NORSKE XXXX CANADA LIMITED,
as Issuer,
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THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,
as Guarantors,
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and
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
INDENTURE
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Dated as of August 14, 2001
US$250,000,000
8 5/8% Senior Notes due 2011
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA INDENTURE
SECTION SECTION
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310 (a)(1)............................................................... 7.10
(a)(2)............................................................... 7.10
(a)(3)............................................................... N.A.
(a)(4)............................................................... N.A.
(a)(5)............................................................... N.A.
(b).................................................................. 7.08; 7.10; 11.02
(b)(1)............................................................... 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
(c).................................................................. 7.06; 11.02
(d).................................................................. 7.06
314 (a).................................................................. 4.02; 4.04; 11.02
(b).................................................................. N.A.
(c)(1)............................................................... 11.04
(c)(2)............................................................... 11.04
(c)(3)............................................................... N.A.
(d).................................................................. N.A.
(e).................................................................. 11.05
(f).................................................................. N.A.
315 (a).................................................................. 7.01(b)
(b).................................................................. 7.05; 11.02
(c).................................................................. 7.01(a)
(d).................................................................. 7.01(c)
(e).................................................................. 6.12
316 (a) (last sentence).................................................. 2.10
(a)(1)(A)............................................................ 6.05
(a)(1)(B)............................................................ 6.04
(a)(2)............................................................... N.A.
(b).................................................................. 6.08
(c).................................................................. 8.04
317 (a)(1)............................................................... 6.09
(a)(2)............................................................... 6.10
(b).................................................................. 2.05; 7.12
318 (a).................................................................. 11.01
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N.A. means Not Applicable
Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of this
Indenture
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions...................................................................1
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions............................................................23
SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act............................24
SECTION 1.04. Rules of Construction........................................................25
ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. Amount of Notes..............................................................25
SECTION 2.02. Form and Dating..............................................................26
SECTION 2.03. Execution and Authentication.................................................26
SECTION 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent...................................................27
SECTION 2.05. Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust..........................................28
SECTION 2.06. Holder Lists.................................................................28
SECTION 2.07. Transfer and Exchange........................................................28
SECTION 2.08. Replacement Notes............................................................29
SECTION 2.09. Outstanding Notes............................................................30
SECTION 2.10. Treasury Notes...............................................................30
SECTION 2.11. Temporary Notes..............................................................30
SECTION 2.12. Cancellation.................................................................31
SECTION 2.13. Defaulted Interest...........................................................31
SECTION 2.14. CUSIP Number.................................................................31
SECTION 2.15. Deposit of Moneys............................................................31
SECTION 2.16. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes.......................................32
SECTION 2.17. Special Transfer Provisions..................................................34
SECTION 2.18. Computation of Interest......................................................36
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. Election To Redeem; Notices to Trustee.......................................37
SECTION 3.02. Selection by Trustee of Notes To Be Redeemed.................................37
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption.........................................................37
SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption...............................................38
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price..................................................39
SECTION 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part.......................................................39
SECTION 3.07. Optional Redemption..........................................................39
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SECTION 3.08. Tax Redemption...............................................................40
SECTION 3.09. Purchase of Notes............................................................40
SECTION 3.10. Special Mandatory Redemption upon Event of Failure...........................41
ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes.............................................................42
SECTION 4.02. Reports to Holders...........................................................42
SECTION 4.03. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws......................................43
SECTION 4.04. Compliance Certificate.......................................................43
SECTION 4.05. Taxes........................................................................44
SECTION 4.06. Limitation on Additional Debt................................................44
SECTION 4.07. Limitation on Restricted Payments............................................44
SECTION 4.08. Limitation on Liens..........................................................46
SECTION 4.09. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates...................................47
SECTION 4.10. Limitation on Asset Sales....................................................47
SECTION 4.11. Limitation on Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries.......................50
SECTION 4.12. Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment
Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries............................50
SECTION 4.13. Limitation on Subsidiaries...................................................51
SECTION 4.14. Legal Existence..............................................................51
SECTION 4.15. Change of Control Offer......................................................52
SECTION 4.16. Payment of Additional Amounts................................................54
SECTION 4.17. Escrow of Proceeds of Notes on Issue Date....................................55
SECTION 4.18. Limitation on Applicability of Certain Covenants if the Notes Are
Rated Investment Grade....................................................55
ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.01. Limitation on Consolidation, Amalgamation,
Merger and Sale of Assets.................................................55
SECTION 5.02. Successor Person Substituted.................................................56
ARTICLE SIX
