ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC., as issuer of the Notes, ROGERS WIRELESS PARTNERSHIP and ROGERS CABLE COMMUNICATIONS INC., as the Guarantors and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Dated as of August 6, 2008 to INDENTURE...
EXECUTION VERSION
XXXXXX COMMUNICATIONS INC.,
as issuer of the Notes,
as issuer of the Notes,
XXXXXX WIRELESS PARTNERSHIP
and
XXXXXX CABLE COMMUNICATIONS INC.,
as the Guarantors
and
XXXXXX CABLE COMMUNICATIONS INC.,
as the Guarantors
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee
as Trustee
Dated as of August 6, 2008
to
INDENTURE
Dated as of August 6, 2008
6.80% Senior Notes due 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE | ||||
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION | ||||
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS |
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SECTION 102. OTHER DEFINITIONS |
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SECTION 103. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE |
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SECTION 104. INDENTURE REMAINS IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT |
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SECTION 105. INCORPORATION OF INDENTURE |
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SECTION 106. COUNTERPARTS |
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SECTION 107. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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SECTION 108. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS |
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SECTION 109. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE |
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SECTION 110. BENEFITS OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE |
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SECTION 111. GOVERNING LAW |
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ARTICLE TWO | ||||
FORM OF THE NOTES | ||||
SECTION 201. FORMS GENERALLY |
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SECTION 202. FORM OF FACE OF NOTE |
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SECTION 203. FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE |
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SECTION 204. FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION |
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ARTICLE THREE | ||||
THE NOTES | ||||
SECTION 301. TITLE AND TERMS |
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SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS |
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SECTION 303. NOTES TO BE SECURED IN CERTAIN EVENTS |
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ARTICLE FOUR | ||||
REMEDIES UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL | ||||
SECTION 401. ADDITIONAL EVENT OF DEFAULT |
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SECTION 402. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT |
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SECTION 403. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS |
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SECTION 404. CHANGE IN CONTROL OFFER |
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ARTICLE FIVE | ||||
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS | ||||
SECTION 501. RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES |
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SECTION 502. LIMITATION ON SECURED DEBT |
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SECTION 503. LIMITATION ON SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS |
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SECTION 504. LIMITATION ON RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY DEBT |
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SECTION 505. SUBORDINATION ARRANGEMENTS |
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SECTION 506. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS |
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ARTICLE SIX | ||||
CHANGE IN CONTROL PROVISIONS | ||||
SECTION 601. EFFECT OF CHANGE IN CONTROL PURCHASE NOTICE |
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SECTION 602. DEPOSIT OF CHANGE IN CONTROL PURCHASE PRICE |
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SECTION 603. REPAYMENT TO THE COMPANY |
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ARTICLE SEVEN | ||||
GUARANTEES | ||||
SECTION 701. GUARANTEES |
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SECTION 702. RELEASE OF GUARANTORS |
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SECTION 703. AMALGAMATION, CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE,
TRANSFER OR LEASE |
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SECTION 704. PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS |
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of August 6, 2008 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), among
Xxxxxx Communications Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Province of British
Columbia (hereinafter called the “Company”), Xxxxxx Wireless Partnership, an Ontario partnership
(hereinafter called “RWP”), Xxxxxx Cable Communications Inc., a corporation organized under the
laws of Ontario (hereinafter called “RCCI” and, together with RWP, the “Guarantors”), and The Bank
of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (hereinafter called the “Trustee”).
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee are parties to an indenture dated as of August 6, 2008
(as the same may from time to time be supplemented or amended (other than by a Series Supplement),
the “Indenture”);
WHEREAS, Article Two and Section 801 of the Indenture provide, among other things, that,
without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplement to the
Indenture for the purposes of establishing the form, terms and conditions applicable to the
Securities of any Series which the Company wishes to issue under the Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company desires to establish the form, terms and conditions of a Series of
Securities and has requested the Trustee to enter into this Supplemental Indenture for such
purpose;
WHEREAS, the Trustee has received an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel of the
Company, in each case complying with Section 103 of the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Indenture, the Board of Directors has duly authorized the
establishment of the 6.80% Senior Notes due 2018 of the Company (the “Notes”) with the form, terms
and conditions as hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties hereto agree, for the equal and proportionate
benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS.
Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in
the Indenture.
“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per year equal
to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price
for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for the Redemption Date.
“Attributable Debt” means, as of the date of its determination, the present value (discounted
semi-annually at the interest rate implicit in the terms of the lease) of the obligation of a
lessee for rental payments pursuant to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction (reduced by the amount of
the rental obligations of any sublessee of all or part of the same property) during the remaining
term of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which the lease relating
thereto has been extended), such rental payments not to include amounts payable by the lessee for
maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments and similar charges and for contingent rates
(such as those based on sales); provided, however, that in the case of any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction in which the lease is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty,
Attributable Debt shall mean the lesser of the present value of (i) the rental payments to be paid
under such Sale and Leaseback Transaction until the first date (after the date of such
determination) upon which it may be so terminated plus the then applicable penalty upon such
termination and (ii) the rental payments required to be paid during the remaining term of such Sale
and Leaseback Transaction (assuming such termination provision is not exercised).
“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Supplemental
Indenture, until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of
the Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person. To the extent necessary
to comply with the requirements of the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Sections 310 through 317
as they are applicable to the Company, the term “Company” shall include any other obligor with
respect to the Notes for the purposes of complying with such provisions.
“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the
Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes being redeemed
that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial
practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt of comparable maturity to the remaining term of
the Notes.
“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the average of the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the Redemption Date.
“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means the Consolidated Tangible Assets of any Person, less
such Person’s current liabilities.
“Consolidated Tangible Assets” means the Tangible Assets of any Person after eliminating
inter-company items, determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP including
appropriate deductions for any minority interest in Tangible Assets of such Person’s Restricted
Subsidiaries.
“Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it
is exchangeable at the option of the holder) or upon the happening of any event, matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the
option of the holder thereof, in whole or
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in part, on or prior to the maturity date of the Notes for cash or securities constituting
Debt; provided that shares of Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that are
issued with the benefit of provisions requiring a change in control offer to be made for such
shares in the event of a change in control of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary, which
provisions have substantially the same effect as the relevant provisions of Sections 401 and 404
herein, shall not be deemed to be “Disqualified Stock” solely by virtue of such provisions. For
purposes of this definition, the term “Debt” includes Inter-Company Subordinated Debt.
“Excluded Assets” means (i) all assets of any Person other than the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary; (ii) Investments in the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary held by the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary; (iii) any Investment by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to the
extent paid for with cash or other property that constitutes Excluded Assets or Excluded
Securities, so long as at the time of acquisition thereof and after giving effect thereto there
exists no Default or Event of Default; and (iv) proceeds of the sale of any Excluded Assets or
Excluded Securities received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from a Person other than
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary.
“Excluded Securities” means any Debt, Preferred Stock or Common Stock issued by the Company,
or any Debt or Preferred Stock issued by any Restricted Subsidiary, in either case to an Affiliate
thereof other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, provided that, at all times, such
Excluded Securities shall:
(i) in the case of Debt not owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, constitute
Inter-Company Subordinated Debt;
(ii) in the case of Debt, not be guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary unless such guarantee shall constitute Inter-Company Subordinated Debt;
(iii) in the case of Debt, not be secured by any assets or property of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary;
(iv) in the case of Debt or Preferred Stock, provide by its terms that interest or
dividends thereon shall be payable only to the extent that, after giving effect to any such
payment, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(v) in the case of Debt or Preferred Stock, provide by its terms that no payment
(other than payments in the form of Excluded Securities) on account of principal (at
maturity, by operation of sinking fund or mandatory redemption or otherwise) or other
payment on account of redemption, repurchase, retirement or acquisition of such Excluded
Security shall be permitted until the earlier of (x) the Maturity Date of the Notes or (y)
the date on which all principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall have
been duly paid or provided for in full.
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“Existing Notes” means any of the Existing Senior Notes or the Existing Senior Subordinated
Notes.
“Existing Senior Notes” means any of the 9.625% Senior Notes Due 2011, 7.625% Senior Notes Due
2011, 7.25% Senior Notes Due 2011, 7.25% Senior Notes Due 2012, 7.875% Senior Notes Due 2012, 6.25%
Senior Notes Due 2013, 6.375% Senior Notes Due 2014, 5.50% Senior Notes Due 2014, 7.50% Senior
Notes Due 2015, 6.75% Senior Notes Due 2015 or 8.75% Senior Debentures Due 2032, in each case for
which the Company is a co-obligor.
