Β days of such commitment (an
βAcceptable Commitmentβ); provided
further that if any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled
or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are
applied, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds.
Β
(c)Β The Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be
required to comply with this SectionΒ 4.10 if the Issuer or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is required to transfer any
asset into a trust for FCC regulatory purposes and such trust is
then required by the FCC or other governmental entity to sell or
otherwise dispose of such asset, so long as in each case any Net
Proceeds received by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries
are applied in accordance with this SectionΒ 4.10.
Β
(d)Β Any Net Proceeds from the Asset Sale that are not
invested or applied as provided and within the time period set
forth in SectionΒ 4.10(b) hereof shall be deemed to
constitute βExcess Proceeds.β When the
aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10.0Β million,
the Issuer shall make an offer to all Holders of the Notes and,
if required by the terms of any Indebtedness that is pari
passu with the Notes (βPari Passu
Indebtednessβ), to the holders of such Pari Passu
Indebtedness (an βAsset Sale Offerβ), to
purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Notes and
such Pari Passu Indebtedness that is an integral multiple of
$1,000 that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an
offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal
amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the
date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Indenture. The Issuer shall
commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds
within ten Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds
exceed $10.0Β million by sending the notice required
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, with a copy to the
Trustee.
Β
To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and such Pari
Passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is
less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuer may use any remaining
Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to other
covenants contained in this Indenture. If the aggregate
principal amount of Notes or the Pari Passu Indebtedness
surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess
Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and the Issuer
shall select such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a
pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount
of the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon
completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess
Proceeds shall be reset to zero.
Β
(e)Β Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds
pursuant to this SectionΒ 4.10, the holder of such Net
Proceeds may apply such Net Proceeds temporarily to reduce
Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility or
otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited
by this Indenture.
Β
(f)Β The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of
RuleΒ 14e-1
under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and
regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations
are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes
pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the
provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with
the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer shall comply with
the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be
deemed to have breached its obligations described in this
Indenture by virtue thereof.
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SectionΒ 4.11Β Β Transactions
with Affiliates.
Β
(a)Β The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets
to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or
make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement,
understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the
benefit of, any Affiliate of the Issuer (each of the foregoing,
an βAffiliate Transactionβ) involving aggregate
payments or consideration in excess of $2.0Β million, unless:
Β
(i)Β such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not
materially less favorable to the Issuer or its relevant
Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained
in a comparable transaction by the Issuer or such Restricted
Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an armβs-length
basis;Β and
Β
(ii)Β the Issuer delivers to the Trustee:
Β
(A)Β with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or
consideration in excess of $5.0Β million, a resolution
adopted by the majority of the board of directors of the Issuer
approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an
Officerβs Certificate certifying that such Affiliate
Transaction complies with clauseΒ (i) of this
SectionΒ 4.11(a);Β and
Β
(B)Β with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or
consideration in excess of $20.0Β million, a letter from an
Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is
fair to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from a
financial point of view.
Β
(b)Β The provisions of SectionΒ 4.11(a) hereof shall not
apply to the following:
Β
(i)Β transactions between or among the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
Β
(ii)Β Restricted Payments permitted by SectionΒ 4.07
hereof and the definition of βPermitted
Investmentsβ;
Β
(iii)Β the payment to the applicable Affiliates of members
of the Consortium pursuant to the Advisory Services Agreement of
(A)Β co-advisory fees in an aggregate amount in any fiscal
year not to exceed the amount of the ongoing advisory fee set
forth in the Advisory Services Agreement as in effect on the
Issue Date for such fiscal year, (B)Β related expenses
payable thereunder (calculated, solely for the purpose of this
clause (iii), assuming that such fees and related expenses had
not been paid, when calculating Net Income), (plus any unpaid
advisory fees within such amount, accrued interest thereon and
related expenses accrued in any prior year), and (C)Β any
termination fees pursuant to the Advisory Services Agreement not
to exceed the amount set forth in the Advisory Services
Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date;
Β
(iv)Β the payment of reasonable and customary fees paid to,
and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers, directors,
employees or consultants of the Issuer, any of its direct or
indirect parent companies or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
Β
(v)Β transactions in which the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the
Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating
that such transaction is fair to the Issuer or such Restricted
Subsidiary from a financial point of view or stating that the
terms are not materially less favorable to the Issuer or its
relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been
obtained in a comparable transaction by the Issuer or such
Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an
armβs-length basis;
Β
(vi)Β any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date, or
any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment is not
disadvantageous to the Holders when taken as a whole as compared
to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Issue Date);
Β
(vii)Β the Transaction and the payment of all fees and
expenses related to the Transaction;
Β
(viii)Β transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, or
purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the
ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the
terms of this Indenture which are fair to the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the
board of directors of the
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Issuer or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at
least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at
such time from an unaffiliated party;
Β
(ix)Β the issuance of Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer to any Permitted Holder or to
any director, officer, employee or consultant;
Β
(x)Β payments by the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to any member of the Consortium made for any
financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement
services or in respect of other investment banking activities,
including, without limitation, in connection with acquisitions
or divestitures which payments are approved by a majority of the
board of directors of the Issuer in good faith;
Β
(xi)Β payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to
employees or consultants of the Issuer, any of its direct or
indirect parent companies or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
and employment agreements, stock option plans and other similar
arrangements with such employees or consultants which, in each
case, are approved by the Issuer in good faith;
Β
(xii)Β investments by any member of the Consortium in
securities of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
so long as (A)Β the investment is being offered generally to
other investors on the same or more favorable terms and
(B)Β the investment constitutes less than 5% of the proposed
or outstanding issue amount of such class of securities;
Β
(xiii)Β any transaction with a joint venture or similar
entity which would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely
because the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary owns an equity
interest in or otherwise controls such joint venture or similar
entity; provided, that no Affiliate of the Issuer or any
of its Subsidiaries other than the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary shall have a beneficial interest in such joint
venture or similar entity;Β and
Β
(xiv)Β transactions with Cumulus or any of its Affiliates
involving or for the benefit of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries,
including without any limitation any transactions regarding use
of programming, network programming and sales, sales
commissions, compensation to radio stations or the employment or
compensation of personnel and contractors, including on air
talent, in each case, (A)Β in the ordinary course of
business, which are fair to the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the majority of
disinterested members of the board of directors of the issuer,
or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have
been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party or
(B)Β which would not constitute a Change of Control because
it meets the conditions of the proviso to the definition of
βChange of Controlβ in SectionΒ 1.01 hereof.
Β
SectionΒ 4.12Β Β Liens.
Β
The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Guarantor to,
directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist
any Lien (except Permitted Liens) that secures obligations under
any Indebtedness ranking pari passu with or subordinated
to the Notes or any related Guarantee, on any asset or property
of the Issuer or any Guarantor, or any income or profits
therefrom, or assign or convey any right to receive income
therefrom, unless:
Β
(a)Β in the case of Liens securing Subordinated
Indebtedness, the Notes and related Guarantees are secured by a
Lien on such property, assets or proceeds that is senior in
priority to such Liens;Β or
Β
(b)Β in all other cases, the Notes or the Guarantees are
equally and ratably secured, except that the foregoing shall not
apply to (i)Β Liens securing the Notes and the related
Guarantees and (ii)Β Liens securing Senior Indebtedness of
the Issuer or any Guarantor.
Β
SectionΒ 4.13Β Β Corporate
Existence.
Β
Subject to ArticleΒ 5 hereof, the Issuer shall do or cause
to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full
force and effect (a)Β its corporate existence, and the
corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective
organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time
to time) of the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary and
(b)Β the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and
franchises of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
provided, that the Issuer shall not be required to
preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate,
partnership or other existence of any of its Restricted
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Subsidiaries, if the Issuer in good faith shall determine that
the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct
of the business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole.
Β
SectionΒ 4.14Β Β Offer
to Repurchase upon Change of Control.
Β
(a)Β If a Change of Control occurs, unless the Issuer has
previously or concurrently sent a redemption notice with respect
to all the outstanding Notes as described under
SectionΒ 3.07 hereof, the Issuer shall make an offer to
purchase all of the Notes pursuant to the offer described below
(the βChange of Control Offerβ) at a price in
cash (the βChange of Control Paymentβ) equal to
100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and
unpaid interest to the date of purchase, subject to the right of
Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive
interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date. Within
30Β days following any Change of Control, the Issuer shall
send notice of such Change of Control Offer electronically or by
first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder to
the registered address of such Holder (or otherwise delivered in
accordance with the procedures of the Depositary) with the
following information:
Β
(i)Β that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant
to this SectionΒ 4.14 and that all Notes properly tendered
pursuant to such Change of Control Offer will be accepted for
payment by the Issuer,
Β
(ii)Β the purchase price and the purchase date, which will
be no earlier than 30Β days nor later than 60Β days from
the date such notice is sent (the βChange of Control
Payment Dateβ);
Β
(iii)Β that any Note not properly tendered will remain
outstanding and continue to accrue interest;
Β
(iv)Β that unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the
Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment
pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue
interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;
Β
(v)Β that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased
pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to
surrender such Notes, with the form entitled βOption of
Holder to Elect Purchaseβ on the reverse of such Notes
completed, to the Paying Agent specified in the notice at the
address specified in the notice prior to the close of business
on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control
Payment Date;
Β
(vi)Β that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their
tendered Notes and their election to require the Issuer to
purchase such Notes, provided, that the Paying Agent
receives, not later than the close of business on the
30thΒ day following the date of the Change of Control
notice, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting
forth the name of the Holder of the Notes, the principal amount
of Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder
is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such
Notes purchased;
Β
(vii)Β that if the Issuer is redeeming less than all of the
Notes, the Holders of the remaining Notes will be issued new
Notes and such new Notes will be equal in principal amount to
the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (which must be
equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof);Β and
Β
(viii)Β the other instructions, as determined by the Issuer,
consistent with this SectionΒ 4.14, that a Holder must
follow.
Β
The notice, if sent in a manner herein provided, shall be
conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the
Holder receives such notice. If (1)Β the notice is sent in a
manner herein provided and (2)Β any Holder fails to receive
such notice or a Holder receives such notice but it is
defective, such Holderβs failure to receive such notice or
such defect shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for
the purchase of the Notes as to all other Holders that, properly
received such notice without defect.
Β
The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of
RuleΒ 14e-1
under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and
regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations
are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes
pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the
provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with
the provisions of this SectionΒ 4.14, the Issuer shall
comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and
shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations in this
SectionΒ 4.14 by virtue thereof.
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Β
(b)Β On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer
shall, to the extent permitted by law,
Β
(i)Β accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof
properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer,
Β
(ii)Β deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the
aggregate Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or
portions thereof so tendered,Β and
Β
(iii)Β deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for
cancellation the Notes so accepted together with an
Officerβs Certificate to the Trustee stating that such
Notes or portions thereof have been tendered to and purchased by
the Issuer.
Β
(c)Β In the event a Change of Control occurs at a time when
the Issuer is prohibited by the terms of any Senior Indebtedness
from purchasing Notes, then prior to the sending of the notice
of a Change of Control to holders of Notes but in any event
within 45Β days following any Change of Control, the Issuer
shall undertake to (i)Β repay in full all Obligations, and
terminate all commitments, under the Senior Credit Facilities
and all other Senior Indebtedness, the terms of which require
repayment
and/or
termination of commitments upon a Change of Control or offer to
repay in full all Obligations, and terminate all commitments,
under the Senior Credit Facilities and all other such Senior
Indebtedness and to repay the Obligations owed to (and terminate
all commitments of) each lender which has accepted such offer or
(ii)Β obtain the requisite consents under the agreements
governing such Senior Indebtedness to permit the repurchase of
the Notes. If such a consent is not obtained or borrowings
repaid, the Issuer will remain prohibited from purchasing the
Notes.
Β
(d)Β The Issuer shall first comply with SectionΒ 4.14(c)
hereof before it shall be required to repurchase Notes pursuant
to SectionΒ 4.14(a) hereof. The Issuerβs failure to
comply with SectionΒ 4.14(c) hereof (and any failure to send
a notice of Change of Control as a result of the prohibition in
SectionΒ 4.14(c)) may (with notice and lapse of time)
constitute an Event of Default described in clause (iii), but
shall not constitute an Event of Default described in
clauseΒ (i) under SectionΒ 6.01(a) hereof.
Β
(e)Β The Issuer shall not be required to make a Change of
Control Offer following 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
this SectionΒ 4.14 applicable to a Change of Control Offer
made by the Issuer and purchases all Notes validly tendered and
not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of
Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control,
conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive
agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of
making of the Change of Control Offer.
Β
(f)Β The provisions of this SectionΒ 4.14 relative to
the Issuerβs obligation to make an offer to repurchase the
Notes as a result of a Change of Control may be waived or
modified with the written consent of the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Notes.
Β
(g)Β Other than as specifically provided in this
SectionΒ 4.14, any purchase pursuant to this
SectionΒ 4.14 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of
SectionsΒ 3.02, 3.05 and 3.06 hereof.
Β
SectionΒ 4.15Β Β Limitation
on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries.
Β
The Issuer shall not permit any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
that are Restricted Subsidiaries (and non-Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries if such non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries guarantee
other capital markets debt securities), other than a Subsidiary
Guarantor, to guarantee the payment of any Indebtedness of the
Issuer or any other Subsidiary Guarantor unless:
Β
(a)Β such Restricted Subsidiary within 30Β days executes
and delivers a supplemental indenture to this Indenture, the
form of which is attached as ExhibitΒ D hereto,
providing for a Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary, except
that with respect to a guarantee of Indebtedness of the Issuer
or any Subsidiary Guarantor:
Β
(i)Β if the Notes or such Guarantorβs Guarantee are
subordinated in right of payment to such Indebtedness, the
Guarantee under the supplemental indenture shall be subordinated
to such Restricted Subsidiaryβs guarantee with respect to
such Indebtedness substantially to the same extent as the Notes
are subordinated to such Indebtedness;Β and
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Β
(ii)Β if such Indebtedness is by its express terms
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such
Guarantorβs Guarantee, any such guarantee by such
Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be
subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantee substantially
to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the
Notes;
Β
(b)Β such Restricted Subsidiary waives and shall not in any
manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any
rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other
rights against the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary as
a result of any payment by such Restricted Subsidiary under its
Guarantee;Β and
Β
(c)Β such Restricted Subsidiary shall deliver to the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
Β
(i)Β such Guarantee has been duly executed and
authorized;Β and
Β
(ii)Β such Guarantee constitutes a valid, binding and
enforceable obligation of such Restricted Subsidiary, except
insofar as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws (including, without limitation, all
laws relating to fraudulent transfers) and except insofar as
enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity;
Β
provided, that this SectionΒ 4.15 shall not be
applicable to any guarantee of any Restricted Subsidiary that
existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary
and was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of,
such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary.
Β
SectionΒ 4.16Β Β Limitation
on Layering.
Β
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Issuer shall not,
and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or
indirectly, incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired
Indebtedness) that is subordinate in right of payment to any
Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case
may be, unless such Indebtedness is either.
Β
(a)Β equal in right of payment with the Notes or such
Subsidiary Guarantorβs Guarantee of the Notes, as the case
may be;Β or
Β
(b)Β expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes
or such Guarantorβs Guarantee of the Notes, as the case may
be.
Β
For purposes of this Indenture, Indebtedness that is unsecured
shall not be treated as subordinated or junior to Secured
Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured, and Senior
Indebtedness shall not be treated as subordinated or junior to
any other Senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior
priority with respect to the same collateral.
Β
ARTICLEΒ 5
Β
SUCCESSORS
Β
SectionΒ 5.01Β Β Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets.
Β
(a)Β The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into
or wind up into (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving
corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties
or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any Person
unless:
Β
(i)Β either: (A)Β the Issuer is the surviving
corporation or (B)Β the Person formed by or surviving any
such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or
other disposition will have been made is a corporation organized
or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization
of the Issuer or the laws of the United States, any state
thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof
(such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the
βSuccessor Companyβ);
Β
(ii)Β the Successor Company, if other than the Issuer,
expressly assumes all the obligations of the Issuer under the
Notes pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or
instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
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Β
(iii)Β immediately after such transaction, no Default exists;
Β
(iv)Β immediately after giving pro forma effect to
such transaction and any related financing transactions, as if
such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the
applicable four-quarter period,
Β
(A)Β the Successor Company would be permitted to incur at
least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Leverage
Ratio test set forth in SectionΒ 4.09(a) hereof;Β or
Β
(B)Β the Leverage Ratio for the Successor Company, the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries would not be greater than
the Leverage Ratio for the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction;
Β
(v)Β each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the
transactions described above, in which case
SectionΒ 5.01(c)(i)(B) hereof shall apply, shall have by
supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply
to such Personβs obligations under this Indenture and the
Notes;Β and
Β
(vi)Β the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officerβs Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such
supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture.
Β
(b)Β The Successor Company shall succeed to, and be
substituted for the Issuer, as the case may be, under this
Indenture, the Guarantees and the Notes, as applicable.
Notwithstanding clausesΒ (iii) and (iv)Β of
SectionΒ 5.01(a) hereof,
Β
(i)Β any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with or merge
into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the
Issuer,Β and
Β
(ii)Β the Issuer may merge with an Affiliate of the Issuer,
as the case may be, solely for the purpose of reincorporating
the Issuer in a State of the United States so long as the amount
of Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries is
not increased thereby.
Β
(c)Β Subject to certain limitations described in this
Indenture governing release of a Guarantee upon the sale,
disposition or transfer of a guarantor, no Guarantor shall, and
the Issuer shall not permit any Guarantor to, consolidate or
merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Issuer or
Guarantor is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign,
transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more
related transactions, to any Person unless:
Β
(i)Β (A)Β such Guarantor is the surviving corporation or
the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or
merger (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale,
assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition
will have been made is a corporation organized or existing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Guarantor,
as the case may be, or the laws of the United States, any state
thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof
(such Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein
called the βSuccessor Personβ);
Β
(B)Β the Successor Person, if other than such Guarantor,
expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under
this Indenture and such Guarantorβs related Guarantee
pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or
instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
Β
(C)Β immediately after such transaction, no Default
exists;Β and
Β
(D)Β the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officerβs Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such
supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this
Indenture;Β or
Β
(ii)Β the transaction is made in compliance with
SectionΒ 4.10 hereof.
Β
(d)Β Subject to certain limitations described in this
Indenture, the Successor Person shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, such Guarantor under this Indenture and such
Guarantorβs Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
Guarantor may merge into or transfer all or part of its
properties and assets to another Guarantor or the Issuer.
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Β
SectionΒ 5.02Β Β Successor
Corporation Substituted.
Β
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Issuer in accordance with
SectionΒ 5.01 hereof, the successor corporation formed by
such consolidation or into or with which the Issuer is merged or
to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or
other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted
for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation,
merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the
provisions of this Indenture referring to the Issuer shall refer
instead to the successor corporation and not to the Issuer), and
may exercise every right and power of the Issuer under this
Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had
been named as the Issuer herein; provided, that the
predecessor Issuer shall not be relieved from the obligation to
pay the principal of and interest on the Notes except in the
case of a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition of all of the Issuerβs assets that meets the
requirements of SectionΒ 5.01 hereof.
Β
ARTICLEΒ 6
Β
DEFAULTS AND
REMEDIES
Β
SectionΒ 6.01Β Β Events
of Default.
Β
(a)Β An βEvent of Defaultβ wherever used
herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the
reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or
pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any
order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
Β
(i)Β default in payment when due and payable, upon
redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or
premium, if any, on the Notes (whether or not prohibited by the
subordination provisions of this Indenture);
Β
(ii)Β default for 30Β days or more in the payment when
due of interest on or with respect to the Notes (whether or not
prohibited by the subordination provisions of this Indenture);
Β
(iii)Β failure by the Issuer or any Guarantor for
60Β days after receipt of written notice given by the
Trustee or the Holders of not less 25% in principal amount of
the Notes to comply with any of its obligations, covenants or
agreements (other than a default referred to in clausesΒ (i)
and (ii)Β above) contained in this Indenture or the Notes;
Β
(iv)Β default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument
under which there is issued or by which there is secured or
evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Issuer or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the payment of which is
guaranteed by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary, whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or
is created after the issuance of the Notes, if both:
Β
(A)Β such default either results from the failure to pay any
principal of such Indebtedness at its final Stated Maturity
(after giving effect to any applicable grace periods) or relates
to an obligation other than the obligation to pay principal of
any such Indebtedness at its final Stated Maturity and results
in the holder or holders of such Indebtedness causing such
Indebtedness to become due prior to its Stated Maturity;Β and
Β
(B)Β the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together.
with the principal amount of any such Indebtedness in default
for failure to pay principal at final Stated Maturity (after
giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or the maturity
of which has been so accelerated, aggregate $15.0Β million
or more at any one time outstanding;
Β
(v)Β failure by the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary to
pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $15.0Β million,
which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed
for a period of more than 60Β days after such judgment
becomes final, and in the event such judgment is covered by
insurance, an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any
creditor upon such judgment or decree which is not promptly
stayed;
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Β
(vi)Β the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that
is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted
Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of any
Bankruptcy Law:
Β
(A)Β commences proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or
insolvent;
Β
(B)Β consents to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or
answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under
applicable Bankruptcy law;
Β
(C)Β consents to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of it
or for all or substantially all of its property;
Β
(D)Β makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors;Β or
Β
(E)Β generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
Β
(vii)Β a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
Β
(A)Β is for relief against the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary, in a proceeding in which
the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiaries, that is a
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries
that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary,
is to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent;
Β
(B)Β appoints a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or
any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary, or for all or substantially
all of the property of the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of
Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary;Β or
Β
(C)Β orders the liquidation of the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary;
Β
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60
consecutive days;
Β
(viii)Β the Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary shall
for any reason cease to be in full force and effect or be
declared null and void or any responsible officer of any
Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be,
denies that it has any further liability under its Guarantee or
gives notice to such effect, other than by reason of the
termination of this Indenture or the release of any such
Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture;Β or
Β
(ix)Β the occurrence of any of the following:
Β
(A)Β except as permitted by this Indenture or the express
terms of the applicable Security Document or the
Intercreditor
Agreement, or as a result of acts or omissions by the Notes
Collateral Agent, the Trustee or any Holder, any Security
Document ceases for any reason to be fully enforceable;
provided, that it will not be an Event of Default under
this clauseΒ (A) if the sole result of the failure of one or
more Security Documents to be fully enforceable is that any
Parity Lien purported to be granted under such Security
Documents on Collateral, individually or in the aggregate,
having a fair market value of not more than $10.0Β million
ceases to be an enforceable and perfected second-priority Lien,
subject only to Liens securing Priority Lien Obligations,
Permitted Prior Liens, Permitted Liens and other Liens permitted
to be incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 4.12;
Β
(B)Β except as permitted by the express terms of the
applicable Security Document or the
Intercreditor Agreement, or
as a result of acts or omissions by the Notes Collateral Agent,
the Trustee or any Holder, any Parity Lien purported to be
granted under any Security Document on Collateral, individually
or in the aggregate, having a fair market value in excess of
$10.0Β million ceases to be an enforceable and perfected
second-priority Lien, subject only to Liens securing Priority
Lien Obligations,
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Β
Permitted Prior Liens, Permitted Liens and other Liens permitted
to be incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 4.12;Β or
Β
(C)Β the Issuer or any other Pledgor, or any Person acting
on behalf of any of them, denies or disaffirms, in writing, any
obligation of the Issuer or any other Pledgor set forth in or
arising under any Security Document.
Β
(b)Β In the event of any Event of Default specified in
clauseΒ (iv) of SectionΒ 6.01(a), such Event of Default
and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment
default, other than as a result of acceleration of the Notes)
shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and
without any action by the Trustee or the Holders, if within
20Β days after such Event of Default arose:
Β
(i)Β the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for
such Event of Default has been discharged;Β or
Β
(ii)Β holders thereof have rescinded or waived the
acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise
to such Event of Default;Β or
Β
(iii)Β the default that is the basis for such Event of
Default has been cured.
Β
SectionΒ 6.02Β Β Acceleration.
Β
(a)Β If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default
specified in clauseΒ (vi) or (vii)Β of
SectionΒ 6.01(a) hereof with respect to the Issuer) occurs
and is continuing under this Indenture, the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then total
outstanding Notes may declare the principal, premium, if any,
interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then
outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately;
provided, however, that so long as any
Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture as
part of the Senior Credit Facilities shall be outstanding, no
such acceleration shall be effective until the earlier of
Β
(i)Β acceleration of any such Indebtedness under the Senior
Credit Facilities;Β or
Β
(ii)Β five Business Days after the giving of written notice
of such acceleration to the Issuer and the Representative under
the Senior Credit Facilities.
Β
Upon the effectiveness of such declaration, such principal and
interest shall be due and payable immediately.
Β
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of
Default arising under clauseΒ (vi) or (vii)Β of
SectionΒ 6.01(a) hereof with respect to the Issuer, all
outstanding Notes shall be due and payable immediately without
further action or notice. The Trustee may withhold from the
Holders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default,
except a Default relating to the payment of principal, premium,
if any, or interest, if it determines that withholding notice is
in their interest. In addition, the Trustee shall have no
obligation to accelerate the Notes if in the judgment of the
Trustee acceleration is not in the best interest of the Holders
of the Notes.
Β
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may on
behalf of all of the Holders rescind an acceleration and its
consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any
judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default (except
nonpayment of principal, interest, or premium that has become
due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or
waived.
Β
(b)Β Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in the event
of a declaration of acceleration in respect of the Notes because
of an Event of Default specified in SectionΒ 6.01(a)(iv)
shall have occurred and be continuing, such declaration of
acceleration shall be automatically annulled if the Indebtedness
that is the subject of such Event of Default has been discharged
or the Holders thereof have rescinded their declaration of
acceleration in respect of such Indebtedness, and written notice
of such discharge or rescission, as the case may be, shall have
been given to the Trustee by the Issuer and countersigned by the
Holders of such Indebtedness or a trustee, fiduciary or agent
for such Holders, within 30Β days after such declaration of
acceleration in respect of the Notes, and no other Event of
Default has occurred during such 30Β day period which has
not been cured or waived during such period.
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Β
SectionΒ 6.03Β Β Other
Remedies.
Β
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
may, subject to the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement,
pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal,
premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the
performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
Β
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not
possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the
proceeding. Delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a
Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of
Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies
are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Β
SectionΒ 6.04Β Β Waiver
of Past Defaults.
Β
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee
may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any
existing Default and its consequences hereunder except a
continuing Default in the payment of interest on, premium, if
any, or the principal of any Note held by a non-consenting
Holder (including in connection with an Asset Sale Offer or a
Change of Control Offer); provided, subject to
SectionΒ 6.02 hereof, that the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may
rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any
related payment default that resulted from such acceleration.
Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any
Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been
cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
Β
SectionΒ 6.05Β Β Control
by Majority.
Β
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the total
outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the
Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any
direction that conflicts with law, the
Intercreditor Agreement
or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly
prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder of a Note or that
would involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Β
SectionΒ 6.06Β Β Limitation
on Suits.
Β
Subject to SectionΒ 6.07 hereof, no Holder of a Note may
pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes
unless:
Β
(a)Β such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice
that an Event of Default is continuing;
Β
(b)Β Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
total outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the
remedy;
Β
(c)Β Holders of the Notes have offered the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or
expense;
Β
(d)Β the Trustee has not complied with such request within
60Β days after the receipt thereof and the offer of security
or indemnity;
Β
(e)Β Holders of a majority in principal amount of the total
outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction
inconsistent with such request within such
60-day
period;Β and
Β
(f)Β such action is not inconsistent with the Intercreditor
Agreement.
Β
A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the
rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or
priority over another Holder of a Note.
Β
SectionΒ 6.07Β Β Rights
of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.
Β
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right
of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal,
premium, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the
respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in
connection with an Asset Sale Offer or a Change of Control
Offer), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment
on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or
affected without the consent of such Holder.
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Β
SectionΒ 6.08Β Β Collection
Suit by Trustee.
Β
If an Event of Default specified in SectionΒ 6.01(a)(i) or
(ii)Β hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is
authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of
an express trust against the Issuer for the whole amount of
principal of, premium, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on
the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent
lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient
to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Β
SectionΒ 6.09Β Β Restoration
of Rights and Remedies.
Β
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to
enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such
proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or
has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder,
then and in every such case, subject to any determination in
such proceedings, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders shall
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions
hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee
and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding has
been instituted.
Β
SectionΒ 6.10Β Β Rights
and Remedies Cumulative.
Β
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in
SectionΒ 2.07 hereof, no right or remedy herein conferred
upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to
be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and
in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The
assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or
otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Β
SectionΒ 6.11Β Β Delay
or Omission Not Waiver.
Β
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note
to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of
Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.
Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the
Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time,
and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by
the Holders, as the case may be.
Β
SectionΒ 6.12Β Β Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim.
Β
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other
papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to
have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the
Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer
(or any other obligor upon the Notes including the Guarantors),
its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and
empowered to participate as a member in any official committee
of creditors appointed in such matter and to collect, receive
and distribute any money or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such
judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make
such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due
the Trustee under SectionΒ 7.07 hereof. To the extent that
the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any
other amounts due the Trustee under SectionΒ 7.07 hereof out
of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any
reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and
shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends,
money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be
entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or
under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf
of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of
any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of
the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
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Β
SectionΒ 6.13Β Β Priorities.
Β
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this
ArticleΒ 6, it shall pay out the money in the following
order:
Β
(a)Β to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts
due under SectionΒ 7.07 hereof, including payment of all
compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all
advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of
collection;
Β
(b)Β to holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer and, if
such money or property has been collected from a Guarantor, to
holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor, in each case
to the extent required by ArticleΒ 11
and/or
ArticleΒ 13 hereof, as applicable
Β
(c)Β to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the
Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably,
without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if
any, and interest, respectively;Β and
Β
(d)Β to the Issuer or to such party as a court of competent
jurisdiction shall direct including a Guarantor, if applicable.
Β
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this SectionΒ 6.13.
Β
SectionΒ 6.14Β Β Undertaking
for Costs.
Β
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action
taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion
may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its
discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneysβ fees, against any party litigant in the suit;
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or
defenses made by the party litigant. This SectionΒ 6.14 does
not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note
pursuant to SectionΒ 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of
more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
Β
ARTICLEΒ 7
Β
TRUSTEE
Β
SectionΒ 7.01Β Β Duties
of Trustee.
Β
(a)Β If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested
in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and
skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use
under the circumstances in the conduct of such personβs own
affairs.
Β
(b)Β Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
Β
(i)Β the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by
the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need
perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in
this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
Trustee;Β and
Β
(ii)Β in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee
may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates
or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of any such
certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture.
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Β
(c)Β The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for
its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or
its own willful misconduct, except that:
Β
(i)Β this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph
(b)Β of this SectionΒ 7.01;
Β
(ii)Β the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it
is proved in a court of competent jurisdiction that the Trustee
was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;Β and
Β
(iii)Β the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance
with a direction received by it pursuant to SectionΒ 6.05
hereof.
