AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC and AVIS BUDGET FINANCE, INC., as Issuers, The GUARANTORS from time to time parties hereto and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK as Trustee INDENTURE DATED as of APRIL 19, 2006 FLOATING RATE SENIOR NOTES DUE...
Exhibit
10.4
AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
and
AVIS
BUDGET FINANCE, INC.,
as
Issuers,
The
GUARANTORS from time to time parties hereto
and
THE
BANK
OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
as
Trustee
______
DATED
as
of APRIL 19, 2006
______
FLOATING
RATE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2014
7.625%
SENIOR NOTES DUE 2014
7.75%
SENIOR NOTES DUE 2016
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
APPLICATION
|
Section
101.
|
Definitions
|
1
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Section
102.
|
Other
Definitions
|
37
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Section
103.
|
Rules
of Construction
|
38
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Section
104.
|
Incorporation
by Reference of TIA
|
39
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|||
Section
105.
|
Conflict
with TIA
|
39
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|||
Section
106.
|
Compliance
Certificates and Opinions
|
40
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|||
Section
107.
|
Form
of Documents Delivered to Trustee
|
40
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|||
Section
108.
|
Acts
of Noteholders; Record Dates
|
41
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|||
Section
109.
|
Notices,
etc., to Trustee and Company
|
43
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|||
Section
110.
|
Notices
to Holders; Waiver
|
44
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|||
Section
111.
|
Effect
of Headings and Table of Contents
|
44
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|||
Section
112.
|
Successors
and Assigns
|
44
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|||
Section
113.
|
Separability
Clause
|
44
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|||
Section
114.
|
Benefits
of Indenture
|
45
|
|||
Section
115.
|
GOVERNING
LAW
|
45
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|||
Section
116.
|
Legal
Holidays
|
45
|
|||
Section
117.
|
No
Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators,
Equity Holders, Members and Stockholders
|
45
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|||
Section
118.
|
Exhibits
and Schedules
|
45
|
|||
Section
119.
|
Counterparts
|
45
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ARTICLE
II
NOTE
FORMS
|
Section
201.
|
Forms
Generally
|
46
|
|||
Section
202.
|
Form
of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
|
48
|
|||
Section
203.
|
Restrictive
and Global Note Legends
|
49
|
ARTICLE
III
THE
NOTES
|
Section
301.
|
Title
and Terms
|
51
|
|||
Section
302.
|
Denominations
|
53
|
|||
Section
303.
|
Execution,
Authentication and Delivery and Dating
|
53
|
|||
Section
304.
|
Temporary
Notes
|
54
|
|||
Section
305.
|
Registrar
and Paying Agent
|
54
|
i
Section
306.
|
Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes
|
55
|
|||
Section
307.
|
Payment
of Interest Rights Preserved
|
56
|
|||
Section
308.
|
Persons
Deemed Owners
|
57
|
|||
Section
309.
|
Cancellation
|
57
|
|||
Section
310.
|
Computation
of Xxxxxxxx
|
00
|
|||
Xxxxxxx
000.
|
CUSIP
Numbers, Etc
|
58
|
|||
Section
312.
|
Book-Entry
Provisions for Global Notes
|
58
|
|||
Section
313.
|
Special
Transfer Provisions
|
60
|
|||
Section
314.
|
Payment
of Additional Interest
|
62
|
ARTICLE
IV
COVENANTS
|
Section
401.
|
Payment
of Principal, Premium and Interest
|
63
|
|||
Section
402.
|
Maintenance
of Office or Agency
|
63
|
|||
Section
403.
|
Money
for Payments to Be Held in Trust
|
63
|
|||
Section
404.
|
[Reserved]
|
64
|
|||
Section
405.
|
Reports
|
65
|
|||
Section
406.
|
Statement
as to Default
|
66
|
|||
Section
407.
|
Limitation
on Indebtedness
|
66
|
|||
Section
408.
|
[Reserved]
|
69
|
|||
Section
409.
|
Limitation
on Restricted Payments
|
69
|
|||
Section
410.
|
Limitation
on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted
Subsidiaries
|
73
|
|||
Section
411.
|
Limitation
on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock
|
75
|
|||
Section
412.
|
Limitation
on Transactions with Affiliates
|
78
|
|||
Section
413.
|
Limitation
on Liens
|
79
|
|||
Section
414.
|
Future
Subsidiary Guarantors
|
79
|
|||
Section
415.
|
Purchase
of Notes Upon a Change in Control
|
80
|
ARTICLE
V
SUCCESSORS
|
Section
501.
|
When
the Company May Merge, Etc
|
81
|
|||
Section
502.
|
Successor
Company Substituted
|
82
|
ARTICLE
VI
REMEDIES
|
Section
601.
|
Events
of Default
|
82
|
|||
Section
602.
|
Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
|
85
|
|||
Section
603.
|
Other
Remedies; Collection Suit by Trustee
|
85
|
|||
Section
604.
|
Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim
|
85
|
|||
Section
605.
|
Trustee
May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes
|
86
|
ii
Section
606.
|
Application
of Money Collected
|
86
|
|||
Section
607.
|
Limitation
on Suits
|
86
|
|||
Section
608.
|
Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest
|
87
|
|||
Section
609.
|
Restoration
of Rights and Remedies
|
87
|
|||
Section
610.
|
Rights
and Remedies Cumulative
|
87
|
|||
Section
611.
|
Delay
or Omission Not Waiver
|
87
|
|||
Section
612.
|
Control
by Holders
|
88
|
|||
Section
613.
|
Waiver
of Past Defaults
|
88
|
|||
Section
614.
|
Undertaking
for Costs
|
89
|
|||
Section
615.
|
Waiver
of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws
|
89
|
ARTICLE
VII
THE
TRUSTEE
|
Section
701.
|
Certain
Duties and Responsibilities
|
89
|
|||
Section
702.
|
Notice
of Defaults
|
90
|
|||
Section
703.
|
Certain
Rights of Trustee
|
90
|
|||
Section
704.
|
Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes
|
91
|
|||
Section
705.
|
May
Hold Notes
|
92
|
|||
Section
706.
|
Money
Held in Trust
|
92
|
|||
Section
707.
|
Compensation
and Reimbursement
|
92
|
|||
Section
708.
|
Conflicting
Interests
|
92
|
|||
Section
709.
|
Corporate
Trustee Required; Eligibility
|
93
|
|||
Section
710.
|
Resignation
and Removal; Appointment of Successor
|
93
|
|||
Section
711.
|
Acceptance
of Appointment by Successor
|
94
|
|||
Section
712.
|
Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
|
94
|
|||
Section
713.
|
Preferential
Collection of Claims Against the Company
|
95
|
|||
Section
714.
|
Appointment
of Authenticating Agent
|
95
|
ARTICLE
VIII
HOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND THE
COMPANY
|
Section
801.
|
The
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
|
95
|
|||
Section
802.
|
Preservation
of Information; Communications to Holders
|
96
|
|||
Section
803.
|
Reports
by Trustee
|
96
|
ARTICLE
IX
AMENDMENT,
SUPPLEMENT OR WAIVER
|
Section
901.
|
Without
Consent of Holders
|
96
|
|||
Section
902.
|
With
Consent of Holders
|
97
|
|||
Section
903.
|
Execution
of Amendments, Supplements or Waivers
|
98
|
iii
Section
904.
|
Revocation
and Effect of Consents
|
99
|
|||
Section
905.
|
Conformity
with TIA
|
99
|
|||
Section
906.
|
Notation
on or Exchange of Notes
|
99
|
|||
ARTICLE
X
REDEMPTION
of NOTES
|
Section
1001.
|
Right
of Redemption
|
100
|
|||
Section
1002.
|
Applicability
of Article
|
102
|
|||
Section
1003.
|
Election
to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
|
102
|
|||
Section
1004.
|
Selection
by Trustee of Notes to Be Redeemed
|
102
|
|||
Section
1005.
|
Notice
of Redemption
|
103
|
|||
Section
1006.
|
Deposit
of Redemption Price
|
104
|
|||
Section
1007.
|
Notes
Payable on Redemption Date
|
104
|
|||
Section
1008.
|
Notes
Redeemed in Part
|
104
|
ARTICLE
XI
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
|
Section
1101.
|
Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture
|
105
|
|||
Section
1102.
|
Application
of Trust Money
|
106
|
ARTICLE
XII
DEFEASANCE
OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE
|
Section
1201.
|
The
Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance
|
106
|
|||
Section
1202.
|
Defeasance
and Discharge
|
106
|
|||
Section
1203.
|
Covenant
Defeasance
|
107
|
|||
Section
1204.
|
Conditions
to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
|
107
|
|||
Section
1205.
|
Deposited
Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions
|
109
|
|||
Section
1206.
|
Reinstatement
|
109
|
|||
Section
1207.
|
Repayment
to the Company
|
110
|
ARTICLE
XIII
GUARANTEES
|
Section
1301.
|
Guarantees
Generally
|
110
|
|||
Section
1302.
|
Continuing
Guarantees
|
112
|
|||
Section
1303.
|
Release
of Guarantees
|
112
|
|||
Section
1304.
|
[Reserved]
|
113
|
|||
Section
1305.
|
Waiver
of Subrogation
|
113
|
iv
Section
1306.
|
Notation
Not Required
|
113
|
|||
Section
1307.
|
Successors
and Assigns of Guarantors
|
113
|
|||
Section
1308.
|
Execution
and Delivery of Guarantees
|
113
|
|||
Section
1309.
|
Notices
|
114
|
Exhibit
A
|
Form
of Initial Floating Rate Note
|
Exhibit
B
|
Form
of Initial 7.625% Note
|
Exhibit
C
|
Form
of Initial 7.75% Note
|
Exhibit
D
|
Form
of Exchange Floating Rate Note
|
Exhibit
E
|
Form
of Exchange 7.625% Note
|
Exhibit
F
|
Form
of Exchange 7.75% Note
|
Exhibit
G
|
Form
of Certificate of Beneficial Ownership
|
Exhibit
H
|
Form
of Regulation S Certificate
|
Exhibit
I
|
Form
of Supplemental Indenture in Respect of Subsidiary Guarantees
|
Exhibit
J
|
Form
of Certificate from Acquiring Institutional Accredited Investors
|
Exhibit
K
|
List
of Agreements Named in Section
412(b)(iv)
|
v
Certain
Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310 through 318
inclusive
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
Trust
Indenture Act Section
|
Indenture
Section
|
|||
§
310(a)(1)
|
709
|
|||
(a)(2)
|
709
|
|||
(a)(3)
|
Not
Applicable
|
|||
(a)(4)
|
Not
Applicable
|
|||
(b)
|
708
|
|||
§
311(a)
|
713
|
|||
(b)
|
713
|
|||
§
312(a)
|
801,
802
|
|||
(b)
|
802
|
|||
(c)
|
802
|
|||
§
313(a)
|
803
|
|||
(b)
|
803
|
|||
(c)
|
803
|
|||
(d)
|
803
|
|||
§
314(a)
|
000
|
|||
(x)(0)
|
000,
000
|
|||
(x)
|
Not
Applicable
|
|||
(c)(1)
|
106
|
|||
(c)(2)
|
106
|
|||
(c)(3)
|
Not
Applicable
|
|||
(d)
|
Not
Applicable
|
|||
(e)
|
106
|
|||
§
315(a)
|
701
|
|||
(b)
|
702,
803
|
|||
(c)
|
701
|
|||
(d)
|
701
|
|||
(d)(1)
|
701
|
|||
(d)(2)
|
701
|
|||
(d)(3)
|
612,
701
|
|||
(e)
|
614
|
|||
§
316(a)
|
612,
613
|
|||
(a)(1)(A)
|
602,
612
|
|||
(a)(1)(B)
|
613
|
|||
(a)(2)
|
Not
Applicable
|
|||
(b)
|
608
|
i
(c)
|
108
|
|||
§
317(a)(1)
|
603
|
|||
(a)(2)
|
604
|
|||
(b)
|
403
|
|||
§
318(a)
|
105
|
_____________________________
This
cross-reference table shall not for any purpose be deemed to be part of
this
Indenture.
ii
INDENTURE,
dated as of April 19, 2006 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from
time to time, this “Indenture”),
among
Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the
laws of the state of Delaware (the “Company”),
and
Avis Budget Finance, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State
of Delaware (together with the Company, “the Issuers”),
the
guarantors from time to time parties hereto (the “Guarantors”)
and
The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
RECITALS
OF THE ISSUERS
The
Issuers have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance of the Notes.
All
things necessary to make the Original Notes, when executed and delivered by
the
Issuers and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee hereunder and duly issued
by the Issuers, the valid several obligations of the Issuers, and to make this
Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuers in accordance with the terms of
the
Original Notes and this Indenture, have been done.
NOW,
THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For
and
in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders
thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the benefit of all Holders of the Notes,
as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF
GENERAL APPLICATION
Section
101. Definitions.
“7.625%
Notes”
means
the Issuers’ 7.625% Senior Notes due 2014.
“7.75%
Notes”
means
the Issuers’ 7.75% Senior Notes due 2016.
“Acquired
Indebtedness”
means
Indebtedness of a Person (i) existing at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary or (ii) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from
such Person, in each case other than Indebtedness Incurred in connection with,
or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition.
Acquired Indebtedness shall be deemed to be Incurred on the date of the related
acquisition of assets from any Person or the date the acquired Person becomes
a
Subsidiary.
“Additional
Assets”
means
(i) any property or assets that replace the property or assets that are the
subject of an Asset Disposition; (ii) any property or assets (other than
Indebtedness and Capital Stock) used or to be used by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise useful in a Related Business (including
any
capital expenditures on any property or assets already so used); (iii) the
Capital Stock of a Person that is engaged in a Related Business and becomes
a
Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock
by
the
1
Company
or another Restricted Subsidiary; or (iv) Capital Stock of any Person that
at
such time is a Restricted Subsidiary acquired from a third party.
“Additional
Notes”
means
any notes issued under this Indenture in addition to the Original Notes (other
than any Notes issued pursuant to Section
304,
305,
306,
312(c),
312(d)
or
1008).
“Affiliate”
of
any
specified Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling
or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified
Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to
any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities,
by
contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Asset
Disposition”
means
any sale, lease (other than an operating lease entered into in the ordinary
course of business), transfer or other disposition of shares of Capital Stock
of
a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares, or (in the
case of a Foreign Subsidiary) to the extent required by applicable law),
property or other assets (each referred to for the purposes of this definition
as a “disposition”)
by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any disposition by
means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction), other than (i) a
disposition to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) a sale or other
disposition in the ordinary course of business, (iii) the sale or discount
(with
or without recourse, and on customary or commercially reasonable terms) of
accounts receivable or notes receivable arising in the ordinary course of
business, or the conversion or exchange of accounts receivable for notes
receivable, (iv) any Restricted Payment Transaction, (v) a disposition that
is
governed by Article
V,
(vi)
any Financing Disposition, (vii) any “fee in lieu” or other disposition of
assets to any governmental authority or agency that continue in use by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets upon reasonable notice by paying
a
nominal fee, (viii) any exchange of property pursuant to or intended to qualify
under Section 1031 (or any successor section) of the Code, or any exchange
of
equipment to be leased, rented or otherwise used in a Related Business, (ix)
any
financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including without limitation
any sale/leaseback transaction or asset securitization, (x) any disposition
arising from foreclosure, condemnation or similar action with respect to any
property or other assets, or exercise of termination rights under any lease,
license, concession or other agreement, (xi) any disposition of Capital Stock,
Indebtedness or other securities of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (xii) a
disposition of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement
or other obligation with or to a Person (other than the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary) from whom such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired, or from whom
such
Restricted Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed
in connection with such acquisition), entered into in connection with such
acquisition, (xiii) a disposition of not more than 5% of the outstanding Capital
Stock of a Foreign Subsidiary that has been approved by the Board of Directors,
(xiv) any disposition or series of related dispositions for aggregate
consideration not to exceed $50.0 million, (xv) the creation of a Permitted
Lien and dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens,
(xvi) dispositions of Investments or receivables, in each case in
connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary
course of business in bankruptcy or similar proceedings,
2
(xvii) the
unwinding of any Hedging Obligation, or (xviii) the licensing of any
intellectual property.
“Average
Book Value”
means,
for any period, the amount equal to (x) the sum of the respective book values
of
Rental Vehicles of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end
of
each of the most recent thirteen fiscal months of the Company that have ended
at
or prior to the end of such period, divided by (y) 13.
“Average
Interest Rate”
means,
for any period, the amount equal to (x) the total interest expense of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (excluding any interest
expense on any Indebtedness of any Special Purpose Subsidiary that is a
Restricted Subsidiary directly or indirectly Incurred to finance or refinance
the acquisition of, or secured by, Rental Vehicles and/or related rights and/or
assets), divided by (y) the Average Principal Amount of Indebtedness of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (excluding any
Indebtedness of any Special Purpose Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary
directly or indirectly Incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition of,
or
secured by, Rental Vehicles and/or related rights and/or assets).
“Average
Principal Amount”
means,
for any period, the amount equal to (x) the sum of the respective aggregate
outstanding principal amounts of the applicable Indebtedness as of the end
of
each of the most recent thirteen fiscal months of the Company that have ended
at
or prior to the end of such period, divided by (y) 13.
“Authenticating
Agent”
means
any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section
714
to act
on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Notes of one or more
series.
“Bank
Indebtedness”
means
any and all amounts, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter
incurred, payable under or in respect of any Credit Facility, including without
limitation principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing
on
or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating
to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary whether or not a claim for
post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses,
reimbursement obligations, guarantees, other monetary obligations of any nature
and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.
“Board
of Directors”
means,
for any Person, the board of directors or other governing body of such Person
or, if such Person is owned or managed by a single entity, the board of
directors or other governing body of such entity, or, in either case, any
committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board or governing
body. Unless otherwise provided, “Board of Directors” means the Board of
Directors of the Company.
“Business
Day”
means
a
day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking
institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New York City (or
any
other city in which a Paying Agent maintains its office).
“Capital
Stock”
of
any
Person means any and all shares of, rights to purchase, warrants or options
for,
or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of
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such
Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities
convertible into such equity.
“Capitalized
Lease Obligation”
means
an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a
capitalized lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.
The
Stated Maturity of any Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be the date of the
last payment of rent or any other amount due under the related
lease.
“Cash
Equivalents”
means
any of the following: (a) securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured
by
the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, (b)
marketable general obligations issued by any state of the United States of
America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof having a credit rating of “A” or better at the time of
acquisition from either S&P or Xxxxx’x, (c) time deposits, certificates
of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of (i) any lender under a Senior Credit
Facility or any affiliate thereof or (ii) any commercial bank having capital
and
surplus in excess of $500,000,000 and the commercial paper of the holding
company of which is rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or
at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Xxxxx’x (or if at such time neither is
issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of another nationally recognized
rating agency), (d) money market instruments, commercial paper or other
short-term obligations rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P
or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Xxxxx’x (or if at such time neither
is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of another nationally recognized
rating agency), (e) investments in money market funds subject to the risk
limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 or any successor rule of the SEC under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and (f) investments similar to any
of
the foregoing denominated in foreign currencies approved by the Board of
Directors.
“Cendant”
means
Cendant Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and any successor in interest
thereto.
“Cendant
Subsidiary”
means
a
Subsidiary of Cendant Corporation.
“Change
of Control”
means:
(i) any
“person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act),
other than one or more Permitted Holders or a Parent, becomes the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock
of
the Company, provided
that (x)
so long as the Company is a Subsidiary of any Parent, no “person” shall be
deemed to be or become a “beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting
power of the Voting Stock of the Company unless such “person” shall be or become
a “beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting
Stock of such Parent and (y) any Voting Stock of which any Permitted Holder
is
the “beneficial owner” shall not in any case be included in any Voting Stock of
which any such “person” is the “beneficial owner”;
(ii) the
Company or the Parent merges or consolidates with or into, or sells or transfers
(in one or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of the
assets of
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the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to, another Person
(other than one or more Permitted Holders) and any “person” (as defined in
clause (i) above), other than one or more Permitted Holders or any Parent,
is or
becomes the “beneficial owner” (as so defined), directly or indirectly, of more
than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person
in such merger or consolidation, or the transferee Person in such sale or
transfer of assets, as the case may be, provided
that (x)
so long as such surviving or transferee Person is a Subsidiary of a parent
Person, no “person” shall be deemed to be or become a “beneficial owner” of more
than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such surviving or
transferee Person unless such “person” shall be or become a “beneficial owner”
of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such parent
Person and (y) any Voting Stock of which any Permitted Holder is the “beneficial
owner” shall not in any case be included in any Voting Stock of which any such
“person” is the beneficial owner; or
(iii) during
any period of two consecutive years (during which period the Company has been
a
party to this Indenture), individuals who at the beginning of such period were
members of the Board of Directors of the Company (together with any new members
thereof whose election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for
election by holders of Capital Stock of the Company was approved by one or
more
Permitted Holders or by a vote of a majority of the members of such Board of
Directors then still in office who were either members thereof at the beginning
of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously
so
approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of such Board of
Directors then in office.
“Clearstream”
means
Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or any successor securities clearing
agency.
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commodities
Agreement”
means,
in respect of a Person, any commodity futures contract, forward contract, option
or similar agreement or arrangement (including derivative agreements or
arrangements), as to which such Person is a party or beneficiary.
“Company”
means
Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, and any and all successors thereto.
“Company
Request,”
“Company
Order”
and
“Company
Consent”
mean,
respectively, a written request, order or consent signed in the name of the
Company by an Officer of the Company.
“Consolidated
Coverage Ratio”
as
of
any date of determination means the ratio of (i) the aggregate amount of
Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal
quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which consolidated
financial statements of the Company are available to (ii) Consolidated Interest
Expense for such four fiscal quarters (in each of the foregoing clauses (i)
and
(ii), determined for each fiscal quarter of the four fiscal quarters ending
prior to the Issue Date); provided,
that
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(1) if
since
the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has
Incurred any Indebtedness that remains outstanding on such date of determination
or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated
Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence of Indebtedness, Consolidated EBITDA and
Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving
effect on a pro forma basis to such Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had
been Incurred on the first day of such period (except that in making such
computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility
outstanding on the date of such calculation shall be computed based on (A)
the
average daily balance of such Indebtedness during such four fiscal quarters
or
such shorter period for which such facility was outstanding or (B) if such
facility was created after the end of such four fiscal quarters, the average
daily balance of such Indebtedness during the period from the date of creation
of such facility to the date of such calculation);
(2) if
since
the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has
repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or otherwise acquired, retired or
discharged any Indebtedness that is no longer outstanding on such date of
determination or the Indebtedness of any Special Purpose Subsidiary which is
an
Unrestricted Subsidiary is reduced (each, a “Discharge”)
or if
the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage
Ratio involves a Discharge of Indebtedness (in each case other than Indebtedness
Incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been
permanently repaid), Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense
for
such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to
such
Discharge of such Indebtedness, including with the proceeds of such new
Indebtedness, as if such Discharge had occurred on the first day of such
period;
(3) if
since
the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall
have
disposed of any company, any business or any group of assets constituting an
operating unit of a business (any such disposition, a “Sale”),
the
Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to
the
Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets that are the
subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an amount equal to the
Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such period and
Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be reduced by an amount
equal to (A) the Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to any Indebtedness
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, redeemed,
defeased or otherwise acquired, retired or discharged with respect to the
Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such
Sale
for such period (including but not limited to through the assumption of such
Indebtedness by another Person) plus (B) if the Capital Stock of any Restricted
Subsidiary is sold, the Consolidated Interest Expense for such period
attributable to the Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent
the
Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for
such
Indebtedness after such Sale;
(4) if
since
the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (by
merger, consolidation or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in any Person
that thereby becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or otherwise acquired any company,
any business or any group of assets constituting an operating unit of a
business,
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including
any such Investment or acquisition occurring in connection with a transaction
causing a calculation to be made hereunder (any such Investment or acquisition,
a “Purchase”),
Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall
be
calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the Incurrence
of
any related Indebtedness) as if such Purchase occurred on the first day of
such
period; and
(5) if
since
the beginning of such period any Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was
merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
and since the beginning of such period such Person shall have Discharged any
Indebtedness or made any Sale or Purchase that would have required an adjustment
pursuant to clause (2), (3) or (4) above if made by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary since the beginning of such period, Consolidated EBITDA and
Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving
pro forma effect thereto as if such Discharge, Sale or Purchase occurred on
the
first day of such period.
For
purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any
Sale, Purchase or other transaction, or the amount of income or earnings
relating thereto and the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense associated
with
any Indebtedness Incurred or repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or
otherwise acquired, retired or discharged in connection therewith, the pro
forma
calculations in respect thereof (including without limitation in respect of
anticipated cost savings or synergies relating to any such Sale, Purchase or
other transaction) shall be as determined in good faith by the Chief Financial
Officer or an authorized Officer of the Company. If any Indebtedness bears
a
floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest
expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on
the
date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking
into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness).
If
any Indebtedness bears, at the option of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary,
a rate of interest based on a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank
offered rate or other fixed or floating rate, and such Indebtedness is being
given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Indebtedness shall be
calculated by applying such optional rate as the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary may designate. If any Indebtedness that is being given pro forma
effect was Incurred under a revolving credit facility, the interest expense
on
such Indebtedness shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of
such
Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on a Capitalized Lease
Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate determined in good
faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of the Company to be
the
rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance
with GAAP.
“Consolidated
EBITDA”
means,
for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus the following
to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, without
duplication: (i) provision for all taxes (whether or not paid, estimated or
accrued) based on income, profits or capital, (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense
and any Special Purpose Financing Fees, (iii) depreciation (excluding
Consolidated Vehicle Depreciation), amortization (including but not limited
to
amortization of goodwill and intangibles and amortization and write-off of
financing costs) and all other non-cash charges or non-cash losses, (iv) any
expenses or charges related to any Equity Offering, Investment or Indebtedness
permitted by this Indenture (whether or not consummated or incurred), and (v)
the amount of any minority interest expense.
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“Consolidated
Interest Expense”
means,
for any period, (i) the total interest expense of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
net
of any interest income of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including
without limitation any such interest expense consisting of (a) interest expense
attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations, (b) amortization of debt
discount, (c) interest in respect of Indebtedness of any other Person that
has
been Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, but only to the
extent that such interest is actually paid by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, (d) non-cash interest expense, (e) the interest portion of any
deferred payment obligation and (f) commissions, discounts and other fees and
charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance
financing, plus (ii) Preferred Stock dividends paid in cash in respect of
Disqualified Stock of the Company held by Persons other than the Company or
a
Restricted Subsidiary and minus (iii) to the extent otherwise included in such
interest expense referred to in clause (i) above, (x) Consolidated Vehicle
Interest Expense and (y) amortization or write-off of financing costs, in each
case under clauses (i) through (iii) as determined on a Consolidated basis
in
accordance with GAAP (to the extent applicable, in the case of Consolidated
Vehicle Interest Expense); provided,
that
gross interest expense shall be determined after giving effect to any net
payments made or received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with
respect to Interest Rate Agreements; provided,
further,
that
notwithstanding the definition of “Consolidated Vehicle Interest Expense,”
“Consolidated Interest Expense” shall include the interest expense in respect of
Indebtedness that is secured by Liens incurred pursuant to clause (v) of the
definition of “Permitted Liens.”
“Consolidated
Net Income”
means,
for any period, the net income (loss) of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and
before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends; provided,
that
there shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:
(i) any
net
income (loss) of any Person if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary,
except that (A) subject to the limitations contained in clause (iii) below,
the
Company’s equity in the net income of any such Person for such period shall be
included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount actually
distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a
dividend or other distribution to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations
contained in clause (ii) below) and (B) the Company’s equity in the net loss of
such Person shall be included to the extent of the aggregate Investment of
the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Person;
(ii) solely
for purposes of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under
Section
409(a)(3)(A),
any net
income (loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor
if
such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly,
on the payment of dividends or the making of similar distributions by such
Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Company by operation
of
the terms of such Restricted Subsidiary’s charter or any agreement, instrument,
judgment, decree, order, statute or governmental rule or regulation applicable
to such Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders (other than (x) restrictions
that have been waived or otherwise released, (y) restrictions pursuant to the
Notes or this Indenture and (z) restrictions in effect on the Issue Date with
respect to a Restricted Subsidiary and other
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restrictions
with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary that taken as a whole are not
materially less favorable to the Noteholders than such restrictions in effect
on
the Issue Date), except that (A) subject to the limitations contained in clause
(iii) below, the Company’s equity in the net income of any such Restricted
Subsidiary for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income
up
to the aggregate amount of any dividend or distribution that was or that could
have been made by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to the Company
or another Restricted Subsidiary (subject, in the case of a dividend that could
have been made to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained
in
this clause) and (B) the net loss of such Restricted Subsidiary shall be
included to the extent of the aggregate Investment of the Company or any of
its
other Restricted Subsidiaries in such Restricted Subsidiary;
(iii) any
gain
or loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary (including pursuant to any sale/leaseback
transaction) that is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course
of
business (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors);
(iv) the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;
(v) all
deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid in connection with any
early extinguishment of Indebtedness;
(vi) any
unrealized gains or losses in respect of Currency Agreements;
(vii) any
unrealized foreign currency transaction gains or losses in respect of
Indebtedness of any Person denominated in a currency other than the functional
currency of such Person;
(viii) any
non-cash compensation charge arising from any grant of stock, stock options
or
other equity based awards;
(ix) to
the
extent otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income, any unrealized foreign
currency translation or transaction gains or losses in respect of Indebtedness
or other obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(x) any
non-cash charge, expense or other impact attributable to application of the
purchase method of accounting (including the total amount of depreciation and
amortization, cost of sales or other non-cash expense resulting from the
write-up of assets to the extent resulting from such purchase accounting
adjustments); and
(xi) any
item
classified as an extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss or charge,
including fees, expenses and charges associated with the Separation Transactions
and any acquisition, merger or consolidation after the Issue Date.
For
purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any
Sale, Purchase or other transaction, or the amount of income or earnings
relating thereto, the pro
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forma
calculations in respect thereof (including without limitation in respect of
anticipated cost savings or synergies relating to any such Sale, Purchase or
other transaction) shall be as determined in good faith by a responsible
financial or accounting Officer of the Company.
“Consolidated
Quarterly Tangible Assets”
means,
as of any date of determination, the total assets less the sum of the goodwill,
net, and “other intangibles, net,” in each case reflected on the consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as at the end
of
any fiscal quarter of the Company for which such a balance sheet is available,
determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (and, in the case
of
any determination relating to any incurrence of Indebtedness or any Investment,
on a pro forma basis including any property or assets being acquired in
connection therewith).
“Consolidated
Secured Indebtedness”
means,
as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the Consolidated Total
Indebtedness as of such date that in each case the payment of which is then
secured by Liens on property or assets of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than property or assets held in a defeasance or similar
trust or arrangement for the benefit of the Indebtedness secured
thereby).
“Consolidated
Secured Leverage Ratio”
means,
as of any date of determination, the ratio of (x) Consolidated Secured
Indebtedness as at such date to (y) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA
for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior
to the date of such determination for which consolidated financial statements
of
the Company are available (determined for each fiscal quarter (or portion
thereof) of the four fiscal quarters ending prior to the Issue Date),
provided,
that:
(1) if
since
the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has
Incurred any Consolidated Secured Indebtedness that remains outstanding on
such
date of determination or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate
the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio is an Incurrence of Consolidated Secured
Indebtedness, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Secured Indebtedness (to
the
extent it does not already include such Incurrence of Consolidated Secured
Indebtedness) for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a
pro
forma basis to such Consolidated Secured Indebtedness as if such Consolidated
Secured Indebtedness had been Incurred on the first day of such period (except
that in making such computation, the amount of Consolidated Secured Indebtedness
under any revolving credit facility outstanding on the date of such calculation
shall be computed based on (A) the average daily balance of such Consolidated
Secured Indebtedness during such four fiscal quarters or such shorter period
for
which such facility was outstanding or (B) if such facility was created after
the end of such four fiscal quarters, the average daily balance of such
Indebtedness during the period from the date of creation of such facility to
the
date of such calculation);
(2) if
since
the beginning of such period Consolidated Secured Indebtedness has been
Discharged or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the
Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio involves a Discharge of Consolidated Secured
Indebtedness (in each case other than Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving
credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid),
Consolidated EBITDA
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and
Consolidated Secured Indebtedness (to the extent it does not already exclude
such Discharge of Consolidated Secured Indebtedness) for such period shall
be
calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Discharge of such
Consolidated Secured Indebtedness, including with the proceeds of such new
Consolidated Secured Indebtedness, as if such Discharge had occurred on the
first day of such period;
(3) if
since
the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall
have
made a Sale, the Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an
amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets
that are the subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an amount
equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such
period;
(4) if
since
the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (by
merger, consolidation or otherwise) shall have made a Purchase (including any
Purchase occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to
be
made hereunder), Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after
giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Purchase occurred on the first day
of
such period; and
(5) if
since
the beginning of such period any Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was
merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
and since the beginning of such period such Person shall have made any Sale
or
Purchase that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (2), (3)
or
(4) above if made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning
of such period, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Secured Indebtedness for
such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if
such
Sale or Purchase occurred on the first day of such period.
