EXHIBIT 4.1
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WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS CORPORATION
8 1/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2013
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INDENTURE
Dated as of July 9, 2003
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK
TRUSTEE
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
TRUST INDENTURE
ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION
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310(a)(1)......................................................7.10
(a)(2)......................................................7.10
(a)(3)......................................................N.A.
(a)(4)......................................................N.A.
(a)(5)......................................................7.10
(b).........................................................7.10
(c).........................................................N.A.
311(a).........................................................7.11
(b).........................................................7.11
(c).........................................................N.A.
312(a).........................................................2.06
(b).........................................................11.03
(c).........................................................11.03
313(a).........................................................7.06
(b)(1)......................................................N.A.
(b)(2)......................................................7.06, 7.07
(c).........................................................7.06, 11.02
(d).........................................................7.06
314(a).........................................................11.05
(b).........................................................N.A.
(c)(1)......................................................N.A.
(c)(2)......................................................N.A.
(c)(3)......................................................N.A.
(d).........................................................N.A.
(e).........................................................11.05
(f).........................................................N.A.
315(a).........................................................N.A.
(b).........................................................N.A.
(c).........................................................N.A.
(d).........................................................N.A.
(e).........................................................N.A.
316(a) (last sentence).........................................N.A.
(a)(1)(A)...................................................N.A.
(a)(1)(B)...................................................N.A.
(a)(2)......................................................N.A.
(b).........................................................N.A.
(c).........................................................11.14
317(a)(1)......................................................N.A.
(a)(2)......................................................N.A.
(b).........................................................N.A.
318(a).........................................................N.A.
(b).........................................................N.A.
(c).........................................................11.01
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N.A. means not applicable.
*This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE...........................................................................................i
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions...............................................................................1
Section 1.02 Other Definitions........................................................................22
Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act........................................22
Section 1.04 Rules of Construction....................................................................23
ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating..........................................................................23
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.............................................................24
Section 2.03 Methods of Receiving Payments on the Notes...............................................25
Section 2.04 Registrar and Paying Agent...............................................................25
Section 2.05 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust......................................................26
Section 2.06 Holder Lists.............................................................................26
Section 2.07 Transfer and Exchange....................................................................26
Section 2.08 Replacement Notes........................................................................39
Section 2.09 Outstanding Notes........................................................................39
Section 2.10 Treasury Notes...........................................................................40
Section 2.11 Temporary Notes..........................................................................40
Section 2.12 Cancellation.............................................................................40
Section 2.13 Defaulted Interest.......................................................................40
Section 2.14 CUSIP Numbers............................................................................41
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT;
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.......................................................................41
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed........................................................41
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.....................................................................41
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption...........................................................42
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price..............................................................42
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed in Part...................................................................43
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption......................................................................43
Section 3.08 Repurchase Offers........................................................................44
Section 3.09 Application of Trust Money...............................................................45
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ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.........................................................................46
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency..........................................................46
Section 4.03 Reports..................................................................................47
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate...................................................................47
Section 4.05 Taxes....................................................................................48
Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws...........................................................48
Section 4.07 Restricted Payments......................................................................48
Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries................51
Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock...............................53
Section 4.10 Asset Sales..............................................................................57
Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.............................................................59
Section 4.12 Liens....................................................................................60
Section 4.13 Business Activities......................................................................60
Section 4.14 Offer to Repurchase upon a Change of Control.............................................60
Section 4.15 Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Equity Interests in Restricted Subsidiaries.........61
Section 4.16 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries..................................61
Section 4.17 Payments for Consent.....................................................................62
Section 4.18 Sale and Leaseback Transactions..........................................................62
Section 4.19 Additional Note Guarantees...............................................................62
ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets..................................................63
ARTICLE SIX
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default........................................................................64
Section 6.02 Acceleration.............................................................................65
Section 6.03 Other Remedies...........................................................................66
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults..................................................................66
Section 6.05 Control by Majority......................................................................66
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits......................................................................67
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment............................................67
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee...............................................................67
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.........................................................68
Section 6.10 Priorities...............................................................................68
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs....................................................................69
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ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee........................................................................69
Section 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee................................................................70
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.............................................................71
Section 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer.....................................................................71
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.......................................................................71
Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes...............................................71
Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity...............................................................72
Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee...................................................................73
Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.........................................................74
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification............................................................74
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company........................................74
Section 7.12 Trustee's Application for Instructions from the Company..................................74
ARTICLE EIGHT
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.................................74
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge...........................................................75
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance......................................................................75
Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance...............................................76
Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions...........................................................77
Section 8.06 Repayment to the Company.................................................................77
Section 8.07 Reinstatement............................................................................78
ARTICLE NINE
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes......................................................78
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.........................................................79
Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act......................................................81
Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents........................................................81
Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.........................................................81
Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc..........................................................81
ARTICLE TEN
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 10.01 Satisfaction and Discharge...............................................................81
Section 10.02 Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions.................................................................82
Section 10.03 Repayment to the Company.................................................................83
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.............................................................83
Section 11.02 Notices..................................................................................83
Section 11.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes............................84
Section 11.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.......................................85
Section 11.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion............................................85
Section 11.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents..............................................................85
Section 11.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.................85
Section 11.08 Governing Law............................................................................86
Section 11.09 Consent to Jurisdiction..................................................................86
Section 11.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements............................................86
Section 11.11 Successors...............................................................................86
Section 11.12 Severability.............................................................................86
Section 11.13 Counterpart Originals....................................................................86
Section 11.14 Acts of Holders..........................................................................87
Section 11.15 Benefit of Indenture.....................................................................88
Section 11.16 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.........................................................88
Section 11.17 Waiver of Jury Trial.....................................................................88
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A FORM OF NOTE
Exhibit B FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Exhibit C FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Exhibit D FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
Exhibit E FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
Exhibit F FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
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INDENTURE dated as of July 9, 2003 between Wackenhut
Corrections Corporation, a Florida corporation (the "COMPANY") and The Bank of
New York, a banking corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of New York, as Trustee.
The Company and the Trustee (as defined below) agree as
follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of
the Holders (as defined below) of the 8 1/4% Senior Notes due 2013:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 DEFINITIONS.
"144A GLOBAL NOTE" means a global note substantially in the
form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private
Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name
of, the Depositary or its nominee that shall be issued in a denomination equal
to the outstanding principal amount at maturity of the Notes sold in reliance on
Rule 144A.
"ACQUIRED DEBT" means, with respect to any specified Person:
(i) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is
merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or
not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of,
such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such
specified Person; and (ii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset
acquired by such specified Person.
"ADDITIONAL NOTES" means an unlimited maximum aggregate
principal amount of Notes (other than the Notes issued on the date hereof)
issued under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 4.09 hereof.
"AFFILIATE" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition,
"control," as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by agreement or otherwise; PROVIDED that beneficial ownership of 10%
or more of the Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For
purposes of this definition, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under
common control with" shall have correlative meanings.
"AGENT" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.
"APPLICABLE PROCEDURES" means, with respect to any transfer or
exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and
procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such
transfer or exchange.
"ASSET SALE" means:
(1) the sale, lease, transfer, assignment, conveyance or other
disposition of any assets or rights; PROVIDED that the sale, lease,
conveyance, transfer, assignment or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by Sections 4.14 and/or
5.01 hereof and not by Section 4.10 hereof; and
(2) the issuance or sale by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests of any of the Company's
Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items will not be deemed to be
Asset Sales:
(i) any single transaction or series of related transactions
that involves the sale of assets or the issuance or sale of Equity
Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary having a fair market value of less
than $2.0 million;
(ii) a transfer of assets by the Company to any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company
or any other Restricted Subsidiary;
(iii) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted
Subsidiary to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(iv) the sale or lease of equipment, inventory, accounts
receivable or other assets in the ordinary course of business;
(v) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;
and
(vi) a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is
permitted by Section 4.07 hereof.
"ATTRIBUTABLE DEBT" in respect of a Sale and Leaseback
Transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the
obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of
the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, including any period
for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be
extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to
the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with
GAAP.
"BANKRUPTCY LAW" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar
federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
"BENEFICIAL OWNER" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the
beneficial ownership of any particular "person" (as that term is used in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such "person" shall be deemed to have beneficial
ownership of all securities that such "person" has the right to acquire by
conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently
exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent
condition. The terms "BENEFICIALLY OWNS" and "BENEFICIALLY OWNED" shall have a
corresponding meaning.
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"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means: (1) with respect to a corporation,
the board of directors of the corporation; (2) with respect to a partnership,
the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership; and (3) with
respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a
similar function.
"BROKER-DEALER" has the meaning set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day which is not a Legal Holiday.
"CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATION" means, at the time any
determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a
capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance
sheet in accordance with GAAP.
"CAPITAL STOCK" means (1) in the case of a corporation,
corporate stock; (2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and
all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however
designated) of corporate stock; (3) in the case of a partnership or limited
liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or
limited); and (4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person
the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of
assets of, the issuing Person.
"CASH EQUIVALENTS" means (1) United States dollars; (2)
Government Securities having maturities of not more than one year from the date
of acquisition; (3) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with
maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers'
acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits,
in each case, with any lender party to the Credit Agreement or with any domestic
commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a
Thomson Bank Watch Rating of "B" or better; (4) repurchase obligations with a
term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types
described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial
institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above; (5)
commercial paper having the highest rating obtainable from Xxxxx'x Investors
Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Rating Services and in each case maturing
within one year after the date of acquisition; and (6) money market funds at
least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds
described in clauses (1) through (5) of this definition.
"CHANGE OF CONTROL" means the occurrence of any of the
following:
(1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, assignment, lease,
conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or
consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any "person" (as that term is used
in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act);
(2) the adoption of a plan by the Company relating to the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
(3) the consummation of any transaction (including without
limitation any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any
"person" or "group" (as that term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
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of the Exchange Act) becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or
indirectly, of more than 40% of the Voting Stock of the Company;
(4) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any
Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the
Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of
the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other Person is
converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property,
other than any such transaction where (A) the Voting Stock of the
Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction is converted
into or exchanged for Voting Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of
the surviving or transferee Person constituting a majority of the
outstanding shares of such Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee
Person (immediately after giving effect to such issuance) and (B)
immediately after such transaction, no "person" or "group" (as such
terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act),
becomes, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner of 40% or more of
the voting power of all classes of Voting Stock of the Company; or
(5) the first day on which a majority of the members of the
Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors.
"CLEARSTREAM" means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
"CLOSING DATE" means July 9, 2003.
"COMPANY" means Wackenhut Corrections Corporation.
"CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW" means, with respect to any specified
Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such
period; PLUS, in each case, to the extent deducted in computed Consolidated Net
Income,
(1) losses realized by such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with sales of assets outside the ordinary
course of business; PLUS
(2) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; PLUS
(3) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and
whether or not capitalized (including, without limitation, amortization
of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest
payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations,
the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease
Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt,
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect
of letters of credit or bankers' acceptance financings, and net of the
effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging
Obligations), net of Non-Recourse Interest Payments received in cash by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary relating to any Non-Recourse
Project Financing Indebtedness up to the amount of interest expense for
such Non-Recourse Project Financing Indebtedness; PLUS
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(4) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of
intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that
were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any
such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or
reserve for cash payments in any future period or amortization of a
prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person
and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; MINUS
(5) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for
such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course
of business;
in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based
on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other
non-cash expenses of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall be added to
Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company only to
the extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of
determination to be dividended to the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary
without prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained), and pursuant
to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees,
orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that
Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders.
"CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME" means, with respect to any specified
Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in
accordance with GAAP; PROVIDED that:
(1) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a
Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of
accounting will be included only to the extent of the amount of
dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;
(2) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary shall be
excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or
similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income
is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior
governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or
indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement,
instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental
regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its
stockholders;
(3) the Net Income of any Person acquired during such period
for any period prior to the date of such acquisition shall be excluded;
(4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles
shall be excluded; and
(5) the Net Income or loss of any Unrestricted Subsidiary will
be excluded, whether or not distributed to the specified Person or one
of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
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"CONTINUING DIRECTORS" means, as of any date of determination,
any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who:
(1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of
this Indenture; or
(2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of
Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors
who were members of such Board at the time of such nomination or
election.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the principal office of the
Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall be administered,
which office at the date hereof is located at the address of the Trustee
specified in Section 11.02 hereof, or such other address as to which the Trustee
may from time to time give notice to the Company and to the Holders.