“Existing Senior Subordinated Notes” means the 8.00% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2012 for
which the Company and RWP are co-obligors and RCCI is a guarantor.
“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Ltd. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Guarantors” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture.
“Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.
“Investment” means (i) directly or indirectly, any advance, loan or capital contribution to,
the purchase of any stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities of, the acquisition, by
purchase or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business or assets or stock or other
evidence of beneficial ownership of, any Person or making of any investment in any Person, (ii) the
designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (iii) the transfer of
any assets or properties from the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to any Unrestricted
Subsidiary, other than the transfer of assets or properties made in the ordinary course of
business. Investments shall exclude extensions of trade credit on commercially reasonable terms in
accordance with normal trade practices.
“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent) by
S&P, Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s or BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch.
“Issue Date” means August 6, 2008, the initial issue date of the Notes.
“Xxxxx’x” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business
thereof.
“Net Tangible Assets” means the Tangible Assets of any Person, less such Person’s current
liabilities.
“Notes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.
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“Other Senior Notes” means the senior notes and debentures for which the Company is the
obligor or a co-obligor, as applicable, that are outstanding as of the Issue Date, other than the
Notes to be issued hereunder.
“Permitted Liens” means any of the following Liens
(i) Liens for taxes, rates and assessments not yet due or, if due, the validity of
which is being contested diligently and in good faith by appropriate proceedings by the
Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (as applicable); and Liens for the excess of
the amount of any past due taxes for which a final assessment has not been received over
the amount of such taxes as estimated and paid;
(ii) the Lien of any judgment rendered which is being contested diligently and in good
faith by appropriate proceedings by the Company, or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, as
the case may be, and which does not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the
Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries to operate the business or operations of the
Company;
(iii) Liens on Excluded Assets;
(iv) pledges or deposits under worker’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws
or similar legislation or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts
(other than for the payment of Debt) or leases or deposits of cash or bonds or other direct
obligations of the United States, Canada or any Canadian province to secure surety or
appeal bonds or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the
payment of rents;
(v) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ liens, or
other liens arising out of judgments or awards with respect to which an appeal or other
proceeding for review is being prosecuted (and as to which any foreclosure or other
enforcement proceeding shall have been effectively stayed);
(vi) Liens for property taxes not yet subject to penalties for non-payment or which
are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings (and as to which
foreclosure or other enforcement proceedings shall have been effectively stayed);
(vii) Liens in favor of issuers of surety bonds issued in the ordinary course of
business;
(viii) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of or
rights of others for rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines
and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real
properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of the Person incurring them
or the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Debt or other
extensions of credit and which
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do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such properties or
materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(ix) Liens in favor of Xxxx Canada (or any successor) under any partial system
agreement or related agreement providing for the construction and installation by Xxxx
Canada of cables, attachments, connectors, support structures, closures and other equipment
in accordance with the plans and specifications of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
and the lease by Xxxx Canada of such equipment to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
in accordance with tariffs published by Xxxx Canada from time to time as approved by
regulatory authorities, the absence of which would materially and adversely affect the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries considered as a whole; and
(x) any other Lien existing on the Issue Date.
“Principal Property” means, as of any date of determination, any land, land improvements or
building (and associated factory, laboratory, office and switching equipment (excluding all
products marketed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries)) constituting a manufacturing,
development, warehouse, service, office or operating facility owned by or leased to the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary, located within Canada and having an acquisition cost plus capitalized
improvements in excess of 0.25% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company as of such date
of determination, other than any such property (i) which the Board of Directors determines is not
of material importance to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) which
is not used in the ordinary course of business or (iii) in which the interest of the Company and
all its Subsidiaries does not exceed 50%.
“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.
“Rating Agencies” means S&P, Xxxxx’x and Fitch, and each of such Rating Agencies is referred
to individually as a “Rating Agency”.
“Rating Date” means the date which is 90 days prior to the earlier of (i) a Change in Control
and (ii) public notice of the occurrence of a Change in Control or of the intention of the Company
to effect a Change in Control.
“Rating Decline” means the occurrence of the following on, or within 90 days after, the date
of public notice of the occurrence of a Change in Control or of the intention by the Company to
effect a Change in Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is
under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies): (i)
in the event the Notes are assigned an Investment Grade Rating by at least two of the three Rating
Agencies on the Rating Date, the rating of the Notes by at least two of the three Rating Agencies
shall be below an Investment Grade Rating; or (ii) in the event the Notes are rated below an
Investment Grade Rating by at least two of the three Rating Agencies on the Rating Date, the rating
of the Notes by at least two of the three Rating Agencies shall be decreased by one or
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more gradations (including gradations within rating categories as well as between rating
categories).
“RCCI” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture.
“Reference Treasury Dealer” means (1) either of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities Inc. or any successor of either entity; provided, however, that if either shall cease to
be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the
Company shall substitute for such dealer another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (2) any other Primary
Treasury Dealer(s) selected by the Company.
“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Reference Treasury Dealer, of the bid
and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its
principal amount) quoted by the Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day
preceding the Redemption Date.
“RWP” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.,
or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person providing for the
leasing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Principal Property (whether such
Principal Property is now owned or hereafter acquired) that has been or is to be sold or
transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person, other than (i) temporary
leases for a term, including renewals at the option of the lessee, of not more than three years,
(ii) leases between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries and
(iii) leases of Principal Property executed by the time of, or within 180 days after the latest of,
the acquisition, the completion of construction or improvement (including any improvements on
property which will result in such property becoming Principal Property), or the commencement of
commercial operation of such Principal Property.
“Secured Debt” means:
(a) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary secured by any Lien upon any
Principal Property or the stock or Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Restricted
Subsidiary that guarantees the payment obligations of the Company under the Notes); or
(b) any conditional sale or other title retention agreement covering any Principal
Property or Restricted Subsidiary;
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but does not include any Debt secured by any Lien or any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement:
(1) incurred or entered into on or after the Issue Date to finance the acquisition,
improvement or construction of such property and either secured by Purchase Money
Obligations or Liens placed on such property within 180 days of acquisition, improvement or
construction and securing Debt not to exceed 2.5% of the Company’s Consolidated Net
Tangible Assets at any time outstanding;
(2) on Principal Property or the stock or Debt of Restricted Subsidiaries and existing
at the time of acquisition of the property, stock or Debt;
(3) owing to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary; or
(4) existing at the time a corporation or other Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary;
each of the foregoing being referred to as “Exempted Secured Debt”.
“Subordination Agreement” means the subordination agreement among the Company, the Guarantors,
the Trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon (f/k/a JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and subsequently
f/k/a The Bank of New York), as trustee for the holders of the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes
(the “Subordinated Note Trustee”), in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
“Tangible Assets” means, at any date, the gross book value as shown by the accounting books
and records of any Person of all its property both real and personal, less (i) the net book value
of all its licenses, patents, patent applications, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, goodwill,
non-compete agreements or organizational expenses and other like intangibles, (ii) unamortized Debt
discount and expenses, (iii) all reserves for depreciation, obsolescence, depletion and
amortization of its properties and (iv) all other proper reserves which in accordance with GAAP
should be provided in connection with the business conducted by such Person.
“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Supplemental
Indenture, until a successor shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor Trustee.
SECTION 102. OTHER DEFINITIONS.
DEFINED | ||||
DEFINED TERM | IN SECTION | |||
Change in Control |
401 | |||
Change in Control Offer |
404 | (a) | ||
Change in Control Purchase Date |
404 | (a) | ||
Change in Control Purchase Notice |
404 | (b) |
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DEFINED | ||||
DEFINED TERM | IN SECTION | |||
Change in Control Purchase Price |
404 | (a) | ||
Change in Control Triggering Event |
401 | |||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
401 | |||
Family Percentage Holding |
401 | |||
Guarantee |
701 | (a) | ||
Guaranteed Obligations |
701 | (a) | ||
Maturity Date |
301 | |||
Member of the Rogers Family |
401 | |||
Permitted Residuary Beneficiary |
401 | |||
Perpetuity Date |
401 | |||
Qualifying Trust |
401 | |||
Spouse |
401 | |||
Successor Guarantor |
703 |
SECTION 103. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.