Β
(d)Β Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every
provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the
Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b)Β and (c)Β of
this SectionΒ 7.01.
Β
(e)Β The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of its rights or powers under this Indenture at the request
or direction of any of the Holders of the Notes unless the
Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or
security against any loss, liability or expense.
Β
(f)Β The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any
money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing
with the Issuer. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Β
SectionΒ 7.02Β Β Rights
of Trustee.
Β
(a)Β The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate
any fact or matter stated in the document, but the Trustee, in
its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation
into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the
Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books,
records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or
attorney at the sole cost of the Issuer and shall incur no
liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such
inquiry or investigation.
Β
(b)Β Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
require an Officerβs Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel
or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes
or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such
Officerβs Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee
may consult with counsel of its selection and the written advice
of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection from liability in respect
of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good
faith and in reliance thereon.
Β
(c)Β The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents
and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of
any agent or attorney appointed with due care.
Β
(d)Β The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes
or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized
or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Indenture.
Β
(e)Β Unless otherwise specifically provided in this
Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the
Issuer shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Issuer.
Β
(f)Β None of the provisions of this Indenture shall require
the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise to
incur any liability, financial or otherwise, in the performance
of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for
believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory
to it against such risk or liability is not assured toΒ it.
Β
(g)Β The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any
Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of
any event which is in fact such a Default is received by the
Trustee at the Corporate TrustΒ Office of the Trustee, and
such notice references the Notes and this Indenture
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(h)Β In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable
for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any
kind whatsoever (including,, but not limited to, loss of profit)
irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the
likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of
action.
Β
(i)Β The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and
benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation,
its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be
enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder,
and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act
hereunder.
Β
(j)Β The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary
duty to the holders of Pari Passu Indebtedness or Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer and shall not be liable to any such
holder for any action it takes or omits to take within the
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
Β
(k)Β The Trustee shall not be responsible for any costs,
expenses, damages or other liabilities arising (directly or
indirectly) as a result of (i)Β any filing of a claim or
proof of debt by holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness (or
their Representative) or (ii)Β any right of holders of
Designated Senior Indebtedness (or their Representative) to file
any such claim or proof of debt, in any such case in accordance
with the second paragraph of SectionΒ 11.14 and 13.14.
Β
SectionΒ 7.03Β Β Individual
Rights of Trustee.
Β
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the
Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that
the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate
such conflict within 90Β days, apply to the SEC for
permission to continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do
the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also
subject to SectionsΒ 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
Β
SectionΒ 7.04Β Β Trusteeβs
Disclaimer.
Β
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no
representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture
or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuerβs
use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the
Issuer or upon the Issuerβs direction under any provision
of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or
application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than
the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement
or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other
document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to
this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Β
SectionΒ 7.05Β Β Notice
of Defaults.
Β
If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall send to Holders of Notes a notice of
the Default within 90Β days after it occurs. Except in the
case of a Default relating to the payment of principal, premium,
if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold from
the Holders notice of any continuing Default if and so long as a
committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines
that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders
of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be deemed to know of any
Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual
knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is
such a Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate
TrustΒ Office of the Trustee.
Β
SectionΒ 7.06Β Β Reserved.
Β
SectionΒ 7.07Β Β Compensation
and Indemnity.
Β
The Issuer shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such
compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services
hereunder as the parties shall agree in writing from time to
time. The Trusteeβs compensation shall not be limited by
any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The
Issuer shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all
reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made
by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such
expenses shall include the reasonable compensation,
disbursements and expenses of the Trusteeβs agents and
counsel.
Β
The Issuer and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall
indemnify the Trustee for, and hold the Trustee harmless
against, any and all loss, damage, claims, liability or expense
(including attorneysβ fees) incurred by it in connection
with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the
performance of its duties hereunder (including
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the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the
Issuer or any of the Guarantors (including this
SectionΒ 7.07) or defending itself against any claim whether
asserted by any Holder, the Issuer or any Guarantor, or
liability in connective with the acceptance, exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder). The
Trustee shall notify the Issuer promptly of any claim for which
it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the
Issuer shall not relieve the issuer of its obligations
hereunder. The Issuer shall defend the claim and the Trustee may
have separate counsel and the Issuer shall pay the fees and
expenses of such counsel. The Issuer need not reimburse any
expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense
incurred by the-Trustee through the Trusteeβs own willful
misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
Β
The obligations of the Issuer under this SectionΒ 7.07 shall
survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the
earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.
Β
To secure the payment obligations of the Issuer and the
Guarantors in this SectionΒ 7.07, the Trustee shall have a
Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or
collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay
principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall
survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
Β
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an
Event of Default specified in SectionΒ 6.01(a)(vi) or
(vii)Β hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for
the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and
counsel) are. intended to constitute expenses of administration
under any Bankruptcy Law.
Β
SectionΒ 7.08Β Β Replacement
of Trustee.
Β
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor
Trusteeβs acceptance of appointment as provided in this
SectionΒ 7.08. The Trustee may resign in writing at any time
and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying
the Issuer. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying
the Trustee and the Issuer in writing. The Issuer may remove the
Trustee if:
Β
(a)Β the Trustee fails to comply with SectionΒ 7.10
hereof;
Β
(b)Β the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or
an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under
any Bankruptcy Law;
Β
(c)Β a custodian or public officer takes charge of the
Trustee or its property;Β or
Β
(d)Β the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
Β
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in
the office of Trustee for any reason, the Issuer shall promptly
appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor
Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the then outstanding. Notes may appoint a successor
Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer.
Β
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60Β days
after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring
Trustee (at the Issuerβs expense), the Issuer or the
Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Β
If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been
a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with
SectionΒ 7.10 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
Β
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuer.
Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all
the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this
Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly
transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor
Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have
been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in
SectionΒ 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the
Trustee pursuant to this SectionΒ 7.08, the Issuerβs
obligations under SectionΒ 7.07 hereof shall continue for
the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
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SectionΒ 7.09Β Β Successor
Trustee by Merger, etc.
Β
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust
business to, another corporation, the successor corporation
without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
Β
SectionΒ 7.10Β Β Eligibility;
Disqualification.
Β
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a
corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America or of any state thereof that is
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power,
that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or
state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of
at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published
annual report of condition.
Β
ARTICLEΒ 8
Β
LEGAL
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Β
SectionΒ 8.01Β Β Option
to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Β
The Issuer may, at its option and at any time, elect to have
either SectionΒ 8.02 or 8.03 hereof applied to all
outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth
below in this ArticleΒ 8.
Β
SectionΒ 8.02Β Β Legal
Defeasance and Discharge.
Β
Upon the Issuerβs exercise under SectionΒ 8.01 hereof
of the option applicable to this SectionΒ 8.02, the Issuer
and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in SectionΒ 8.04 hereof, be deemed to
have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all
outstanding Notes and Guarantees on the date the conditions set
forth below are satisfied (βLegal Defeasanceβ).
For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer shall
be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness
represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be
deemed to be βoutstandingβ only for the
purposes of SectionΒ 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of
this Indenture referred to in (a)Β and (b)Β below, and
to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and
this Indenture including that of the Guarantors (and the
Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for
the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder:
Β
(a)Β the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments in
respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
the Notes when such payments are due solely out of the trust
created pursuant to this Indenture referred to in
SectionΒ 8.04 hereof;
Β
(b)Β the Issuerβs obligations with respect to Notes
concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of such Notes,
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance
of an office or agency for payment and money for security
payments held in trust;
Β
(c)Β the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of
the Trustee, and the Issuerβs obligations in connection
therewith;Β and
Β
(d)Β this SectionΒ 8.02.
Β
Subject to compliance with this ArticleΒ 8, the Issuer may
exercise its option under this SectionΒ 8.02 notwithstanding
the prior exercise of its option under SectionΒ 8.03 hereof.
Β
SectionΒ 8.03Β Β Covenant
Defeasance.
Β
Upon the Issuerβs exercise under SectionΒ 8.01 hereof
of the option applicable to this SectionΒ 8.03, the Issuer
and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in SectionΒ 8.04 hereof, be released
from their obligations under the covenants contained in
SectionsΒ 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11,
4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15 and 4.16 hereof and clausesΒ (iv) and
(v)Β of SectionΒ 5.01(a), SectionsΒ 5.01(c) and
5.01(d) hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and
after the date the conditions set forth in SectionΒ 8.04
hereof are satisfied (βCovenant Defeasanceβ),
and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not
βoutstandingβ for the purposes of any direction,
waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the
consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants,
but shall continue to be deemed βoutstandingβ for all
other purposes hereunder (it being understood
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that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting
purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that,
with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Issuer may omit to
comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term,
condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether
directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere
herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any
such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other
document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a
Default or an Event of Default under SectionΒ 6.01 hereof,
but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture
and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon
the Issuerβs exercise under SectionΒ 8.01 hereof of the
option applicable to this SectionΒ 8.03 hereof, subject to
the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
SectionΒ 8.04 hereof, SectionsΒ 6.01(a)(iii),
6.01(a)(iv), 6.01(a)(v), 6.01(a)(vi) (solely with respect to
Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries),
6.01(a)(vii) (solely with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries
that are Significant Subsidiaries), 6.01(a)(viii) and
6.01(a)(ix) hereof shall not constitute Events of Default.
Β
SectionΒ 8.04Β Β Conditions
to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
Β
The following shall be the conditions to the application of
either SectionΒ 8.02 or 8.03 hereof to the outstanding Notes:
Β
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance with respect to the Notes:
Β
(a)Β the Issuer must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee,
in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in
U.S.Β dollars, Government Securities, or a combination
thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion
of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest due on the Notes on the date of Stated Maturity or on
the redemption date, as the case may be, of such principal,
premium, if any, or interest on such Notes and the Issuer must
specify whether such Notes are being defeased to maturity or to
a particular redemption date;
Β
(b)Β in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuer shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary
assumptions and exclusions,
Β
(i)Β the Issuer has received from, or there has been
published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a
ruling,Β or
Β
(ii)Β since the issuance of the Notes, there has been a
change in the applicable U.S.Β federal income tax law,
Β
in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such
Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, subject to customary
assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Notes will not
recognize income, gain or loss for U.S.Β federal income tax
purposes, as applicable, as a result of such Legal Defeasance
and will be subject to U.S.Β federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have
been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
Β
(c)Β in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Issuer shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary
assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Notes will not
recognize income, gain or loss for U.S.Β federal income tax
purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be
subject to such tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and
at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant
Defeasance had not occurred;
Β
(d)Β no Default (other than that resulting from borrowing
funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and
simultaneous deposit relating to other indebtedness, and in each
case the granting of Liens in connection therewith) shall have
occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;
Β
(e)Β such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under the Senior Credit Facilities or any other material
agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which,
the Issuer or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or
any Guarantor is bound (other than that resulting from any
borrowing of funds to be applied to make the deposit required to
effect such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance and any
similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness,
and the granting of Liens in connection therewith);
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(f)Β the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, as of the date of such
opinion and subject to customary assumptions and exclusions
following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to
the effect of SectionΒ 547 of TitleΒ 11 of the United
States Code;
Β
(g)Β the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officerβs Certificate stating that the deposit was not made
by the Issuer with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying
or defrauding any creditors of the Issuer or any Guarantor or
others;Β and
Β
(h)Β the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officerβs Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which
Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and
exclusions) each stating that all conditions precedent provided
for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant
Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.
Β
The Collateral will be released from the Lien securing the
Notes, as provided in SectionΒ 10.06 hereof, upon a Legal
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance in accordance with the
provisions of this ArticleΒ 8.
Β
SectionΒ 8.05Β Β Deposited
Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions.
Β
Subject to SectionΒ 8.06 hereof, all money and Government
Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the
Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes
of this SectionΒ 8.05, the βTrusteeβ)
pursuant to SectionΒ 8.04 hereof in respect of the
outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the
Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and
this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Issuer or a Guarantor acting as
Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of
such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect
of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need
not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law. Money and Government Securities so held in trust are not
subject to ArticleΒ 11 or ArticleΒ 13 hereof
Β
The Issuer shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax,
fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or
Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof
or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other
than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the
account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
Β
Anything in this ArticleΒ 8 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time
upon the request of the Issuer any money or Government
Securities held by it as provided in SectionΒ 8.04 hereof
which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the
opinion delivered under SectionΒ 8.04(a) hereof), are in
excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be
deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.
Β
SectionΒ 8.06Β Β Repayment
to Issuer.
Β
Subject to applicable law, any money deposited with the Trustee
or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer, in trust for
the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal, and premium, if any, or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Issuer on its request or (if then
held by the Issuer) shall be discharged from such trust; and the
Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Issuer for
payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying
Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the
Issuer as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.
Β
SectionΒ Β 8.07Β Β Β Β Reinstatement.
Β
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United
States dollars or Government Securities in accordance with
SectionΒ 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason
of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority
enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, then the Issuerβs obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as
though no deposit had occurred pursuant to SectionΒ 8.02 or
8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is
permitted to apply all such money in accordance with
SectionΒ 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be;
provided, that, if the Issuer makes any payment of
principal of, premium,
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if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of
its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of
the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money
held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
Β
ARTICLEΒ 9
Β
AMENDMENT,
SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Β
SectionΒ Β 9.01Β Β Without
Consent of Holders of Notes.
Β
Notwithstanding SectionΒ 9.02 hereof, the Issuer, any
Guarantor (with respect to a Guarantee or this Indenture) and
the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, any
Guarantee or Notes and any Security Document without the consent
of any Holder:
Β
(a)Β to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or
inconsistency;
Β
(b)Β to provide for uncertificated Notes of such series in
addition to or in place of certificated Notes;
Β
(c)Β to comply with ArticleΒ 5 hereof;
Β
(d)Β to provide for the assumption of the Issuerβs or
any Guarantorβs obligations to the Holders;
Β
(e)Β to make any change that would provide any additional
rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not adversely
affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder;
Β
(f)Β to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to
surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuer or any
Guarantor;
Β
(g)Β to enter into an Intercreditor Agreement (including any
amendments or supplements thereto) and additional or
supplemental Security Documents;
Β
(h)Β to evidence and provide for the acceptance and
appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee
thereunder pursuant to the requirements thereof;
Β
(i)Β to provide for the issuance of exchange notes or
private exchange notes, which are identical to exchange notes
except that they are not freely transferable, or to provide for
the issuance of Additional Notes as provided in
SectionΒ 2.01(d) hereof;
Β
(j)Β to add a Guarantor under this Indenture;
Β
(k)Β to conform the text of this Indenture, the Guarantees
or the Notes to any provision of the βDescription of New
Notesβ section of the Offering Memorandum to the extent
that such provision in such βDescription of New
Notesβ section was intended to be a verbatim recitation
of a provision of this Indenture, the Guarantee or the
Notes;Β or
Β
(l)Β making any amendment to the provisions of this
Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes as
permitted by this Indenture, including, without limitation to
facilitate the issuance and administration of the Notes;
provided, however, that (i)Β compliance with
this Indenture as so amended would not result in Notes being
transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable
securities law and (ii)Β such amendment does not materially
and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes.
Β
Upon the request of the Issuer accompanied by a resolution of
its board of directors authorizing the execution of any such
amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the
Trustee of the documents described in SectionΒ 7.02 hereof,
the Trustee shall join with the Issuer and the Guarantors in the
execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or
permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further
appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein
contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into
such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Opinion of Counsel shall be
required in connection with the addition of a Guarantor under
this Indenture upon execution and delivery by such Guarantor and
the Trustee of a supplemental indenture to this Indenture, the
form of which is attached as ExhibitΒ D hereto, and
delivery of an Officerβs Certificate. Any Additional Notes
shall be issued with the benefit of an indenture supplemental to
this Indenture.
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SectionΒ Β 9.02Β Β With
Consent of Holders of Notes.
Β
Except as provided below in this SectionΒ 9.02, the Issuer,
the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this
Indenture (including, without limitation, SectionsΒ 3.09,
4.10 and 4.14 hereof), the Notes, the Guarantees, the Security
Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement with the consent of
the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) then outstanding
voting as a single class (including, without limitation,
consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange
offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to
SectionsΒ 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or
Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in
the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an
acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any
provision of this Indenture, the Guarantees, the Notes, the
Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement may be waived
with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional
Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including consents
obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer
for, or purchase of, the Notes). SectionsΒ 2.08 and 2.09
hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be
βoutstandingβ for the purposes of this
SectionΒ 9.02.
Β
Upon the request of the Issuer accompanied by a resolution of
its board of directors authorizing the execution of any such
amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the
Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent
of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the
Trustee of the documents described in SectionΒ 7.02 hereof,
the Trustee shall join with the Issuer in the execution of such
amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or
supplemental indenture directly affects the Trusteeβs own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise,
in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not
be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental
indenture.
Β
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of
Notes under this SectionΒ 9.02 to approve the particular
form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be
sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
Β
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this
SectionΒ 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuer shall mail to
the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly
describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of
the Issuer to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall
not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any
such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver.
Β
Without the consent of each Holder of Notes, an amendment or
waiver under this SectionΒ 9.02 may not:
Β
(a)Β reduce the principal amount of such Notes whose Holders
must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
Β
(b)Β reduce the principal of or change the fixed final
maturity of any such Note or alter or waive the provisions with
respect to the redemption of such Notes except as provided above
with respect to SectionsΒ 3.09, 4.10 and 4.14 hereof;
Β
(c)Β reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
interest on any Note;
Β
(d)Β waive a Default in the payment of principal of or
premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a rescission
of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and a waiver
of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration, or
in respect of a covenant or provision contained in this
Indenture or any Guarantee which cannot be amended or modified
without the consent of all Holders;
Β
(e)Β make any Note payable in money other than that stated
therein;
Β
(f)Β make any change in the provisions of this Indenture
relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders to
receive payments of principal of or premium, if any, or interest
on the Notes;
Β
(g)Β make any change in these amendment and waiver
provisions;
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(h)Β impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of
principal of, or interest on such Holderβs Notes on or
after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the
enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such
Holderβs Notes;
Β
(i)Β make any change in the subordination provisions hereof
that would adversely affect the Holders;Β or
Β
(j)Β except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, modify
the Guarantees of any Significant Subsidiary in any manner
adverse to the Holders of the Notes.
Β
SectionΒ Β 9.03Β Β With
Consent of Representatives of Designated Senior
Indebtedness.
Β
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no
amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this
Indenture may make or result in any change to this
SectionΒ 9.03 or any provision of ArticlesΒ 10, 11 or 13
hereof (or any of the component definitions used therein)
without express written consent of each Representative of
Designated Senior Indebtedness.
Β
SectionΒ Β 9.04Β Β Revocation
and Effect of Consents.
Β
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a
consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by
the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or
portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting
Holderβs Note, even if notation of the consent is not made
on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent
Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the
Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date
the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. An
amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance
with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
Β
The Issuer may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date
for the purpose of determining the identity of Holders entitled
to consent to any amendment, supplement, or waiver. If a record
date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph,
those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their
duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be
entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement, or waiver or
to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such
Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such
consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120Β days
after such record date unless the consent of the requisite
number of Holders has been obtained.
Β
SectionΒ Β 9.05Β Β Notation
on or Exchange of Notes.
Β
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an
amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter
authenticated. The Issuer in exchange for all Notes may issue
and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order,
authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or
waiver.
Β
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note
shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment,
supplement or waiver.
Β
SectionΒ Β 9.06Β Β Trustee
to Sign Amendments, etc.
Β
The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver
authorized pursuant to this ArticleΒ 9 if the amendment or
supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties,
liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Issuer may not
sign an amendment, supplement or waiver until the board of
directors approves it. In executing any amendment, supplement or
waiver, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and (subject to
SectionΒ 7.01 hereof) shall be fully protected in relying
upon, in addition to the documents required by
SectionΒ 15.04 hereof, an Officerβs Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or
supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture and that such amendment, supplement or waiver is the
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer and any
Guarantors party thereto, enforceable against them in accordance
with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies
with the provisions hereof (including SectionΒ 9.03).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Opinion of Counsel will be
required for the Trustee to execute any amendment or supplement
adding a new Guarantor under this Indenture.
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ARTICLEΒ 10
Β
COLLATERAL
AND SECURITY
Β
SectionΒ Β 10.01Β Β Collateral
and Security Documents.
Β
The due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on
the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether
on an interest payment date, at maturity, by acceleration,
repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue
principal of and interest on the Notes and performance of all
other Obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors to the
Holders, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent under this
Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees and the Security Documents,
according to the terms hereunder or thereunder (the
βSecured Obligationsβ), shall be secured as
provided in the Security Documents, which define the terms of
the Liens that secure the Secured Obligations, subject to the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. The Trustee and the Issuer
hereby acknowledge and agree that the Trustee or the Notes
Collateral Agent, as the case may be, holds the Collateral in
trust for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders, in each
case pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents. Each
Holder, by accepting a Security, consents and agrees to the
terms of the Security Documents (including the provisions
providing for the possession, use, release and foreclosure of
Collateral) as the same may be in effect or may be amended from
time to time in accordance with their terms and this Indenture,
and authorizes and directs the Notes Collateral Agent and, as
applicable, the Trustee to enter into the Security Documents and
to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in
accordance therewith. The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee
(if it is not then the Notes Collateral Agent) copies of all
documents delivered to the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to
the Security Documents, and will do or cause to be done all such
acts and things as may be reasonably required by the next
sentence of this SectionΒ 10.01, to assure and confirm to
the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent the security
interests in the Collateral contemplated hereby, by the Security
Documents or any part thereof, as from time to time constituted,
so as to render the same available for the security and benefit
of this Indenture and of the Notes secured hereby, according to
the intent and purposes herein expressed. The Issuer shall take,
and shall cause the Subsidiaries of the Issuer to take, and
Holdings shall take, at their sole expense, any and all actions
reasonably required, or which the Trustee or Notes Collateral
Agent may (at the direction of the Required Holders) request, to
cause the Security Documents to create and maintain, as security
for the Secured Obligations, a valid, duly created and
enforceable and perfected Lien and security interest in and on
all of the Collateral (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement), in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Trustee and the Holders under the Security
Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Security Documents
may be amended from time to time to add other parties holding
Parity Lien Debt and (in the case of the Intercreditor
Agreement) other Parity Lien Debt and other Priority Lien
Obligations, in each case to the extent permitted to be incurred
under SectionsΒ 4.09 and 4.12 of this Indenture or as
otherwise permitted by the Intercreditor Agreement.
Β
SectionΒ Β 10.02Β Β Equal
and Ratable Sharing of Collateral by Holders of Parity Lien
Debt.
Β
Notwithstanding: (i)Β anything to the contrary contained in
the Security Documents; (ii)Β the time of incurrence of any
series of Parity Lien Debt; (iii)Β the order or method of
attachment or perfection of any Liens securing any series of
Parity Lien Debt; (iv)Β the time or order of filing or
recording of financing statements, mortgages or other documents
filed or recorded to perfect any Lien upon any Collateral;
(v)Β the time of taking possession or control over any
Collateral; (vi)Β that any Parity Lien may not have been
perfected or may be or have become subordinated, by equitable
subordination or otherwise, to any other Lien; or (vii)Β the
rules for determining priority under any law governing relative
priorities of Liens:
Β
(a)Β all Parity Liens granted at any time by the Issuer or
any other Pledgor will secure, equally and ratably, all present
and future Parity Lien Debt;Β and
Β
(b)Β all proceeds of all Parity Liens granted at any time by
the Issuer or any other Pledgor will be allocated and
distributed equally and ratably on account of the Parity Lien
Debt.
Β
This SectionΒ 10.02 is intended for the benefit of, and will
be enforceable as a third party beneficiary by, each present and
future holder of Parity Lien Debt, each present and future
Parity Lien Representative and the Note Collateral Agent as
holder of Parity Liens.
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SectionΒ Β 10.03Β Β Ranking
of Parity Liens.
Β
Notwithstanding: (i)Β anything to the contrary contained in
the Security Documents; (ii)Β the time of incurrence of any
Secured Indebtedness; (iii)Β the order or method of
attachment or perfection of any Liens securing Secured
Indebtedness; (iv)Β the time or order of filing or recording
of financing statements, mortgages or other documents filed or
recorded to perfect any Lien upon any Collateral; (v)Β the
time of taking possession or control over any Collateral;
(vi)Β that any Lien securing Priority Lien Obligations may
not have been perfected or may be or have become subordinated,
by equitable subordination or otherwise, to any other Lien; or
(vii)Β the rules for determining priority under any law
governing relative priorities of Liens, all Parity Liens at any
time granted by the Issuer or any other Pledgor will be subject
and subordinate to all Liens securing Priority Lien Obligations.
Β
This SectionΒ 10.03 is intended for the benefit of, and will
be enforceable as a third party beneficiary by, each present and
future holder of Priority Lien Obligations, each present and
future Representative for holders of Priority Lien Obligations
and the Bank Collateral Agent as holder of the Liens securing
the Priority Lien Obligations. No other Person will be entitled
to rely on, have the benefit of or enforce those provisions.
Β
In addition, this SectionΒ 10.03 is intended solely to set
forth the relative ranking, as Liens, of the Liens securing
Parity Lien Debt as against the Liens securing Priority Lien
Obligations. Neither the Notes, nor any other Parity Lien Debt
nor the exercise or enforcement of any right or remedy for the
payment or collection thereof are intended to be, or will ever
be, by reason of this SectionΒ 10.03, in any respect
subordinated, deferred, postponed, restricted or prejudiced (it
being understood that the forgoing shall not be construed to
limit any rights of the Bank Collateral Agent or any other
holder of Priority Lien Obligations arising under the
Intercreditor Agreement or ArticleΒ 11 or 13 of this
Indenture).
Β
SectionΒ Β 10.04Β Β Relative
Rights.
Β
Nothing in this Indenture, the Notes or the Security Documents
will:
Β
(a)Β impair, as between the Issuer and the Holders of the
Notes, the obligation of the Issuer to pay principal of, premium
and interest, if any, on the Notes in accordance with their
terms or any other obligation of the Issuer or any other Pledgor;
Β
(b)Β affect the relative rights of Holders of Notes as
against any other creditors of the Issuer or any other Pledgor
(other than (i)Β holders of Liens securing Priority Lien
Obligations, Permitted Prior Liens or other Parity Liens and
(ii)Β as provided in ArticlesΒ 11 and 13 of this
Indenture);Β or
Β
(c)Β restrict or prevent any Holder of Notes or any other
Parity Lien Debt, the Notes Collateral Agent or any Parity Lien
Representative from taking any lawful action in an insolvency or
liquidation proceeding not specifically restricted or prohibited
by the Intercreditor Agreement or ArticlesΒ 11 and 13 of
this Indenture.
Β
SectionΒ Β 10.05Β Β Perfection;
Insurance.
Β
(a)Β The Issuer and each of the other Pledgors will do or
cause to be done all acts and things that may be required to
assure and confirm that the Notes Collateral Agent holds, for
the benefit of the Holders and the holders of Parity Lien Debt,
duly created and enforceable and perfected Liens upon the
Collateral (including any property or assets that are acquired
or otherwise become Collateral after the Notes are issued), in
each case, as contemplated by, and with the Lien priority
required under, (i)Β the Indenture, the Notes, the Security
Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and (ii)Β the
indenture, credit agreement or other agreement governing each
other series of Parity Lien Debt, the Security Documents (other
than any Security Documents that do not secure Parity Lien Debt)
and the Intercreditor Agreement (collectively, the
βParity Lien Documentsβ).
Β
Upon the reasonable request of the Notes Collateral Agent or any
Parity Lien Representative at any time and from time to time,
the Issuer and each of the other Pledgors will, at their sole
expense, promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such Security
Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, instruments,
certificates, notices and other documents, and, at their sole
expense, take such other actions as will be reasonably required,
or that the Notes Collateral Agent may reasonably request, to
create, perfect, protect, assure or enforce the Liens and
benefits intended to be conferred, in each case as contemplated
by the Parity Lien Documents for the benefit of the holders of
Parity Lien Debt.
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If the Issuer or any of the Pledgors fail to do as provided in
this SectionΒ 10.05(a), the Trustee is hereby irrevocably
authorized and empowered, with full power of substitution, to
execute, acknowledge and deliver such Security Documents, the
Intercreditor Agreement, instruments, certificates, notices and
other documents and, subject to the provisions of the Security
Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, take such other
actions in the name, place and stead of the Issuer, Holdings or
such Guarantor.
Β
(b)Β The Issuer and the other Pledgors will:
Β
(i)Β maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies, insurance with respect to their properties and
business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured
against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of
such types and in such amounts (after giving effect to any
self-insurance reasonable and customary for similarly situated
Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses as the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) as are customarily
carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons.
Β
(ii)Β maintain such other insurance as may be required by
law;Β and
Β
(iii)Β maintain such other insurance as may be required by
the Security Documents.
Β
(c)Β Upon the request of the Notes Collateral Agent during
the continuance of an Event of Default, the Issuer and the other
Pledgors will furnish to the Notes Collateral Agent full
information as to their property and liability insurance
carriers. Unless otherwise provided in the Intercreditor
Agreement, the Issuer will cause the Holders and the holders of
Parity Lien Debt, as a class, to be named as additional
insureds, with a waiver of subrogation, on all insurance
policies of the Issuer and the other Pledgors and the Notes
Collateral Agent to be named as loss payee, with
30Β daysβ notice of cancellation or material change
(except 10Β days in case of non-payment), on all property
and casualty insurance policies of the Issuer and the other
Pledgors.
Β
SectionΒ 10.06Β Β Release
of Collateral.
Β
(a)Β Subject to subsectionsΒ (b) and (c)Β of this
SectionΒ 10.06, Collateral may be released from the Lien and
security interest created by the Security Documents at any time
or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the
Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or as otherwise
provided hereby. Upon the request of the Issuer pursuant to an
Officerβs Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that
all conditions precedent hereunder have been met, the Issuer,
Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors will be entitled to a
release of property and assets included in the Collateral from
the Liens securing the Notes, and the Trustee shall release, or
instruct the Notes Collateral Agent to release, as applicable,
the same from such Liens at the Issuerβs sole cost and
expense, under one or more of the following circumstances
(whether prior to or after the discharge of the Priority Lien
Obligations):
Β
(i)Β to enable the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to
consummate the disposition of such property or assets to the
extent not prohibited under SectionΒ 4.10;
Β
(ii)Β if a Guarantor is released from a Guarantee with
respect to the Notes, the release of the property and assets of
such Guarantor;Β or
Β
(iii)Β pursuant to an amendment or waiver in accordance with
ArticleΒ 9 of this Indenture.