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default............................................................57
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration.................................................................59
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies...............................................................59
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults and Events of Default................................59
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SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority..........................................................60
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits..........................................................60
SECTION 6.07. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers,
Employees and Stockholders................................................61
SECTION 6.08. Rights of Holders To Receive Payment.........................................61
SECTION 6.09. Collection Suit by Trustee...................................................61
SECTION 6.10. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.............................................61
SECTION 6.11. Priorities...................................................................62
SECTION 6.12. Undertaking for Costs........................................................62
ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee............................................................62
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee............................................................64
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.................................................65
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer.........................................................65
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults...........................................................65
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders................................................65
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity...................................................66
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.......................................................67
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Consolidation, Merger, Etc..............................68
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification................................................68
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company............................68
SECTION 7.12. Paying Agents................................................................68
ARTICLE EIGHT
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 8.01. Without Consent of Holders...................................................69
SECTION 8.02. With Consent of Holders......................................................70
SECTION 8.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act..........................................71
SECTION 8.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents............................................71
SECTION 8.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.............................................72
SECTION 8.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc..............................................72
ARTICLE NINE
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 9.01. Discharge of Indenture.......................................................72
SECTION 9.02. Legal Defeasance.............................................................73
SECTION 9.03. Covenant Defeasance..........................................................74
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SECTION 9.04. Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance........................74
SECTION 9.05. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations To Be Held in
Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.....................................76
SECTION 9.06. Reinstatement................................................................76
SECTION 9.07. Moneys Held by Paying Agent..................................................77
SECTION 9.08. Moneys Held by Trustee.......................................................77
ARTICLE TEN
GUARANTEE OF NOTES
SECTION 10.01. Guarantee....................................................................78
SECTION 10.02. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee..........................................89
SECTION 10.03. Limitation of Guarantee......................................................80
SECTION 10.04. Additional Guarantors........................................................80
SECTION 10.05. Release of Guarantor.........................................................80
SECTION 10.06. Waiver of Subrogation........................................................81
ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.................................................81
SECTION 11.02. Notices......................................................................81
SECTION 11.03. Communications by Holders with Other Holders.................................83
SECTION 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent...........................83
SECTION 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate and Opinion...............................83
SECTION 11.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents..................................................84
SECTION 11.07. Business Days; Legal Holidays................................................84
SECTION 11.08. Governing Law................................................................84
SECTION 11.09. Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction;
Waiver of Immunities......................................................84
SECTION 11.10. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements................................85
SECTION 11.11. No Recourse Against Others...................................................85
SECTION 11.12. Successors...................................................................86
SECTION 11.13. Multiple Counterparts........................................................86
SECTION 11.14. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.............................................86
SECTION 11.15. Separability.................................................................86
SECTION 11.16. Judgment Currency............................................................86
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A. Form of Note................................................................A-1
Exhibit B. Form of Private Placement Legend............................................B-1
Exhibit C. Form of Legend for Global Note..............................................C-1
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Exhibit D. Form of Certificate To Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers to
Non-QIB Institutional Accredited Investors...............................D-1
Exhibit E. Form of Certificate To Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers
Pursuant to Regulation S.................................................E-1
Exhibit F. Form of Guarantee...........................................................F-1
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INDENTURE, dated as of August 14, 2001, between NORSKE XXXX CANADA
LIMITED, a company incorporated under the laws of British Columbia, as issuer
(the "COMPANY"), the Guarantors (as defined herein) and XXXXX FARGO BANK
MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (the "TRUSTEE").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and
for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. DEFINITIONS.
"ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE" of a Person means all of the accounts receivable
of such Person, whether now existing or existing in the future.
"ACQUIRED DEBT" means Debt of a Person or any of its Subsidiaries
existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged
or amalgamated with or into or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary or which is assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets
from such Person and, in each case, not incurred by such Person in connection
with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a
Restricted Subsidiary or such merger, consolidation or acquisition.
"ADDITIONAL INTEREST" means additional interest on the Notes which the
Company and any Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to pay to the
Holders pursuant to Section 2(e) of the Registration Rights Agreement.