Upon the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture by the Company, the Guarantors
and the Trustee, the Indenture shall be supplemented and amended in accordance herewith, and this
Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes; provided, however, that
except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall be
applicable, and the Indenture is hereby supplemented and amended as specified herein, solely with
respect to the Notes and not with respect to any other Securities previously issued or to be issued
under the Indenture. In the event of a conflict between any provisions of the Indenture and this
Supplemental Indenture, the relevant provision or provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall
govern.
SECTION 104. INDENTURE REMAINS IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
Except as supplemented or amended hereby, all other provisions in the Indenture, to the extent
not inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 105. INCORPORATION OF INDENTURE.
All the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be incorporated in, and
made a part of, the Indenture; and the Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental
Indenture, shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument; provided, however,
that the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture are expressly and solely for the benefit of the
Holders of the Notes.
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SECTION 106. COUNTERPARTS.
This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so
executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but
one and the same instrument.
SECTION 107. 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. Unless otherwise expressly specified, references in this
Supplemental Indenture to specific Article numbers or Section numbers refer to Articles and
Sections contained in this Supplemental Indenture, and not the Indenture or any other document.
SECTION 108. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All covenants and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture by the Company and the Guarantors
shall bind their respective successors and permitted assigns (if any), whether so expressed or not.
All covenants and agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its
successors and permitted assigns (if any), whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 109. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
In case any provision in this Supplemental 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 110. BENEFITS OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.
Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any
Person (other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent and any Security Registrar, and their
successors hereunder, and the Holders) any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under this Supplemental Indenture or in respect of the Notes.
SECTION 111. GOVERNING LAW.
This Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York. This Supplemental Indenture shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required or deemed to be part of this Supplemental
Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
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ARTICLE TWO
FORM OF THE NOTES
FORM OF THE NOTES
SECTION 201. FORMS GENERALLY.
The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the forms
set forth in this Article, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Supplemental Indenture and may have such letters,
numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be
required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Notes (but
which shall not affect the rights or duties of the Trustee). Any portion of the text of any Note
may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the
Note.
The definitive Notes shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination
of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities
exchange on which the Notes may be listed, all as determined by the officers executing such Notes,
as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
The Notes shall be in registered form and shall initially be registered in the name of the
Depositary or its nominee. The Notes shall be issued initially as Book-Entry Securities in the
form of one or more Global Securities substantially in the form set forth in this Article deposited
with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, and duly executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The Depositary for such Global Securities
shall be DTC. The aggregate principal amount of the Global Securities may from time to time be
increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Depositary or its nominee, or of
the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 202. FORM OF FACE OF NOTE.
The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be
substantially in the form provided for in this Section 202 and Sections 203 and 204:
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO) 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
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OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED
HOLDER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE BASE INDENTURE (HEREINAFTER REFERRED
TO). THIS NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE BASE INDENTURE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN
CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART
PURSUANT TO SECTION 207(B) OF THE BASE INDENTURE, (III) THIS NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE
FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 211 OF THE BASE INDENTURE AND (IV) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE
PROVIDED IN SECTION 207(B) OF THE BASE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED, IN WHOLE BUT
NOT IN PART, ONLY (X) BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, (Y) BY A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR (Z) BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY
NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR TO A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
XXXXXX COMMUNICATIONS INC.
6.80% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2018
No.
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Xxxxxx Communications Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Province of British
Columbia (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor entity under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered
assigns, the principal sum of U.S. dollars (or such other amount that may from time to
time be indicated on the records of the Depositary as the result of increases or decreases by
adjustments made on the records of the Depositary, in accordance with the rules and procedures of
the Depositary) on August 15, 2018 at the office or agency of the Company referred to below, and to
pay interest thereon in arrears on February 15, 2009 and semi-annually in arrears thereafter, on
February 15 and August 15 in each year (each herein called an “Interest Payment Date”), which
interest shall accrue from and including August 6, 2008 or from the most recent Interest Payment
Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at the rate of 6.80% per annum, until
the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for, and (to the extent lawful) to pay interest on
any overdue interest at the rate borne by the Notes from the date of the Interest Payment Date on
which such overdue interest becomes payable to the date payment of such interest has been made or
duly provided for. 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
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the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at
the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the February 1
or August 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, and interest on such
Default Interest, at the interest rate borne by the Notes, to the extent lawful, shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Person in
whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Default Interest to be fixed by the Trustee,
notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date, or may 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.
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at
the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of New York (which
initially shall be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee), and if the Company shall designate
and maintain an additional office or agency for such purpose, also at such additional office or
agency, in U.S. dollars; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of
the Company by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall
appear on the Security Register; provided, further, that all payments of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on Notes, the Holders of which have given wire transfer instructions
to the Company or the Paying Agent at least 10 Business Days prior to the applicable payment date
and hold at least U.S.$1,000,000 in principal amount of Notes, will be required to be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by such Holders in such
instructions. Any such wire transfer instructions received by the Company or the Paying Agent shall
remain in effect until revoked by such Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the final payment of
principal shall be payable only upon surrender of this Note to the Paying Agent.
Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months. For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), the yearly rate of interest which is
equivalent to the rate payable hereunder is the rate payable multiplied by the actual number of
days in the year and divided by 360.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse
hereof, 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 duly executed by the Trustee referred
to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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Dated:
XXXXXX COMMUNICATIONS INC. |
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SECTION 203. FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company designated as its
6.80% Senior Notes due 2018 (herein called the “Notes”), which may be issued under an indenture (as
the same may from time to time be supplemented or amended (other than by a Series Supplement),
herein called the “Base Indenture”) dated as of August 6, 2008 between the Company and The Bank of
New York Mellon, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee
thereunder), as supplemented and amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 6,
2008 among the Company, Xxxxxx Wireless Partnership, an Ontario partnership, Xxxxxx Cable
Communications Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Ontario (together with Xxxxxx
Wireless Partnership, the “Guarantors”), and the Trustee (herein called the “Supplemental
Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), to which the Indenture
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties,
obligations and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, 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 Company will pay to the Holders such Additional Amounts as may become payable under
Section 907 of the Base Indenture.
On or before each Interest Payment Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Trustee or the Paying Agent an amount in U.S. dollars sufficient to pay the amount due on such
payment date.
To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest on the Notes and all
other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall
be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of
the Notes and the Indenture, the Guarantors have, jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally
guaranteed the Guaranteed Obligations on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis pursuant to the terms
of the Indenture. The Guarantors will pay to the Holders such Additional Amounts as may become
payable under Section 704 of the Supplemental Indenture.
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The Notes will be subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior
notice by first-class mail, at any time, as a whole or in part, in amounts of U.S.$2,000 or an
integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof, at the option of the Company, at a Redemption
Price equal to the greater of: (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, and
(2) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled
payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of the
payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a
semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted
Treasury Rate plus 40 basis points, in each case plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption
Date.
The Notes will also be subject to redemption as a whole, but not in part, at the option of the
Company at any time, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior written notice, at 100% of
the principal amount plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date, in the event the Company
has become or would become obligated to pay, on the next date on which any amount would be payable
in respect of the Notes, any Additional Amounts as a result of certain changes affecting Canadian
withholding taxes on or after the Issue Date.
In the case of any redemption of Notes, interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of record of such Notes, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date referred to on
the face hereof. Notes (or portions thereof), for whose redemption and payment provision is made in
accordance with the Indenture, shall cease to bear interest from and after the Redemption Date. In
the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a replacement Note or Notes for the unredeemed
portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default resulting from a Change in Control
Triggering Event which is cured in accordance with Section 404 of the Supplemental Indenture by the
making and consummation of a Change in Control Offer) shall occur and be continuing, the principal
amount of all the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided
in the Indenture.
In addition, it shall be an Event of Default under the Indenture if a Change in Control
Triggering Event occurs on or prior to the Maturity of the Notes. Following such an Event of
Default the principal amount of all the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and
with the effect provided in the Indenture unless the Company (or a third party) offers, within 20
Business Days after the occurrence of such Event of Default, to purchase the Notes and purchases
the Notes for the Change in Control Purchase Price in cash on the date that is 40 Business Days
after the occurrence of the Change in Control Triggering Event from a Holder who delivers and does
not withdraw a Change in Control Purchase Notice. Holders have the right to withdraw any Change in
Control Purchase Notice by delivering to the Paying Agent a written notice of withdrawal in
accordance with the terms and provisions of the Indenture.
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The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of
the Company on this Note and (b) certain restrictive covenants and the related Defaults and Events
of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, which
provisions apply to this Note.
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 under
the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the 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 or on behalf of
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.