Β
In addition, the Lien on the Collateral securing the Notes will
terminate and be released automatically (and without regard to
the requirements described in the preceding sentence) if the
Liens on the Collateral securing Priority Lien Obligations are
released by the Bank Collateral Agent (unless, at the time of
such release of such first-priority Liens, a Default shall have
occurred and be continuing under this Indenture), except if any
such release is the result of payment in full and termination of
the Priority Lien Obligations; provided, however, that if
there is reinstated a lien securing any Priority Lien
Obligations on any such Collateral, then the lien securing the
Notes with regard to such Collateral will also be deemed
reinstated on a second-priority basis in favor of the Trustee or
the Notes Collateral Agent. Notwithstanding the existence of a
Default, the Lien on the Collateral securing the Notes shall
also terminate and be released automatically to the extent the
Liens on the Collateral securing Priority Lien Obligations are
released by the Bank Collateral Agent in connection with a sale,
transfer or disposition of Collateral that is either
(1)Β not prohibited under this Indenture or (2)Β occurs
in connection with the foreclosure of, or other
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exercise of remedies with respect to, such Collateral by the
Bank Collateral Agent (a βForeclosure
Releaseβ), in either case except with respect to any
proceeds of such sale, transfer or disposition that remain after
satisfaction in full in cash of the Priority Lien Obligations.
The Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes that otherwise
would have been released pursuant to the first sentence of this
paragraph will be released when such Default and all other
Defaults under this Indenture cease to exist.
Β
The security interests in all Collateral securing the Notes also
will be released upon (1)Β payment in full of the principal
of, together with accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes and
all other Obligations hereunder, the Guarantees and the Security
Documents that are due and payable at or prior to the time such
principal, together with accrued and unpaid interest, are paid
or (2)Β a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance pursuant
to ArticleΒ 8 of this Indenture or a discharge of this
Indenture pursuant to ArticleΒ 14.
Β
Upon receipt of an Officerβs Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this
Indenture and the Security Documents, if any, to such release
have been met and any necessary or proper instruments of
termination, discharge, satisfaction or release prepared by the
Issuer, the Notes Collateral Agent shall execute, deliver or
acknowledge (at the Issuerβs expense) such instruments or
releases to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to
be released pursuant to this Indenture, the Security Documents
or the Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Notes Collateral Agent may execute, deliver and acknowledge
any such acknowledgement or release without previously receiving
an Officerβs Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel in
connection with a Foreclosure Release.
Β
(b)Β At any time when a Default has occurred and is
continuing and the maturity of the Notes has been accelerated
(whether by declaration or otherwise) and the Trustee (if not
then the Notes Collateral Agent) has delivered a notice of
acceleration to the Notes Collateral Agent, no release of
Collateral pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture or the
Security Documents will be effective as against the Holders,
except as otherwise provided in the Intercreditor Agreement or
as otherwise contemplated under this Indenture.
Β
SectionΒ 10.07Β Β Permitted
Releases Not To Impair Lien.
Β
The release of any Collateral from the terms hereof and of the
Security Documents or the release of, in whole or in part, the
Liens created by the Security Documents, will not be deemed to
impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of the
provisions hereof if and to the extent the Collateral or Liens
are released pursuant to the applicable Security Documents, the
Intercreditor Agreement or the terms of this ArticleΒ 10.
The Trustee and each of the Holders acknowledge that a release
of Collateral or a Lien strictly in accordance with the terms of
the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or this
ArticleΒ 10 will not be deemed for any purpose to be in
contravention of the terms of this Indenture.
Β
SectionΒ 10.08Β Β Certificates
of the Trustee.
Β
In the event that the Issuer wishes to release Collateral in
accordance with this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement or
the Security Documents at a time when the Trustee is not itself
also the Notes Collateral Agent and the Issuer has delivered the
certificates and documents required by the Security Documents,
the Trustee will deliver a certificate to the Notes Collateral
Agent confirming such delivery. The Trustee, however, shall have
no duty to confirm the legality or validity of such documents,
its sole duty being to confirm the delivery of such documents
which, on their face, conform to the requirements of this
Indenture.
Β
SectionΒ 10.09Β Β Suits
To Protect the Collateral.
Β
Subject to the provisions of ArticleΒ 7 hereof and the
Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee in its sole discretion and
without the consent of the Holders, on behalf of the Holders,
may or may direct the Notes Collateral Agent to take all actions
it deems necessary or appropriate in order to:
Β
(a)Β enforce any of the terms of the Security
Documents;Β and
Β
(b)Β collect and receive any and all amounts payable in
respect of the Secured Obligations of the Issuer, Holdings and
each Guarantor under this Indenture and the Security Documents.
Β
Subject to the provisions of the Security Documents, the
Intercreditor Agreement and ArticlesΒ 11 and 13 of this
Indenture, the Trustee shall have power to institute and to
maintain such suits and proceedings as it may deem
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expedient to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any
acts which may be unlawful or in violation of any of the
Security Documents or this Indenture, and such suits and
proceedings as the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may deem
expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests
of the Holders in the Collateral (including power to institute
and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of
or compliance with any legislative or other governmental
enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or
otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with,
such enactment, rule or order would impair the Lien on the
Collateral or be prejudicial to the interests of the Holders or
the Trustee).
Β
SectionΒ 10.10Β Β Authorization
of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security
Documents.
Β
Subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and
ArticlesΒ 11 and 13 of this Indenture, the Trustee is
authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of the Holders
distributed under the Security Documents, and to make further
distributions of such funds to the Holders according to the
provisions of this Indenture.
Β
SectionΒ 10.11Β Β Powers
Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee.
Β
In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver
or trustee, lawfully appointed, the powers conferred in this
ArticleΒ 10 upon the Issuer, Holdings or any Guarantor with
respect to the release, sale or other disposition of such
property may be exercised by such receiver or trustee, and an
instrument signed by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed
the equivalent of any similar instrument of the Issuer, Holdings
or any Guarantor or of any officer or officers thereof required
by the provisions of this ArticleΒ 10; and if the Trustee
shall be in the possession of the Collateral under any provision
of this Indenture (including in its capacity as the Notes
Collateral Agent), then such powers may be exercised by the
Trustee.
Β
SectionΒ 10.12Β Β Release
upon Termination of the Companyβs Obligations.
Β
In the event that the Issuer delivers to the Trustee an
Officerβs Certificate certifying that all the obligations
under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents have
been satisfied and discharged by complying with the provisions
of ArticleΒ 8 and SectionΒ 7.07 or by payment in full of
the principal of, together with accrued and unpaid interest on,
the Notes and all other Obligations under this Indenture, the
Guarantees under this Indenture and the Security Documents that
are due and payable at or prior to the time such principal,
together with accrued and unpaid interest, are paid, and all
such obligations have been so satisfied and discharged, the
Trustee shall deliver to the Issuer and the Notes Collateral
Agent a notice stating that the Trustee, on behalf of the
Holders, disclaims and gives up any and all rights it has in or
to the Collateral (other than with respect to funds held by the
Trustee pursuant to ArticleΒ 8), and any rights it has under
the Security Documents, and upon receipt by the Notes Collateral
Agent of such notice, the Notes Collateral Agent shall be deemed
not to hold a Lien in the Collateral on behalf of the Trustee
and shall do or cause to be done all acts reasonably necessary
to release such Lien as soon as is reasonably practicable.
Β
SectionΒ 10.13Β Β Notes
Collateral Agent.
Β
(a)Β The Trustee shall initially act as Notes Collateral
Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Notes Collateral
Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. In the event the
Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall at any time not be
the same Person, the Notes Collateral Agent shall take such
actions under the Security Documents as are requested by the
Trustee and as are not inconsistent with or contrary to the
provisions of any Security Document. Except as otherwise
explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents, neither
the Notes Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers,
directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to
demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any
delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or
otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any
other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard
to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Notes Collateral
Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually
receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither
the Notes Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors,
employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure
to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct,
negligence or bad faith.
Β
(b)Β The Trustee, as Notes Collateral Agent, is authorized
and directed to (i)Β enter into the Security Documents and
the Intercreditor Agreement, (ii)Β bind the Holders on the
terms as set forth in the Security Documents and the
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Intercreditor Agreement and (iii)Β perform and observe its
obligations under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor
Agreement.
Β
(c)Β If the Issuer, Holdings or any Guarantor
(i)Β incurs Priority Lien Obligations at any time when no
Intercreditor Agreement is in effect or at any time when
Indebtedness constituting Priority Lien Obligations entitled to
the benefit of any existing Intercreditor Agreement is
concurrently retired, and (ii)Β delivers to the Notes
Collateral Agent an Officerβs Certificate and Opinion of
Counsel so stating and requesting the Notes Collateral Agent to
enter into an intercreditor agreement (on substantially the same
terms as the Intercreditor Agreement) in favor of a designated
agent or representative for the holders of the Priority Lien
Obligations so incurred, the Notes Collateral Agent shall (and
is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such
intercreditor agreement, bind the Holders on the terms set forth
therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder.
Β
SectionΒ 10.14Β Β Designations.
Β
For purposes of the provisions hereof and the Intercreditor
Agreement requiring the Issuer to designate Indebtedness for the
purposes of the term βParity Lien Debtβ or any
other such designations hereunder or under the Intercreditor
Agreement, any such designation shall be sufficient if the
relevant designation is set forth in an Officerβs
Certificate and delivered to the Trustee, the Notes Collateral
Agent and the Bank Collateral Agent.
Β
SectionΒ 10.15Β Β Intercreditor
Agreement Governs.
Β
In connection with the issuance of the Notes, the Issuer, the
Guarantors, the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Bank
Collateral Agent shall enter into an Intercreditor Agreement,
substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ E hereto, which
shall provide, among other things, that:
Β
(a)Β the Bank Collateral Agent may determine the time and
method by which the security interests in the Collateral will be
enforced;
Β
(b)Β all Liens securing the Priority Lien Obligations shall
be and remain senior in right, priority, operation, effect and
all other respects to all Liens held by the Holders of the
Notes;Β and
Β
(c)Β the amount of Priority Lien Obligations may be
increased, extended, renewed, replaced, restated, supplemented,
restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise amended
or modified from time to time, all without affecting the
subordination of the Liens held by the holders of the Notes.
Β
In addition, the Intercreditor Agreement shall contain payment
subordination provisions consistent with the provisions of
ArticleΒ 11 hereof.
Β
Each Holder, by its acceptance of a Note, (x)Β consents to
the subordination of Liens provided for in the Intercreditor
Agreement, (y)Β agrees that it will be bound by and will
take no actions contrary to the provisions of the Intercreditor
Agreement and (z)Β authorizes and instructs the Trustee to
enter into the Intercreditor Agreement as Trustee and on behalf
of such Holder.
Β
In the event of any conflict between the terms of this
ArticleΒ 10 and the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement,
the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern. In
addition, nothing in this ArticleΒ 10 shall (or shall be
construed to) limit or modify in any manner the subordination
provisions contained in ArticlesΒ 11 and 13 of this
Indenture.
Β
ARTICLEΒ 11
Β
SUBORDINATION
Β
SectionΒ 11.01Β Β Agreement
To Subordinate.
Β
The Issuer agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees,
that the payment of all Obligations owing in respect of the
Notes is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in
the manner provided in this ArticleΒ 11, to the prior
payment in full in cash of all existing and future Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer and that the subordination is for the
benefit of and enforceable by the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness. The Notes shall in all respects rank pari passu
in right of payment with all existing and future Senior
Subordinated Indebtedness of the
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Issuer and will be senior in right of payment to all existing
and future Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer; and only
Indebtedness of the Issuer that is Senior Indebtedness shall
rank senior to the Notes in accordance with the provisions set
forth herein. All provisions of this ArticleΒ 11 shall be
subject to SectionΒ 11.12.
Β
SectionΒ 11.02Β Β Liquidation,
Dissolution, Bankruptcy.
Β
Upon any payment or distribution of the assets of the Issuer to
creditors upon a total or partial liquidation or a total or
partial dissolution of the Issuer or in a reorganization of or
similar proceeding relating to the Issuer or its property:
Β
(a)Β the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer shall
be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of such Senior
Indebtedness before Holders shall be entitled to receive any
payment or distribution of any kind or character with respect to
any Obligations on, or relating to, the Notes;Β and
Β
(b)Β until the Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer is paid in
full in cash, any payment or distribution to which Holders would
be entitled but for the subordination provisions of this
Indenture shall be made to holders of such Senior Indebtedness
as their interests may appear, except that Holders may receive
Permitted Junior Securities.
Β
To the extent any payment of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer
(whether by or on behalf of the Issuer, as proceeds of security
or enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared
to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be
paid to any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating
trustee, agent or other similar Person under any bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership, fraudulent conveyance or similar law,
then, if such payment is recovered by, or paid over to, such
receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or
similar Person, the Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or part
thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be deemed to
be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not
occurred. It is further agreed that any diminution (whether
pursuant to court decree or otherwise, including without
limitation for any of the reasons described in the preceding
sentence) of the Issuerβs obligation to make any
distribution or payment pursuant to any Senior Indebtedness of
the Issuer, except to the extent such diminution occurs by
reason of the repayment (which has not been disgorged or
returned) of such Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer in cash,
shall have no force or effect for purposes of the subordination
provisions contained in ArticleΒ 11, with any turnover of
payments as otherwise calculated pursuant to this
ArticleΒ 11 to be made as if no such diminution had
occurred. The Issuer shall promptly give written notice to the
Trustee of any such dissolution,
winding-up,
liquidation, or reorganization of the Issuer; provided,
that any delay or failure to give such notice shall have no
effect on the subordination provisions contained herein.
Β
SectionΒ 11.03Β Β Default
on Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer.
Β
Neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor shall pay principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on the Notes (or pay any other
Obligations relating to the Notes, fees, costs, expenses,
indemnities and rescission or damage claims) or make any deposit
pursuant to ArticleΒ 8 or ArticleΒ 14 hereof and may not
purchase, redeem or otherwise retire or acquire for cash or
property any Notes (collectively, βpay the
Notesβ) (except in the form of Permitted Junior
Securities) if either of the following occurs (a
βPayment Defaultβ):
Β
(a)Β any Obligation on any Designated Senior Indebtedness of
the Issuer is not paid in full in cash when due;Β or
Β
(b)Β any other default on Designated Senior Indebtedness of
the Issuer occurs and the maturity of such Designated Senior
Indebtedness is accelerated in accordance with its terms;
Β
unless, in either case, the Payment Default has been cured or
waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded or such
Designated Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash;
provided, however, that the Issuer shall be entitled to
pay the Notes without regard to the foregoing if the Issuer and
the Trustee receive written notice approving such payment from
the Representatives of all Designated Senior Indebtedness with
respect to which the Payment Default has occurred and is
continuing.
Β
During the continuance of any default (other than a Payment
Default) (a βNon-Payment Defaultβ) with respect
to any Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer pursuant to
which the maturity thereof may be accelerated without further
notice (except such notice as may be required to effect such
acceleration) or the expiration of any
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applicable grace periods, the Issuer shall not pay the Notes
(except in the form of Permitted Junior Securities) for a period
(a βPayment Blockage Periodβ) commencing upon
the receipt by the Trustee (with a copy to the Issuer) of
written notice (a βBlockage Noticeβ) of such
Non-Payment Default from the Representative of such Designated
Senior Indebtedness specifying an election to effect a Payment
Blockage Period and ending 179Β days thereafter. So long as
there shall remain outstanding any Senior Indebtedness under the
Senior Credit Facilities, a Blockage Notice may be given only by
the applicable Representative. The Payment Blockage Period shall
end earlier if such Payment Blockage Period is terminated
(i)Β by written notice to the Trustee and the Issuer from
the Person or Persons who gave such Blockage Notice;
(ii)Β because the default giving rise to such Blockage
Notice is cured, waived or otherwise no longer continuing; or
(iii)Β because such Designated Senior Indebtedness has been
discharged or repaid in full in cash.
Β
Notwithstanding the provisions described in the immediately
preceding two sentences (but subject to the provisions contained
in the first sentence of this SectionΒ 11.03 and
SectionΒ 11.02 hereof), unless the holders of such
Designated Senior Indebtedness or the Representative of such
Designated Senior Indebtedness shall have accelerated the
maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or a Payment
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Issuer shall be
entitled to resume paying the Notes after the end of such
Payment Blockage Period. The Notes shall not be subject to more
than one Payment Blockage Period in any consecutive
360-day
period irrespective of the number of Non-Payment Defaults with
respect to Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer during
such period. However, in no event shall the total number of days
during which any Payment Blockage Period or Periods on the Notes
is in effect exceed 179Β days in the aggregate during any
consecutive
360-day
period, and there must be at least 181Β days during any
consecutive
360-day
period during which no Payment Blockage Period is in effect.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, no Non-Payment Default
that existed or was continuing on the date of the commencement
of any Payment Blockage Period shall be, or be made, the basis
for the commencement of a subsequent Blockage Notice unless such
default shall have been waived for a period of not less than 90
consecutive days (it being acknowledged that any subsequent
action, or any breach of any financial covenants during such
initial Payment Blockage Period, that, in either case, would
give rise to a Non-Payment Default pursuant to any provisions
under which a Non-Payment Default previously existed or was
continuing shall constitute a new Non-Payment Default for this
purpose).
Β
SectionΒ 11.04Β Β Acceleration
of Payment of Notes.
Β
If payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of
Default, the Issuer shall promptly notify the holders of the
Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or the
Representative of such Designated Senior Indebtedness of the
acceleration; provided, that any failure to give such
notice shall have no effect whatsoever on the provisions of this
ArticleΒ 11. So long as there shall remain outstanding any
Senior Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities, a
Blockage Notice may be given only by the Representative
thereunder. If any Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer
is outstanding, the Issuer may not pay the Notes until five
Business Days after the Representatives of all the holders of
such Designated Senior Indebtedness receive notice of such
acceleration and, thereafter, may pay the Notes only if this
Indenture otherwise permits payment at that time.
Β
SectionΒ 11.05Β Β When
Distribution Must Be Paid Over.
Β
If a distribution is made to Holders that, due to the
subordination provisions, should not have been made to them,
such Holders are required to hold it in trust for the holders of
Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer and pay it over to their
Representative, if any.
Β
SectionΒ 11.06Β Β Subrogation.
Β
After all Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer is paid in full in
cash and until the Notes are paid in full, Holders shall be
subrogated to the rights of holders of such Senior Indebtedness
to receive distributions applicable to such Senior Indebtedness.
A distribution made under this ArticleΒ 11 to holders of
such Senior Indebtedness which otherwise would have been made to
Holders is not, as between the Issuer and Holders, a payment by
the Issuer on such Senior Indebtedness.
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SectionΒ 11.07Β Β Relative
Rights.
Β
This ArticleΒ 11 defines the relative rights of Holders and
holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer. Nothing in this
Indenture shall:
Β
(a)Β impair, as between the Issuer and Holders, the
obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional,
to pay principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with
their terms;
Β
(b)Β prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its
available remedies upon a Default, subject to the rights of
holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer to receive payments
or distributions otherwise payable to Holders and such other
rights of such holders of Senior Indebtedness as set forth
herein;Β or
Β
(c)Β affect the relative rights of Holders and creditors of
the Issuer other than their rights in relation to holders of
Senior Indebtedness.
Β
SectionΒ 11.08Β Β Subordination
May Not Be Impaired by Issuer.
Β
No right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer to
enforce the subordination of the Indebtedness evidenced by the
Notes shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by the
Issuer or by its failure to comply with this Indenture.
Β
SectionΒ 11.09Β Β Rights
of Trustee and Paying Agent.
Β
Notwithstanding SectionΒ 11.03 hereof, the Trustee or any
Paying Agent may continue to make payments on the Notes and
shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of facts
that would prohibit the making of any payments unless a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives written notice
satisfactory to him that payments may not be made under this
ArticleΒ 11; provided, that notwithstanding the
foregoing, the subordination of the Obligations under the Notes
to Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer shall not be affected and
the Holders receiving any payments in contravention of
SectionΒ 11.02
and/or 11.03
(and such respective payments) shall otherwise be subject to the
provisions of this ArticleΒ 11. The Issuer, the Registrar,
the Paying Agent, a Representative or a holder of Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer shall be entitled to give the notice;
provided, however, that, if an issue of Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer has a Representative, only the
Representative shall be entitled to give the notice.
Β
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity shall be
entitled to hold Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee. The Registrar and
the Paying Agent shall be entitled to do the same with like
rights. The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set
forth in this ArticleΒ 11 with respect to any Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer which may at any time be held by it,
to the same extent as any other holder of such Senior
Indebtedness; and nothing in ArticleΒ 7 shall deprive the
Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this
ArticleΒ 11 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee under or pursuant to SectionΒ 7.07 hereof or any
other Section of this Indenture.
Β
SectionΒ 11.10Β Β Distribution
or Notice to Representative.
Β
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to
holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, the distribution
may be made and the notice given to their Representative (if
any).
Β
SectionΒ 11.11Β Β ArticleΒ 11
Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To
Accelerate.
Β
The failure to make a payment pursuant to the Notes by reason of
any provision in this ArticleΒ 11 shall not be construed as
preventing the occurrence of a Default. Nothing in this
ArticleΒ 11 shall have any effect on the right of the
Holders or the Trustee to accelerate the maturity of the Notes.
Β
SectionΒ 11.12Β Β TrustΒ Moneys
Not Subordinated.
Β
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary,
payments from money or the proceeds of Government Securities
held in trust by the Trustee for the payment of principal of and
interest on the Notes pursuant to ArticleΒ 8 or
ArticleΒ 14 hereof shall not be subordinated to the prior
payment of any Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or subject to
the restrictions set forth in this ArticleΒ 11, and none of
the Holders shall be obligated to pay over any such amount to
the Issuer or any holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or
any other creditor of the Issuer, provided, that the
subordination provisions of this ArticleΒ 11 were not
violated at the time the applicable
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amounts were deposited in trust pursuant to ArticleΒ 8 or
ArticleΒ 14 hereof and the respective deposit in the trust
was otherwise made in accordance with ArticleΒ 8 or
ArticleΒ 14 hereof, as the case may be.
Β
SectionΒ 11.13Β Β Trustee
Entitled To Rely.
Β
Upon any payment or distribution pursuant to this
ArticleΒ 11, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled
to rely (a)Β upon any order or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature
referred to in SectionΒ 11.02 hereof are pending,
(b)Β upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent
or other Person making such payment or distribution to the
Trustee or to the Holders or (c)Β upon the Representatives
of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer for the purpose of
ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment
or distribution, the holders of such Senior Indebtedness and
other Indebtedness of the Issuer, the amount thereof or payable
thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and
all other facts pertinent thereto or to this ArticleΒ 11. In
the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that
evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as
a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer to participate in
any payment or distribution pursuant to this ArticleΒ 11,
the Trustee shall be entitled to request such Person to furnish
evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the
amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the
extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such
payment or distribution and other facts pertinent to the rights
of such Person under this ArticleΒ 11, and, if such evidence
is not furnished, the Trustee shall be entitled to defer any
payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the
right of such Person to receive such payment. The provisions of
SectionsΒ 7.01 and 7.02 hereof shall be applicable to all
actions or omissions of actions by the Trustee pursuant to this
ArticleΒ 11.
Β
SectionΒ 11.14Β Β Trustee
To Effectuate Subordination.
Β
A Holder by its acceptance of a Note agrees to be bound by this
ArticleΒ 11 and authorizes and expressly directs the
Trustee, on his behalf, to take such action as may be necessary
or appropriate to effectuate the subordination between the
Holders and the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer as
provided in this ArticleΒ 11 and appoints the Trustee as
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Β
If the Trustee does not file a Proper Proof of Claim in such
proceeding prior to 15Β days before the expiration of the
time to file a Proof of Claim in such proceeding, then the
holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer (or
their Representative) are hereby authorized to have the right to
file and are (or is) hereby authorized to file, in the name of
the Trustee, a Proof of Claim for and on behalf of the Holders;
provided, that (a)Β if the holders of the Designated
Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer (or their Representative) file
any Proof of Claim as contemplated above and the Trustee shall
subsequently file a Proper Proof of Claim in such proceeding
before the expiration of the time to file a Proof of Claim in
such proceeding, such subsequent Proper Proof of Claim filed by
the Trustee shall supersede any such Proof of Claim theretofore
filed by the holders of the Designated Senior Indebtedness of
the Issuer (or their Representative), and such Proof of Claim
theretofore filed by the holders of the Designated Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer (or their Representative) shall
thereupon deemed to be withdrawn, and (b)Β the foregoing
provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to authorize
the holders of the Designated Senior Indebtedness (or their
Representative) to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on
behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Notes, or to authorize
the holders of the Designated Senior Indebtedness (or their
Representative) to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in
any such proceeding. This paragraph is intended solely to permit
the holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer to
preserve their βturnover rightβ pursuant to the
applicable subordination provisions in this ArticleΒ 11 in
circumstances where a Proper Proof of Claim has not been filed
by the Trustee before the expiration of the time to file a Proof
of Claim in a bankruptcy proceeding, and nothing herein is
intended to impair the rights of the Trustee under
SectionΒ 6.13 and 7.07.
Β
SectionΒ 11.15Β Β Trustee
Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Issuer.
Β
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer and shall not be
liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or
distribute to Holders or the Issuer or any other Person, money
or assets to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Issuer shall be entitled by virtue of this ArticleΒ 11 or
otherwise.
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SectionΒ 11.16Β Β Reliance
by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer on Subordination
Provisions.
Β
Each Holder by accepting a Note acknowledges and agrees that the
foregoing subordination provisions are, and are intended to be,
an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer, whether such Senior Indebtedness was
created or acquired before or after the issuance of the Notes,
to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such
Senior Indebtedness and such holder of such Senior Indebtedness
shall be deemed conclusively to have relied on such
subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or
in continuing to hold, such Senior Indebtedness.
Β
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing
paragraph, the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer may,
at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or
notice to the Trustee or the Holders, without incurring
responsibility to the Trustee or the Holders and without
impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this
ArticleΒ 11 or the obligations hereunder of the Holders to
the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, do any one
or more of the following; (a)Β change the manner, place or
terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or
alter, Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, or otherwise amend or
supplement in any manner Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, or
any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which
Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer is outstanding; (b)Β sell,
exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged,
mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness of the
Issuer; (c)Β release any Person liable in any manner for the
payment or collection of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer; and
(d)Β exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against
the Issuer and any other Person.
Β
ARTICLEΒ 12
Β
GUARANTEES
Β
SectionΒ 12.01Β Β Guarantee.
Β
Subject to this ArticleΒ 12, from and after the consummation
of the Transaction, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and
severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, subject
to ArticleΒ 13, to each Holder of a Note authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors
and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of
this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Issuer
hereunder or thereunder, that: (a)Β the principal of,
interest and premium, if any, 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 the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other
Obligations of the Issuer to the Holders or the Trustee
hereunder or thereunder shall be promptly paid in full or
performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof;
and (b)Β in case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that 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 Guarantors shall be
jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately.
Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and
not a guarantee of collection.
Β
The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder
shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity
or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of
any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any
Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or
thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Issuer, any
action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense
of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in
the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right
to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, protest,
notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this
Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance
of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.
Β
Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneysβ fees) incurred by the
Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this
SectionΒ 12.01.
Β
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or
otherwise to return to the Issuer, the Guarantors or any
custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting
in relation to either the Issuer or the Guarantors, any
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amount paid either to the Trustee or such Holder, this
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be
reinstated in full force and effect.
Β
Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right
of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any
obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all
obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees
that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the
Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x)Β the
maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated
as provided in ArticleΒ 6 hereof for the purposes of this
Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the
obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y)Β in the event of any
declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in
ArticleΒ 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and
payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the
Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee. The Guarantors
shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying
Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair
the rights of the Holders under the Guarantees.
Β
Each Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and
continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or
against the Issuer for liquidation, reorganization, should the
Issuer become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of
creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all
or any significant part of the Issuerβs assets, and shall,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective
or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and
performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law,
rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or
returned by any obligee on the Notes or Guarantees, whether as a
βvoidable preference,β βfraudulent transferβ
or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not
been made. In the event that any payment or any part thereof, is
rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Notes shall, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed
reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced,
restored or returned.
Β
In case any provision of any Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
Β
The Guarantee issued by any Guarantor shall be a second-priority
senior subordinated secured obligation of such Guarantor and
shall be subordinated in right of payment to all existing and
future Senior Indebtedness (including all Priority Lien
Obligations) of such Guarantor, if any.
Β
Each payment to be made by a Guarantor in respect of its
Guarantee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction
or diminution of any kind or nature.
Β
The obligations of each Guarantor to the Holders and to the
Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee of such Guarantor and this
Indenture are expressly subordinate and subject in right of
payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness
of such Guarantor, to the extent and in the manner provided in
ArticleΒ 13.
Β
SectionΒ 12.02Β Β Limitation
on Guarantor Liability.
Β
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder,
hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties
that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent
transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the
Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent
Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent
applicable to any Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing
intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby
irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor shall
be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to
such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed
liabilities of such Guarantor (including, without limitation,
all Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor) that are relevant
under such laws and after giving effect to any collections from,
rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on
behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of
such other Guarantor under this ArticleΒ 12, result in the
obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not
constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer
under applicable law. Each Guarantor that makes a payment under
its Guarantee shall be entitled upon payment in full of all
guaranteed obligations under this Indenture to a contribution
from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other
Guarantorβs pro rata portion of such payment based on the
respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such
payment determined in accordance with GAAP.
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SectionΒ 12.03Β Β Execution
and Delivery.
Β
To evidence its Guarantee set forth in SectionΒ 12.01
hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this Indenture shall
be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by its President, one of
its Vice Presidents or one of its Assistant Vice Presidents.
Β
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in
SectionΒ 12.01 hereof shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation
of such Guarantee on the Notes.
Β
If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture no longer
holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the
Note, the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.
Β
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the
authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery
of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the
Guarantors.
Β
If required by SectionΒ 4.15 hereof, the Issuer shall cause
any newly created or acquired Restricted Subsidiary to comply
with the provisions of SectionΒ 4.15 hereof and this
ArticleΒ 12, to the extent applicable.
Β
SectionΒ 12.04Β Β Subrogation
Β
Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders of
Notes against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid by any
Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 12.01
hereof; provided, that no Guarantor shall be entitled to
enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon,
such right of subrogation until all amounts then due and payable
by the Issuer under this Indenture or the Notes shall have been
paid in full.
Β
SectionΒ 12.05Β Β Benefits
Acknowledged.
Β
Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and
indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated
by this Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it
pursuant to its Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of
such benefits.
Β
SectionΒ 12.06Β Β Release
of Guarantees.
Β
A Guarantee by a Guarantor shall be automatically and
unconditionally released and discharged, and no further action
by such Guarantor, the Issuer or the Trustee is required for the
release of such Guarantorβs Guarantee, upon:
Β
(a)Β (i)Β any sale, exchange or transfer (by merger or
otherwise) of the Capital Stock of such Guarantor (including any
sale, exchange or transfer), after which the applicable
Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary (in the case of
Subsidiary Guarantors) or all or substantially all the assets of
such Guarantor which sale, exchange or transfer is made in
compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;
Β
(ii)Β the release or discharge of the guarantee by such
Guarantor of the Senior Credit Facilities or the guarantee which
resulted in the creation of such Guarantee, except a discharge
or release by or as a result of payment under such guarantee;
Β
(iii)Β the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary that is
a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in, compliance with
SectionΒ 4.07 hereof;Β or
Β
(iv)Β the Issuer exercising its Legal Defeasance option or
Covenant Defeasance option in accordance with ArticleΒ 8
hereof or the Issuerβs obligations under this Indenture
being discharged in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture;Β and
Β
(b)Β delivery by such Guarantor to the Trustee of an
Officerβs Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this
Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.