"AFFILIATE" means, with respect to any specific Person, any other Person
(including, without limitation, such Person's issue, siblings and spouse)
that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or
is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person,
PROVIDED that for purposes of this
Indenture, the term "Affiliate" shall not
include NORSKE Skogindustrier ASA or its Affiliates. For the purposes of this
definition, "CONTROL" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms
"CONTROLLING," "CONTROLLED BY" and "UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH"), as used with
respect to any Person, means 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, for purposes of Section 4.09 hereof, beneficial
ownership of at least 10% of the voting securities of a Person, either
directly or indirectly, shall be deemed to be control.
"AGENT" means any Registrar, Paying Agent, or agent for service of
notices and demands.
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"ARRANGEMENT AGREEMENT" means the arrangement agreement, dated March 25,
2001, between Norske Xxxx Canada Limited and Pacifica Papers Inc., as such
may be amended from time to time.
"ASSET ACQUISITION" means (i) an Investment by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any other Person pursuant to which
such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or shall be
merged or amalgamated with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company and includes the acquisition of Pacifica pursuant to the
Reorganization or (ii) the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company of the assets of any Person (other than a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) which constitute all or substantially
all of the assets of such Person or comprise any division or line of business
of such Person or any other properties or assets of such Person other than in
the ordinary course of business.
"ASSET SALE" means any direct or indirect sale, issuance, conveyance,
assignment, transfer, lease (other than operating leases entered into in the
ordinary course of business) or other disposition (including pursuant to any
Sale and Lease-Back Transaction), other than to the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, in any single transaction or series of related
transactions of (i) any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company or (ii) any other property or assets (including any interest therein)
of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiary thereof outside of the
ordinary course of business; PROVIDED that Asset Sales shall not include (a)
a transaction or series of related transactions for which the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries receive aggregate consideration of less than
$5,000,000 (provided that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary received
consideration equal to the Fair Market Value of any such property or assets
so sold, conveyed, assigned, transferred, leased or otherwise disposed of),
(b) the sale, lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company as permitted under Section
5.01 hereof, (c) sales of property or equipment that has become worn out,
obsolete or damaged or otherwise unsuitable for use in connection with the
business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, (d)
the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business, (e) any Restricted
Payment made in compliance with Section 4.07 hereof, (f) the sale of Accounts
Receivable without recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary at no
more than customary discounts in the market for such sales of receivables of
similar quality, (g) the surrender or waiver of contract rights or the
settlement, release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any
kind, (h) the granting of Liens not prohibited by this Indenture, and (i) the
liquidation of Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business.
"ASSET SALE PROCEEDS" means, with respect to any Asset Sale, (i) cash or
Cash Equivalents received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company from such Asset Sale, after (a) provision for all income or other
taxes measured by or resulting from such Asset Sale, (b) payment of all
brokerage commissions, underwriting and other fees and expenses, including,
without limitation, legal, accounting and appraisal fees, related to such
Asset Sale, (c) provision for minority interest holders in any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company as a result of such Asset Sale and (d) deduction of
appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities
associated with the assets sold or disposed of in such Asset Sale and
retained by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Sale,
including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit
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liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any
indemnification obligations associated with the assets sold or disposed of in
such Asset Sale and (ii) promissory notes and other non-cash consideration
received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from such Asset Sale or
other disposition upon the liquidation or conversion of such notes or
non-cash consideration into cash.
"ATTRIBUTABLE DEBT" in respect of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction
means, as at the time of determination, present value (discounted according
to GAAP at the cost of indebtedness implied in the Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for minimum rental
payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and
Lease-Back Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been
extended).
"AVAILABLE ASSET SALE PROCEEDS" means, with respect to any Asset Sale,
the aggregate Asset Sale Proceeds from such Asset Sale that have not been
applied in accordance with clause (iii)(A) or (iii)(B) of Section 4.10(a),
and that have not yet been the basis for an Excess Proceeds Offer in
accordance with clause (iii)(C) of Section 4.10(a) hereof.
"BANKRUPTCY LAW" means Title 11, U.S. Code, the Bankruptcy and
Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) or
any similar United States or Canadian federal, state or provincial law for
the relief of debtors.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means, as to any Person, the board of directors of
such Person and any duly authorized committee thereof.
"BOARD RESOLUTION" means a copy of a resolution certified pursuant to an
Officers' Certificate to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of
the Company or a Guarantor, as appropriate, and to be in full force and
effect, and, as so certified, delivered to the Trustee.
"CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION" means any cash contribution to the equity of the
Company from a direct or indirect parent of the Company or from another
shareholder for which no consideration other than the issuance of Capital
Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) is given.
"CAPITAL STOCK" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and
whether or not voting) of corporate stock, shares, partnership interests or
any other participation, right or other interest in the nature of an equity
interest in such Person including, without limitation, Common Stock and
Preferred Stock of such Person, or any option, warrant or other security
convertible into any of the foregoing.
"CAPITALIZED LEASE OBLIGATIONS" means, with respect to any Person, Debt
represented by obligations under a lease that is required to be capitalized
for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of
such Debt shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations determined in
accordance with GAAP.
"CASH EQUIVALENTS" means (i) Canadian or U.S. dollars; (ii) marketable
direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the federal
government of the United States
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of America or Canada, respectively, or issued by any agency thereof and
backed by the full faith and credit of the federal government of the United
States of America or Canada, respectively, in each case maturing within one
year from the date of acquisition thereof; (iii) marketable direct
obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any
province of Canada or any political subdivision of any such state or
province, as the case may be, or any public instrumentality thereof maturing
within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of
acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P
or Xxxxx'x; PROVIDED that, in the event that any such obligation is not rated
by S&P or Xxxxx'x, such obligation shall have the highest rating from DBRS;
(iv) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of
creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least
R-1 (low) from DBRS or A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Xxxxx'x; (v)
overnight deposits, certificates of deposit or bankers' acceptances maturing
within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank
organized under the laws of the United States of America or Canada or any
state or province, as the case may be, thereof or the District of Columbia or
any U.S. or Canadian branch of a foreign bank having at the date of
acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than
US$250,000,000; (vi) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than
seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (ii) of
this definition entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications
specified in clause (v) of this definition; and (vii) investments in money
market funds which invest substantially all their assets in securities of the
types described in clauses (i) through (vi) of this definition.
A "CHANGE OF CONTROL" of the Company will be deemed to have occurred at
such time as (i) any Person or group of related Persons for purposes of
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act ("GROUP") prior to the Reorganization,
becomes the beneficial owner (as defined under Rule 13d-3 or any successor
rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Common Stock of
the Company, (ii) other than as a result of the Reorganization, there shall
be consummated any consolidation or merger or amalgamation of the Company in
which the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant
to which the Common Stock of the Company would be converted into cash,
securities or other property, other than a merger or consolidation or
amalgamation of the Company in which the holders of the Common Stock of the
Company outstanding immediately prior to the consolidation or merger or
amalgamation hold, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the Common
Stock of the surviving corporation immediately after such consolidation or
merger or amalgamation, or (iii) the first day on which a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors.
"CHANGE OF CONTROL TRIGGERING EVENT" means the occurrence of both a
Change of Control and a Rating Decline.
"COMMISSION" means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
"COMMON STOCK" of any Person means all Capital Stock of such Person that
is generally entitled to (i) vote in the election of directors of such Person
or (ii) if such Person is not a corporation, vote or otherwise participate in
the selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others that will
control the management and policies of such Person.
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"COMPANY" means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this
Indenture until a successor replaces such party pursuant to Article Five of
this Indenture and thereafter means the successor.
"COMPANY REQUEST" means any written request signed in the name of the
Company by any one of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief
Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial
Officer, the Controller or the Treasurer of the Company and attested to by
the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.
"CONSOLIDATED FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO" means, at any time, with
respect to any Person, the ratio of EBITDA of such Person to Consolidated
Fixed Charges of such Person for the four most recent consecutive fiscal
quarters for which consolidated financial statements are available (the
"FOUR-QUARTER PERIOD") ending on or prior to the date of such determination.