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 premium, if any) 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 on the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for
registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or any other office or agency
of the Company designated pursuant to the Indenture duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed
by, the Holder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more
replacement Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations, of a like aggregate principal
amount and containing identical terms and provisions, will be issued to the designated transferee
or transferees.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of U.S.$2,000
or integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption of
Notes, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all documentary, stamp or
similar issue or transfer taxes or other governmental charges payable in connection with any
registration of transfer or exchange.
Prior to the time of due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company,
the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Note is registered as the owner hereof for all
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purposes except as otherwise provided, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
SECTION 204. FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, certifies
that this is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
The Bank of New York Mellon |
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By | ||||
Authorized Officer |
ARTICLE THREE
THE NOTES
THE NOTES
SECTION 301. TITLE AND TERMS.
The Notes shall be known and designated as the “6.80% Senior Notes due 2018” of the Company.
The entire unpaid principal amount of each Note shall be become due and payable to the Holder
thereof on August 15, 2018 (the “Maturity Date”). Interest shall accrue on the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of each Note at a rate of interest equal to 6.80% per annum from August 6, 2008,
or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.
Such interest shall be payable on February 15, 2009 and semi-annually thereafter on February 15 and
August 15 in each year (each an Interest Payment Date for purposes of this Supplemental Indenture),
until the principal thereof is paid or duly provided for. Interest on the Notes shall be payable
in arrears. The Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date shall be
February 1 or August 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such
Interest Payment Date. To the extent lawful, interest shall accrue on any overdue interest at the
rate borne by the Notes from the date of the Interest Payment Date on which such overdue interest
becomes payable to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for and such
Default Interest shall be payable at the times and on the terms provided for in the Indenture.
An unlimited aggregate principal amount of the Notes may be authenticated and delivered under
this Supplemental Indenture (of which U.S.$1,400,000,000 is being issued, authenticated and
delivered on the date hereof), including Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 204, 205, 206, 207,
208, 806, 1008 or 1009 of the Indenture and Section 404 hereof. Additional Notes ranking pari
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passu with the Securities issued on the date hereof may be created and issued under the
Indenture from time to time by the Company without notice to or consent of the Holders, subject to
the Company complying with any applicable provision of the Indenture. Any additional Notes created
and issued shall have the same terms and conditions as the Notes initially issued, except for their
date of issue, issue price and first Interest Payment Date, and shall be consolidated with and form
a single Series with the Notes initially issued.
The Notes shall be unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of the Company ranking pari passu
with any other present or future unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of the Company.
The Notes shall be denominated in, and all principal of, and interest and premium (if any) on,
the Notes shall be payable in U.S. dollars. Any payment of Additional Amounts hereunder shall also
be payable in U.S. dollars.
The Notes may be redeemed at the option of the Company at the prices, at the times and on such
other terms and conditions as are specified in the form of the Note in Article Two hereof. The
Company shall not be obligated to redeem, purchase or repay the Notes pursuant to any sinking fund
or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder of the Notes except as provided in Article Six
hereof.
The Notes shall be subject to the covenants (and the related definitions) set forth in
Articles Seven and Nine of the Indenture and, except as otherwise provided herein, to any other
covenant in the Indenture, and to the defeasance and discharge provisions set forth in Article
Three thereof.
Certain obligations of the Company under the Notes shall be fully and unconditionally
guaranteed on a joint and several basis by each of the Guarantors to the extent set forth in
Article Seven hereof.
SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS.
The Notes shall be issuable only in fully registered form without coupons and in denominations
of U.S.$2,000 or integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof.
SECTION 303. NOTES TO BE SECURED IN CERTAIN EVENTS.
If, upon any consolidation or amalgamation of the Company or a Guarantor, as applicable, with
or merger of the Company or a Guarantor, as applicable, into any other Person, or upon any
conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition of the properties and assets of the Company or a
Guarantor, as applicable, substantially as an entirety to any Person by liquidation, winding-up or
otherwise (in one transaction or a series of related transactions), in each case in accordance with
Section 701 of the Indenture, in the case of the Company, or Section 703 of this Supplemental
Indenture, in the case of a Guarantor, any property or asset of the Company or of any Subsidiary,
would thereupon become subject to any Lien, then, unless such Lien could be created pursuant to
Section 502 without equally and ratably securing the Notes, the Company or the Guarantor, as
applicable, prior to or simultaneously with such consolidation,
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amalgamation, merger, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition, will, as to such property or
asset, secure the Notes Outstanding hereunder (together with, if the Company or such Guarantor
shall so determine, any other Debt of the Company or such Guarantor now existing or hereafter
created which is not subordinate to the Notes) equally and ratably with (or prior to) the Debt
which upon such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition is
to become secured as to such property or asset by such Lien, or will cause such Notes to be so
secured.
ARTICLE FOUR
REMEDIES UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
REMEDIES UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
SECTION 401. ADDITIONAL EVENT OF DEFAULT.
In addition to the Events of Default set forth in Section 401 of the Indenture, “Event of
Default”, wherever used herein and in the Indenture with respect to the Notes, includes the
occurrence of a Change in Control Triggering Event (whatever the reason for such Event of Default
and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to
any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative
or governmental body).
Under this Supplemental Indenture, a “Change in Control Triggering Event” is deemed to occur
upon both a Change in Control and a Rating Decline with respect to the Notes.
A “Change in Control” means (i) any transaction (including an amalgamation, merger or
consolidation or the sale of Capital Stock of the Company) the result of which is that any Person
or group of Persons (as the term “group” is used in Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act), other than
Members of the Rogers Family or a Person or group of Persons consisting of or controlled, directly
or indirectly, by one or more Members of the Rogers Family, acquires, directly or indirectly, more
than 50% of the total voting power of all classes of Voting Shares of the Company or (ii) any
transaction (including an amalgamation, merger or consolidation or the sale of Capital Stock of the
Company) the result of which is that any Person or group of Persons, other than (A) Members of the
Rogers Family or a Person or group of Persons consisting of or controlled, directly or indirectly,
by one or more Members of the Rogers Family or (B) for so long as the only primary beneficiaries of
a Qualifying Trust established under the last will and testament of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx are one or
more persons referred to in clause (ii) of the definition of “Member of the Rogers Family” or the
Spouse, for the time being and from time to time, of the issue (including individuals adopted by
such Persons, provided that such adopted individuals have not attained the age of majority at the
date of such adoption, together with the issue of any such adopted individuals) of any person
described in subclause (ii)(c) or (d) of the definition of “Member of the Rogers Family”, any
Person designated by the trustees of such Qualifying Trust to exercise voting rights attaching to
any shares held by such trustees, has elected to the Board of Directors such number of its or their
nominees so that such nominees so elected shall constitute a majority of the number of the
directors comprising the Board of Directors; provided that to the extent that one or more
regulatory approvals are required for any of the
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transactions or circumstances described in clause (i) or (ii) above to become effective under
applicable law, such transactions or circumstances shall be deemed to have occurred at the time
such approvals have been obtained and become effective under applicable law.
“Member of the Rogers Family” means (i) Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx (who was born on May 27, 1933, such
individual being hereinafter referred to as “Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx”); (ii) such of the following persons
as are living at the date of this Supplemental Indenture or are born after the date of this
Indenture and before the Perpetuity Date: (a) the spouse, for the time being and from time to time,
of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx; (b) after the death of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, the widow, if any, of Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx; (c) the issue of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx; (d) Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, the half-sister of
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, and the issue of Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx; (e) individuals adopted by Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx or any of the persons described in subclauses (a), (b) or (c) of this clause (ii),
provided that such adopted individuals have not attained the age of majority at the date of such
adoption, together with the issue of any such adopted individuals; provided that if any person is
born out of wedlock he shall be deemed not to be the issue of another person for the purposes
hereof unless and until he is proven or acknowledged to be the issue of such person and; (iii) the
trustees of any Qualifying Trust, but only to the extent of such Qualifying Trust’s Family
Percentage Holding of voting securities or rights to control or direct the voting securities of the
Company at the time of the determination.