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ARTICLEΒ 13
Β
SUBORDINATION
OF GUARANTEES
Β
SectionΒ 13.01Β Β Agreement
To Subordinate.
Β
Each Guarantor agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note
agrees, that the obligations of such Guarantor under its
Guarantee are subordinated in right of payment, to the extent
and in the manner provided in this ArticleΒ 13, to the prior
payment in full in cash of all existing and future Senior
Indebtedness of such Guarantor and that the subordination is for
the benefit of and enforceable by the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness. A Guarantorβs obligations under its Guarantee
shall in all respects rank pari passu in right of payment
with all existing and future Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of
such Guarantor, and will be senior in right of payment to all
existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of such Guarantor;
and only Indebtedness of such Guarantor that is Senior
Indebtedness shall rank senior to the obligations of such
Guarantor under its Guarantee in accordance with the provisions
set forth herein. All provisions of this ArticleΒ 13 shall
be subject to SectionΒ 13.12.
Β
SectionΒ 13.02Β Β Liquidation,
Dissolution, Bankruptcy.
Β
Upon any payment or distribution of the assets of a Guarantor to
creditors upon a total or partial liquidation or a total or
partial dissolution of such Guarantor or in a reorganization of
or similar proceeding relating to such Guarantor or its property:
Β
(a)Β the holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor
shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of such
Senior Indebtedness before Holders shall be entitled to receive
any payment;Β and
Β
(b)Β until the Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor is paid
in full in cash, any payment or distribution to which Holders
would be entitled but for the subordination provisions of this
Indenture shall be made to holders of such Senior Indebtedness
as their interests may appear, except that Holders may receive
Permitted Junior Securities.
Β
To the extent any payment of Senior Indebtedness of any
Guarantor (whether by or on behalf of the Issuer, as proceeds of
security or enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is
declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required
to be paid to any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating
trustee, agent or other similar Person under any bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership, fraudulent conveyance or similar law,
then, if such payment is recovered by, or paid over to, such
receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or
similar Person, the Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor or part
thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be deemed to
be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not
occurred. It is further agreed that any diminution (whether
pursuant to court decree or otherwise, including without
limitation for any of the reasons described in the preceding
sentence) of any Guarantorβs obligation to make any
distribution or payment pursuant to any Senior Indebtedness of
such Guarantor, except to the extent such diminution occurs by
reason of the repayment (which has not been disgorged or
returned) of such Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor in cash,
shall have no force or effect for purposes of the subordination
provisions contained in this ArticleΒ 13, with any turnover
of payments as otherwise calculated pursuant to this
ArticleΒ 13 to be made as if no such diminution had
occurred. The Issuer shall promptly give written notice to the
Trustee of any such dissolution,
winding-up,
liquidation or reorganization of any Guarantor, provided,
that any delay or failure to give such notice shall have no
effect on the subordination provisions contained herein.
Β
SectionΒ 13.03Β Β Default
on Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor.
Β
A Guarantor shall not make any payment pursuant to its Guarantee
(or pay any other Obligations relating to its Guarantee, fees,
costs, expenses, indemnities and rescission or damage claims)
and may not purchase, redeem or otherwise retire any Notes
(collectively, βpay its Guaranteeβ) (except in
the form of Permitted Junior Securities) if either of the
following occurs (a βGuarantor Payment
Defaultβ):
Β
(a)Β any Obligation on any Designated Senior Indebtedness of
such Guarantor is not paid in full in cash when due (after
giving effect to any applicable grace period);Β or
Β
(b)Β any other default on Designated Senior Indebtedness of
such Guarantor occurs and the maturity of such Designated Senior
Indebtedness is accelerated in accordance with its terms;
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unless, in either case, the Guarantor Payment Default has been
cured or waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded or
such Designated Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in
cash; provided, however, that such Guarantor shall
be entitled to pay its Guarantee without regard to the foregoing
if such Guarantor and the Trustee receive written notice
approving such payment from the Representatives of all
Designated Senior Indebtedness with respect to which the
Guarantor Payment Default has occurred and is continuing.
Β
During the continuance of any default (other than a Guarantor
Payment Default) (a βNon-Guarantor Payment
Defaultβ) with respect to any Designated Senior
Indebtedness of a Guarantor pursuant to which the maturity
thereof may be accelerated without further notice (except such
notice as may be required to effect such acceleration) or the
expiration of any applicable grace periods, such Guarantor shall
not pay its Guarantee (except in the form of Permitted Junior
Securities) for a period (a βGuarantee Payment Blockage
Periodβ) commencing upon the receipt by the Trustee
(with a copy to such Guarantor and the Issuer) of written notice
(a βGuarantee Blockage Noticeβ) of such
Non-Guarantor Payment Default from the Representative of such
Designated Senior Indebtedness specifying an election to effect
a Guarantee Payment Blockage Period and ending 179Β days
thereafter. So long as there shall remain outstanding any Senior
Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities, a Guarantee
Blockage Notice may be given only by the applicable
Representative. The Guarantee Payment Blockage Period shall end
earlier if such Guarantee Payment Blockage Period is terminated
(x)Β by written notice to the Trustee, the relevant
Guarantor and the Issuer from the Person or Persons who gave
such Guarantee Blockage Notice; (y)Β because the default
giving rise to such Guarantee Blockage Notice is cured, waived
or otherwise no longer continuing; or (z)Β because such
Designated Senior Indebtedness has been discharged or repaid in
full in cash.
Β
Notwithstanding the provisions described in the immediately
preceding two sentences (but subject to the provisions contained
in the first sentence of this SectionΒ 13.03 and
SectionΒ 13.02 hereof), unless the holders of such
Designated Senior Indebtedness or the Representative of such
Designated Senior Indebtedness shall have accelerated the
maturity of such Designated. Senior Indebtedness or a Guarantor
Payment Default has occurred and is continuing, the relevant
Guarantor shall be entitled to resume paying its Guarantee after
the end of such Guarantee Payment Blockage Period. Each
Guarantee shall not be subject to more than one Guarantee
Payment Blockage Period in any consecutive
360-day
period irrespective of the number of Non-Payment Defaults with
respect to Designated Senior Indebtedness of the relevant
Guarantor during such period. However, in no event shall the
total number of days during which any Guarantee Payment Blockage
Period or Periods on a Guarantee is in effect exceed
179Β days in the aggregate during any consecutive
360-day
period, and there must be at least 181Β days during any
consecutive
360-day
period during which no Guarantee Payment Blockage Period is in
effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, no Non-Payment
Default that existed or was continuing on the date of the
commencement of any Guarantee Payment Blockage Period shall be,
or be made, the basis for the commencement of a subsequent
Guarantee Blockage Notice unless such default shall have been
waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days (it
being acknowledged that any subsequent action, or any breach of
any financial covenants during such initial Guarantee Payment
Blockage Period, that, in either case, would give rise to a
Non-Guarantor Payment Default pursuant to any provisions under
which a Non-Guarantor Payment Default previously existed or was
continuing shall constitute a new Non-Guarantor Payment Default
for this purpose).
Β
SectionΒ 13.04Β Β Demand
for Payment.
Β
If payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of
Default and a demand for payment is made on a Guarantor pursuant
to ArticleΒ 12 hereof, the Issuer or such Guarantor shall
promptly notify the holders of the Designated Senior
Indebtedness of such Guarantor or the Representative of such
Designated Senior Indebtedness of such demand; provided,
that any failure to give such notice shall have no effect
whatsoever on the provisions of this ArticleΒ 13. So long as
there shall remain outstanding any Senior Indebtedness under the
Senior Credit Facilities, a Blockage Notice may be given only by
the Representative thereunder. If any Designated Senior
Indebtedness of a Guarantor is outstanding, such Guarantor may
not pay its Guarantee until five Business Days after the
Representatives of all the holders of such Designated Senior
Indebtedness receive notice of such acceleration and,
thereafter, may pay its Guarantee only if this Indenture
otherwise permits payment at that time.
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SectionΒ 13.05Β Β When
Distribution Must Be Paid Over.
Β
If a distribution is made to Holders that, due to the
subordination provisions, should not have been made to them,
such Holders are required to hold it in trust for the holders of
Senior Indebtedness of the relevant Guarantor and pay it over to
them as their interests may appear.
Β
SectionΒ 13.06Β Β Subrogation.
Β
After all Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor is paid in full in
cash and until the Notes are paid in full, Holders shall be
subrogated to the rights of holders of such Senior Indebtedness
to receive distributions applicable to such Senior Indebtedness.
A distribution made under this ArticleΒ 13 to holders of
such Senior Indebtedness which otherwise would have been made to
Holders is not, as between the relevant Guarantor and Holders, a
payment by such Guarantor on such Senior Indebtedness.
Β
SectionΒ 13.07Β Β Relative
Rights.
Β
This ArticleΒ 13 defines the relative rights of Holders and
holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor. Nothing in this
Indenture shall:
Β
(a)Β impair, as between such Guarantor and Holders, the
obligation of such Guarantor, which is absolute and
unconditional, to make payments under its Guarantee in
accordance with its terms;
Β
(b)Β prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its
available remedies upon a default by such Guarantor under its
obligations with respect to its Guarantee, subject to the rights
of holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor to receive
payments or distributions otherwise payable to Holders and such
other rights of such holders of Senior Indebtedness as set forth
herein;Β or
Β
(c)Β affect the relative rights of Holders and creditors of
such Guarantor other than their rights in relation to holders of
Senior Indebtedness.
Β
SectionΒ 13.08Β Β Subordination
May Not Be Impaired by a Guarantor.
Β
No right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor to
enforce the subordination of the obligations of such Guarantor
under its Guarantee shall be impaired by any act or failure to
act by such Guarantor or by its failure to comply with this
Indenture.
Β
SectionΒ 13.09Β Β Rights
of Trustee and Paying Agent.
Β
Notwithstanding SectionΒ 13.03 hereof, the Trustee or any
Paying Agent may continue to make payments on the Notes and
shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of facts
that would prohibit the making of any payments unless a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives notice satisfactory
to him that payments may not be made under this ArticleΒ 13;
provided, however, that notwithstanding the
foregoing, the subordination of the Guarantees to Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantors shall not be affected and the
Holders receiving any payments in contravention of
SectionΒ 13.02
and/or 13.03
(and such respective payments) shall otherwise be subject to the
provisions of this ArticleΒ 13. A Guarantor, the Registrar,
the Paying Agent, a Representative or a holder of Senior
Indebtedness of such Guarantor shall be entitled to give the
notice; provided, however, that, if an issue of
Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor has a Representative, only
the Representative shall be entitled to give the notice.
Β
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity shall be
entitled to hold Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor with the
same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. The Registrar
and the Paying Agent shall be entitled to do the same with like
rights. The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set
forth in this ArticleΒ 13 with respect to any Senior
Indebtedness of a Guarantor which may at any time be held by it,
to the same extent as any other holder of such Senior
Indebtedness; and nothing in ArticleΒ 7 shall deprive the
Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this
ArticleΒ 13 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee under or pursuant to SectionΒ 7.07 hereof or any
other Section of this Indenture.
Β
SectionΒ 13.10Β Β Distribution
or Notice to Representative.
Β
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to
holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor, the distribution
may be made and the notice given to their Representative (if
any).
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SectionΒ 13.11Β Β ArticleΒ 13
Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Demand
Payment.
Β
The failure of a Guarantor to make a payment pursuant its
Guarantee by reason of any provision in this ArticleΒ 13
shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a default
by such Guarantor under its Guarantee. Nothing in this
ArticleΒ 13 shall have any effect on the right of the
Holders or the Trustee to make a demand for payment on a
Guarantor pursuant to ArticleΒ 12 hereof.
Β
SectionΒ 13.12Β Β TrustΒ Moneys
Not Subordinated.
Β
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary,
payments from money or the proceeds of Government Securities
held in trust by the Trustee for the payment of principal of and
interest on the Notes pursuant to ArticleΒ 8 or
ArticleΒ 14 hereof shall not be subordinated to the prior
payment of any Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor or subject
to the restrictions set forth in this ArticleΒ 13, and none
of the Holders shall be obligated to pay over any such amount to
such Guarantor or any holder of Senior Indebtedness of such
Guarantor or any other creditor of such Guarantor,
provided, that the subordination provisions of this
ArticleΒ 13 were not violated at the time the applicable
amounts were deposited in trust pursuant to ArticleΒ 8 or
ArticleΒ 14 hereof, as the case may be
Β
SectionΒ 13.13Β Β Trustee
Entitled To Rely.
Β
Upon any payment or distribution pursuant to this
ArticleΒ 13, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled
to rely (a)Β upon any order or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature
referred to in SectionΒ 13.02 hereof are pending,
(b)Β upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent
or other Person making such payment or distribution to the
Trustee or to the Holders or (c)Β upon the Representatives
of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor for the purpose of
ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment
or distribution, the holders of such Senior Indebtedness and
other Indebtedness of such Guarantor, the amount thereof or
payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed
thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this
ArticleΒ 13. In the event that the Trustee determines, in
good faith, that evidence is required with respect to the right
of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor
to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this
ArticleΒ 13, the Trustee shall be entitled to .request such
Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by
such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution and other facts
pertinent to the rights of such Person under this
ArticleΒ 13, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the
Trustee shall be entitled to defer any payment to such Person
pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to
receive such payment. The provisions of SectionsΒ 7.01 and
7.02 hereof shall be applicable to all actions or omissions of
actions by the Trustee pursuant to this ArticleΒ 13.
Β
SectionΒ 13.14Β Β Trustee
To Effectuate Subordination.
Β
A Holder by its acceptance of a Note agrees to be bound by this
ArticleΒ 13 and authorizes and expressly directs the
Trustee, on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary
or appropriate to effectuate the subordination between the
Holders and the holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor as
provided in this ArticleΒ 13 and appoints the Trustee as
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Β
If the Trustee does not file a Proper Proof of Claim in such
proceeding prior to 15Β days before the expiration of the
time to file a Proof of Claim in such proceeding, then the
holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor (or
their Representative) are hereby authorized to have the right to
file and are (or is) hereby authorized to file, in the name of
the Trustee, a Proof of Claim for and on behalf of the Holders;
provided, that (a)Β if the holders of the Designated
Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor (or their Representative)
file any Proof of Claim as contemplated above and the Trustee
shall subsequently file a Proper Proof of Claim in such
proceeding before the expiration of the time to file a Proof of
Claim in such proceeding, such subsequent Proper Proof of Claim
filed by the Trustee shall supersede any such Proof of Claim
theretofore filed by the holders of the Designated Senior
Indebtedness of such Guarantor (or their Representative), and
such Proof of Claim theretofore filed by the holders of the
Designated Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor (or their
Representative) shall thereupon deemed to be withdrawn, and
(b)Β the foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall not be
construed to authorize the holders of the Designated Senior
Indebtedness (or their Representative) to authorize or consent
to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting
the Notes, or to authorize the holders of the Designated Senior
Indebtedness (or their Representative) to vote in respect of the
claim of any
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Holder in any such proceeding. This paragraph is intended solely
to permit the holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness of any
Guarantor to preserve their βturnover rightβ pursuant
to the applicable subordination provisions in this
ArticleΒ 13 in circumstances where a Proper Proof of Claim
has not been filed by the Trustee before the expiration of the
time to file a Proof of Claim in a bankruptcy proceeding, and
nothing herein is intended to impair the rights of the Trustee
under SectionΒ 6.13 and 7.07.
Β
SectionΒ 13.15Β Β Trustee
Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness of
Guarantors.
Β
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor and shall not be
liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or
distribute to Holders or such Guarantor or any other Person,
money or assets to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness of
such Guarantor shall be entitled by virtue of this
ArticleΒ 13 or otherwise.
Β
SectionΒ 13.16Β Β Reliance
by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor on
Subordination Provisions.
Β
Each Holder by accepting a Note acknowledges and agrees that the
foregoing subordination provisions are, and are intended to be,
an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any Senior
Indebtedness of a Guarantor, whether such Senior Indebtedness
was created or acquired before or after the issuance of the
Notes, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold,
such Senior Indebtedness and such holder of such Senior
Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively to have relied on such
subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or
in continuing to hold, such Senior Indebtedness.
Β
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing
paragraph, the holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor
may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of
or notice to the Trustee or the Holders, without incurring
responsibility to the Trustee or the Holders and without
impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this
ArticleΒ 13 or the obligations hereunder of the Holders to
the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor, do any
one or more of the following: (a)Β change the manner, place
or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew
or alter, Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor, or otherwise
amend or supplement in any manner Senior Indebtedness of such
Guarantor, or any instrument evidencing the same or any
agreement under which Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor is
outstanding; (b)Β sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal
with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing
Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor; (c)Β release any
Person liable in any manner for the payment or collection of
Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor; and (d)Β exercise or
refrain from exercising any rights against such Guarantor and
any other Person.
Β
ARTICLEΒ 14
Β
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
Β
SectionΒ 14.01Β Β Satisfaction
and Discharge.
Β
This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of
further effect as to all Notes, when either:
Β
(a)Β all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered,
except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced
or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust, have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;Β or
Β
(b)Β (i)Β all Notes not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason
of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise, shall
become due and payable within one year or are to be called for
redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer and the
Issuer or any Guarantor have irrevocably deposited or caused to
be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for
the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in
U.S.Β dollars, Government Securities, or a combination
thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without
consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal,
premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or
redemption;
Β
(ii)Β no Default (other than that resulting from borrowing
funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and
simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness) with
respect to this Indenture or the Notes
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shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such
deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under the Senior Credit Facilities or any
other material agreement or instrument (other than this
Indenture) to which the Issuer or any Guarantor is a party or by
which the Issuer or any Guarantor is bound (other than that
resulting from any borrowing of funds to be applied to make such
deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to
other Indebtedness, and the granting of Liens in connection
therewith);
Β
(iii)Β the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all sums
payable by it under this Indenture;Β and
Β
(iv)Β the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to
the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of
the Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.
Β
The Collateral will be released from the Lien securing the
Notes, as provided in SectionΒ 10.06 hereof, upon a
satisfaction and discharge in accordance with this
ArticleΒ 14.
Β
In addition, the Issuer must deliver an Officerβs
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating
that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have
been satisfied.
Β
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to subclauseΒ (i) of clauseΒ (b) of this
SectionΒ 14.01, the provisions of SectionΒ 14.02 and
SectionΒ 8.06 hereof shall survive.
Β
SectionΒ 14.02Β Β Application
of TrustΒ Money.
Β
Subject to the provisions of SectionΒ 8.06 hereof, all money
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to SectionΒ 14.01 hereof
shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment,
either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the
Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal
(and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money
has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Β
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or
Government Securities in accordance with SectionΒ 14.01
hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any
order or judgment of any court or governmental authority
enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, the Issuerβs and any Guarantorβs
obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived
and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
SectionΒ 14.01 hereof; provided, that if the Issuer
has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its
obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the
Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or
Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
Β
ARTICLEΒ 15
Β
MISCELLANEOUS
Β
SectionΒ 15.01Β Β Reserved.
Β
SectionΒ 15.02Β Β Notices.
Β
Any notice or communication by the Issuer, any Guarantor or the
Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered
in person or mailed by first-class mail (registered or
certified, return receipt requested), fax or overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the othersβ
address:
Β
If to the Issuer and/or any Guarantor:
Β
c/oΒ CMP
Susquehanna Corp.
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx X.X., XxxxxΒ 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Fax No.:
(000)Β 000-0000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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If to the Trustee:
Β
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
Corporate TrustΒ Services
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx X0000-000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Fax No.:
(000)Β 000-0000
Attention: CMP Susquehanna Account Manager
Β
The Issuer, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the
others, may designate additional or different addresses for
subsequent notices or communications.
Β
All notices and communications (other than those sent to
Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time
delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five calendar days
after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed by
first-class mail; when receipt acknowledged, if faxed; and the
next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent
by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery;
provided, that any notice or communication delivered to
the Trustee shall be deemed effective upon actual receipt
thereof.
Β
Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by
first-class mail, certified or registered, return receipt
requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day
delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the
Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder
or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with
respect to other Holders.
Β
If a notice or communication is sent in the manner provided
above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or
not the addressee receivesΒ it.
Β
If the Issuer sends a notice or communication to Holders, it
shall send a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Β
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any
Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of
any event (including any notice of redemption) to a Holder of a
Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be
sufficiently given if given to the Depositary for such Note (or
its designee), pursuant to the customary procedures of such
Depositary.
Β
SectionΒ 15.03Β Β Reserved
Β
SectionΒ 15.04Β Β Certificate
and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Β
Upon any request or application by the Issuer or any of the
Guarantors to the Trustee to take any action under this
Indenture, the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be,
shall furnish to the Trustee:
Β
(a)Β An Officerβs Certificate in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the
statements set forth in SectionΒ 15.05 hereof) stating that,
in the opinion of the signer, all conditions precedent and
covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to
the proposed action have been satisfied;Β and
Β
(b)Β An Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements
set forth in SectionΒ 15.05 hereof) stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and
covenants have been satisfied.
Β
SectionΒ 15.05Β Β Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Β
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than
a certificate provided pursuant to SectionΒ 4.04 hereof)
shall include:
Β
(a)Β a statement that the Person making such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition;
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(b)Β a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or
opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
Β
(c)Β a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or
she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary
to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or
not such covenant or condition has been complied with (and, in
the case of an Opinion of Counsel, may be limited to reliance on
an Officerβs Certificate as to matters of fact);Β and
Β
(d)Β a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of
such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Β
SectionΒ 15.06Β Β Rules
by Trustee and Agents.
Β
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a
meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make
reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its
functions.
Β
SectionΒ 15.07Β Β No
Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders.
Β
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of
the Issuer or any Guarantor or any of their parent companies
shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or
the Guarantors under the Notes, the Guarantees or this Indenture
or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such
obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting Notes
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release
are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
Β
SectionΒ 15.08Β Β Governing
Law.
Β
THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES, ANY GUARANTEE AND THE SECURITY
DOCUMENTS WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.
Β
SectionΒ 15.09Β Β Waiver
of Jury Trial.
Β
EACH OF THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE
NOTESΒ OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Β
SectionΒ 15.10Β Β Force
Majeure.
Β
In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any
failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under
this Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or
indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including
without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of
war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or
natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or
malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software
or hardware) services.
Β
SectionΒ 15.11Β Β Adverse
Interpretation of Other Agreements.
Β
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture,
loan or debt agreement of the Issuer or its Restricted
Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or
debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Β
SectionΒ 15.12Β Β Successors.
Β
All agreements of the Issuer in this Indenture and the Notes
shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this
Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of each
Guarantor in this Indenture shall bind its successors, except as
otherwise provided in SectionΒ 12.06 hereof.
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SectionΒ 15.13Β Β Severability.
Β
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way
be affected or impaired thereby.
Β
SectionΒ 15.14Β Β Counterpart
Originals.
Β
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture.
Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together
represent the same agreement.
Β
SectionΒ 15.15Β Β Table
of Contents, Headings, etc.
Β
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and headings of the
Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for
convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part
of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of
the terms or provisions hereof.
Β
[Signatures on following page]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Indenture as
of the date first written above.
Β
CMP SUSQUEHANNA CORP.
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/s/Β Β Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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Name:Β Β Β Β Β Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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Title:Β
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Chairman, President and
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Chief Executive Officer
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By:Β
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/s/Β Β Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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Name:Β Β Β Β Β Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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Chairman, President and
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULEΒ A
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By:Β
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/s/Β Β Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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Name:Β Β Β Β Β Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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Chairman, President and
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Indenture as
of the date first written above.
Β
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A, as Trustee
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/s/Β Β Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:Β Β Β Β Β Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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SCHEDULEΒ A
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SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTORS
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LIF Broadcasting, Inc.
XXXX Xxxx, Inc.
KPLX Lico, Inc.
Radio Metroplex, Inc.
Susquehanna Media Co.
Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co.
Susquehanna Radio Corp.
CMP KC Corp.
CMP Houston-KC, LLC
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EXHIBITΒ A
Β
[Face of
Note]
Β
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the
provisions of the Indenture]
Β
[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to
the provisions of the Indenture]
Β
[Insert the RegulationΒ S Temporary Global Note Legend, if
applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
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Β
Β
CUSIPΒ [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
Β
ISINΒ [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]1
Β
[RULEΒ 144A]
[REGULATIONΒ S] GLOBAL NOTE
representing initially up to
$Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β
Variable Rate Senior Subordinated Secured Second Lien Notes due
2014
Β
Β
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No.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
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$[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
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Β
CMP
SUSQUEHANNA CORP.
Β
promises to pay to CEDEΒ & CO. or registered assigns,
the principal sum [set forth on the Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Note attached hereto] [of
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
United States Dollars] on
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ],
2014.
Β
Β
Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15
Β
Β
Record Dates: May 1 and November 1
Β
Β
1Β Β Β RuleΒ 144A
NoteΒ CUSIP: 126001 AD8
RuleΒ 144A NoteΒ ISIN: US126001AD80
RegulationΒ S NoteΒ CUSIP: U12612 AC8
RegulationΒ S NoteΒ ISIN: USU12612AC87
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Β
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be
duly executed.
Β
CMP SUSQUEHANNA CORP.
Β
Name:Β Β Β Β Β
Β
Dated:
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Β
This is one of the Notes referred to in the Indenture, dated as
of MarchΒ 26, 2009, among CMP Susquehanna Corp., a Delaware
corporation (βCMPβ), the Guarantors (as defined
therein) listed on the signature pages thereto and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, N.A., as Trustee (the βTrusteeβ).
Β
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A., as Trustee
Β
Authorized Signatory
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Β
[Back of
Note]
Β
Variable
Rate Senior Subordinated Secured Second Lien Notes due
2014
Β
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise
indicated.
Β
1.Β INTEREST.Β Β CMP SUSQUEHANNA CORP., a
Delaware corporation, promises to pay interest on the principal
amount of this Note from MarchΒ 26, 2009 until maturity at a
per annum rate for each Interest Period equal to LIBOR
applicable to such Interest Period, as determined by the
Calculation Agent on the Interest Determination Date for such
Interest Period, plus 3.00%. The initial Interest Period for the
Notes shall be one month. Thereafter, no later than two Business
Days prior to the end of an Interest Period, the Issuer shall
notify the Trustee of the Issuerβs selection of the next
Interest Period, which notice shall include the LIBOR applicable
to such Interest Period and the duration of such Interest
Period; provided, that if the Issuer shall fail to give
such notice to the Trustee, the next Interest Period shall be a
period identical in length to the Interest Period then in
effect. Promptly after receipt of notice thereof, the Trustee
shall notify the Holders of a change in the Interest Period.
Upon request from any Holder, the Trustee shall provide notice
of the interest rate in effect on this Note for the current
Interest Period and, if it has been determined, the interest
rate to be in effect for the next Interest Period. The Issuer
will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and
November 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business
Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an
βInterest Payment Dateβ). Interest on the Notes
will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been
paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of
issuance; provided that the first Interest Payment Date
shall be MayΒ 15, 2009. The Issuer will pay interest
(including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from
time to time on demand at the interest rate on the Notes; it
shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of
interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from
time to time on demand at the interest rate on the Notes.
Interest will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year
comprised of twelve
30-day
months.
Β
2.Β METHOD OF PAYMENT.Β Β The Issuer will pay
interest on the Notes, if any, to the Persons who are registered
Holders of Notes at the close of business on the May 1 or
November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be,
next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are
canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest
Payment Date, except as provided in SectionΒ 2.12 of the
Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. Payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their
addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided
that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds
will be required with respect to principal of and interest and
premium, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the
Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions
to the Issuer or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such
coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time
of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts.
Β
3.Β PAYING AGENT, CALCULATION AGENT AND
REGISTRAR.Β Β Initially, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., the
Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent,
Calculation Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may change any
Paying Agent, Calculation Agent or Registrar without notice to
the Holders. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act in
any such capacity.
Β
4.Β INDENTURE.Β Β The Issuer issued the Notes
under an Indenture, dated as of MarchΒ 26, 2009 (the
βIndentureβ), among CMP Susquehanna Corp., the
Guarantors named therein and the Trustee. This Note is one of a
duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer designated as its
Variable Rate Senior Subordinated Secured Second Lien Notes due
2014. The Issuer shall be entitled to issue Additional Notes
pursuant to SectionΒ 2.01 and 4.09 of the Indenture. The
terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The
Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to
the Indenture for a statement of such terms. To the extent any
provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of
the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and
be controlling.
Β
5.Β OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
Β
(a)Β At any time after the Issue Date, the Issuer may redeem
all or part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than
60Β daysβ prior notice delivered electronically or
mailed by first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to
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the registered address of each Holder or otherwise delivered in
accordance with the procedures of DTC, at a redemption price
equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus
accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of redemption,
subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record
Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment
Date.
Β
(b)Β Any redemption pursuant to this paragraphΒ 5 shall
be made pursuant to the provisions of SectionsΒ 3.01 through
3.06 of the Indenture.
Β
6.Β MANDATORY REDEMPTION.Β Β The Issuer shall
not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund
payments with respect to the Notes.
Β
7.Β NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.Β Β Subject to
SectionΒ 3.03 of the Indenture, notice of redemption will be
sent electronically or mailed by first-class mail at least
30Β days but not more than 60Β days before the
redemption date (except that redemption notices may be mailed
more than 60Β days prior to a redemption date if the notice
is issued in connection with ArticleΒ 8 or ArticleΒ 14
of the Indenture) to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed
at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than
$1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of
$1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be
redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to
accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
Β
8.Β OFFERS TO REPURCHASE.
Β
(a)Β Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Issuer
shall make an offer (a βChange of Control
Offerβ) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part
(equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of each
Holderβs Notes at a purchase price equal to 100% of the
aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon to the date of purchase (the βChange of
Control Paymentβ). The Change of Control Offer shall be
made in accordance with SectionΒ 4.14 of the Indenture.
Β
(b)Β If the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
consummates an Asset Sale, within 10 Business Days of each date
that Excess Proceeds exceed $10.0Β million, the Issuer shall
commence, an offer to all Holders of the Notes and, if required
by the terms of any Indebtedness that is pari passu with
the Notes (βPari Passu Indebtednessβ), to the
holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness (an βAsset Sale
Offerβ), to purchase the maximum principal amount of
Notes (including any Additional Notes) and such other Pari Passu
Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at
an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in
accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. To
the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes (including any
Additional Notes) and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered
pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess
Proceeds, the Issuer may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for
general corporate purposes, subject to other covenants contained
in the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes or
the Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by such holders thereof
exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select
the Notes and, at the direction of the Issuer, such Pari Passu
Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on
the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes or such Pari
Passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of any such Asset
Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at
zero. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to
purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Issuer prior
to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes
purchased by completing the form entitled βOption of
Holder to Elect Purchaseβ attached to the Notes.
Β
9.Β DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE.Β Β The
Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of
$2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The
transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged
as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may
require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents and the Issuer may require a
Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by
the Indenture. The Issuer need not exchange or register the
transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for
redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being
redeemed in part. Also, the Issuer need not exchange or register
the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15Β days before a
selection of Notes to be redeemed.