"CREDIT AGREEMENT" means that certain Credit Agreement, by and
among the Company, the guarantor subsidiaries named therein, BNP Paribas as
administrative agent for the lenders and as lead arranger and syndication agent
and the other lenders named therein, and other parties thereto, including any
related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements
executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended (and/or amended
and restated), modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to
time, in whole or in part, with the same or different lenders (including,
without limitation, any amendment, amendment and restatement, modification,
renewal, refunding, replacement or refinancing that increases the maximum amount
of the loans made or to be made thereunder).
"CREDIT FACILITIES" means one or more debt facilities
(including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or commercial paper
facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders providing for
revolving credit loans, term loans, project financings, receivables financing
(including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose
entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters
of credit, in each case, as amended (and/or amended and restated), restated,
modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from
time to time.
"DEFAULT" means any event that is, or with the passage of time
or the giving of notice or both, would be, an Event of Default.
"DEFINITIVE NOTE" means a certificated Note registered in the
name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.07 hereof,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, except that such Note shall not
bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the "Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto.
"DEPOSITARY" means, with respect to the Notes issuable or
issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.04
hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors
thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the
applicable provision of this Indenture.
"DISQUALIFIED STOCK" means any Capital Stock that, by its
terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for
which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder of the
Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily
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redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at
the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior
to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute
Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require
the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of
control or an asset sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of
such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any
such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or
redemption complies with the Section 4.07 hereof.
"DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARY" means any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the
United States (but not the laws of Puerto Rico) or the District of Columbia or
that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness
of the Company or any Guarantor.
"EQUITY INTERESTS" means Capital Stock and all warrants,
options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt
security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
"EQUITY OFFERING" means an offering of Capital Stock (other
than Disqualified Stock or Capital Stock that by its terms has a preference in
liquidation or as to dividends over any other Capital Stock) of the Company
(other than (1) an offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 or
otherwise relating to equity securities issuable under any employee benefit plan
of the Company and (2) an offering with aggregate Net Proceeds to the Company of
less than $20.0 million).
"EUROCLEAR" means Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
Brussels office, an operator of the Euroclear System.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"EXCHANGE NOTES" means the Notes issued in the Exchange Offer
in accordance with Section 2.07(f) hereof.
"EXCHANGE OFFER" has the meaning set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
"EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT" has the meaning set
forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS" means the Indebtedness of the Company
and its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) in
existence on the date hereof, until such amounts are repaid.
"FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO" means with respect to any
specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such
Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In
the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
incurs, assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness
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(other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or
redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which
the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date
on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
is made (the "CALCULATION DATE"), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be
calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee,
repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance,
repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds
therefrom as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable
four-quarter reference period, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that interest expense, if any,
attributable to any Non-Recourse Project Financing Indebtedness computed on a
pro forma basis, shall be computed giving pro forma effect to any Non-Recourse
Interest Payments related to such Non-Recourse Project Financing Indebtedness,
PROVIDED FURTHER that the obligation to make such Non-Recourse Interest Payments
commences with the incurrence of the corresponding Non-Recourse Project
Financing Indebtedness.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio:
(1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or
consolidations and including any related financing transactions, during
the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference
period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be given pro forma
effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter
reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference period
will be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with Regulation
S-X under the Securities Act, but without giving effect to clause (3)
of the proviso set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income;
(2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued
operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or
businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded;
and
(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations,
as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses
disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only
to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges
will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date.
"FIXED CHARGES" means, with respect to any specified Person
for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and
whether or not capitalized, including, without limitation, amortization
of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest
payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations,
the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease
Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt,
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect
of letters of credit or bankers' acceptance financings, and net of the
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effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging
Obligations, net of Non-Recourse Interest Payments received in cash by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary relating to any Non-Recourse
Project Financing Indebtedness up to the amount of interest expense for
such Non-Recourse Project Financing Indebtedness; PLUS
(2) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person to
the extent such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person
or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or
Lien is called upon; PLUS
(3) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued
and whether or not in cash, on any series of Disqualified Stock or
preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity
Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock), times (b) a
fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is
one minus the then current combined federal, state and local effective
cash tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case,
determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
"FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY" means a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment
of the accounting profession as amended and/or modified from time to time. All
ratios and computations contained or referred to herein shall be computed in
conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, except that calculations
made for purposes of determining compliance with the terms of the covenants and
with other provisions of this Indenture shall be made without giving effect to
the amortization of any expenses incurred in connection with, or the write-off
of costs as a result of, the Transactions.
"GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND" means the legend set forth in Section
2.07(g)(ii), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under
this Indenture.
"GLOBAL NOTES" means, individually and collectively, each of
the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes issued in
accordance with certain sections of this Indenture.
"GOVERNMENT SECURITIES" means securities issued or directly
and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or
instrumentality of the United States government; PROVIDED that the full faith
and credit of the United States is pledged in support of those securities.
"GUARANTEE" means a guarantee other than by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by
way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement
agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
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"GUARANTORS" means any Restricted Subsidiary that executes a
Guarantee in accordance with provisions of this Indenture and its respective
successors and assigns.
"HEDGING OBLIGATIONS" means, with respect to any specified
Person, the obligations of such Person under:
(1) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap
agreements and interest rate collar agreements; and
(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such
Person against fluctuations in interest rates.
"HOLDER" means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
"INDEBTEDNESS" means, with respect to any specified Person,
any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(1) in respect of borrowed money;
(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar
instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in
respect thereof);
(3) in respect of banker's acceptances;
(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations;
(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the
purchase price of any property, except any such balance that
constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or
(6) representing any Hedging Obligations,
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit
and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the
specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term
"Indebtedness" includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any
asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by
the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee
by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will
be:
(A) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any
Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and
(B) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, together with
any interest on the Indebtedness that is more than 30 days past due, in
the case of any other Indebtedness.
"INDENTURE" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented
from time to time.
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"INDIRECT PARTICIPANT" means a Person who holds a beneficial
interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
"INITIAL PURCHASERS" means the initial purchasers as defined
in the Purchase Agreement dated July 1, 2003.
"INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR" means an institution that
is an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under
the Securities Act, who are not also QIBs.
"INVESTMENTS" means, with respect to any Person, all direct or
indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in
the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or
capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to
officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or
other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other
securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as
investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP and including
the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary. If the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes
of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such
Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, the Company will be
deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition
equal to the fair market value of all Investments in such Restricted Subsidiary
not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.07
hereof. The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to
be an Investment by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third
Person in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Investment held by the
acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in the
final paragraph of Section 4.07 hereof.
"ISSUE DATE" means the Closing Date.
"LEGAL HOLIDAY" means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in The City of New York or at a place of payment are
authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment
date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place
on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall
accrue on such payment for the intervening period.
"LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL" means the letter of transmittal to be
prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such
Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.
"LIEN" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien,
pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such
asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable
law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any
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lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a
security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing
statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any
jurisdiction.
"LIQUIDATED DAMAGES" means all liquidated damages then owing
pursuant to Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement.
"NET INCOME" means, with respect to any specified Person for
any period, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with
GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends,
excluding, however:
(1) any gain (but not loss), together with any related
provision for taxes on such gain (but not loss), realized in connection
with: (a) any sale of assets outside the ordinary course of business;
or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of
such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(2) any extraordinary gain or loss, together with any related
provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain or loss.
"NET PROCEEDS" means the aggregate cash proceeds received by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale
(including, without limitation, any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the
sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset
Sale), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without
limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales
commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale,
taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking
into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements, and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of
Indebtedness, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of
such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of
such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.
"NON-RECOURSE DEBT" means Indebtedness:
(1) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any
undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute
Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or
otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender;
(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights
that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement
action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice,
lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on
such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be
accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity; and
(3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that
they will not have any recourse to the stock, property or assets of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
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"NON-RECOURSE PROJECT FINANCING INDEBTEDNESS" means any
Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary (the "PROJECT FINANCING SUBSIDIARY")
incurred in connection with the acquisition, construction or development of any
facility:
(1) where such Project Financing Subsidiary operates or is
responsible for the operation of the facility pursuant to a management
services contract with a governmental entity;
(2) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, other than such Project Financing Subsidiary, (a)
provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking,
agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), it being
understood that equity Investments funded at the time of or prior to
the incurrence of such Indebtedness shall not be deemed credit support
or (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise;
(3) where, upon the termination of the management services
contract with respect to such facility, neither the Company nor any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than the Project Financing
Subsidiary, will be liable, directly or indirectly, to make any
payments with respect to such Indebtedness (or portion thereof);
(4) the interest expense related to such Indebtedness is fully
serviced by a separate corresponding payment with respect to such
Indebtedness (the "NON-RECOURSE INTEREST PAYMENT") pursuant to an
agreement with the governmental entity; and
(5) such Project Financing Subsidiary has no assets other than
the assets, including working capital, reasonably related to the
design, construction, management and financing of the facility.
"NON-U.S. PERSON" means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
"NOTE GUARANTEE" has a meaning set forth in Exhibit F.
"NOTES" means the 8 1/4% Senior Notes due 2013 of the Company
issued on the date hereof and any Additional Notes, including the Exchange
Notes. The Notes and the Additional Notes, if any, shall be treated as a single
class for all purposes under this Indenture.
"OBLIGATIONS" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under
the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
"OFFERING" means the offering of the Notes by the Company.
"OFFICER" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of
the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating
Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer,
the Controller, the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or any Vice-President of
such Person.
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"OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed on behalf
of the Company by at least two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the
principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or
the principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of
Section 11.05 hereof.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means an opinion from legal counsel who
is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section
11.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.
"PARTICIPANT" means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear
or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or
Clearstream, respectively (and with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and
Clearstream).
"PERMITTED BUSINESS" means the business conducted by the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date hereof and businesses
reasonably related thereto or ancillary or incidental thereto or a reasonable
extension thereof, including the privatization of governmental services.
"PERMITTED DEBT" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.09(b)
hereof.
"PERMITTED INVESTMENTS" means:
(1) any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company that is a Guarantor (other than a Project
Financing Subsidiary);
(2) any Investment in cash or Cash Equivalents;
(3) Investments in a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Guarantor having an aggregate fair market value, when taken together
with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (3) not to
exceed $5.0 million;
(4) Investments in a Foreign Subsidiary in an amount not to
exceed the amount of Net Proceeds received from the sale of the
Company's one-half ownership interest in Premier Custodial Group to
Serco Investments Limited;
(5) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company in a Person (other than a Project Financing Subsidiary),
if as a result of such Investment:
(a) such Person becomes (i) a Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company and (ii) a Guarantor; or
(b) such Person is merged, consolidated or
amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys
substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a
Guarantor;
(6) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash
consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to Section
4.10;
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(7) [Intentionally omitted];
(8) any Investments received in compromise of obligations of
such persons incurred in the ordinary course of trade creditors or
customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business,
including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement
upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer;
(9) Hedging Obligations entered into the ordinary course of
business and not for any speculative purpose;
(10) other Investments in any other Person having an aggregate
fair market value (measured on the date each such Investment was made
and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken
together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (10)
not to exceed: (a) $15.0 million; PLUS (b) the net reductions in
Investments made pursuant to this clause (10) resulting from
distributions on or repayments of such Investments or from the net cash
proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any such investment;
PROVIDED that the net reduction in any Investment shall not exceed the
amount of such Investment;
(11) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters
that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated
as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary
course of business;
(12) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary
course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not to
exceed $2.0 million outstanding at any one time for all loans or
advances under this clause (12);
(13) stock, obligations or securities received in settlement
of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments or
pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the
bankruptcy or insolvency of a debtor;
(14) Investments in existence on the date hereof;
(15) Investments that are made or received in exchange for
Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;
(16) Investments in South African Services Pty Ltd. having an
aggregate fair market value, when taken together with all other
Investments made pursuant to this clause (16) not to exceed $3.0
million; and
(17) any Investments made or acquired with the net cash
proceeds of a substantially concurrent issuance or sale of Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company.