For
purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any
Sale, Purchase or other transaction, or the amount of income or earnings
relating thereto, the pro forma calculations in respect thereof (including
without limitation in respect of anticipated cost savings or synergies relating
to any such Sale, Purchase or other transaction) shall be as determined in
good
faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of the Company.
“Consolidated
Tangible Assets”
means,
as of any date of determination, the amount equal to (x) the sum of Consolidated
Quarterly Tangible Assets as at the end of each of the most recently ended
four
fiscal quarters of the Company for which a calculation thereof is available,
divided by (y) four; provided
that for
purposes of Section
407(b),
Section
409
and the
definition of “Permitted Investment,” Consolidated Tangible Assets shall not be
deemed to be less than $10,646 million.
“Consolidated
Total Indebtedness”
means,
as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (1) the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than the Notes) as of such date consisting of (without
duplication) Indebtedness for borrowed money (including Purchase Money
Obligations and unreimbursed outstanding drawn amounts under funded letters
of
credit); Capitalized Lease Obligations; debt obligations evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments; Disqualified Stock; and (in the case
of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary
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Guarantor)
Preferred Stock, determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
(excluding items eliminated in Consolidation, and for the avoidance of doubt,
excluding Hedging Obligations), minus (2) the amount of such Indebtedness
consisting of Indebtedness of a type referred to in, or Incurred pursuant to,
Section
407(b)(ix)
to the
extent not Incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition of Rental Vehicles,
and minus (3) the Consolidated Vehicle Indebtedness as of such date.
“Consolidated
Vehicle Depreciation”
means,
for any period, depreciation on all Rental Vehicles (after adjustments thereto),
to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such
period.
“Consolidated
Vehicle Indebtedness”
means,
as of any date of determination, the amount equal to either (a) the sum of
(x)
the aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Indebtedness of any Special
Purpose Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary directly or indirectly
Incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition of, or secured by, Rental
Vehicles and/or related rights and/or assets plus (y) the aggregate principal
amount of other then outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries that is attributable to the financing or refinancing of Rental
Vehicles and/or related rights and/or assets, as determined in good faith by
the
Chief Financial Officer or an authorized Officer of the Company (which
determination shall be conclusive) or, at the Company’s option, (b) 90% of the
book value of Rental Vehicles of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
(such book value being determined as of the end of the most recently ended
fiscal month of the Company for which internal consolidated financial statements
of the Company are available, on a pro forma basis including (x) any Rental
Vehicles acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary since the end
of
such fiscal month and (y) in the case of any determination relating to any
Incurrence of Indebtedness, any Rental Vehicles being acquired by the Company
or
any Restricted Subsidiary in connection therewith).
“Consolidated
Vehicle Interest Expense”
means,
for any period, the sum of (a) the aggregate interest expense for such period
on
any Indebtedness (including costs associated with letters of credit related
to
such Indebtedness) of any Special Purpose Subsidiary that is a Restricted
Subsidiary directly or indirectly Incurred to finance or refinance the
acquisition of, or secured by, Rental Vehicles and/or related rights and/or
assets plus (b) either (x) the aggregate interest expense for such period on
other Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is
attributable to the financing or refinancing of Rental Vehicles and/or any
related rights and/or assets, as determined in good faith by the Chief Financial
Officer or an authorized Officer of the Company (which determination shall
be
conclusive) or, at the Company’s option, (y) an amount of the total interest
expense of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period equal
to
(i) the Average Interest Rate for such period multiplied by (ii) the amount
equal to (1) 90% of the Average Book Value for such period of Rental Vehicles
of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries minus (2) the Average Principal
Amount for such period of any Indebtedness of any Special Purpose Subsidiary
that is a Restricted Subsidiary directly or indirectly Incurred to finance
or
refinance the acquisition of, or secured by, Rental Vehicles and/or related
rights and/or assets.
“Consolidation”
means
the consolidation of the accounts of each of the Restricted Subsidiaries with
those of the Company in accordance with GAAP; provided
that
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“Consolidation”
will not include consolidation of the accounts of any Unrestricted Subsidiary,
but the interest of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Unrestricted
Subsidiary will be accounted for as an investment. The term “Consolidated” has a
correlative meaning.
“Corporate
Trust Office”
means
the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be administered, which office on the Issue Date is located at
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000.
“Credit
Facilities”
means
one or more of (i) the Senior Credit Facility, and (ii) any other
facilities or arrangements designated by the Company, in each case with one
or
more banks or other lenders or institutions providing for revolving credit
loans, term loans, receivables or fleet financings (including without limitation
through the sale of receivables or fleet assets to such institutions or to
special purpose entities formed to borrow from such institutions against such
receivables or fleet assets or the creation of any Liens in respect of such
receivables or fleet assets in favor of such institutions), letters of credit
or
other Indebtedness, in each case, including all agreements, instruments and
documents executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with any of the
foregoing, including but not limited to any notes and letters of credit issued
pursuant thereto and any guarantee and collateral agreement, patent and
trademark security agreement, mortgages or letter of credit applications and
other guarantees, pledge agreements, security agreements and collateral
documents, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or
otherwise modified from time to time, or refunded, refinanced, restructured,
replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether
in
whole or in part, whether with the original banks, lenders or institutions
or
other banks, lenders or institutions or otherwise, and whether provided under
any original Credit Facility or one or more other credit agreements, indentures,
financing agreements or other Credit Facilities or otherwise). Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the term “Credit Facility” shall include any
agreement (i) changing the maturity of any Indebtedness Incurred thereunder
or
contemplated thereby, (ii) adding Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or
guarantors thereunder, (iii) increasing the amount of Indebtedness Incurred
thereunder or available to be borrowed thereunder or (iv) otherwise altering
the
terms and conditions thereof.
“Currency
Agreement”
means,
in respect of a Person, any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement,
futures contract, option contract or other similar agreement or arrangements
(including derivative agreements or arrangements), as to which such Person
is a
party or a beneficiary.
“Default”
means
any event or condition that is, or after notice or passage of time or both
would
be, an Event of Default.
“Depositary”
means
The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and successors.
“Designated
Noncash Consideration”
means
the Fair Market Value of noncash consideration received by the Company or one
of
its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Disposition that is
so
designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s
Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation.
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“Determination
Date,”
with
respect to an Interest Period, means the second London Banking Day preceding
the
first day of such Interest Period.
“Disinterested
Directors”
means,
with respect to any Affiliate Transaction, one or more members of the Board
of
Directors of the Company, or one or more members of the Board of Directors
of a
Parent, having no material direct or indirect financial interest in or with
respect to such Affiliate Transaction. A member of any such Board of Directors
shall not be deemed to have such a financial interest by reason of such member’s
holding Capital Stock of the Company or any Parent or any options, warrants
or
other rights in respect of such Capital Stock. Prior to completion of the
Separation Transactions, the Cendant directors who will remain directors of
Cendant following such Transactions will be deemed to be Disinterested
Directors.
“Disqualified
Stock”
means,
with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock that by its terms (or by the
terms
of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable
or
exercisable) or upon the happening of any event (other than following the
occurrence of a Change of Control or other similar event described under such
terms as a “change of control,” or an Asset Disposition) (i) matures or is
mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise,
(ii)
is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or (iii)
is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than following the
occurrence of a Change of Control or other similar event described under such
terms as a “change of control,” or an Asset Disposition), in whole or in part,
in each case on or prior to the final Stated Maturity of the Notes.
“Dollars”
or
“$”
means
dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.
“Domestic
Subsidiary”
means
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company other than a Foreign
Subsidiary.
“Equity
Offering”
means
a
sale of Capital Stock (x) that is a sale of Capital Stock of the Company
(other than Disqualified Stock), or (y) proceeds of which in an amount
equal to or exceeding the Redemption Amount are contributed to the equity
capital of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Equity
Interests”
means
Capital Stock and all warrants, options, profits, interests, equity appreciation
rights or other rights to acquire or purchase Capital Stock (but excluding
any
debt security that is convertible into, or Exchangeable for, Capital
Stock).
“Euroclear”
means
Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, or any successor
securities clearing agency.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange
7.625% Notes”
means
the Issuers’ 7.625% Senior Notes due 2014, containing terms substantially
identical to the Initial 7.625% Notes or any Initial Additional 7.625% Notes
(except that (i) such Exchange 7.625% Notes may omit terms with respect to
transfer restrictions and may be registered under the Securities Act, and (ii)
certain provisions
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relating
to an increase in the stated rate of interest thereon may be eliminated), that
are issued and exchanged for (a) the Initial 7.625% Notes, as provided for
in
the Registration Rights Agreement, or (b) such Initial Additional 7.625% Notes
as may be provided in any registration rights agreement relating to such
Additional Notes that are 7.625% Notes and this Indenture (including any
amendment or supplement hereto.)
“Exchange
7.75% Notes”
means
the Issuers’ 7.75% Senior Notes due 2016, containing terms substantially
identical to the Initial 7.75% Notes or any Initial Additional 7.75% Notes
(except that (i) such Exchange 7.75% Notes may omit terms with respect to
transfer restrictions and may be registered under the Securities Act, and (ii)
certain provisions relating to an increase in the stated rate of interest
thereon may be eliminated), that are issued and exchanged for (a) the Initial
7.75% Notes, as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement, or (b) such
Initial Additional 7.75% Notes as may be provided in any registration rights
agreement relating to such Additional Notes that are 7.75% Notes and this
Indenture (including any amendment or supplement hereto.)
“Exchange
Floating Rate Notes”
means
the Issuers’ Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2014, containing terms substantially
identical to the Initial Floating Rate Notes or any Initial Additional Floating
Rate Notes (except that (i) such Exchange Floating Rate Notes may omit terms
with respect to transfer restrictions and may be registered under the Securities
Act, and (ii) certain provisions relating to an increase in the stated rate
of
interest thereon may be eliminated), that are issued and exchanged for (a)
the
Initial Floating Rate Notes, as provided for in the Registration Rights
Agreement, or (b) such Initial Additional Floating Rate Notes as may be provided
in any registration rights agreement relating to such Additional Notes that
are
Floating Rate Notes and this Indenture (including any amendment or supplement
hereto.)
“Exchange
Notes”
means
the Exchange 7.625% Notes, the Exchange 7.75% Notes and the Exchange Floating
Rate Notes.
“Fair
Market Value”
means,
with respect to any asset or property, the fair market value of such asset
or
property as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose
determination will be conclusive.
“Financing
Disposition”
means
any sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of, or creation or
incurrence of any Lien on, property or assets by the Company or any Subsidiary
thereof to or in favor of any Special Purpose Entity, or by any Special Purpose
Subsidiary, in each case in connection with a financing by a Special Purpose
Entity or in connection with the Incurrence by a Special Purpose Entity of
Indebtedness or obligations to make payments to the obligor on Indebtedness,
which may be secured by a Lien in respect of such property or
assets.
“Floating
Rate Notes”
means
the Issuers’ Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2014.
“Foreign
Subsidiary”
means
(a) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not organized under the
laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia and (b) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that has no material
assets other
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than
securities or Indebtedness of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries (or Subsidiaries
thereof), and other assets relating to an ownership interest in any such
securities, Indebtedness or Subsidiaries.
“GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as
in
effect on the Issue Date (for purposes of the definitions of the terms
“Consolidated Coverage Ratio,” “Consolidated EBITDA,” “Consolidated Interest
Expense,” “Consolidated Net Income,” “Consolidated Quarterly Tangible Assets,”
“Consolidated Secured Indebtedness,” “Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio,”
“Consolidated Tangible Assets,” “Consolidated Total Indebtedness,” “Consolidated
Vehicle Depreciation,” “Consolidated Vehicle Indebtedness” and “Consolidated
Vehicle Interest Expense,” all defined terms in this Indenture to the extent
used in or relating to any of the foregoing definitions, and all ratios and
computations based on any of the foregoing definitions) and as in effect from
time to time (for all other purposes of this Indenture), including those set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board
of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession. All ratios and computations based on GAAP contained
in
this Indenture shall be computed in conformity to the extent possible with
GAAP.
“Guarantee”
means
any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly
guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person;
provided
that the
term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the
ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a
corresponding meaning.
“Guarantor”
means
Avis Budget Holdings, LLC and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Guarantor
Subordinated Obligations”
means,
with respect to a Subsidiary Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary
Guarantor (whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) that
is
expressly subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of such Subsidiary
Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to a written
agreement.
“Hedging
Obligations”
of
any
Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Interest Rate
Agreement, Currency Agreement or Commodities Agreement.
“Holder”
or
“Noteholder”
means
the Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note Register.
“Incur”
means
issue, assume, enter into any Guarantee of, incur or otherwise become liable
for; and the terms “Incurs,” “Incurred” and “Incurrence” shall have a
correlative meaning; provided,
that
any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition
or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary
at
the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary. Accrual of interest, the accretion
of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional
Indebtedness will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness. Any
Indebtedness issued at a discount (including Indebtedness on which interest
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is
payable through the issuance of additional Indebtedness) shall be deemed
Incurred at the time of original issuance of the Indebtedness at the initial
accreted amount thereof.
“Indebtedness”
means,
with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without
duplication):
(i) the
principal of indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;
(ii) the
principal of obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes
or
other similar instruments;
(iii) the
principal component of all reimbursement obligations of such Person in respect
of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments (except
to the extent such reimbursement obligation relates to a Trade Payable or
similar liability and such obligation is satisfied within 30 days of
Incurrence);
(iv) the
principal component of all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and
unpaid purchase price of property (except Trade Payables), which purchase price
is due more than one year after the date of placing such property in final
service or taking final delivery and title thereto;
(v) all
Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person;
(vi) the
redemption, repayment or other repurchase amount of such Person with respect
to
any Disqualified Stock of such Person or (if such Person is a Subsidiary of
the
Company other than a Subsidiary Guarantor) any Preferred Stock of such
Subsidiary, but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends (the amount
of
such obligation to be equal at any time to the maximum fixed involuntary
redemption, repayment or repurchase price for such Capital Stock, or if less
(or
if such Capital Stock has no such fixed price), to the involuntary redemption,
repayment or repurchase price thereof calculated in accordance with the terms
thereof as if then redeemed, repaid or repurchased, and if such price is based
upon or measured by the fair market value of such Capital Stock, such fair
market value shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors
or
the board of directors or other governing body of the issuer of such Capital
Stock);
(vii) the
principal component of all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien
on
any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such
Person; provided
that the
amount of Indebtedness of such Person shall be the lesser of (A) the fair market
value of such asset at such date of determination (as determined in good faith
by the Company) and (B) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other
Persons;
(viii) the
principal component of Indebtedness of other Persons, to the extent Guaranteed
by such Person; and
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(ix) to
the
extent not otherwise included in this definition, net Hedging Obligations of
such Person (the amount of any such obligation to be equal at any time to the
termination value of such agreement or arrangement giving rise to such Hedging
Obligation that would be payable by such Person at such time).
The
amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be determined as set
forth above or otherwise provided in this Indenture, or otherwise shall equal
the amount thereof that would appear as a liability on a balance sheet of such
Person (excluding any notes thereto) prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
“Initial
Additional 7.625% Notes”
means
Additional 7.625% Notes issued in an offering not registered under the
Securities Act (and any Notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to Section
304,
305,
306,
312(c),
312(d)
or
1008).
“Initial
Additional 7.75% Notes”
means
Additional 7.75% Notes issued in an offering not registered under the Securities
Act (and any Notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to Section
304,
305,
306,
312(c),
312(d)
or
1008).
“Initial
Additional Floating Rate Notes”
means
Additional Floating Rate Notes issued in an offering not registered under the
Securities Act (and any Notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to Section
304,
305,
306,
312(c),
312(d)
or
1008).
“Initial
Additional Notes”
means
the Initial Additional 7.625% Notes, the Initial Additional 7.75% Notes and
the
Initial Additional Floating Rate Notes.
“Initial
7.625% Notes”
means
the 7.625% Notes issued on the Issue Date (and any Notes issued in respect
thereof pursuant to Section
304,
305,
306,
312(c),
312(d)
or
1008).
“Initial
7.75% Notes”
means
the 7.75% Notes issued on the Issue Date (and any Notes issued in respect
thereof pursuant to Section
304,
305,
306,
312(c),
312(d)
or
1008).
“Initial
Floating Rate Notes”
means
the Floating Rate Notes issued on the Issue Date (and any Notes issued in
respect thereof pursuant to Section
304,
305,
306,
312(c),
312(d)
or
1008).
“Initial
Notes”
means
the Initial 7.625% Notes, the Initial 7.75% Notes and the Initial Floating
Rate
Notes.
“interest,”
with
respect to the Notes, means interest on the Notes and, except for purposes
of
Article
IX,
additional or special interest pursuant to the terms of any Note.
“Interest
Payment Date”
means,
when used with respect to any Note and any installment of interest thereon,
the
date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which such installment of
interest is due and payable, as set forth in such Note.
“Interest
Period”
means
the period commencing on and including an interest payment date and ending
on
and including the day immediately preceding the next succeeding
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interest
payment date, with the exception that the first Interest Period shall commence
on and include the Issue Date and end on and include August 14, 2006.
“Interest
Rate Agreement”
means,
with respect to any Person, any interest rate protection agreement, future
agreement, option agreement, swap agreement, cap agreement, collar agreement,
hedge agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement (including derivative
agreements or arrangements), as to which such Person is party or a
beneficiary.
“Inventory”
means
goods held for sale, lease or use by a Person in the ordinary course of
business, net of any reserve for goods that have been segregated by such Person
to be returned to the applicable vendor for credit, as determined in accordance
with GAAP.
“Investment”
in
any
Person by any other Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan or other
extension of credit (other than to customers, dealers, licensees, franchisees,
suppliers, directors, officers or employees of any Person in the ordinary course
of business) or capital contribution (by means of any transfer of cash or other
property to others or any payment for property or services for the account
or
use of others) to, or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness
or other similar instruments issued by, such Person. For purposes of the
definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section
409
only,
“Investment” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity
interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of
any
Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, provided
that
upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company
shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted
Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (x) the Company’s “Investment” in
such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (y) the portion
(proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair
Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such
redesignation, and (ii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted
Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such
transfer. Guarantees shall not be deemed to be Investments. The amount of any
Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such
Investment, reduced (at the Company’s option) by any dividend, distribution,
interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount or value received
in respect of such Investment; provided,
that to
the extent that the amount of Restricted Payments outstanding at any time is
so
reduced by any portion of any such amount or value that would otherwise be
included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, such portion of such
amount or value shall not be so included for purposes of calculating the amount
of Restricted Payments that may be made pursuant to Section
409(a).
“Issue
Date”
means
the first date on which Notes are issued.
“Issuers”
means
Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC and Avis Budget Finance, Inc., and any and all
successors thereto.
“LIBOR,”
with
respect to an Interest Period, means the rate (expressed as a percentage per
annum) for deposits in U.S. dollars for a three-month period beginning on the
day on which dealings in U.S. dollars are transacted, with respect to a future
date, are expected to be transacted in the London interbank (a “London Banking
Day”) after the Determination Date that appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of
11:00 a.m., London time, on the Determination Date. If
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Telerate
Page 3750 does not include such a rate or is unavailable on a Determination
Date, the Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each
of
four major banks in the London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation
Agent, to provide such bank’s offered quotation (expressed as a percentage per
annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Determination
Date,
to prime banks in the London interbank market for deposits in a Representative
Amount in U.S. dollars for a three-month period beginning on the second London
Banking Day after the Determination Date. If at least two such offered
quotations are so provided, LIBOR for the Interest Period will be the arithmetic
mean of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are so provided,
the
Calculation Agent will request each of three major banks in New York City,
as
selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide such bank’s rate (expressed as a
percentage per annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
on
such Determination Date, for loans in a Representative Amount in U.S. dollars
to
leading European banks for a three-month period beginning on the second London
Banking Day after the Determination Date. If at least two such rates are so
provided, LIBOR for the Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such
rates. If fewer than two such rates are so provided, then LIBOR for the Interest
Period will be LIBOR in effect with respect to the immediately preceding
Interest Period.
“Lien”
means
any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any
kind
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease
in
the nature thereof).
“Management
Advances”
means
loans or advances made to directors, officers or employees of any Parent, the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (x) in respect of travel, entertainment
or
moving-related expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, (y) in
respect of moving-related expenses incurred in connection with any closing
or
consolidation of any facility, or (z) in the ordinary course of business and
(in
the case of this clause (z)) not exceeding $5.0 million in the aggregate
outstanding at any time.
“Moody’s”
means
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.
“Net
Available Cash”
from
an
Asset Disposition means an amount equal to all cash payments received (including
any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant
to a
note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received,
but
excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the
acquiring person of Indebtedness or other obligations relating to the properties
or assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition or received in any
other non-cash form) therefrom, in each case net of (i) all legal, accounting,
investment banking, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other
fees
and expenses incurred, and all federal, state, provincial, foreign and local
taxes required to be paid or to be accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a
consequence of such Asset Disposition (including as a consequence of any
transfer of funds in connection with the application thereof in accordance
with
Section 411),
(ii)
all payments made, and all installment payments required to be made, on any
Indebtedness that is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Disposition,
in
accordance with the terms of any Lien upon such assets, or that must by its
terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Disposition,
or
by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition,
(iii) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority
interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint
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ventures
as a result of such Asset Disposition, or to any other Person (other than the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) owning a beneficial interest in the assets
disposed of in such Asset Disposition, (iv) the deduction of appropriate amounts
to be provided by the Seller as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against
any
liabilities, (v) any liabilities or obligations associated with the assets
disposed of in such Asset Disposition and retained by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Disposition, including without limitation
pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related
to
environmental matters, and liabilities relating to any indemnification
obligations associated with such Asset Disposition, and (vi) the amount of
any
purchase price or similar adjustment (x) claimed by any Person to be owed by
the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, until such time as such claim shall have
been settled or otherwise finally resolved, or (y) paid or payable by the
Company, in either case in respect of such Asset Disposition.
“Net
Cash Proceeds,”
with
respect to any issuance or sale of any securities of the Company or any
Subsidiary by the Company or any Subsidiary, or any capital contribution, means
an amount equal to all the cash proceeds of such issuance, sale or contribution
net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’
fees, listing fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and
other
fees and charges actually incurred in connection with such issuance, sale or
contribution and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.
“Non-U.S.
Person”
means
a
Person who is not a U.S. person, as defined in Regulation S.
“Notes”
means
the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes, the Exchange Notes and any notes issued
in respect thereof pursuant to Section
304,
305,
306,
312(c),
312(d)
or
1008.
“Obligations”
means,
with respect to any Indebtedness, any principal, premium (if any), interest
(including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in
bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such
proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, Guarantees
of
such Indebtedness (or of Obligations in respect thereof), other monetary
obligations of any nature and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect
thereof.
“Officer”
means,
with respect to the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, the Chairman
of
the Board, the President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial
Officer, any Vice President, the Controller, the Treasurer or the Secretary
(a)
of such Person or (b) if such Person is owned or managed by a single entity,
of
such entity (or any other individual designated as an “Officer” for the purposes
of this Indenture by the Board of Directors).
“Officer’s
Certificate”
means,
with respect to the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, a certificate
signed by one Officer of such Person.
“Opinion
of Counsel”
means
a
written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any Parent or
the
Trustee.
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“Original
Notes”
means
the Initial Notes and any Exchange Notes issued in exchange
therefor.
“Outstanding,”
when
used with respect to Notes means, as of the date of determination, all Notes
theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
(i) Notes
theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(ii) Notes
for
whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of
such
Notes, provided
that, if
such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given
pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor reasonably satisfactory to
the
Trustee has been made; and
(iii) Notes
in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture.
A
Note
does not cease to be Outstanding because the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company holds the Note, provided
that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of Outstanding Notes
have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver hereunder, Notes owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, for the
purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on
any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver,
only
Notes which the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee’s right to act with respect to such Notes and that the
pledgee is not the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.
“Parent”
means
any of Cendant Corporation and any Other Parent and any other Person that is
a
Subsidiary of Cendant Corporation, or any Other Parent and of which the Company
is a Subsidiary. As used herein, “Other Parent” means a Person of which the
Company becomes a Subsidiary after the Issue Date, provided
that
either (x) immediately after the Company first becomes a Subsidiary of such
Person, more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such Person shall be held by one
or
more Persons that held more than 50% of the Voting Stock of a Parent of the
Company immediately prior to the Company first becoming such Subsidiary or
(y)
such Person shall be deemed not to be an Other Parent for the purpose of
determining whether a Change of Control shall have occurred by reason of the
Company first becoming a Subsidiary of such Person.
“Parent
Expenses”
means
(i) costs (including all professional fees and expenses) incurred by any Parent
in connection with its reporting obligations under, or in connection with
compliance with, applicable laws or applicable rules of any governmental,
regulatory or self-regulatory body or stock exchange, this Indenture or any
other agreement or instrument relating to Indebtedness of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, including in respect of any reports filed with respect
to
the Securities Act, Exchange Act or the respective rules and regulations
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promulgated
thereunder, (ii) an aggregate amount not to exceed $5 million in any
fiscal year to permit any Parent to pay its corporate overhead expenses Incurred
in the ordinary course of business, and to pay salaries or other compensation
of
employees who perform services for any Parent or for both such Parent and the
Company, provided that the Parent allocate such overhead among its Subsidiaries
in conformity with clause (vi) of this paragraph, (iii) expenses
incurred by any Parent in connection with the acquisition, development,
maintenance, ownership, prosecution, protection and defense of its intellectual
property and associated rights (including but not limited to trademarks, service
marks, trade names, trade dress, patents, copyrights and similar rights,
including registrations and registration or renewal applications in respect
thereof; inventions, processes, designs, formulae, trade secrets, know-how,
confidential information, computer software, data and documentation, and any
other intellectual property rights; and licenses of any of the foregoing) to
the
extent such intellectual property and associated rights relate to the business
or businesses of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, (iv) indemnification
obligations of any Parent owing to directors, officers, employees or other
Persons under its charter or by-laws or pursuant to written agreements with
any
such Person, (v) other operational and tax expenses of any Parent incurred
on
behalf of the Company in the ordinary course of business, including obligations
in respect of director and officer insurance (including premiums therefor);
it
being understood for purposes of this definition that following the completion
of the Separation Transactions, all operational and tax expenses of the Parent
are deemed to be incurred on behalf of the Company if the Company’s activities
represent substantially all of the operating activities of the Parent and all
of
its Subsidiaries, (vi) prior to the completion of the Separation
Transactions, general corporate overhead expenses allocated in conformity with
past practices of the Company or as applied to other Cendant Subsidiaries (of,
if applicable, to former Cendant Subsidiaries), and (vii) fees and expenses
incurred by any Parent in connection with any offering of Capital Stock or
Indebtedness, (x) where the net proceeds of such offering are intended to
be received by or contributed or loaned to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary, or (y) in a prorated amount of such expenses in proportion to the
amount of such net proceeds intended to be so received, contributed or loaned,
or (z) otherwise on an interim basis prior to completion of such offering so
long as any Parent shall cause the amount of such expenses to be repaid to
the
Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary out of the proceeds of such
offering promptly if completed.
“Parent
Guarantor”
means
Avis Budget Holdings, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the
laws
of the State of Delaware.
“Paying
Agent”
means
any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium,
if
any) or interest on any Notes on behalf of the Company; provided
that
neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates shall act as Paying Agent for
purposes of Section
1102
or
Section
1205.
“Permitted
Holder”
means
any Person acting in the capacity of an underwriter in connection with a public
or private offering of Voting Stock of any Parent or the Company. In addition,
any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange
Act) whose status as a “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5
under the Exchange Act) constitutes or results in a Change of Control in respect
of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements
of the Indenture, together with its Affiliates, shall thereafter constitute
Permitted Holders.
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“Permitted
Investment”
means
an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in, or consisting
of,
any of the following:
(i) a
Restricted Subsidiary, the Company, or a Person that will, upon the making
of
such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary so long as such Person is
primarily engaged in a Related Business;
(ii) another
Person if as a result of such Investment such other Person is merged or
consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all
its
assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary so
long
as such Person is primarily engaged in a Related Business;
(iii) Temporary
Cash Investments or Cash Equivalents;
(iv) receivables
owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, if created or acquired in
the
ordinary course of business;
(v) any
securities or other Investments received as consideration in, or retained in
connection with, sales or other dispositions of property or assets, including
Asset Dispositions made in compliance with Section
411;
(vi) securities
or other Investments received in settlement of debts created in the ordinary
course of business and owing to, or of other claims asserted by, the Company
or
any Restricted Subsidiary, or as a result of foreclosure, perfection or
enforcement of any Lien, or in satisfaction of judgments, including in
connection with any bankruptcy proceeding or other reorganization of another
Person;
(vii) Investments
in existence or made pursuant to legally binding written commitments in
existence on the Issue Date;
(viii) Currency
Agreements, Interest Rate Agreements, Commodities Agreements and related Hedging
Obligations, which obligations are Incurred in compliance with Section
407;
(ix) pledges
or deposits (x) with respect to leases or utilities in the ordinary course
of
business or (y) otherwise described in the definition of “Permitted Liens” or
made in connection with Liens permitted under Section
413;
(x) (1)
Investments in a Subsidiary, consisting of a demand note or promissory note
of
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary issued in favor of or for the benefit
of
a Special Purpose Subsidiary and which serves solely as credit enhancement
for
any vehicle-related financing in such Special Purpose Subsidiary and
(2) Investments by a Special Purpose Subsidiary which is a Restricted
Subsidiary in any such demand note or other promissory note issued by the
Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent to such Special Purpose
Subsidiary which is a Restricted Subsidiary, provided
that if
such Parent receives cash from the relevant Special Purpose Entity in exchange
for such note, an equal cash amount is contributed by any Parent to the
Company;
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(xi) bonds
secured by assets leased to and operated by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary that were issued in connection with the financing of such assets
so
long as the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets
at any time by paying a nominal fee, canceling such bonds and terminating the
transaction;
(xii) Notes;
(xiii) any
Investment to the extent made using Capital Stock of the Company (other than
Disqualified Stock) or Capital Stock of any Parent as
consideration;
(xiv) Management
Advances;
(xv) Investments
consisting of, or arising out of or related to, Vehicle Rental Concession Rights
(including any Investments referred to in the definition of the term
“Vehicle
Rental Concession Rights”);
(xvi) any
transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by
and
made in accordance with Section
412(b)
(except
transactions described in clauses (i),
(v)
and
(vi)
of such
paragraph);
(xvii) other
Investments in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed 1.0%
of
Consolidated Tangible Assets;
(xviii) Equity
Interests, obligations or securities received in settlement of debts created
in
the ordinary course of business and owing to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments or pursuant to any plan of
reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of
a
debtor; and
(xix) endorsements
of negotiable instruments and documents in the ordinary course of business
or
pledges or deposits permitted under clause (c) of the definition of “Permitted
Liens.”
If
any
Investment pursuant to clause (xvii) above is made in any Person that is not
a
Restricted Subsidiary and such Person thereafter becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made
pursuant to clause (i) above and not clause (xvii) above for so long as such
Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary.