In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this
definition, "EBITDA" and "Consolidated Fixed Charges" shall be calculated
after giving effect on a PRO FORMA basis to (i) the incurrence or repayment
of any Debt of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and the
application of the proceeds thereof) giving rise to the need to make such
calculation, (ii) any incurrence or repayment of other Debt (and the
application of the proceeds thereof) occurring on or after the first day of
the Four-Quarter Period and on or prior to the date of determination, as if
such incurrence or repayment, as the case may be (and the application of the
proceeds thereof), occurred on the first day of such Four-Quarter Period and
(iii) any Asset Sales or Asset Acquisitions (including, without limitation,
any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such calculation as a
result of the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any
Person who becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the Asset
Acquisition) incurring, assuming or otherwise being liable for Acquired Debt
and also including any increase or decrease, as the case may be, in EBITDA
directly attributable to the assets which are the subject of the Asset Sale
or Asset Acquisition during the Four-Quarter Period) occurring on or after
the first day of the Four-Quarter Period and on or prior to the date of
determination, as if such Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition (including the
incurrence, assumption or liability for any such Acquired Debt) occurred on
the first day of such Four-Quarter Period.
"CONSOLIDATED FIXED CHARGES" means, with respect to any Person, for any
period, the sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense,
plus (ii) the amount of all dividend payments (to any Person other than the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) on any series of Disqualified Capital
Stock of such Person (other than dividends paid in Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Capital Stock)) paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or accrued
during such period, plus (iii) the amount of all cash dividend payments (to
any Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) on any Series
of Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of such Person
paid during such period, in each case, on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP.
"CONSOLIDATED INTEREST EXPENSE" means, with respect to any Person, for
any period, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the aggregate amount of
interest charges (excluding (a) fees and expenses incurred in connection with
the Offering, (b) the amortization of any deferred gains or losses in respect
of Debt denominated in foreign currency as a result of fluctuations in
exchange rates and (c) any premium paid in connection with the redemption or
retirement of any Debt of such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries prior to
the stated maturity thereof), whether expensed or capitalized,
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incurred or accrued by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP for such period
(including non-cash interest payments), plus (ii) to the extent not included
in clause (i) of this definition, an amount equal to the sum of: (a) imputed
interest included in Capitalized Lease Obligations, (b) all commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit
and bankers' acceptance financing, (c) the net costs associated with Interest
Rate Agreements, Currency Agreements and other hedging obligations, (d)
amortization of deferred financing costs and expenses, (e) the interest
portion of any deferred payment obligations, (f) amortization of discount or
premium on Debt, if any, (g) all capitalized interest and all accrued
interest, (h) all other non-cash interest expense, (i) all interest incurred
or paid under any guarantee of Debt (including a guarantee of principal,
interest or any combination thereof) of any Person and (j) the amount of all
payments charged to shareholder's equity on any "compound financial
instrument" (as described under GAAP) paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid
or accrued during such period. For purposes of calculating Consolidated
Interest Expense on a pro forma basis, (1) interest on Debt bearing a
floating rate of interest shall be calculated using the interest rate in
effect at the time of determination, taking into account on a pro forma basis
any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Debt if such Interest Rate
Agreement has a remaining term at the date of determination of at least 12
months and (2) if Debt was incurred under a revolving credit facility, the
interest expense on such Debt shall be calculated based upon the average
daily balance of such Debt during the applicable period.
"CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME" means, with respect to any Person, for any
period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in
accordance with GAAP; PROVIDED that, to the extent included in calculating
Net Income of such Person, (i) the Net Income of any other Person, or a
Restricted Subsidiary of such other Person, shall be excluded, except to the
extent of the amount of cash dividends or distributions actually received by
such other Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such other Person, (ii) the
Net Income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Person in
question that is subject to any restriction or limitation on the payment of
dividends or the making of other distributions (other than pursuant to the
Notes or this Indenture or pursuant to a restriction or limitation of the
type described in clause (c)(ii) of Section 4.12) shall be excluded to the
extent of such restriction or limitation, (iii)(a) the Net Income of any
Person acquired in a "pooling of interests" transaction for any period prior
to the date of such acquisition shall be excluded and (b) any net after-tax
gain (but not loss) resulting from an Asset Sale by the Person in question or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries other than in the ordinary course of
business shall be excluded, (iv) after-tax items classified as extraordinary
or unusual gains or losses and any foreign exchange gains and losses shall be
excluded, (v) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles
after the Issue Date shall be excluded, (vi) any restoration to income or any
contingency reserve of an extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual nature
shall be excluded, except to the extent that provision for such reserve was
made out of Consolidated Net Income accrued at any time subsequent to the
Issue Date and (vii) in the case of a successor to such Person by
consolidation or merger or amalgamation or as a transferee of such Person's
assets, any earnings of the successor corporation prior to such
consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer of assets shall be excluded
if and to the extent such corporation was not subject to this Indenture.