Β
10.Β SECURITY.Β Β The Notes and the
Guarantees are secured by a second-priority lien on and security
interest in the Collateral as set forth in the Indenture, the
Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement.
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11.Β SUBORDINATION.Β Β The Notes and the
Guarantees are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer
and the Guarantors on the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in the Indenture. To the extent provided in the
Indenture, Senior Indebtedness must be paid before the Notes and
Guarantees may be paid. The Issuer agrees, and each Holder by
accepting a Note agrees, to the subordination provisions
contained in the Indenture and authorizes the Trustee to give it
effect and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for such
purpose.
Β
12.Β PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.Β Β The registered
Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
Β
13.Β AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER.Β Β The
Indenture, the Guarantees, the Notes, the Security Documents and
the Intercreditor Agreement may be amended or supplemented as
provided in the Indenture.
Β
14.Β DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES.Β Β The Events of
Default relating to the Notes are defined in SectionΒ 6.01
of the Indenture. If any Event of Default (other than an Event
of Default specified in clauseΒ (vi) or (vii)Β of
SectionΒ 6.01(a) of the Indenture with respect to the
Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of
at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
may declare the principal, premium, if any, interest and any
other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding Notes to
be due and payable immediately; provided, however,
that so long as any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under
the Indenture as part of the Senior Credit Facilities shall be
outstanding, no such acceleration shall be effective until the
earlier of: (1)Β acceleration of any such Indebtedness under
the Senior Credit Facilities; or (2)Β five Business Days
after the giving of written notice of such acceleration to the
Issuer and the administrative agent under the Senior Credit
Facilities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an
Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or
insolvency, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable
immediately without further action or notice. Holders may not
enforce the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees except as
provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations,
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any
trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the
Notes notice of any continuing Default (except a Default
relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or
interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their
interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee
may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any
existing Default or and its consequences under the Indenture
except a continuing Default in payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Notes held by a
non-consenting Holder. The Issuer and each Guarantor (to the
extent that such Guarantor is so required under the Indenture)
is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement
regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Issuer is
required within five (5)Β Business Days after becoming aware
of any Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying
such Default and what action the Issuer proposes to take with
respect thereto.
Β
15.Β AUTHENTICATION.Β Β This Note shall not
be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by the manual
signature of the Trustee.
Β
16.Β
GOVERNING LAW.Β Β THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF
NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE,
THE NOTES, THE GUARANTEES AND THE SECURITY DOCUMENTS.
Β
17.Β CUSIP NUMBERS.Β Β Pursuant to a
recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security
Identification Procedures, the Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers
to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers
in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No
representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either
as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of
redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers placed thereon.
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The Issuer will furnish to any Holder upon written request and
without charge a copy of the Indenture, the Security Documents
and the Intercreditor Agreement. Requests may be made to the
Issuer at the following address:
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0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx X.X., XxxxxΒ 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Fax No.:
(000)Β 000-0000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
FORM
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To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
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(Insert
assigneeβs legal name)
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assigneeβs soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
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(Print or type assigneeβs name, address and zip code)
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to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may
substitute another to act for him.
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Date:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
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(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the face of this Note)
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*Β Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion
Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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OPTION OF
HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
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.If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuer
pursuant to SectionΒ 4.10 or 4.14 of the Indenture, check
the appropriate box below:
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[Β Β Β Β Β ]
SectionΒ 4.10 [Β Β Β Β Β ]
SectionΒ 4.14
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If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by
the Issuer pursuant to SectionΒ 4.10 or SectionΒ 4.14 of
the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
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$Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
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(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the face of this Note)
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*Β Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion
Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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SCHEDULEΒ OF
EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*(
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The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is
$Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β .
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an
interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or
exchanges of a part of another Global or Definitive Note for an
interest in this Global Note, have been made:
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global form.
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EXHIBITΒ B
Β
FORMΒ OF
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
CMP Susquehanna Corp.
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx X.X., XxxxxΒ 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Fax No.:
(000)Β 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
Β
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
Corporate TrustΒ Services
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx X0000-000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Fax No.:
(000)Β 000-0000
Attention: CMP Susquehanna Account Manager
Β
Re: Variable Rate Senior Subordinated Secured Second Lien Notes
due 2014
Β
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of
MarchΒ 26, 2009 (the βIndentureβ), among
CMP Susquehanna Corp., the Guarantors named therein and the
Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
Β
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (the
βTransferorβ) owns and proposes to transfer the
Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in AnnexΒ A
hereto, in the principal amount of
$Β Β Β Β Β in such Note[s] or interests
(the βTransferβ),
toΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
(the .βTransferee), as further specified in AnnexΒ A
hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby
certifies that:
Β
[CHECK
ALL THAT APPLY]
Β
1.Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE
WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE 144A GLOBAL
NOTEΒ OR A DEFINITIVE NOTEΒ PURSUANT TO RULEΒ 144A.
The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance
with RuleΒ 144A under the United States Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the βSecurities Actβ), and,
accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the
beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a
Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the
beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or
for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person
exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each
such account is a βqualified institutional buyerβ
within the meaning of RuleΒ 144A in a transaction meeting
the requirements of RuleΒ 144A and such Transfer is in
compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any
state of the United States.
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2.Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE
WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE
REGULATIONΒ S GLOBAL NOTEΒ OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT
TO REGULATIONΒ S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to
and in accordance with RuleΒ 903 or RuleΒ 904 under the
Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further
certifies that (i)Β the Transfer is not being made to a
person in the United States and (x)Β at the time the buy
order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United
States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf
reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside
the United States or (y)Β the transaction was executed in,
on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities
market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its
behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer
in the United States, (ii)Β no directed selling efforts have
been-made in contravention of the requirements of
RuleΒ 903(b) or RuleΒ 904(b) of RegulationΒ S under
the Securities Act (iii)Β the transaction is not part of a
plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and (iv)Β if the proposed transfer is being
made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the
transfer is not being made to a U.S.Β Person or for the
account or benefit of a U.S.Β Person (other than an Initial
Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred
beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the
restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Indenture and the
Securities Act.
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3.Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] CHECK AND COMPLETE IF
TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE
DEFINITIVE NOTEΒ PURSUANT TO ANY PROVISION OF THE SECURITIES
ACT OTHER THAN RULEΒ 144A OR REGULATIONΒ S. The Transfer
is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes
and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in
accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky
securities laws of any state of the United States, and
accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check
one):
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(a)Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] such Transfer is being
effected pursuant to and in accordance with RuleΒ 144 under
the Securities Act;
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or
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(b)Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] such Transfer is being
effected to the Issuer or a subsidiary thereof;
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or
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(c)Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] such Transfer is being
effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under
the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
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4.Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE
WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED
GLOBAL NOTEΒ OR OF AN UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE.
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(a)Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS
PURSUANT TO RULEΒ 144. (i)Β The Transfer is being
effected pursuant to and in accordance with RuleΒ 144 under
the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer
restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue
sky securities laws of any state of the United States and
(ii)Β the restrictions on transfer contained in the
Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in
order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon
consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or
Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on
transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on
the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and
in the Indenture.
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(b)Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS
PURSUANT TO REGULATIONΒ S. (i)Β The Transfer is being
effected pursuant to and in accordance with RuleΒ 903 or
RuleΒ 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with
the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any
applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United
States and (ii)Β the restrictions on transfer contained in
the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required
in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon
consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or
Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on
transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on
the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and
in the Indenture.
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(c)Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS
PURSUANT TO OTHER EXEMPTION. (i)Β The Transfer is being
effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than
RuleΒ 144, RuleΒ 903 or RuleΒ 904 and in compliance
with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and
any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the
United States and (ii)Β the restrictions on transfer
contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are
not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial
interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the
restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement
Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted
Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made
for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer.
Β
[Insert Name of Transferor]
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Name:Β Β Β Β Β
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ANNEXΒ A
TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
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1.Β Β The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the
following:
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[CHECK ONE OF (a)Β OR (b)]
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(a)Β Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] a beneficial
interest in the:
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(i)Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] 144A Global Note
(CUSIP 126001 AD8), or
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(ii)Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] RegulationΒ S
Global Note (CUSIP U12612 AC8), or
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(b)Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] a Restricted
Definitive Note.
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2.Β Β After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
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[CHECK ONE]
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(a)Β Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] a beneficial
interest in the:
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(i)Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] 144A Global Note
(CUSIP 126001 AD8), or
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(ii)Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] RegulationΒ S
Global Note (CUSIP U12612 AC8), or
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(iii)Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] Unrestricted Global
Note (CUSIP
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]),
or
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(b)Β Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] a Restricted
Definitive Note;Β or
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Note,
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EXHIBITΒ C
Β
FORMΒ OF
CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Β
CMP Susquehanna Corp.
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx X.X., XxxxxΒ 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Fax No.:
(000)Β 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
Β
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
Corporate TrustΒ Services
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx X0000-000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Fax No.:
(000)Β 000-0000
Attention: CMP Susquehanna AccountΒ Manager
Β
Re:Β Β Variable Rate Senior Subordinated Secured Notes
due 2014
Β
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of
MarchΒ 26, 2009 (the βIndentureβ), among CMP
Susquehanna Corp., the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings given to them in the Indenture.
Β
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
(the βOwnerβ) owns and proposes to exchange the
Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the
principal amount of $Β Β Β Β Β in such
Note[s] or interests (the βExchangeβ). In
connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
Β
1.Β EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTESΒ OR
BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTEΒ FOR
UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTESΒ OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN AN
UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE
Β
(a)Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS
FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTEΒ TO
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In
connection with the Exchange of the Ownerβs beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest
in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the
Owner hereby certifies (i)Β the beneficial interest is being
acquired for the Ownerβs own account without transfer,
(ii)Β such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the
transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and
pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the βSecurities Actβ),
(iii)Β the restrictions on transfer contained in the
Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in
order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and
(iv)Β the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note
is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky
securities laws of any state of the United States.
Β
(b)Β [Β Β Β Β Β ]Β CHECK IF EXCHANGE
IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTEΒ TO
UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of
the Ownerβs beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies
(i)Β the Definitive Note is being acquired for the
Ownerβs own account without transfer, (ii)Β such
Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer
restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and
pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act,
(iii)Β the restrictions on transfer contained in the
Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in
order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and
(iv)Β the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance
with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the
United States.
Β
(c)Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS
FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTEΒ TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN
AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Ownerβs
Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby
certifies (i)Β the beneficial interest is being acquired for
the Ownerβs own account without transfer, (ii)Β such
Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer
restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and
pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act,
(iii)Β the restrictions on transfer contained in the
Indenture and the Private
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Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act and (iv)Β the beneficial
interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable
blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
Β
(d)Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS
FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTEΒ TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE
NOTE. In connection with the Ownerβs Exchange of a
Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
the Owner hereby certifies (i)Β the Unrestricted Definitive
Note is being acquired for the Ownerβs own account without
transfer, (ii)Β such Exchange has been effected in
compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to
Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance
with the Securities Act, (iii)Β the restrictions on transfer
contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are
not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act and (iv)Β the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being
acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities
laws of any state of the United States.
Β
2.Β EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTESΒ OR
BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTESΒ FOR
RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTESΒ OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN
RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES
Β
(a)Β [Β Β Β Β Β ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS
FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTEΒ TO
RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of
the Ownerβs beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount,
the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note
is being acquired for the Ownerβs own account without
transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted
Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the
restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement
Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the
Indenture and the Securities Act.
Β
(b)Β [Β Β Β Β Β ]Β CHECK IF EXCHANGE
IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTEΒ TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST
IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of
the Ownerβs Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial
interest in the [CHECK ONE]
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]Β 144A
Global
NoteΒ [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]Β RegulationΒ S
Global Note, with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby
certifies (i)Β the beneficial interest is being acquired for
the Ownerβs own account without transfer and (ii)Β such
Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer
restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and
pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in
compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any
state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed
Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the
beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions
on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed
on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and
the Securities Act.
Β
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made
for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer and are
datedΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β .
Β
[Insert Name of Transferor]
Β
Β
Name:
Β
Dated:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
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Β
EXHIBITΒ D
Β
[FORMΒ OF
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE
DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]
Β
Supplemental Indenture (this βSupplemental
Indentureβ), dated as
ofΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ,
amongΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
(the βGuaranteeing Subsidiaryβ), a subsidiary
of CMP Susquehanna Corp., a Delaware corporation (the
βIssuerβ), and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the
βTrusteeβ).
Β
W I T N E
S S E T H
Β
WHEREAS, each of CMP Susquehanna Corp. and the Guarantors (as
defined in the Indenture referred to below) has heretofore
executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the
βIndentureβ), dated as of MarchΒ 26, 2009,
providing for the issuance of an unlimited aggregate principal
amount of Variable Rate Senior Subordinated Secured Second Lien
Notes due 2014 (the βNotesβ);
Β
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances
the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the
Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of
the Issuerβs Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture
on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the
Indenture (the βGuaranteeβ);Β and
Β
WHEREAS, pursuant to SectionΒ 9.01 of the Indenture, the
Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture.
Β
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the
equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
Β
1.Β Β Capitalized
Terms.Β Β Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture.
Β
2.Β Β Agreement to
Guarantee.Β Β The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby
agrees as follows:
Β
(a)Β Along with all Guarantors named in the Indenture, to
jointly and severally unconditionally guarantee to each Holder
of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the
Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the
validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the
obligations of the Issuer hereunder or thereunder, that:
Β
(i)Β the principal of and interest, premium, if any, on the
Notes will 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 the Notes, if any,
if lawful, and all other obligations of the Issuer to the
Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly
paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof;Β and
Β
(ii)Β in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal
of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be
promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with
the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due
of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for
whatever reason, the Guarantors and the Guaranteeing Subsidiary
shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same
immediately. This is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee
of collection.
Β
(b)Β The obligations hereunder shall be unconditional,
irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of
the Notes or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce
the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with
respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any
judgment against the Issuer, any action to enforce the same or
any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal
or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor.
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Β
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(c)Β The following is hereby waived: diligence, presentment,
demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of
insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a
proceeding fast against the Issuer, protest, notice and all
demands whatsoever.
Β
(d)Β This Guarantee shall not be discharged except by
complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes,
the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, and the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary accepts all obligations of a Guarantor
under the Indenture.
Β
(e)Β If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court
or otherwise to return to the Issuer, the Guarantors (including
the Guaranteeing Subsidiary), or any custodian, trustee,
liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to
either the Issuer or the Guarantors, any amount paid either to
the Trustee or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent
theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and
effect.
Β
(f)Β The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall not be entitled to
any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect
of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of
all obligations guaranteed hereby.
Β
(g)Β As between the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, on the one
hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand,
(x)Β the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may
be accelerated as provided in ArticleΒ 6 of the Indenture
for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay,
injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in
respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y)Β in
the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations
as provided in ArticleΒ 6 of the Indenture, such obligations
(whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and
payable by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary for the purpose of this
Guarantee.
Β
(h)Β The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have the right to
seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the
exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders
under this Guarantee.
Β
(i)Β Pursuant to SectionΒ 12.02 of the Indenture, after
giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities that
are relevant under any applicable Bankruptcy or fraudulent
conveyance laws, and after giving effect to any collections
from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or
on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations
of such other Guarantor under ArticleΒ 12 of the Indenture,
this new Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount
permissible such that the obligations of such Guaranteeing
Subsidiary under this Guarantee will not constitute a fraudulent
transfer or conveyance.
Β
(j)Β This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect
and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or
against the Issuer for liquidation, reorganization, should the
Issuer become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of
creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all
or any significant part of the Issuerβs assets, and shall,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective
or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and
performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law,
rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or
returned by any obligee on the Notes and Guarantee, whether as a
βvoidable preferenceβ, βfraudulent transferβ
or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not
been made. In the event that any payment or any part thereof, is
rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Note shall, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed
reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced,
restored or returned.
Β
(k)Β In case any provision of this Guarantee shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way
be affected or impaired thereby.
Β
(l)Β This Guarantee shall be a second-priority senior
subordinated secured obligation of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary,
and shall be subordinated in right of payment to all existing
and future Senior Indebtedness of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary,
if any.
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Β
(m)Β Each payment to be made by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary
in respect of this Guarantee shall be made without set-off,
counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.
Β
3.Β Β Execution and
Delivery.Β Β The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees
that the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation
of such Guarantee on the Notes.
Β
4.Β Β Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or
Substantially All Assets.
Β
(a)Β Except as otherwise provided in SectionΒ 5.01(c) of
the Indenture, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary may not consolidate
or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Issuer
or Guaranteeing Subsidiary is the surviving corporation), or
sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of
all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or
more related transactions, to any Person unless:
Β
(i)Β (A)Β the Guaranteeing Subsidiary is the surviving
corporation or the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease,
conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a
corporation organized or existing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of organization of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as
the case may be, or the laws of the United States, any state
thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary or such Person, as the case may be,
being herein called the βSuccessor Personβ);
Β
(B)Β the Successor Person, if other than the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary, expressly assumes all the obligations of the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Indenture and the Guaranteeing
Subsidiaryβs related Guarantee pursuant to supplemental
indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee;
Β
(C)Β immediately after such transaction, no Default
exists;Β and
Β
(D)Β the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officerβs Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such
supplemental indentures, if any, comply with the
Indenture;Β or
Β
(ii)Β the transaction is made in compliance with
SectionΒ 4.10 of the Indenture;
Β
(b)Β Subject to certain limitations described in the
Indenture, the Successor Person will succeed to, and be
substituted for, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Indenture
and the Guaranteeing Subsidiaryβs Guarantee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary may
merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets
to another Guarantor or the Issuer.
Β
5.Β Β Releases.Β Β The Guarantee
of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be automatically and
unconditionally released and discharged, and no further action
by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, the Issuer or the Trustee is
required for the release of the Guaranteeing Subsidiaryβs
Guarantee, upon:
Β
(i)Β (A)Β any sale, exchange or transfer (by merger or
otherwise) of the Capital Stock of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary
(including any sale, exchange or transfer), after which the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary (in
the case of Subsidiary Guarantors) or all or substantially all
the assets of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary which sale, exchange
or transfer is made in compliance with the applicable provisions
of the Indenture;
Β
(B)Β the release or discharge of the guarantee by the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary of the Senior Credit Facilities or the
guarantee which resulted in the creation of the Guarantee,
except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under
such guarantee;
Β
(C)Β the designation of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary in compliance with SectionΒ 4.07(c)
of the Indenture;Β or
Β
(D)Β the Issuer exercising its Legal Defeasance option or
Covenant Defeasance option in accordance with ArticleΒ 8 of
the Indenture or the Issuerβs obligations under the
Indenture being discharged in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture;Β and
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Β
Β
(ii)Β delivery by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary to the Trustee
of an Officerβs Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the
Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Β
6.Β Β No Recourse Against
Others.Β Β No director, officer, employee,
incorporator or stockholder of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall
have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or the
Guarantors (including the Guaranteeing Subsidiary) under the
Notes, any Guarantees, the Indenture or .this Supplemental
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason
of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting
Notes waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
Β
7.Β Β
Governing Law.Β Β THIS
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.
Β
8.Β Β Counterparts.Β Β 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.
Β
9.Β Β Effect of Headings.Β Β The
Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof.
Β
10.Β Β The Trustee.Β Β The Trustee
shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in
respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental
Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein,
all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary.
Β
11.Β Β Subrogation.Β Β The
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be subrogated to all rights of
Holders of Notes against the Issuer in respect of any amounts
paid by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary pursuant to the provisions
of SectionΒ 2 hereof and SectionΒ 12.01 of the
Indenture; provided that, if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall
not be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out
of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all amounts
then due and payable by the Issuer under the Indenture or the
Notes shall have been paid in full.
Β
12.Β Β Benefits
Acknowledged.Β Β The Guaranteeing
Subsidiaryβs Guarantee is subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Indenture. The Guaranteeing
Subsidiary acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect
benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the
Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture and that the guarantee
and waivers made by it pursuant to this Guarantee are knowingly
made in contemplation of such benefits.
Β
13.Β Β Successors.Β Β All
agreements of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary in this Supplemental
Indenture shall bind its Successors, except as otherwise
provided in SectionΒ 2(k) hereof or elsewhere in this
Supplemental Indenture. All agreements of the Trustee in this
Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.
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Β
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date
first above written.
Β
[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]
Β
Name:Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A., as Trustee
Β
Name:Β Β Β Β Β Β
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Β
EXHIBITΒ E
Β
FORMΒ OF
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
Β
See attached.
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Β
INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT
Β
This INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, dated as of
MarchΒ [Β Β ], 2009, is entered into by and among
CMP SUSQUEHANNA RADIO HOLDINGS CORP., a Delaware corporation
(β
Holdingsβ), CMP SUSQUEHANNA CORP., a Delaware
corporation (the β
Borrowerβ), each other
Grantor (as hereinafter defined) from time to time party hereto,
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUSTΒ COMPANY AMERICAS, in its capacity as
collateral agent under the First-Lien Credit Documents (as
defined below) (together with its successors and assigns in such
capacity from time to time, the β
First-Lien Collateral
Agentβ), and XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A., in its capacity as
collateral agent under the Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Documents (as defined below) (together with its
successors and assigns in such capacity from time to time, the
β
Second-Lien Collateral Agentβ). Capitalized
terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings set forth in SectionΒ 1 below.
Β
RECITALS
Β
WHEREAS, Holdings, the Borrower, the First-Lien Lenders party
thereto from time to time, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, as administrative agent (in such capacity and together
with any successors and assigns in such capacity, the
βFirst-Lien Administrative Agentβ), are party
to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of MayΒ 5, 2006
(as amended, restated, supplemented, modified
and/or
Refinanced from time to time, the βFirst-Lien Credit
Agreementβ), providing for the making of term and
revolving loans to the Borrower, and the issuance of, and
participation in, letters of credit for the account of the
Borrower, all as provided therein;
Β
WHEREAS, on MarchΒ 9, 2009, the Borrower commenced an
exchange offer and solicitation of consents (the
βExchange Offerβ) pursuant to which it sought
to exchange $187.6Β million aggregate principal amount of
97/8%Β senior
subordinated unsecured notes due 2014 for up to
$15.0Β million initial aggregate principal amount of
Variable Rate Senior Subordinated Secured Second Lien Notes due
2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented, modified
and/or
Refinanced from time to time, the βSecond-Lien
Subordinated Notesβ), as well as preferred stock and
warrants, which Exchange Offer was completed on
MarchΒ [Β Β ], 2009;
Β
WHEREAS, the Second-Lien Subordinated Notes were issued on
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ],
2009 pursuant to that certain Indenture (as amended, restated,
supplemented, modified
and/or
Refinanced from time to time, the βSecond-Lien
Subordinated NotesΒ Indentureβ), dated as of
MarchΒ 26, 2009, among the Borrower, the Subsidiary
Guarantors thereunder, and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as Indenture
Trustee (in such capacity, and together with any successors and
assigns in such capacity, the βSecond-Lien Subordinated
Notes Trusteeβ);
Β
WHEREAS, the obligations of the Borrower and the other Grantors
under the First-Lien Documents are secured by substantially all
the assets of the Borrower and the other Grantors, respectively,
pursuant to the terms of the First-Lien Security Documents;
Β
WHEREAS, the obligations of the Borrower and the other Grantors
under the Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Documents will be
secured by substantially all the assets of the Borrower and the
other Grantors, respectively, pursuant to the terms of the
Second-Lien Subordinated Security Documents;
Β
WHEREAS, the First-Lien Credit Documents and the Second-Lien
Subordinated NotesΒ Documents provide, among other things,
that the parties thereto shall set forth in this Agreement their
respective rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral.
Β
WHEREAS, in order to induce the First-Lien Collateral Agent and
the First-Lien Creditors to consent to the Grantors incurring
the Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations and to induce the
First-Lien Creditors to enter into the First Amendment, continue
to extend credit and other financial accommodations and continue
to lend monies to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any
other Grantor, the Second-Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of the
Second-Lien Creditors (and each Second-Lien Creditor by its
acceptance of the benefits of the Second-Lien Subordinated
Security Documents) has agreed to the subordination,
intercreditor and other provisions set forth in this
Agreement;Β and
Β
WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Grantors may, from time to
time, incur additional secured debt which the Borrower and the
First-Lien Collateral Agent may agree may share a first-priority
security interest in the Collateral in accordance with the
First-Lien Credit Documents in existence at the time of such
incurrence;
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Β
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual
covenants and obligations herein set forth and for other good
and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be
legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
Β
SectionΒ 1.Β Β Definitions.
Β
1.1Β Β Defined Terms.Β Β As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Β
βAgreementβ means this Intercreditor
Agreement, as amended, restated, renewed, extended, supplemented
and/or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the
terms hereof.
Β
βBankruptcy Codeβ means titleΒ 11 of
the United States Code entitled βBankruptcy,β as now
and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
Β
βBankruptcy Lawβ means the Bankruptcy
Code and any similar federal, state or foreign law for the
relief of debtors.
Β
βBorrowerβ has the meaning set forth in
the first paragraph of this Agreement.
Β
βBusiness Dayβ means a day other than a
Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are
authorized or required by law or other government action to
close in the State of
New York.
Β
βCash Collateralβ has the meaning set
forth in SectionΒ 363(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Β
βCash Management Bankβ means any
First-Lien Lender or affiliate of a First-Lien Lender providing
Cash Management Services to Holdings, the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary (as defined in the First-Lien Credit
Agreement).
Β
βCash Management Obligationsβ means all
obligations owing by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary (as defined in the First-Lien Credit Agreement) to
any Cash Management Bank in respect of any Cash Management
Services (including, without limitation, indemnities, fees and
interest thereon and all interest and fees that accrue on or
after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding at the rate provided for in the respective documents
governing the Cash Management Services, whether or not a claim
for post-petition interest or fees is allowed in any such
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), now existing or hereafter
incurred under, arising out of or in connection with such Cash
Management Services, and the due performance and compliance by
Holdings, the Borrower and each Grantor with the terms,
conditions and agreements of such Cash Management Services.
Β
βCash Management Servicesβ means
treasury, depository
and/or cash
management services or any automated clearing house transfer
services.
Β
βCollateralβ means all of the assets and
property of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed,
constituting First-Lien Collateral
and/or
Second-Lien Collateral.
Β
βCollateral Agentβ means, as the context
requires, collectively, the First-Lien Collateral Agent and the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent.
Β
βComparable Second-Lien Subordinated Security
Documentβ means, in relation to any Shared
Collateral subject to any Lien created under any First-Lien
Security Document, that Second-Lien Subordinated Security
Document which creates a Lien on the same Shared Collateral,
granted by the same Grantor.
Β
βCreditorsβ means, collectively, the
First-Lien Creditors and the Second-Lien Creditors.
Β
βDefaulting Creditorβ has the meaning
set forth in SectionΒ 5.7(d) hereof.
Β
βDischarge of First-Lien Credit Agreement
Obligationsβ means, except to the extent otherwise
provided in SectionΒ 5.6 hereof (and subject to
SectionΒ 6.5 hereof), (a)Β payment in full in cash of
the principal of and interest (including interest accruing on or
after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding at the rate provided for in the respective First-Lien
Credit Documents, whether or not such interest would be allowed
in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) and premium, if
any, on all Indebtedness outstanding under the First-Lien Credit
Documents, (b)Β payment in full in cash of all other
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First-Lien Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations and Cash
Management Obligations) that are due and payable or otherwise
accrued and owing at or prior to the time such principal and
interest are paid, (c)Β termination (without any prior
demand for payment thereunder having been made or, if made, with
such demand having been fully reimbursed in cash) or cash
collateralization (in an amount and manner, and on terms,
satisfactory to the First-Lien Collateral Agent) of all letters
of credit issued by any First-Lien Creditor and
(d)Β termination of all other commitments of the First-Lien
Creditors under the First-Lien Credit Documents.
Β
βDischarge of First-Lien Obligationsβ
means, except to the extent otherwise provided in
SectionΒ 5.6 hereof (and subject to SectionΒ 6.5
hereof), (a)Β payment in full in cash of the principal of
and interest (including interest accruing on or after the
commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding at the
rate provided for in the respective First-Lien Document, whether
or not such interest would be allowed in any such Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding) and premium, if any, on all Indebtedness
outstanding under the First-Lien Documents, (b)Β payment in
full in cash of all other First-Lien Obligations that are due
and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the
time such principal, interest and premium are paid,
(c)Β termination (without any prior demand for payment
thereunder having been made or, if made, with such demand having
been fully reimbursed in cash) or cash collateralization (in an
amount and manner, and on terms, satisfactory to the First-Lien
Collateral Agent) of all letters of credit, Secured Hedge
Agreements and Cash Management Services issued or entered into,
as the case may be, by any First-Lien Creditor and
(d)Β termination of all other commitments of the First-Lien
Creditors under the First-Lien Credit Documents.
Β
βDispositionβ has the meaning set forth
in SectionΒ 5.1(a)(ii) hereof.
Β
βEligible Purchaserβ has the meaning set
forth in SectionΒ 5.7(a) hereof.
Β
βEquity Interestsβ means, with respect
to any Person, all of the shares, interests, rights,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of
capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests or
units in) such Person and all of the warrants, options or other
rights for the purchase, acquisition or exchange from such
Person of any of the foregoing (including through convertible
securities).
Β
βExchange Offerβ has the meaning set
forth in the recitals hereto.
Β
βExcluded Collateralβ means all Equity
Interests of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, debt securities
(including intercompany notes) held by Holdings, the Borrower
and each Subsidiary Guarantor, all leased and owned real
property of Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor
and all other βExcluded Propertyβ (or comparable term)
under, and as defined in, the Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Documents (as in effect on the date hereof).
Β
βFirst Amendmentβ means that certain
First Amendment to Credit Agreement; and First Amendment to
Security Agreement, dated as of MarchΒ [Β Β ], 2009,
among Borrower, Holdings, the Subsidiary Guarantors party
thereto, the First-Lien Lenders, and the First-Lien
Administrative Agent.
Β
βFirst-Lien Administrative Agentβ has
the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Β
βFirst-Lien Collateralβ means all of the
assets and property of any Grantor, whether real, personal or
mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted (or purported to
be granted) as security for any First-Lien Obligations.
Β
βFirst-Lien Collateral Agentβ has the
meaning provided in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
Β
βFirst-Lien Credit Agreementβ has the
meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Β
βFirst-Lien Credit Documentsβ means the
First-Lien Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as
defined in the First-Lien Credit Agreement) and each of the
other agreements, documents and instruments providing for or
evidencing any other First-Lien Obligation and any other
document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in
connection with any First-Lien Obligation (including any
intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of First-Lien
Obligations but excluding Secured Hedge Agreements and the
documents governing the Cash Management Obligations), to the
extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be
amended, modified, restated, supplemented, replaced
and/or
Refinanced from time to time.
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Β
βFirst-Lien Creditorsβ means, at any
relevant time, the holders of First-Lien Obligations at such
time, including, without limitation, the First-Lien Lenders, the
Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, the First-Lien
Collateral Agent, the First-Lien Administrative Agent and the
other agents and arrangers under the First-Lien Credit Agreement.
Β
βFirst-Lien Documentsβ means and
includes the First-Lien Credit Documents, the Secured Hedge
Agreements entered into with one or more Hedge Banks and the
documents governing the Cash Management Obligations.