“Permitted
Liens”
means:
(a) Liens
for
taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet delinquent or the
nonpayment of which in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have
a
material adverse effect on the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or that
are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate
reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or
a
Subsidiary thereof, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;
(b) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like
Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of
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obligations
that are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or that are bonded or
that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings;
(c) pledges,
deposits or Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment
insurance and other social security and other similar legislation or other
insurance-related obligations (including, without limitation, pledges or
deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or
self-insurance arrangements);
(d) pledges,
deposits or Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, trade, government
or other contracts (other than for borrowed money), obligations for utilities,
leases, licenses, statutory obligations, completion guarantees, surety,
judgment, appeal or performance bonds, other similar bonds, instruments or
obligations, and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary
course of business;
(e) easements
(including reciprocal easement agreements), rights-of-way, building, zoning
and
similar restrictions, utility agreements, covenants, reservations, restrictions,
encroachments, charges, and other similar encumbrances or title defects
incurred, or leases or subleases granted to others, in the ordinary course
of
business, which do not in the aggregate materially interfere with the ordinary
conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole;
(f) Liens
existing on, or provided for under written arrangements existing on, the Issue
Date, or (in the case of any such Liens securing Indebtedness of the Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries existing or arising under written arrangements existing
on the Issue Date) securing any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such
Indebtedness so long as the Lien securing such Refinancing Indebtedness is
limited to all or part of the same property, assets or substitute assets (plus
improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect
thereof) that secured (or under such written arrangements could secure) the
original Indebtedness; provided
that
liens incurred under the Senior Credit Facility or any Refinancing Indebtedness
with respect thereto shall not be deemed to be permitted under this clause
(f);
(g) (i)
mortgages, liens, security interests, restrictions, encumbrances or any other
matters of record that have been placed by any developer, landlord or other
third party on property over which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of
the Company has easement rights or on any leased property and subordination
or
similar agreements relating thereto and (ii) any condemnation or eminent domain
proceedings affecting any real property;
(h) Liens
securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect
thereof) consisting of Hedging Obligations, Purchase Money Obligations or
Capitalized Lease Obligations Incurred in compliance with Section
407;
(i) Liens
arising out of judgments, decrees, orders or awards in respect of which the
Company shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review,
which appeal or proceedings shall not have been finally terminated, or if the
period within which such appeal or proceedings may be initiated shall not have
expired;
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(j) leases,
subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including, without limitation, real property
and intellectual property rights) to third parties;
(k) Liens
securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect
thereof) consisting of (1) Indebtedness Incurred in compliance with Section
407(b)(i),
Section
407(b)(iv),
Section
407(b)(v),
Section
407(b)(vii),
Section
407(b)(viii)
or
Section
407(b)(ix),
or
Section
407(b)(iii)
(other
than Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of Indebtedness described
in
Section
407(a)),
(2)
Bank Indebtedness Incurred in compliance with Section
407(b),
(3) the
Notes, (4) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor, and (5) Indebtedness or other obligations of any Special Purpose
Entity;
(l) Liens
existing on property or assets of a Person at the time such Person becomes
a
Subsidiary of the Company (or at the time the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
acquires such property or assets, including any acquisition by means of a merger
or consolidation with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary);
provided,
however,
that
such Liens are not created in connection with, or in contemplation of, such
other Person becoming such a Subsidiary (or such acquisition of such property
or
assets), and that such Liens are limited to all or part of the same property
or
assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions
in
respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which
such Liens arose, could secure) the obligations to which such Liens
relate;
(m) Liens
on
Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other securities of an Unrestricted Subsidiary
that secure Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary;
(n) any
encumbrance or restriction (including, but not limited to, put and call
agreements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar
arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;
(o) Liens
securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect
thereof) consisting of Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of any
Indebtedness secured by, or securing any refinancing, refunding, extension,
renewal or replacement (in whole or in part) of any other obligation secured
by,
any other Permitted Liens, provided
that any
such new Lien is limited to all or part of the same property or assets or
replacements thereof (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends
or
distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written
arrangements under which the original Lien arose, could secure) the obligations
to which such Liens relate, other than Liens incurred in compliance with clause
(k) above or clause (v) below;
(p) Liens
(1)
arising by operation of law (or by agreement to the same effect) in the ordinary
course of business, (2) on property or assets under construction (and related
rights) in favor of a contractor or developer or arising from progress or
partial payments by a third party relating to such property or assets, (3)
on
cash set aside at the time of the Incurrence of any Indebtedness or government
securities purchased with such cash, in either case to the extent that such
cash
or government securities prefund the payment of interest on such Indebtedness
and are held in an escrow account or similar
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arrangement
to be applied for such purpose, (4) securing or arising by reason of any netting
or set-off arrangement entered into in the ordinary course of banking or other
trading activities, (5) in favor of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than
Liens on property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in favor
of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor), (6) arising out of
conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for
the
sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business, (7) relating
to
pooled deposit or sweep accounts to permit satisfaction of overdraft, cash
pooling or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business,
(8)
attaching to commodity trading or other brokerage accounts incurred in the
ordinary course of business, (9) on receivables (including related rights)
or (10) arising in connection with repurchase agreements permitted under
Section
407
on
assets that are the subject of such repurchase agreements;
(q) Liens
on
or under, or arising out of or relating to, any Vehicle Rental Concession
Rights;
(r) other
Liens securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, which
obligations do not exceed $50.0 million at any time outstanding;
(s) Liens
securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect
thereof) consisting of Indebtedness Incurred in compliance with Section
407
not to
exceed $25 million;
(t) any
interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease Obligation or
operating lease;
(u) Liens
securing the Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees;
(v) Liens
securing Indebtedness which is secured by Rental Vehicles so long as the
aggregate amount of Indebtedness secured by such Rental Vehicles does not exceed
the sum of (i) 75% of the estimated value of such Rental Vehicles and (ii)
the
aggregate amount of letters of credit supporting such Indebtedness;
and
(w) Liens
securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect
thereof) consisting of Indebtedness Incurred in compliance with Section
407,
provided
that on
the date of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness after giving effect to such
Incurrence (or on the date of the initial borrowing of such Indebtedness after
giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of the entire committed amount of
such
Indebtedness), the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 4.0
to
1.0.
“Person”
means
any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated
organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or
any
other entity.
“Place
of Payment”
means
a
city or any political subdivision thereof in which any Paying Agent appointed
pursuant to Article
III
is
located.
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“Predecessor
Notes”
of
any
particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the
same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes
of
this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section
306
in lieu
of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence
the
same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.
“Preferred
Stock”
as
applied to the Capital Stock of any corporation means Capital Stock of any
class
or classes (however designated) that by its terms is preferred as to the payment
of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such corporation, over shares of
Capital Stock of any other class of such corporation.
“Public
Facility”
means
(i) any airport; marine port; rail, subway, bus or other transit stop, station
or terminal; stadium; convention center; or military camp, fort, post or base
or
(ii) any other facility owned or operated by any nation or government or
political subdivision thereof, or agency, authority or other instrumentality
of
any thereof, or other entity exercising regulatory, administrative or other
functions of or pertaining to government, or any organization of nations
(including the United Nations, the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization).
“Public
Facility Operator”
means
a
Person that grants or has the power to grant a Vehicle Rental
Concession.
“Purchase
Money Obligations”
means
any Indebtedness Incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition, leasing,
construction or improvement of property (real or personal) or assets, and
whether acquired through the direct acquisition of such property or assets
or
the acquisition of the Capital Stock of any Person owning such property or
assets, or otherwise; provided
that for
purposes of Section
407(b)(iv),
the
term “Purchase Money Obligations” shall not include Indebtedness to the extent
Incurred to finance or refinance the direct acquisition of Inventory or Vehicles
(not acquired through the acquisition of Capital Stock of any Person owning
property or assets, or through the acquisition of property or assets, that
include Inventory or Vehicles).
“QIB”
or
“Qualified
Institutional Buyer”
means
a
“qualified institutional buyer,” as that term is defined in Rule
144A.
“Receivable”
means
a
right to receive payment pursuant to an arrangement with another Person pursuant
to which such other Person is obligated to pay, as determined in accordance
with
GAAP.
“Redemption
Date,”
when
used with respect to any Note to be redeemed or purchased, means the date fixed
for such redemption or purchase by or pursuant to this Indenture and the
Notes.
“refinance”
means
refinance, refund, replace, renew, repay, modify, restate, defer, substitute,
supplement, reissue, resell or extend (including pursuant to any defeasance
or
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discharge
mechanism); and the terms “refinances,” “refinanced” and “refinancing” as used
for any purpose in this Indenture shall have a correlative meaning.
“Refinancing
Indebtedness”
means
Indebtedness that is Incurred to refinance any Indebtedness existing on the
date
of this Indenture or Incurred in compliance with this Indenture (including
Indebtedness of the Company that refinances Indebtedness of any Restricted
Subsidiary (to the extent permitted in this Indenture) and Indebtedness of
any
Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of another Restricted
Subsidiary) including Indebtedness that refinances Refinancing Indebtedness;
provided,
that
(1) if the Indebtedness being refinanced is Subordinated Obligations or
Guarantor Subordinated Obligations, the Refinancing Indebtedness has a final
Stated Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that
is
equal to or greater than the final Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being
refinanced (or if shorter, the Notes), (2) such Refinancing Indebtedness is
Incurred in an aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue
discount, an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the sum of
(x)
the aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount,
the
aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness being refinanced,
plus (y) fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses
incurred in connection with such Refinancing Indebtedness and (3) Refinancing
Indebtedness shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary
that
is not a Subsidiary Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of the Company or
a
Subsidiary Guarantor that could not have been initially Incurred by such
Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section
407
or (y)
Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances
Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Registration
Rights Agreement”
means
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2006, by and among
the
Issuers, the Guarantors and the other parties named on the signature pages
thereof, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time
to
time.
“Regular
Record Date”
for
the
interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the date specified for
that
purpose in Section
301.
“Regulation
S”
means
Regulation S under the Securities Act.
“Regulation
S Certificate”
means
a
certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
H.
“Related
Business”
means
those businesses in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is engaged
on
the date of this Indenture, or that are related, complementary, incidental
or
ancillary thereto or extensions, developments or expansions
thereof.
“Related
Taxes”
means
any and all Taxes required to be paid by any Parent other than Taxes directly
attributable to (i) the income of any entity other than any Parent, the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) owning stock or other equity interests of
any
corporation or other entity other than any Parent, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or (iii) withholding taxes on payments actually made by any Parent
other than to another Parent, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
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“Rental
Vehicles”
means
all passenger Vehicles owned by or leased to the Company or any Subsidiary
that
are or have been offered for lease or rental by any of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries in their vehicle rental operations (and not, for the
avoidance of doubt, in connection with any business or operations involving
the
leasing or renting of other types of Vehicles), including any such Vehicles
being held for sale.
“Representative
Amount”
means
a
principal amount of not less than U.S. $1,000,000 for a single transaction
in
the relevant market at the relevant time.
“Resale
Restriction Termination Date”
means,
with respect to any Note, the date that is two years (or such other period
as
may hereafter be provided under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or any
successor provision thereto as permitting the resale by non-affiliates of
Restricted Securities without restriction) after the later of the original
issue
date in respect of such Note and the last date on which the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Note (or any Predecessor Note
thereto).
“Responsible
Officer”
when
used with respect to the Trustee means the chairman or vice-chairman of the
board of directors, the chairman or vice-chairman of the executive committee
of
the board of directors, the president, any vice president or assistant vice
president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant
treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant
trust officer, the controller and any assistant controller or any other officer
of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed
by
any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a
particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
“Restricted
Payment Transaction”
means
any Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section
409,
any
Permitted Payment, any Permitted Investment, or any transaction specifically
excluded from the definition of the term “Restricted Payment” (including
pursuant to the exception contained in clause (i) and the parenthetical
exclusions contained in clauses (ii) and (iii) of such definition).
“Restricted
Security”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act;
provided,
however,
that
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, at its request, and conclusively
rely
on an Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any Note constitutes a
Restricted Security.
“Restricted
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary of the Company other than an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“Rule
144A”
means
Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
“S&P”
means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc., and its successors.
“SEC”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Senior
Credit Facility”
or
“Senior
Credit Agreement”
means
the senior secured credit facilities expected to be entered into by Avis Budget
Car Rental, LLC, as borrower, and certain of its subsidiaries, as subsidiary
borrowers, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, Deutsche
Bank Securities, Inc., as syndication agent, and the lenders party thereto
from
time to time, any Loan Documents (as defined therein), any notes and letters
of
credit issued pursuant thereto and any guarantee and collateral agreement,
patent and trademark security agreement, mortgages, letter of credit
applications and other guarantees, pledge agreements, security agreements and
collateral documents, and other instruments and documents, executed and
delivered pursuant to or in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case
as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from
time
to time, or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid,
increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole or in part, whether
with the original agent and lenders or other agents and lenders or otherwise,
and whether provided under one or more credit agreements, indentures (including
this Indenture) or financing agreements or otherwise). Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the term “Senior
Credit Facility”
shall
include any agreement (i) changing the maturity of any Indebtedness Incurred
thereunder or contemplated thereby, (ii) adding Subsidiaries of the Company
as
additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder, (iii) increasing the amount
of
Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or available to be borrowed thereunder or
(iv)
otherwise altering the terms and conditions thereof.
“Separation
Transactions” means
the
plan announced by Cendant Corporation on October 24, 2005, to separate into
independent companies as such plan may be modified, amended (including, without
limitation, pursuing and/or consummating one or more alternatives to one or
more
of the proposed separations) or abandoned from time to time and any and all
transactions, agreements and arrangements related thereto.
“Significant
Subsidiary”
means
any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” of the
Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by
the
SEC, as such Regulation is in effect on the Issue Date.
“Special
Purpose Entity”
means
(x) any Special Purpose Subsidiary or (y) any other Person that is engaged
in
the business of (i) acquiring, selling, collecting, financing or refinancing
Receivables, accounts (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
in
any jurisdiction from time to time), other accounts and/or other receivables,
and/or related assets, and/or (ii) acquiring, selling, leasing, financing or
refinancing Vehicles, and/or related rights (including under leases,
manufacturer warranties and buy-back programs, and insurance policies) and/or
assets (including managing, exercising and disposing of any such rights and/or
assets).
“Special
Purpose Financing”
means
any financing or refinancing of assets consisting of or including Receivables,
Vehicles of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that have been transferred
to a Special Purpose Entity or made subject to a Lien in a Financing
Disposition.
“Special
Purpose Financing Fees”
means
distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect
to
any participation interest issued or sold in connection
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with,
and
other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection
with, any Special Purpose Financing.
“Special
Purpose Financing Undertakings”
means
representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities, guarantees of performance
and (subject to clause (y) of the proviso below) other agreements and
undertakings entered into or provided by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that the Company determines in good faith (which determination
shall be conclusive) are customary or otherwise necessary or advisable in
connection with a Special Purpose Financing or a Financing Disposition;
provided
that (x)
it is understood that Special Purpose Financing Undertakings may consist of
or
include (i) reimbursement and other obligations in respect of notes, letters
of
credit, surety bonds and similar instruments provided for credit enhancement
purposes or (ii) Hedging Obligations, or other obligations relating to Interest
Rate Agreements, Currency Agreements or Commodities Agreements entered into
by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in respect of any Special Purpose
Financing or Financing Disposition, and (y) subject to the preceding clause
(x),
any such other agreements and undertakings shall not include any Guarantee
of
Indebtedness of a Special Purpose Subsidiary by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Special Purpose Subsidiary.
“Special
Purpose Subsidiary”
means
a
Subsidiary of the Company that (a) is engaged solely in (x) the business of
(i)
acquiring, selling, collecting, financing or refinancing Receivables, accounts
(as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any jurisdiction
from
time to time) and other accounts and receivables (including any thereof
constituting or evidenced by chattel paper, instruments or general intangibles),
all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual and other), collateral and
other assets relating thereto, and/or (ii) acquiring, selling, leasing,
financing or refinancing Vehicles, and/or related rights (including under
leases, manufacturer warranties and buy-back programs, and insurance policies)
and/or assets (including managing, exercising and disposing of any such rights
and/or assets), all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual and other),
collateral and other assets relating thereto, and (y) any business or activities
incidental or related to such business, and (b) is designated as a “Special
Purpose Subsidiary” by the Board of Directors.
“Special
Record Date”
for
the
payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant
to
Section
307.
“Stated
Maturity”
means,
with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed
date on which the payment of principal of such security is due and payable,
including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any
provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the
holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency).
“Subordinated
Obligations”
means
any Indebtedness of the Company (whether outstanding on the date of this
Indenture or thereafter Incurred) that is expressly subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes pursuant to a written agreement.
“Subsidiary”
of
any
Person means (x) any corporation, association, partnership or other business
entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital
Stock or other equity interests (including partnership interests) entitled
(without regard to the
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occurrence
of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees
thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i)
such
Person and/or (ii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (y) any
partnership, where more than 50% of the general partners of such partnership
are
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person and/or (ii)
one
or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Subsidiary
Guarantee”
means
any guarantee that may from time to time be entered into by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company on or after the Issue Date pursuant to Section
414.
“Subsidiary
Guarantor”
means
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that enters into a Subsidiary
Guarantee.
“Successor
Company”
shall
have the meaning assigned thereto in clause (i) under Section
501.
“Supplemental
Indenture”
means
a
Supplemental Indenture, to be entered into substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit
I.
“Taxes”
means
any taxes, charges or assessments, including but not limited to income, sales,
use, transfer, rental, ad valorem, value-added, stamp, property consumption,
franchise, license, capital, net worth, gross receipts, excise, occupancy,
intangibles or similar tax, charges or assessments.
“Tax
Sharing Agreement”
means
any tax sharing, indemnity or similar agreement of which Cendant or any of
its
subsidiaries is or will be a party.
“Telerate
Page 3750”
means
the display designated as “Page 3750” on the Moneyline Telerate service (or such
other page as may replace Page 3750 on that service).
“Temporary
Cash Investments”
means
any of the following: (i) any investment in (x) direct obligations of the United
States of America, a member state of The European Union or any country in whose
currency funds are being held pending their application in the making of an
investment or capital expenditure by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
in
that country or with such funds, or any agency or instrumentality of any thereof
or obligations Guaranteed by the United States of America or a member state
of
The European Union or any country in whose currency funds are being held pending
their application in the making of an investment or capital expenditure by
the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in that country or with such funds, or any
agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, or obligations guaranteed
by
any of the foregoing or (y) direct obligations of any foreign country recognized
by the United States of America rated at least “A” by S&P or “A-1” by
Xxxxx’x (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization
or, if no rating of S&P or Xxxxx’x then exists, the equivalent of such
rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), (ii) overnight bank
deposits, and investments in time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit,
bankers’ acceptances and money market deposits (or, with respect to foreign
banks, similar instruments) maturing not more than one year after the date
of
acquisition thereof issued by (x) any bank or other institutional lender under
a
Credit Facility or any affiliate thereof or (y) a bank or trust company that
is
organized
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under
the
laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country
recognized by the United States of America having capital and surplus
aggregating in excess of $250.0 million (or the foreign currency equivalent
thereof) and whose long term debt is rated at least “A” by S&P or “A-1” by
Xxxxx’x (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization
or, if no rating of S&P or Xxxxx’x then exists, the equivalent of such
rating by any nationally recognized rating organization) at the time such
Investment is made, (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than
30
days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i) or (ii)
above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause
(ii) above, (iv) Investments in commercial paper, maturing not more than 270
days after the date of acquisition, issued by a Person (other than that of
the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries), with a rating at the time as of which
any
Investment therein is made of “P-2” (or higher) according to Xxxxx’x or “A-2”
(or higher) according to S&P (or, in either case, the equivalent of such
rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Xxxxx’x then exists,
the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization),
(v) Investments in securities maturing not more than one year after the date
of
acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory
of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof, and rated at least “A” by S&P or “A” by Xxxxx’x (or, in
either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating
of S&P or Xxxxx’x then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any
nationally recognized rating organization), (vi) Preferred Stock (other than
of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) having a rating of “A” or higher by
S&P or “A-2” or higher by Xxxxx’x (or, in either case, the equivalent of
such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Xxxxx’x then
exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating
organization), (vii) investment funds investing 95% of their assets in
securities of the type described in clauses (i)-(vi) above (which funds may
also
hold reasonable amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution), (viii)
any money market deposit accounts issued or offered by a domestic commercial
bank or a commercial bank organized and located in a country recognized by
the
United States of America, in each case, having capital and surplus in excess
of
$250.0 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof), or investments
in
money market funds subject to the risk limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 (or
any
successor rule) of the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
and (ix) similar investments approved by the Board of Directors in the ordinary
course of business.
“TIA”
means
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-7bbbb) as in effect on the
date of this Indenture.
“Trade
Payables”
means,
with respect to any Person, any accounts payable or any indebtedness or monetary
obligation to trade creditors created, assumed or guaranteed by such Person
arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition
of
goods or services.
“Trustee”
means
the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a
successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
“Trust
Officer”
means
the Chairman of the Board, the President or any other officer or assistant
officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate
trust
matters.
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“Unrestricted
Subsidiary”
means
(i) any Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of determination is an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, as designated by the Board of Directors in the manner
provided below, (ii) any Special Purpose Subsidiary that is designated by the
Board of Directors in the manner provided below and (iii) any Subsidiary of
an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary
of the Company (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of
the
Company) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of
its
Subsidiaries owns any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any
Lien on any property of, the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of
the
Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated;
provided,
that
(A) such designation was made at or prior to the Issue Date, or (B) the
Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets of $1,000 at the
time of designation or less or (C) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets
greater than $1,000, then such designation would be permitted under Section
409.
The
Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted
Subsidiary; provided,
that
immediately after giving effect to such designation (x) the Company could Incur
at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section
407(a)
or (y)
the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would be greater than it was immediately prior
to giving effect to such designation or (z) such Subsidiary shall be a Special
Purpose Subsidiary with no Indebtedness outstanding other than Indebtedness
that
can be Incurred (and upon such designation shall be deemed to be Incurred and
outstanding) pursuant to Section
407(b).
Any
such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee
by
promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Company’s Board
of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate of
the Company certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing
provisions.
“U.S.
Government Obligation”
means
(x) any security that is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America
for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of
America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised
by
and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America
the
payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case under the
preceding clause (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of
the
issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined
in
Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S.
Government Obligation that is specified in clause (x) above and held by such
bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect
to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government
Obligation that is so specified and held, 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 depositary receipt
from
any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government
Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such
depositary receipt.
“Vehicle
Rental Concession”
means
any right, whether or not exclusive, to conduct a Vehicle rental business at
a
Public Facility, or to pick up or discharge persons or otherwise to possess
or
use all or part of a Public Facility in connection with such a business, and
any
related rights or interests.
“Vehicle
Rental Concession Rights”
means
any or all of the following: (a) any Vehicle Rental Concession, (b) any rights
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof
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under
or
relating to (i) any law, regulation, license, permit, request for proposals,
invitation to bid, lease, agreement or understanding with a Public Facility
Operator in connection with which a Vehicle Rental Concession has been or may
be
granted to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) any agreement
with,
or Investment or other interest or participation in, any Person, property or
asset required (x) by any such law, ordinance, regulation, license, permit,
request for proposals, invitation to bid, lease, agreement or understanding
or
(y) by any Public Facility Operator as a condition to obtaining or maintaining
a
Vehicle Rental Concession, and (c) any liabilities or obligations relating
to or
arising in connection with any of the foregoing.
“Vehicles”
means
vehicles owned or operated by, or leased or rented to or by, the Company or
any
of its Subsidiaries, including automobiles, trucks, tractors, trailers, vans,
sport utility vehicles, buses, campers, motor homes, motorcycles and other
motor
vehicles.
“Vice
President”,
when
used with respect to any Person, means any vice president of such Person,
whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after
the title “vice president.”
“Voting
Stock”
of
an
entity means all classes of Capital Stock of such entity then outstanding and
normally entitled to vote in the election of directors or all interests in
such
entity with the ability to control the management or actions of such
entity.
Section
102. Other
Definitions.
Term
|
Defined
in
Section
|
||
“7.625%
Global Notes”
|
201
|
||
“7.75%
Global Notes”
|
201
|
||
“Act”
|
108
|
||
“Affiliate
Transaction”
|
412
|
||
“Agent
Members”
|
312
|
||
“Amendment”
|
410
|
||
“Applicable
Premium”
|
1001
|
||
“Authentication
Order”
|
303
|
||
“Bankruptcy
Law”
|
601
|
||
“Certificate
of Beneficial Ownership”
|
313
|
||
“Change
of Control Offer”
|
415
|
||
“Covenant
Defeasance”
|
1203
|
||
“Custodian”
|
601
|
||
“Defaulted
Interest”
|
307
|
||
“Defeasance”
|
1202
|
||
“Defeased
Notes”
|
1201
|
||
“Distribution
Compliance Period”
|
201
|
||
“Event
of Default”
|
601
|
||
“Excess
Proceeds”
|
411
|
||
“Expiration
Date”
|
108
|
||
“Floating
Rate Global Notes”
|
201
|
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“Global
Notes”
|
201
|
||
“Initial
Agreement”
|
410
|
||
“Initial
Lien”
|
413
|
||
“Note
Register” and “Note Registrar”
|
305
|
||
“Notice
of Default”
|
601
|
||
“Offer”
|
411
|
||
“Permanent
Regulation S 7.625% Global Note”
|
201
|
||
“Permanent
Regulation S 7.75% Global Note”
|
201
|
||
“Permanent
Regulation S Floating Rate Global Note”
|
201
|
||
“Permanent
Regulation S Global Note”
|
201
|
||
“Permitted
Payment”
|
409
|
||
“Physical
Notes”
|
201
|
||
“Private
Placement Legend”
|
203
|
||
“Redemption
Amount”
|
1001
|
||
“Redemption
Price”
|
1001
|
||
“Refinancing
Agreement”
|
410
|
||
“Regular
Record Date”
|
301
|
||
“Regulation
S Global Notes”
|
201
|
||
“Regulation
S Note Exchange Date”
|
313
|
||
“Regulation
S Physical Notes”
|
201
|
||
“Restricted
Payment”
|
409
|
||
“Rule
144A 7.625% Global Note”
|
201
|
||
“Rule
144A 7.75% Global Note”
|
201
|
||
“Rule
144A Floating Rate Global Note”
|
201
|
||
“Rule
144A Global Note”
|
201
|
||
“Rule
144A Physical Notes”
|
201
|
||
“Subsidiary
Guaranteed Obligations”
|
1301
|
||
“Successor
Company”
|
501
|
||
“Temporary
Regulation S 7.625% Global Note”
|
201
|
||
“Temporary
Regulation S 7.75% Global Note”
|
201
|
||
“Temporary
Regulation S Floating Rate Global Note”
|
201
|
||
“Temporary
Regulation S Global Note”
|
201
|
||
“Treasury
Rate”
|
1001
|
||
Section
103. Rules
of Construction.
For all
purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless
the
context otherwise requires:
(1) the
terms
defined in this Indenture have the meanings assigned to them in this
Indenture;
(2) “or”
is
not
exclusive;
(3) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them
in accordance with GAAP;
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(4) the
words
“herein,”
“hereof”
and
“hereunder”
and
other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to
any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
(5) all
references to “$”
or
“dollars”
shall
refer to the lawful currency of the United States of America;
(6) all
references to “€”
shall
refer to the lawful currency of the member states of the European Union that
adopt the single currency in accordance with the Treaty establishing the
European Communities;
(7) the
words
“include,”
“included”
and
“including,”
as
used herein, shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the phrase
“without
limitation,”
if
not
expressly followed by such phrase or the phrase “but
not limited to”;
(8) words
in
the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the
singular;
(9) 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; and
(10) any
reference to a Section, Article or clause refers to such Section, Article or
clause of this Indenture.
Section
104. Incorporation
by Reference of TIA.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. This Indenture
is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA, which are incorporated by
reference in and made a part of this Indenture. Any terms incorporated by
reference in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by any TIA
reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA, have the
meanings so assigned to them therein. The following TIA terms have the following
meanings:
“indenture
securities”
means
the Notes.
“indenture
security holder”
means
a
Noteholder.
“indenture
to be qualified”
means
this Indenture.
“indenture
trustee”
or
“institutional
trustee”
means
the Trustee.
“obligor”
on
the
indenture securities means the Issuers, any Guarantor, and any successor or
other Person that is liable thereon.
Section
105. Conflict
with TIA.
If any
provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the TIA
that
is required under the TIA to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter
provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or
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excludes
any provision of the TIA that may be so modified or excluded, the latter
provision shall be deemed (i) to apply to this Indenture as so modified or
(ii)
to be excluded, as the case may be.
Section
106. Compliance
Certificates and Opinions.
Upon
any application or request by the Issuers or by any other obligor upon the
Notes
(including any Guarantor) to the Trustee to take any action under any provision
of this Indenture, the Issuers or such other obligor (including any Guarantor),
as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions
as may be required under the TIA. Each such certificate or opinion shall be
given in the form of one or more Officer’s Certificates, if to be given by an
Officer, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply
with the requirements of the TIA and any other requirements set forth in this
Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any such request or
application as to which the furnishing of any Officer’s Certificate or Opinion
of Counsel is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating
to such particular request or application, no additional certificate or opinion
need be furnished.
Every
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided for in
Section
406)
shall
include:
(1) a
statement that the individual signing such certificate or opinion has read
such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a
brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are
based;
(3) a
statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he or she made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express
an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(4) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of such individual, such condition
or
covenant has been complied with.
Section
107. Form
of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any
case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters
be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify
or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any
certificate or opinion of an Officer may be based, insofar as it relates to
legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel,
unless such Officer knows that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based
are
erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar
as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an Officer or Officers to the effect that the information
with respect to such
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factual
matters is in the possession of the Issuers, unless such counsel knows that
the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.
Where
any
Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this
Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
Section
108. Acts
of Noteholders; Record Dates.
(a) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing;
and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee,
and,
where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuers, as the case may be.
Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act”
of
the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for
any
purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section
701)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Issuers and any other obligor upon
the
Notes, if made in the manner provided in this Section
108.
(b) The
fact
and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may
be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by 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 an officer
of a corporation or a member of a partnership or other legal entity other than
an individual, on behalf of such corporation or partnership or entity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of such Person’s
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the person executing the same, may also be proved in any
other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The
ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.
(d) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action by the Holder of any Note shall bind the Holder of every Note issued
upon
the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect
of
anything done, suffered or omitted to be done by the Trustee, the Issuers or
any
other obligor upon the Notes in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of
such action is made upon such Note.
(e) (i) The
Issuers may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Notes entitled to give, make or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided
or
permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Notes,
provided
that the
Issuers may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice,
declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Notes
on such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and no other Holders,
shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Persons
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remain
Holders after such record date; provided
that no
such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Notes on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to prevent the Issuers from setting a new record date for any action
for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph
(whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action
by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes on the date such action is
taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the
Issuers, at their expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed
action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee
in writing and to each Holder of Notes in the manner set forth in Section
110.
(ii) The
Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Notes entitled to join in the giving or making of (A)
any
Notice of Default, (B) any declaration of acceleration referred to in
Section
602,
(C) any
request to institute proceedings referred to in Section
607(ii)
or (D)
any direction referred to in Section
612,
in each
case with respect to Notes. If any record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Notes on such record date, and no other
Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or
direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date;
provided
that no
such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Notes on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action
for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph
(whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action
by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes on the date such action is
taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the
Trustee, at the Issuers’ expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the
proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to
the
Issuers in writing and to each Holder of Notes in the manner set forth in
Section
110.
(iii) With
respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section
108,
the
party hereto that sets such record dates may designate any day as the
“Expiration
Date”
and
from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day;
provided
that no
such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration
Date
is given to the Issuers or the Trustee, whichever such party is not setting
a
record date pursuant to this Section
108(e)
in
writing, and to each Holder of Notes in the manner set forth in Section
110,
on or
prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated
with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto
that set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the
180th
day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject
to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the
applicable record date.
(iv) Without
limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder 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.
(v) Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including the Depositary,
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 or the Depositary, as the Holder of a Global
Note, may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interest
in
any such Global Note through such depositary’s standing instructions and
customary practices.
(vi) The
Issuers may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the persons who
are
beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note held by the Depositary
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 90 days after such record
date.
Section
109. Notices,
etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made
upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the
Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or by any other obligor upon the Notes
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to or with the Trustee at Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Department (telephone: 000-000-0000;
telecopier: 212-225-5436), or at any other address furnished in writing to
the
Company by the Trustee, or
(2) the
Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company
at Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, or
at
any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company.
(3) The
Company or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may designate additional or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
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Section
110. Notices
to Holders; Waiver.
Where
this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall
be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or by overnight air courier
guaranteeing next day delivery, to each Holder affected by such event, at such
Holder’s address as it appears in the Note Register, not later than the latest
date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of
such
notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the
failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect
to
other Holders.
Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived
in
writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after
the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers
of
notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not
be
a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon
such
waiver.
In
case,
by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by reason of any other
cause, it shall be impossible to mail notice of any event as required by any
provision of this Indenture, then such notification as shall be made with the
approval of the Trustee (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section
111. Effect
of Headings and Table of Contents.
The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section
112. Successors
and Assigns.
All
covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Issuers shall bind its
respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All agreements
of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
Section
113. Separability
Clause.
In case
any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section
114. Benefits
of Indenture.
Nothing
in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any Paying Agent
and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under this Indenture.
Section
115. GOVERNING
LAW.
THIS
INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER OBLIGOR
IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE HOLDERS
AGREE
TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT
LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION
OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE
GUARANTEES.
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Section
116. Legal
Holidays.
In any
case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of
any
Note shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture or of the Notes) payment of interest
or
principal and premium (if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on
such
date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of
Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date
or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, and no interest shall accrue
on
such payment for the intervening period.
Section
117. No
Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators, Equity
Holders, Members and Stockholders.
No
director, officer, employee, incorporator, equity holder, member or stockholder
of the Company, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any thereof shall have any
liability for any obligation of the Company or any Guarantor under this
Indenture, the Notes or any Guarantee, or for any claim based on, in respect
of,
or by reason of, any such obligation or its creation. Each Noteholder, by
accepting the Notes, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
Section
118. Exhibits
and Schedules.