“Family Percentage Holding” means the aggregate percentage of the securities held by a
Qualifying Trust representing, directly or indirectly, an interest in voting securities or rights
to control or direct the voting securities of the Company, that it is reasonable, under all the
circumstances, to regard as being held beneficially for Qualified Persons (or any class consisting
of two or more Qualified Persons); provided always that in calculating the Family Percentage
Holding (A) in respect of any power of appointment or discretionary trust capable of being
exercised in favor of any of the Qualified Persons such trust or power shall be deemed to have been
exercised in favor of Qualified Persons until such trust or power has been otherwise exercised; (B)
where any beneficiary of a Qualifying Trust has assigned, transferred or conveyed, in any manner
whatsoever, his or her beneficial interest to another person, then, for the purpose of determining
the Family Percentage Holding in respect of such Qualifying Trust, the person to whom such interest
has been assigned, transferred or conveyed shall be regarded as the only person beneficially
interested in the Qualifying Trust in respect of such interest but in the case where the interest
is so assigned, transferred or conveyed is an interest in a discretionary trust or is an interest
which may arise as a result of the exercise in favor of the assignor of a discretionary power of
appointment and such discretionary trust or power of appointment is also capable of being exercised
in favor of persons described in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of “Member of the Rogers
Family”, such discretionary trust or power shall be deemed to have been so exercised in favor of
Qualified Persons until it has in fact been exercised; and (C) the interest of any Permitted
Residuary Beneficiary shall be ignored until its interest has indefeasibly vested.
“Permitted Residuary Beneficiary” means any person who is a beneficiary of a Qualifying Trust
and, under the terms of the Qualifying Trust, is entitled to
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distributions out of the capital of such Qualifying Trust only after the death of all of the
Qualified Persons who are beneficiaries of such Qualifying Trust.
“Perpetuity Date” means the date that is 21 years, less one day, from the date of the death of
the last survivor of the individuals described in clause (i) or subclause (ii)(a), (b), (c), (d) or
(e) of the definition of “Member of the Rogers Family”, who are living at the date of this
Indenture.
“Qualifying Trust” means a trust (whether testamentary or inter vivos) any beneficiary of
which is a person referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of “Member of the Rogers
Family” or the Spouse, for the time being and from time to time, of the issue (including
individuals adopted by such Persons, provided that such adopted individuals have not attained the
age of majority at the date of such adoption, together with the issue of any such adopted
individuals) of any person described in subclause (ii)(c) or (d) of the definition of “Member of
the Rogers Family”, provided that such Spouse is living at the date of this Indenture or is born
after the date of this Indenture and before the Perpetuity Date (all such persons being hereafter
referred to as “Qualified Persons”).
“Spouse” means, in relation to any person, a person who is legally married to that person and
includes a widow or widower of that person, notwithstanding remarriage.
SECTION 402. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.
If a Change in Control Triggering Event occurs and is continuing and the Company (or a third
party) fails in any material respect to comply with any of the provisions of Section 404 hereof,
then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then Outstanding may declare the principal of all such Notes to be due and
payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by
Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal shall become immediately due and payable.
SECTION 403. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
Notwithstanding Section 413 of the Indenture, the Holders of Notes may not waive any past
Default or Event of Default arising from a Change in Control Triggering Event by providing a
written notice of a Holder Direction to the Trustee. Any such Default or Event of Default may be
waived only with the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note.
SECTION 404. CHANGE IN CONTROL OFFER.
(a) The Notes may not be accelerated pursuant to Section 402 hereof following an Event
of Default arising from a Change in Control Triggering Event and such Event of Default
shall be cured if the Company complies with the provisions of this Section 404. If the
Company elects to cure such Event of
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Default, within 20 Business Days of the occurrence of an Event of Default arising from
a Change in Control Triggering Event, (i) the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing
of the occurrence of the Change in Control Triggering Event and shall make an offer to
purchase (the “Change in Control Offer”) all outstanding Notes properly tendered at a
purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus any accrued and unpaid
interest thereon to the Change in Control Purchase Date (as hereinafter defined) (the
“Change in Control Purchase Price”) on the date that is 40 Business Days after the
occurrence of the Change in Control Triggering Event (the “Change in Control Purchase
Date”), (ii) the Trustee shall mail a copy of the Change in Control Offer to each Holder
and (iii) the Company shall cause a notice of the Change in Control Offer to be sent at
least once to the Dow Xxxxx News Service or similar business news service in the United
States and CNW Group Ltd. (Canada News Wire) or a similar news service in Canada. The
Change in Control Offer shall remain open from the time such offer is made until the Change
in Control Purchase Date. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to ascertain the
occurrence of a Change in Control Triggering Event or to give notice with respect thereto
other than as provided above upon receipt of a Change in Control Offer from the Company.
The Trustee may conclusively assume, in the absence of receipt of a Change in Control Offer
from the Company, that no Change in Control Triggering Event has occurred. The Change in
Control Offer shall include a form of Change in Control Purchase Notice to be completed by
the Holder and shall state:
(i) the events causing a Change in Control Triggering Event and the date such
Change in Control Triggering Event is deemed to have occurred;
(ii) that the Change in Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section
404 and that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change in Control Offer
will be accepted for payment;
(iii) the date by which the Change in Control Purchase Notice pursuant to
this Section 404 must be given;
(iv) the Change in Control Purchase Date;
(v) the Change in Control Purchase Price;
(vi) the names and addresses of the Paying Agent and the offices or agencies
referred to in Section 902 of the Indenture;
(vii) that Notes must be surrendered to the Paying Agent at the office of the
Paying Agent or to an office or agency referred to in Section 902 of the Indenture
to collect payment;
(viii) that the Change in Control Purchase Price for any Note as to which a
Change in Control Purchase Notice has been duly given and not withdrawn will be
paid promptly upon the later of the first Business Day
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following the Change in Control Purchase Date and the time of surrender of
such Note as described in clause (vii) above;
(ix) the procedures the Holder must follow to accept the Change in Control
Offer; and
(x) the procedures for withdrawing a Change in Control Purchase Notice.
(b) A Holder may accept a Change in Control Offer by delivering to the Paying Agent at
the office of the Paying Agent or to an office or agency referred to in Section 902 of the
Indenture a written notice (a “Change in Control Purchase Notice”) at any time prior to the
close of business on the Change in Control Purchase Date, stating:
(i) that such Holder elects to have a Note purchased pursuant to the Change in
Control Offer;
(ii) the principal amount of the Note that the Holder elects to have purchased
by the Company, which amount must be U.S.$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof,
and the certificate numbers of the Notes to be delivered by such Holder for
purchase by the Company; and
(iii) that such Note shall be purchased on the Change in Control Purchase Date
pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in this Supplemental Indenture.
The delivery of such Note (together with all necessary endorsements) to the Paying Agent at
the office of the Paying Agent or to an office or agency referred to in Section 902 of the
Indenture prior to, on or after the Change in Control Purchase Date shall be a condition to the
receipt by the Holder of the Change in Control Purchase Price therefor; provided that such Change
in Control Purchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 404 only if the Note so
delivered to the Paying Agent or to an office or agency referred to in Section 902 of the Indenture
shall conform in all respects to the description thereof set forth in the related Change in Control
Purchase Notice.
The Company shall purchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this Section 404, a portion of
a Note if the principal amount of such portion is U.S.$1,000 or an integral multiple of U.S.$1,000.
Provisions of the Indenture that apply to the purchase of all of a Note also apply to the purchase
of a portion of such Note.
Any purchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 404 shall
be consummated by the delivery by the Company of the consideration to be received by the Holder
promptly upon the later of (a) the first Business Day following the Change in Control Purchase Date
and (b) the time of delivery of the Note by the Holder to the Paying Agent or to an office or
agency referred to in Section 902 of the Indenture in the manner required by this Section 404.
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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent, at
the office of the Paying Agent or an office or agency referred to in Section 902 of the Indenture,
the Change in Control Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section 404(b) shall have the right to
withdraw such Change in Control Purchase Notice at any time prior to the close of business on the
Change in Control Purchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent
or to an office or agency referred to in Section 902 of the Indenture in accordance with Section
601 hereof.
The Paying Agent or the office or agency referred to in Section 902 of the Indenture shall
promptly notify the Company of the receipt by the former of any Change in Control Purchase Notice
or written notice of withdrawal thereof.
(c) The Notes may also not be accelerated pursuant to Section 402 hereof following an
Event of Default arising from a Change in Control Triggering Event and such Event of
Default shall also be cured if a third party makes and consummates a Change in Control
Offer in the manner and at the times and otherwise in compliance with this Section 404;
provided, however, that any such third party shall be subject to Section 907 of the
Indenture in respect of any amounts paid by such third party hereunder (for this purpose,
Section 907 of the Indenture is modified by replacing “Company” with the name of the third
party) and such Event of Default shall be cured only if such third party complies with
Section 907 of the Indenture (as modified) or if the Company satisfies the third party’s
obligations under such Section.
ARTICLE FIVE
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
SECTION 501. RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES.