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"CONSOLIDATED NET WORTH" of any Person means, as of any date, the
consolidated shareholders' equity of such Person as determined in accordance
with GAAP, less (to the extent included) amounts attributable to Disqualified
Capital Stock of such Person.
"CONTINUING DIRECTOR" means, with respect to the Company, as of any date
of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Company (i) who
was a member of the Board of Directors of the Company on the Issue Date or
(ii) whose appointment or election was approved by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of the Board of
Directors of the Company at the time of such director's nomination or
election.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is
located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention:
Corporate Trust Services.
"CURRENCY AGREEMENT" means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap
agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company against fluctuations in
currency values.
"CUSTODIAN" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar
official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"DBRS" means Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited and its successors.
"DEBT" means (without duplication, including, without limitation,
duplication arising or existing because a Person and one or more of its
subsidiaries are or shall become either directly or indirectly liable for the
same Debt whether by virtue of guarantees, or joint, or joint and several
liability in respect of such Debt or otherwise) with respect to any Person,
any indebtedness at any time outstanding, secured or unsecured, contingent or
otherwise, which is for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the
lender is to the whole of the assets of that Person or only to a portion of
the assets of that Person), or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or
similar instruments or representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the
purchase price of any property (excluding, without limitation, any balances
that constitute accounts payable or trade payables, and other accrued
liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business) if and to the extent
any of the foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability upon a balance
sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, and will also include,
to the extent not otherwise included (i) any Capitalized Lease Obligations of
that Person, (ii) obligations secured by a Lien to which any property or
assets owned or held by that Person are subject, whether or not the
obligation or obligations secured thereby will have been assumed by a third
party, PROVIDED that, for the purposes of determining the amount of Debt
described in this clause, if recourse with respect to that Debt is limited to
such property or assets, the amount of that Debt will be deemed to be the
Fair Market Value of such property or assets, (iii) guarantees of items of
other Persons which would be included within this definition for that other
Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of the
guarantor), (iv) all obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any
letter of credit, banker's acceptance or similar credit transaction, (v) all
Disqualified Capital Stock issued by that Person with the amount of Debt
represented by that
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Disqualified Capital Stock being equal to the greater of its voluntary or
involuntary liquidation preference and its maximum fixed repurchase price
(for the purposes of this definition, "MAXIMUM FIXED REPURCHASE PRICE" of any
Disqualified Capital Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price will
be calculated in accordance with the terms of that Disqualified Capital Stock
as if that Disqualified Capital Stock were repurchased on any date on which
Debt will be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture and if that
price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of that
Disqualified Capital Stock, that price will be the Fair Market Value of that
Disqualified Capital Stock), (vi) obligations of that Person under any
Currency Agreement or any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to any of the
foregoing (if and to the extent such Currency Agreement or Interest Rate
Agreement obligations would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of
that Person prepared in accordance with GAAP) and (vii) Attributable Debt.
The amount of Debt of any Person at any date will be the outstanding balance
at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and, with
respect to contingent obligations, the maximum liability upon the occurrence
of the contingency giving rise to the obligation; PROVIDED that (a) the
amount outstanding at any time of any Debt issued with original issue
discount is the accreted value of that Debt at that time as determined in
conformity with GAAP and (b) Debt will not include any liability for federal,
provincial, state, local or other taxes. Notwithstanding any other provision
of the foregoing definition, any trade payable, deferred credit or accrued
liability arising from the purchase of goods or materials or for services
obtained in the ordinary course of business will not be deemed to be Debt of
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for purposes of this
definition. Furthermore, guarantees of (or obligations with respect to
letters of credit supporting) Debt otherwise included in the determination of
that amount will not also be included.
"DEFAULT" means any event that is, or with the passing of time or giving
of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
"DESIGNATION" shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of
"Restricted Payment."
"DESIGNATION AMOUNT" shall have the meaning set forth in the definition
of "Restricted Payment."
"DISQUALIFIED CAPITAL STOCK" means any Capital Stock of a Person or a
Restricted Subsidiary thereof which, by its terms (or by the terms of any
security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the
option of the holder), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise,
or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (except, in each case,
in accordance with a change of control provision, which provision has
substantially the same effect as Section 4.15 hereof), in whole or in part,
or is exchangeable into Debt on or prior to the final maturity date of the
Notes.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, its nominee or successor.