Β
βFirst-Lien Guarantorsβ means Holdings,
the Borrower and any Subsidiary Guarantor under the First Lien
Credit Agreement.
Β
βFirst-Lien Lendersβ means the
βLendersβ under, and as defined in, the First-Lien
Credit Agreement; provided that the term βFirst-Lien
Lenderβ shall in any event also include each letter of
credit issuer and each swingline lender under the First-Lien
Credit Agreement.
Β
βFirst-Lien Obligationsβ means
(i)Β all Obligations outstanding under the First-Lien Credit
Agreement and the other First-Lien Credit Documents,
(ii)Β all Hedging Obligations and (iii)Β all Cash
Management Obligations. βFirst-Lien
Obligationsβ shall in any event include: (a)Β all
interest accrued or accruing (or which would, absent
commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (and the
effect of provisions such as SectionΒ 502(b)(2) of the
Bankruptcy Code), accrue) on or after the commencement of an
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with the rate
specified in the relevant First-Lien Document, whether or not
the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim in such
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (b)Β any and all fees
and expenses (including attorneysβ
and/or
financial consultantsβ fees and expenses) incurred by the
First-Lien Collateral Agent, the First-Lien Administrative Agent
and the First-Lien Creditors on or after the commencement of an
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not the claim
for fees and expenses is allowed under SectionΒ 506(b) of
the Bankruptcy Code or any other provision of the Bankruptcy
Code or Bankruptcy Law as a claim in such Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding, and (c)Β all obligations and
liabilities of each Grantor under each First-Lien Document to
which it is a party which, but for the automatic stay under
SectionΒ 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, would become due.
Β
βFirst-Lien Required Lendersβ means the
βRequired Lendersβ under, and as defined in, the
First-Lien Credit Agreement.
Β
βFirst-Lien Security Agreementβ means
the Security Agreement, dated as of MayΒ 5, 2006, among the
Borrower, the other Grantors from time to time party thereto and
the First-Lien Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended,
supplemented, restated, modified
and/or
Refinanced from time to time.
Β
βFirst-Lien Security Documentsβ means
the First-Lien Security Agreement, each Mortgage encumbering a
Mortgaged Property (each as defined in the First-Lien Credit
Agreement) and any other agreement, document, mortgage or
instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted (or purported to
be granted) securing any First-Lien Obligations or under which
rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are governed, as
the same may be amended, supplemented, restated, modified
and/or
Refinanced from time to time.
Β
βGovernmental Authorityβ means the
government of the United States of America or any other nation,
or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local,
and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body,
court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative
powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including
any supranational bodies such as the European Union or the
European Central Bank).
Β
βGrantorsβ means Holdings, the Borrower
and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors that have executed and
delivered, or may from time to time hereafter execute and
deliver, a First-Lien Security Document or a Second-Lien
Subordinated Security Document.
Β
βHedge Bankβ means any Person that is a
First-Lien Lender or an affiliate of a First-Lien Creditor at
the time it enters into a Secured Hedge Agreement, in its
capacity as a party thereto, and such Personβs successors
and assigns.
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Β
βHedging Obligationsβ means (i)Β the
full and prompt payment when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all obligations
(including obligations which, but for the automatic stay under
SectionΒ 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, would become due)
and liabilities (including, without limitation, indemnities,
fees and interest thereon and all interest and fees that accrue
on or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding at the rate provided for in the respective Secured
Hedge Agreement, whether or not a claim for post-petition
interest or fees is allowed in any such Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding) of each Grantor owing to the Hedge
Banks, now existing or hereafter incurred under, arising out of
or in connection with each Secured Hedge Agreement (including
all such obligations and indebtedness under any guarantee of any
such Secured Hedge Agreement to which each Grantor is a party)
and (ii)Β the due performance and compliance by each Grantor
with the terms, conditions and agreements of each Secured Hedge
Agreement.
Β
βIndebtednessβ means and includes all
Obligations that constitute βIndebtednessβ within the
meaning of the First-Lien Credit Agreement or the Second-Lien
Subordinated NotesΒ Indenture.
Β
βInsolvency or Liquidation Proceedingβ
means (a)Β any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding
under the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Grantor,
(b)Β any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency,
reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any
receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case
or proceeding with respect to any Grantor or with respect to a
material portion of its respective assets, (c)Β any
liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any
Grantor, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not
involving insolvency or bankruptcy or (d)Β any assignment
for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets
and liabilities of any Grantor.
Β
βLetters of Creditβ means βLetters
of Creditβ under, and as defined in, the First-Lien Credit
Agreement.
Β
βLienβ means any mortgage, pledge,
security interest, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge
preference, priority or other security interest or agreement, or
preferential payment of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including, without limitation, any agreement to give any of the
foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on
title to real property, any financing or similar statement or
notice filed under the UCC or any other similar recording or
notice statute, and any Capitalized Lease (as defined in the
First-Lien Credit Agreement) having substantially the same
effect as any of the foregoing).
Β
βLoansβ means βLoansβ under,
and as defined in, the First-Lien Credit Agreement.
Β
βNew Agentβ has the meaning set forth in
SectionΒ 5.6 hereof.
Β
βObligationsβ means any and all
obligations (including guaranty obligations) with respect to the
payment and performance of (a)Β any principal of or interest
or premium on any indebtedness, including any reimbursement
obligation in respect of any letter of credit, or any other
liability, including interest or any premium that accrues on or
after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding of any Grantor at the rate provided for in the
respective documentation, whether or not a claim for
post-petition interest or premium is allowed in any such
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (b)Β any fees,
indemnification obligations, expense reimbursement obligations
or other liabilities payable under the documentation governing
any indebtedness (including, without limitation, the retaking,
holding, selling or otherwise disposing of or realizing on the
Collateral), (c)Β any obligation to post cash collateral in
respect of letters of credit or any other obligations, and
(d)Β all performance obligations under the documentation
governing any indebtedness.
Β
βOther First-Lien Obligationsβ shall
mean the Hedging Obligations and the Cash Management Obligations.
Β
βParity Lien Debtβ means any additional
notes and any other Indebtedness having substantially identical
terms as the Second-Lien Subordinated Notes (other than issue
date, issue price, interest rate, yield and redemption terms)
and issued under an indenture substantially identical to the
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Indenture and any
Indebtedness that refinances or refunds (or successive
refinancing and refunding) such additional notes and other
Indebtedness, and all Obligations with respect to such
additional notes and other Indebtedness; provided,
however, that such Indebtedness may (a)Β have a
stated maturity date that is
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equal to or longer than the Second-Lien Subordinated Notes,
(b)Β contain terms and covenants that are less than
restrictive than the terms and covenants under the Second-Lien
Subordinated Notes and (c)Β contain terms and covenants that
are more restrictive than the terms and covenants under the
Second-Lien Subordinated Notes, so long as prior to or
substantially simultaneously with the issuance of any such
Indebtedness, the Second-Lien Subordinated Notes and the
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Indenture are amended to
contain any more such restrictive terms and covenants; and
provided, further that for purposes of this
Agreement, βParity Lien Debtβ will only constitute
βParity Lien Debtβ if the incurrence of the same is
subordinated in right of payment to the First-Lien Obligations
on the same terms as the Second-Lien Subordinated Notes and is
otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to the terms of the
First-Lien Documents and the Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Documents.
Β
βPersonβ means any natural person,
individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation,
association, limited liability company, trust or other
enterprise, or any Governmental Authority or other entity.
Β
βPledged Collateralβ means (a)Β the
βPledged Collateralβ under, and as defined in, the
First-Lien Security Agreement, and (b)Β any other Collateral
in the possession of the First-Lien Collateral Agent (or its
agents or bailees), to the extent that possession thereof is
taken to perfect a Lien thereon under the Uniform Commercial
Code or other applicable local law.
Β
βPost-Petition Financingβ has the
meaning set forth in SectionΒ 6.1 hereof.
Β
βPriority Lienβ has the meaning set
forth in SectionΒ 5.1(c) hereof.
Β
βRecoveryβ has the meaning set forth in
SectionΒ 6.5 hereof.
Β
βRefinanceβ means, in respect of any
indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend,
modify, supplement, restructure, replace, refund or repay, or to
issue other indebtedness, in exchange or replacement for, such
indebtedness. βRefinancedβ and
βRefinancingβ shall have correlative meanings.
Β
βRemedial Actionβ has the meaning set
forth in SectionΒ 5.1(a)(i) hereof.
Β
βRequired First-Lien Creditorsβ means
(i)Β at all times prior to the occurrence of the Discharge
of First-Lien Credit Agreement Obligations, the First-Lien
Required Lenders (or, to the extent required by the First-Lien
Credit Agreement, each of the First-Lien Lenders), and
(ii)Β at all times after the occurrence of the Discharge of
First-Lien Credit Agreement Obligations, the holders of at least
the majority of the then outstanding Other First-Lien
Obligations (determined by the First-Lien Collateral Agent in
such reasonable manner as is acceptable to it).
Β
βSecond-Lien Collateralβ means all of
the assets of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, with
respect to which a Lien is granted (or purported to be granted)
as security for any Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations, which,
for the avoidance of doubt, does not include any Excluded
Collateral.
Β
βSecond-Lien Collateral Agentβ has the
meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
Β
βSecond-Lien Creditorsβ means, at any
relevant time, the holders of Second-Lien Subordinated
Obligations at such time, including, without limitation, the
Second-Lien Noteholders, the Second-Lien Collateral Agent,
Second-Lien Subordinated Notes Trustee and any other agents
under the Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Indenture.
Β
βSecond-Lien Noteholdersβ means the
βHoldersβ under, and as defined in, the Second-Lien
Subordinated NotesΒ Indenture.
Β
βSecond-Lien Subordinated Obligationsβ
means all Obligations outstanding under the Second-Lien
Subordinated NotesΒ Indenture and the other Second-Lien
Subordinated NotesΒ Documents. βSecond-Lien
Subordinated Obligationsβ shall in any event include:
(a)Β all interest accrued or accruing (or which would,
absent commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding
(and the effect of provisions such as SectionΒ 502(b)(2) of
the Bankruptcy Code), accrue) on or after commencement of an
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with the rate
specified in the relevant Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Document whether or not the claim for such interest
is allowed as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation
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Proceeding, (b)Β any and all fees and expenses (including
attorneysβ
and/or
financial consultantsβ fees and expenses) incurred by the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent and the Second-Lien Creditors on or
after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding, whether or not the claim for fees and expenses is
allowed under SectionΒ 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any
other provision of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Law as a
claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, and
(c)Β all obligations and liabilities of each Grantor under
each Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Document to which it is
a party which, but for the automatic stay under
SectionΒ 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, would become due.
Β
βSecond-Lien Subordinated Notesβ has the
meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Β
βSecond-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Documentsβ means the Second-Lien
Subordinated NotesΒ Indenture, the Second-Lien Subordinated
Security Agreement and each of the other agreements, documents
and instruments providing for or evidencing any other
Second-Lien Subordinated Obligation, and any other document or
instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with
any Second-Lien Subordinated Obligation, to the extent such are
effective at the relevant time, as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented, modified
and/or
Refinanced from time to time.
Β
βSecond-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Indentureβ has the meaning set forth in
the recitals hereto.
Β
βSecond-Lien Subordinated Notes Trusteeβ has
the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Β
βSecond-Lien Subordinated Security
Agreementβ means the Security Agreement, dated as
of MarchΒ 26, 2009, among the Borrower, the other Grantors
from time to time party thereto and the Second-Lien Collateral
Agent, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented,
modified
and/or
Refinanced from time to time.
Β
βSecond-Lien Subordinated Security
Documentsβ means the Second-Lien Subordinated
Security Agreement and any other agreement, document, mortgage
or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted (or purported
to be granted) securing any Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations
or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are
governed, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented,
modified
and/or
Refinanced from time to time.
Β
βSecured Hedge Agreementsβ means and
includes each Swap Contract permitted under the First-Lien
Credit Agreement that is entered into by and between the
Borrower, any First-Lien Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary
(as defined in the First-Lien Credit Agreement) and any Hedge
Bank.
Β
βSecurity Documentsβ means,
collectively, the First-Lien Security Documents and the
Second-Lien Subordinated Security Documents.
Β
βShared Collateralβ means all Collateral
other than Excluded Collateral.
Β
βSubsidiaryβ of any Person means and
includes (i)Β any corporation more than 50% of whose stock
of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary
voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such
corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of
any class or classes of such corporation shall have or might
have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency)
is at the time owned by such Person
and/or one
or more Subsidiaries of such Person and (ii)Β any
partnership, limited liability company, association, joint
venture or other entity (other than a corporation) in which such
Person
and/or one
or more Subsidiaries of such Person has more than a 50% equity
interest at the time.
Β
βSubsidiary Guarantorsβ means each
Subsidiary of the Borrower which enters into a guaranty of any
First-Lien Obligations or Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations.
Β
βSwap Contractβ means (a)Β any and
all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative
transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps,
commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity
index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps
or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond
index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign
exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions,
collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency
rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any
other similar transactions or any combination of any of the
foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the
foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by
or subject to any master agreement, and (b)Β any and all
transactions of any kind, and the related
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confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of,
or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any
International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other
master agreement, including any such obligations or liabilities
under any such master agreement.
Β
βUniform Commercial Codeβ or
βUCCβ means the Uniform Commercial Code
as from time to time in effect in the relevant jurisdiction.
Β
1.2Β Β Terms Generally.Β Β The
definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular
and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may
require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and neuter forms. The words βincludeβ,
βincludesβ and βincludingβ shall be deemed
to be followed by the phrase βwithout limitation.β The
word βwillβ shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect as the word βshallβ. Unless the
context requires otherwise (a)Β any definition of or
reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein
shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or
other document as from time to time amended, supplemented,
restated or otherwise modified, (b)Β any reference herein to
any Person shall be construed to include such Personβs
successors and assigns, (c)Β the words βhereinβ,
βhereofβ and βhereunderβ, and words of
similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in
its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof,
(d)Β all references herein to Exhibits or Sections shall be
construed to refer to Exhibits or Sections of this Agreement,
(e)Β the words βassetβ and βpropertyβ
shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to
refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and
properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract
rights, (f)Β terms defined in the UCC but not otherwise
defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as are
assigned thereto in the UCC, (g)Β a reference to any law
means such law as amended, modified, codified, replaced or
re-enacted, in whole or in part, and in effect on the date
hereof, including rules, regulations, enforcement procedures and
any interpretations promulgated thereunder, and
(h)Β references to Sections or clauses shall refer to those
portions of this Agreement, and any references to a clause
shall, unless otherwise identified, refer to the appropriate
clause within the same Section in which such reference occurs.
Β
SectionΒ 2.Β Β Priority
of Liens.
Β
2.1Β Subordination; Etc.Β Β Notwithstanding
the date, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of
any Liens securing the Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations
granted on the Collateral or of any Liens securing the
First-Lien Obligations granted on the Collateral and
notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, any other applicable
law, this Agreement, the First-Lien Documents or the Second-Lien
Subordinated NotesΒ Documents to the contrary, or any other
circumstance whatsoever (including any non-perfection of any
Lien purporting to secure the First-Lien Obligations
and/or
Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations), the Second-Lien
Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second-Lien
Creditors, and each other Second-Lien Creditor (by its
acceptance of the benefits of the Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Documents) hereby agrees that: (a)Β any Lien on
the Collateral securing any First-Lien Obligations now or
hereafter held by or on behalf of the First-Lien Collateral
Agent or any First-Lien Creditor or any agent or trustee
therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant,
possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise,
shall be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the
Collateral securing any of the Second-Lien Subordinated
Obligations; (b)Β any Lien on the Collateral now or
hereafter held by or on behalf of the Second-Lien Collateral
Agent, any Second-Lien Creditor or any agent or trustee therefor
regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession,
statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be
junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the
Collateral securing any First-Lien Obligations, and (c)Β it
will not take or cause to be taken any action the purpose or
effect of which is, or could be, to make any Lien securing the
Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations pari passu with, or to give
the Second-Lien Collateral Agent or Second-Lien Creditors any
preference or priority relative to, any Lien securing the
First-Lien Obligations with respect to the Collateral or any
part thereof. All Liens on the Collateral securing any
First-Lien Obligations shall be and remain senior in all
respects and prior to all Liens on the Collateral securing any
Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations for all purposes, whether
or not such Liens securing any First-Lien Obligations are
subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the
Borrower, any other Grantor or any other Person. The parties
hereto acknowledge and agree that it is their intent that
(i)Β the First-Lien Obligations (and the security therefor)
constitute a separate and distinct class (and separate and
distinct claims) from the Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations
(and the security therefor) and (ii)Β the grant of Liens
securing payment and performance of the First-Lien Obligations
and the grant of Liens securing payment and performance of the
Second-Lien
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Subordinated Obligations create two separate and distinct Liens
with each such Lien securing only the corresponding Obligations.
Β
2.2Β Β Prohibition on Contesting
Liens.Β Β Each of the Second-Lien Collateral Agent,
for itself and on behalf of each Second-Lien Creditor, and the
First-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each
First-Lien Creditor, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives
any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting,
in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding), (i)Β the validity or enforceability of any
Security Document or any Obligation thereunder, (ii)Β the
validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens,
mortgages, assignments and security interests granted pursuant
to the Security Documents with respect to the First-Lien
Obligations or the Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations or
(iii)Β the relative rights and duties of the holders of the
First-Lien Obligations and the Second-Lien Subordinated
Obligations granted
and/or
established in this Agreement or any other Security Document
with respect to such Liens, mortgages, assignments, and security
interests; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to prevent or impair the rights of the First-Lien
Collateral Agent or any First-Lien Creditor to enforce this
Agreement, including the priority of the Liens securing the
First-Lien Obligations as provided in SectionΒ 2.1 hereof.
Β
2.3Β Β No New Liens.Β Β So long as the
Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has not occurred, the
parties hereto agree that the Borrower shall not, and shall not
permit any other Grantor to, grant or permit any additional
Liens, or take any action to perfect any additional Liens, on
any asset or property to secure any Second-Lien Subordinated
Obligation unless it has also granted or contemporaneously
grants a Lien on such asset or property to secure the First-Lien
Obligations and has taken all actions to perfect such Liens. To
the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with
for any reason, without limiting any other rights and remedies
available to the First-Lien Collateral Agent
and/or the
other First-Lien Creditors, the Second-Lien Collateral Agent, on
behalf of itself and the other Second-Lien Creditors, and each
other Second-Lien Creditor (by its acceptance of the benefits of
the Second-Lien Subordinated Notes Documents), agrees that any
amounts received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or
as a result of Liens granted in contravention of this
SectionΒ 2.3 shall be subject to SectionΒ 4.2 hereof.
Β
2.4Β Β Similar Liens and
Agreements.Β Β The parties hereto agree that it is
their intention that the Second-Lien Collateral shall not be
more expansive than the First-Lien Collateral, and shall not
include any Excluded Collateral. In furtherance of the foregoing
and of SectionΒ 8.9 hereof, the Second-Lien Collateral Agent
and the other Second-Lien Creditors agree, subject to the other
provisions of this Agreement:
Β
(i)Β upon request by the First-Lien Collateral Agent, to
cooperate in good faith (and to direct their counsel to
cooperate in good faith) from time to time in order to determine
the specific items included in the Second-Lien Collateral and
the steps taken to perfect the Liens thereon and the identity of
the respective parties obligated under the Second-Lien
Subordinated NotesΒ Documents;Β and
Β
(ii)Β that the guarantors for the First-Lien Obligations and
the Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations shall be identical.
Β
SectionΒ 3.Β Β Enforcement.
Β
3.1Β Β Exercise of
Remedies.Β Β (a)Β So long as the Discharge of
First-Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or
against the Borrower or any other Grantor: (i)Β the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent and the other Second-Lien Creditors
will not exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies
(including setoff) with respect to any Collateral (including,
without limitation, the exercise of any right under any lockbox
agreement, control account agreement, landlord waiver or
baileeβs letter or similar agreement or arrangement to
which the Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any Second-Lien
Creditor is a party) or institute or commence, or join with any
Person in commencing, any action or proceeding with respect to
such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure,
enforcement, collection or execution and any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding), and will not contest, protest or object
to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the
First-Lien Collateral Agent or any other First-Lien Creditor or
any other exercise by the First-Lien Collateral Agent or any
other First-Lien Creditor, of any rights and remedies relating
to the Collateral under the First-Lien Credit Documents or
otherwise, or object to the forbearance by the First-Lien
Collateral Agent or the other First-Lien Creditors from bringing
or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other
exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Collateral;
and (ii)Β the First-Lien Collateral Agent shall have the
exclusive
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right, and the Required First-Lien Creditors shall have the
exclusive right to instruct the First-Lien Collateral Agent, to
enforce rights, exercise remedies (including setoff and the
right to credit bid their debt) and make determinations
regarding the release, disposition, or restrictions with respect
to the Collateral without any consultation with or the consent
of the Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second-Lien
Creditor, all as though the Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations
did not exist; provided, that, (A)Β in any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against the Borrower or
any other Grantor, the Second-Lien Collateral Agent may file a
claim or statement of interest with respect to the Second-Lien
Subordinated Obligations, (B)Β the Second-Lien Collateral
Agent may take any action (not adverse to the prior Liens on the
Collateral securing the First-Lien Obligations, or the rights of
the First-Lien Collateral Agent or the other First-Lien
Creditors to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to
preserve or protect its Lien on the Shared Collateral in a
manner not otherwise inconsistent with the terms of this
Agreement, and (C)Β the Second-Lien Creditors shall be
entitled to file any necessary responsive or defensive pleading
in opposition to any motion, claim, adversary proceeding or
other pleading made by any Person objecting to or otherwise
seeking the disallowance of the claims of the Second-Lien
Creditors, including any claim secured by the Shared Collateral,
if any, in each case in a manner not otherwise inconsistent with
the terms of this Agreement. In exercising rights and remedies
with respect to the Collateral, the First-Lien Collateral Agent
and the other First-Lien Creditors may enforce the provisions of
the First-Lien Credit Documents and exercise remedies
thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may
determine in the exercise of their sole discretion. Such
exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent
appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of Collateral
upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale
or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a
secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code of any
applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under
Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
Β
(b)Β The Second-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself
and the Second-Lien Creditors, agrees that it will not take or
receive any Collateral or any proceeds of Collateral in
connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including
setoff) with respect to any Collateral, unless and until the
Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the
Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, the sole right
of the Second-Lien Collateral Agent and the other Second-Lien
Creditors with respect to the Collateral is to hold a Lien on
the Shared Collateral pursuant to the Second-Lien Subordinated
Security Documents for the period and to the extent granted
therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any,
after the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred in
accordance with the terms of the Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Documents and applicable law (it being understood
that at no time shall the Second-Lien Collateral Agent and the
other Second-Lien Creditors have any rights with respect to the
Excluded Collateral).
Β
(c)Β The Second-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on
behalf of the Second-Lien Creditors, and each other Second-Lien
Creditor (by its acceptance of the benefits of the Second-Lien
Subordinated NotesΒ Documents), (i)Β agrees that the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent and the other Second-Lien Creditors
will not take any action that would hinder, delay, limit or
prohibit any exercise of remedies under the First-Lien Credit
Documents, including any collection, sale, lease, exchange,
transfer or other disposition of the Collateral, whether by
foreclosure or otherwise, or that would limit, invalidate, avoid
or set aside any Lien or Security Document or subordinate the
priority of the First-Lien Obligations to the Second-Lien
Subordinated Obligations or grant the Liens securing the
Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations equal ranking to the Liens
securing the First-Lien Obligations and (ii)Β hereby waives
any and all rights it or the Second-Lien Creditors may have as a
junior lien creditor or otherwise (whether arising under the UCC
or under any other law) to object to the manner in which the
First-Lien Collateral Agent or the other First-Lien Creditors
seek to enforce or collect the First-Lien Obligations or the
Liens granted in any of the First-Lien Collateral, regardless of
whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of the
First-Lien Collateral Agent or First-Lien Creditors is adverse
to the interest of the Second-Lien Creditors.
Β
(d)Β The Second-Lien Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges
and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained
in the Second-Lien Subordinated Security Documents or any other
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Document shall be deemed to
restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the First-Lien
Collateral Agent or the other First-Lien Creditors with respect
to the Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the
First-Lien Documents.
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(e)Β
The
Second-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the
Second-Lien Creditors, and each Second-Lien Creditor (by its
acceptance of the benefits of the Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Documents) agrees that the Second-Lien Collateral
Agent and the other Second-Lien Creditors will not, without the
prior written consent of the Required First-Lien Creditors (or
the First-Lien Collateral Agent at their direction or with their
consent), issue any payment blockage or similar notice with
respect to any obligations that are subordinated in right of
payment to any First-Lien Obligations before the Discharge of
First-Lien Credit Agreement Obligations has occurred.
Β
3.2Β Β Actions Upon
Breach.Β Β (a)Β If any Second-Lien Creditor,
contrary to this Agreement, commences or participates in any
action or proceeding against any Grantor or the Collateral, any
First-Lien Creditor may intervene and interpose as a defense or
dilatory plea the making of this Agreement, in its name or in
the name of such Grantor.
Β
(b)Β Should any Second-Lien Creditor, contrary to this
Agreement, in any way take, attempt to or threaten to take any
action with respect to the Collateral (including, without
limitation, any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy
with respect to this Agreement), or take any other action in
violation of this Agreement or fail to take any action required
by this Agreement, the First-Lien Collateral Agent or any other
First-Lien Creditor (in its own name or in the name of the
relevant Grantor), with the prior written consent of the
First-Lien Collateral Agent, (i)Β may obtain relief against
such Second-Lien Creditor by injunction, specific performance
and/or other
appropriate equitable relief, it being understood and agreed by
the Second-Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of each Second-Lien
Creditor that (x)Β the First-Lien Creditorsβ damages
from its actions may at that time be difficult to ascertain and
may be irreparable, and (y)Β each Second-Lien Creditor
waives any defense that the First-Lien Creditors cannot
demonstrate damage
and/or be
made whole by the awarding of damages, and (ii)Β shall be
entitled to damages, as well as reimbursement for all reasonable
and documented costs and expenses incurred in connection with
any action to enforce the provisions of this Agreement.
Β
SectionΒ 4.Β Β Payments.
Β
4.1Β Β Application of Proceeds.Β Β So
long as the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has not
occurred, any proceeds of any Collateral pursuant to the
enforcement of any Security Document or the exercise of any
remedial provision thereunder, together with all other proceeds
received by any Creditor (including all funds received in
respect of post-petition interest or fees and expenses) as a
result of any such enforcement or the exercise of any such
remedial provision or as a result of any distribution of or in
respect of any Collateral (whether or not expressly
characterized as such) upon or in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding with respect to any Grantor, or the application of
any Collateral (or proceeds thereof) to the payment thereof or
any distribution of Collateral (or proceeds thereof) upon the
liquidation or dissolution of any Grantor, shall be applied by
the First-Lien Collateral Agent to the First-Lien Obligations in
such order as specified in the relevant First-Lien Security
Document (it being understood that any payment of the fees and
expenses of the Second-Lien Collateral Agent shall not
constitute a distribution of or in respect of Collateral for
purposes of this Agreement, provided, however, that this
understanding does not constitute and may not be construed as an
agreement or consent of the First-Lien Collateral Agent or any
of the First-Lien Creditors to the payment of the Second-Lien
Collateral Agentβs fees or expenses in any respects). Upon
the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, the First-Lien
Collateral Agent shall deliver to the Second-Lien Collateral
Agent any proceeds of Shared Collateral held by it in the same
form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court
of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, to be applied by
the Second-Lien Collateral Agent to the Second-Lien Subordinated
Obligations in such order as specified in the Second-Lien
Subordinated Security Documents.
Β
4.2Β Β Payments Over.Β Β Until such time
as the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, any
Collateral or proceeds thereof (together with assets or proceeds
subject to Liens referred to in the final sentence of
SectionΒ 2.3 hereof) (or any distribution in respect of the
Collateral, whether or not expressly characterized as such)
received by the Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any other
Second-Lien Creditors in connection with the exercise of any
right or remedy (including setoff) relating to the Collateral or
that is otherwise inconsistent with this Agreement shall be
segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to the
First-Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First-Lien
Creditors in the same form as received, with any necessary
endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may
otherwise direct. The First-Lien Collateral Agent is hereby
authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any such other Second-Lien
Creditors. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is
irrevocable until such time as this Agreement is terminated in
accordance with its terms.
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SectionΒ 5.Β Β Other
Agreements.
Β
5.1Β Β Releases.
Β
(a)Β If, in connection with:
Β
(i)Β the exercise of the First-Lien Collateral Agentβs
remedies in respect of the Collateral provided for in
SectionΒ 3.1 hereof, including any sale, lease, exchange,
transfer or other disposition of any such Collateral (any of the
foregoing, a βRemedial Actionβ);
Β
(ii)Β any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other
disposition (any of the foregoing, a
βDispositionβ) of any Collateral permitted
under the terms of the First-Lien Credit Documents (whether or
not an βevent of defaultβ thereunder or under any
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Document has occurred and is
continuing);Β or
Β
(iii)Β any agreement (not contravening the First-Lien Credit
Documents) between the First-Lien Collateral Agent and the
Borrower or any other Grantor (x)Β to release the First-Lien
Collateral Agentβs Lien on any portion of the Collateral or
(y)Β to release any Grantor from its obligations under its
guaranty of the First-Lien Obligations;
Β
there occurs the release by the First-Lien Collateral Agent,
acting on its own or at the direction of the Required First-Lien
Creditors, of any of its Liens on any part of the Collateral, or
of any Grantor from its obligations under its guaranty of the
First-Lien Obligations, then the Liens, if any, of the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and for the benefit of
the other Second-Lien Creditors, on such Collateral, and the
obligations of such Grantor under its guaranty of the
Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations, shall be automatically,
unconditionally and simultaneously released, and, upon receipt
of notice in writing, the Second-Lien Collateral Agent, for
itself or on behalf of any such Second-Lien Creditors, promptly
shall execute and deliver to the First-Lien Collateral Agent or
such Grantor such termination statements, releases and other
documents as the First-Lien Collateral Agent or such Grantor may
request, and which the Grantor has provided to the Second-Lien
Collateral Agent, to effectively confirm such release;
provided however that if a payment default then
exists under the Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Indenture
and the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations occurs concurrently
with any such release, the Second-Lien Collateral Agent (on
behalf of the Second-Lien Creditors) shall be entitled to
receive the residual cash or cash equivalents (if any) remaining
after giving effect to such release and the Discharge of
First-Lien Obligations to the extent otherwise required pursuant
to the terms of the Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Documents.
Β
(b)Β Until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations occurs,
the Second-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of
the Second-Lien Creditors, hereby irrevocably constitutes and
appoints the First-Lien Collateral Agent and any officer or
agent of the First-Lien Collateral Agent, with full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful
attorney-in-fact
with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead
of the Second-Lien Collateral Agent or such other Second-Lien
Creditor or in the First-Lien Collateral Agentβs own name,
from time to time in the First-Lien Collateral Agentβs
discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this
SectionΒ 5.1, to take any and all appropriate action and to
execute any and all documents and instruments which may be
necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this
SectionΒ 5.1, including any endorsements or other
instruments of transfer or release.