(a) The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary or
any Person that is to become a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary may transfer any assets or properties to an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, if (i) prior to and immediately after such designation, no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) such Subsidiary or Person, together
with all other Unrestricted Subsidiaries, shall not in the aggregate have Net Tangible
Assets greater than 15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets; provided,
however, that for the purposes of this Section 501, (1) the Company’s Consolidated Net
Tangible Assets shall also include the aggregate Net Tangible Assets of such Subsidiary or
Person and all other Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (2) Excluded Assets shall be excluded
from the calculation of Net Tangible Assets and Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
(b) The Board of Directors of the Company may not designate any Unrestricted
Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary unless immediately before and after giving effect to
such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
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(c) Nothing in this Section 501 shall restrict or limit the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary from transferring any asset that is an Excluded Asset to any Unrestricted
Subsidiary or any Person that is to become an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
SECTION 502. LIMITATION ON SECURED DEBT.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create,
assume, incur or guarantee any Secured Debt unless and for so long as the Company secures, or
causes such Restricted Subsidiary to secure, the Notes equally and ratably with (or prior to) such
Secured Debt. However, any of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Secured Debt
without securing the Notes if, immediately after incurring the Secured Debt, the aggregate
principal amount of all Secured Debt then outstanding plus the aggregate amount of the Attributable
Debt then outstanding pursuant to Sale and Leaseback Transactions would not exceed 15% of the
Company’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. The aggregate amount of all Secured Debt in the
preceding sentence excludes Secured Debt which is secured equally and ratably with the Notes and
Secured Debt that is being repaid concurrently. Any Lien which is granted to secure the Notes
under this Section 502 shall be discharged at the same time as the discharge of the Lien securing
the Secured Debt that gave rise to the obligation to secure the Notes under this Section 502.
SECTION 503. LIMITATION ON SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale
and Leaseback Transaction, unless either (a) immediately thereafter, the sum of (1) the
Attributable Debt to be outstanding pursuant to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and all other
Sale and Leaseback Transactions entered into by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary on or after
the Issue Date (or, in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary, the date on which it became a
Restricted Subsidiary, if on or after the Issue Date) and (2) the aggregate amount of all Secured
Debt, excluding Secured Debt which is secured equally and ratably with the Notes, would not exceed
15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets or (b) an amount, equal to the greater of the
net proceeds to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary from such sale and the Attributable Debt to
be outstanding pursuant to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, is used within 180 days to retire
Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary. However, Debt which is subordinate to the Notes or
which is owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary may not be retired in satisfaction of
clause (b) above.
SECTION 504. LIMITATION ON RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY DEBT.
The Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Debt (other than Debt to the extent that the Notes are secured
equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Debt), unless (1) the obligations of the Company under
the Notes are guaranteed (which guarantee may be on an unsecured basis) by such Restricted
Subsidiary such that the claim of the Holders of
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the Notes under such guarantee ranks prior to or pari passu with such Debt or (2) after giving
effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom, the sum of
(without duplication) (x) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of Debt (other than
Exempted Secured Debt) of all Restricted Subsidiaries, (y) the then outstanding aggregate principal
amount of Secured Debt of the Company (not on a Consolidated basis) and (z) Attributable Debt
relating to then outstanding Sale and Leaseback Transactions, would not exceed 15% of Consolidated
Net Tangible Assets; provided, however, that this restriction will not apply to, and there will be
excluded from any calculation hereunder, (A) Debt owing by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company
or to another Restricted Subsidiary and (B) Debt secured by Permitted Liens; provided, further,
that this restriction will not prohibit the incurrence of Debt in connection with any extension,
renewal or replacement (including successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in
part, of any Debt of the Restricted Subsidiaries (provided that the principal amount of such Debt
immediately prior to such extension, renewal or replacement is not increased).
SECTION 505. SUBORDINATION ARRANGEMENTS.
At the time this Indenture is entered into, each of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee
and the Subordinated Note Trustee shall have entered into the Subordination Agreement.
SECTION 506. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
Pursuant to Section 910 of the Indenture, the Company may omit in any particular instance to
comply with any covenant or condition in Sections 905 or 906 thereof and any covenant or condition
in Sections 501, 502, 503, 504 or 505 of this Supplemental Indenture if, before or after the time
for such compliance, the Holders of all of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall, by Holder
Direction, waive such compliance in such instance with such covenant or condition, but no such
waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly
waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the
duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and
effect.
ARTICLE SIX
CHANGE IN CONTROL PROVISIONS
CHANGE IN CONTROL PROVISIONS
SECTION 601. EFFECT OF CHANGE IN CONTROL PURCHASE NOTICE.
Upon receipt by the Company of the Change in Control Purchase Notice specified in Section
404(b) hereof, the Holder of the Note in respect of which such Change in Control Purchase Notice
was given shall (unless such Change in Control Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in the
following two paragraphs of this Section) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Change in
Control Purchase Price with respect to such Note. Such Change in Control Purchase Price shall be
paid to such Holder upon the later of (a) the first Business Day following the Change in Control
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Purchase Date (provided the conditions in Section 404(b) hereof have been satisfied) and (b)
the time of delivery of the Note to the Paying Agent at the office of the Paying Agent or to the
office or agency referred to in Section 902 of the Indenture by the Holder thereof in the manner
required by Section 404(b) hereof.
A Change in Control Purchase Notice may be withdrawn before or after delivery by the Holder to
the Paying Agent at the office of the Paying Agent of the Note to which such Change in Control
Purchase Notice relates, by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered by the Holder to the
Paying Agent at the office of the Paying Agent or to the office or agency referred to in Section
902 of the Indenture to which the related Change in Control Purchase Notice was delivered at any
time prior to the close of business on the Change in Control Purchase Date specifying, as
applicable:
(a) the certificate number of the Note in respect of which such notice of withdrawal
is being submitted,
(b) the principal amount of the Note (which shall be U.S.$1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof) with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, and
(c) the principal amount, if any, of such Note (which shall be U.S.$1,000 or an
integral multiple thereof) that remains subject to the original Change in Control Purchase
Notice and that has been or will be delivered for purchase by the Company.
The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Notes with respect
to which a Change in Control Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in compliance with this
Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 602. DEPOSIT OF CHANGE IN CONTROL PURCHASE PRICE.
No later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Business Day following the Change in Control
Purchase Date the Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Paying Agent (or, if the
Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 903
of the Indenture) an amount of cash sufficient to pay the aggregate Change in Control Purchase
Price of all the Notes or portions thereof that are to be purchased as of the Change in Control
Purchase Date.
SECTION 603. REPAYMENT TO THE COMPANY.
As provided in the Notes, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company any
cash that remains unclaimed, together with interest and dividends, if any, thereon (subject to the
provisions of Section 507 of the Indenture), held by them for the payment of the Change in Control
Purchase Price; provided, however, that, to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited
by the Company pursuant to Section 602 hereof exceeds the aggregate Change in Control Purchase
Price of the Notes or portions thereof to be purchased, then the Trustee shall hold such excess for
the Company
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and promptly after the Business Day following the Change in Control Purchase Date the Trustee
shall upon demand return any such excess to the Company together with interest and dividends, if
any, thereon (subject to the provisions of Section 507 of the Indenture).
ARTICLE SEVEN
GUARANTEES
GUARANTEES
SECTION 701. GUARANTEES.
(a) Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally
guarantees (each, a “Guarantee”) due payment and performance to the Trustee, for and on
behalf of the Holders, forthwith after demand, of all the obligations of the Company under
this Supplemental Indenture or under the Notes to pay the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on the Notes when due and payable at Maturity and any Additional Amounts,
and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with this Supplemental
Indenture, the Notes and the performance of all other obligations to the Trustee (including
all amounts due to the Trustee under Section 507 of the Indenture) and the Holders of the
Notes which obligations arise under this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, according to
the terms hereof and thereof, including any applicable grace periods (the “Guaranteed
Obligations”). Each Guarantee shall be an unsecured, unsubordinated obligation of the
applicable Guarantor ranking pari passu with other present and future unsecured,
unsubordinated obligations of such Guarantor. The Company hereby fully and unconditionally
guarantees the Guarantee of each Guarantor.
(b) Each Guarantor agrees that, without obtaining the consent of or giving notice to
such Guarantor, the Trustee may vary this Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture, as
provided herein and therein, grant extensions of time or other indulgences, take and give
up securities, grant releases and discharges and otherwise deal with the Company and other
parties as the Trustee may see fit and may apply all monies received from the Company or
others or from securities upon such part of the Company’s liability as the Trustee may
think best without prejudice to or in any way limiting or lessening the liability of the
Guarantor under this Supplemental Indenture.