"PERMITTED LIENS" means:
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(1) Liens on any assets (including real or personal property)
of the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness and
other Obligations under Credit Facilities that were permitted by the
terms of this Indenture to be incurred;
(2) Liens in favor of the Company or the Guarantors;
(3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such
Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; PROVIDED that such Liens were in
existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or consolidation
and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged
into or consolidated with the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition of
the property by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company, PROVIDED that such Liens were in existence prior to the
contemplation of such acquisition and do not extend to any property
other than the property so acquired by the Company or the Restricted
Subsidiary;
(5) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations,
surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a
like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(6) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease
Obligations) incurred under Section 4.09(b)(iv);
(7) Liens existing on the date hereof;
(8) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or
claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently
concluded; PROVIDED that any reserve or other appropriate provision as
is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;
(9) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
PROVIDED that any such Lien does not extend to or cover any property,
Capital Stock or Indebtedness other than the property, shares or debt
securing the Indebtedness so refunded, refinanced or extended;
(10) Attachment or judgment Liens not giving rise to a Default
or an Event of Default;
(11) Liens on the Capital Stock of Unrestricted Subsidiaries
securing Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(12) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company with respect to obligations
that do not exceed $5.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(13) pledges or deposits under workmen's compensation laws,
unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith
deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for
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the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary is a party, or deposits to secure public or
statutory obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or
deposits or cash or Government Securities to secure surety or appeal
bonds to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party, or
deposits as security for contested taxes or import or customs duties or
for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course
of business;
(14) Liens imposed by law, including carriers', warehousemen's
and mechanics' Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings if a reserve or
other appropriate provisions; if any, as shall be required by GAAP
shall have been made in respect thereof;
(15) encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of
others for, licenses, rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph
and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other
restrictions as to the use of real properties or liens incidental to
the conduct of the business of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
or to the ownership of its properties which do not in the aggregate
materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially
impair their use in the operation of the business of the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary;
(16) Liens securing Hedging Obligations so long as the related
Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on the same property securing such
Hedging Obligations;
(17) leases and subleases of real property which do not
materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(18) normal customary rights of setoff upon deposits of cash
in favor of banks or other depository institutions.
"PERMITTED REFINANCING INDEBTEDNESS" means any Indebtedness of
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in repayment of,
exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew,
replace, repay, defease or refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness and
Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary); PROVIDED that:
(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of
such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal
amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, repaid, defeased or refunded
(plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all
expenses and premiums incurred in connection therewith);
(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final
maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted
Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average
Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, repaid, defeased or refunded;
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(3) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed,
replaced, repaid, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a
final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and is
subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes on terms at least as
favorable to the Holders of Notes as those contained in the
documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, repaid, defeased or refunded; and
(4) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by
any Restricted Subsidiary who is an obligor on the Indebtedness being
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, repaid, defeased or refunded.
"PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
limited liability company or government or other entity.
"PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND" means the legend set forth in
Section 2.07(g)(i) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except
where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
"QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in
Rule 144A.
"REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT" means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of July 9, 2003, by and among the Company and the other
parties named on the signature pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time.
"REGULATION S" means Regulation S promulgated under the
Securities Act.
"REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE" means a global note bearing the
Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on
behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominees that
shall be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount at
maturity of the Notes resold in reliance on Regulation S.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER," when used with respect to the Trustee,
means any vice president, assistant vice president, treasurer, assistant
treasurer or other trust officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of
the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular
corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject
and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
"RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE" means a Definitive Note bearing
the Private Placement Legend.
"RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE" means a Global Note bearing the
Private Placement Legend.
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"RESTRICTED INVESTMENT" means an Investment other than a
Permitted Investment.
"RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" of the Company means any Subsidiary of
the Company that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"RULE 144" means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities
Act.
"RULE 144A" means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities
Act.
"RULE 903" means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities
Act.
"RULE 904" means Rule 904 promulgated the Securities Act.
"SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS" means any direct or indirect
arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired whereby the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to another Person and
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person other than a
lease properly characterized pursuant to GAAP as a Capital Lease Obligation,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, with respect to properties developed or acquired by the
Company after the date hereof, any sale and leaseback of such properties
pursuant to the Right to Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 28, 1998 between
the Company and CPT Operating Partnership L.P. shall not be deemed a Sale and
Leaseback Transaction hereunder.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT" means the Shelf Registration
Statement as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary that would be a
"significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on
the date hereof.
"STATED MATURITY" means, with respect to any installment of
interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such
payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original
documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent
obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior
to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
"SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any specified Person: (1)
any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of
the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to
the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors,
managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that
Person (or a combination thereof); and (2) any partnership (a) the sole general
partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary
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of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or one
or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect on
the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA.
"TRANSACTIONS" means (i) the repurchase by the Company of 12.0
million shares of its common stock, (ii) the Credit Agreement and (iii) the
Offering.
"TRUSTEE" means The Bank of New York, until a successor
replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and
thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
"UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE" means one or more Definitive
Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement
Legend.
"UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE" means a permanent Global Note
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto that bears the Global
Note Legend and that has the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global
Note" attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and
registered in the name of the Depositary, representing a series of Notes that do
not bear the Private Placement Legend.
"UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary of the Company
that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution, but only to the extent that such
Subsidiary:
(1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;
(2) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or
understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement
or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time
from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company;
(3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect
obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to
maintain or preserve such Person's financial condition or to cause such
Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and
(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly
provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the
Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such
designation and an Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation
complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted under Section 4.07
hereof. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the
preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease
to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any
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Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not
permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.09 hereof, the Company
will be in default of such covenant. The Board of Directors of the Company may
at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
PROVIDED that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of
Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding
Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation will only be
permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof,
calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the
beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of
Default would be in existence following such designation.
"U.S. DOLLAR EQUIVALENT" means with respect to any monetary
amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars, at the time for determination
thereof, the amount of U.S. dollars obtained by converting such foreign currency
involved in such computation into U.S. dollars at the spot rate for the purchase
of U.S. dollars with the applicable foreign currency as published in THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL in the "Exchange Rates" table under the heading "Currency
Trading" on the date two Business Days prior to such determination.
Except as described in Section 4.09 hereof, whenever it is
necessary to determine whether the Company has complied with any covenant in
this Indenture or a Default has occurred and an amount is expressed in a
currency other than U.S. dollars, such amount will be treated as the U.S. Dollar
Equivalent determined as of the date such amount was initially incurred in such
currency.
"U.S. PERSON" means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(k)
under the Securities Act.
"VOTING STOCK" of any Person as of any date means the Capital
Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the
Board of Directors of such Person.
"WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE TO MATURITY" means, when applied to any
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (1) the sum
of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining
installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of
principal or liquidation preference, as the case may be, including payment at
final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years
(calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and
the making of such payment; by (2) the then outstanding principal amount or
liquidation preference, as the case may be, of such Indebtedness.
"WHOLLY OWNED RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" of any specified Person
means a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital
Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors' qualifying
shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiaries of such Person.
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"WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY" of any specified Person means a
Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other
ownership interest of which (other than directors' qualifying shares) shall at
the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of
such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
Section 1.02 OTHER DEFINITIONS.
DEFINED
IN
TERM SECTION
"AFFILIATE TRANSACTION".................................. 4.11
"ASSET SALE OFFER"....................................... 4.10
"AUTHENTICATION ORDER"................................... 2.02
"CHANGE OF CONTROL OFFER"................................ 4.14
"CHANGE OF CONTROL PAYMENT".............................. 4.14
"CHANGE OF CONTROL PAYMENT DATE"......................... 4.14
"COVENANT DEFEASANCE".................................... 8.03
"DTC".................................................... 2.04
"EVENT OF DEFAULT"....................................... 6.01
"EXCESS PROCEEDS"........................................ 4.10
"INCUR".................................................. 4.09
"LEGAL DEFEASANCE"....................................... 8.02
"OFFER AMOUNT"........................................... 3.08
"OFFER PERIOD"........................................... 3.08
"OFFSHORE TRANSACTION"................................... 2.07
"PAYING AGENT"........................................... 2.04
"PAYMENT DEFAULT"........................................ 6.01
"PERMITTED DEBT"......................................... 4.09
"PURCHASE DATE".......................................... 3.08
"REGISTRAR".............................................. 2.04
"RELATED JUDGMENT"....................................... 11.09
"RELATED PROCEEDINGS".................................... 11.09
"REPURCHASE OFFER"....................................... 3.08
"RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE".................... 2.07
"RESTRICTED PAYMENTS".................................... 4.07
"SPECIFIED COURTS"....................................... 11.09
Section 1.03 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the
following meanings:
"INDENTURE SECURITIES" means the Notes;
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"INDENTURE SECURITY HOLDER" means a Holder of a Note;
"INDENTURE TO BE QUALIFIED" means this Indenture;
"INDENTURE TRUSTEE" or "INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE" means the
Trustee; and
"OBLIGOR" on the Notes means the Company and any successor
obligor upon the Notes.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under
the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) "or" is not exclusive;
(iv) words in the singular include the plural, and in the
plural include the singular;
(v) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;
and
(vi) references to sections of or rules under the Securities
Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor
sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 FORM AND DATING.
(a) GENERAL. The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes
may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule
or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes
shall be issued in registered, global form without interest coupons and only
shall be in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall
constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the
Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture,
expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However,
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to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of
this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be
controlling.
(b) GLOBAL NOTES. Notes issued in global form shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global
Note Legend thereon and the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global
Note" attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially
in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend
thereon and without the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note"
attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding
Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall
represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time
endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes
represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as
appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global
Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the
Trustee in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required
by Section 2.07 hereof.
(c) EUROCLEAR AND CLEARSTREAM PROCEDURES APPLICABLE. The
provisions of the "Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System" and "Terms and
Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear" and the "General Terms and Conditions of
Clearstream Banking" and "Customer Handbook" of Clearstream shall be applicable
to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Notes that are
held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
Section 2.02 EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.
One Officer of the Company shall sign the Notes for the
Company by manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds
that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be
valid.
A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual
signature of the Trustee. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence and the
only evidence, that the Note has been authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company signed
by one Officer of the Company (an "AUTHENTICATION ORDER"), authenticate Notes
for original issue on the date hereof of $150.0 million. At any time and from
time to time after the execution of this Indenture, the Trustee shall, upon
receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate Notes for original issue in
aggregate principal amount specified in such Authentication Order. The
Authentication Order shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated and
the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated. In authenticating such
Notes, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in
relation to such Notes, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and shall be
fully protected in relying upon:
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(a) A copy of the resolution or resolutions of the Board of
Directors of the Company in or pursuant to which the terms of the Notes
were established, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and
to be in full force and effect as of the date of such certificate;
(b) an Officers' Certificate delivered in accordance with
Section 11.04(i) hereof; and
(c) an Opinion of Counsel which shall state:
(1) that such Notes, when authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the
manner and subject to any conditions specified in
such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject
to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other
laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights and to
general equity principles; and
(2) that all laws and corporate requirements in
respect of the execution and delivery by the Company
of such Notes have been complied with.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate
and deliver any Notes under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by
counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee
in good faith shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to
personal liability to existing Holders.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to
the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate
Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an
Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03 METHODS OF RECEIVING PAYMENTS ON THE NOTES.
If a Holder of Notes has given wire transfer instructions to
the Company, the Company shall pay all principal, interest and premium and
Liquidated Damages, if any, on that Holder's Notes in accordance with those
instructions. All other payments on Notes shall be made at the office or agency
of the Paying Agent and Registrar within the City and State of New York unless
the Company elects to make interest payments by check mailed to the Holders at
their addresses set forth in the register of Holders.
Section 2.04 REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT.