Β
(c)Β If, prior to the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, a
subordination of the First-Lien Collateral Agentβs Lien on
any Shared Collateral is permitted (or in good faith believed by
the First-Lien Collateral Agent to be permitted) under the
First-Lien Credit Agreement to another Lien permitted under the
First-Lien Credit Agreement (a βPriority
Lienβ), then the First-Lien Collateral Agent is
authorized to execute and deliver a subordination agreement with
respect thereto in form and substance satisfactory to it, and
the Second-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of
the Second-Lien Creditors, shall promptly execute and deliver to
the First-Lien Collateral Agent or the relevant Grantor an
identical subordination agreement subordinating the Liens of the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Second-Lien
Creditors to such Priority Lien.
Β
5.2Β Β Insurance.Β Β Unless and until the
Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, the First-Lien
Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Required
First-Lien Creditors) shall have the sole and exclusive right,
subject to the rights of the Grantors under the First-Lien
Credit Documents, to adjust settlement for any insurance
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policy covering the Collateral in the event of any loss
thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation
or similar proceeding (or any deed in lieu of condemnation)
affecting the Collateral. Unless and until the Discharge of
First-Lien Obligations has occurred, and subject to the rights
of the Grantors under the First-Lien Security Documents, all
proceeds of any such policy and any such award (or any payments
with respect to a deed in lieu of condemnation) in respect to
the Collateral shall be paid to the First-Lien Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the First-Lien Creditors pursuant to the
terms of the First-Lien Credit Documents (including, without
limitation, for purposes of cash collateralization of
commitments, letters of credit and Secured Hedge Agreements)
and, after the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred,
to the Second-Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Second-Lien Creditors (in respect of any Shared Collateral) to
the extent required under the Second-Lien Subordinated Security
Documents and then, to the extent no Second-Lien Subordinated
Obligations are outstanding, to the owner of the subject
property, to such other Person as may be entitled thereto or as
a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. If the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second-Lien Creditor
shall, at any time, receive from the insurer any proceeds of any
such insurance policy or any such award or payment in
contravention of this Agreement, it shall pay such proceeds over
to the First-Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms
of SectionΒ 4.2 of this Agreement. Unless and until the
Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, the First-Lien
Collateral Agent will have the sole and exclusive right to be
named an additional insured and loss payee under any such
insurance policy.
Β
5.3Β Β Amendments to Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Documents.Β Β (a)Β Without the prior
written consent of the First-Lien Collateral Agent (acting at
the direction of the Required First-Lien Creditors), no
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Document may be amended,
restated, supplemented, modified
and/or
Refinanced or entered into to the extent such amendment,
supplement, restatement, modification
and/or
Refinancing, or the terms of any new Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Document, would contravene the provisions of this
Agreement, the First-Lien Credit Agreement or any other
First-Lien Credit Document (it being understood that the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent and the Second-Lien Subordinated
Notes Trustee may rely upon an opinion of counsel to the
Borrower to make any determination as to whether the
requirements of this SectionΒ 5.3 have been complied with).
The Borrower, each other Grantor and the Second-Lien Collateral
Agent each agree that each Second-Lien Subordinated Security
Document shall include the following language (or language to
similar effect approved by the First-Lien Collateral Agent):
Β
βNotwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien
and security interest granted to the Second-Lien Collateral
Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right
or remedy by the Second-Lien Collateral Agent hereunder are
subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, dated
as of MarchΒ [Β Β ], 2009 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof, the β
Intercreditor
Agreementβ), among
CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings
Corp., CMP Susquehanna Corp., the other Grantors from time to
time party thereto, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its
capacity as the initial First-Lien Collateral Agent, and Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., in its capacity as the initial Second-Lien
Collateral Agent thereunder. In the event of any conflict
between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this
Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern
and control.β
Β
In addition, each of the Borrower, each other Grantor and the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent each agree that each Second-Lien
Security Document covering any Shared Collateral constituting
real property shall contain such other language as the
First-Lien Collateral Agent may reasonably request to reflect
the subordination of such Second-Lien Security Document to the
First-Lien Security Document covering such Shared Collateral.
Β
(b)Β In the event the First-Lien Collateral Agent or the
other First-Lien Creditors and the relevant Grantor(s) enter
into any amendment, restatement, waiver or consent in respect of
any of the First-Lien Security Documents for the purpose of
adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any
departures from any provisions of, any First-Lien Security
Document or changing in any manner the rights of the First-Lien
Collateral Agent, the other First-Lien Creditors, the Borrower
or any other Grantor thereunder, then such amendment,
restatement, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any
comparable provision of the Comparable Second-Lien Subordinated
Security Document without the consent of the Second-Lien
Collateral Agent or the other Second-Lien Creditors and without
any action by the Second-Lien Collateral Agent, the Borrower or
any other Grantor, provided, that (A)Β no such
amendment, restatement, waiver or consent shall have the effect
of (i)Β removing assets subject to the Lien of the
Second-Lien Subordinated Security Documents, except to the
extent that a release of such Lien is
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permitted or required by SectionΒ 5.1 of this Agreement, or
(ii)Β imposing additional duties on the Second-Lien
Collateral Agent without its consent, and (B)Β written
notice of such amendment, restatement, waiver or consent shall
have been given to the Second-Lien Collateral Agent (although
the failure to give any such notice shall in no way affect the
effectiveness of any such amendment, waiver or consent).
Β
(c)Β The Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations may be
Refinanced, in whole or in part, without the consent of the
First-Lien Collateral Agent or any of the First-Lien Creditors,
all without affecting the Lien priorities provided for herein or
the other provisions hereof; provided, that (A)Β any
such Refinancing shall be permitted pursuant to the terms of the
First-Lien Credit Documents, (B)Β the aggregate principal
amount of the Refinancing Indebtedness shall not exceed the
aggregate principal amount of the Second-Lien Subordinated
Obligations then being Refinanced plus accrued interest, fees
and other amounts outstanding in respect thereof, and the cash
yield or cash interest on the Refinanced Indebtedness shall be
at then current market rates, (C)Β the Refinanced
Indebtedness shall be secured and guaranteed only to the same
extent securing the Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations on the
date of such Refinancing and (D)Β the terms of any such
Refinanced Indebtedness shall not (i)Β result in an earlier
maturity date or decreased weighted average life thereof,
(ii)Β change any event of default or condition to an event
of default with respect thereto (other than to eliminate any
such event of default or increase any grace period related
thereto) or add any event of default, (iii)Β add any
mandatory prepayments thereto, (iv)Β change the lien
subordination provisions thereof (or of any guaranty thereof) or
(v)Β make any other amendment thereof or change thereto, if
the effect of such other amendment or change, together with all
other amendments or changes made, is to increase materially the
obligations of the obligors thereunder or to confer any
additional rights on the Second-Lien Creditors or other holders
of Indebtedness (or a representative on their behalf) under the
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Documents or any document
governing such Refinanced Indebtedness that would be adverse to
the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor under the First-Lien
Credit Documents or any First-Lien Creditor.
Β
5.4Β Β Rights As Unsecured
Creditors.Β Β Except as otherwise set forth in this
Agreement, the Second-Lien Collateral Agent and the other
Second-Lien Creditors may exercise rights and remedies as
unsecured creditors against Holdings, the Borrower or any other
Grantor that has guaranteed the Second-Lien Subordinated
Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Second-Lien
Subordinated NotesΒ Documents, the First-Lien Documents and
applicable law. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement
(and subject in any event to the subordination provisions in the
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Indenture and the other
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Documents), nothing in this
Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by the Second-Lien
Collateral Agent or any other Second-Lien Creditor of the
required payments of interest and principal on the Second-Lien
Subordinated Obligations, so long as such receipt is not the
direct or indirect result of the exercise by the Second-Lien
Collateral Agent or any other Second-Lien Creditor of rights or
remedies as a secured creditor (including setoff) or enforcement
in contravention of this Agreement of any Lien held by any of
them. In the event the Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any other
Second-Lien Creditor becomes a judgment lien creditor in respect
of Collateral as a result of any enforcement of its rights, such
judgment lien shall be subordinated to the Liens securing
First-Lien Obligations on the same basis as the other Liens
securing the Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations are so
subordinated to such Liens securing First-Lien Obligations under
this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement impairs or otherwise
adversely affects any rights or remedies the First-Lien
Collateral Agent or the other First-Lien Creditors may have with
respect to the First-Lien Collateral. Each of the parties hereto
hereby acknowledges and agrees that the rights of the
Second-Lien Creditors to (i)Β receive payments of principal,
interest and other amounts owing in respect of the Second-Lien
Subordinated Obligations and (ii)Β exercise rights and
remedies as creditors against the Borrower or any other Grantor
that has guaranteed the Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations are
further subject to the subordination provisions set forth in the
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Indenture and the other
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Documents.
Β
5.5Β Β Bailee for
Perfection.Β Β (a)Β The First-Lien Collateral
Agent agrees to acquire, and acknowledges it holds, the Pledged
Collateral or other Collateral in its possession or control (or
in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) on behalf
of itself and the Second-Lien Collateral Agent (it being
understood that with respect to the Second-Lien Collateral
Agent, it holds solely the Pledged Collateral or other
Collateral constituting Shared Collateral) and, in each case,
any assignee, solely for the purpose of perfecting the security
interest granted under
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the First-Lien Credit Documents and the Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Documents, subject to the terms and conditions of
this SectionΒ 5.5.
Β
(b)Β Until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has
occurred, the First-Lien Collateral Agent shall be entitled to
deal with the Pledged Collateral in accordance with the terms of
the First-Lien Credit Documents as if the Liens of the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent under the Second-Lien Subordinated
Security Documents did not exist. The rights of the Second-Lien
Collateral Agent shall at all times be subject to the terms of
this Agreement and to the First-Lien Collateral Agentβs
rights under the First-Lien Credit Documents.
Β
(c)Β The First-Lien Collateral Agent shall have no
obligation whatsoever to the First-Lien Creditors and the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any Second-Lien Creditor to
assure that the Pledged Collateral is genuine or owned by any of
the Grantors or to preserve rights or benefits of any Person
except as expressly set forth in this SectionΒ 5.5. The
duties or responsibilities of the First-Lien Collateral Agent
under this SectionΒ 5.5 shall be limited solely to holding
the Pledged Collateral as bailee in accordance with this
SectionΒ 5.5.
Β
(d)Β The First-Lien Collateral Agent, acting pursuant to
this SectionΒ 5.5, shall not have by reason of the
First-Lien Security Documents, the Second-Lien Subordinated
Security Documents, this Agreement or any other document, a
fiduciary relationship in respect of the First-Lien Creditors,
the Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second-Lien
Creditor.
Β
(e)Β Upon the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, the
First-Lien Collateral Agent shall deliver the remaining Pledged
Collateral (if any) (or proceeds thereof) together with any
necessary endorsements, first, to the Second-Lien
Collateral Agent (solely to the extent such Pledged Collateral
constitutes Shared Collateral), if any Second-Lien Subordinated
Obligations remain outstanding, and second, to the
Borrower or the relevant Grantor if no First-Lien Obligations or
Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations remain outstanding (in each
case, so as to allow such Person to obtain control of such
Pledged Collateral). The First-Lien Collateral Agent further
agrees to take all other action reasonably requested by such
Person in connection with such Personβs obtaining a
first-priority interest in the Collateral or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
Β
5.6Β Β When Discharge of First-Lien Obligations
Deemed to Not Have Occurred.Β Β If at any time after
the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, the
Borrower immediately thereafter enters into any Refinancing of
any First-Lien Credit Document evidencing a First-Lien
Obligation, then such Discharge of First-Lien Obligations shall
automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of
this Agreement, and the obligations under such Refinanced
First-Lien Credit Document shall automatically be treated as
First-Lien Obligations for all purposes of this Agreement,
including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in
respect of Collateral set forth herein, and the first-lien
collateral agent under such First-Lien Credit Documents shall be
the First-Lien Collateral Agent for all purposes of this
Agreement. Upon receipt of a notice in writing stating that the
Borrower has entered into a new First-Lien Credit Document
(which notice shall include the identity of the new agent, such
agent, the βNew Agentβ), the Second-Lien Collateral
Agent shall promptly enter into such documents and agreements
(including amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as the
Borrower or such New Agent may reasonably request in order to
provide to the New Agent the rights contemplated hereby, in each
case consistent in all material respects with the terms of this
Agreement.
Β
5.7Β Β Option to Purchase First-Lien Debt
Β
(a)Β Without prejudice to the enforcement of remedies by the
First-Lien Creditors, any Person or Persons (in each case who
must meet all eligibility standards contained in all relevant
First-Lien Credit Documents) at any time or from time to time
designated by the holders of more than 50% in aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Second-Lien Subordinated
Obligations as being entitled to exercise all default purchase
options as to the Second-Lien Obligations then outstanding (an
βEligible Purchaserβ) shall have the right to
purchase by way of assignment (and shall thereby also assume all
commitments and duties of the First-Lien Creditors), at any time
during the exercise period described in clauseΒ (c) below of
this SectionΒ 5.7, all, but not less than all, of the
First-Lien Obligations (other than the First-Lien Obligations of
a Defaulting Creditor), including all principal of and accrued
and unpaid interest and fees on and all prepayment or
acceleration penalties and premiums in respect of all First-Lien
Obligations outstanding at the time of purchase; provided
that at the time of (and as a condition to) any purchase
pursuant to this SectionΒ 5.7, all commitments pursuant to
any then outstanding First-Lien Credit
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Agreement shall have terminated, and all Secured Hedge
Agreements constituting First-Lien Documents and Cash Management
Services entered into with any First-Lien Creditor shall also
have been terminated in accordance with their terms. Any
purchase pursuant to this SectionΒ 5.7(a) shall be made as
follows:
Β
(1)Β for (x)Β a purchase price equal to the sum of
(A)Β in the case of all loans, advances or other similar
extensions of credit that constitute First-Lien Obligations
(including unreimbursed amounts drawn in respect of Letters of
Credit, but excluding the undrawn amount of then outstanding
Letters of Credit), the greater of (I)Β 100% and
(II)Β the then current market-based price, of the principal
amount thereof and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon
through the date of purchase (without regard, however, to
any acceleration prepayment penalties or premiums other than
customary breakage costs), (B)Β in the case of any Secured
Hedge Agreement, the aggregate amount then owing to each Hedge
Bank thereunder pursuant to the terms of the respective Secured
Hedge Agreement, including without limitation all amounts owing
to such Hedge Bank as a result of the termination (or early
termination) thereof, (C)Β in the case of any Cash
Management Services, the aggregate amount then owing to each
Cash Management Bank providing such Cash Management Services
pursuant to the terms of the respective documents governing such
Cash Management Services, including without limitation all
amounts owing to such Cash Management Bank as a result of the
termination (or early termination) thereof, plus (D)Β all
accrued and unpaid fees, expenses, indemnities and other amounts
through the date of purchase; and (y)Β an obligation on the
part of the respective Eligible Purchasers (which shall be
expressly provided in the assignment documentation described
below) to (i)Β reimburse each issuing lender (or any
First-Lien Creditor required to pay same) for all amounts
thereafter drawn with respect to any Letters of Credit
constituting First-Lien Obligations which remain outstanding
after the date of any purchase pursuant to this
SectionΒ 5.7, together with all facing fees and other
amounts which may at any future time be owing to the respective
issuing lender with respect to such Letters of Credit, and
(ii)Β pay over to the First-Lien Creditors any amounts
recovered by such Eligible Purchasers on account of any
acceleration prepayment premiums or penalties with respect to
the First-Lien Obligations;
Β
(2)Β with the purchase price described in preceding
clauseΒ (a)(1)(x) payable in cash on the date of purchase
against transfer to the respective Eligible Purchaser or
Eligible Purchasers (without recourse and without any
representation or warranty whatsoever, whether as to the
enforceability of any First-Lien Obligation or the validity,
enforceability, perfection, priority or sufficiency of any Lien
securing, or guarantee or other supporting obligation for, any
First-Lien Obligation or as to any other matter whatsoever,
except the representation and warranty that the transferor owns
free and clear of all Liens and encumbrances (other than
participation interests not prohibited by the First-Lien Credit
Agreement, in which case the purchase price described in
preceding clause (a)(1)(x) shall be appropriately adjusted so
that the Eligible Purchaser or Eligible Purchasers do not pay
amounts represented by any participation interest which remains
in effect), and has the right to convey, whatever claims and
interests it may have in respect of the First-Lien Obligations);
provided that the purchase price in respect of any
outstanding Letter of Credit that remains undrawn on the date of
purchase shall be payable in cash as and when such Letter of
Credit is drawn upon (i)Β first, from the cash
collateral account described in clauseΒ (a)(3) below, until
the amounts contained therein have been exhausted, and
(ii)Β thereafter, directly by the respective Eligible
Purchaser or Eligible Purchasers;
Β
(3)Β with such purchase accompanied by a deposit of cash
collateral under the sole dominion and control of the First-Lien
Collateral Agent or its designee in an amount equal to 110% of
the sum of the aggregate undrawn amount of all then outstanding
Letters of Credit pursuant to the First-Lien Credit Documents
and the aggregate facing and similar fees which will accrue
thereon through the stated maturity of the Letters of Credit
(assuming no drawings thereon before stated maturity), as
security for the respective Eligible Purchaserβs or
Eligible Purchasersβ obligation to pay amounts as provided
in preceding clauseΒ (a)(1)(y), it being understood and
agreed that (x)Β at the time any facing or similar fees are
owing to an issuer with respect to any Letter of Credit, the
First-Lien Collateral Agent may apply amounts deposited with it
as described above to pay same and (y)Β upon any drawing
under any Letter of Credit, the First-Lien Collateral Agent
shall apply amounts deposited with it as described above to
repay the respective unpaid drawing. After giving effect to any
payment made as described above in this clauseΒ (3), those
amounts (if any) then on deposit with the First-Lien Collateral
Agent as described in this clauseΒ (3) which exceed 110% of
the sum of the aggregate undrawn amount of all then outstanding
Letters of Credit and the aggregate facing and similar fees (to
the respective issuers) which
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will accrue thereon through the stated maturity of the then
outstanding Letters of Credit (assuming no drawings thereon
before stated maturity), shall be returned to the respective
Eligible Purchaser or Eligible Purchasers (as their interests
appear). Furthermore, at such time as all Letters of Credit have
been cancelled, expired or been fully drawn, as the case may be,
and after all applications described above have been made, any
excess cash collateral deposited as described above in this
clauseΒ (3) (and not previously applied or released as
provided above) shall be returned to the respective Eligible
Purchaser or Eligible Purchasers, as their interests appear;
Β
(4)Β with the purchase price described in preceding
clauseΒ (a)(1)(x) accompanied by a waiver by the Second-Lien
Collateral Agent (on behalf of itself and the other Second-Lien
Creditors) of all claims arising out of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby as a result of exercising the
purchase option contemplated by this SectionΒ 5.7;
Β
(5)Β with all amounts payable to the various First-Lien
Creditors in respect of the assignments described above to be
distributed to them by the First-Lien Collateral Agent in
accordance with their respective holdings of the various
First-Lien Obligations;Β and
Β
(6)Β with such purchase to be made pursuant to assignment
documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to,
and prepared by counsel for, the First-Lien Collateral Agent
(with the cost of such counsel to be paid by the Grantors or, if
the Grantors do not make such payment, by the respective
Eligible Purchaser or Eligible Purchasers, who shall have the
right to obtain reimbursement of same from the Grantors); it
being understood and agreed that the First-Lien Collateral Agent
and each other First-Lien Creditor shall retain all rights to
indemnification as provided in the relevant First-Lien Credit
Documents for all periods prior to any assignment by them
pursuant to the provisions of this SectionΒ 5.7. The
relevant assignment documentation shall also provide that, if
for any reason (other than the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the First-Lien Collateral Agent (as determined by
a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable
judgment)), the amount of cash collateral held by the First-Lien
Collateral Agent or its designee pursuant to preceding clause
(a)(3) is at any time less than the full amounts owing with
respect to any Letter of Credit described above (including
facing and similar fees) then the respective Eligible Purchaser
or Eligible Purchasers shall promptly reimburse the First-Lien
Collateral Agent (who shall pay the respective issuing bank) the
amount of deficiency.
Β
(b)Β The right to exercise the purchase option described in
SectionΒ 5.7(a) above shall be exercisable and legally
enforceable upon at least seven Business Daysβ prior
written notice of exercise (which notice, once given, shall be
irrevocable and fully binding on the respective Eligible
Purchaser or Eligible Purchasers) given to the First-Lien
Collateral Agent by an Eligible Purchaser. Neither the
First-Lien Collateral Agent nor any other First-Lien Creditor
shall have any disclosure obligation to any Eligible Purchaser,
the Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second-Lien
Creditor in connection with any exercise of such purchase option.
Β
(c)Β The right to purchase the First-Lien Obligations as
described in this SectionΒ 5.7 may be exercised (by giving
the irrevocable written notice described in preceding
clauseΒ (b)) during the period that (1)Β begins on the
date occurring three Business Days after the first to occur of
(x)Β the date of the acceleration of the final maturity of
the Loans under the First-Lien Credit Agreement, (y)Β the
occurrence of the final maturity of the Loans under the
First-Lien Credit Agreement or (z)Β the occurrence of an
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding with respect to the
Borrower which constitutes an event of default under the
First-Lien Credit Agreement (in each case, so long as the
acceleration, failure to pay amounts due at final maturity or
such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding constituting an event
of default has not been rescinded or cured within such three
Business Day period, and so long as any unpaid amounts
constituting First-Lien Obligations remain owing); provided that
if there is any failure to meet the condition described in the
proviso of preceding clauseΒ (a) hereof, the aforementioned
date shall be extended until the first date upon which such
condition is satisfied, and (2)Β ends on the 30th day after
the start of the period described in clauseΒ (1) above.
Β
(d)Β The obligations of the First-Lien Creditors to sell
their respective First-Lien Obligations under this
SectionΒ 5.7 are several and not joint and several. To the
extent any First-Lien Creditor (a βDefaulting
Creditorβ) breaches its obligation to sell its
First-Lien Obligations under this SectionΒ 5.7, nothing in
this SectionΒ 5.7 shall be deemed to require the First-Lien
Collateral Agent or any other First-Lien Creditor to purchase
such Defaulting Creditorβs First-Lien Obligations for
resale to the holders of Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations
and in all cases,
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the First-Lien Collateral Agent and each First-Lien Creditor
complying with the terms of this SectionΒ 5.7 shall not be
deemed to be in default of this Agreement or otherwise be deemed
liable for any action or inaction of any Defaulting Creditor;
provided that nothing in this clauseΒ (d) shall
require any Eligible Purchaser to purchase less than all of the
First-Lien Obligations.
Β
(e)Β Each Grantor irrevocably consents to any assignment
effected to one or more Eligible Purchasers pursuant to this
SectionΒ 5.7 (so long as they meet all eligibility standards
contained in all relevant First-Lien Credit Documents, other
than obtaining the consent of any Grantor to an assignment to
the extent required by such First-Lien Credit Documents) for
purposes of all First-Lien Credit Documents and hereby agrees
that no further consent from such Grantor shall be required.
Β
SectionΒ 6.Β Β Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceedings.
Β
6.1Β Β Finance and Sale
Issues.Β Β (a)Β Until the Discharge of the
First-Lien Obligations has occurred, if the Borrower or any
other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding and the First-Lien Collateral Agent (acting at the
direction of the Required First-Lien Creditors) shall desire to
permit the use of Cash Collateral on which the First-Lien
Collateral Agent or any other creditor of the Borrower or any
other Grantor has a Lien or agrees, along with the Required
First-Lien Creditors, to permit the Borrower or any other
Grantor to obtain post-petition financing (including on a
priming basis), whether from the First-Lien Creditors or any
other third party under SectionΒ 362, 363 or 364 of the
Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law (each, a
βPost-Petition Financingβ), then the Second-Lien
Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second-Lien
Creditors, and each Second-Lien Creditor (by its acceptance of
the benefits of the Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Documents), agrees that it will not oppose or raise
any objection to or contest (or join with or support any third
party opposing, objecting to or contesting), such use of Cash
Collateral or Post-Petition Financing and will not request
adequate protection or any other relief in connection therewith
that is inconsistent with SectionΒ 6.3 (except as expressly
agreed in writing by the First-Lien Collateral Agent) and, to
the extent the Liens securing the First-Lien Obligations are
subordinated to or pari passu with such Post-Petition Financing
incurred in compliance with this SectionΒ 6.1, the Liens of
the Second-Lien Creditors on the Collateral shall be deemed to
be subordinated, without any further action on the part of any
person or entity, to the Liens securing such Post-Petition
Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto), and the Liens
securing the Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations shall have the
same priority with respect to the Collateral relative to the
Liens securing the First-Lien Obligations as if such
Post-Petition Financing had not occurred; provided that the
First-Lien Collateral Agent and the First-Lien Creditors
acknowledge and agree that the Second-Lien Collateral Agent and
the Second-Lien Creditors shall retain the right to raise any
objection to the Post-Petition Financing that could be raised by
any unsecured creditor of the Borrower, so long as such
objections are not based on the Second-Lien Creditorsβ
status as secured creditors.
Β
(b)Β Until the Discharge of the First-Lien Obligations has
occurred, the Second-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself
and the Second-Lien Creditors, and each Second-Lien Creditor (by
its acceptance of the benefits of the Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Documents), agrees that it will raise no objection
to, oppose or contest (or join with or support any third party
opposing, objecting to or contesting), a sale or other
disposition of any Collateral free and clear of its Liens or
other claims under SectionΒ 363 of the Bankruptcy Code if
the First-Lien Creditors have consented to such sale or
disposition of such assets; provided, that
notwithstanding the foregoing, the Second-Lien Collateral Agent,
on behalf of itself and the other Second-Lien Creditors, may
raise objections to any such disposition of Collateral that
could be raised by any creditor of the Borrower whose claims
were not secured by any Liens on the Collateral, so long as such
objections are not based on the Second-Lien Creditorsβ
status as secured creditors.
Β
6.2Β Β Relief from the Automatic
Stay.Β Β Until the Discharge of First-Lien
Obligations has occurred, the Second-Lien Collateral Agent, on
behalf of itself and the Second-Lien Creditors, and each
Second-Lien Creditor (by its acceptance of the benefits of the
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Documents), agrees that none
of them shall seek relief, pursuant to SectionΒ 362(d) of
the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, from the automatic stay of
SectionΒ 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or from any other
stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of
the Collateral, without the prior written consent of the
First-Lien Collateral Agent, unless a motion for adequate
protection permitted under SectionΒ 6.3 has been denied by
the Bankruptcy Court.
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6.3Β Β Adequate
Protection.Β Β (a)Β The Second-Lien Collateral
Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second-Lien Creditors, and
each Second-Lien Creditor (by its acceptance of the benefits of
the Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Documents), agrees that
none of them shall (i)Β oppose, object to or contest (or
join with or support any third party opposing, objecting to or
contesting) (a)Β any request by the First-Lien Collateral
Agent or the other First-Lien Creditors for adequate protection
in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (or any granting of
such request) or (b)Β any objection by the First-Lien
Collateral Agent or the other First-Lien Creditors to any
motion, relief, action or proceeding based on the First-Lien
Collateral Agent or the other First-Lien Creditors claiming a
lack of adequate protection or (ii)Β seek or accept any form
of adequate protection under any of SectionsΒ 362, 363
and/or 364
of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Collateral, except as
expressly provided in this SectionΒ 6.3.
Β
(b)Β In any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding:
Β
(i)Β if the First-Lien Creditors (or any subset thereof) are
granted adequate protection in the form of additional collateral
in connection with any use of Cash Collateral or Post-Petition
Financing, then the Second-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of
itself or any of the other Second-Lien Creditors, may seek or
request adequate protection in the form of a Lien on such
additional collateral, which Lien will be subordinated to the
Liens securing the First-Lien Obligations, such use of Cash
Collateral
and/or any
Post-Petition Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto)
on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second-Lien
Subordinated Obligations are so subordinated to the First-Lien
Obligations under this Agreement, the First-Lien Security
Documents and the Second-Lien Subordinated Security
Documents;Β and
Β
(ii)Β the Second-Lien Collateral Agent and the other
Second-Lien Creditors shall only be permitted to seek adequate
protection with respect to their rights in the Collateral in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in the form of
(A)Β additional collateral, including replacement Liens on
post-petition collateral, provided, that, as adequate
protection for the First-Lien Obligations, the First-Lien
Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First-Lien Creditors, is also
granted a security interest in and Lien upon such additional
collateral, which is senior and prior to the security interest
and Lien granted to the Second-Lien Collateral Agent
and/or the
Second-Lien Creditors; (B)Β replacement Liens on the
Collateral, provided, that, as adequate protection for
the First-Lien Obligations, the First-Lien Collateral Agent, on
behalf of the First-Lien Creditors, is also granted a security
interest in and replacement Lien upon such additional
collateral, which is senior and prior to the security interest
and Lien granted to the Second-Lien Collateral Agent
and/or the
Second-Lien Creditors; and (C)Β an administrative expense
claim, provided, that, as adequate protection for the
First-Lien Obligations, the First-Lien Collateral Agent, on
behalf of the First-Lien Creditors, is also granted an
administrative expense claim that is senior and prior to the
administrative expense claim granted to the Second-Lien
Collateral Agent
and/or the
Second-Lien Creditors; and provided, further, that
unless the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred
prior to, or occurs on, the effective date of any plan of
reorganization, any adequate protection payments that may
otherwise be payable to the Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any
Second-Lien Creditors in respect of any of the foregoing shall
be paid to the First-Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the First-Lien Creditors for application to the First-Lien
Obligations.
Β
6.4Β Β No Waiver; Voting Rights; Reorganization
Securities.Β Β (a)Β Nothing contained herein
shall prohibit or in any way limit the First-Lien Collateral
Agent or any First-Lien Creditor from objecting on any basis in
any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to any
action taken by the Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any other
Second-Lien Creditor, including the seeking by the Second-Lien
Collateral Agent or any other Second-Lien Creditor of adequate
protection on terms inconsistent with SectionΒ 6.3 or the
assertion by the Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any other
Second-Lien Creditor of any of its rights and remedies under the
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Documents or otherwise.
Β
(b)Β In any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, neither
the Second-Lien Collateral Agent nor any other Second-Lien
Creditor shall (i)Β oppose or object to the proposed
treatment of First-Lien Obligations or the relative treatment of
the First-Lien Obligations to the Second-Lien Subordinated
Obligations in any plan of reorganization or disclosure
statement, or join with or support any third party in doing so,
to the extent the terms of such plan or disclosure statement
comply with the following clauseΒ (ii) and are otherwise
consistent with the rights of the First-Lien Creditors under
this Agreement or (ii)Β support any plan of reorganization
or disclosure statement of any Grantor unless (x)Β such plan
provides for the payment in full in cash of all First-Lien
Obligations (including all post-
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petition interest, fees and expenses as provided in
SectionΒ 6.6 hereof) on the effective date of such plan of
reorganization, or (y)Β such plan provides on account of the
First-Lien Obligations for the retention by the First-Lien
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the First-Lien Creditors,
of the Liens on the Collateral securing the First-Lien
Obligations, and on all proceeds thereof, and such plan also
provides that any Liens retained by, or granted to, the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent are only on assets or property
securing the First-Lien Obligations and shall have the same
relative priority with respect to the Collateral or other assets
or property, respectively, as provided in this Agreement with
respect to the Collateral, and to the extent such plan provides
for deferred cash payments, or for the distribution of any other
property of any kind or nature, on account of the First-Lien
Obligations or the Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations, such
plan provides that any such deferred cash payments or other
distributions in respect of the Second-Lien Subordinated
Obligations shall be delivered to the First-Lien Collateral
Agent and distributed in accordance with the priorities provided
in SectionsΒ 4.1(a) and 5.4 hereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Second-Lien Creditors shall remain entitled to
vote their claims in any such Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding.