All
exhibits and schedules attached hereto are by this reference made a part hereof
with the same effect as if herein set forth in full.
Section
119. Counterparts.
This
Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be
an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
ARTICLE
II
NOTE
FORMS
Section
201. Forms
Generally.
The
Initial Notes and Initial Additional Notes that are not Exchange Notes and
the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication relating thereto shall be in
substantially the forms set forth, or referenced, in this Article
II
and
Exhibits
A,
B
or
C,
as
applicable, annexed hereto. The Exchange Notes and any Additional Notes that
are
not Initial Additional Notes, or that are issued in a registered offering
pursuant to the Securities Act, and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication
relating thereto shall be in substantially the forms set forth, or referenced,
in this Article
II
and
Exhibits
D,
E
or
F,
as
applicable, annexed hereto. Each of Exhibits
A,
B,
C,
D,
E
and
F
is
hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Notes
may have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, notations,
legends, endorsements, identifications and other variations as are required
or
permitted by law, stock exchange rule or depositary rule or usage, agreements
to
which the Company is subject, if any, or other customary usage, or as may
consistently herewith be determined by the Officers of the Company executing
such Notes, as evidenced by such execution (provided always that any such
notation, legend, endorsement, identification or variation is in a form
acceptable to the Company). Each Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibits
A,
B,
C,
D,
E
and
F
are part
of the terms of this Indenture. Any portion of the text of any Note may be
set
forth on the reverse thereof or attached thereto, with an appropriate reference
thereto on the face of the Note.
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Initial
Notes and any Initial Additional Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule
144A
shall, unless the Issuers otherwise notify the Trustee in writing, be issued
in
the form of one or more permanent global Notes in substantially the form set
forth in Exhibit
A
hereto
(in the case of Floating Rate Global Notes) or Exhibit
B
hereto
(in the case of 7.625% Global Notes) or Exhibit
C
hereto
(in the case of 7.75% Global Notes), except as otherwise permitted herein.
Such
Global Notes shall be referred to collectively herein as the “Rule
144A Global Note,”
and
such Floating Rate Global Notes shall be referred to collectively herein as
the
“Rule
144A Floating Rate Global Note,”
such
7.625% Global Notes shall be referred to collectively herein as the
“Rule
144A 7.625% Global Note”
and
such 7.75% Global Notes shall be referred to collectively herein as the
“Rule
144A 7.75% Global Note.”
The
Rule 144A Global Note shall be deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for
the
Depositary or its nominee, in each case for credit to an account of an Agent
Member, and shall be duly executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the
Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of a Rule 144A
Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments
made
on the records of the Trustee as hereinafter provided.
Initial
Notes and any Initial Additional Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions
in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act shall, unless the Issuers
otherwise notify the Trustee in writing, be issued in the form of one or more
temporary global Notes in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit
A
hereto
(in the case of Floating Rate Global Notes) or Exhibit
B
hereto
(in the case of 7.625% Global Notes) or Exhibit
C
hereto
(in the case of 7.75% Global Notes), except as otherwise permitted herein.
Such
Global Notes shall be referred to collectively herein as the “Temporary
Regulation S Global Note,”
and
such Floating Rate Global Notes shall be referred to collectively herein as
the
“Temporary
Regulation S Floating Rate Global Note,”
such
7.625% Global Notes shall be referred to collectively herein as the
“Temporary
Regulation S 7.625% Global Note”
and
such 7.75% Global Notes shall be referred to collectively herein as the
“Temporary
Regulation S 7.75% Global Note.”
The
Temporary Regulation S Global Note shall be deposited with the Trustee, as
custodian for the Depositary or its nominee for the accounts of designated
Agent
Members holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, and shall be duly
executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter
provided. The aggregate principal amount of a Regulation S Global Note may
from
time to time be increased or increased by adjustments made on the records of
the
Trustee as hereinafter provided.
Following
the expiration of the distribution compliance period set forth in Regulation
S
(the “Distribution
Compliance Period”)
with
respect to any Temporary Regulation S Global Note, beneficial interests in
such
Temporary Regulation S Global Note shall be exchanged as provided in
Sections
312
and
313
for
beneficial interests in one or more permanent global Notes in substantially
the
form set forth in Exhibit
A
hereto
(in the case of Floating Rate Global Notes) or Exhibit
B
hereto
(in the case of 7.625% Global Notes) or Exhibit
C
hereto
(in the case of 7.75% Global Notes), except as otherwise permitted herein.
Such
Global Notes shall be referred to collectively herein as the “Permanent
Regulation S Global Note,”
and
such Floating Rate Global Notes shall be referred to collectively herein as
the
“Permanent
Regulation S Floating Rate Global Note,”
such
7.625% Global Notes shall be referred to collectively herein as the
“Permanent
Regulation S 7.625% Global Note”
and
such 7.75% Global Notes shall be referred to collectively herein as the
“Permanent
Regulation S 7.75% Global Note.”
The
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Permanent
Regulation S Global Notes and the Temporary Regulation S Global Notes shall
be
referred to collectively herein as the “Regulation
S Global Notes.”
The
Permanent Regulation S Global Note shall be deposited with the Trustee, as
custodian for the Depositary or its nominee for credit to the account of an
Agent Member, and shall be duly executed by the Issuers and authenticated by
the
Trustee as hereinafter provided. Simultaneously with the authentication of
a
Permanent Regulation S Global Note, the Trustee shall cancel the related
Temporary Regulation S Global Note.
Subject
to the limitations on the issuance of certificated Notes set forth in
Sections
312
and
313,
Initial
Notes and any Initial Additional Notes issued pursuant to Section 305
in
exchange for or upon transfer of beneficial interests (x) in a Rule 144A Global
Note shall be in the form of permanent certificated Notes substantially in
the
form set forth in Exhibit
A
hereto
(in the case of Floating Rate Notes) or Exhibit
B
hereto
(in the case of 7.625% Notes) or Exhibit
C
hereto
(in the case of 7.75% Notes) (the “Rule
144A Physical Notes”)
or (y)
in a Regulation S Global Note (if any), on or after the Regulation S Note
Exchange Date with respect to such Regulation S Global Note, shall be in the
form of permanent certificated Notes substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit
A
hereto
(in the case of Floating Rate Notes) or Exhibit
B
hereto
(in the case of 7.625% Notes) or Exhibit
C
hereto
(in the case of 7.75% Notes) (the “Regulation
S Physical Notes”),
respectively, as hereinafter provided.
The
Rule
144A Physical Notes and Regulation S Physical Notes shall be construed to
include any certificated Notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to
Section
304,
305,
306
or
1008,
and the
Rule 144A Global Notes and Regulation S Global Notes shall be construed to
include any global Notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to Section
304,
305,
306
or
1008.
The
Rule 144A Physical Notes and the Regulation S Physical Notes, together with
any
other certificated Notes issued and authenticated pursuant to this Indenture,
are sometimes collectively herein referred to as the “Physical
Notes.”
The
Rule 144A Global Notes and the Regulation S Global Notes, together with any
other global Notes that are issued and authenticated pursuant to this Indenture,
are sometimes collectively referred to as the “Global
Notes.”
Exchange
Notes shall be issued substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit
D
hereto
(in the case of Exchange Floating Rate Notes) or Exhibit
E
hereto
(in the case of Exchange 7.625% Notes) or Exhibit
F
hereto
(in the case of Exchange 7.75% Notes) and, subject to Section
312(b),
shall
be in the form of one or more Global Notes. Floating Rate Notes issued in the
form of a Global Note are sometimes collectively referred to as “Floating
Rate Global Notes,”
7.625%
Notes issued in the form of a Global Note are sometimes collectively referred
to
as “7.625%
Global Notes”
and
7.75% Notes issued in the form of a Global Note are sometimes collectively
referred to as “7.75%
Global Notes.”
Section
202. Form
of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
The
Notes will have endorsed thereon a Trustee’s certificate of authentication in
substantially the following form:
This
is
one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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as
Trustee
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Authorized
officer
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If
an
appointment of an Authenticating Agent is made pursuant to Section
714,
the
Notes may have endorsed thereon, in lieu of the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in substantially
the following form:
This
is
one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
As
Trustee
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By:
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As
Authenticating Agent
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By:
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Authorized
officer
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Dated:
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Section
203. Restrictive
and Global Note Legends.
Each
Global Note and Physical Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or
substitution thereof) shall bear the following legend set forth below (the
“Private
Placement Legend”)
on the
face thereof until the Private Placement Legend is removed or not required
in
accordance with Section
313(4):
THIS
NOTE
HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES
ACT”),
OR
UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS
NOTE
NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET
FORTH
BELOW. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS
NOTE MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER OR ANOTHER EXEMPTION UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT.
THE
HOLDER OF THIS NOTE (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (B) IT IS NOT A U.S.
PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE
WITH
RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (C) IT IS AN “INSTITUTIONAL” ACCREDITED
INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3), OR (7) UNDER REGULATION D
PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AN “ACCREDITED
INVESTOR”)
AND
(2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN [TWO
YEARS-FOR NOTES ISSUED PURSUANT TO RULE 144A] [40 DAYS-FOR NOTES ISSUED IN
OFFSHORE TRANSACTIONS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S] AFTER
THE
LATER OF THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE AND THE DATE ON WHICH
THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OWNED SUCH NOTE, OFFER, RESELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT (A) (I) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF,
(II)
FOR SO
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LONG
AS
THIS NOTE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS
A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (III) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT IS ACQUIRING
THE NOTES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR,
IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE NOTES OF $250,000, FOR
INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR THE OFFER OR SALE IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND THAT
PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES (OR HAS FURNISHED ON ITS BEHALF BY A U.S.
BROKER-DEALER) TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS
AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (THE FORM
OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE FOR THIS NOTE), (IV) OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (V) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE),
(VI)
IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF
THE
SECURITIES ACT, OR (VII) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS
OF
THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS. THE HOLDER OF THIS
NOTE
FURTHER AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED
A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY
TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE PURSUANT TO SUBCLAUSES (III) TO (VI) OF CLAUSE (A) ABOVE,
THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY
SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS EITHER OF THEM
MAY
REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO
AN
EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM
BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
Each
Global Note, whether or not an Initial Note, shall also bear the following
legend on the face thereof:
UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”)
TO THE
COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND
ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT
IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER
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USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS
OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART,
TO
NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE
AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS
MADE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 312 AND 313 OF THE
INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN).
Each
Temporary Regulation S Global Note shall also bear the following legend on
the
face thereof:
EXCEPT
AS
SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY
REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE WILL NOT BE EXCHANGEABLE FOR INTERESTS IN THE PERMANENT
REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE OR ANY OTHER NOTE REPRESENTING AN INTEREST IN THE
NOTES
REPRESENTED HEREBY WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN A LEGEND CONTAINING RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER, UNTIL THE EXPIRATION of THE “40 DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD”
(WITHIN THE MEANING of RULE 903(b)(2) of REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT).
DURING SUCH 40 DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE MAY ONLY BE SOLD, PLEDGED
OR TRANSFERRED THROUGH EUROCLEAR BANK S.A./N.A., AS OPERATOR of THE EUROCLEAR
SYSTEM, OR CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME.
ARTICLE
III
THE
NOTES
Section
301. Title
and Terms.
The
aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered
and
Outstanding under this Indenture will be limited. The Initial Floating Rate
Notes will be issued in an aggregate principal amount of $250 million, the
Initial 7.625% Notes will be issued in an aggregate principal amount of $375
million and the Initial 7.75% Notes will be issued in an aggregate principal
amount of $375 million. The Floating Rate Notes, the 7.625% Notes and the 7.75%
Notes will each be issued as a separate series, but, except as otherwise
provided in Section
902,
shall
vote and consent together on all matters as one class, and, except as provided
in Xxxxxxx
000,
xxxx of
the Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a class separate from one
another on any matter. Additional Notes (including any Exchange Notes issued
in
exchange therefor) will vote (or consent) as a class with the other Notes
(except as otherwise provided in Section
902)
and
otherwise be treated as Notes for all purposes of this Indenture.
The
Floating Rate Notes shall be known and designated as the “Floating Rate Senior
Notes due 2014” of the Issuers. The Floating Rate Notes will mature on
May 15, 2014. Each Floating Rate Note will bear interest at a rate per
annum, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR
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plus
2.50%, as determined by the calculation agent (the “Calculation Agent”), which
shall initially be the Trustee.
Interest
on the Floating Rate Notes will be payable quarterly in cash to Holders of
record at the close of business on the
February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1
immediately preceding the interest payment date (each such February 1, May
1,
August 1 and November 1, a “Regular
Record Date”),
on
February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year,
commencing August 15, 2006. Interest will be paid on the basis of a 360-day
year for the actual number of days elapsed and accrue from the date of original
issuance.
The
amount of interest for each day that the Floating Rate Notes are outstanding
(the “Daily Interest Amount”) will be calculated by dividing the interest rate
in effect for such day by 360 and multiplying the result by the principal amount
of the Floating Rate Notes then outstanding. The amount of interest to be paid
on the Floating Rate Notes for each Interest Period will be calculated by adding
the Daily Interest Amount for each day in the Interest Period. All percentages
resulting from any of the above calculations will be rounded, if necessary,
to
the nearest one hundred thousandth of a percentage point, with five
one-millionths of a percentage point being rounded upwards and all dollar
amounts used in or resulting from such calculations will be rounded to the
nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upwards).
The
Calculation Agent will, upon the request of any Holder of Floating Rate Notes,
provide the interest rate then in effect with respect to the Floating Rate
Notes. All calculations made by the Calculation Agent in the absence of manifest
error will be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Issuers, the
Guarantors and the Holders of the Floating Rate Notes.
The
7.625% Notes shall be known and designated as the “7.625% Senior Notes due 2014”
of the Issuers. The 7.625% Notes will mature on May 15, 2014. Each 7.625%
Note will bear interest at a rate per annum of 7.625%.
The
7.75%
Notes shall be known and designated as the “7.75% Senior Notes due 2016” of the
Issuers. The 7.75% Notes will mature on May 15, 2016. Each 7.75% Note will
bear interest at a rate per annum of 7.75%.
Interest
on the 7.625% Notes and the 7.75% Notes will be payable semiannually in cash
to
Holders of record at the close of business on the May 1 and November 1
immediately preceding the interest payment date (each such May 1 and November
1,
a “Regular
Record Date”),
on
May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, 2006. Interest
will
be paid on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and
accrue from the date of original issuance.
Interest
on the Original Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest
has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from April
19, 2006; and interest on any Additional Notes (and Exchange Notes issued in
exchange therefor) will accrue (or will be deemed to have accrued) from the
most
recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no
interest has been paid on such Additional Notes, from the Interest Payment
Date
immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Additional Notes, or if
the
date of issuance of such Additional Notes is an Interest Payment Date, from
such
date of
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issuance;
provided
that if
any Note is surrendered for exchange on or after a record date for an Interest
Payment Date that will occur on or after the date of such exchange, interest
on
the Note received in exchange thereof will accrue from the date of such Interest
Payment Date.
Section
302. Denominations.
The
Floating Rate Notes, the 7.625% Notes and the 7.75% Notes shall be issuable
only
in fully registered form, without coupons, and only in minimum denominations
of
$2,000 or, if greater at the Issue Date, the dollar equivalent of €1,000 rounded
up to the nearest $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Section
303. Execution,
Authentication and Delivery and Dating.
The
Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuers by one Officer of each of
them.
The signature of any such Officer on the Notes may be manual or by facsimile.
Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of an individual who was at
any
time an Officer of any Issuer shall bind such Issuer, notwithstanding that
such
individual has ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Notes or did not hold such office at the date of such
Notes.
At
any
time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture,
the Issuers may deliver Notes executed by the Issuers to the Trustee for
authentication; and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver (i) Initial
Floating Rate Notes for original issue in the aggregate principal amount not
to
exceed $250 million, Initial 7.625% Notes for original issue in the aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $375 million and Initial 7.75% Notes for original
issue in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $375 million, (ii)
Additional Notes in one or more series from time to time for original issue
in
aggregate principal amounts specified by the Issuers and (iii) Exchange Notes
from time to time for issue in exchange for a like principal amount of Initial
Notes or Initial Additional Notes, in each case specified in clauses (i) through
(iii) above, upon a written order of the Issuers in the form of an Officer’s
Certificate of each of the Issuers (an “Authentication
Order”).
Such
Officer’s Certificate shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated and
the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated, the “CUSIP”, “Common Code”
or other similar identification numbers of such Notes, if any, whether the
Notes
are to be Floating Rate Notes, 7.625% Notes or 7.75% Notes, whether the Notes
are to be Initial Notes, Additional Notes or Exchange Notes and whether the
Notes are to be issued as one or more Global Notes or Physical Notes and such
other information as the Issuers may include or the Trustee may reasonably
request.
All
Notes
shall be dated the date of their authentication.
No
Note
shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the
Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Note shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section
304. Temporary
Notes.
Until
definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuers may prepare and upon
receipt of an Authentication Order the Trustee shall authenticate temporary
Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes
but may have variations that the Issuers consider appropriate for temporary
Notes. If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuers will cause definitive Notes
to
be prepared without
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unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall
be
exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at
the
office or agency of the Issuers in a Place of Payment, without charge to the
Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of anyone or more temporary Notes the
Issuers shall execute and upon receipt of an Authentication Order the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount
of
definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary
Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Notes of the same series and tenor.
Section
305. Registrar
and Paying Agent.
The
Issuers shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
a
register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or
agency of the Issuers in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively
referred to as the “Note
Register”)
in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuers
shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. The
Issuers may have one or more co-registrars. The term “Note
Registrar”
includes any co-registrars.
The
Issuers shall also maintain an office or agent within the United States where
Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying
Agent”);
provided,
however,
that at
the option of the Issuers payment of interest on a Note may be made by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall
appear in the Note Register. The Issuers may have one or more additional paying
agents, and the term “Paying
Agent”
includes any such additional Paying Agent.
The
Issuers initially appoint the Trustee as “Note Registrar” and “Paying Agent” in
connection with the Notes, until such time as such entity has resigned or a
successor has been appointed. The Issuers may change the Paying Agent or Note
Registrar for any series of Notes without prior notice to the Holders of Notes.
The Issuers may enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Note
Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture. Any such agency
agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such
agent. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address
of any such agent. If the Issuers fail to appoint or maintain a Note Registrar
or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to
appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section
707.
The
Company or any wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Company may act as Paying
Agent, Note Registrar or transfer agent.
Upon
surrender for transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuers in
a
Place of Payment, in compliance with all applicable requirements of this
Indenture and applicable law, the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Notes of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount.
At
the
option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of the same series,
of any authorized denominations and of a like tenor and aggregate principal
amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency.
Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuers shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the Holder making
the exchange is entitled to receive.
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All
Notes
issued upon any transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations
of
the Issuers, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or
exchange.
Every
Note presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required
by
the Issuers or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuers and the Note
Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly
authorized in writing.
No
service charge shall be made for any registration, transfer or exchange of
Notes, but the Issuers may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
transfer tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
therewith.
The
Issuers shall not be required (i) to issue, transfer or exchange any Note during
a period beginning at the opening of business 15 Business Days before the day
of
the mailing of a notice of redemption (or purchase) of Notes selected for
redemption (or purchase) under Section
1004
and
ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to transfer
or exchange any Note so selected for redemption (or purchase) in whole or in
part.
Section
306. Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes.
If a
mutilated Note is surrendered to the Note Registrar or if the Holder of a Note
claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuers
shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the
requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such
that
the Holder (a) satisfies the Issuers or the Trustee within a reasonable time
after such Holder has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and
the Note Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving such
notification, (b) makes such request to the Issuers or the Trustee prior to
the
Note being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8303 of
the
Uniform Commercial Code (a “protected purchaser”) and (c) satisfies any other
reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the
Issuers, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment
of the Trustee to protect the Issuers, the Trustee, a Paying Agent and the
Note
Registrar from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is
replaced.
In
case
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Issuers in their discretion may, instead of issuing
a new Note, pay such Note.
Upon
the
issuance of any new Note under this Section
306,
the
Issuers may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every
new
Note issued pursuant to this Section
306
in lieu
of any destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Issuers, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled
to
all the benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with any and all other
Notes duly issued hereunder.
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The
provisions of this Section
306
are
exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and
remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Notes.
Section
307. Payment
of Interest Rights Preserved.
Interest on any Note that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name
that
Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest specified in Section
301.
Any
interest on any Note that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted
Interest”)
shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular
Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder; and such Defaulted Interest
may be paid by the Issuers, at their election, as provided in clause (1) or
clause (2) below:
(1) The
Issuers may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons
in
whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered
at
the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuers shall notify
the Trustee and Paying Agent in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment, and
at
the same time the Issuers shall deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent an
amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect
of
such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements reasonably satisfactory
to
the Trustee or Paying Agent 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 clause (1).
Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior
to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt
by the Trustee and the Paying Agent of the notice of the proposed payment.
The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuers of such Special Record Date and,
in
the name and at the expense of the Issuers, shall cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to
be
mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Holder at such Holder’s address as
it appears in the Note Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the
Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest
shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective
Predecessor Notes) are registered on such Special Record Date and shall no
longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
(2) The
Issuers may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which
the
Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange,
if, after notice given by the Issuers to the Trustee and the Paying Agent of
the
proposed payment pursuant to this clause (2), such payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
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Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Section
307,
each
Floating Rate Note, each 7.625% Note and each 7.75% Note delivered under this
Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note
of
the same series shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and
to
accrue, that were carried by such other Note of such series.
Section
308. Persons
Deemed Owners.
The
Issuers, any Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and any agent of any
of
them may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the owner
of
such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium,
if
any), and (subject to Section
307)
interest on, such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not
such Note be overdue, and neither the Issuers, any Guarantor, the Trustee,
the
Paying Agent nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
Section
309. Cancellation.
All
Notes surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or conversion
shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to
the
Trustee and, if not already cancelled, shall be promptly cancelled by it. The
Issuers may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder that any of them may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly
cancelled by the Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in
exchange for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section, except as
expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Notes held by the Trustee
shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures
(subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act).
Section
310. Computation
of Interest.
Interest on the Notes shall be computed as set forth in the Notes.
Section
311. CUSIP
Numbers, Etc.
The
Issuers in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers and “Common Code” numbers
(if then generally in use), and if so, the Trustee may use the CUSIP numbers
and
“Common Code” numbers in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to
Holders; provided,
however,
that
any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness
or accuracy of such numbers printed in the notice or on the Notes; that reliance
may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes;
and
that any redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such
numbers.
Section
312. Book-Entry
Provisions for Global Notes.
(a) Each
Global Note initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary
for
such Global Note or the nominee of such Depositary, in each case for credit
to
the account of an Agent Member, and (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as
custodian for such Depositary. Neither of the Issuers nor any of their agents
shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records
relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of
a
Global Note, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating
to such beneficial ownership interests.
Members
of, or participants in, the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream (“Agent
Members”)
shall
have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on
their behalf by the Depositary, or its custodian, or under such Global Notes.
The Depositary may
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be
treated by the Issuers, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Trustee and any
agent of any of them as the absolute owner of the Global Notes for all purposes
whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the
Issuers, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Trustee or any agent of any
of
them from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by the Depositary, or impair, as between the Depositary,
Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, and their respective Agent
Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the
rights of a beneficial owner of any Note. The registered Holder of a Global
Note
may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members
and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action
that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the
Notes.
(b) Transfers
of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers of such Global Note in whole,
but, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, not in part, to the
Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial
owners in a Global Note may not be transferred or exchanged for Physical Notes
unless (i) the Issuers have consented thereto in writing, or such transfer
or
exchange is made pursuant to the next sentence, and (ii) such transfer or
exchange is in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the
Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, and the provisions
of
Sections
305
and
313.
Subject
to the limitation on issuance of Physical Notes set forth in Section
313(3),
Physical Notes shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for
their beneficial interests in the relevant Global Note, if (i) the Depositary
notifies the Issuers at any time that it is unwilling or unable to continue
as
Depositary for the Global Notes and a successor depositary is not appointed
within 120 days; (ii) the Depositary ceases to be registered as a “Clearing
Agency” under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and a successor depositary is
not appointed within 120 days; (iii) the Issuers, at their option, notify the
Trustee that they elect to cause the issuance of Physical Notes; or (iv) an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the
Notes
and the Trustee has received a written request from the Depositary to issue
Physical Notes.
(c) In
connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the beneficial interest
in any Global Note to beneficial owners for Physical Notes pursuant to
Section
312(b),
the
Note Registrar shall record on its books and records the date and a decrease
in
the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial
interest in the Global Note being transferred, and the Issuers shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Physical Notes
of
like tenor and principal amount of authorized denominations.
(d) In
connection with a transfer of an entire Global Note to beneficial owners
pursuant to Section
312(b),
the
applicable Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for
cancellation, and the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary, Euroclear
or
Clearstream, as the case may be, in exchange for its beneficial interest in
the
applicable Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount at maturity of
Rule
144A Physical Notes (in the case of any Rule 144A Global Note) or Regulation
S
Physical Notes (in the case of any Regulation S Global Note), as the case may
be, of authorized denominations.
(e) The
transfer and exchange of a Global Note or beneficial interests therein shall
be
effected through the Depositary, in accordance with this Indenture (including
applicable
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restrictions
on transfer set forth in Section
313)
and the
procedures therefor of the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case
may
be. Any beneficial interest in one of the Global Notes that is transferred
to a
Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in a different Global
Note
will, upon transfer, cease to be an interest in such Global Note and become
an
interest in the other Global Note and, accordingly, will thereafter be subject
to all transfer restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to
beneficial interests in such other Global Note for as long as it remains such
an
interest. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall deliver
to the Note Registrar a written order given in accordance with the procedures
of
the Depositary or of Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, containing
information regarding the participant account of the Depositary to be credited
with a beneficial interest in the relevant Global Note. Subject to Section
313,
the
Note Registrar shall, in accordance with such instructions, instruct the
Depositary or Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, to credit to the account
of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in such
Global Note and to debit the account of the Person making the transfer the
beneficial interest in the Global Note being transferred.
(f) Any
Physical Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant
to
Section
312(b)
shall,
unless such exchange is made on or after the Resale Restriction Termination
Date
applicable to such Note and except as otherwise provided in Section
203
and
Section
313,
bear
the Private Placement Legend.
(g) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, through the Restricted Period, a beneficial interest in a
Regulation S Global Note may be held only through Euroclear or Clearstream,
or
designated Agent Members holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, unless
delivery is made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section
313.
(h) The
Holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person,
including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent
Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this
Indenture or the Notes.
Section
313. Special
Transfer Provisions.
(1) Transfers
to Non-U.S. Persons.
The
following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any
proposed transfer of a Note that is a Restricted Security to any Non-U.S.
Person: The Note Registrar shall register such transfer if it complies with
all
other applicable requirements of this Indenture (including Section
305)
and,
(a) if
(x)
such transfer is after the relevant Resale Restriction Termination Date with
respect to such Note or (y) the proposed transferor has delivered to the Note
Registrar and the Issuers and the Trustee a Regulation S Certificate and, unless
otherwise agreed by the Issuers and the Trustee, an opinion of counsel,
certifications and other information satisfactory to the Issuers and the
Trustee, and
(b) if
the
proposed transferor is or is acting through an Agent Member holding a beneficial
interest in a Global Note, upon receipt by the Note Registrar and the Issuers
and the Trustee of (x) the certificate, opinion, certifications and other
information, if any, required by clause (a) above and (y) written instructions
given in accordance with the procedures of the Note Registrar and of the
Depositary;
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whereupon
(i) the Note Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and
(if
the transfer does not involve a transfer of any Outstanding Physical Note)
a
decrease in the principal amount of the relevant Global Note in an amount equal
to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the relevant Global Note
to be transferred, and (ii) either (A) if the proposed transferee is or is
acting through an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in a relevant
Regulation S Global Note, the Note Registrar shall reflect on its books and
records the date and an increase in the principal amount of such Regulation
S
Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial
interest being so transferred or (B) otherwise the Issuers shall execute and
the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Physical Notes of like tenor
and amount.
(2) Transfers
to QIBs.
The
following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any
proposed transfer of a Note that is a Restricted Security to a QIB (excluding
transfers to Non-U.S. Persons): The Note Registrar shall register such transfer
if it complies with all other applicable requirements of this Indenture
(including Section 305)
and,
(a) if
such
transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the box provided
for on the form of such Note stating, or has otherwise certified to the Note
Registrar and the Issuers and the Trustee in writing, that the sale has been
made in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee who has
signed the certification provided for on the form of such Note stating, or
has
otherwise certified to Note Registrar and the Issuers and the Trustee in
writing, that it is purchasing such Note for its own account or an account
with
respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any
such account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the
sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it
has
received such information regarding the Issuers as it has requested pursuant
to
Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is
aware
that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order
to
claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A; and
(b) if
the
proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the Note to be transferred consists
of a Physical Note that after transfer is to be evidenced by an interest in
a
Global Note or consists of a beneficial interest in a Global Note that after
the
transfer is to be evidenced by an interest in a different Global Note, upon
receipt by the Note Registrar of written instructions given in accordance with
the procedures of the Note Registrar and of the Depositary, whereupon the Note
Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in
the
principal amount of the transferee Global Note in an amount equal to the
principal amount of the Physical Note or such beneficial interest in such
transferor Global Note to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the
Physical Note so transferred or reflect on its books and records the date and
a
decrease in the principal amount of such transferor Global Note, as the case
may
be.
(3) Limitation
on Issuance of Physical Notes.
No
Physical Note shall be exchanged for a beneficial interest in any Global Note,
except in accordance with Section 312
and this
Section
313.
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A
beneficial owner of an interest a Temporary Regulation S Global Note (and,
in
the case of any Additional Notes for which no Temporary Regulation S Global
Note
is issued, any Regulation S Global Note) shall not be permitted to exchange
such
interest for a Physical Note or (in the case of such interest in a Temporary
Regulation S Global Note) an interest in a Permanent Regulation S Global Note
until a date, which must be after Distribution Compliance Date, on which the
Issuers receive a certificate of beneficial ownership substantially in the
form
of Exhibit
G
from
such beneficial owner (a “Certificate
of Beneficial Ownership”).
Such
date, as it relates to a Regulation S Global Note, is herein referred to as
the
“Regulation
S Note Exchange Date.”
(4) Private
Placement Legend.
Upon
the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes not bearing the Private Placement
Legend, the Note Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear the Private
Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing
the Private Placement Legend, the Note Registrar shall deliver only Notes that
bear the Private Placement Legend unless (i) the requested transfer is after
the
relevant Resale Restriction Termination Date with respect to such Notes, (ii)
upon written request of the Issuers after there is delivered to the Note
Registrar an opinion of counsel (which opinion and counsel are satisfactory
to
the Issuers and the Trustee) to the effect that neither such legend nor the
related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance
with the provisions of the Securities Act, (iii) with respect to a Regulation
S
Global Note (on or after the Regulation S Note Exchange Date with respect to
such Regulation S Global Note) or Regulation S Physical Note, in each case
with
the agreement of the Issuers, or (iv) such Notes are sold or exchanged pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
(5) Other
Transfers.
The
Note Registrar shall effect and register, upon receipt of a written request
from
the Issuers to do so, a transfer not otherwise permitted by this Section
313,
such
registration to be done in accordance with the otherwise applicable provisions
of this Section
313,
upon
the furnishing by the proposed transferor or transferee of a written opinion
of
counsel (which opinion and counsel are satisfactory to the Issuers and the
Trustee) to the effect that, and such other certifications or information as
the
Issuers or the Trustee may require (including, in the case of a transfer to
an
Accredited Investor (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act), a certificate substantially
in the form of Exhibit
J)
to
confirm that, the proposed transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption
from,
or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the
Securities Act.
A
Note
that is a Restricted Security may not be transferred other than as provided
in
this Section
313.
A
beneficial interest in a Global Note that is a Restricted Security may not
be
exchanged for a beneficial interest in another Global Note other than through
a
transfer in compliance with this Section
313.
(6) General.
By its
acceptance of any Note bearing the Private Placement Legend, each Holder of
such
a Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in
this
Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend and agrees that it will transfer
such Note only as provided in this Indenture.
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The
Note
Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written
communications received pursuant to Section
312
or this
Section
313
(including all Notes received for transfer pursuant to Section
313).
The
Issuers shall have the right to require the Note Registrar to deliver to the
Issuers, at the Issuers’ expense, copies of all such letters, notices or other
written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable
written notice to the Note Registrar.
In
connection with any transfer of any Note, the Trustee, the Note Registrar and
the Issuers shall be entitled to receive, shall be under no duty to inquire
into, may conclusively presume the correctness of, and shall be fully protected
in relying upon the certificates, opinions and other information referred to
herein (or in the forms provided herein, attached hereto or to the Notes, or
otherwise) received from any Holder and any transferee of any Note regarding
the
validity, legality and due authorization of any such transfer, the eligibility
of the transferee to receive such Note and any other facts and circumstances
related to such transfer.