(c) Each Guarantee shall be a continuing guarantee of all the Guaranteed Obligations
and shall apply to any ultimate balance due or remaining unpaid to the Holders of the
Notes. No Guarantee shall be considered as wholly or partially satisfied by the payment or
liquidation at any time of any sum of money which may at any time be or become owing or due
or remain unpaid to the Holders of the Notes.
(d) No Guarantee shall be discharged or otherwise affected by any change in the name,
objects, businesses, assets, capital structure or constitution of the Company or any
Guarantor, or by any merger or amalgamation of the Company or any Guarantor with any Person
or Persons, except as otherwise provided in this
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Supplemental Indenture or the applicable provisions of the Indenture. In the case of
the Company being amalgamated with another corporation, the Guarantees shall apply to the
liabilities of the resulting corporation, and the term “Company” shall include each such
resulting corporation.
(e) All monies, advances, renewals and credits in fact borrowed or obtained by the
Company under this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to form part of the liabilities
hereby guaranteed notwithstanding any limitation of status or of power of the Company or of
the directors or agents thereof or that the Company may not be a legal entity or any
irregularity, defect or informality in the borrowing or obtaining of such monies, advances,
renewals or credits.
(f) The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are and shall be absolute and
unconditional and any moneys or amounts expressed to be owing or payable by each Guarantor
hereunder which may not be recoverable from each Guarantor on the basis of a guarantee or
as surety shall be recoverable from each Guarantor as a primary obligor and principal
debtor in respect thereof.
(g) The Trustee shall not be bound to exhaust its recourse against the Company or
other parties before being entitled to demand payment from or performance by any Guarantor
and enforce its rights under this Supplemental Indenture.
(h) Any account settled or stated by or between the Trustee and the Company in
relation to this Supplemental Indenture shall be accepted by the Guarantor as conclusive
evidence that the balance or amount thereby appearing due by the Company to the Trustee is
so due.
(i) Each Guarantor shall make payment to the Trustee of the amount of the liability of
such Guarantor forthwith after demand therefor is made in writing during the continuance of
any Event of Default and such demand shall be conclusively deemed to have been effectually
made when delivered in accordance with the notice provisions set forth herein and the
liability of such Guarantor shall bear interest from the date of such demand at the rate
borne by the Notes, such interest to be calculated monthly based on the number of days
elapsed and to be deemed payable on the first Business Day of a month in respect of the
immediately preceding month or upon demand, whichever is earlier.
(j) All amounts payable by any Guarantor under this Supplemental Indenture shall be
paid without set-off or counterclaim and without any deduction or withholding whatsoever
unless and to the extent that a Guarantor shall be prohibited by law from doing so, in
which case such Guarantor shall, only to the extent such a similar requirement is imposed
on the Company pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, pay to the Trustee such additional
amount as shall be necessary to ensure that the Trustee receives the full amount it would
have received if no such deduction or withholding had been made.
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(k) Each Guarantor acknowledges that it has, by separate written instrument,
irrevocably designated and appointed CT Corporation System (“CT Corporation”) as its
authorized agent upon which process may be served in any suit or proceeding arising out of
or relating to the Notes, the Guarantees or this Supplemental Indenture that may be
instituted in any federal or state court in the State of New York or brought under federal
or state securities laws. Each Guarantor acknowledges that CT Corporation has accepted
such designation, submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such
suit or proceeding and acknowledges further that service of process upon CT Corporation (or
any successor) and written notice of said service to each Guarantor shall be deemed in
every respect effective service of process upon any Guarantor in any such suit or
proceeding. Each Guarantor further agrees to take any and all action, including the
execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to
continue such designation and appointment of CT Corporation (or any successor) in full
force and effect so long as any of the Notes shall be outstanding. In addition, to the
extent that any Guarantor has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of
any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to
judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or
its property, it hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations
under the above-referenced documents, to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 702. RELEASE OF GUARANTORS.
(a) In addition to the release provisions set forth in the Indenture, subject to
Section 702(d), a Guarantor shall be released and relieved from all of its obligations
under this Article Seven, and such Guarantor’s Guarantee shall be terminated and be of no
further force or effect, upon the request of the Company (without the consent of the
Trustee) if, immediately after giving effect to such release and termination (and, if
applicable, any transaction in connection therewith, including any other concurrent
release, termination, repayment or discharge of any other guarantee or other Debt of such
Guarantor), the Company would be in compliance with Section 504 hereof, including in the
event of a sale or other disposition as a result of which such Guarantor would cease to be
a Subsidiary.
(b) In order to effect the release and termination provided for in Section 702(a), the
Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that, immediately
after giving effect to such release and termination (as well as any concurrent release,
termination, repayment or discharge of any other guarantee or other Debt of such
Guarantor), the Company will be in compliance with Section 504 hereof. In the event that
the release and termination is in connection with a sale or other disposition as a result
of which a Guarantor would cease to be a Subsidiary, pro forma effect shall be given to
such disposition (including the application of any proceeds therefrom) in determining the
Company’s compliance with Section 504 and, accordingly, the amount of Debt
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subject to the Guarantee of such Guarantor and any other Debt of such Guarantor shall
be excluded from any calculation thereunder. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary
in the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture, no opinion, report or certificate, other
than the Officers’ Certificate provided for in this Section 702(b), need be furnished to
the Trustee for such release and termination. After its receipt of the aforementioned
Officers’ Certificate, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by
either the Company or the applicable Guarantor in order to evidence the release of such
Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee under this Article Seven.
(c) No supplemental indenture, amendment or waiver shall, without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Note, release a Guarantor from any of its obligations under
Section 701, other than in accordance with the provisions of this Section 702 or the other
release provisions set forth in the Indenture, or amend or modify the release provisions of
this Section 702.
(d) Notwithstanding the release provisions of Section 702(a), no Guarantor shall be
released from its obligations under this Article Seven and its Guarantee will not be
terminated if, immediately after such release and termination (and, if applicable, after
giving effect to any transaction to occur concurrently therewith), such Guarantor remains a
co-obligor with or a guarantor for, as applicable, the obligations of the Company under any
Existing Note.
SECTION 703. AMALGAMATION, CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE.
(a) Unless a Guarantor has been released, or in connection with such transaction will
be released, from its obligations under its Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of
Section 702 hereof or any other release provision set forth in the Indenture, such
Guarantor shall not amalgamate or consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person
or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its properties and assets substantially
as an entirety to any Person by liquidation, winding-up or otherwise (in one transaction or
a series of related transactions) unless:
(i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Debt
which becomes an obligation of the Guarantor or a Subsidiary of the Guarantor in
connection with or as a result of such transaction as having been incurred at the
time of such transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing;
(ii) either (x) the Guarantor shall be the continuing Person or (y) the Person
(if other than the Guarantor) formed by such amalgamation or consolidation or into
which the Guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer,
lease or other disposition the properties and assets of the Guarantor substantially
as an entirety (the “Successor Guarantor”) shall, unless the Successor Guarantor is
the Company, (A) be
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a corporation, company, partnership or trust organized and validly existing
under the federal laws of Canada or any Province thereof or the laws of the United
States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and (B)
expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to
the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the
Guarantor under its Guarantee (provided, however, that the Successor Guarantor
shall not be required to execute and deliver such a supplemental indenture in the
event of an amalgamation of the Guarantor with one or more other Persons, in which
the amalgamation is governed by the laws of Canada or any province thereof, the
Successor Guarantor and the Guarantor are, immediately prior to such amalgamation,
organized and existing under the laws of Canada or any province thereof and upon
the effectiveness of such amalgamation, the Successor Guarantor shall have become
or shall continue to be (as the case may be), by operation of law, liable for the
observance of all obligations of the Guarantor under its Guarantee); and
(iii) the Guarantor, the Company or the Successor Guarantor, as applicable,
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that such amalgamation, consolidation, merger, conveyance,
transfer, lease or other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required
in connection with such transaction (or series of transactions), such supplemental
indenture, comply with this Section 703(a) and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been satisfied.
(b) Upon any amalgamation, consolidation or merger, or any conveyance, transfer, lease
or other disposition of the properties and assets of a Guarantor substantially as an
entirety in accordance with Section 703(a), the Successor Guarantor shall succeed to, and
be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, such Guarantor under this
Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture with the same effect as if such Successor
Guarantor had been named as such Guarantor herein; and thereafter, except in the case of a
lease, such Guarantor shall be released and relieved from all of its obligations under this
Article Seven, and such Guarantor’s Guarantee shall be terminated and be of no further
force or effect.