Β
(c)Β If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt
obligations of the reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon any
property of the reorganized debtor are distributed pursuant to a
plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring
plan, the Second-Lien Creditors may receive Junior Permitted
Securities (as defined in the Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Indenture) to the extent permitted in the Second-Lien
Subordinated NotesΒ Indenture.
Β
6.5Β Β Preference Issues.Β Β If any
First-Lien Creditor is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the
estate of the Borrower or any other Grantor any amount (a
βRecoveryβ), then the First-Lien Obligations shall be
reinstated to the extent of such Recovery and the First-Lien
Creditors shall be entitled to a reinstatement of First-Lien
Obligations with respect to all such recovered amounts. If this
Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery,
this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and
such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge,
impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto
from such date of reinstatement. Any amounts received by the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any Second-Lien Creditor on
account of the Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations after the
termination of this Agreement shall, in the event of a
reinstatement of this Agreement pursuant to this
SectionΒ 6.5, be held in trust for and paid over to the
First-Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First-Lien
Creditors, for application to the reinstated First-Lien
Obligations. This SectionΒ 6.5 shall survive termination of
this Agreement.
Β
6.6Β Β Post-Petition
Interest.Β Β (a)Β Neither the Second-Lien
Collateral Agent nor any other Second-Lien Creditor shall oppose
or seek to challenge any claim by the First-Lien Collateral
Agent or any other First-Lien Creditor for allowance in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of First-Lien Obligations
consisting of post-petition interest, fees or expenses to the
extent of the value of the Liens securing the First-Lien
Obligations (it being understood and agreed that such value
shall be determined without regard to the existences of any
Liens securing the Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations).
Regardless of whether any such claim for post-petition interest,
fees or expenses is allowed or allowable, and without limiting
the generality of the other provisions of this Agreement, this
Agreement is expressly intended to include and does include the
βrule of explicitnessβ in that this Agreement
expressly entitles the First-Lien Creditors, and is intended to
provide the First-Lien Creditors with the right, to receive
payment of all post-petition interest, fees or expenses through
distributions made pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement
even though such interest, fees and expenses are not allowed or
allowable against the bankruptcy estate of the Borrower or any
other Grantor under SectionΒ 502(b)(2) or
SectionΒ 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or under any other
provision of the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law.
Β
(b)Β Without limiting the foregoing, it is the intention of
the parties hereto that (and to the maximum extent permitted by
law the parties hereto agree that) the First-Lien Obligations
(and the security therefor) constitute a separate and distinct
class (and separate and distinct claims) from the Second-Lien
Subordinated Obligations (and the security therefor).
Β
6.7Β Β Waiver.Β Β The Second-Lien
Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the other
Second-Lien Creditors, waives any claim it may hereafter have
against any First-Lien Creditor arising out of the election by
any First-Lien Creditor of the application to the claims of any
First-Lien Creditor of SectionΒ 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy
Code, and/or
out of any Cash Collateral or Post-Petition Financing
arrangement or out of any grant of a security interest in
connection with the Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding.
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Β
6.8Β Β Limitations.Β Β So long as the
Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has not occurred, without
the express written consent of the First-Lien Collateral Agent,
none of the Second-Lien Creditors shall (or shall join with or
support any third party making, opposing, objecting or
contesting, as the case may be), in any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding involving any Grantor, (i)Β make an
election for application to its claims of
SectionΒ 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code,
(ii)Β oppose, object to or contest the determination of the
extent of any Liens held by any of the First-Lien Creditors or
the value of any claims of First-Lien Creditors under
SectionΒ 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or (iii)Β oppose,
object to or contest the payment to the First-Lien Creditors of
interest, fees or expenses under SectionΒ 506(b) of the
Bankruptcy Code.
Β
SectionΒ 7.Β Β Reliance;
Waivers; Etc.
Β
7.1Β Β Reliance.Β Β Other than any
reliance on the terms of this Agreement, the First-Lien
Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the First-Lien
Creditors under the First-Lien Documents, acknowledges that it
and the other First-Lien Creditors have, independently and
without reliance on the Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any
other Second-Lien Creditors, and based on documents and
information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit
analysis and decision to enter into such First-Lien Documents
and be bound by the terms of this Agreement and they will
continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not
taking any action under any First-Lien Document or this
Agreement. The Second-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself
and the Second-Lien Creditors, acknowledges that it and the
other Second-Lien Creditors have, independently and without
reliance on the First-Lien Collateral Agent or any other
First-Lien Creditor, and based on documents and information
deemed by them appropriate, made their own analysis and decision
to enter into each of the Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Documents and be bound by the terms of this Agreement
and they will continue to make their own decision in taking or
not taking any action under the Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Documents or this Agreement.
Β
7.2Β Β No Warranties or Liability.Β Β The
First-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the
First-Lien Creditors under the First-Lien Documents,
acknowledges and agrees that each of the Second-Lien Collateral
Agent and the other Second-Lien Creditors have made no express
or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to
the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility
or enforceability of any of the Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Documents, the ownership of any Shared Collateral or
the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. The Second-Lien
Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second-Lien
Creditors, acknowledges and agrees that each of the First-Lien
Collateral Agent and the First-Lien Creditors have made no
express or implied representation or warranty, including with
respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness,
collectibility or enforceability of any of the First-Lien
Documents, the ownership of any Collateral or the perfection or
priority of any Liens thereon. The First-Lien Creditors will be
entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and
extensions of credit under their respective First-Lien Documents
in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole
discretion, deem appropriate. The First-Lien Collateral Agent
and the First-Lien Creditors shall have no duty to the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any of the Second-Lien
Creditors, to act or refrain from acting in a manner which
allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event
of default or default under any agreements with the Borrower or
any other Grantor (including under the First-Lien Documents),
regardless of any knowledge thereof which they may have or be
charged with.
Β
7.3Β Β No Waiver of Lien
Priorities.Β Β (a)Β No right of the First-Lien
Creditors, the First-Lien Collateral Agent or any of them to
enforce any provision of this Agreement or any First-Lien
Document shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired
by any act or failure to act on the part of the Borrower or any
other Grantor or by any act or failure to act by any First-Lien
Creditor or the First-Lien Collateral Agent, or by any
noncompliance by any Person with the terms, provisions and
covenants of this Agreement, any of the First-Lien Documents or
any of the Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Documents,
regardless of any knowledge thereof which the First-Lien
Collateral Agent or the First-Lien Creditors, or any of them,
may have or be otherwise charged with.
Β
(b)Β Without in any way limiting the generality of the
foregoing paragraphΒ (but subject to the rights of the
Borrower and the other Grantors under the First-Lien Documents),
the First-Lien Creditors, the First-Lien Collateral Agent and
any of them may, at any time and from time to time in accordance
with the First-Lien Documents
and/or
applicable law, without the consent of, or notice to, the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second-Lien Creditor,
without incurring any liabilities to the Second-Lien Collateral
Agent or any other Second-Lien Creditor and without impairing or
releasing the Lien priorities and other benefits provided in
this
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Agreement (even if any right of subrogation or other right or
remedy of the Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any Second-Lien
Creditors is affected, impaired or extinguished thereby) do any
one or more of the following:
Β
(i)Β make loans and advances to any Grantor or issue,
guaranty or obtain letters of credit for account of any Grantor
or otherwise extend credit to any Grantor, in any amount and on
any terms, whether pursuant to a commitment or as a
discretionary advance and whether or not any default or event of
default or failure of condition is then continuing;
Β
(ii)Β change the manner, place or terms of payment or change
or extend the time of payment of, or amend, renew, exchange,
increase or alter, the terms of any of the First-Lien
Obligations or any Lien on any First-Lien Collateral or guaranty
thereof or any liability of the Borrower or any other Grantor,
or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect
thereof (including any increase in or extension of the
First-Lien Obligations, without any restriction as to the
amount, tenor or terms of any such increase or extension) or
otherwise amend, renew, exchange, extend, modify or supplement
in any manner any Liens held by the First-Lien Collateral Agent
or any of the First-Lien Creditors, the First-Lien Obligations
or any of the First-Lien Documents;
Β
(iii)Β sell, exchange, release, surrender, realize upon,
enforce or otherwise deal with in any manner and in any order
any part of the First-Lien Collateral or any liability of the
Borrower or any other Grantor to the First-Lien Creditors or the
First-Lien Collateral Agent, or any liability incurred directly
or indirectly in respect thereof;
Β
(iv)Β settle or compromise any First-Lien Obligation or any
other liability of the Borrower or any other Grantor or any
security therefor or any liability incurred directly or
indirectly in respect thereof and apply any sums by whomsoever
paid and however realized to any liability (including the
First-Lien Obligations) in any manner or order;
Β
(v)Β exercise or delay in or refrain from exercising any
right or remedy against the Borrower or any other Grantor or any
other Person or with respect to any security, elect any remedy
and otherwise deal freely with the Borrower, any other Grantor
or any First-Lien Collateral and any security and any guarantor
or any liability of the Borrower or any other Grantor to the
First-Lien Creditors or any liability incurred directly or
indirectly in respect thereof;Β and
Β
(vi)Β release or discharge any First-Lien Obligation or any
guaranty thereof or any agreement or obligation of any Grantor
or any other person or entity with respect thereto.
Β
(c)Β The Second-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself
and the Second-Lien Creditors, and each other Second-Lien
Creditor (by its acceptance of the benefits of the Second-Lien
Subordinated NotesΒ Documents), agrees not to assert and
hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right
to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim
the benefit of, any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or other
similar right that may otherwise be available under applicable
law with respect to the Collateral or any other similar rights a
junior secured creditor may have under applicable law.
Β
7.4Β Β Waiver of Liability;
Indemnity.Β Β (a)Β The Second-Lien Collateral
Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second-Lien Creditors, also
agrees that the First-Lien Creditors and the First-Lien
Collateral Agent shall have no liability to the Second-Lien
Collateral Agent or any other Second-Lien Creditors, and the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the
Second-Lien Creditors, hereby waives any claim against any
First-Lien Creditor or the First-Lien Collateral Agent, arising
out of any and all actions which the First-Lien Creditors or the
First-Lien Collateral Agent may take or permit or omit to take
with respect to: (i)Β the First-Lien Documents (including,
without limitation, any failure to perfect or obtain perfected
security interests in the First-Lien Collateral), (ii)Β the
collection of the First-Lien Obligations or (iii)Β the
foreclosure upon, or sale, liquidation or other disposition of,
any First-Lien Collateral. The Second-Lien Collateral Agent, on
behalf of itself and the Second-Lien Creditors, agrees that the
First-Lien Creditors and the First-Lien Collateral Agent have no
duty, express or implied, fiduciary or otherwise, to them in
respect of the maintenance or preservation of the First-Lien
Collateral, the First-Lien Obligations or otherwise. Neither the
First-Lien Collateral Agent nor any other First-Lien Creditor
nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or
agents will be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize
upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so, or will
be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any
Collateral upon the request of the Borrower or any other Grantor
or upon the request of the Second-Lien Collateral Agent, any
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other holder of Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations or any
other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard
to the Collateral or any part thereof. Without limiting the
foregoing, each Second-Lien Creditor by accepting the benefits
of the Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Documents agrees that
neither the First-Lien Collateral Agent nor any other First-Lien
Creditor (in directing the Collateral Agent to take any action
with respect to the Collateral) shall have any duty or
obligation to realize first upon any type of Collateral or to
sell, dispose of or otherwise liquidate all or any portion of
the Collateral in any manner, including as a result of the
application of the principles of marshaling or otherwise, that
would maximize the return to any class of Creditors holding
Obligations of any type (whether First-Lien Obligations or
Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations), notwithstanding that the
order and timing of any such realization, sale, disposition or
liquidation may affect the amount of proceeds actually received
by such class of Creditors from such realization, sale,
disposition or liquidation.
Β
(b)Β With respect to its share of the Obligations, Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas (βDBTCAβ) shall
have and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder as,
and shall be subject to the same obligations and liabilities as
and to the extent set forth herein for, any other Creditor, all
as if DBTCA were not the First-Lien Collateral Agent. The term
βCreditorsβ or any similar term shall, unless the
context clearly otherwise indicates, include DBTCA in its
individual capacity as a Creditor. DBTCA and its affiliates may
lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of business
with, the Grantors or any of their Affiliates as if DBTCA were
not acting as the First-Lien Collateral Agent and without any
duty to account therefor to any other Creditor.
Β
7.5Β Β Obligations Unconditional.Β Β All
rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the First-Lien
Collateral Agent and the other First-Lien Creditors and the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent and the other Second-Lien
Creditors, respectively, hereunder (including the Lien
priorities established hereby) shall remain in full force and
effect irrespective of:
Β
(a)Β any lack of validity or enforceability of any
First-Lien Document or any Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Document;
Β
(b)Β any change in the time, manner or place of payment of,
or in any other terms of, all or any of the First-Lien
Obligations or Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations, or any
amendment or waiver or other modification, including any
increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct or
otherwise, of the terms of any First-Lien Document or any
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Document;
Β
(c)Β any exchange of any security interest in any Collateral
or any other collateral, or any amendment, waiver or other
modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or
otherwise, of all or any of the First-Lien Obligations or
Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations or any guarantee thereof;
Β
(d)Β the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding in respect of the Borrower or any other
Grantor;Β or
Β
(e)Β any other circumstances which otherwise might
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the
Borrower or any other Grantor in respect of the First-Lien
Obligations, or of the Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any
Second-Lien Creditor in respect of this Agreement.
Β
SectionΒ 8.Β Β Miscellaneous.
Β
8.1Β Β Conflicts.Β Β In the event of any
conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the
provisions of the First-Lien Documents or the Second-Lien
Subordinated NotesΒ Documents, the provisions of this
Agreement shall govern and control.
Β
8.2Β Β Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this
Agreement; Severability.Β Β This Agreement shall
become effective when executed and delivered by the parties
hereto. This is a continuing agreement of lien subordination and
the First-Lien Creditors may continue, at any time and without
notice to the Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any other
Second-Lien Creditor, to extend credit and other financial
accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the
Borrower or any other Grantor constituting First-Lien
Obligations in reliance hereon. The Second-Lien Collateral
Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Second-Lien Creditors,
hereby agrees that it will not attempt, directly or indirectly,
whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to challenge the
enforceability of any provision of this Agreement, and waives
any right it may have under applicable law to revoke this
Agreement or any of the provisions of this Agreement. The terms
of this Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in full
force and effect,
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in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement is intended to
constitute and shall be deemed to constitute a
βsubordination agreementβ within the meaning of
SectionΒ 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and is intended to be
and shall be interpreted to be enforceable to the maximum extent
permitted pursuant to applicable non-bankruptcy law. Any
provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable
in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability
in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable
such provision in any other jurisdiction. All references to the
Borrower or any other Grantor shall include the Borrower or such
Grantor as debtor and
debtor-in-possession
and any receiver or trustee for the Borrower or any other
Grantor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding. This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further
force and effect, (i)Β with respect to the Second-Lien
Collateral Agent, the other Second-Lien Creditors and the
Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations, upon the later of
(1)Β the date upon which the obligations under the
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Documents terminate if there
are no other Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations outstanding on
such date and (2)Β if there are other Second-Lien
Subordinated Obligations outstanding on such date, the date upon
which such Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations terminate and
(ii)Β with respect to the First-Lien Collateral Agent, the
other First-Lien Creditors and the First-Lien Obligations, the
date of the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, subject to the
rights of the First-Lien Creditors under SectionΒ 6.5 of
this Agreement.
Β
8.3Β Β Amendments;
Waivers.Β Β (a)Β No amendment, modification or
waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement by the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent or the First-Lien Collateral Agent
shall be made unless the same shall be in writing signed on
behalf of each party hereto; provided that (x)Β the
First-Lien Collateral Agent (at the direction of the Required
First-Lien Creditors) may, without the written consent of any
other Creditor, agree to modifications of this Agreement for the
purpose of securing additional extensions of credit (including
pursuant to the First-Lien Credit Agreement or any Refinancing
or extension thereof) and adding new creditors as
βFirst-Lien Creditorsβ and βCreditorsβ
hereunder, so long as such extensions (and resulting additions)
do not otherwise give rise to a violation of the express terms
of the First-Lien Credit Agreement, (y)Β additional Grantors
may be added as parties hereto in accordance with the provisions
of SectionΒ 8.18 of this Agreement, and (z)Β without
limitation of SectionΒ 5.3, at the sole request and expense
of the Borrower, and (i)Β without the consent of the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent, this Agreement may be modified or
amended (A)Β to add other parties (or any authorized agent
thereof or trustee therefore) holding Parity Lien Debt that are
incurred in compliance with the First-Lien Documents and the
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Documents and (B)Β to
establish that (1)Β the Liens on the Second-Lien Collateral
securing such Parity Lien Debt shall be pari passu hereunder
with the Liens on such Second-Lien Collateral securing the
Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations and junior and subordinated
to the Liens on any such Shared Collateral securing the
First-Lien Obligations and (2)Β any Parity Lien Debt is
expressly subject to the payment subordination provisions of the
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Indenture. Any such
additional party and each party hereto shall be entitled to rely
upon a certificate delivered by an officer of the Borrower
certifying that any Parity Lien Debt was issued or borrowed in
compliance with the First-Lien Documents and the Second-Lien
Subordinated NotesΒ Documents. Any amendment of this
Agreement that is proposed to be effected without the consent of
the Second-Lien Collateral Agent as permitted by the proviso to
the second preceding sentence shall be submitted to the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent for its review at least five
(5)Β Business Days prior to the proposed effectiveness of
such amendment.
Β
(b)Β Each waiver of the terms of this Agreement, if any,
shall be a waiver only with respect to the specific instance
involved and shall not impair the rights of the parties making
such waiver or the obligations of the other parties to such
party in any other respect or at any other time. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no Grantor shall have any right to consent to or
approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision
of this Agreement except to the extent the liabilities, duties
or obligations of such Grantor are increased or expanded, as the
case may be, as a result of such amendment, modification or
waiver.
Β
8.4Β Β Information Concerning Financial Condition of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.Β Β The First-Lien
Collateral Agent and the First-Lien Creditors, on the one hand,
and the other Second-Lien Creditors, on the other hand, shall
each be responsible for keeping themselves informed of
(a)Β the financial condition of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries and all endorsers
and/or
guarantors of the First-Lien Obligations or the Second-Lien
Subordinated Obligations and (b)Β all other circumstances
bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the First-Lien
Obligations or the Second-Lien Subordinated Obligations. The
First-Lien Collateral Agent and the other First-Lien Creditors
shall
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have no duty to advise the Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any
other Second-Lien Creditor of information known to it or them
regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise.
In the event the First-Lien Collateral Agent or any of the other
First-Lien Creditors, in its or their sole discretion,
undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such
information to the Second-Lien Collateral Agent or any other
Second-Lien Creditor, it or they shall be under no obligation
(w)Β to make, and the First-Lien Collateral Agent and the
other First-Lien Creditors shall not make, any express or
implied representation or warranty, including with respect to
the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such
information so provided, (x)Β to provide any additional
information or to provide any such information on any subsequent
occasion, (y)Β to undertake any investigation or (z)Β to
disclose any information which, pursuant to accepted or
reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to
maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain
confidential.
Β
8.5Β Β Subrogation.Β Β Subject to the
Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, with respect to the value
of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other
assets that the Second-Lien Creditors or Second-Lien Collateral
Agent pay over to the First-Lien Collateral Agent or any of the
other First-Lien Creditors under the terms of this Agreement,
the Second-Lien Collateral Agent and the other Second-Lien
Creditors shall be subrogated to the rights of the First-Lien
Collateral Agent and such other First-Lien Creditors; provided
that, the Second-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and
the Second-Lien Creditors, hereby agrees not to assert or
enforce all such rights of subrogation it may acquire as a
result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of
First-Lien Obligations has occurred. Each of the Borrower and
each other Grantor acknowledges and agrees that, the value of
any payments or distributions in cash, property or other assets
received by the Second-Lien Collateral Agent or the other
Second-Lien Creditors and paid over to the First-Lien Collateral
Agent or the other First-Lien Creditors pursuant to, and applied
in accordance with, this Agreement, shall not relieve or reduce
any of the Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Grantor
under the Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Documents.
Β
8.6Β Β Application of Payments; Consent to Certain
Changes.Β Β All payments received by the First-Lien
Collateral Agent or the other First-Lien Creditors may be
applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such
part of the First-Lien Obligations as the First-Lien Creditors,
in their sole discretion, deem appropriate. The Second-Lien
Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second-Lien
Creditors, assents to any extension or postponement of the time
of payment of the First-Lien Obligations or any part thereof and
to any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any
substitution, exchange or, subject to the terms of
SectionΒ 5.1(a) hereof, release of any security constituting
Shared Collateral which may at any time secure any part of the
First-Lien Obligations and to the addition or release of any
other Person primarily or secondarily liable therefor; provided,
that the parties hereto agree that (x)Β the Borrower shall
not, and shall not permit any other Grantor to, substitute or
exchange any security constituting Shared Collateral under this
SectionΒ 8.6, unless it has also granted or
contemporaneously grants a Lien on such substituted or exchanged
asset or property to secure the Second-Lien Subordinated
Obligations and has taken all actions to perfect such new Liens,
and (y)Β in furtherance of SectionΒ 2.4(ii) hereof, with
respect to any Person added or released as a guarantor pursuant
to this SectionΒ 8.6, the parties will enter into such
documentation as is necessary to ensure that the guarantors for
the First-Lien Obligations and the Second-Lien Subordinated
Obligations shall be identical.
Β
8.7Β Β
SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION;
WAIVERS.Β Β (a)Β THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY
AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMIT TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF
THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF
MANHATTAN, CITY OF
NEW YORK AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF
NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE
COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT
OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR FOR RECOGNITION OR
ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN
RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN SUCH
NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH
OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN
OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER
MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.
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(b)Β THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY
OBJECTION WHICH EACH MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF
VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS AGREEMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN SECTIONΒ 8.7(a)
HEREOF. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF
AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
Β
(c)Β EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY
HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON
CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO
(A)Β CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF
ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT
SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO
ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B)Β ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT
AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO
THIS AGREEMENT, THE FIRST-LIEN DOCUMENTS AND THE SECOND-LIEN
SUBORDINATED NOTESΒ DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE
MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
Β
8.8Β Β Notices.Β Β All notices to the
Second-Lien Creditors and the First-Lien Creditors permitted or
required under this Agreement may be sent to the Second-Lien
Collateral Agent and the First-Lien Collateral Agent,
respectively. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any
notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be
given shall be in writing and may be personally served,
electronically mailed or sent by courier service or
U.S.Β mail and shall be deemed to have been given when
delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of
electronic mail or four Business Days after deposit in the
U.S.Β mail (registered or certified, with postage prepaid
and properly addressed). For the purposes hereof, the addresses
of the parties hereto shall be as set forth below each
partyβs name on the signature pages hereto, or, as to each
party, at such other address as may be designated by such party
in a written notice to all of the other parties.
Β
8.9Β Β Further Assurances.Β Β Each of the
First-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the
First-Lien Creditors under the First-Lien Documents, the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the
Second-Lien Creditors, the Borrower and each other Grantor,
agrees that each of them shall take such further action and
shall execute and deliver such additional documents and
instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the First-Lien
Collateral Agent or the Second-Lien Collateral Agent may
reasonably request to effectuate the terms of and the lien
priorities contemplated by this Agreement. Each Second-Lien
Creditor, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Second-Lien
Subordinated NotesΒ Documents, agrees to be bound by the
agreements herein made by it and the Second-Lien Collateral
Agent, on its behalf.
Β
8.10Β Β APPLICABLE LAW.Β Β THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT
REGARD TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES.
Β
8.11Β Β Binding on Successors and
Assigns.Β Β This Agreement shall be binding upon the
First-Lien Collateral Agent, the other First-Lien Creditors, the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent, the other Second-Lien Creditors,
the Grantors and their respective successors and assigns;
provided that no Grantor may assign any of its rights or
obligations under this Agreement without the prior written
consent of the First-Lien Collateral Agent and the Second-Lien
Collateral Agent.
Β
8.12Β Β Specific Performance.Β Β Each of
the First-Lien Collateral Agent and the Second-Lien Collateral
Agent may demand specific performance of this Agreement. Each of
the First-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the
First-Lien Creditors under the First-Lien Documents, and the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the
Second-Lien Creditors, hereby irrevocably waives any defense
based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense
which might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific
performance in any action which may be brought by the First-Lien
Collateral Agent or the Second-Lien Collateral Agent, as the
case may be.
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8.13Β Β Headings.Β Β Section headings in
this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference
only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any
other purpose or be given any substantive effect.
Β
8.14Β Β Counterparts.Β Β This Agreement
may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto
in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an
original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute
a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a
signature page of this Agreement or any document or instrument
delivered in connection herewith by telecopy shall be effective
as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement
or such other document or instrument, as applicable.
Β
8.15Β Β Authorization.Β Β By its
signature, each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a
party hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto
that it is duly authorized to execute this Agreement. Each
Second-Lien Creditor, by its acceptance of the benefits of the
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Documents, agrees to be
bound by the agreements made herein.
Β
8.16Β Β No Third Party Beneficiaries; Effect of
Agreement.Β Β This Agreement and the rights and
benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of each of the
First-Lien Collateral Agent, the Second-Lien Collateral Agent
and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to
the benefit of each of the First-Lien Creditors and the
Second-Lien Creditors. No other Person shall have or be entitled
to assert rights or benefits hereunder. Nothing in this
Agreement shall impair, as between each of the Grantors and the
First-Lien Collateral Agent and the First-Lien Creditors, on the
one hand, and each of the Grantors and the Second-Lien
Collateral and the Second-Lien Creditors, on the other hand, the
obligations of each Grantor to pay principal, interest, fees and
other amounts as provided in the First-Lien Documents and the
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Documents, respectively.
Β
8.17Β Β Provisions Solely to Define Relative
Rights.Β Β The provisions of this Agreement are and
are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative
rights of the First-Lien Creditors, on the one hand, and the
Second-Lien Creditors, on the other hand. None of the Borrower,
any other Grantor or any other creditor thereof shall have any
rights hereunder. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or
shall impair the obligations of the Borrower or any other
Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the
First-Lien Obligations and the Second-Lien Subordinated
Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable in
accordance with the terms of the First-Lien Documents and the
Second-Lien Subordinated NotesΒ Documents, respectively.
Β
8.18Β Β Grantors; Additional
Grantors.Β Β It is understood and agreed that the
Borrower and each other Grantor on the date of this Agreement
shall constitute the original Grantors party hereto. The
original Grantors hereby covenant and agree to cause each
Subsidiary of the Borrower which becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor
after the date hereof to contemporaneously become a party hereto
(as a Grantor) by executing and delivering a counterpart hereof
to the First-Lien Collateral Agent or by executing and
delivering a joinder or assumption agreement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the First-Lien Collateral
Agent. The parties hereto further agree that, notwithstanding
any failure to take the actions required by the immediately
preceding sentence, each Person which becomes a Subsidiary
Guarantor at any time (and any security granted by any such
Person) shall be subject to the provisions hereof as fully as if
same constituted a Grantor party hereto and had complied with
the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence.
Β
8.19Β Β Subordination.Β Β Each party
hereto acknowledges and agrees that the Second-Lien
Subordination Obligations are subject to the payment
subordination provisions contained in the Second-Lien
Subordinated NotesΒ Indenture and the other Second-Lien
Subordinated NotesΒ Documents, and nothing herein shall be
construed in any way to limit the applicability and
enforceability of such provisions, or the duties and obligations
of the Second-Lien Creditors, and the rights and privileges of
the First-Lien Creditors, thereunder.
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8.20Β Β The Second-Lien Subordinated Notes Trustee
and the Second-Lien Collateral
Agent.Β Β (a)Β The Grantors hereby acknowledge
that, solely as between the Grantors, the Second-Lien Collateral
Agent and the Second-Lien Subordinated Notes Trustee, all of the
rights, privileges, protections, indemnities and immunities
afforded the Second-Lien Subordinated Notes Trustee and the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent under the Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Indenture and the Second-Lien Subordinated Notes
Security Documents are hereby incorporated
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herein by reference as if set forth herein in full. This
SectionΒ 8.20 shall not be binding upon, or impair in any
respect, any rights or obligations of the First-Lien Collateral
Agent or any First-Lien Creditor.
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(b)Β Each party hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that
the Second-Lien Collateral Agent is entering into this Agreement
solely in its capacity under the Second-Lien Subordinated
NotesΒ Documents and not in its individual capacity.
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(c)Β The Second-Lien Subordinated Notes Trustee and the
Second-Lien Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to owe any
fiduciary duty to the First-Lien Collateral Trustee or the other
First-Lien Creditors. With respect to the First-Lien Trustee and
the other First-Lien Creditors, each of the Second-Lien
Subordinated Notes Trustee and the Second-Lien Collateral Agent
undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants
and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement
and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the
First-Lien Collateral Trustee or the other First-Lien Creditors
shall be read into this Agreement against the Second-Lien
Subordinated Notes Trustee or the Second-Lien Collateral Agent.
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(d)Β The provisions of this SectionΒ 8.20 shall survive
the termination of this Agreement.
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Exhibit G
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement as of the date first written above.
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XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.,
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Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
Corporate TrustΒ Services
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Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: CMP Susquehanna Account Manager
Telephone:
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c/oΒ Cumulus
Media Partners, LLC
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx X.X.
XxxxxΒ 0000
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CMP SUSQUEHANNA CORP., as Borrower
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Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone:
(000)Β 000-0000
Fax:
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Β Β Title:Β Β Β Β Chairman, President
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Executive Officer
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c/oΒ Cumulus
Media Partners, LLC
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx X.X.
XxxxxΒ 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Fax:
(000)Β 000-0000
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CMP SUSQUEHANNA RADIO HOLDINGS, CORP.,
By:
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Β Β Title:Β Β Β Β Chairman, President
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Executive Officer
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Media Partners, LLC
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx X.X.
XxxxxΒ 0000 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone:
(000)Β 000-0000
Fax:
(000)Β 000-0000
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SUSQUEHANNA PFALTZGRAFF CO. SUSQUEHANNA MEDIA CO.
SUSQUEHANNA RADIO CORP.
RADIO METROPLEX, INC.
KPLX LICO, INC.
KLIF BROADCASTING, INC.
XXXX XXXX, INC.
CMP KC CORP.
CMP HOUSTON-KC, LLC.
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and Chief Executive
Officer of each of the above entities
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE CMP SUSQUEHANNA CORP. INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT
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