(a) The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes
may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange ("REGISTRAR") and
an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment ("PAYING AGENT").
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The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and
exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more
additional paying agents. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrar and the
term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change
any Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Company
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a
party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another
entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company
or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
(b) The Company initially appoints The Depositary Trust
Company ("DTC") to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
(c) The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the
Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global
Notes.
Section 2.05 PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the
Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the
benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the
payment of principal, premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on the
Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any
such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying
Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may
require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment
over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or
one of its Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a
separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as
Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the
Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.06 HOLDER LISTS.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA ss. 312(a). If the
Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least
seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as
the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as
the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA ss. 312(a).
Section 2.07 TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
(a) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF GLOBAL NOTES. A Global Note may
not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the
Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another
nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes
shall be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if (i) the Company
delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or
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unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor
Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of
such notice from the Depositary; (ii) the Company in its sole discretion
determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged
for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee
or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default or Event of
Default with respect to the Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding
events in (i), (ii) or (iii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such
names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be
exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.08 and
2.11 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu
of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.07 or
Section 2.08 or 2.11 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form
of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another
Note other than as provided in this Section 2.07(a), however, beneficial
interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in
Section 2.07(b), (c) or (f) hereof.
(b) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THE
GLOBAL NOTES. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global
Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests
in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer
comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities
Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require
compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as
one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(i) TRANSFER OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THE SAME GLOBAL NOTE.
Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred
to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the
transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend.
Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred
to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or
instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to
effect the transfers described in this Section 2.07(b)(i).
(ii) ALL OTHER TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS
IN GLOBAL NOTES. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of
beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.07(b)(i) above,
the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the
Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an
Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be
credited a beneficial interest in the Global Note in an amount equal to
the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2)
instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures
containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited
with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an
Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a
Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be
transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary
to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose
name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or
exchange referred to in (1) above. Upon consummation of an Exchange
Offer by the Company in accordance with Section 2.07(f) hereof, the
requirements of this Section 2.07(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been
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satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained
in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of
the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in
Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise
applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the
principal amount at maturity of the relevant Global Notes pursuant to
Section 2.07(h) hereof.
(iii) TRANSFER OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS TO ANOTHER RESTRICTED
GLOBAL NOTE. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be
transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer
complies with the requirements of Section 2.07(b)(ii) above and the
Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee shall take delivery in the form
of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and
(B) if the transferee shall take delivery in the form
of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then
the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2)
thereof.
(iv) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A
RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE FOR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THE UNRESTRICTED
GLOBAL NOTE. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be
exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of
Section 2.07(b)(ii) above and:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to
the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be
transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in
the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of
Transmittal that it is not (1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person
participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3)
a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the
Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
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(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a)
thereof; or
(2) if the holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who
shall take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (4)
thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph
(D), if the Registrar so requests or if the
Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the
Registrar to the effect that such exchange or
transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and
that the restrictions on transfer contained herein
and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer
required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B)
or (D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued,
the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in
accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more
Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to
subparagraph (B) or (D) above.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be
exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form
of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS FOR
DEFINITIVE NOTES.
(i) BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES TO
RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. If any holder of a beneficial interest in
a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest
for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the
following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
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(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities
Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
to a Non-U.S. Person in an "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION" in
accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act,
a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a)
thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D)
above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion
of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to
the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c)
thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the
applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section
2.07(h) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a
Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive
Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.07(c) shall be registered in
such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations
as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar
through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or
Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes
to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any
Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)(i) shall bear
the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions
on transfer contained therein.
(ii) BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES TO
UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. A holder of a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest
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to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to
the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the
case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a
transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal
that it is not (1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating
in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who
is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive
Note that does not bear the Private Placement Legend,
a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit
C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b)
thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who
shall take delivery thereof in the form of a
Definitive Note that does not bear the Private
Placement Legend, a certificate from such Holder in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if
the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so
require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable
to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer
is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the
restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private
Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii) BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES TO
UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. If any holder of a beneficial interest
in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest
to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive
Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section
2.07(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal
amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant
to Section 2.07(h) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any
Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant
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to this Section 2.07(c)(iii) shall be registered in such name or names
and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of
such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through
instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect
Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the
Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive
Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this
Section 2.07(c)(iii) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(d) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF DEFINITIVE NOTES FOR BENEFICIAL
INTERESTS.
(i) RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES TO BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN
RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note
proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes
to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the
Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note
proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1)
thereof;
(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in
accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act,
a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144
under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in
reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs
(B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth
in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications,
certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)
thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement
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under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or
cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of
clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case
of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause
(C) above, the Regulation S Global Note.
(ii) RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES TO BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN
UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may
exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to
the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the
applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a
Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution
of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as
defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes
proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial
interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c)
thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes
proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall
take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (4)
thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the
Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an
Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to
the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein
and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
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Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the
subparagraphs in this Section 2.07(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the
Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate
principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
(iii) UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES TO BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN
UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note
may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for
such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable
Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the
aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a
beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (ii)(B),
(ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has
not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the
Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive
Notes so transferred.
(e) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF DEFINITIVE NOTES FOR DEFINITIVE
NOTES. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder's compliance
with the provisions of this Section 2.07(e), the Registrar shall register the
transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer
or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar
the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or
by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder
shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as
applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section
2.07(e).
(i) RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES TO RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE
NOTES. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and
registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form
of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the
following:
(A) if the transfer shall be made pursuant to Rule
144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer shall be made pursuant to Rule
903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer shall be made pursuant to any
other exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate
in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications,
certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)
thereof, if applicable.
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(ii) RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE
NOTES. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder
thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person
or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to
the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the
applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a
Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution
of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as
defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) any such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the Holder of such Restricted
Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for
an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof;
or
(2) if the Holder of such Restricted
Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a
Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of
an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if
the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such
exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act
and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in
the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order
to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii) UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE
NOTES. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such
Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register
such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted
Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) EXCHANGE OFFER. Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue
and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02,
the Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an
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aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that
certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (x) they are not a
Broker-Dealer who acquired Notes directly from the Company or an affiliate of
the Company, (y) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange
Notes and (z) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company,
and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer and (ii) Definitive Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted
Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with
the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal
amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted
Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount.
(g) LEGENDS. The following legends shall appear on the face of
all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless
specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
(i) PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND. Except as permitted below, each
Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange
therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in
substantially the following form:
THIS NOTE AND ANY GUARANTEES OF THIS NOTE HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER
THIS NOTE NOR ANY GUARANTEES OF THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN
THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS
EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER
SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE
LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON
WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE
OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) (THE
"RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY
OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO
LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A"), TO A PERSON IT
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS
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DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR
THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE
IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE
144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS
THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO
ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY'S AND THE
TRUSTEE'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (i)
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) PRIOR TO THE END OF THE 40-DAY
DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WITHIN THE MEANING OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO CLAUSE
(E) PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE TO
REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION
AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND
(ii) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO REQUIRE THAT A
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THIS NOTE IS
COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE. THIS
LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF A HOLDER AFTER THE
RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note
issued pursuant to subparagraph (b)(iv), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(ii),
(d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) to this Section 2.07 (and all Notes
issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the
Private Placement Legend.
(ii) GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND. Each Global Note shall bear a legend
in substantially the following form:
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE
INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT
TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT
(I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS
GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT
TO SECTION 2.07(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE
MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 2.12 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN
CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
(h) CANCELLATION AND/OR ADJUSTMENT OF GLOBAL NOTES. At such
time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged
for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased
or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to
or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.12 hereof.
At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global
Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery thereof
in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive
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Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be
reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the
Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such
reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred
to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly
and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the
Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(i) GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes
and Definitive Notes upon the Company's order or at the Registrar's
request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made to a Holder of a
beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive
Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or
similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than
any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon
exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.06, 3.08, 4.10, 4.14
and 9.05 hereof).
(iii) The Registrar shall not be required to register the
transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in
part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive
Notes shall be the valid and legally binding obligations of the
Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(v) The Company shall not be required (A) to issue, to
register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any
selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending
at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register the
transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole
or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in
part or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a
record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (as defined
in the Notes).
(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a
transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem
and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the
absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and
none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
(vii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and
Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02
hereof.
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(viii) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of
Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this
Section 2.07 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be
submitted by facsimile with the original to follow by first class mail.
(ix) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor,
determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer
imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to
any transfer of any interest in any Note other than to require delivery
of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are
expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by
the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine
substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
Section 2.08 REPLACEMENT NOTES.
(a) If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the
Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company shall issue and the Trustee,
upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note
if the Trustee's requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the
Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in
the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee,
any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer
if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a
Note.
(b) Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the
Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally
and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.09 OUTSTANDING NOTES.
(a) The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes
authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to
it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected
by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in
this Section as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.10 hereof, a
Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of
the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section
3.07(b) hereof.
(b) If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 hereof, it
ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it
that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
(c) If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid
under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases
to accrue.
(d) If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary
or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing) holds, on a redemption date or maturity
date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that
date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to
accrue interest.
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Section 2.10 TREASURY NOTES.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned
by the Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company, shall
be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such
direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee knows are so owned
shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.11 TEMPORARY NOTES.
(a) Until certificates representing Notes are ready for
delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall
be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that
the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare
and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Notes in exchange for temporary
Notes.
(b) Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the
benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.12 CANCELLATION.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any
Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The
Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of
canceled Notes in accordance with its procedures for the disposition of canceled
securities in effect as of the date of such disposition (subject to the record
retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the disposition of
all canceled Notes shall be delivered to the Company. The Company may not issue
new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.13 DEFAULTED INTEREST.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes,
it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent
lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are
Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided
in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and
the date of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed
each such special record date and payment date, PROVIDED that no such special
record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for
such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the
Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name
and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a
notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the
amount of such interest to be paid.
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Section 2.14 CUSIP NUMBERS.
The Company in issuing the Notes may use "CUSIP" numbers (if
then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; PROVIDED that any such notice
may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers
either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and
that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on
the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any
change in the "CUSIP" numbers.
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT;
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 3.01 NOTICES TO TRUSTEE.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional
redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee,
at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an
Officers' Certificate setting forth (i) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to
which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal
amount of Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price.
Section 3.02 SELECTION OF NOTES TO BE REDEEMED.
(a) If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or
purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee shall select the
Notes to be redeemed or purchased among the Holders of the Notes in compliance
with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on
which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not so listed, on a PRO RATA
basis, by lot or in accordance with any other method the Trustee considers fair
and appropriate. In the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes
to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee from
the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption.
(b) The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing
of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for
partial redemption, the principal amount at maturity thereof to be redeemed. No
Notes in amounts of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. Notes and portions
of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000;
except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire
outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of
$1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence,
provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also
apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
Section 3.03 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.08 hereof, at least
30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall
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mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each
Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.
The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall
state:
(i) the redemption date;
(ii) the redemption price;
(iii) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of
the principal amount at maturity of such Note to be redeemed and that,
after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or
Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the
original Note shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon
cancellation of the original Note;
(iv) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(v) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to
the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price and become due on the
date fixed for redemption;
(vi) that, unless the Company defaults in making such
redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to
accrue on and after the redemption date;
(vii) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this
Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being
redeemed; and
(viii) that no representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed
on the Notes.
(b) At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the
notice of redemption in the Company's name and at its expense; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days
prior to the redemption date, an Officers' Certificate requesting that the
Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such
notice as provided in the preceding paragraph. The notice, if mailed in the
manner provided herein shall be presumed to have been given, whether or not the
Holder receives such notice.
Section 3.04 EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section
3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on
the redemption date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be
conditional.
Section 3.05 DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
(a) One Business Day prior to the redemption date, the Company
shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay
the redemption price of and accrued interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on
all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall
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promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the
Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the
redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed.
(b) If the Company complies with the provisions of the
preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to
accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption. If a Note is
redeemed on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related
interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the
Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such
record date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with
the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from
the redemption date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on
any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate
provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.
Section 3.06 NOTES REDEEMED IN PART.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company
shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of
the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of
the Note surrendered. No Notes in denominations of $1,000 or less shall be
redeemed in part.