"EBITDA" means, with respect to any Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, for any period, an amount equal to (i) the sum, without
duplication, of (a) Consolidated Net Income for such period, MINUS any net
income (or PLUS any net loss) attributable to discontinued operations
(including,
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without limitation, operations disposed of during such period whether or not
such operations were classified as discontinued), PLUS (b) the provision for
taxes for such period based on income or profits to the extent such income or
profits were included in computing Consolidated Net Income (MINUS any
provision for taxes utilized in computing net loss under clause (i)(a) of
this definition to the extent such provision reduced net loss), plus (c)
Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, PLUS (d) depreciation for such
period on a consolidated basis, to the extent reducing Consolidated Net
Income, PLUS (e) amortization of goodwill, deferred charges and other
intangibles for such period on a consolidated basis, to the extent reducing
Consolidated Net Income, PLUS (f) any other non-cash items reducing
Consolidated Net Income for such period, MINUS (ii) all non-cash items
increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"ESCROW ACCOUNT" means the escrow account created pursuant to the Escrow
Agreement.
"ESCROW AGREEMENT" means the Escrow and Pledge Agreement dated as of the
Issue Date among the Company, the Trustee and the Securities Intermediary, as
the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions
of Article Eight of this Indenture.
"ESCROW FUNDS" has the meaning provided in the Escrow Agreement.
"EVENT OF FAILURE" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
"EXCHANGE NOTES" has the meaning provided in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
"FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, with respect to any asset or property, the
price which could be negotiated in an arm's-length, free market transaction,
for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of
whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair
Market Value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company
acting reasonably and in good faith and, in the case of determination
involving assets or property in excess of $5,000,000 shall be evidenced by a
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company delivered to the Trustee.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in Canada as in
effect on the Issue Date.
"GUARANTEE" means a guarantee of the Notes by a Guarantor issued
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
"GUARANTORS" means each Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that
hereafter becomes a Guarantor pursuant to this Indenture.
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"HOLDER," "HOLDER" or "NOTEHOLDER" means the Person in whose name a Note
is registered on the Registrar's books.
"INCUR" means, with respect to any Debt or other obligation of any
Person, to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise),
assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of such Debt or other
obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of
any such Debt or other obligation on the balance sheet of such Person (and
"INCURRENCE," "INCURRED," "INCURRABLE" and "INCURRING" shall have meanings
correlative to the foregoing); PROVIDED that a change in generally accepted
accounting principles in Canada that results in an obligation of such Person
that exists at such time becoming Debt shall not be deemed an incurrence of
such Debt.
"INDENTURE" means this Indenture as amended, restated or supplemented
from time to time.
"INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVISOR" means an investment banking firm or
accounting firm of national reputation in the United States of America or
Canada (i) which does not, and whose directors, officers and employees or
Affiliates do not, have a direct or indirect financial interest in the
Company or any of its Affiliates, and (ii) which, in the judgment of the
Board of Directors of the Company, is otherwise independent and qualified to
perform the task for which it is to be engaged.
"INITIAL PURCHASERS" means Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated, RBC Dominion Securities Corporation and TD Securities (USA) Inc.
"INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR" means an institution that is an
"accredited investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or
(7) promulgated under the Securities Act.
"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE" means each semiannual interest payment date on
June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing December 15, 2001.
"INTEREST RATE AGREEMENT" means, with respect to any Person, any
interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate
collar agreement or other similar agreement designed to protect the party
indicated therein against fluctuations in interest rates.
"INVENTORY" of a Person means all inventory of such Person, including
(i) all raw materials, work in process, parts, components, assemblies,
supplies and materials used or consumed by such Person's business, (ii) all
goods, wares and merchandise, finished or unfinished, held for sale or lease
and (iii) all goods returned or repossessed by such Person.
"INVESTMENT GRADE" means (i) BBB- or above, in the case of S&P (or its
equivalent under any successor Rating Categories of S&P), and Baa3 or above,
in the case of Moody's (or its equivalent under any successor Rating
Categories of Moody's), or (ii) the equivalent in respect of the Rating
Categories of any Rating Agencies substituted for S&P or Moody's.