Section
314. Payment
of Additional Interest.
(a)
Under
certain circumstances the Issuers will be obligated to pay certain additional
amounts of interest to the Holders of certain Initial Notes, as more
particularly set forth in such Initial Notes.
(b) Under
certain circumstances the Issuers may be obligated to pay certain additional
amounts of interest to the Holders of certain Initial Additional Notes, as
may
be more particularly set forth in such Initial Additional Notes.
(c) Prior
to
any Interest Payment Date on which any such additional interest is payable,
the
Issuers shall give notice to the Trustee of the amount of any additional
interest due on such Interest Payment Date.
ARTICLE
IV
COVENANTS
Section
401. Payment
of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The
Issuers shall duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any)
and
interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this
Indenture. Principal amount (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes
shall be considered paid on the date due if the Issuers shall have deposited
with the applicable Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a wholly-owned
Domestic Subsidiary of the Company) as of 12:00 p.m. New York City time on
the
due date money in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient
to pay all principal amount (and premium, if any) and interest then
due.
Section
402. Maintenance
of Office or Agency.
(a)
The
Company shall maintain in the United States one or more offices or agencies
where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Notes may be
surrendered for transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The
Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and
of
any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such p
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resentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee.
(b) The
Company 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 purposes
and may from time to time rescind such designations.
The
Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as such
office or agency of the Company where Notes may be presented or surrendered
for
payment or for transfer or exchange for so long as such Corporate Trust Office
remains a Place of Payment, in accordance with Section
305
hereof.
Section
403. Money
for Payments to Be Held in Trust
.
If the
Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent, it shall, on or before
12:00 p.m., New York City time each due date of the principal of (and premium,
if any) or interest on, any of the Notes, segregate and hold in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal
(and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be
paid
to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and shall promptly
notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
If
the
Company is not acting as its own Paying Agent, it shall, on or prior to 12:00
p.m., New York City time each due date of the principal of (and premium, if
any)
or interest on, any Notes, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to
pay
the principal (and premium, if any) or interest, so becoming due, such sum
to be
held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium
or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
If
the
Company is not acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company shall cause any
Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject
to
the provisions of this Section 403,
that
such Paying Agent shall
(1) hold
all
sums held by it for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto
until
such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided;
(2) give
the
Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Notes) in the making of any such payment of principal (and premium, if any)
or
interest;
(3) at
any
time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of
the
Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying
Agent; and
(4) acknowledge,
accept and agree to comply in all respects with the provisions of this Indenture
and TIA relating to the duties, rights and liabilities of such Paying
Agent.
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The
Issuers may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order
direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the
Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same
trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying
Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
Any
money
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company,
in
trust for the payment of the principal of (and 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
Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged
from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money,
and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease.
Section
404. [Reserved].
Section
405. Reports.
Prior
to consummation of the exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights
Agreement or the registration of the Notes with the SEC for resale and when
any
Notes under the Indenture are outstanding, the Company will provide to the
Trustee and the holders of Notes: (a) within 90 days after the end of the
Company’s fiscal year, financial statements and management’s discussion and
analysis of financial condition and results of operations substantially
equivalent to that which would be required to be included in an Annual Report
on
Form 10-K of the Company were the Company subject to an obligation to file
such
a report under the Exchange Act, and (b) within 45 days after the end of each
of
the first three fiscal quarters in each fiscal year of the Company, financial
statements and management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and
results of operations substantially equivalent to that which would be required
to be included in a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company were the
Company subject to an obligation to file such a report under the Exchange Act;
provided,
however,
that the
reports set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above shall not be required
to:
(x) contain
any certification required by any such form or the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002,
(y) include
separate financial statements of any Guarantor or Avis Budget Finance, Inc.
or
(z) include
any exhibit; provided,
further, however,
that if
such reports do not include either (1) separate financial statements for each
Guarantor or (2) consolidating condensed financial statements of the Subsidiary
Guarantors, in accordance with Rule 3-10(d) of Regulation S-X promulgated by
the
SEC, then such reports shall include a calculation of the Consolidated Coverage
Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio and the amount of Restricted
Payments that could be made pursuant to Section 409(a), in each case at the
end
of the period to which the report relates.
Following
consummation of the exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights
Agreement or the registration of the Notes with the SEC for resale,
notwithstanding that
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the
Company may not be required to be or remain subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will
file with the SEC (unless such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act
or
by the SEC), so long as the Notes are Outstanding, the annual reports,
information, documents and other reports that the Company is required to file
with the SEC pursuant to such Section 13(a) or 15(d) or would be so required
to
file if the Company were so subject. The Company will also, within 15 days
after
the date on which the Company was so required to file or would be so required
to
file if the Company were so subject, transmit by mail to all Holders, as their
names and addresses appear in the Note Register, and to the Trustee (or make
available on a Company website) copies of any such information, documents and
reports (without exhibits) so required to be filed. The Company will be deemed
to have satisfied the requirements of this Section
405
if any
Parent files with the SEC and provides reports, documents and information of
the
types otherwise so required, in each case within the applicable time periods
specified by the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and the Company
is
not required to file such reports, documents and information separately under
the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC (after giving effect to any
exemptive relief) because of the filings by such Parent. The Company will comply
with the other provisions of TIA § 314(a).
Section
406. Statement
as to Default.
The
Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Company ending after January 1, 2006, an Officer’s
Certificate to the effect that to the best knowledge of the signer thereof
none
of the Issuers is or is not in default in the performance and observance of
any
of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to
any
period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if any of
the
Issuers shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and
status thereof of which such signer may have knowledge. To the extent required
by the TIA, each Guarantor shall comply with TIA § 314(a)(4). The individual
signing any certificate given by any Person pursuant to this Section
406
shall be
the principal executive, financial or accounting Officer of such Person, in
compliance with TIA § 314(a)(4).
Section
407. Limitation
on Indebtedness.
(a) The
Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Incur any
Indebtedness; provided,
however,
that
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Indebtedness if on the date
of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, after giving effect to the Incurrence
thereof, the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would be greater than 2.00 to
1.00.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing paragraph (a), the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may
Incur the following Indebtedness:
(i) Indebtedness
Incurred pursuant to any Credit Facility (including but not limited to in
respect of letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances issued or created
thereunder) and Indebtedness Incurred other than under any Credit Facility,
and
(without limiting the foregoing), in each case, any Refinancing Indebtedness
in
respect thereof, in a maximum principal amount at any time outstanding not
exceeding in the aggregate the amount equal to 2,675 million;
(ii) Indebtedness
(A) of any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or (B) of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary to any Restricted Subsidiary; provided,
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that
any
subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock of such Restricted
Subsidiary to which such Indebtedness is owed, or other event, that results
in
such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other
subsequent transfer of such Indebtedness (except to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary) will be deemed, in each case, an Incurrence of such Indebtedness
by
the issuer thereof not permitted by this clause (ii);
(iii) Indebtedness
represented by the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees and the related exchange
notes and exchange guarantees issued in an exchange transaction pursuant to
the
Registration Rights Agreement, any Indebtedness (other than the Indebtedness
described in clause (ii) above) outstanding on the Issue Date and any
Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of any Indebtedness described
in
this clause (iii), Section
407b(x)
or
paragraph (a) above;
(iv) Purchase
Money Obligations and Capitalized Lease Obligations, and any Refinancing
Indebtedness with respect thereto;
(v) Indebtedness
consisting of (x) accommodation guarantees for the benefit of trade creditors
of
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (y) Guarantees in connection
with the construction or improvement of all or any portion of a Public Facility
to be used by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or (z) Guarantees
required or reasonably necessary (in the good faith determination of the
Company) in connection with Vehicle Rental Concession Rights;
(vi) (A)
Guarantees by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or any
other obligation or liability of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other
than any Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary,
as
the case may be, in violation of this Section
407),
or (B)
without limiting Section
413,
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary arising by reason
of
any Lien granted by or applicable to such Person securing Indebtedness of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Indebtedness Incurred
by
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in violation
of
this Section 407);
(vii) Indebtedness
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) arising from the honoring of
a
check, draft or similar instrument of such Person drawn against insufficient
funds, provided
that
such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its Incurrence,
or (B) consisting of guarantees, indemnities, obligations in respect of earnouts
or other purchase price adjustments, or similar obligations, Incurred in
connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or
Person;
(viii) Indebtedness
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of (A) deductible
obligations, self-insurance obligations, reinsurance obligations, completion
guarantees, surety, judgment, appeal or performance bonds, or other similar
bonds, instruments or obligations, provided, or relating to liabilities or
obligations incurred, in the ordinary course of business, or (B) Hedging
Obligations, entered into for bona fide hedging purposes that are incurred
in
the ordinary course of business, or (C) the
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financing
of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business, or (D) netting,
overdraft protection and other arrangements arising under standard business
terms of any bank at which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary maintains
an
overdraft, cash pooling or other similar facility or arrangement;
(ix) Indebtedness
(A) of a Special Purpose Subsidiary secured by a Lien on all or part of the
assets disposed of in, or otherwise Incurred in connection with, a Financing
Disposition or (B) otherwise Incurred in connection with a Special Purpose
Financing; provided
that (1)
such Indebtedness is not recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
that is not a Special Purpose Subsidiary (other than with respect to Special
Purpose Financing Undertakings), (2) in the event such Indebtedness shall become
recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Special
Purpose Subsidiary (other than with respect to Special Purpose Financing
Undertakings), such Indebtedness will be deemed to be, and must be classified
by
the Company as, Incurred at such time (or at the time initially Incurred) under
one or more of the other provisions of this Section
407
for so
long as such Indebtedness shall be so recourse; and (3) in the event that at
any
time thereafter such Indebtedness shall comply with the provisions of the
preceding subclause (1), the Company may classify such Indebtedness in whole
or
in part as Incurred under this Section
407(b)(ix);
(x) Indebtedness
of any Person that is assumed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in
connection with its acquisition of assets from such Person or any Affiliate
thereof or is issued and outstanding on or prior to the date on which such
Person was acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged or
consolidated with or into any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness
Incurred to finance, or otherwise Incurred in connection with, such
acquisition), provided
that on
the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation, after giving effect
thereto, the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness
pursuant to paragraph (a) above; and any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect
to any such Indebtedness;
(xi) Indebtedness
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that (A) is in the form of a demand
note or other promissory note, (B) is in favor of, or for the benefit of, any
Unrestricted Subsidiary, and (C) serves as credit enhancement for any
vehicle-related financing; and
(xii) in
addition to the items referred to in clauses (i) through (xi) above,
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate
outstanding principal amount at any time not exceeding an amount equal to 3.25%
of Consolidated Tangible Assets.
(c) For
purposes of determining compliance with, and the outstanding principal amount
of
any particular Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to and in compliance with, this
Section
407,
(i) any
other obligation of the obligor on such Indebtedness (or of any other Person
who
could have Incurred such Indebtedness under this Section
407)
arising
under any Guarantee, Lien or letter of credit, bankers’ acceptance or other
similar instrument or obligation supporting such Indebtedness shall be
disregarded to the extent that such Guarantee, Lien or letter of credit,
bankers’ acceptance or other similar instrument or obligation secures the
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principal
amount of such Indebtedness; (ii) in the event that Indebtedness meets the
criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in paragraphs
(a) or (b) above, the Company, in its sole discretion, shall classify such
item
of Indebtedness and may include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in
one
or more of such clauses (including in part under one such clause and in part
under another such clause), and may reclassify such item of Indebtedness in
any
manner that complies with this Section
407
and only
be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one of such
clauses; (iii) if obligations in respect of letters of credit are Incurred
pursuant to a Credit Facility and are being treated as Incurred pursuant to
Section
407(b)(i)
and the
letters of credit relate to other Indebtedness, then such other Indebtedness
shall not be included; and (iv) the amount of Indebtedness issued at a price
that is less than the principal amount thereof shall be equal to the amount
of
the liability in respect thereof determined in accordance with
GAAP.
(d) For
purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction
on
the Incurrence of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, the
Dollar-equivalent principal amount of such Indebtedness Incurred pursuant
thereto shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in
effect on the date that such Indebtedness was Incurred, in the case of term
Indebtedness, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness,
provided
that (x)
the Dollar-equivalent principal amount of any such Indebtedness outstanding
on
the Issue Date shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange
rate
in effect on the Issue Date, (y) if such Indebtedness is Incurred to refinance
other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency (or in a different currency
from such Indebtedness so being Incurred), and such refinancing would cause
the
applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the
relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing,
such
Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so
long
as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i)
the
outstanding or committed principal amount (whichever is higher) of such
Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees,
underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in
connection with such refinancing and (z) the Dollar-equivalent principal amount
of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency and Incurred pursuant to
a
Senior Credit Facility shall be calculated based on the relevant currency
exchange rate in effect on, at the Company’s option, (i) the Issue Date, (ii)
any date on which any of the respective commitments under such Senior Credit
Facility shall be reallocated between or among facilities or subfacilities
thereunder, or on which such rate is otherwise calculated for any purpose
thereunder, or (iii) the date of such Incurrence. 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.
Section
408. [Reserved].
Section
409. Limitation
on Restricted Payments.
(a)
The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, directly
or
indirectly, to (i) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on
or in
respect of its Capital Stock (including any such payment in connection with
any
merger or consolidation to which the Company is a party) except (x) dividends
or
distributions payable solely in its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
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Stock)
and
(y) dividends or distributions payable to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (and, in the case of any such Restricted Subsidiary making such
dividend or distribution, to other holders of its Capital Stock on no more
than
a pro
rata
basis),
(ii) purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock
of the Company held by Persons other than the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary, (iii) voluntarily purchase, repurchase, redeem, defease or otherwise
voluntarily acquire or retire for value, prior to scheduled maturity, scheduled
repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, any Subordinated Obligations (other
than a purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or
retirement for value in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation,
principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of
the
date of such acquisition or retirement) or (iv) make any Investment (other
than
a Permitted Investment) in any Person (any such dividend, distribution,
purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, other acquisition or retirement
or
Investment being herein referred to as a “Restricted
Payment”),
if at
the time the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary makes such Restricted Payment
and after giving effect thereto:
(1) a
Default
shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom);
(2) the
Company could not Incur at least an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant
to
Section
407(a);
or
(3) the
aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all other Restricted Payments
(the amount so expended, if other than in cash, to be as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and
evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors) declared or made subsequent
to the Issue Date and then outstanding would exceed, without duplication, the
sum of :
(A) 50%
of
the Consolidated Net Income accrued during the period (treated as one accounting
period) beginning on the first day of the Company’s fiscal quarter in which the
Issue Date occurred to the end of the most recent fiscal quarter ending prior
to
the date of such Restricted Payment for which consolidated financial statements
of the Company are available (or, in case such Consolidated Net Income shall
be
a negative number, 100% of such negative number);
(B) 100%
of
the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds and the fair value (as determined in good faith
by the Board of Directors) of property or assets received (x) by the Company
as
capital contributions to the Company after the Issue Date or from the issuance
or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of its Capital Stock (other
than
Disqualified Stock) after the Issue Date or (y) by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary from the issuance and sale by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of Indebtedness that shall have been converted into or exchanged
after the Issue Date for Capital Stock of the Company or any Parent (other
than
Disqualified Stock), plus the amount of any cash and the fair value (as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) of any property or assets,
received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary upon such conversion or
exchange;
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(C) the
aggregate amount equal to the net reduction in Investments in Unrestricted
Subsidiaries resulting from (i) dividends, distributions, cancellation of
indebtedness for borrowed money owed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
to an Unrestricted Subsidiary, interest payments, return of capital, repayments
of Investments or other transfers of assets to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary from any Unrestricted Subsidiary, including dividends or other
distributions related to dividends or other distributions made pursuant to
Section
409(b)(vii)
(but
only to the extent such amount is not included in Consolidated Net Income),
or
(ii) the redesignation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary
(valued in each case as provided in the definition of “Investment”),
not
to exceed in the case of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary the aggregate amount
of Investments (other than Permitted Investments) made by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date;
and
(D) in
the
case of any disposition or repayment of any Investment constituting a Restricted
Payment (without duplication of any amount deducted in calculating the amount
of
Investments at any time outstanding included in the amount of Restricted
Payments), an amount in the aggregate equal to the lesser of the return of
capital, repayment or other proceeds with respect to all such Investments
received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and the initial amount of
all
such Investments constituting Restricted Payments.
(b) The
provisions of Section
409(a)
will not
prohibit any of the following, so long as a Default shall not have occurred
and
be continuing (or would result therefrom) (each, a “Permitted
Payment”):
(i) any
purchase, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement
of Capital Stock of the Company or Subordinated Obligations made by exchange
(including any such exchange pursuant to the exercise of a conversion right
or
privilege in connection with which cash is paid in lieu of the issuance of
fractional shares) for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent
issuance or sale of, Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified
Stock
and other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a Restricted Subsidiary) or
a
substantially concurrent capital contribution to the Company; provided,
that
the Net Cash Proceeds from such issuance, sale or capital contribution shall
be
excluded in subsequent calculations under Section 409(a)(3)(B);
(ii) any
purchase, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement
of Subordinated Obligations (w) made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds
of
the substantially concurrent issuance or sale of, Indebtedness of the Company
or
Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in compliance with Section
407,
(x)
from Net Available Cash to the extent permitted by Section
411,
(y)
following the occurrence of a Change of Control (or other similar event
described therein as a “change
of control”),
but
only if the Company shall have complied with Section
415
and, if
required, purchased all Notes tendered pursuant to the offer to repurchase
all
the Notes required thereby, prior
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to
purchasing or repaying such Subordinated Obligations or (z) constituting
Acquired Indebtedness;
(iii) dividends
paid within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof if at such date of
declaration such dividend would have complied with Section
409(a);
(iv) the
payment by the Company of, or loans, advances, dividends or distributions by
the
Company to any Parent to pay, dividends on or purchase or repurchase the common
stock or equity of such Parent in an amount not to exceed in any fiscal year
$25
million;
(v) notwithstanding
the existence of any default or Event of Default, loans, advances, dividends
or
distributions to any Parent or other payments by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary to permit such Parent to make payments pursuant to (A) any Tax
Sharing Agreement, or (B) to pay or permit any Parent to pay (1) any Parent
Expenses or (2) any Related Taxes;
(vi) payments
by the Company, or loans, advances, dividends or distributions by the Company
to
any Parent to make payments, to holders of Capital Stock of the Company or
any
Parent in lieu of issuance of fractional shares of such Capital Stock, not
to
exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate outstanding at any time;
(vii) dividends
or other distributions of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other securities of
Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(viii) the
declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of
Disqualified Stock, or of any Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary,
Incurred in accordance with the terms of the covenant described under
Section
407
above;
(ix) distributions
by a Special Purpose Entity organized outside the United States to its partners
pursuant to a financing arrangement solely out of the cash flows of such Special
Purpose Entity;
(x) Restricted
Payments (including loans and advances) in an aggregate amount outstanding
at
any time not exceeding an amount (net of repayments of such loans or advances)
equal to 1% of Consolidated Tangible Assets;
(xi) the
purchase, redemption or other acquisition, cancellation or retirement for value
of Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent
held by any existing or former employees or management or directors of the
Company or any Parent or any Subsidiary of the Company or their assigns, estates
or heirs, in each case in connection with (x) the death or disability of
such employee, manager or director or (y) the repurchase provisions under
employee stock option or stock purchase agreements or other agreements to
compensate management employees or directors; provided
that in
the case of clause (y) such redemptions or repurchases pursuant to such
clause will not exceed $2.5 million in the aggregate during any
twelve-
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month
period plus the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company after the
Issue Date from the issuance of such Capital Stock or equity appreciation rights
to, or the exercise of options, warrants or other rights to purchase or acquire
Capital Stock of the Company by, any current or former director, officer or
employee of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided
that the
amount of such Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company and utilized pursuant
to this Section
409(b)(xi) for
any such repurchase, redemption, acquisition or retirement will be excluded
from
Section
409(a)(3)(B);
and
provided,
further,
that
unused amounts available pursuant to this Section
409(b)(xi) to
be utilized for Restricted Payments during any twelve-month period may be
carried forward and utilized in the next succeeding twelve-month period; and
(xii) repurchases
of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options, warrants
or
other convertible securities if such Capital Stock represents (i) a portion
of the exercise price thereof or (ii) withholding incurred in connection
with such exercise.
provided,
that
(A) in the case of clauses (iii), (iv), (v)(B)(1) (but only such Parent Expenses
referred to in clause (ii) and clause (iv) of the definition of “Parent
Expenses”),
(vi),
(viii) and (x), the net amount of any such Permitted Payment shall be included
in subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted Payments (but only to
the
extent such amount was not included as an expense in the calculation of
Consolidated Net Income), and (B) in all cases other than pursuant to clause
(A)
immediately above, the net amount of any such Permitted Payment shall be
excluded in subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted
Payments.
Section
410. Limitation
on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries.
The
Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create
or
otherwise cause to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or
restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends
or
make any other distributions on its Capital Stock or pay any Indebtedness or
other obligations owed to the Company, (ii) make any loans or advances to the
Company or (iii) transfer any of its property or assets to the Company
(provided
that
dividend or liquidation priority between classes of Capital Stock, or
subordination of any obligation (including the application of any remedy bars
thereto) to any other obligation, will not be deemed to constitute such an
encumbrance or restriction), except any encumbrance or restriction:
(1) pursuant
to any agreement in effect at or entered into on the Issue Date, including,
without limitation, this Indenture, the Notes, the Senior Credit Facility or
any
other Credit Facility;
(2) pursuant
to any agreement or instrument of a Person, or relating to Indebtedness or
Capital Stock of a Person, which Person is acquired by or merged or consolidated
with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or which agreement or
instrument is assumed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection
with an acquisition of assets from such Person, as in effect at the time of
such
acquisition, merger or consolidation (except to the extent that such
Indebtedness was incurred to finance, or otherwise in connection with, such
acquisition, merger or consolidation); provided
that for
purposes of this clause (2), if a Person other than the Company is the
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Successor
Company with respect thereto, any Subsidiary thereof or agreement or instrument
of such Person or any such Subsidiary shall be deemed acquired or assumed,
as
the case may be, by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be,
when such Person becomes such Successor Company;
(3) pursuant
to an agreement or instrument (a “Refinancing
Agreement”)
effecting a refinancing of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, or that otherwise
extends, renews, refunds, refinances or replaces, an agreement or instrument
referred to in clause (1) or (2) of this Section
410
or this
clause (3) (an “Initial
Agreement”)
or
contained in any amendment, supplement or other modification to an Initial
Agreement (an “Amendment”);
provided,
however,
that
the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such Refinancing Agreement
or
Amendment taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Holders
of
the Notes than encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Initial Agreement
or Initial Agreements to which such Refinancing Agreement or Amendment relates
(as determined in good faith by the Company);
(4) (A)
that
restricts in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer of any
property or asset that is subject to a lease, license or similar contract,
or
the assignment or transfer of any lease, license or other contract, (B) by
virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer, option or right with respect
to, or Lien on, any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture, (C) contained in
mortgages, pledges or other security agreements securing Indebtedness of a
Restricted Subsidiary to the extent restricting the transfer of the property
or
assets subject thereto, (D) pursuant to customary provisions restricting
dispositions of real property interests set forth in any reciprocal easement
agreements of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (E) pursuant to Purchase
Money Obligations that impose encumbrances or restrictions on the property
or
assets so acquired, (F) on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by
customers or suppliers under agreements entered into in the ordinary course
of
business, (G) pursuant to customary provisions contained in agreements and
instruments entered into in the ordinary course of business (including but
not
limited to leases and joint venture and other similar agreements entered into
in
the ordinary course of business), (H) that arises or is agreed to in the
ordinary course of business and does not detract from the value of property
or
assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any manner material to
the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, (I) pursuant to Hedging Obligations
or
(J) in connection with or relating to any Vehicle Rental Concession
Right;
(5) with
respect to a Restricted Subsidiary (or any of its property or assets) imposed
pursuant to an agreement entered into for the direct or indirect sale or
disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of such
Restricted Subsidiary (or the property or assets that are subject to such
restriction) pending the closing of such sale or disposition;
(6) by
reason
of any applicable law, rule, regulation or order, or required by any regulatory
authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
or
any of their businesses; or
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(7) pursuant
to an agreement or instrument (A) relating to any Indebtedness permitted to
be
Incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to the provisions of Section
407
(i) if
the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument
taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Holders of the Notes
than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Initial Agreements
(as
determined in good faith by the Company), or (ii) if such encumbrance or
restriction is not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes
than is customary in comparable financings (as determined in good faith by
the
Company) and either (x) the Company determines in good faith that such
encumbrance or restriction will not materially affect the Company’s ability to
make principal or interest payments on the Notes or (y) such encumbrance or
restriction applies only if a default occurs in respect of a payment or
financial covenant relating to such Indebtedness, (B) relating to any sale
of
receivables by a Foreign Subsidiary, (C) of or relating to Indebtedness of
or a
Financing Disposition by or to or in favor of any Special Purpose Entity or
(D)
of a financing arrangement of a Special Purpose Entity organized outside the
United States.
Section
411. Limitation
on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock.
(a)
The
Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any
Asset Disposition unless
(i) the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration (including by
way
of relief from, or by any other Person assuming responsibility for, any
liabilities, contingent or otherwise) at the time of such Asset Disposition
at
least equal to the fair market value of the shares and assets subject to such
Asset Disposition, as such fair market value may be determined (and shall be
determined, to the extent such Asset Disposition or any series of related Asset
Dispositions involves aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million) in
good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive
(including as to the value of all non-cash consideration);
(ii) in
the
case of any Asset Disposition (or series of related Asset Dispositions) having
a
fair market value of $25.0 million or more other than in a sale of the Budget
Truck Division for fair market value, at least 75% of the consideration therefor
(excluding, in the case of an Asset Disposition (or series of related Asset
Dispositions), any consideration by way of relief from, or by any other Person
assuming responsibility for, any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, that
are
not Indebtedness) received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is
in
the form of cash; and
(iii) an
amount
equal to 100% of the Net Available Cash from such Asset Disposition is applied
by the Company (or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) as
follows:
(A) first,
either
(x) to the extent the Company elects (or is required by the terms of any Bank
Indebtedness, any senior indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor
or any Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor), to prepay, repay or purchase any such Indebtedness or (in the case
of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments) cash
collateralize any such Indebtedness (in each case other than
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Indebtedness
owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) within 365 days after the later
of the date of such Asset Disposition and the date of receipt of such Net
Available Cash, or (y) to the extent the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
elects, to invest in Additional Assets (including by means of an investment
in
Additional Assets by a Restricted Subsidiary with an amount equal to Net
Available Cash received by the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) within
365 days from the later of the date of such Asset Disposition and the date
of
receipt of such Net Available Cash, or, if such investment in Additional Assets
is a project authorized by the Board of Directors that will take longer than
such 365 days to complete, the period of time necessary to complete such
project;
(B) second,
if the
balance of such Net Available Cash after application in accordance with clause
(A) above exceeds $25.0 million (such balance, the “Excess
Proceeds”),
to
the extent of such Excess Proceeds, to make an offer to purchase Notes and
(to
the extent the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary elects, or is required
by
the terms thereof) to purchase, redeem or repay any other unsubordinated
indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, pursuant and subject
to
Section
41l(b)
and
Section
41l(c)
and the
agreements governing such other Indebtedness; and
(C) third,
to the
extent of the balance of such Net Available Cash after application in accordance
with clauses (A) and (B) above, to fund (to the extent consistent with any
other
applicable provision of this Indenture) any general corporate purpose (including
but not limited to the repurchase, repayment or other acquisition or retirement
of any Subordinated Obligations);
provided,
however,
that in
connection with any prepayment, repayment or purchase of Indebtedness pursuant
to clause (A)(x) or (B) above, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary will
retire such Indebtedness and will cause the related loan commitment (if any)
to
be permanently reduced in an amount equal to the principal amount so prepaid,
repaid or purchased.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section
411,
the
Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to apply any
Net
Available Cash or equivalent amount in accordance with this Section
411
except
to the extent that the aggregate Net Available Cash from all Asset Dispositions
or equivalent amount that is not applied in accordance with this Section 411
exceeds
$50.0 million. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes or other Indebtedness
of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary validly tendered and not withdrawn
(or
otherwise subject to purchase, redemption or repayment) in connection with
an
offer pursuant to clause (B) above exceeds the Excess Proceeds, the Excess
Proceeds will be apportioned between such Notes and such other Indebtedness
of
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, with the portion of the Excess Proceeds
payable in respect of such Notes to equal the lesser of (x) the Excess Proceeds
amount multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding
principal amount of such Notes and the denominator of which is the sum of the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes and the outstanding principal amount
of the relevant other Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary,
and (y) the aggregate principal amount of Notes validly tendered and not
withdrawn.
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For
the
purposes of clause (ii) of paragraph (a) above, the following are deemed to
be
cash: (1) Temporary Cash Investments and Cash Equivalents, (2) the assumption
of
Indebtedness of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock of the Company)
or
any Restricted Subsidiary and the release of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary from all liability on payment of the principal amount of such
Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Disposition, (3) Indebtedness of
any Restricted Subsidiary that is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary as a result
of such Asset Disposition, to the extent that the Company and each other
Restricted Subsidiary are released from any Guarantee of payment of the
principal amount of such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Disposition,
(4) securities received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from the
transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
into
cash within 180 days, and (5) consideration consisting of Indebtedness of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
(b) In
the
event of an Asset Disposition that requires the purchase of Notes pursuant
to
Section
41l(a)(iii)(B),
the
Company will be required to purchase Notes tendered pursuant to an offer by
the
Company for the Notes (the “Offer”)
at a
purchase price of 100% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid
interest to the Purchase Date in accordance with the procedures (including
prorating in the event of oversubscription) set forth in Section
41l(c).
If the
aggregate purchase price of the Notes tendered pursuant to the offer is less
than the Net Available Cash allotted to the purchase of Notes, the remaining
Net
Available Cash will be available to the Company for use in accordance with
Section
41l(a)(iii)(B)
(to
repay other Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) or
Section
41l(a)(iii)(C).
The
Company shall not be required to make an offer for Notes pursuant to this
Section
411
if the
Net Available Cash available therefor (after application of the proceeds as
provided in Section 41l(a)(iii)(A))
is less
than $50.0 million for any particular Asset Disposition (which lesser amounts
shall be carried forward for purposes of determining whether an offer is
required with respect to the Net Available Cash from any subsequent Asset
Disposition). No Note will be repurchased in part if less than $2,000 in
original principal amount of such Note would be left outstanding.
(c) The
Company shall, not later than 45 days after the Company becomes obligated to
make an offer pursuant to this Section
411,
mail a
notice to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee stating: (1) that an Asset
Disposition that requires the purchase of a portion of the Notes has occurred
and that such Holder has the right (subject to the prorating described below)
to
require the Company to purchase a portion of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase
price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to Section
307);
(2)
the circumstances and relevant facts and financial information regarding such
Asset Disposition; (3) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than
30
days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed; (4) the
instructions determined by the Company, consistent with this Section
411,
that a
Holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased; and (5) the amount
of
the offer. If, upon the expiration of the period for which the offer remains
open, the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by the Holder exceeds
the amount of the offer, the Company shall select the Notes to be purchased
on a
pro
rata
basis
(with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that
only
Notes in denominations of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof shall be purchased).
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(d) To
the
extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with
provisions of this Section
411,
the
Company may comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and
will
not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section
411
by
virtue thereof.
Section
412. Limitation
on Transactions with Affiliates.
(a)
The
Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly
or
indirectly, enter into or conduct any transaction or series of related
transactions (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property
or
the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of the Company (an
“Affiliate
Transaction”)
unless
(i) such Affiliate Transaction is entered into in good faith and the terms
of
such Affiliate Transaction are, taken as a whole, fair and reasonable to the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, and (ii) if such Affiliate Transaction
involves aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, the terms of such
Affiliate Transaction have been approved by a majority of the Disinterested
Directors. For purposes of this Section
412(a),
any
Affiliate Transaction shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements set
forth in this Section
412(a)
if (x)
such Affiliate Transaction is approved by a majority of the Disinterested
Directors or (y) in the event there are no Disinterested Directors, the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary receives an opinion in customary form from a
nationally recognized appraisal or investment banking firm to the effect that
such Affiliate Transaction is fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
from a financial point of view.