Section 3.07 OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
(a) Except as set forth in clause (b) of this Section 3.07,
the Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes pursuant to this
Section 3.07 on or prior to July 15, 2008. Thereafter, the Company may redeem
all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice,
at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set
forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any,
thereon, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month
period beginning on July 15 of the years indicated below:
YEAR PERCENTAGE
---- ----------
2008......................... 104.125%
2009 ........................ 102.750%
2010 ........................ 101.375%
2011 and thereafter ......... 100.000%
(b) At any time on or prior to July 15, 2006, the Company may
on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount
of Notes originally issued hereunder at a redemption price of 108.250% of the
principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or
more Equity Offerings; PROVIDED that (A) at least 65% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes originally issued under this Indenture remains outstanding
immediately after the occurrence of such redemption, excluding Notes held by the
Company and its Subsidiaries; and (B) the redemption must occur within 90 days
of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.
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(c) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made
pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.08 REPURCHASE OFFERS.
In the event that, pursuant to Sections 4.10 and 4.14 hereof,
the Company shall be required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase
their respective Notes (a "REPURCHASE OFFER"), it shall follow the procedures
specified below.
The Repurchase Offer shall remain open for a period of 20
Business Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent
that a longer period is required by applicable law (the "OFFER PERIOD"). No
later than five Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the
"PURCHASE DATE"), the Company shall purchase the principal amount of Notes
required to be purchased pursuant to Sections 4.10 and 4.14 hereof (the "OFFER
AMOUNT") or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered
in response to the Repurchase Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be
made in the same manner as interest payments are made.
If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date
and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid
interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the
close of business on such record date, and no additional interest shall be
payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Repurchase Offer.
Upon the commencement of a Repurchase Offer, the Company shall
send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with
a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials
necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Repurchase
Offer. The Repurchase Offer shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which
shall govern the terms of the Repurchase Offer, shall state:
(i) that the Repurchase Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 3.08 and Section 4.10 or Section 4.14 hereof, and the length of
time the Repurchase Offer shall remain open;
(ii) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase
Date;
(iii) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall
continue to accrete or accrue interest and Liquidated Damages, if any;
(iv) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment,
any Note (or portion thereof) accepted for payment pursuant to the
Repurchase Offer shall cease to accrete or accrue interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, after the Purchase Date;
(v) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to
a Repurchase Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in integral
multiples of $1,000 only;
(vi) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant
to any Repurchase Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with
the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse
of the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the
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Company, the Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent
at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the
Purchase Date;
(vii) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their
election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the
case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer
Period, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting
forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the
Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is
withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;
(viii) that, if the aggregate amount of Notes surrendered by
Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee shall select the Notes to
be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be
deemed appropriate by the Trustee so that only Notes in denominations
of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, shall be purchased); and
(ix) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part
shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry
transfer).
On the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful,
accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer
Amount of Notes (or portions thereof) tendered pursuant to the Repurchase Offer,
or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and
shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such Notes
(or portions thereof) were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance
with the terms of this Section 3.08. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying
Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any case not later than five
days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount
equal to the purchase price of Notes tendered by such Holder, as the case may
be, and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company, shall promptly
issue a new Note. The Trustee, upon written request from the Company shall
authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal
amount at maturity equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any
Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the
respective Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of
the Repurchase Offer as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1
under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder
to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer.
Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.08, any
purchase pursuant to this Section 3.08 shall be made pursuant to the provisions
of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.09 APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
All money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.02
shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of
the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
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Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and
premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited
with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except
to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 PAYMENT OF NOTES.
(a) The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal
of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner
provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be
considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company
or one of its Subsidiaries, holds as of 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date
money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for
and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. The
Company shall pay all Liquidated Damages, if any, in the same manner on the
dates and in the amounts set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
(b) The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition
interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the
rate equal to 1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the
Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition
interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of
interest, and Liquidated Damages (without regard to any applicable grace period)
at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
(a) The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee
or an agent of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be
served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee.
(b) The Company may also from time to time designate one or
more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered
for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such purposes. The Company
shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or
rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
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(c) The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with
Section 2.04 of this Indenture.
Section 4.03 REPORTS.
(a) Whether or not required by the SEC, so long as any Notes
are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Holders of Notes, within the
time periods specified in the SEC's rules and regulations:
(i) all quarterly and annual financial information that would
be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and
10-K if the Company were required to file such Forms, including a
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations" and, with respect to the annual information
only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Company's
certified independent accountants; and
(ii) all current reports that would be required to be filed
with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such
reports.
(b) In addition, whether or not required by the SEC, the
Company shall file a copy of all of the information and reports referred to in
clauses (a)(i) and (ii) above with the SEC for public availability within the
time periods specified in the SEC's rules and regulations (unless the SEC will
not accept such a filing) and make such information available to securities
analysts and prospective investors upon request. In addition, the Company shall,
for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, furnish to the Holders and to
securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the
information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the
Securities Act, if any such information is required to be delivered.
(c) If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information
required by the preceding paragraph shall include a reasonably detailed
presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes
thereto, and in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations," of the financial condition and results of operations of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial
condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the
Company.
Section 4.04 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE.
(a) The Company shall and shall cause each Guarantor (to the
extent that such Guarantor is so required under the TIA) to deliver to the
Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers'
Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its
Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the
supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the
Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this
Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such
certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge, the Company has kept,
observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture and is
not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions
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and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or
she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has
occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the
principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event
has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking
or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) So long as not contrary to the then current
recommendations of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the
year-end financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.03(a) above shall
be accompanied by a written statement of the Company's independent public
accountants (which shall be a firm of established national reputation) that in
making the examination necessary for certification of such financial statements,
nothing has come to their attention that would lead them to believe that the
Company has violated any provisions of Article Four or Article Five hereof or,
if any such violation has occurred, specifying the nature and period of
existence thereof, it being understood that such accountants shall not be liable
directly or indirectly to any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of any
such violation.
(c) The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are
outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware
of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers' Certificate specifying such
Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to
take with respect thereto.
Section 4.05 TAXES.
The Company shall pay, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, any material taxes, assessments, and
governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not
adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.06 STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS.
The Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it
shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or
the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law,
and covenant that they shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or
impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall
suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has
been enacted.
Section 4.07 RESTRICTED PAYMENTS.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or
distribution on account of the Company's or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries' Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any
payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) or to the direct or indirect
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holders of the Company's or any Restricted Subsidiary's Equity
Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or
distributions payable (A) in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the Company or (B) to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company);
(ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value
(including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or
consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the
Company;
(iii) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase,
redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any
Indebtedness that is expressly subordinated to the Notes or any
Guarantee, except a payment of interest or principal at the Stated
Maturity thereof; or
(iv) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and
other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above being
collectively referred to as "RESTRICTED PAYMENTS"),
unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted
Payment:
(v) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;
and
(vi) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment
and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment
had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period,
have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness
pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section
4.09(a); and
(vii) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate
amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries after the date hereof (excluding Restricted
Payments permitted by Section 4.07(b), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v)), is
less than the sum, without duplication, of:
(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company
for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the
beginning of the first fiscal quarter commencing after the
date hereof to the end of the Company's most recently ended
fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are
available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such
Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less
100% of such deficit), PLUS
(B) (i) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds plus
(ii) 70% of the aggregate fair market value of assets (other
than Restricted Investments), in each case, received by the
Company since the date hereof as a contribution to its common
equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests
of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock), except to the
extent used to make an Investment pursuant to clause (17) or
(15) of the definition of Permitted Investments, or from the
issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified
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Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the
Company that have been converted into or exchanged for such
Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified
Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the
Company); PLUS
(C) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that
was made after the date hereof is sold for cash or otherwise
liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i) the cash
return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment
(less the cost of disposition, if any) and (ii) the initial
amount of such Restricted Investment; PLUS
(D) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of
the Company is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after
the date hereof, the lesser of (i) the fair market value of
the Company's Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of
such redesignation or (ii) such fair market value as of the
date on which such Subsidiary was originally designated as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus the amount of any Investments
made in such Subsidiary subsequent to such designation (and
treated as Restricted Payments) by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary; PLUS
(E) 100% of any other dividends or other
distributions received by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company since the date hereof from an
Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company to the extent that such
dividends were not otherwise included in Consolidated Net
Income of the Company for such period in an amount not to
exceed the amount of Restricted Investments previously made by
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such
Unrestricted Subsidiary; PLUS
(F) $5.0 million.
(b) So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or
would be caused thereby, the preceding provisions will not prohibit:
(i) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date
of declaration of the dividend, if at the date of declaration the
dividend payment would have complied with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(ii) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or
other acquisition of any subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or
any Guarantor or of any Equity Interests of the Company in exchange
for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent
sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests
of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock); PROVIDED that the
amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such
redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition
will be excluded from Section 4.07(a)(vii)(B);
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(iii) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other
acquisition of subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any
Guarantor with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness;
(iv) the payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;
(v) repurchases of Equity Interests of the Company deemed to
occur upon the exercise of stock options if such Equity Interests
represent a portion of the exercise price thereof;
(vi) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or
retirement for value of Equity Interests of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company held by any member of the
Company's (or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries') management; PROVIDED
that the aggregate amount expended pursuant to this clause (vi) shall
not exceed $1.0 million in any twelve-month period;
(vii) cash payments, in lieu of fractional shares issuable as
dividends on Equity Interests of the Company in an amount, when taken
together with all other cash payments made pursuant to this clause
(vii) since the date hereof, not to exceed $500,000; and
(viii) Restricted Payments not otherwise permitted in an
amount not to exceed $5.0 million.
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall
be the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s)
or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The fair
market value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this
Section 4.07 shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company whose
resolution with respect thereto shall be delivered to the Trustee. Except with
respect to a Restricted Payment permitted by Section 4.07(b) above, the Board of
Directors' determination must be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an
accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if the
fair market value exceeds $10.0 million. Not later than the date on which such
Restricted Payment was made, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that such Restricted Payment is permitted and
setting forth the basis upon which the calculations required by this Section
4.07 were computed, together with a copy of any fairness opinion or appraisal
required by this Indenture.
Section 4.08 DIVIDEND AND OTHER PAYMENT RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING RESTRICTED
SUBSIDIARIES.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or
become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction of any
kind on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
(i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its
Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or
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with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by,
its profits, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(ii) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(iii) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) However, the restrictions set forth in Section 4.08(a)
will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(i) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and the Credit
Facilities as in effect on the date hereof and any amendments,
modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements,
refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; PROVIDED
that the amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases,
supplements, refundings, replacement or refinancings are not materially
more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and
other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on
the date hereof;
(ii) this Indenture, the Notes and the Exchange Notes;
(iii) applicable law;
(iv) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of
a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such
Indebtedness or Capital Stock was incurred in connection with or in
contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is
not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any
Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person,
so acquired; PROVIDED that in the case of Indebtedness, such
Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be
incurred;
(v) customary non-assignment provisions of any contract or
agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business and customary
provisions restricting subletting of any interest in real or personal
property contained in any lease or easement agreement of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary;
(vi) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the
ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on that property
of the nature described in Section 4.08(a)(iii);
(vii) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of all
or substantially all of the assets or Capital Stock of a Restricted
Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary
pending its sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the assets or Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary;
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(viii) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; PROVIDED that the
restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to dividends and other payments
are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those
contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being
refinanced;
(ix) Liens securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be
incurred under Section 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor to
dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;
(x) provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution
of assets or property in joint venture agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of business;
(xi) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth
imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary
course of business;
(xii) any Indebtedness incurred in compliance with the Section
4.09 by any Foreign Subsidiary or any Guarantor, or any agreement
pursuant to which such Indebtedness is issued, if the encumbrance or
restriction applies only to such Foreign Subsidiary or Guarantor and
only in the event of a payment default or default with respect to a
financial covenant contained in the Indebtedness or agreement and the
encumbrance or restriction is not materially more disadvantageous to
the Holders of the Notes than is customary in comparable financings (as
determined by the Board of Directors of the Company) and the Board of
Directors of the Company determines that any such encumbrance or
restriction will not materially affect the Company's ability to pay
interest or principal on the Notes; or
(xiii) an arrangement or circumstance arising or agreed to in
the ordinary course of business, not relating to any Indebtedness, and
that does not, individually or in the aggregate, detract from the value
of property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in
any manner material to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
Section 4.09 INCURRENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS AND ISSUANCE OF PREFERRED STOCK.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue,
assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable,
contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, "INCUR") any
Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company will not issue any
Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
issue any Disqualified Stock or preferred stock; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Company may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified
Stock, and any Guarantor may incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock (and
WCC RE Holdings LLC and Atlantic Shores Healthcare, Inc. may guarantee
Indebtedness of the Company under the Credit Agreement) and any Foreign
Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the
Company's most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal
financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such
additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or preferred
stock is issued would have been at least 2.0 to 1, determined on a pro forma
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basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if
the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the preferred stock or
Disqualified Stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such
four-quarter period.