SECTION 704. PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.
All payments made by a Guarantor under or with respect to the Notes or its Guarantee will be
made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or
future Taxes, unless such Guarantor is required to withhold or deduct Taxes by law or by the
interpretation or administration thereof. If a Guarantor is so required to withhold or deduct any
amount for or on account of Taxes from any payment made under or with respect to the Notes or its
Guarantee, such Guarantor will pay as interest such Additional Amounts as may be necessary so that
the net amount received by each Holder in respect of a Beneficial Owner (including Additional
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Amounts) after such withholding or deduction will not be less than the amount the Holder would
have received in respect of such Beneficial Owner if such Taxes had not been withheld or deducted;
provided that no Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to a payment made to a Holder in
respect of a Beneficial Owner (each, an “Excluded Holder” for purposes of this Section 704) (i)
with which the Company does not deal at arm’s length (within the meaning of the Income Tax Act
(Canada)) at the time of making such payment, (ii) which is subject to such Taxes by reason of its
being connected with Canada or any province or territory thereof otherwise than by the acquisition
or mere holding of Notes or the receipt of payments thereunder, (iii) which is subject to such
Taxes by reason of its failure to comply with any certification, identification, documentation or
other reporting requirements if compliance is required by law, regulation, administrative practice
or an applicable treaty as a pre-condition to exemption from, or a reduction in the rate of
deduction or withholding of, such Taxes, (iv) if the Notes are presented for payment more than 15
days after the date on which such payment or such Notes became due and payable or the date on which
payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever is later (except to the extent that the Holder
would have been entitled to such Additional Amounts had the Notes been presented on the last day of
such 15-day period) or (v) to the extent that such withholding is imposed on a payment to a Holder
or Beneficial Owner who is an individual pursuant to European Union Directive 2003/48/EC on the
taxation of savings or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform
to, such Directive. Such Guarantor will also (i) make such withholding or deduction and (ii) remit
the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law.
Upon the written request of a Holder, such Guarantor will furnish, as soon as reasonably
practicable, to such Holder certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by such
Guarantor. Such Guarantor will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder in respect of a Beneficial
Owner (other than an Excluded Holder) and, upon written request of any Holder (other than an
Excluded Holder) reimburse such Holder for the amount of (i) any such Taxes so levied or imposed
and paid by such Holder as a result of any failure of such Guarantor to withhold, deduct or remit
to the relevant tax authority, on a timely basis, the full amounts required under applicable law;
and (ii) any such Taxes so levied or imposed with respect to any reimbursement under the foregoing
clause (i), so that the net amount received by such Holder in respect of a Beneficial Owner after
such reimbursement would not be less than the net amount such Holder would have received in respect
of such Beneficial Owner if such Taxes on such reimbursement had not been imposed.
At least 30 days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect to the
Guarantee of a Guarantor is due and payable, if such Guarantor will be obligated to pay Additional
Amounts with respect to such payment, such Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate stating the fact that such Additional Amounts will be payable, stating the amounts so
payable and will set forth such other information necessary to enable the Trustee, on behalf of
such Guarantor, to pay such Additional Amounts to Holders on the payment date.
The obligations of the Guarantors under this Section 704 shall survive the discharge and
termination of this Supplemental Indenture and the payment of all amounts under or with respect to
the Guarantees.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed all as of the day and year first above written.
XXXXXX COMMUNICATIONS INC., |
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By | /s/ M. Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Name: | M. Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President, Treasurer | |||
By | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer | |||
XXXXXX WIRELESS PARTNERSHIP, |
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By | /s/ M. Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Name: | M. Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President, Treasurer | |||
By | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
XXXXXX CABLE COMMUNICATIONS INC., |
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By | /s/ M. Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Name: | M. Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President, Treasurer | |||
By | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |
ANNEX A:
FORM OF SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
FORM OF SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
This Agreement made as of [•], 2008 between Xxxxxx Communications Inc. (the “Company”), Xxxxxx
Wireless Partnership (“RWP”), Xxxxxx Cable Communications Inc. (“RCCI” and, together with the
Company and RWP, the “Obligors”), The Bank of New York Mellon (f/k/a JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and
subsequently f/k/a The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee”) under the Indenture (as
defined below) and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Senior Debt Trustee”) under an
indenture dated as of the date hereof among the Company, as issuer, and the Senior Debt Trustee, as
trustee, as supplemented by a supplemental indenture dated as of the date hereof, among the
Company, as issuer, RWP and RCCI, as guarantors, and the Senior Debt Trustee, as trustee for the
holders of 6.80% Senior Notes due 2018 of the Company issued as of the date hereof under such
supplemental indenture and outstanding from time to time and constituting Senior Indebtedness (such
holders being hereinafter called “holders of Senior Indebtedness”).
WITNESSES THAT WHEREAS:
X. Xxxxxx Wireless Inc. (“Wireless”) and the Trustee entered into an indenture (the “Original
Indenture”) dated as of November 30, 2004 providing for the issuance of 8.00% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2012 of Wireless (the “Securities”);
B. The Original Indenture was amended pursuant to the First Supplemental Indenture thereto,
dated as of August 1, 2005, among Wireless, RWP and the Trustee (the Original Indenture, as so
amended, the “Indenture”), and pursuant to such First Supplemental Indenture RWP became a
co-obligor with Wireless in respect of the Securities;
C. On July 1, 2007, Wireless amalgamated with the Company and, according to the terms of the
Indenture, the Company succeeded to the obligations of Wireless under the Indenture and,
immediately prior thereto, RCCI entered into a Guarantee Agreement as of the same date pursuant to
which it guaranteed the payment obligations of the Company under the Indenture; and
D. As set forth in Section 1208 of the Indenture and in the Securities, the Holders have
authorized the execution and delivery by the Trustees of this Agreement on their behalf;
NOW THEREFORE for value received the parties agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
A capitalized term not defined in this Agreement has the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Indenture.
2. SUBORDINATION.
The Trustee and the Obligors hereby covenant with the Senior Debt Trustee, in its capacity as
trustee on behalf of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, that the indebtedness represented by the
Securities and the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on each and all
of the Securities delivered from time to time under the Indenture thereunder are subordinate and
subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of Senior Indebtedness to holders of
Senior Indebtedness, in the manner, to the extent and with the same effect as if the terms and
provisions of the Indenture were set forth herein.
3. PAYMENT TO THE COMPANY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Pursuant to Section 1207 of the Indenture, if a holder of Senior Indebtedness or the Senior
Debt Trustee shall receive in such capacity any amount under this Agreement and at the time of
receipt such holder or the Senior Debt Trustee is not entitled to (whether by reason of maturity,
acceleration or otherwise) such amount under the terms of such Senior Indebtedness, then such
holder or the Senior Debt Trustee shall turn over such amount to the applicable Obligor.
Any such amount so received by any holder of Senior Indebtedness or the Senior Debt Trustee
which such holder or the Senior Debt Trustee is so required to turn over to an Obligor shall in no
circumstances be considered to be a payment on account of such Senior Indebtedness.
4. BINDING EFFECT AND INUREMENT.
This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors of the Company, RWP, RCCI and the Trustee,
and enure to the benefit of the successors of the Senior Debt Trustee in their capacity as
trustees.
5. NO WAIVER OR AMENDMENT.
No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except by an instrument in writing
signed by the party against whom the enforcement of any waiver or amendment is sought.
6. NO PERSONAL LIABILITY.
The Trustee and the Senior Debt Trustee make no representation or warranty as to the validity,
sufficiency or effect of this Agreement, or as to the authority of the Trustee or the Senior Debt
Trustee, as the case may be, to execute or deliver this Agreement. The Trustee and the Senior Debt
Trustee shall have no personal responsibility or liability with respect to the covenant contained
in Section 2 hereof.
7. INDEMNITY.
The Obligors shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Trustee and the Senior Debt Trustee
for any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence, willful
misconduct or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with its entry into this
Agreement.
8. COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed on any number of separate counterparts and all said
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
9. GOVERNING LAW.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York.
XXXXXX COMMUNICATIONS INC., |
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XXXXXX WIRELESS PARTNERSHIP, |
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XXXXXX CABLE COMMUNICATIONS INC., |
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee |
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Senior Debt Trustee |
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