(b) The
provisions of Section
412(a)
will not
apply to:
(i) any
Restricted Payment Transaction;
(ii) (1)
the
entering into, maintaining or performance of any employment contract, collective
bargaining agreement, benefit plan, program or arrangement, related trust
agreement or any other similar arrangement for or with any employee, officer
or
director heretofore or hereafter entered into in the ordinary course of
business, including vacation, health, insurance, deferred compensation,
severance, retirement, savings or other similar plans, programs or arrangements,
(2) the payment of compensation, performance of indemnification or contribution
obligations, or any issuance, grant or award of stock, options, other
equity-related interests or other securities, to employees, officers or
directors in the ordinary course of business, (3) the payment of reasonable
fees
to directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as determined in good
faith by the Company or such Subsidiary), or (4) Management Advances and
payments in respect thereof (or in reimbursement of any expenses referred to
in
the definition of such term);
(iii) any
transaction with, including an investment in, the Company, any Restricted
Subsidiary, or any Special Purpose Entity;
(iv) any
transaction arising out of agreements or instruments in existence on the Issue
Date and listed on Exhibit K hereto (other than any Tax Sharing Agreement
referred to in Section
412(b)(vi)),
and any
payments made pursuant thereto;
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(v) any
transaction in the ordinary course of business, or approved by a majority of
the
Board of Directors, between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and any
Affiliate of the Company controlled by the Company that is a joint venture
or
similar entity;
(vi) the
execution, delivery and performance of any Tax Sharing Agreement;
(vii) any
issuance or sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company
or capital contribution to the Company;
(viii) transactions
with Affiliates solely in their capacity as holders of Indebtedness or Capital
Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, where such Affiliates hold
less
Indebtedness or Capital Stock than non-Affiliates and such Affiliates receive
the same consideration as non-Affiliates in such transactions;
(ix) any
transaction with any Person who is not an Affiliate immediately before the
consummation of such transaction that becomes an Affiliate as a result of such
transaction; and
(x) transactions
exclusively between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
provided such transactions are not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture.
Section
413. Limitation
on Liens.
The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly
or indirectly, create or permit to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens)
on any of its property or assets (including Capital Stock of any other Person),
whether owned on the date of this Indenture or thereafter acquired, securing
any
Indebtedness (the “Initial
Lien”),
unless contemporaneously therewith effective provision is made to secure the
Indebtedness due under this Indenture and the Notes or, in respect of Liens
on
any Restricted Subsidiary’s property or assets, any Subsidiary Guarantee of such
Restricted Subsidiary, equally and ratably with (or on a senior basis to, in
the
case of Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations) such
obligation for so long as such obligation is so secured by such Initial Lien.
Any such Lien thereby created in favor of the Notes or any such Subsidiary
Guarantee will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged
upon
(i) the release and discharge of the Initial Lien to which it relates, (ii)
in
the case of any such Lien in favor of any such Subsidiary Guarantee, upon the
termination and discharge of such Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the
terms of Section
1303
or (iii)
any sale, exchange or transfer (other than a transfer constituting a transfer
of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company that is governed by
Section
501)
to any
Person not an Affiliate of the Company of the property or assets secured by
such
Initial Lien, or of all of the Capital Stock held by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in, or all or substantially all the assets of, any
Restricted Subsidiary creating such Initial Lien.
Section
414. Future
Subsidiary Guarantors.
From
and after the Issue Date, the Company will cause each Domestic Subsidiary that
guarantees payment by the Company of any Indebtedness of the Company under
the
Senior Credit Facility to execute and deliver to the
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Trustee
a
supplemental indenture or other instrument pursuant to which such Domestic
Subsidiary will guarantee payment of the Notes, whereupon such Domestic
Subsidiary will become a Subsidiary Guarantor for all purposes under this
Indenture. In addition, the Company may cause any Subsidiary or other Person
that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor to guarantee payment of the Notes and become
a Subsidiary Guarantor. Subsidiary Guarantees will be subject to release and
discharge under certain circumstances prior to payment in full of the
Notes.
Section
415. Purchase
of Notes Upon a Change in Control.
(a)
Upon the
occurrence after the Issue Date of a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes
will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part of
such
Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof,
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of
repurchase (subject to Section
307);
provided,
however,
that
the Company shall not be obligated to repurchase Notes pursuant to this
Section
415
in the
event that it has exercised its right to redeem all of the Notes as provided
in
Article
X.
(b) In
the
event that, at the time of such Change of Control, the terms of any Bank
Indebtedness restrict or prohibit the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this
Section
415,
then
prior to the mailing of the notice to Holders provided for in Section
415(c)
but in
any event not later than 30 days following the date the Company obtains actual
knowledge of any Change of Control (unless the Company has exercised its right
to redeem all the Notes as provided in Article
X),
the
Company shall, or shall cause one or more of its Subsidiaries to, (i) repay
in
full all such Bank Indebtedness subject to such terms or offer to repay in
full
all such Bank Indebtedness and repay the Bank Indebtedness of each lender who
has accepted such offer or (ii) obtain the requisite consent under the
agreements governing such Bank Indebtedness to permit the repurchase of the
Notes as provided for in Section
415(c).
The
Company shall first comply with the provisions of the immediately preceding
sentence before it shall be required to repurchase Notes pursuant to the
provisions set forth in this Section
415.
The
Company’s failure to comply with the provisions of this Section
415(b)
or
Section
415(c)
shall
constitute an Event of Default described in Section
601(iv)
and not
in Section
601(ii).
(c) Unless
the Company has exercised its right to redeem all the Notes as described under
Article
X,
the
Company shall, not later than 30 days following the date the Company obtains
actual knowledge of any Change of Control having occurred, mail a notice (a
“Change
of Control Offer”)
to
each Holder with a copy to the Trustee stating: (1) that a Change of Control
has
occurred or may occur and that such Holder has, or upon such occurrence will
have, the right to require the Company to purchase such Holder’s Notes at a
purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of purchase
(subject to the right of Holders of record on a record date to receive interest
on the relevant interest payment date); (2) the repurchase date (which shall
be
no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is
mailed); (3) the instructions determined by the Company, consistent with this
Section
415,
that a
Holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased; and (4) if such notice
is mailed prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, that such offer is
conditioned on the occurrence of such Change of Control. No Note will be
repurchased in part if less than $2,000 in original principal amount of such
Note would be left outstanding.
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(d) The
Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change
of
Control if (i) 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 the
Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and
purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of
Control Offer, or (ii) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to the
Indenture as provided in Article X, unless and until there is a default of
the
applicable redemption price.
(e) To
the
extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with
provisions of this Section
415,
the
Company may comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and
will
not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section
415
by
virtue thereof.
ARTICLE
V
SUCCESSORS
Section
501. When
the Company May Merge, Etc.
(a)
The
Company will not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer
or
lease all or substantially all its assets to, any Person, unless:
(i) the
resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor
Company”)
will
be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and the Successor Company
(if not the Company) will expressly assume all the obligations of the Company
under the Notes and this Indenture by executing and delivering to the Trustee
a
supplemental indenture or one or more other documents or instruments in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(ii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness that
becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
as a
result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company
or
such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default will
have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, either (A) the Successor Company could
Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section
407(a),
or (B)
the Consolidated Coverage Ratio of the Company (or, if applicable, the Successor
Company with respect thereto) would equal or exceed the Consolidated Coverage
Ratio of the Company immediately prior to giving effect to such
transaction;
(iv) each
Subsidiary Guarantor (other than (x) any Subsidiary Guarantor that will be
released from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee in connection
with
such transaction and (y) any party to any such consolidation or merger) shall
have delivered a supplemental indenture or other document or instrument in
form
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, confirming its Subsidiary Guarantee
(other than
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any
Subsidiary Guarantee that will be discharged or terminated in connection with
such transaction); and
(v) the
Company will have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that such consolidation, merger or
transfer complies with the provisions described in this paragraph, provided
that (x)
in giving such opinion such counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate as to
compliance with the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii) to the extent such opinion
would otherwise be required to address financial matters or tests, and as to
any
matters of fact may rely on an Officer’s Certificate, and (y) no Opinion of
Counsel will be required for a consolidation, merger or transfer described
in
Section 50l(b).
Any
Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (or that is deemed to be Incurred by any Person that becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary) as a result of any such transaction undertaken in
compliance with this Section
501,
and any
Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, shall be deemed to have been
Incurred in compliance with Section
407.
(b) Clauses
(ii) and (iii) of Section
50l(a)
will not
apply to any transaction in which (1) any Restricted Subsidiary consolidates
with, merges with or into or conveys or transfers all or part of its assets
to
the Company or (2) the Company consolidates with or merges with or into or
conveys or transfers all or substantially all its properties and assets to
(x)
an Affiliate incorporated or organized for the purpose of reincorporating or
reorganizing the Company in another jurisdiction or changing its legal structure
to a corporation or other entity or (y) a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
so long as all assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries immediately
prior to such transaction (other than Capital Stock of such Restricted
Subsidiary) are owned by such Restricted Subsidiary and its Restricted
Subsidiaries immediately after the consummation thereof.
Section
502. Successor
Company Substituted.
Upon
any transaction involving the Company in accordance with Section
501
in which
the Company is not the Successor Company, the Successor Company shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Company under this Indenture, and thereafter the predecessor Company shall
be
relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture, except that
the
predecessor Company in the case of a lease of all or substantially all its
assets shall not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and
interest on the Notes.
ARTICLE
VI
REMEDIES
Section
601. Events
of Default.
An
“Event
of Default”
means
the occurrence of the following:
(i) a
default
in any payment of interest on any Note when due, continued for a period of
30
days;
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(ii) a
default
in the payment of principal of any Note when due, whether at its Stated
Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration
of acceleration or otherwise;
(iii) the
failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Section
50l(a);
(iv) the
failure by the Company to comply for 30 days after the notice specified in
the
penultimate paragraph of this Section
601
with any
of its obligations under Section
415
(other
than a failure to purchase the Notes);
(v) the
failure by the Company to comply for 60 days after the notice specified in
the
penultimate paragraph of this Section
601
with its
other agreements contained in the Notes or this Indenture;
(vi) the
failure by any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply for 45 days after the notice
specified in the penultimate paragraph of this Section
601
with its
obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee;
(vii) the
failure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay any Indebtedness
within any applicable grace period after final maturity or the acceleration
of
any such Indebtedness by the holders thereof because of a default, if the total
amount of such Indebtedness so unpaid or accelerated exceeds $50.0 million
or
its foreign currency equivalent; provided,
that no
Default or Event of Default will be deemed to occur with respect to any such
accelerated Indebtedness that is paid or otherwise acquired or retired within
30
days after such acceleration;
(viii) the
taking of any of the following actions by the Company or a Significant
Subsidiary, or by each of such other Restricted Subsidiaries that are not
Significant Subsidiaries but would in the aggregate constitute a Significant
Subsidiary if considered as a single Person, pursuant to or within the meaning
of any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) the
commencement of a voluntary case;
(B) the
consent to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case;
(C) the
consent to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part
of
its property; or
(D) the
making of a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
(ix) a
court
of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law
that:
(A) is
for
relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, or against each of
such other Restricted
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Subsidiaries
that are not Significant Subsidiaries but would in the aggregate constitute
a
Significant Subsidiary if considered as a single Person, in an involuntary
case;
(B) appoints
(x) a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for any
substantial part of its property, or (y) a Custodian of each of such other
Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Significant Subsidiaries but would in
the
aggregate constitute a Significant Subsidiary if considered as a single Person,
or for any substantial part of their property in the aggregate; or
(C) orders
the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary,
or
of each of such other Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Significant
Subsidiaries but would in the aggregate constitute a Significant Subsidiary
if
considered as a single Person;
and
the
order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;
(x) the
rendering of any judgment or decree for the payment of money in an amount (net
of any insurance or indemnity payments actually received in respect thereof
prior to or within 90 days from the entry thereof, or to be received in respect
thereof in the event any appeal thereof shall be unsuccessful) in excess of
$50.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent against the Company or a
Significant Subsidiary, or jointly and severally against other Restricted
Subsidiaries that are not Significant Subsidiaries but would in the aggregate
constitute a Significant Subsidiary if considered as a single Person, that
is
not discharged, or bonded or insured by a third Person, if such judgment or
decree remains outstanding for a period of 90 days following such judgment
or
decree and is not discharged, waived or stayed; or
(xi) the
failure of any Subsidiary Guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor that is a
Significant Subsidiary to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated
by
the terms thereof or of this Indenture) or the denial or disaffirmation in
writing by any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary of its
obligations under this Indenture or its Subsidiary Guarantee (other than by
reason of the termination of this Indenture or such Subsidiary Guarantee or
the
release of such Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with such Subsidiary
Guarantee and this Indenture), if such Default continues for 10
days.
The
foregoing will constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such
Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is 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.
The
term
“Bankruptcy
Law”
means
Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code, or any similar federal, state or foreign law
for
the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian”
means
any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official
under
any Bankruptcy Law.
However,
a Default under clause (iv), (v) or (vi) will not constitute an Event of Default
until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the
Outstanding
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Notes
notify the Company of the Default and the Company does not cure such Default
within the time specified in such clause after receipt of such notice. Such
notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that
such
notice is a “Notice
of Default.”
When
a
Default or an Event of Default is cured, it ceases.
The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence
thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any Event of
Default under clause (vii) or (x) and any event that with the giving of notice
or the lapse of time would become an Event of Default under clause (iv), (v)
or
(vi), its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take
with
respect thereto.
Section
602. Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an
Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section
601(viii)
or
Section
60l(ix))
occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of
at
least 30% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes by notice to the Company
and the Trustee, in either case specifying in such notice the respective Event
of Default and that such notice is a “notice of acceleration,” may declare the
principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and
payable. Upon the effectiveness of such a declaration, such principal and
interest will be due and payable immediately.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in Section 60l(viii)
or
Section
60l(ix)
occurs
and is continuing, the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on all
the
Outstanding Notes will ipso facto become immediately due and payable without
any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes by notice to the
Company and the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if
the
rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing
Events of Default have been cured or waived except non-payment of principal
or
interest that has become due solely because of such acceleration. No such
rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent
thereto.
Section
603. Other
Remedies; Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, but is not obligated
under Section
603
to,
pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of or interest
on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or
this
Indenture. If an Event of Default specified in Section
60l(i)
or
60l(ii)
occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as
trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount then due
and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful)
and the amounts provided for in Section
707.
Section
604. Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim.
The
Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may
be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the
Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any
other
obligor upon the Notes, its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited
by
law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election
of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and
any
Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder
to
make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent
to
the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to
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pay
to
the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and
any
other amounts due the Trustee under Section
707.
No
provision of this Indenture 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 thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect
of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section
605. Trustee
May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes.
All
rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes may be prosecuted
and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the
production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an
express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the
payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders
of the Notes in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section
606. Application
of Money Collected.
Any
money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article
VI
shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium,
if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Notes and the notation thereon
of
the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully
paid:
First:
To the
payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
707;
Second:
To the
payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Notes for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which
such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Notes for principal
(and
premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and
Third:
To the
Company.
Section
607. Limitation
on Suits.
Subject
to Section
608
hereof,
no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes
unless:
(i) such
Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default
is continuing;
(ii) Holders
of at least 30% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have requested
the
Trustee in writing to pursue the remedy;
(iii) such
Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity
against any loss, liability or expense;
(iv) the
Trustee has not complied with the request within 60 days after receipt of the
request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
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(v) the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have not
given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request within such 60-day
period.
A
Holder
may not use this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of another
Holder, to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder or to enforce
any
right under this Indenture except in the manner herein provided and for the
equal and ratable benefit of all Holders.
Section
608. Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note
shall have the absolute and unconditional right to receive payment of the
principal of and all (subject to Section 307)
interest on such Note on the respective Stated Maturity or Interest Payment
Dates expressed in such Note and to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment on or after such respective Stated Maturity or Interest Payment
Dates, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Holder.
Section
609. Restoration
of Rights and Remedies.
If the
Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or
remedy under this Indenture or any Note 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 the Company, any
other obligor upon the Notes, the Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to
any
determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of
the
Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
instituted.
Section
610. Rights
and Remedies Cumulative.
No
right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section
611. Delay
or Omission Not Waiver.
No
delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note to exercise any
right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right
or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence
therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article
VI
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.
Section
612. Control
by Holders.
The
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes shall have the right to direct the time, method and place
of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, provided
that
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(1) such
direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,
and
(2) the
Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.
However,
the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this
Indenture or, subject to Section
701,
that
the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder
or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided,
however,
that
the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is
not
inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action under this
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to
it
in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or
not
taking such action. This Section
612
shall be
in lieu of § 316(a)(1)(A) of the TIA, and such § 316(a)(1)(A) of the TIA is
hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by
the
TIA.
Section
613. Waiver
of Past Defaults.
The
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes may on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes waive any past
Default hereunder and its consequences (provided,
that if
any such waiver will only affect the Floating Rate Notes or the 7.625% Notes
or
the 7.75% Notes then Outstanding under this Indenture, then only the Holders
of
not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Floating Rate
Notes or the 7.625% Notes or the 7.75% Notes then Outstanding, as the case
may
be, may on behalf of the Holders of all the Floating Rate Notes or all the
7.625% Notes or all the 7.75% Notes, as applicable, waive such past Default
and
its consequences), except a Default
(1) in
the
payment of the principal of or interest on any Note (which may only be waived
with the consent of each Holder of Notes affected), or
(2) in
respect of a covenant or provision hereof that pursuant to the second paragraph
of Section
902
cannot
be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Note affected.
Upon
any
such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default
or
Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. In case of any such
waiver, the Company, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Trustee and the
Holders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and
under the Notes, respectively. This paragraph of this Section
613
shall be
in lieu of § 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA, and such § 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA is
hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by
the
TIA.
Section
614. Undertaking
for Costs.
All
parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by such Holder’s
acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its
discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under
this Indenture or the Notes, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant
in
such suit of an undertaking
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to
pay
the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party
litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by such party litigant. This Section
614
shall
not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by
any
Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Notes, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for
the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
on any Note on or after the respective Stated Maturity or Interest Payment
Dates
expressed in such Note.
Section
615. Waiver
of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.
The
Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) shall not at any time insist
upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or
advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury or other similar law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that would prohibit
or
forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on the Notes contemplated herein or in the Notes
or
that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the
Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives
all
benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede
the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit
the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
ARTICLE
VII
THE
TRUSTEE
Section
701. Certain
Duties and Responsibilities.
(a)
Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(1) the
Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee;
and
(2) in
the
absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or
opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished
to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to
determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture,
but
need not verify the contents thereof.
(b) In
case
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 their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise
or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own
affairs.
(c) No
provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from
liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or
its
own willful misconduct, except that (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect
of Section
70l(a);
(ii)
the
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Trustee
shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust
Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the
pertinent facts; and (iii) 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 Section
612.
(d) No
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its
own
funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall
have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to
it.
(e) Whether
or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating
to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the
Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section
701
and
Section
703.
Section
702. Notice
of Defaults.
If a
Default occurs and is continuing and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee must
mail within 90 days after it occurs, to all Holders as their names and addresses
appear in the Note Register, notice of such Default hereunder known to the
Trustee unless such Default shall have been cured or waived; provided,
however,
that,
except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of, premium,
if
any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding
such
notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or
a
trust committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines
that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Holders.
Section
703. Certain
Rights of Trustee.
Subject
to the provisions of Section 701:
(1) the
Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting
upon
any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, note, other evidence of indebtedness
or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any
request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order thereof, and any resolution
of
any Person’s Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced if certified by
an Officer of such Person as having been duly adopted and being in full force
and effect on the date of such certificate;
(3) whenever
in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable
that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer’s
Certificate of the Company;
(4) the
Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counselor and
any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
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protection
in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good
faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders
pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the
Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction;
(6) the
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document; and
(7) the
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee
shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any
agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
Section
704. Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes.
The
recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except the Trustee’s certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither
the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes, except that the Trustee
represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture,
authenticate the Notes and perform its obligations hereunder and that the
statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form
T-l supplied to the Company and any other obligor upon the Notes in connection
with the registration of any Notes and any Subsidiary Guarantees issued
hereunder are and will be true and accurate subject to the qualifications set
forth therein. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be
accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Notes or the
proceeds thereof.
Section
705. May
Hold Notes.
The
Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Note Registrar or
any
other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become
the owner or pledgee of Notes and, subject to Section
708
and
Section
713,
may
otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Note Registrar
or such other agent.
Section
706. Money
Held in Trust.
Money
held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability
for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed
in
writing with the Company.
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Section
707. Compensation
and Reimbursement.
The
Company agrees,
(1) to
pay to
the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered
by the Trustee hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust);
(2) except
as
otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request
for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Trustee in accordance
with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation
and
the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or
bad
faith; and
(3) to
indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability
or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the Trustee’s part,
arising out of or in connection with the administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of
its
powers or duties hereunder.
The
Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent.
The
provisions of this Section
707
shall
survive the termination of this Indenture.
Section
708. Conflicting
Interests.
If the
Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the
TIA, the Trustee shall eliminate such interest, apply to the SEC for permission
to continue as Trustee with such conflict or resign, to the extent and in the
manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the TIA and this
Indenture. To the extent permitted by the TIA, the Trustee shall not be deemed
to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture
with respect to Original Notes and Additional Notes, or a trustee under any
other indenture between the Company and the Trustee.
Section
709. Corporate
Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There
shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder. The Trustee shall
be
a Person that is eligible pursuant to the TIA to act as such and has a combined
capital and surplus (together with its corporate parent) of at least
$50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted
by
the TIA, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to
be
its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible
in
accordance with the provisions of this Section
709,
it
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified
in this Article.
Section
710. Resignation
and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
No
resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section
711.
The
Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Company.
If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section
711
shall
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not
have
been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice
of
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
The
Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, delivered to the Trustee and to
the
Company.
If
at any
time:
(1) the
Trustee shall fail to comply with Section
708
after
written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Note for at least six months, or
(2) the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section
709
and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any
such Holder, or
(3) the
Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or
insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed
or
any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation,
then,
in
any such case, (A) the Company may remove the Trustee, or (B) subject to
Section
614,
any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may,
on
behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of
a
successor Trustee or Trustees.
If
the
Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the Company shall promptly
appoint a successor Trustee and shall comply with the applicable requirements
of
Section
711.
If,
within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the
occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be appointed by Act of
the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes delivered
to
the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall,
forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section
711,
become
the successor Trustee and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee
appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed
by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required
by
Section
711,
then,
subject to Section
614,
any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may,
on
behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
The
Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee
and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders in the manner
provided in Section
110.
Each
notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its
Corporate Trust Office.
Section
711. Acceptance
of Appointment by Successor.
In case
of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee, every such successor
Trustee so appointed shall
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execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument
accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without
any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the
Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment
of
its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor
Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall
duly
assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money
held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
Upon
request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such
successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to
above.
No
successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this
Article
VII.
Section
712. Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which
it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion
or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article
VII,
without
the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any
of
the parties hereto. In case any Notes shall have been authenticated, but not
delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion
or
consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication
and
deliver the Notes so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor
Trustee had itself authenticated such Notes.
Section
713. Preferential
Collection of Claims Against the Company.
If and
when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Notes), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of
the
TIA regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other
obligor) or realizing on certain property received by it in respect of such
claims.
Section
714. Appointment
of Authenticating Agent.
The
Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company to
authenticate the Notes. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument
in writing signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which instrument shall be
promptly furnished to the Company. Unless limited by the terms of such
appointment, an Authenticating Agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee
may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication (or execution
of a
certificate of authentication) by the Trustee includes authentication (or
execution of a certificate of authentication) by such Authenticating Agent.
An
Authenticating Agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or
agent
for service of notices and demands.
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ARTICLE
VIII
HOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS BY
TRUSTEE
AND THE COMPANY
Section
801. The
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The
Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually,
not more than 10 days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form
as
the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders
as
of such Regular Record Date, and
(2) at
such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the
receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content
as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is
furnished;
provided,
however,
that if
and to the extent and so long as the Trustee shall be the Note Registrar, no
such list need be furnished pursuant to this Section
801.
Section
802. Preservation
of Information; Communications to Holders.
The
Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable,
the
names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list, if any,
furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section
801
and the
names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Note
Registrar; provided,
however,
that if
and so long as the Trustee shall be the Note Registrar, the Note Register shall
satisfy the requirements relating to such list. None of the Company, any
Guarantor or the Trustee or any other Person shall be under any responsibility
with regard to the accuracy of such list. The Trustee may destroy any list
furnished to it as provided in Section
801
upon
receipt of a new list so furnished.
The
rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights
under this Indenture or under the Notes, and the corresponding rights and
privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the TIA.
Every
Holder of Notes, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company
and
the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee, nor any agent of either
of
them, shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information
as to
names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the TIA.
Section
803. Reports
by Trustee.
Within
60 days after each December 15, beginning with December 15, 2006, the Trustee
shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions
under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the TIA at the times and
in
the manner provided pursuant thereto for so long as any Notes remain
outstanding. A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission
to Holders, be filed by the Trustee or any applicable listing agent with each
stock exchange upon which any Notes are listed, with the SEC and with the
Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Notes are listed on any
stock exchange.
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ARTICLE
IX
AMENDMENT,
SUPPLEMENT OR WAIVER
Section
901. Without
Consent of Holders.
Without
the consent of the Holders of any Notes, the Company, the Trustee and (as
applicable) each Subsidiary Guarantor may amend or supplement this Indenture
or
the Notes, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to
cure
any ambiguity, manifest error, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to
provide for the assumption by a Successor Company of the obligations of the
Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture;
(3) to
provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes;
(4) to
add
Guarantees with respect to the Notes, to secure the Notes, to confirm and
evidence the release, termination or discharge of any Guarantee or Lien with
respect to or securing the Notes when such release, termination or discharge
is
provided for under this Indenture;
(5) to
add to
the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender
any
right or power conferred upon the Company;
(6) to
provide for or confirm the issuance of Additional Notes;
(7) to
conform the text of this Indenture, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee to
any
provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the offering memorandum to
the extent that such provision in such “Description of Notes” section was
intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, Guarantee
or the Notes;
(8) to
increase the minimum denomination of the Notes to equal the dollar equivalent
of
€l,000 rounded up to the nearest $1,000 (including for purposes of redemption
or
repurchase of any Note in part);
(9) to
provide additional rights or benefits to the Holders or make any change that
does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Holder under the Notes
or
this Indenture;
(10) to
release a Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary
Guarantee or this Indenture in accordance with the applicable provisions of
this
Indenture;
(11) to
provide for the appointment of a successor Trustee, provided
that the
successor Trustee is otherwise qualified and eligible to act as such under
the
terms of this Indenture; or
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(12) to
comply
with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of this
Indenture under the TIA or otherwise.
Section
902. With
Consent of Holders.
Subject
to Section
608,
the
Company, the Trustee and (if applicable) each Subsidiary Guarantor may amend
or
supplement this Indenture or the Notes with the written consent of the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes (including
consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for
Notes), provided,
that if
any such amendment or waiver will only affect the Floating Rate Notes or the
7.625% Notes or the 7.75% Notes then Outstanding under this Indenture, then
only
the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Floating
Rate Notes or the 7.625% Notes or the 7.75% Notes then Outstanding (including,
in each case, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange
offer for Notes), as the case may be, shall be required and the Holders of
not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes
by
written notice to the Trustee (including consents obtained in connection with
a
tender offer or exchange offer for Notes) may waive any existing Default or
Event of Default or compliance by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor with
any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or any Subsidiary
Guarantee.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section
902,
without
the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver, including a waiver
pursuant to Section
613,
may
not:
(i) reduce
the principal amount of the Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment
or
waiver;
(ii) reduce
the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note;
(iii) reduce
the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of any Note;
(iv) reduce
the premium payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the date on which
any Note may be redeemed as described in Section
1001;
(v) make
any
Note payable in money other than that stated in such Note;
(vi) impair
the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on
such
Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes;
or
(vii) make
any
change in the amendment or waiver provisions described in this
paragraph.
It
shall
not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section
902
to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver,
but
it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance
thereof.
After
an
amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section
902
becomes
effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee,
a
notice briefly
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describing
the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such
notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect
the validity of any supplemental indenture or the effectiveness of any such
amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section
903. Execution
of Amendments, Supplements or Waivers.
The
Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant
to
this Article
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if the
amendment, supplement or waiver does not adversely affect the rights, duties,
liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, but
need
not, sign it. In signing or refusing to sign such amendment, supplement or
waiver, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected
in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that the execution of such amendment, supplement or waiver has been
duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and that, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws now or hereinafter in effect affecting
creditors’ rights or remedies generally and to general principles of equity
(including standards of materiality, good faith, fair dealing and
reasonableness), whether considered in a proceeding at law or at equity, such
amendment, supplement or waiver is a valid and binding agreement of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.
Section
904. Revocation
and Effect of Consents.
Until
an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a
Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of
that
Note or any Note that evidences all or any part of the same debt as the
consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any
Note. Subject to the following paragraph of this Section
904,
any
such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to such Holder’s Note
by written notice to the Trustee or the Company, received by the Trustee or
the
Company, as the case may be, before the date on which the Trustee receives
an
Officer’s Certificate certifying that the Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Notes have consented (and not theretofore revoked such consent) to
the
amendment, supplement or waiver. The Company may, but shall not be obligated
to,
fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent
to any amendment, supplement or waiver as set forth in Section
108.
After
an
amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder
of
Notes, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (i) through (vii)
of
the second paragraph of Section
902.
In that
case, the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Note
who
has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of such Note or any Note that
evidences all or any part of the same debt as the consenting Holder’s
Note.
Section
905. Conformity
with TIA.
Every
amendment or supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the TIA as then in effect.
Section
906. Notation
on or Exchange of Notes.
If an
amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee shall
(if required by the Company and in accordance with the specific direction of
the
Company) request the Holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The
Trustee shall (if required by the Company and in accordance with the specific
direction of the Company) place an appropriate notation on the Note about the
changed
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terms
and
return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so
determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee
shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make
the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity
and
effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
ARTICLE
X
REDEMPTION
of NOTES
Section
1001. Right
of Redemption.
(a)
The
Floating Rate Notes will be redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole or in
part, at any time and from time to time on and after May 15, 2008 and prior
to
maturity at the applicable redemption price set forth below. The 7.625% Notes
will be redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time
and from time to time on and after May 15, 2010 and prior to maturity at the
applicable redemption price set forth below. The 7.75% Notes will be redeemable,
at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time
on and after May 15, 2011 and prior to maturity at the applicable redemption
price set forth below. Such redemption may be made upon notice mailed by
first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address in accordance with
Section
1005.
The
Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and
the
performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be
performed by another Person. Any such redemption and notice may, in the
Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions
precedent, including but not limited to the occurrence of a Change of Control.
The Notes will be so redeemable at the following redemption prices (expressed
as
a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
to,
but not including, the relevant Redemption Date (subject to Section 307),
if
redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on May 15 of the years set forth
below:
Floating
Rate Notes
|
|
Redemption
Period
|
Price
|
2008
|
103.000%
|
2009
|
102.000%
|
2010
|
101.000%
|
2011
and thereafter
|
100.000%
|
7.625%
Notes
|
|
Redemption
Period
|
Price
|
2010
|
103.813%
|
2011
|
101.906%
|
2012
and thereafter
|
100.000%
|
7.75%
Notes
|
|
Redemption
Period
|
Price
|
2011
|
103.875%
|
2012
|
102.583%
|
2013
|
101.292%
|
2014
and thereafter
|
100.000%
|
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(b) In
addition, at any time and from time to time on or prior to May 15, 2008 for
the
Floating Rate Notes and prior to May 15, 2009 for the 7.625% Notes and the
7.75%
Notes, the Company at its option may redeem Notes in an aggregate principal
amount equal to (x) up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of
the
Floating Rate Notes (including the principal amount of any Additional Floating
Rate Notes), (y) up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the
7.625% Notes (including the principal amount of any Additional 7.625% Notes)
and
(z) up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of 7.75% Notes
(including the principal amount of any Additional 7.75% Notes), with funds
in an
aggregate amount (the “Redemption
Amount”)
not
exceeding the aggregate proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings, at a
redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of
100%
plus the applicable rate of interest per annum on the date on which notice
of
redemption is given for the Floating Rate Notes, 107.625% for the 7.625% Notes
and 107.75% for the 7.75% Notes, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date (subject to Section
307);
provided,
however,
that
(1) if
Floating Rate Notes are redeemed, an aggregate principal amount of Floating
Rate
Notes equal to at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of
Floating Rate Notes (including the principal amount of any Additional Floating
Rate Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption of Floating
Rate
Notes,
(2) if
7.625%
Notes are redeemed, an aggregate principal amount of 7.625% Notes equal to
at
least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of 7.625% Notes (including
the principal amount of any Additional 7.625% Notes) must remain outstanding
after each such redemption of 7.625% Notes, and
(3) if
7.75%
Notes are redeemed, an aggregate principal amount of 7.75% Notes equal to at
least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of 7.75% Notes (including
the principal amount of any Additional 7.75% Notes) must remain outstanding
after each such redemption of 7.75% Notes.