(b) So long as no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would be caused thereby, Section 4.09(a) will not prohibit the
incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness or the issuance of
Disqualified Stock, as set forth below (collectively, "PERMITTED DEBT"):
(i) the incurrence by the Company and any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement in an aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause
4.09(b)(i) not to exceed $150.0 million, LESS the aggregate amount of
all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary to repay any Indebtedness under the Credit
Agreement and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit
Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect
thereto, pursuant to Section 4.10;
(ii) the incurrence by the Company and any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Existing Indebtedness;
(iii) the incurrence by the Company of Indebtedness
represented by the Notes to be issued on the date hereof and any
Guarantees thereof by any Guarantor;
(iv) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations,
mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case,
incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase
price or cost of construction or improvement of property, plant or
equipment used in the business of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause 4.09(b)(iv), not to
exceed $10.0 million at any time outstanding;
(v) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or
the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace
Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted
by this Indenture to be incurred under Section 4.09(a) or clauses (ii),
(iii), (v), or (xi) of this Section 4.09(b);
(vi) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company
and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that:
(A) if the Company or any Guarantor is the obligor on
such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness must be expressly
subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all
Obligations with respect to the Notes, in the case of the
Company, or the Guarantee, in the case of a Guarantor; and
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(B) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity
Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by
a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such
Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; will be deemed, in each
case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be,
that was not permitted by this clause 4.09(b)(vi);
(vii) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations that are incurred for the purpose
of fixing or hedging interest rate risk with respect to any
Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be
outstanding or for hedging foreign currency exchange risk, in each case
to the extent the Hedging Obligations are incurred in the ordinary
course of business and not for any speculative purpose;
(viii) the Guarantee by the Company or any Guarantor of
Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section
4.09;
(ix) the accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of
original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in
the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the
payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional
shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be
an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for
purposes of this Section 4.09; PROVIDED, in each such case, that the
amount thereof is included in Fixed Charges of the Company as accrued;
(x) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness, including Indebtedness represented by
letters of credit for the account of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, incurred in respect of workers' compensation claims,
self-insurance obligations, performance, proposal, completion, surety
and similar bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
PROVIDED that the underlying obligation to perform is that of the
Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries and not that of the Company's
Unrestricted Subsidiaries; PROVIDED FURTHER that such underlying
obligation is not in respect of borrowed money;
(xi) the incurrence by the Company or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal
amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding,
including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund,
refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause
(xi), not to exceed $30.0 million;
(xii) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness, including but not limited to Indebtedness
represented by letters of credit for the account of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, arising from agreements of the Company or a
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Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of
purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or
assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or
Equity Interests of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, other than
guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any
portion of such business, assets or Equity Interests for the purpose of
financing such acquisition;
(xiii) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other
financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument (except
in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in
the ordinary course of business, PROVIDED that such Indebtedness is
extinguished within five Business Days of incurrence; or
(xiv) the issuance of preferred stock of a Restricted
Subsidiary to the Company that is pledged to secure the Credit
Agreement, PROVIDED that any subsequent transfer that results in such
preferred stock being held by a Person other than the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary will be deemed to constitute an issuance of
preferred stock not permitted by this clause (xiv).
(c) For purposes of determining compliance with any
restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness where the Indebtedness incurred is
not denominated in U.S. dollars, the amount of such Indebtedness will be the
U.S. Dollar Equivalent determined on the date of incurrence of such
Indebtedness; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if any such Indebtedness not denominated
in U.S. dollars is subject to a Hedging Obligation with respect to U.S. dollars
covering all principal, premium, if any, and interest payable on such
Indebtedness, the amount of such Indebtedness expressed in U.S. dollars will be
as provided in such Hedging Obligation. The principal amount of any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in the same currency as the Indebtedness being
refinanced will be the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the Indebtedness refinanced,
except to the extent that (i) such U.S. Dollar Equivalent was determined based
on a Hedging Obligation, in which case the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
will be determined in accordance with the preceding sentence, and (ii) the
principal amount of the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness exceeds the principal
amount of the Indebtedness being refinanced, in which case the U.S. Dollar
Equivalent of such excess will be determined on the date such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred.
(d) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section
4.09, in the event that an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of
more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (i)
through (xiv) of Section 4.09(b), or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to
Section 4.09(a), the Company will be permitted to classify such item of
Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence, or later reclassify all or a portion
of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section
4.09. Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement outstanding on the date on which
Notes are first issued and authenticated under this Indenture will be deemed to
have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided in Section
4.09(b)(i).
(e) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Guarantor,
to incur any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is contractually
subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or
such Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in
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right of payment to the Notes or such Guarantee on substantially identical
terms; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor
will be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other
Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor solely by virtue of being
unsecured.
Section 4.10 ASSET SALES.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i) the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal
to the fair market value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or
sold or otherwise disposed of;
(ii) the fair market value, in the case of any Asset Sales or
series of related Asset Sales having a fair market value of $5.0
million or more, is determined by the Company's Board of Directors and
evidenced by a resolution of Board of Directors set forth in an
Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee; and
(iii) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset
Sale by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of
cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this Section 4.10(a)(iii)
only, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:
(A) any liabilities, as shown on the Company's or
such Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet, of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent
liabilities and Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness secured
by the assets sold) that is equal in right of payment with or
subordinated to the Notes or any Guarantee) that are assumed
by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary
novation agreement that releases the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary from further liability; and
(B) any securities, Notes or other obligations
received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from
such transferee that are converted by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents within 30
days after the applicable Asset Sale, to the extent of the
cash or Cash Equivalents received in that conversion.
(b) Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from
an Asset Sale or from the sale of the Company's interest in Premier Custodial
Group Limited to Serco Investments Limited, the Company or the applicable
Restricted Subsidiary may apply those Net Proceeds, at its option:
(i) to repay permanently Indebtedness under the Credit
Agreement (and with respect to Net Proceeds of a Restricted Subsidiary
that is not a Guarantor, Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary)
and, if the Indebtedness permanently repaid is revolving credit
Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect
thereto;
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(ii) to acquire, or enter into a definitive agreement to
acquire, all or substantially all of the assets of, a Permitted
Business or a majority of the Voting Stock of a Person employed in a
Permitted Business, PROVIDED that such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary and PROVIDED FURTHER, however, in the case of a definitive
agreement, that such acquisition closes within 120 days of such 360 day
period;
(iii) to make a capital expenditure in or that is used or
useful in a Permitted Business (provided that the completion of (a)
construction of new facilities, (b) expansions to existing facilities
and (c) repair or construction of damaged or destroyed facilities, in
each case, which commences within such 360 days may extend for an
additional 360 day period if the Net Proceeds to be used for such
construction, expansion or repair are committed specifically for such
activity within such 360 days); or
(iv) to acquire other long-term assets that are used or useful
in a Permitted Business.
Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company
may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net
Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
(c) Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales (or from the sale of the
Company's interest in Premier Custodial Group Limited to Serco Investments
Limited) that are not applied or invested as provided in the preceding paragraph
will constitute "EXCESS PROCEEDS." When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds
exceeds $10.0 million, the Company shall make an offer (an "ASSET SALE OFFER")
to all Holders of Notes and, at the Company's option, all holders of other
Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to
those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem
with the proceeds of sales of assets, to purchase on a pro rata basis the
maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that
may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale
Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid
interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the date of purchase, and shall be
payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset
Sale Offer, the Company may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not
otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of
Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer
exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be
purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the
amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.
(d) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule
14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection
with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent
that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the
Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the
applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have
breached its obligations under Section 4.10 by virtue of such conflict.
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Section 4.11 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any
property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction,
contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the
benefit of, any Affiliate (each, an "AFFILIATE TRANSACTION"), unless:
(i) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less
favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than
those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
(ii) the Company delivers to the Trustee:
(A) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or
series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate
consideration in excess of $5.0 million, a resolution of the
Board of Directors of the Company set forth in an Officers'
Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction
complies with this Section 4.11 and that such Affiliate
Transaction has been approved by a majority of the
disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the
Company; and
(B) except with respect to leases of facilities
entered into in the ordinary course of business with a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary, with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or
series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate
consideration in excess of $10.0 million, an opinion as to the
fairness to the Company of such Affiliate Transaction from a
financial point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or
investment banking firm of national standing.
(b) The following items shall be deemed not to be Affiliate
Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of Section
4.11(a):
(i) indemnity agreements and reasonable employment
arrangements (including severance and retirement agreements) entered
into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, in each case approved by the disinterested members of the
Board of Directors of the Company;
(ii) transactions between or among the Company and/or its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(iii) payment of reasonable directors fees to Persons who are
not otherwise Affiliates of the Company;
(iv) sales of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock)
of the Company;
(v) Restricted Payments that are permitted by Section 4.07;
and
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(vi) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or
grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of
employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans and
other reasonable fees, compensation, benefits and indemnities paid or
entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in
the ordinary course of business to or with officers, directors or
employees of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Section 4.12 LIENS.
The Company shall not and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer
to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind (other than Permitted Liens)
upon any of their property or assets, now owned or hereafter acquired, unless
all payments due under this Indenture and the Notes are secured on an equal and
ratable basis with the Obligations so secured until such time as such
Obligations are no longer secured by a Lien.
Section 4.13 BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except to
such extent as would not be material to the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries takes as a whole.
Section 4.14 OFFER TO REPURCHASE UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of
Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part
(equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of such Holder's Notes
pursuant to the offer described below (the "CHANGE OF CONTROL OFFER") at an
offer price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus
accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages thereon, if any, to the date
of purchase (the "CHANGE OF CONTROL PAYMENT"). Within 30 days following any
Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder describing the
transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering
to repurchase Notes on the date (the "CHANGE OF CONTROL PAYMENT DATE") specified
in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60
days from the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures described
in Section 3.08 and described in such notice. The Company shall comply with the
requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws
and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a
Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture relating to such
Change of Control Offer, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities
laws and regulations and shall be deemed not to have breached its obligations
under Section 4.14 by virtue of such conflict.
(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall,
to the extent lawful, (1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof
properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (2) deposit with the
Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all
Notes or portions thereof so properly tendered and (3) deliver or cause to be
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delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers'
Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof
being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly deliver to each
Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes,
and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred
by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any
unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; PROVIDED that each such
new Note shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Change of
Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment
Date.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
4.14, the Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a
Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the
manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth
in this Section 4.14 and all other provisions of this Indenture applicable to a
Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes properly
tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
Section 4.15 LIMITATION ON ISSUANCES AND SALES OF EQUITY INTERESTS IN
RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES.
The Company shall not transfer, convey, sell, assign, lease or
otherwise dispose of, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to, issue, transfer, convey, sell, assign, lease or otherwise dispose of any
Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to any Person
(other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company),
except:
(1) if, immediately after giving effect to such issuance,
transfer, conveyance, sale, assignment, lease or other disposition,
such Restricted Subsidiary would no longer constitute a Restricted
Subsidiary and any Investment in such Person remaining after giving
effect to such issuance or sale would have been permitted to be made
under Section 4.07, if made on the date of such issuance or sale; or
(2) sales of common stock of a Restricted Subsidiary by the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, PROVIDED that the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary complies with Section 4.10.