The
Company may make such redemption upon notice mailed by first-class mail to
each
Holder’s registered address in accordance with Section
1005
(but in
no event more than 180 days after the completion of the related Equity
Offering). The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption
price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such
redemption may be performed by another Person. Any such notice may be given
prior to the completion of the related Equity Offering, and any such redemption
or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of
one or more conditions precedent, including but not limited to the completion
of
the related Equity Offering.
(c) At
any
time prior to May 15, 2008, in the case of the Floating Rate Notes; May 15,
2010, in the case of the 7.625% Notes; and May 15, 2011, in the case of the
7.75% Notes, such Notes may also be redeemed or purchased (by the Company or
any
other Person) in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a price (the
“Redemption
Price”)
equal
to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium as of,
and
accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption
Date
(subject to Section
307).
Such
redemption or purchase may be made upon notice mailed by first-class mail to
each Holder’s registered address in accordance with Section 1005.
The
Company may provide in such notice that payment of the
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Redemption
Price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such
redemption or purchase may be performed by another Person. Any such redemption,
purchase or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the
satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including but not limited
to
the occurrence of a Change of Control.
“Applicable
Premium”
means,
with respect to a Note at any Redemption Date, the greater of (i) 1.0% of the
principal amount of such Note and (ii) the excess of (A) the present value
at
such Redemption Date of (1) the redemption price of such Note on May 15, 2008,
in the case of a Floating Rate Note; May 15, 2010, in the case of a 7.625%
Note;
and May 15, 2011, in the case of a 7.75% Note (such redemption price being
that
described in Section
100l(a))
plus
(2) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on such Note through
such date, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50
basis points, over (B) the principal amount of such Note on such Redemption
Date; as calculated by the Company or on behalf of the Company by such Person
as
the Company shall designate; provided
that
such calculation shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee.
“Treasury
Rate”
means,
with respect to a Redemption Date, the yield to maturity at the time of
computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as
compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release
H.15(519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior
to
such Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published,
any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to
the
period from such Redemption Date to May 15, 2008, in the case of a Floating
Rate
Note; May 15, 2010, in the case of a 7.625% Note; and May 15, 2011, in the
case
of a 7.75% Note; provided,
however,
that if
the period from the Redemption Date to such date is not equal to the constant
maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield
is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation
(calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields
of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except
that if the period from the Redemption Date to such date is less than one year,
the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities
adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.
Section
1002. Applicability
of Article.
Redemption or purchase of Notes as permitted by Section
1001
shall be
made in accordance with this Article
X.
Section
1003. Election
to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
In case
of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all of the Notes,
the Company shall, at least two Business Days (but not more than 60 days) prior
to the date on which notice is required to be mailed or caused to be mailed
to
Holders pursuant to Section
1005,
notify
the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Notes to
be
redeemed.
Section
1004. Selection
by Trustee of Notes to Be Redeemed.
In the
case of any partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will
be
made by the Trustee not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date on a
pro
rata
basis
or, to the extent a pro
rata
basis is
not permitted, by such other method as the Trustee shall deem to be fair and
appropriate, although no Note of $2,000 in original principal amount or less
will be redeemed in part.
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The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company 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. On and after the Redemption Date,
interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for
redemption.
For
all
purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all
provisions relating to the redemption of Notes shall relate, in the case of
any
Note redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal
of
such Note that has been or is to be redeemed.
Section
1005. Notice
of Redemption.
Notice
of redemption or purchase as provided in Section
1001
shall be
given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Notes to be
redeemed, at such Holder’s address appearing in the Note Register.
Any
such
notice shall state:
(1) the
expected Redemption Date;
(2) the
redemption price (or the formula by which the redemption price will be
determined);
(3) if
less
than all Outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in
the
case of partial redemption, the portion of the respective principal amounts)
of
the Notes to be redeemed;
(4) that,
on
the Redemption Date, the redemption price will become due and payable upon
each
such Note, and that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption
payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant
to
the terms of this Indenture, interest thereon shall cease to accrue from and
after said date; and
(5) the
place
where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption
price.
In
addition, if such redemption, purchase or notice is subject to satisfaction
of
one or more conditions precedent, as permitted by Section
1001,
such
notice shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that,
in the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time
as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption or purchase
may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all
such
conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date, or by the
Redemption Date as so delayed.
The
Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and
the
performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be
performed by another Person.
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Notice
of
such redemption or purchase of Notes to be so redeemed or purchased at the
election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s
request (made to the Trustee at least 40 days (or such shorter period as shall
be satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to the Redemption Date), by the Trustee
in
the name and at the expense of the Company. Any such request will set forth
the
information to be stated in such notice, as provided by this Section
1005.
The
notice if mailed in the 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 as a whole or in part shall not affect the
validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.
Section
1006. Deposit
of Redemption Price.
On or
prior to 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company
shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is
acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company shall segregate and hold in trust
as
provided in Section
403)
an
amount of money sufficient to pay the redemption price of, and any accrued
and
unpaid interest on, all the Notes or portions thereof which are to be redeemed
on that date.
Section
1007. Notes
Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice
of redemption having been given as provided in this Article
X,
the
Notes so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable
at
the redemption price herein specified and from and after such date (unless
the
Company shall default in the payment of the redemption price or the Paying
Agent
is prohibited from paying the redemption price pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture) such Notes shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of such
Notes
for redemption in accordance with such notice, such Notes shall be paid by
the
Company at the redemption price. Installments of interest whose Interest Payment
Date is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders
of
such Notes registered as such on the relevant Regular Record Dates according
to
their terms and the provisions of Section
307.
On
and
after any Redemption Date, if money sufficient to pay the redemption price
of
and any accrued and unpaid interest on Notes called for redemption shall have
been made available in accordance with Section
1006,
the
Notes (or the portions thereof) called for redemption will cease to accrue
interest and the only right of the Holders of such Notes (or portions thereof)
will be to receive payment of the redemption price of and, subject to the last
sentence of the preceding paragraph, any accrued and unpaid interest on such
Notes (or portions thereof) to the Redemption Date. If any Note (or portion
thereof) called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof
for
redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest
from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Note (or portion
thereof).
Section
1008. Notes
Redeemed in Part.
Any
Note that is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Place
of
Payment (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by,
or
a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized
in
writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a new Note or Notes,
of any authorized
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denomination
as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in
exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Note so
surrendered.
ARTICLE
XI
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
Section
1101. Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture.
This
Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect (except
as
to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes herein
expressly provided for), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of
the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, when
(i) either
(a) all
Notes
theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Notes that have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section
306,
and
(ii) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust
or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company
or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section
403)
have
been delivered to the Trustee cancelled or for cancellation; or
(b) all
such
Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee cancelled or for
cancellation
(1) have
become due and payable, or
(2) will
become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(3) have
been
or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
(ii) the
Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
money or U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, sufficient
(without reinvestment) to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on such
Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee cancelled or for cancellation,
for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to, but not including, the
date
of such deposit (in the case of Notes that have become due and payable), or
to
the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be (provided
that if
such redemption shall be pursuant to Section
1001(c),
(x) the
amount of money or U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof that
the
Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited shall be determined
using an assumed Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of such deposit,
and (y) the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited additional
money in trust on
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the
Redemption Date, as required by Section
1006,
as
necessary to pay the Applicable Premium as determined on such
date);
(iii) the
Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums then payable hereunder
by
the Company; and
(iv) the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate of the Company and
an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that all conditions precedent provided
for in this Section
1101
relating
to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with,
provided
that any
such counsel may rely on any Officer’s Certificate as to matters of fact
(including as to compliance with the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii)).
Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company
to the Trustee under Section
707
and, if
money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section
110l(ii),
the
obligations of the Trustee under Section
1102
shall
survive.
Section
1102. Application
of Trust Money.
Subject
to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section
403,
all
money and/or U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof)
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section
1101
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
as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal
(and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes; but such money need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE
XII
DEFEASANCE
OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section
1201. The
Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The
Company may, concurrently (and not separately) at its option, at any time,
elect
to have terminated the obligations of the Company with respect to Outstanding
Notes and to have terminated all of the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors
with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantees, in each case, as set forth in this
Article
XII,
and
elect to have either Section
1202
or
Section
1203
be
applied to all of the Outstanding Notes (the “Defeased
Notes”),
upon
compliance with the conditions set forth below in Section
1204.
Either
Section
1202
or
Section
1203
may be
applied to the Defeased Notes to any Redemption Date or the Stated Maturity
of
the Notes.
Section
1202. Defeasance
and Discharge.
Upon
the Company’s exercise under Section
1201
of the
option applicable to this Section
1202,
the
Company shall be deemed to have been released and discharged from its
obligations with respect to the Defeased Notes on the date the relevant
conditions set forth in Section
1204
below
are satisfied (hereinafter, “Defeasance”).
For
this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have
paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the Defeased Notes,
which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of
Section
1205
and the
other Sections of this
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Indenture
referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and the Company and each of the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed to have satisfied all other obligations
under such Notes and this Indenture insofar as such Notes are concerned (and
the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except for the following, which shall survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of
Defeased Notes to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section
1204
and as
more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal
of
and premium, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due,
(b)
the Company’s obligations with respect to such Defeased Notes under Sections
304,
305,
306,
402
and
403,
(c) the
rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder,
including the Trustee’s rights under Section
707,
and (d)
this Article
XII.
If the
Company exercises its option under this Section
1202,
payment
of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect
thereto. Subject to compliance with this Article
XII,
the
Company may, at its option and at any time, exercise its option under this
Section
1202
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1203
with
respect to the Notes.
Section
1203. Covenant
Defeasance.
Upon
the Company’s exercise under Section
1201
of the
option applicable to this Section
1203,
(a) the
Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be released from their respective
obligations under any covenant or provision contained in Section
405
and
Sections
407
through
415
and the
provisions of clauses (iii), (iv) and (v) of Section
50l(a)
shall
not apply, and (b) the occurrence of any event specified in clause (iv), (v)
(with respect to Section
405
and
Sections
407
through
415,
inclusive), (vi), (vii), (viii) (with respect to Subsidiaries), (ix) (with
respect to Subsidiaries), (x) or (xi) of Section
601
shall be
deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect
to
the Defeased Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth below are
satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant
Defeasance”),
and
the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not to be “Outstanding” for the purposes of
any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the
consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants or provisions,
but shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder.
For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the
Outstanding Notes, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors may omit to comply
with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation
set forth in any such covenant or provision, whether directly or indirectly,
by
reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or provision
or by
reason of any reference in any such covenant or provision to any other provision
herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute
a Default or an Event of Default under Section
601,
but,
except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Outstanding
Notes shall be unaffected thereby.
Section
1204. Conditions
to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The
following shall be the conditions to application of either Section
1202
or
Section
1203
to the
Outstanding Notes:
(1) The
Company shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee, in trust, money or U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination
thereof, in amounts as will be sufficient (without reinvestment), to pay and
discharge the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Defeased
Notes to the Stated Maturity or relevant Redemption Date in accordance with
the
terms of this Indenture and
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the
Notes
(provided
that if
such redemption shall be pursuant to Section
1001(c),
(x) the
amount of money or U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof that
the
Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited shall be determined
using an assumed Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of such deposit,
and (y) the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited additional
money in trust on the Redemption Date, as required by Section
1006,
as
necessary to pay the Applicable Premium as determined on such
date);
(2) No
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date
of
such deposit;
(3) Such
deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default
or
Event of Default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(4) In
the
case of an election under Section
1202,
the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (subject
to
customary exceptions and exclusions) to the effect that (x) the Company has
received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service
a
ruling or (y) since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable
federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon
such opinion shall confirm to the effect that, the Holders of the Outstanding
Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes
as
a result of such Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the
same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the
case if such Defeasance had not occurred; provided
that
such Opinion of Counsel need not be delivered if all Notes theretofore
authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes that have been destroyed,
lost
or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section
306,
and
(ii) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust
or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company
or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section
403)
not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and
payable, will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year,
or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company;
(5) In
the
case of an election under Section
1203,
the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (subject
to
customary exceptions and exclusions) to the effect that the Holders of the
Outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income
tax
purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
and
(6) The
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that all conditions precedent provided
for in this Section
1204
relating
to either the Defeasance under Section
1202
or the
Covenant Defeasance under Section
1203,
as the
case may be, have been complied with. In
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rendering
such Opinion of Counsel, counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate as to
compliance with the foregoing clauses (1), (2) and (3) of this Section
1204
or as to
any matters of fact.
Section
1205. Deposited
Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions.
Subject
to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 403,
all
money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited
with the Trustee (or such other Person that would qualify to act as successor
Trustee under Article
VII,
collectively and solely for purposes of this Section
1205,
the
“Trustee”)
pursuant to Section
1204
in
respect of the Defeased 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 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.
The
Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee and its agents and hold them
harmless against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against
the
U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section
1204,
or the
principal, premium, if any, and interest received in respect thereof, other
than
any such tax, fee or other charge that by law is for the account of the Holders
of the Defeased Notes.
Anything
in this Article
XII
to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company from time
to
time, upon Company Request, any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by
it
as provided in Section
1204
that, in
the opinion of a nationally recognized accounting or investment banking firm
expressed in a written certification thereof to the Trustee, are in excess
of
the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an
equivalent Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. Subject to Article
VII,
the
Trustee shall not incur any liability to any Person by relying on such
opinion.
Section
1206. Reinstatement.
If the
Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government
Obligations in accordance with Section
1202
or
1203,
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 obligations of the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors under
this
Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section
1202
or
1203,
as the
case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to
apply all such money and U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with
Section
1202
or
1203,
as the
case may be; provided,
however,
that if
the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor makes any payment of principal, premium,
if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations,
the Company or Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be subrogated
to
the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money
and U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying
Agent.
Section
1207. Repayment
to the Company.
The
Trustee shall pay to the Company upon Company Request any money held by it
for
the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years.
After
payment to the Company, Holders entitled to money
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must
look
to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned
property law designates another Person and all liability of the Trustee or
Paying Agent with respect to such money shall thereupon cease.
ARTICLE
XIII
GUARANTEES
Section
1301. Guarantees
Generally.
(a) Guarantee
of Each Guarantor.
Each
Guarantor, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, will jointly and
severally, irrevocably, fully and unconditionally Guarantee, on an unsecured
unsubordinated basis, the punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity,
by acceleration or otherwise, of all monetary obligations of the Company under
this Indenture and the Notes, whether for principal of or interest on the Notes,
expenses, indemnification or otherwise (all such obligations guaranteed by
the
Subsidiary Guarantors being herein called the “Subsidiary
Guaranteed Obligations”).
The
obligations of each Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount as will,
after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such
Guarantor (including but not limited to any Guarantee by it of any Bank
Indebtedness) and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made
by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such
other Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations
under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under the
Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under
applicable law, or being void or unenforceable under any law relating to
insolvency of debtors.
(b) Further
Agreements of Each Guarantor.
(i)
Each
Guarantor hereby agrees that (to the fullest extent permitted by law) its
obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity,
regularity or enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations
of
the Company or any other Guarantor to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder
or
thereunder, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent
by any Holder with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, any release
of
any other Guarantor, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any
action to enforce the same, whether or not a notation concerning its Guarantee
is made on any particular Note, or any other circumstance that might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a
Guarantor.
(ii) Each
Guarantor hereby waives (to the fullest extent permitted by law) the benefit
of
diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in
the
event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever
and covenants that (except as otherwise provided in Section
1303)
its
Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the
obligations contained in the Notes, this Indenture and this Guarantee. Such
Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and not of collection. Each Guarantor
further agrees (to the fullest extent permitted by law) that, as between it,
on
the one hand, and the Holders of Notes and the Trustee, on the other hand,
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subject
to this Article
XIII,
(1) the
maturity of the obligations guaranteed by its Guarantee may be accelerated
as
and to the extent provided in Article
VI
for the
purposes of such Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed by such Guarantee, and (2) in the event of any acceleration of such
obligations as provided in Article
VI,
such
obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and
payable by such Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Section 1301
for the
purpose of such Guarantee. Neither the Trustee nor any other Person shall have
any obligation to enforce or exhaust any rights or remedies or to take any
other
steps under any security for the Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations or against
the Company or any other Person or any property of the Company or any other
Person before the Trustee is entitled to demand payment and performance by
any
or all Subsidiary Guarantors of their obligations under their respective
Subsidiary Guarantees or under this Indenture.
(iii) Until
terminated in accordance with Section
1303,
each
Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective
should any petition be filed by or against the Company for liquidation or
reorganization, should the Company 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 Company’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may
be,
if at any time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable
law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned
by any obligee on such Notes, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent
transfer” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been
made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced,
restored or returned, the Notes shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded,
reduced, restored or returned.
(c) Each
Subsidiary Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under its Subsidiary
Guarantee shall have the right to seek contribution from the Company or any
nonpaying Subsidiary Guarantor that has also Guaranteed the relevant Subsidiary
Guaranteed Obligations in respect of which such payment or distribution is
made,
so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders
under the Subsidiary Guarantees.
(d) Each
Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from
the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that its
Guarantee, and the waiver set forth in Section
1305,
are
knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
(e) Each
Guarantor, pursuant to its Guarantee, also hereby agrees to pay any and all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and
expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any rights under
a
Guarantee.
Section
1302. Continuing
Guarantees.
(a)
Each
Guarantee shall be a continuing Guarantee and shall (i) subject to Section
1303,
remain
in full force and effect until payment in full of the principal amount of all
Outstanding Notes (whether by payment at maturity, purchase, redemption,
defeasance, retirement or other acquisition) and all other obligations then
due
and
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owing,
(ii) be binding upon such Guarantor and (iii) inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by the Trustee, the Holders and their permitted successors,
transferees and assigns.
(b) The
obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall continue to be effective or shall
be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment which would
otherwise have reduced or terminated the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder
and under its Guarantee (whether such payment shall have been made by or on
behalf of the Company or by or on behalf of a Guarantor) is rescinded or
reclaimed from any of the Holders upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation
or reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor or otherwise, all as though
such payment had not been made.
Section
1303. Release
of Guarantees.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
1302,
a
Guarantee will be subject to termination and discharge under the circumstances
described in this Section
1303.
A
Guarantor will automatically and unconditionally be released from all
obligations under its Guarantee, and such Guarantee shall thereupon terminate
and be discharged and of no further force or effect, (i) in the case of a
Subsidiary Guarantor, concurrently with any direct or indirect sale or
disposition (by merger or otherwise) of any Subsidiary Guarantor or any interest
therein not prohibited by the terms of this Indenture (including Section
411
and
Section
501)
by the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, following which such Subsidiary Guarantor
is
no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) at any time that such
Guarantor is released from all of its obligations under all of its Guarantees
of
payment by the Company of any Indebtedness of the Company under the Senior
Credit Facility (it being understood that a release subject to contingent
reinstatement is still a release, and that if any such Guarantee is so
reinstated, such Guarantee shall also be reinstated, (iii) upon the merger
or
consolidation of any Guarantor with and into the Company or another Guarantor
that is the surviving Person in such merger or consolidation, or upon the
liquidation of such Guarantor following or contemporaneously with the transfer
of all of its assets to the Company or another Guarantor (iv) concurrently
with
a Subsidiary Guarantor becoming an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (v) upon legal
or
covenant defeasance of the Company’s obligations, or satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture, or (vi) subject to Section
1302(b),
upon
payment in full of the aggregate principal amount of all Notes then Outstanding.
In addition, the Company will have the right, upon 30 days’ notice to the
Trustee, to cause any Subsidiary Guarantor that has not guaranteed payment
by
the Company of any Indebtedness of the Company under the Senior Credit Facility
to be unconditionally released from all obligations under its Subsidiary
Guarantee, and such Subsidiary Guarantee shall thereupon terminate and be
discharged and of no further force or effect.
Upon
any
such occurrence specified in this Section
1303,
the
Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence
such release, discharge and termination in respect of the applicable
Guarantee.
Section
1304. [Reserved].
Section
1305. Waiver
of Subrogation.
Each
Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any claim or other rights that it may now
or
hereafter acquire against the Company that arise from the existence, payment,
performance or enforcement of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this
Indenture or such Guarantor’s obligations under its Subsidiary and this
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Indenture,
including any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification,
and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any Holder of Notes
against the Company, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in
equity, or under contract, statute or common law, until this Indenture is
discharged and all of the Notes are discharged and paid in full. If any amount
shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and the
Notes shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be deemed to have
been
paid to such Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit
of,
the Holders of the Notes, and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the
benefit of such Holders to be credited and applied upon the Notes, whether
matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture.
Section
1306. Notation
Not Required.
Neither
the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to make a notation on the Notes
to reflect any Guarantee or any release, termination or discharge
thereof.
Section
1307. Successors
and Assigns of Guarantors.
All
covenants and agreements in this Indenture by each Guarantor shall bind its
respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section
1308. Execution
and Delivery of Guarantees.
The
Notes shall be guaranteed by the Company’s parent company, Avis Budget Holdings,
LLC (the “Parent
Guarantor”).
In
addition, the Company shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary that is required
to
become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section
414,
and
each Subsidiary of the Company that the Company causes to become a Subsidiary
Guarantor pursuant to Section
414,
to
promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a Supplemental Indenture
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit
I
to this
Indenture, or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, evidencing its Subsidiary Guarantee on substantially the terms set
forth in this Article
XIII.
Concurrently therewith, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion
of
Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee to the
effect that such Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized, executed
and
delivered by such Restricted Subsidiary and that, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws now or hereafter in effect affecting
creditors’ rights or remedies generally and to general principles of equity
(including standards of materiality, good faith, fair dealing and
reasonableness), whether considered in a proceeding at law or at equity, such
Supplemental Indenture is a valid and binding agreement of such Restricted
Subsidiary, enforceable against such Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with
its terms.
Section
1309. Notices.
Notice
to any Guarantor shall be sufficient if addressed to such Guarantor in care
of
the Company at the address, place and manner provided in Section
109.
111
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed, all as of the date first written above.
AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
AVIS
BUDGET FINANCE, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Executive
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
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AVIS
BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
|
|||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Executive
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
|
AVIS
ASIA AND PACIFIC, LIMITED
AVIS
CAR RENTAL GROUP, LLC
AVIS
CARIBBEAN, LIMITED
AVIS
ENTERPRISES, INC.
AVIS
GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC
AVIS
INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
AVIS
LEASING CORPORATION
AVIS
RENT A CAR SYSTEM, LLC
PF
CLAIMS MANAGEMENT, LTD.
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By:
|
/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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|||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Chief
Financial Officer
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CENDANT
CAR RENTAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT, INC.
WIZARD
CO., INC.
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||||
By:
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/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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|||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Treasurer
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ARACS
LLC
AVIS
OPERATIONS, LLC
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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|||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxx
Vice
President and Assistant Secretary
|
Signature
Page to Indenture in respect of Senior Notes
BGI
LEASING, INC.
BUDGET
RENT A CAR SYSTEM, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
President
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BUDGET
TRUCK RENTAL LLC
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||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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|||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Senior
Vice President
|
Signature
Page to Indenture in respect of Senior Notes
THE
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
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By:
|
/s/
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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|||
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Authorized
Officer
|
Signature
Page to Indenture in respect of Senior Notes
EXHIBIT
A
Form
of
Initial Floating Rate Note1
AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
AVIS
BUDGET FINANCE, INC.
Floating
Rate Senior Notes due 2014
CUSIP
No.
_______________
No.
___
$______________
Avis
Budget Car Rental, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, and Avis Budget Finance, Inc., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(together, “the Company,”
which
term includes their successors and assigns), promise to pay to ___________,
or
registered assigns, the principal sum of $__________________
([ ]
United States Dollars) [(or such lesser or greater amount as shall be
outstanding hereunder from time to time in accordance with Sections 312 and
313
of the Indenture referred to herein)]2
(the
“Principal
Amount”)
on May
15, 2014. The Company promises to pay interest quarterly in cash on February
15,
May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing August 15, 2006,
at
the rate, reset quarterly, of LIBOR plus 2.5% per annum, as determined by the
calculation agent (the “Calculation Agent”), which shall initially be the
Trustee (subject to adjustment as provided below)3,
until
the Principal Amount is paid or made available for payment. [Interest on this
Note will accrue from the most recent date to which interest on this Note or
any
of its Predecessor Notes has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest
has been paid, from the Issue Date.]4[Interest
on this Note will accrue (or will be deemed to have accrued) from the most
recent date to which interest on this Note or any of its Predecessor Notes
has
been paid or duly provided for or, if no such interest has been paid,
from_________, ______.5]6
Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for
the
actual number of days elapsed. The interest so payable, and punctually paid
or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such
Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record
Date for such interest, which shall be the February 1, May 1, August 1 or
November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding
such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly
provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular
Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or
one
or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special
1 Insert
any applicable legends from Article II.
2 Include
only if the Note is issued in global form.
3 Include
only for Initial Note.
4 Include
only for Original Notes.
5 Insert
the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the date of issuance of
the
applicable Additional Notes, or if the date of issuance of such Additional
Notes
is an Interest Payment Date, such date of issuance.
6
Include
only for Additional Notes.
A-1
Record
Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee,
notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes not more than 15 days nor
less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said
Indenture.
The
amount of interest for each day that the Notes are outstanding (the "Daily
Interest Amount") will be calculated by dividing the interest rate in effect
for
such day by 360 and multiplying the result by the principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding. The amount of interest to be paid on the Notes for each
Interest Period will be calculated by adding the Daily Interest Amount for
each
day in the Interest Period. All percentages resulting from any of the above
calculations will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred
thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage
point
being rounded upwards and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such
calculations will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being
rounded upwards).
The
Calculation Agent will, upon the request of any Holder of the Notes, provide
the
interest rate then in effect with respect to the Notes. All calculations made
by
the Calculation Agent in the absence of manifest error will be conclusive for
all purposes and binding on the Company, the Guarantors and the Holders of
the
Notes.
[The
Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated April 19, 2006, among the Company, the Guarantors and the
initial purchasers named therein (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”).
Until
(i) this Note has been exchanged for an Exchange Security (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) in an Exchange Offer (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement); (ii) a Shelf Registration Statement (as defined
in the Registration Rights Agreement) registering this Note under the Securities
Act has been declared or becomes effective and this Note has been sold or
otherwise transferred by the Holder thereof pursuant to and in a manner
contemplated by such effective Shelf Registration Statement; (iii) this Note
is
sold pursuant to Rule 144 under circumstances in which any legend borne by
this
Note relating to restrictions on transferability thereof, under the Securities
Act or otherwise, is removed by the Company or pursuant to the Indenture
referred to herein; or (iv) this Note is eligible to be sold pursuant to
paragraph (k) of Rule 144: From and including the date on which a Registration
Default (as defined below) shall occur to but excluding the date on which such
Registration Default has been cured, additional interest will accrue on this
Note until such time as all Registration Defaults have been cured at the rate
of
(a) prior to the 91st day of such period (for so long as such period is
continuing), 0.25% per annum and (b) thereafter (so long as such period is
continuing), 0.50% per annum. Any such additional interest shall not exceed
such
respective rates for such respective periods, and shall not in any event exceed
0.50% per annum in the aggregate, regardless of the number of Registration
Defaults that shall have occurred and be continuing. Any such additional
interest shall be paid in the same manner and on the same dates as interest
payments in respect of this Note. Following the cure of all Registration
Defaults, the accrual of such additional interest will cease. A Registration
Default under clause (iii) or (iv) below will be deemed cured upon consummation
of the Exchange Offer in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement required
to
be filed due to a failure to consummate the Exchange Offer within the required
time period. For purposes of the foregoing, each of the following events, as
more particularly defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, is a
“Registration
A-2
Default”:
(i)
the Exchange Offer has not been consummated within 405 days after the Issue
Date; (ii) if a Shelf Registration Statement required by the Registration Rights
Agreement is not declared effective by the SEC on or before the later of (1)
405
days after the Issue Date or (2) 90 days after the delivery of a request to
file
a Registration Statement as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement;
or (iii)
if
any Shelf Registration Statement required by the Registration Rights Agreement
is filed and declared effective, and during the period the Company is required
to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement
to
remain effective, the Company shall have suspended the Shelf Registration
Statement or it ceases to be effective for more than 75 days in any twelve-month
period and be continuing to suspend the availability of the Shelf Registration
Statement.]7 8
Payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be
made
at the office of the applicable Paying Agent, or such other office or agency
of
the Company maintained for that purpose; provided,
however,
that at
the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to
the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Note
Register.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the attached
Additional Terms of the Notes, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee
referred to herein by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to
any
benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.
7 Include
only for Initial Note when required by the Registration Rights
Agreement.
8
For an Initial Additional Note, add any similar provision, if any, as may
be
agreed by the Company with respect to additional interest on such Initial
Additional Note.
A-3
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
AVIS
BUDGET FINANCE, INC.
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By:
|
/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
|
|||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Executive
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
|
A-4
This
is
one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
As
Trustee
|
||||
By:
|
Authorized
officer
|
|||
Dated:
|
A-5
Additional
Terms of the Notes
This
Note
is one of the duly authorized issue of Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2014
of
the Company (herein called the “Notes”),
issued under an Indenture, dated as of April 19, 2006 (herein called the
“Indenture,”
which
term shall have the meanings assigned to it in such instrument), among the
Company, the Guarantors from time to time parties thereto (“the Guarantors”)
and
The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as Trustee (herein called
the
“Trustee,”
which
term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is
hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, any
other obligor upon this Note, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and
of
the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made
a
part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, as in effect from time to time (the “TIA”).
The
Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture
and the TIA for a statement of such terms. Additional Notes may be issued under
the Indenture which will vote as a class with the Notes and otherwise be treated
as Notes for purposes of the Indenture.
All
terms
used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
This
Note
may hereafter be entitled to certain other Guarantees made for the benefit
of
the Holders. Reference is made to Article XIII of the Indenture for terms
relating to such Guarantees, including the release, termination and discharge
thereof. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to make any
notation on this Note to reflect any Guarantee or any such release, termination
or discharge.
The
Notes
will be redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time
and from time to time on and after May 15, 2008, and prior to maturity at the
applicable redemption price set forth below. Such redemption may be made upon
notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address in
accordance with the Indenture. The Company may provide in such notice that
payment of the redemption price and the performance of the Company’s obligations
with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person. Any such
redemption and notice may, in the Company’s discretion, be subject to the
satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including but not limited
to
the occurrence of a Change of Control. The Notes will be so redeemable at the
following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount),
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the relevant Redemption Date
(subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date
to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), if redeemed
during the 12-month period commencing on May 15 of the years set forth
below:
Period
|
Redemption
Price
|
2008
|
103.000%
|
2009
|
102.000%
|
2010
|
101.000%
|
2011
and thereafter
|
100.000%
|
A-6
In
addition, at any time and from time to time on or prior to May 15, 2008, the
Company at its option may redeem Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal
to
up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of Notes (including the
principal amount of any Additional Notes), with funds in an aggregate amount
not
exceeding the aggregate proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings, at a
redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of
100%
plus the applicable rate of interest per annum on the date on which notice
of
redemption is given, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not
including, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on
the
relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment
Date); provided,
however,
that an
aggregate principal amount of Notes equal to at least 65% of the original
aggregate principal amount of Notes (including the principal amount of any
Additional Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption. The
Company may make such redemption upon notice mailed by first-class mail to
each
Holder’s registered address in accordance with the Indenture (but in no event
more than 180 days after the completion of the related Equity Offering). The
Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and
performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be
performed by another Person. Any such notice may be given prior to the
completion of the related Equity Offering, and any such redemption or notice
may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more
conditions precedent, including the completion of the related Equity
Offering.
At
any
time prior to May 15, 2008, Notes may also be redeemed or purchased (by the
Company or any other Person) in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a
price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium
as of, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the
Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
Such
redemption or purchase may be made upon notice mailed by first-class mail to
each Holder’s registered address in accordance with the Indenture. The Company
may provide in such notice that payment of the Redemption Price and performance
of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption or purchase may be
performed by another Person. Any such redemption, purchase or notice may, at
the
Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions
precedent, including but not limited to the occurrence of a Change of
Control.
The
Indenture provides that, upon the occurrence after the Issue Date of a Change
of
Control, each Holder will have the right to require that the Company repurchase
all or any part of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101%
of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to,
but not including, the date of such repurchase (subject to the right of Holders
of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant
Interest Payment Date); provided,
however,
that
the Company shall not be obligated to repurchase Notes in the event it has
exercised its right to redeem all the Notes as described above.
The
Notes
will not be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund.
The
Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire
Indebtedness of this Note or certain restrictive covenants and certain Events
of
Default with
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respect
to this Note, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth
in
the Indenture.
If
an
Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the
principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and
the rights of the Holders of the Notes to be effected under the Indenture at
any
time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of at least
a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding to be
affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of
specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding,
on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with
certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder
of
this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of
such
consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
As
provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this
Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the
Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other
remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee
written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes,
the
Holders of not less than 30% in principal amount of the Notes at the time
Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to pursue such remedy
in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense, and
the
Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such
request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days
after receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity. The
foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note
for
the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest
hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on
this
Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Note Register, upon surrender
of
this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company
in
a Place of Payment, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument
of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Note Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to
the
designated transferee or transferees.
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The
Notes
are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in minimum
denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
Notes
of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same.
No
service charge shall be made for any such registration, transfer or exchange,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior
to
due presentment of this Note for registration or transfer, the Company, any
other obligor in respect of this Note, the Trustee and any agent of the Company,
such other obligor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note
is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note
be
overdue, and none of the Company, any other obligor upon this Note, the Trustee
nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No
director, officer, employee, incorporator, equity holder, member or stockholder,
as such, of the Company, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any thereof shall
have any liability for any obligation of the Company or any Guarantor under
the
Indenture, the Notes or any Guarantee, or for any claim based on, in respect
of,
or by reason of, any such obligation or its creation. Each Holder, by accepting
this Note, hereby waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release
are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
THE
INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER OBLIGOR
IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE HOLDERS,
AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT
LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION
OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE
GUARANTEES.
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GUARANTEE
For
value
received, the undersigned hereby unconditionally guarantees, as principal
obligor and not only as a surety, to the Holder of this Note the cash payments
in United States dollars of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
this
Note (and including Additional Interest payable thereon) in the amounts and
at
the times when due and interest on the overdue principal, premium, if any,
and
interest, if any, of this Note, if lawful, and the payment or performance of
all
other Obligations of the Company under the Indenture (as defined below) or
the
Note, to the Holder of this Note and the Trustee, all in accordance with and
subject to the terms and limitations of this Note, Article XIII of the Indenture
and this Guarantee. This Guarantee will become effective in accordance with
Article XIII of the Indenture and its terms shall be evidenced therein. The
validity and enforceability of this Guarantee shall not be affected by the
fact
that it is not affixed to any particular Note.
Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them
in
the Indenture, dated as of April 19, 2006, among Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC,
a
Delaware limited liability company, and Avis Budget Finance, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (together, “the Company”), the Guarantors from time to time parties
thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as Trustee.
THIS
GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE
STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION
OF
ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN,
IN
THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO
THIS GUARANTEE.
This
Guarantee is subject to release upon the terms set forth
in the
Indenture.
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AVIS
BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC
|
||||
By:
|
||||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Executive
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and
Treasurer
|
AVIS
ASIA AND PACIFIC, LIMITED
AVIS
CAR RENTAL GROUP, LLC
AVIS
CARIBBEAN, LIMITED
AVIS
ENTERPRISES, INC.
AVIS
GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC
AVIS
INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
AVIS
LEASING CORPORATION
AVIS
RENT A CAR SYSTEM, LLC
PF
CLAIMS MANAGEMENT, LTD.
|
||||
By:
|
||||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Chief
Financial Officer
|
CENDANT
CAR RENTAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT, INC.
WIZARD
CO., INC.
|
||||
By:
|
||||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Treasurer
|
ARACS
LLC
AVIS
OPERATIONS, LLC
|
||||
By:
|
||||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxx
Vice
President and Assistant Secretary
|
BGI
LEASING, INC.
BUDGET
RENT A CAR SYSTEM, INC.
|
||||
By:
|
||||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
President
|
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BUDGET
TRUCK RENTAL LLC
|
||||
By:
|
||||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Senior
Vice President
|
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[FORM
OF
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER]
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED the undersigned Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
Insert
Taxpayer Identification No.
(Please
print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee)
the
within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
attorney
to transfer such Note on the books of the Company with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Check
One
[ ]
(a) this
Note
is being transferred in compliance with the exemption from registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A
thereunder.
or
[ ]
(b) this
Note
is being transferred other than in accordance with (a) above and documents
are
being furnished which comply with the conditions of transfer set forth in this
Note and the Indenture.
If
neither of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or other Note Registrar
shall not be obligated to register this Note in the name of any Person other
than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer
of
registration set forth herein and in Section 313 of the Indenture shall have
been satisfied.
Date:
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NOTICE:
The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon
the face of the within-mentioned instrument in every particular, without
alteration or any change whatsoever.
Signature
Guarantee:
Signatures
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”)
or
such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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TO
BE
COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its
own
account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment
discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer”
within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and
acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as
the
undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request
such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the
undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from
registration provided by Rule 144A.
Date:
NOTICE:
To
be executed by an executive
officer
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OPTION
OF
HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If
you
wish to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 411 or
415
of the Indenture, check the box: [ ].
If
you
wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section
411 or 415 of the Indenture, state the amount (in principal amount)
below:
$________________
Date:
Your
Signature:
(Sign
exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
Signature
Guarantee:
Signatures
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”)
or
such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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SCHEDULE
OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
The
following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been
made:
Date
of Exchange
|
Amount
of decreases in Principal Amount of this Global Note
|
Amount
of increases in Principal Amount of this Global Note
|
Principal
amount of this Global Note following such decreases or
increases
|
Signature
of authorized officer of Trustee or Notes Custodian
|
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EXHIBIT
B
Form
of
Initial 7.625% Note9
AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
AVIS
BUDGET FINANCE, INC.
7.625%
Senior Notes due 2014
CUSIP
No.
_______________
No.
___
$______________
Avis
Budget Car Rental, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, and Avis Budget Finance, Inc., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(together, “the Company,”
which
term includes their successors and assigns), promise to pay to ___________,
or
registered assigns, the principal sum of $________________
([ ]
United States Dollars) [(or such lesser or greater amount as shall be
outstanding hereunder from time to time in accordance with Sections 312 and
313
of the Indenture referred to herein)]10
(the
“Principal
Amount”)
on May
15, 2014. The Company promises to pay interest semi-annually in cash on May
15
and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, 2006, at the rate of
7.625% per annum (subject to adjustment as provided below)11
until
the Principal Amount is paid or made available for payment. [Interest on this
Note will accrue from the most recent date to which interest on this Note or
any
of its Predecessor Notes has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest
has been paid, from the Issue Date.]12 [Interest
on this Note will accrue (or will be deemed to have accrued) from the most
recent date to which interest on this Note or any of its Predecessor Notes
has
been paid or duly provided for or, if no such interest has been paid, from
______, ______13.]14 Interest
on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for,
on
any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the
Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which
shall be the May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case
may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to
the
Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in
whose
name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close
of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
to
be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes
not
more than 15 days nor less than 10 days prior to
9 Insert any applicable legends from Article II.
10 Include
only if the Note is issued in global form.
11 Include
only for Initial Note.
12 Include
only for Original Notes.
13 Insert
the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the date of issuance of the
applicable Additional Notes, or if the date of issuance of such Additional
Notes
is an Interest Payment Date, such date of issuance.
14
Include
only for Additional Notes.
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such
Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said
Indenture.
[The
Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated April 19, 2006, among the Company, the Guarantors and the
initial purchasers named therein (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”).
Until
(i) this Note has been exchanged for an Exchange Security (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) in an Exchange Offer (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement); (ii) a Shelf Registration Statement (as defined
in the Registration Rights Agreement) registering this Note under the Securities
Act has been declared or becomes effective and this Note has been sold or
otherwise transferred by the Holder thereof pursuant to and in a manner
contemplated by such effective Shelf Registration Statement; (iii) this Note
is
sold pursuant to Rule 144 under circumstances in which any legend borne by
this
Note relating to restrictions on transferability thereof, under the Securities
Act or otherwise, is removed by the Company or pursuant to the Indenture
referred to herein; or (iv) this Note is eligible to be sold pursuant to
paragraph (k) of Rule 144: From and including the date on which a Registration
Default (as defined below) shall occur to but excluding the date on which such
Registration Default has been cured, additional interest will accrue on this
Note until such time as all Registration Defaults have been cured at the rate
of
(a) prior to the 91st day of such period (for so long as such period is
continuing), 0.25% per annum and (b) thereafter (so long as such period is
continuing), 0.50% per annum. Any such additional interest shall not exceed
such
respective rates for such respective periods, and shall not in any event exceed
0.50% per annum in the aggregate, regardless of the number of Registration
Defaults that shall have occurred and be continuing. Any such additional
interest shall be paid in the same manner and on the same dates as interest
payments in respect of this Note. Following the cure of all Registration
Defaults, the accrual of such additional interest will cease. A Registration
Default under clause (iii) or (iv) below will be deemed cured upon consummation
of the Exchange Offer in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement required
to
be filed due to a failure to consummate the Exchange Offer within the required
time period. For purposes of the foregoing, each of the following events, as
more particularly defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, is a
“Registration
Default”:
(i)
the Exchange Offer has not been consummated within 405 days after the Issue
Date; (ii) if a Shelf Registration Statement required by the Registration Rights
Agreement is not declared effective by the SEC on or before the later of (1)
405
days after the Issue Date or (2) 90 days after the delivery of a request to
file
a Registration Statement as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement;
or (iii) if
any
Shelf Registration Statement required by the Registration Rights Agreement
is
filed and declared effective, and during the period the Company is required
to
use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to
remain effective, the Company shall have suspended the Shelf Registration
Statement or it ceases to be effective for more than 75 days in any twelve-month
period and be continuing to suspend the availability of the Shelf Registration
Statement.]15 16
15 Include
only for Initial Note when required by the Registration Rights
Agreement.
16 For
an
Initial Additional Note, add any similar provision, if any, as may be agreed
by
the Company with respect to additional interest on such Initial Additional
Note.
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Payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will
be made
at the office of the applicable Paying Agent, or such other office or agency
of
the Company maintained for that purpose; provided,
however,
that at
the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed
to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Note
Register.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the attached
Additional Terms of the Notes, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee
referred to herein by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to
any
benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
AVIS
BUDGET FINANCE, INC.
|
||||
By:
|
||||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Executive
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and
Treasurer
|
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This
is
one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
As
Trustee
|
||||
By:
|
||||
|
Authorized
officer
|
|||
Dated:
|
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Additional
Terms of the Notes
This
Note
is one of the duly authorized issue of 7.625% Senior Notes due 2014 of the
Company (herein called the “Notes”),
issued under an Indenture, dated as of April 19, 2006 (herein called the
“Indenture,”
which
term shall have the meanings assigned to it in such instrument), among the
Company, the Guarantors from time to time parties thereto (“the Guarantors”)
and
The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as Trustee (herein called
the
“Trustee,”
which
term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is
hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, any
other obligor upon this Note, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and
of
the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made
a
part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, as in effect from time to time (the “TIA”).
The
Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture
and the TIA for a statement of such terms. Additional Notes may be issued under
the Indenture which will vote as a class with the Notes and otherwise be treated
as Notes for purposes of the Indenture.
All
terms
used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
This
Note
may hereafter be entitled to certain other Guarantees made for the benefit
of
the Holders. Reference is made to Article XIII of the Indenture for terms
relating to such Guarantees, including the release, termination and discharge
thereof. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to make any
notation on this Note to reflect any Guarantee or any such release, termination
or discharge.
The
Notes
will be redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time
and from time to time on and after May 15, 2010, and prior to maturity at the
applicable redemption price set forth below. Such redemption may be made upon
notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address in
accordance with the Indenture. The Company may provide in such notice that
payment of the redemption price and the performance of the Company’s obligations
with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person. Any such
redemption and notice may, in the Company’s discretion, be subject to the
satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including but not limited
to
the occurrence of a Change of Control. The Notes will be so redeemable at the
following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount),
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the relevant Redemption Date
(subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date
to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), if redeemed
during the 12-month period commencing on May 15 of the years set forth
below:
Period
|
Redemption
Price
|
2010
|
103.813%
|
2011
|
101.906%
|
2012
and thereafter
|
100.000%
|
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In
addition, at any time and from time to time on or prior to May 15, 2009, the
Company at its option may redeem Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal
to
up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of Notes (including the
principal amount of any Additional Notes), with funds in an aggregate amount
not
exceeding the aggregate proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings, at a
redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of
107.625%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including,
the
Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date);
provided,
however,
that an
aggregate principal amount of Notes equal to at least 65% of the original
aggregate principal amount of Notes (including the principal amount of any
Additional Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption. The
Company may make such redemption upon notice mailed by first-class mail to
each
Holder’s registered address in accordance with the Indenture (but in no event
more than 180 days after the completion of the related Equity Offering). The
Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and
performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be
performed by another Person. Any such notice may be given prior to the
completion of the related Equity Offering, and any such redemption or notice
may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more
conditions precedent, including the completion of the related Equity
Offering.
At
any
time prior to May 15, 2010, Notes may also be redeemed or purchased (by the
Company or any other Person) in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a
price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium
as of, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the
Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
Such
redemption or purchase may be made upon notice mailed by first-class mail to
each Holder’s registered address in accordance with the Indenture. The Company
may provide in such notice that payment of the Redemption Price and performance
of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption or purchase may be
performed by another Person. Any such redemption, purchase or notice may, at
the
Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions
precedent, including but not limited to the occurrence of a Change of
Control.
The
Indenture provides that, upon the occurrence after the Issue Date of a Change
of
Control, each Holder will have the right to require that the Company repurchase
all or any part of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101%
of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to,
but not including, the date of such repurchase (subject to the right of Holders
of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant
Interest Payment Date); provided,
however,
that
the Company shall not be obligated to repurchase Notes in the event it has
exercised its right to redeem all the Notes as described above.
The
Notes
will not be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund.
The
Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire
indebtedness of this Note or certain restrictive covenants and certain Events
of
Default with respect to this Note, in each case upon compliance with certain
conditions set forth in the Indenture.
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If
an
Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the
principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and
the rights of the Holders of the Notes to be effected under the Indenture at
any
time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of at least
a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding to be
affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of
specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding,
on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with
certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder
of
this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of
such
consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
As
provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this
Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the
Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other
remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee
written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes,
the
Holders of not less than 30% in principal amount of the Notes at the time
Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to pursue such remedy
in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense, and
the
Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such
request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days
after receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity. The
foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note
for
the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest
hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on
this
Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Note Register, upon surrender
of
this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company
in
a Place of Payment, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument
of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Note Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to
the
designated transferee or transferees.
The
Notes
are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in minimum
denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $l,000 in excess thereof.
As provided in
B-8
the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor of
a
different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the
same.
No
service charge shall be made for any such registration, transfer or exchange,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior
to
due presentment of this Note for registration or transfer, the Company, any
other obligor in respect of this Note, the Trustee and any agent of the Company,
such other obligor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note
is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note
be
overdue, and none of the Company, any other obligor upon this Note, the Trustee
nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No
director, officer, employee, incorporator, equity holder, member or stockholder,
as such, of the Company, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any thereof shall
have any liability for any obligation of the Company or any Guarantor under
the
Indenture, the Notes or any Guarantee, or for any claim based on, in respect
of,
or by reason of, any such obligation or its creation. Each Holder, by accepting
this Note, hereby waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release
are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
THE
INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER OBLIGOR
IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE HOLDERS,
AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT
LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION
OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE
GUARANTEES.
B-9
GUARANTEE
For
value
received, the undersigned hereby unconditionally guarantees, as principal
obligor and not only as a surety, to the Holder of this Note the cash payments
in United States dollars of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
this
Note (and including Additional Interest payable thereon) in the amounts and
at
the times when due and interest on the overdue principal, premium, if any,
and
interest, if any, of this Note, if lawful, and the payment or performance of
all
other Obligations of the Company under the Indenture (as defined below) or
the
Note, to the Holder of this Note and the Trustee, all in accordance with and
subject to the terms and limitations of this Note, Article XIII of the Indenture
and this Guarantee. This Guarantee will become effective in accordance with
Article XIII of the Indenture and its terms shall be evidenced therein. The
validity and enforceability of this Guarantee shall not be affected by the
fact
that it is not affixed to any particular Note.
Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them
in
the Indenture, dated as of April 19, 2006, among Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC,
a
Delaware limited liability company, and Avis Budget Finance, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (together, “the Company”), the Guarantors from time to time parties
thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as Trustee.
THIS
GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE
STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION
OF
ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN,
IN
THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO
THIS GUARANTEE.
This
Guarantee is subject to release upon the terms set forth
in the
Indenture.
B-10
AVIS
BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC
|
||||
By:
|
||||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Executive
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and
Treasurer
|
AVIS
ASIA AND PACIFIC, LIMITED
AVIS
CAR RENTAL GROUP, LLC
AVIS
CARIBBEAN, LIMITED
AVIS
ENTERPRISES, INC.
AVIS
GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC
AVIS
INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
AVIS
LEASING CORPORATION
AVIS
RENT A CAR SYSTEM, LLC
PF
CLAIMS MANAGEMENT, LTD.
|
||||
By:
|
||||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Chief
Financial Officer
|
CENDANT
CAR RENTAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT, INC.
WIZARD
CO., INC.
|
||||
By:
|
||||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Treasurer
|
ARACS
LLC
AVIS
OPERATIONS, LLC
|
||||
By:
|
||||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxx
Vice
President and Assistant Secretary
|
BGI
LEASING, INC.
BUDGET
RENT A CAR SYSTEM, INC.
|
||||
By:
|
||||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
President
|
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BUDGET
TRUCK RENTAL LLC
|
||||
By:
|
||||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Senior
Vice President
|
B-12
[FORM
OF
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER]
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED the undersigned Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
Insert
Taxpayer Identification No.
(Please
print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee)
the
within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
attorney
to transfer such Note on the books of the Company with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Check
One
[ ]
(a) this
Note
is being transferred in compliance with the exemption from registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A
thereunder.
or
[ ]
(b) this
Note
is being transferred other than in accordance with (a) above and documents
are
being furnished which comply with the conditions of transfer set forth in this
Note and the Indenture.
If
neither of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or other Note Registrar
shall not be obligated to register this Note in the name of any Person other
than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer
of
registration set forth herein and in Section 313 of the Indenture shall have
been satisfied.
Date:
B-13
NOTICE:
The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon
the face of the within-mentioned instrument in every particular, without
alteration or any change whatsoever.
Signature
Guarantee:
Signatures
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”)
or
such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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TO
BE
COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its
own
account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment
discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer”
within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and
acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as
the
undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request
such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the
undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from
registration provided by Rule 144A.
Dated:
NOTICE:
To
be executed by an executive
officer
B-15
OPTION
OF
HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If
you
wish to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 411 or
415
of the Indenture, check the box: [ ].
If
you
wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section
411 or 415 of the Indenture, state the amount (in principal amount)
below:
$________________
Date:
Your
Signature:
(Sign
exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
Signature
Guarantee:
Signatures
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”)
or
such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
B-16
SCHEDULE
OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
The
following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been
made:
Date
of Exchange
|
Amount
of decreases in Principal Amount of this Global Note
|
Amount
of increases in Principal Amount of this Global Note
|
Principal
amount of this Global Note following such decreases or
increases
|
Signature
of authorized officer of Trustee or Notes Custodian
|
B-17
EXHIBIT
C
Form
of
Initial 7.75% Note17
AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
AVIS
BUDGET FINANCE, INC.
7.75%
Senior Notes due 2016
CUSIP
No.
_______________
No.
___
$______________
Avis
Budget Car Rental, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, and Avis Budget Finance, Inc., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(together, “the Company,”
which
term includes their successors and assigns), promise to pay to ___________,
or
registered assigns, the principal sum of $________________
([ ]
United States Dollars) [(or such lesser or greater amount as shall be
outstanding hereunder from time to time in accordance with Sections 312 and
313
of the Indenture referred to herein)]18 (the
“Principal
Amount”)
on May
15, 2016. The Company promises to pay interest semi-annually in cash on May
15
and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, 2006, at the rate of
7.75%
per annum (subject to adjustment as provided below)19 until
the
Principal Amount is paid or made available for payment. [Interest on this Note
will accrue from the most recent date to which interest on this Note or any
of
its Predecessor Notes has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest
has
been paid, from the Issue Date.]20 Interest
on this Note will accrue (or will be deemed to have accrued) from the most
recent date to which interest on this Note or any of its Predecessor Notes
has
been paid or duly provided for or, if no such interest has been paid, from
______, ______21]22 Interest
on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for,
on
any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the
Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which
shall be the May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case
may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to
the
Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in
whose
name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close
of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
to
be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes
not
more than 15 days nor less than 10 days prior to
17 Insert any applicable legends from Article II.
18 Include
only if the Note is issued in global form.
19 Include
only for Initial Note.
20 Include
only for Original Notes.
21 Insert
the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the date of issuance of the
applicable Additional Notes, or if the date of issuance of such Additional
Notes
is an Interest Payment Date, such date of issuance.
22
Include
only for Additional Notes.
C-1
such
Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Notes
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all
as
more fully provided in said Indenture.
[The
Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated April 19, 2006, among the Company, the Guarantors and the
initial purchasers named therein (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”).
Until
(i) this Note has been exchanged for an Exchange Security (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) in an Exchange Offer (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement); (ii) a Shelf Registration Statement (as defined
in the Registration Rights Agreement) registering this Note under the Securities
Act has been declared or becomes effective and this Note has been sold or
otherwise transferred by the Holder thereof pursuant to and in a manner
contemplated by such effective Shelf Registration Statement; (iii) this Note
is
sold pursuant to Rule 144 under circumstances in which any legend borne by
this
Note relating to restrictions on transferability thereof, under the Securities
Act or otherwise, is removed by the Company or pursuant to the Indenture
referred to herein; or (iv) this Note is eligible to be sold pursuant to
paragraph (k) of Rule 144: From and including the date on which a Registration
Default (as defined below) shall occur to but excluding the date on which such
Registration Default has been cured, additional interest will accrue on this
Note until such time as all Registration Defaults have been cured at the rate
of
(a) prior to the 91st day of such period (for so long as such period is
continuing), 0.25% per annum and (b) thereafter (so long as such period is
continuing), 0.50% per annum. Any such additional interest shall not exceed
such
respective rates for such respective periods, and shall not in any event exceed
0.50% per annum in the aggregate, regardless of the number of Registration
Defaults that shall have occurred and be continuing. Any such additional
interest shall be paid in the same manner and on the same dates as interest
payments in respect of this Note. Following the cure of all Registration
Defaults, the accrual of such additional interest will cease. A Registration
Default under clause (iii) or (iv) below will be deemed cured upon consummation
of the Exchange Offer in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement required
to
be filed due to a failure to consummate the Exchange Offer within the required
time period. For purposes of the foregoing, each of the following events, as
more particularly defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, is a
“Registration
Default”:
(i)
the Exchange Offer has not been consummated within 405 days after the Issue
Date; (ii) if a Shelf Registration Statement required by the Registration Rights
Agreement is not declared effective by the SEC on or before the later of (1)
405
days after the Issue Date or (2) 90 days after the delivery of a request to
file
a Registration Statement as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement;
or (iii) if
any
Shelf Registration Statement required by the Registration Rights Agreement
is
filed and declared effective, and during the period the Company is required
to
use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to
remain effective, the Company shall have suspended the Shelf Registration
Statement or it ceases to be effective for more than 75 days in any twelve-month
period and be continuing to suspend the availability of the Shelf Registration
Statement.]7 Include
only for Initial Note when required by the Registration Rights
Agreement. 8 For
an
Initial Additional Note, add any similar provision, if any, as may be agreed
by
the Company with respect to additional interest on such Initial Additional
Note.
23 Include only for Initial Note when required by the Registration Rights Agreement.
24
For an
Initial Additional Note, add any similar provision, if any, as may be agreed
by
the Company with respect to additional interest on such Initial Additional
Note.
C-2
Payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will
be made
at the office of the applicable Paying Agent, or such other office or agency
of
the Company maintained for that purpose; provided,
however,
that at
the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed
to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Note
Register.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the attached
Additional Terms of the Notes, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee
referred to herein by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to
any
benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.
C-3
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
AVIS
BUDGET FINANCE, INC.
|
||||
By:
|
||||
Name:
Title:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Executive
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and
Treasurer
|
C-4
This
is
one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
As
Trustee
|
||||
By:
|
||||
|
Authorized
officer
|
|||
Dated:
|
C-5
Additional
Terms of the Notes
This
Note
is one of the duly authorized issue of 7.75% Senior Notes due 2016 of the
Company (herein called the “Notes”),
issued under an Indenture, dated as of April 19, 2006 (herein called the
“Indenture,”
which
term shall have the meanings assigned to it in such instrument), among the
Company, the Guarantors from time to time parties thereto (“the Guarantors”)
and
The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as Trustee (herein called
the
“Trustee,”
which
term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is
hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, any
other obligor upon this Note, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and
of
the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made
a
part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, as in effect from time to time (the “TIA”).
The
Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture
and the TIA for a statement of such terms. Additional Notes may be issued under
the Indenture which will vote as a class with the Notes and otherwise be treated
as Notes for purposes of the Indenture.
All
terms
used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
This
Note
may hereafter be entitled to certain other Guarantees made for the benefit
of
the Holders. Reference is made to Article XIII of the Indenture for terms
relating to such Guarantees, including the release, termination and discharge
thereof. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to make any
notation on this Note to reflect any Guarantee or any such release, termination
or discharge.
The
Notes
will be redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time
and from time to time on and after May 15, 2011, and prior to maturity at the
applicable redemption price set forth below. Such redemption may be made upon
notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address in
accordance with the Indenture. The Company may provide in such notice that
payment of the redemption price and the performance of the Company’s obligations
with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person. Any such
redemption and notice may, in the Company’s discretion, be subject to the
satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including but not limited
to
the occurrence of a Change of Control. The Notes will be so redeemable at the
following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount),
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the relevant Redemption Date
(subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date
to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), if redeemed
during the 12-month period commencing on May 15 of the years set forth
below:
Period
|
Redemption
Price
|
2011
|
103.875%
|
2012
|
102.583%
|
2013
|
101.292%
|
2014
and thereafter
|
100.000%
|
C-6
In
addition, at any time and from time to time on or prior to May 15, 2009, the
Company at its option may redeem Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal
to
up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of Notes (including the
principal amount of any Additional Notes), with funds in an aggregate amount
not
exceeding the aggregate proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings, at a
redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of
107.75%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the
Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date);
provided,
however,
that an
aggregate principal amount of Notes equal to at least 65% of the original
aggregate principal amount of Notes (including the principal amount of any
Additional Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption. The
Company may make such redemption upon notice mailed by first-class mail to
each
Holder’s registered address in accordance with the Indenture (but in no event
more than 180 days after the completion of the related Equity Offering). The
Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and
performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be
performed by another Person. Any such notice may be given prior to the
completion of the related Equity Offering, and any such redemption or notice
may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more
conditions precedent, including the completion of the related Equity
Offering.
At
any
time prior to May 15, 2011, Notes may also be redeemed or purchased (by the
Company or any other Person) in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a
price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium
as of, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the
Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
Such
redemption or purchase may be made upon notice mailed by first-class mail to
each Holder’s registered address in accordance with the Indenture. The Company
may provide in such notice that payment of the Redemption Price and performance
of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption or purchase may be
performed by another Person. Any such redemption, purchase or notice may, at
the
Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions
precedent, including but not limited to the occurrence of a Change of
Control.
The
Indenture provides that, upon the occurrence after the Issue Date of a Change
of
Control, each Holder will have the right to require that the Company repurchase
all or any part of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101%
of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to,
but not including, the date of such repurchase (subject to the right of Holders
of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant
Interest Payment Date); provided,
however,
that
the Company shall not be obligated to repurchase Notes in the event it has
exercised its right to redeem all the Notes as described above.
The
Notes
will not be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund.
The
Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire
indebtedness of this Note or certain restrictive covenants and certain Events
of
Default with respect to this Note, in each case upon compliance with certain
conditions set forth in the Indenture.
C-7
If
an
Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the
principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and
the rights of the Holders of the Notes to be effected under the Indenture at
any
time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of at least
a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding to be
affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of
specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding,
on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with
certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder
of
this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of
such
consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
As
provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this
Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the
Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other
remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee
written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes,
the
Holders of not less than 30% in principal amount of the Notes at the time
Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to pursue such remedy
in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense, and
the
Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such
request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days
after receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity. The
foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note
for
the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest
hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on
this
Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Note Register, upon surrender
of
this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company
in
a Place of Payment, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument
of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Note Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to
the
designated transferee or transferees.
The
Notes
are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in minimum
denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $l,000 in excess thereof.
As provided in
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the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor of
a
different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the
same.
No
service charge shall be made for any such registration, transfer or exchange,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior
to
due presentment of this Note for registration or transfer, the Company, any
other obligor in respect of this Note, the Trustee and any agent of the Company,
such other obligor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note
is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note
be
overdue, and none of the Company, any other obligor upon this Note, the Trustee
nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No
director, officer, employee, incorporator, equity holder, member or stockholder,
as such, of the Company, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any thereof shall
have any liability for any obligation of the Company or any Guarantor under
the
Indenture, the Notes or any Guarantee, or for any claim based on, in respect
of,
or by reason of, any such obligation or its creation. Each Holder, by accepting
this Note, hereby waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release
are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
THE
INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER OBLIGOR
IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE HOLDERS,
AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT
LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION
OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE
GUARANTEES.
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GUARANTEE
For
value
received, the undersigned hereby unconditionally guarantees, as principal
obligor and not only as a surety, to the Holder of this Note the cash payments
in United States dollars of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
this
Note (and including Additional Interest payable thereon) in the amounts and
at
the times when due and interest on the overdue principal, premium, if any,
and
interest, if any, of this Note, if lawful, and the payment or performance of
all
other Obligations of the Company under the Indenture (as defined below) or
the
Note, to the Holder of this Note and the Trustee, all in accordance with and
subject to the terms and limitations of this Note, Article XIII of the Indenture
and this Guarantee. This Guarantee will become effective in accordance with
Article XIII of the Indenture and its terms shall be evidenced therein. The
validity and enforceability of this Guarantee shall not be affected by the
fact
that it is not affixed to any particular Note.
Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them
in
the Indenture, dated as of April 19, 2006, among Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC,
a
Delaware limited liability company, and Avis Budget Finance, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (together, “the Company”), the Guarantors from time to time parties
thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as Trustee.
THIS
GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE
STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION
OF
ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN,
IN
THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO
THIS GUARANTEE.
This
Guarantee is subject to release upon the terms set forth
in the
Indenture.
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AVIS
BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC
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By:
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Name:
Title:
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Executive
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and
Treasurer
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AVIS
ASIA AND PACIFIC, LIMITED
AVIS
CAR RENTAL GROUP, LLC
AVIS
CARIBBEAN, LIMITED
AVIS
ENTERPRISES, INC.
AVIS
GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC
AVIS
INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
AVIS
LEASING CORPORATION
AVIS
RENT A CAR SYSTEM, LLC
PF
CLAIMS MANAGEMENT, LTD.
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By:
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Name:
Title:
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Chief
Financial Officer
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CENDANT
CAR RENTAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT, INC.
WIZARD
CO., INC.
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By:
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Name:
Title:
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Treasurer
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ARACS
LLC
AVIS
OPERATIONS, LLC
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By:
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Name:
Title:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxx
Vice
President and Assistant Secretary
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BGI
LEASING, INC.
BUDGET
RENT A CAR SYSTEM, INC.
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By:
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Name:
Title:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
President
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BUDGET
TRUCK RENTAL LLC
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By:
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Name:
Title:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Senior
Vice President
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[FORM
OF
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER]
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED the undersigned Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
Insert
Taxpayer Identification No.
(Please
print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee)
the
within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
attorney
to transfer such Note on the books of the Company with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Check
One
[ ]
(a) this
Note
is being transferred in compliance with the exemption from registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A
thereunder.
or
[ ]
(b) this
Note
is being transferred other than in accordance with (a) above and documents
are
being furnished which comply with the conditions of transfer set forth in this
Note and the Indenture.
If
neither of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or other Note Registrar
shall not be obligated to register this Note in the name of any Person other
than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer
of
registration set forth herein and in Section 313 of the Indenture shall have
been satisfied.
Date:
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NOTICE:
The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon
the face of the within-mentioned instrument in every particular, without
alteration or any change whatsoever.
Signature
Guarantee:
Signatures
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”)
or
such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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TO
BE
COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its
own
account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment
discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer”
within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and
acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as
the
undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request
such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the
undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from
registration provided by Rule 144A.
Dated:
NOTICE:
To
be executed by an executive
officer
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OPTION
OF
HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If
you
wish to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 411 or
415
of the Indenture, check the box: [ ].
If
you
wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section
411 or 415 of the Indenture, state the amount (in principal amount)
below:
$________________
Date:
Your
Signature:
(Sign
exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
Signature
Guarantee:
Signatures
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”)
or
such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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SCHEDULE
OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
The
following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been
made:
Date
of Exchange
|
Amount
of decreases in Principal Amount of this Global Note
|
Amount
of increases in Principal Amount of this Global Note
|
Principal
amount of this Global Note following such decreases or
increases
|
Signature
of authorized officer of Trustee or Notes Custodian
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