Section 4.16 DESIGNATION OF RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES.
The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any
Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would
not cause a Default or Event of Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary is
designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate fair market value of all
outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in
the Subsidiary properly designated shall be deemed to be Investments made as of
the time of the designation, subject to the limitations on Restricted Payments.
That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at
that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of the Company may redesignate
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any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if the redesignation
would not cause a Default; PROVIDED that such designation shall be deemed to be
an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any
outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation
shall only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section
4.09, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the
beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of
Default would be in existence following such designation.
Section 4.17 PAYMENTS FOR CONSENT.
The Company shall not and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any
consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an
inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions
of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid
and is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in
the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent,
waiver or agreement.
Section 4.18 SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction;
PROVIDED that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into a Sale and
Leaseback Transaction if:
(i) the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable,
could have (a) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the
Attributable Debt relating to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction under
the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test in Section 4.09(a) hereof and (b)
incurred a Lien to secure such Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.12;
(ii) the gross cash proceeds of that Sale and Leaseback
Transaction are at least equal to the fair market value, as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and set forth in
an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the property that
is the subject of that Sale and Leaseback Transaction; and
(iii) the transfer of assets in that Sale and Leaseback
Transaction is permitted by, and the Company applies the proceeds of
such transaction in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof.
Section 4.19 ADDITIONAL NOTE GUARANTEES.
The Company shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries which are not Guarantors (other than Guarantees by WCC RE Holdings
LLC and Atlantic Shores Healthcare, Inc. of Indebtedness incurred under the
Credit Agreement), directly or indirectly, to Guarantee the payment of any
Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor unless such Restricted Subsidiary
simultaneously executes and delivers (i) a supplemental indenture, in the form
of Exhibit F attached hereto, providing for the Guarantee of the payment of the
Notes by such Restricted Subsidiary, which Guarantee shall be senior to or PARI
PASSU with such Subsidiary's Guarantee of such other Indebtedness and (ii) a
notation of Guarantee in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto.
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ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS.
(a) The Company shall not, in a single transaction or a series
of related transactions, consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person
or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person or group of
affiliated Persons, or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into
any such transaction or transactions if such transaction or transactions, in the
aggregate, would result in an assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or
disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any other Person or
group of affiliated Persons, unless at the time and after giving effect thereto:
(i) either: (A) the Company is the surviving corporation; or
(B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger
(if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, lease,
transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is a
corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States,
any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;
(ii) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation
or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale,
assignment, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been
made assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes, this
Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to agreements
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(iii) no Default or Event of Default exists;
(iv) the Company or the other Person formed by or surviving
any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to
which such sale, assignment, lease, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition has been made will, on the date of such transaction after
giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions
as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable
four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth
in Section 4.09(a) hereof; and
(v) the Company or the other Person formed by or surviving any
such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which
such sale, assignment, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
has been made will have delivered to the Trustee, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officers' Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale,
assignment, lease, conveyance, transfer, or other disposition, and if a
supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction,
such supplemental indenture, comply with the requirements of this
Indenture and that all conditions precedent therein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with.
(b) Clause (iv) of this Section 5.01 will not apply to: (a) a
sale, transfer or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and
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any of its Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries or (b) any merger or
consolidation of a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary into the Company.
ARTICLE SIX
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
(a) Each of the following is an "EVENT OF DEFAULT":
(i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest
on, or Liquidated Damages with respect to, the Notes;
(ii) default in payment when due of the principal of, or
premium, if any, on the Notes;
(iii) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, to comply with the provisions described in Sections 4.10,
4.14 or 5.01 hereof;
(iv) failure by the Company or any Guarantor for 60
consecutive days after notice to comply with any of the other
agreements in this Indenture;
(v) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under
which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced
any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) whether such
Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date
hereof, if that default:
(A) is caused by a failure to make any payment when
due at the final maturity of such Indebtedness (a "PAYMENT
DEFAULT"); or
(B) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness
prior to its express maturity,
and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness,
together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under
which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has
been so accelerated, aggregates $7.5 million or more;
(vi) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $7.5
million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a
period of 60 days;
(vii) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Guarantee
shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid
or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any
Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny
or disaffirm its obligations under its Guarantee;
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(viii) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that,
taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to
or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:
(1) commences a voluntary case,
(2) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case,
(3) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors, or
(4) generally is not paying its debts as they become
due; and
(ix) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary, in an involuntary case;
or
(B) appoints a custodian of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or
substantially all of the property of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Restricted Subsidiaries that taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary, or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary.
Section 6.02 ACCELERATION.
(a) In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause
(viii) or (ix) of Section 6.01 hereof, with respect to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of
Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately
without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of
the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable
immediately by notice in writing to the Company specifying the Event of Default.
(b) In the event of a declaration of acceleration of the Notes
because an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as a result of the
acceleration of any Indebtedness described in clause (v) of Section 6.01(a)
hereof, the declaration of acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically
annulled if the holders of any Indebtedness described in clause (v) of Section
6.01(a) hereof have rescinded the declaration of acceleration in respect of the
Indebtedness within 30 days of the date of the declaration and if:
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(i) the annulment of the acceleration of Notes would not
conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction; and
(ii) all existing Events of Default, except nonpayment of
principal or interest on the Notes that became due solely because of
the acceleration of the Notes, have been cured or waived.
Section 6.03 OTHER REMEDIES.
(a) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal,
premium, if any, interest, and Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to, the
Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this
Indenture.
(b) The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not
possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A
delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right
or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy
or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies
are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 6.04 WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee, may on behalf of the Holders of all
of the Notes, waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the
payment of interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, on, or the principal of, the
Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase) (PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment
default that resulted from such acceleration). The Company shall deliver to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that the requisite percentage of
Holders have consented to such waiver and attaching copies of such consents. In
case of any such waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be
restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and under the Notes,
respectively. This Section 6.04 shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the
TIA and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA is hereby expressly excluded from
this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by the TIA. Upon any such waiver,
such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom
shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 6.05 CONTROL BY MAJORITY.
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any
trust or power conferred on it and the Trustee may take any other action deemed
proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.. However,
the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this
Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of
other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.
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The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing
Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to
the payment of principal or interest or Liquidated Damages, if any) if it
determines that withholding notice is in their interest.
Section 6.06 LIMITATION ON SUITS.
(a) A Holder may pursue a remedy with respect to this
Indenture, or the Notes only if:
(i) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default;
(ii) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue
the remedy;
(iii) such Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes offer and, if
requested, provide to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory
to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense that might be
incurred by it in connection with the request or direction;
(iv) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60
days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the
provision of indemnity; and
(v) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee
a direction inconsistent with the request.
(b) A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice
the rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority
over another Holder of a Note.
Section 6.07 RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES TO RECEIVE PAYMENT.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the
right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium, if any,
interest on, and Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to, the Note, on or
after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection
with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected
without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08 COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(i) or
(a)(ii) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment
in its own name and as Trustee of an express trust against the Company for the
whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, interest, and Liquidated Damages,
if any, remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and
premium, if any, and, to the extent lawful, interest and Liquidated Damages, if
any, and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
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Section 6.09 TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and
other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the
claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and
the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the
Company or any Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or
its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and
distribute any money or other securities or property payable or deliverable on
any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby
authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event
that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To
the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due
the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding,
shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien
on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money,
securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in
such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or
arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize
the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10 PRIORITIES.
(a) If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this
Article, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts
due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation,
expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee
and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the
Notes for principal, premium, if any, interest and Liquidated Damages,
if any, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according
to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if
any, interest, and Liquidated Damages, if any, respectively; and
Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent
jurisdiction shall direct.
(b) The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
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Section 6.11 UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by
any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit,
and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party
litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a
Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more
than ten percent in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person's own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by
the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform
only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and
no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and
opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements
of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its
own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b)
of this Section;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that
the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.
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(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every
provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to
paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01.
(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee
to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be
under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this
Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder shall have offered
to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss,
costs, liability or expense that might be incurred by it in connection with the
request or direction.
(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 7.02 CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the
document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
require an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee
shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in
reliance on such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may
consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any
Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from
liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in
good faith and in reliance thereon.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and
shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed
with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture,
any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if
signed by an Officer of the Company.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the
Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and
liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction.
(g) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any
Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has
actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of such event is sent to the
Trustee in accordance with Section 11.02 hereof, and such notice references the
Notes.
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(h) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and
benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be
indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each
of its capacities hereunder, and to each officer, director and employee of the
Trustee.
(i) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an
Officers' Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of
officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this
Indenture, which Officers' Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to
sign an Officers' Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized
in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
Section 7.03 INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Notes and may become a creditor of, or otherwise deal
with, the Company or any of its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if
it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any
conflicting interest as described in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, it must
eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to
continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and
duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
Section 7.04 TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no
representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, it shall not be
accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money
paid to the Company or upon the Company's direction under any provision of this
Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money
received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be
responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or
any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this
Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05 NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and
if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Notes a
notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except
in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium
and Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may
withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in
good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the
Holders of the Notes.
Section 7.06 REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS OF THE NOTES.
(a) Within 60 days after each May 1 beginning with the May 1
following the date hereof, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the
Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such
reporting date that complies with TIA ss. 313(a) (but if no event described in
TIA ss. 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting
date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA ss.
313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by
TIA ss. 313(c).
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(b) A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the
Holders of Notes shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each
stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA ss. 313(d).
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any
stock exchange or any delisting thereof.
Section 7.07 COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY.
(a) The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time
reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services
hereunder in accordance with a written schedule provided by the Trustee to the
Company. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on
compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the
Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and
expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its
services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements
and expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel.
(b) The Company shall indemnify the Trustee against any and
all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this
Indenture, including the reasonable costs and expenses of enforcing this
Indenture against the Company (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself
against any claim (whether asserted by either of the Company or any Holder or
any other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of
any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss,
liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or willful
misconduct. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which
it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not
relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the
claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have
separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of
such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its
consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.07
shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and resignation
of removal of the Trustee.
(d) To secure the Company's payment obligations in this
Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or
property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay
principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and resignation or removal of the
Trustee.
(e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after
an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(viii) and (ix) hereof occurs,
the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and
expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
(f) The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of
TIAss.313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.
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Section 7.08 REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE.
(a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of
a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's
acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.
(b) The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be
discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may
remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The
Company may remove the Trustee if:
(i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
(ii) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an
order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any
Bankruptcy Law;
(iii) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the
Trustee or its property; or
(iv) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
(c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy
exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly
appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes
office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed
by the Company.
(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days
after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the
Company, or the Holders of Notes of at least 10% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may petition at the expense of the Company any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who
has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10,
such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of
the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of
its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property
held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, PROVIDED all sums owing to the
Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section
7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section
7.08 or Section 7.09, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall
continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
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Section 7.09 SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another
Person, the successor Person without any further act shall be the successor
Trustee.
Section 7.10 ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a
corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by
federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at
least $100.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of
condition.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA ss. 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA
ss. 310(b).
Section 7.11 PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.
The Trustee is subject to TIA ss. 311(a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA ss. 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or
been removed shall be subject to TIA ss. 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
The Trustee hereby waives any right to set-off any claim that it may have
against the Company in any capacity (other than as Trustee and Paying Agent)
against any of the assets of the Company held by the Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that if the Trustee is or becomes a lender of any other Indebtedness permitted
hereunder to be PARI PASSU with the Notes, then such waiver shall not apply to
the extent of such Indebtedness.
Section 7.12 TRUSTEE'S APPLICATION FOR INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE COMPANY.
Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from
the Company may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action
proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date
on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be
effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission
of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or
after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than
five (5) Business Days after the date any Officer of the Company actually
receives such application, unless any such Officer shall have consented in
writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the
effective date in the case of an omission), the Trustee shall have received
written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be
taken or omitted.
ARTICLE EIGHT
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 OPTION TO EFFECT LEGAL DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
The Company may, at the option of the Board of Directors
evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers' Certificate, at any time,
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elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding
Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Eight.
Section 8.02 LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the
option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company shall, subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to
have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes
and all obligations of the Guarantors shall be deemed to have been discharged
with respect to their obligations under the Guarantees on the date the
conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "LEGAL DEFEASANCE"). For
this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors shall
be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the
outstanding Notes and Guarantees, respectively, which shall thereafter be deemed
to be "outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other
Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have
satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the
Trustee, on reasonable demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following
provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from
the trust fund described in Section 8.04 hereof, and as more fully set forth in
such Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, interest
and Liquidated Damages, if any, on such Notes when such payments are due, (b)
the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 concerning
issuing temporary Notes, registration of Notes and mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Notes and Company's obligations under Section 4.02 hereof, (c) the
rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the
Company's obligations in connection therewith and (d) this Article 8. Subject to
compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this
Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03
hereof.
Section 8.03 COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the
option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company shall, subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released
from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09,
4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18 and 4.19 hereof and clause
(iv) of Section 5.01(a) hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and
after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied
(hereinafter, "COVENANT DEFEASANCE"), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed
not "outstanding" for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or
declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in
connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed "outstanding"
for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not
be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant
Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Company may
omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term,
condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or
indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or
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by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or
in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default
or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified
above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected
thereby. In addition, upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of
the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(a)(iii) through (vii)
shall not constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04 CONDITIONS TO LEGAL OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
(a) The following shall be the conditions to the application
of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof to the outstanding Notes:
(i) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in
trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S.
dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash
in U.S. dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as
will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, or interest
and premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the outstanding Notes on
the Stated Maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case
may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being
defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date and, if the
Notes are being defeased to a particular redemption date, the Company
must have delivered to the Trustee an irrevocable notice of redemption;
(ii) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to
the Trustee confirming that (a) the Company has received from, or there
has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (b)
since the date hereof, there has been a change in the applicable
federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based
thereon such Opinion of Counsel will confirm that, the Holders of the
outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal
income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be
subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner
and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal
Defeasance had not occurred;
(iii) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the
outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal
income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be
subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner
and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant
Defeasance had not occurred;
(iv) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing either (a) on the date of such deposit or (b) insofar as
Events of Default from bankruptcy or insolvency events are concerned,
at any time in the period ending on the 123rd day after the date of
deposit;
(v) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any
material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
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(vi) the Company must have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the
Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the
other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating,
hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others;
(vii) the Company must have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the creation of the defeasance
trust does not violate the Investment Company Act of 1940 and after the
passage of 123 days following the deposit, the trust fund will not be
subject to the effect of Section 547 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or
Section 15 of the New York Debtor and Creditor Law; and
(viii) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance
have been complied with.
Section 8.05 DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TO BE HELD IN TRUST;
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
(a) Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable
Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes
shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the
provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to
become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if
any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except
to the extent required by law.
(b) The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against
any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or
non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or
the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax,
fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the
outstanding Notes.
(c) Anything in this Article Eight to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to
time upon the request of the Company any money or non-callable Government
Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion
of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion
delivered under Section 8.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof
that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06 REPAYMENT TO THE COMPANY.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or
then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal, and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look
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only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or
such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the
Company as Trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment,
may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York
Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money
remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be
less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.
Section 8.07 REINSTATEMENT.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United
States dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section
8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of
any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise
prohibiting such application, then the Company's obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had
occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee
or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section
8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if the Company
makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note
following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the
money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE NINE
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF NOTES.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the
Company, the Guarantors, if any, and the Trustee may amend or supplement this
Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any Holder of a Note:
(i) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(ii) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in
place of certificated Notes;
(iii) to provide for the assumption of the Company's or any
Guarantor's obligations to Holders of Notes in the case of a merger or
consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company's or
such Guarantor's assets;
(iv) to make any change that would provide any additional
rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not adversely
affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder;
(v) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect
or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act; or
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(vi) to allow any Subsidiary to guarantee the Notes.
(b) Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a
resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such
amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the
documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the
Company in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or
permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate
agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall
not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that
affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.02 WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF NOTES.
(a) Except as provided in Section 9.02(c), the Company, the
Guarantors, if any, and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or
the Notes with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) then outstanding
(including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase
of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04
and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any
provision of this Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
(including Additional Notes, if any) (including, without limitation, consents
obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer
for, Notes).
(b) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a
record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to
any indenture supplemental hereto. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on
such record date, or its duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall
be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such
Holders remain Holders after such record date; PROVIDED that unless such consent
shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been
obtained prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such
consent previously given shall automatically and without further action by any
Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.
(c) Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a
resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such
amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of
evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as
aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section
7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such
amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture
directly affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but
shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.
(d) It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders
of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed
amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the
substance thereof.
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(e) After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this
Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Notes
affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or
waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein,
shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended
or supplemental indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof,
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) may waive compliance in a particular
instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture, or the Notes.
However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver
under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a
non-consenting Holder):
(i) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must
consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(ii) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of
any Note or alter the provisions, or waive any payment, with respect to
the redemption of the Notes;
(iii) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
interest on any Note;
(iv) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
principal of, or interest or premium, or Liquidated Damages, if any, on
the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such
acceleration);
(v) make any Note payable in money other than U.S. dollars;
(vi) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture
relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes
to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium or
Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes;
(vii) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note;
(viii) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under
its Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture;
(ix) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of
any payment on or with respect to the Notes or the Guarantees;
(x) amend, change or modify the obligation of the Company to
make and consummate an Asset Sale Offer with respect to any Asset Sale
in accordance with Section 4.10 hereof after the obligation to make an
Asset Sale Offer has arisen or the obligation of the Company to make
and consummate a Change of Control Offer in the event of a Change of
Control in accordance with Section 4.14 hereof after a Change of
Control has occurred, including, in each case, amending, changing or
modifying any definition relating thereto;
(xi) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver
provisions.
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Section 9.03 COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes
shall be set forth in an amended or supplemental indenture that complies with
the TIA as then in effect.
Section 9.04 REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a
consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a
Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences
the same debt as the consenting Holder's Note, even if notation of the consent
is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder
of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written
notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes
effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance
with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
Section 9.05 NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF NOTES.
(a) The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an
amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The
Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt
of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment,
supplement or waiver.
(b) Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new
Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or
waiver.
Section 9.06 TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC.
The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental indenture
or Note authorized pursuant to this Article Nine if the amendment or supplement
does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the
Trustee. The Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental indenture or Note
until its Board of Directors approves it. In executing any amended or
supplemental indenture or Note, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and
(subject to Section 7.01 hereof) shall be fully protected in relying upon an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of
such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture and that all conditions precedent to such execution have been met.
ARTICLE TEN
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 10.01 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE.
(a) This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be
of further effect as to all Notes issued thereunder, when:
(i) either:
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(A) all Notes that have been authenticated (except
lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or
paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company) have
been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all Notes that have not been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason
of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will
become due and payable within one year and the Company or any
Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the
benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable
Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such
amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any
reinvestment of interest to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation for principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if
any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or
redemption;
(ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of
such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the
Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any
Guarantor is bound;
(iii) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be
paid all sums payable by it hereunder; and
(iv) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the
Trustee hereunder to apply the deposited money toward the payment of
the Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.
(b) In addition, the Company must deliver an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions
precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.
Section 10.02 DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TO BE HELD IN TRUST;
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Subject to Section 10.03 hereof, all money and non-callable
Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes
shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the
provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to
become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if
any, and interest, but such money be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
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Section 10.03 REPAYMENT TO THE COMPANY.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or
then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium
and Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed
for two years after such principal, and premium, if any, or interest has become
due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by
the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note
shall thereafter look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability
of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all
liability of the Company as Trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make
any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published
once, in the New York Times or The Wall Street Journal (national edition),
notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification
or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be
repaid to the Company.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01 TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or
conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA ss. 318(c), the imposed duties shall
control.
Section 11.02 NOTICES.
(a) Any notice or communication by the Company or any
Guarantor, on the one hand, or the Trustee on the other hand, to the other is
duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by first class mail
(registered or certified, return receipt requested), telecopier or overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others' address:
If to the Company:
Wackenhut Corrections Corporation
One Park Place
000 XX 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxx X. X'Xxxxxx
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With a copy to:
Akerman Senterfitt
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
If to the Trustee:
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Finance Unit, Ref: Wackenhut
Corrections Corp.
(b) The Company the Guarantors if any, or the Trustee, by
notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for
subsequent notices or communications.
(c) All notices and communications (other than those sent to
Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand,
if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail,
postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the
next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
(d) Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by
first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by
overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the
register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so
mailed to any Person described in TIA ss. 313(c), to the extent required by the
TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it
shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
(e) If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner
provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the
addressee receives it. Notwithstanding the foregoing, notices to the Trustee
shall be deemed to be effective only when actually received by the Trustee's
Corporate Trust Department.
(f) If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders,
it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 11.03 COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS OF NOTES WITH OTHER HOLDERS OF NOTES.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA ss. 312(b) with other
Holders with respect to its rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The
Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of
TIA ss. 312(c).
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Section 11.04 CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee
to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee:
(i) an Officers' Certificate in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set
forth in Section 11.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the
signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for
in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied;
and
(ii) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set
forth in Section 11.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel (who may rely upon the Officer's Certificate as to matters of
fact), all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Section 11.05 STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate
provided pursuant to TIA ss. 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA
ss. 314(e) and shall include:
(i) a statement that the Person making such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or
she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been satisfied; and
(iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
Section 11.06 RULES BY TRUSTEE AND AGENTS.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a
meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and
set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 11.07 NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES
AND STOCKHOLDERS.
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of
the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any
obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture,
the Note Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of,
such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note
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waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to
waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Section 11.08 GOVERNING LAW.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 11.09 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION.
Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based
upon this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby ("RELATED
PROCEEDINGS") may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of
America located in the City of New York or the courts of the State of New York
in each case located in the City of New York (collectively, the "SPECIFIED
COURTS"), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction
(except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of
any such court (a "RELATED JUDGMENT"), as to which such jurisdiction is
non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of
any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party's (other than the
Trustee) address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any
suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties
irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of
any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and
unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court has been
brought in an inconvenient forum.
Section 11.10 NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other
indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used
to interpret this Indenture.
Section 11.11 SUCCESSORS.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes
shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall
bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture shall
bind its successors.
Section 11.12 SEVERABILITY.
In case any provision in this Indenture or 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 11.13 COUNTERPART ORIGINALS.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture.
Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the
same agreement.
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Section 11.14 ACTS OF HOLDERS.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken
by the Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "ACT" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the
manner provided in this Section 11.14.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any
such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to such witness, notary or officer the
execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity
other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also
constitute sufficient proof of authority. The fact and date of the execution of
any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the
same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Section 11.14, the principal amount and serial numbers of Notes held by any
Holder, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the register of the
Notes maintained by the Registrar as provided in Section 2.04 hereof.
(d) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of the Notes
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a resolution of its Board
of Directors, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders
entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so.
Notwithstanding TIA ss. 316(c), such record date shall be the record date
specified in or pursuant to such resolution, which shall be a date not earlier
than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in
connection therewith or the date of the most recent list of Holders forwarded to
the Trustee prior to such solicitation pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof and not
later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a record date is
fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders
of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be
Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite
proportion of the then outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented
to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act, and for that purpose the then outstanding Notes shall be computed as
of such record date; PROVIDED that no such authorization, agreement or consent
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by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall
become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than 90
days after the record date.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Note shall bind every future
Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the
registration or transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the
Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon
such Note.
(f) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled
hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Note may do
so itself with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Note or
by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
Section 11.15 BENEFIT OF INDENTURE.
Nothing, in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying
Agent, any Registrar and its successors hereunder, and the Holders, any benefit
or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 11.16 TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of
the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience
of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall
in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 11.17 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES,
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE
NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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SIGNATURES
WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxx X. X'Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. X'Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer-
Senior Vice President
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxx XxXxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx XxXxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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