"INVESTMENTS" means (without duplication), with respect to any Person,
directly or indirectly, any advance (or other extension of credit), account
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receivable (other than an account receivable arising in the ordinary course
of business of such Person), loan or capital contribution to (by means of
transfers of cash or other Property to others, payments for Property or
services for the account or use of others or otherwise), any guarantee of any
obligations or Debt of any other Person, the purchase of any Capital Stock,
bonds, notes, debentures, partnership or joint venture interests or other
securities of, the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of all or
substantially all of the business or assets or stock or other evidence of
beneficial ownership of, or interest in any Person or the making of any
investment in any Person. Investments shall exclude (i) extensions of trade
credit to customers and advances in respect of commissions and travel and
similar expenses to officers and employees, in each case made in the ordinary
course of business and (ii) the repurchase of securities of any Person by
such Person. For the purposes of Section 4.07 hereof, the amount of any
Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all
additional Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups,
write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment, reduced by the
payment of dividends or distributions in connection with such Investment or
any other amounts received in respect of such Investment; PROVIDED that no
such payment of dividends or distributions or receipt of any such other
amounts shall reduce the amount of any Investment if such payment of
dividends or distributions or receipt of any such amounts would be included
in Consolidated Net Income. In determining the amount of any Investment
involving the transfer of any property or assets other than cash, such
property or assets shall be valued at its or their Fair Market Value at the
time of such transfer, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors
of the Person making such transfer.
"ISSUE DATE" means the date the Notes are first issued by the Company
and authenticated by the Trustee under this Indenture.
"ISSUE PRICE" means a price that is equal to US$995.31 per US $1,000
principal amount of the Notes.
"LIEN" means, with respect to any property or assets of any Person, any
mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, security interest, lien, charge, easement, encumbrance,
priority, or other security agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or
with respect to such property or assets (including without limitation, any
Capitalized Lease Obligation, conditional sales, or other title retention
agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing).
"MANDATORY REDEMPTION" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10.
"MANDATORY REDEMPTION DATE" means 20 days after the occurrence of an
Event of Failure.
"MANDATORY REDEMPTION NOTICE" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10.
"MANDATORY REDEMPTION PRICE" means 99.531% of the principal amount of
the Notes.
"MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY" means, at any date of determination, (i) any
Restricted Subsidiary that, together with its Subsidiaries that constitute
Restricted Subsidiaries (a) for the most
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recent fiscal year of the Company accounted for more than 5.0% of the
consolidated revenues of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (b)
as of the end of such fiscal year, owned more than 5.0% of the consolidated
assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, all as set forth on
the consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries for such year prepared in conformity with GAAP, and (ii) any
Restricted Subsidiary which, when aggregated with all other Restricted
Subsidiaries that are not otherwise Material Subsidiaries and as to which any
event described in clause (8) of Section 6.01 hereof has occurred, would
constitute a Material Subsidiary under clause (i) of this definition.
"MATURITY DATE" means June 15, 2011.
"MOODY'S" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
"NET INCOME" means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the net
income (loss) of such Person determined in accordance with GAAP and in
accordance with clause (vii) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income.
"NEW CREDIT FACILITIES" means, collectively, any credit facilities of
the Company and/or the Guarantors that will be entered into by the Company
and/or the Guarantors, together with the related documents thereto
(including, without limitation, any loan agreements, notes, guarantee
agreements, collateral documents, mortgages, instruments and security
documents executed in connection therewith), in each case as such agreements
may be amended (including any amendment and restatement thereof),
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including without
limitation any agreement extending the maturity of, refinancing, replacing or
otherwise restructuring (including adding Subsidiaries of the Company as
additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder) all or any portion of the Debt
under such agreements, together with any successor or replacement agreements
and whether by or with the same or any other agent, lender or group of
lenders.
"NON-U.S. PERSON" means a Person who is not a U.S. person, as defined in
Regulation S.
"NOTES" means the 8 5/8% Senior Notes due 2011 issued by the Company,
including, without limitation, the Private Exchange Notes, if any, and the
Exchange Notes, treated as a single class of securities, as amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, that are
issued pursuant to this Indenture.
"OFFERING" means the offering pursuant to the Offering Memorandum of the
Notes to be issued on the Issue Date.
"OFFERING MEMORANDUM" means the Offering Memorandum dated August 8, 2001
pursuant to which the Notes issued on the Issue Date were offered.
"OFFICER," with respect to any Person (other than the Trustee), means
the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, the
President, any Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer, the
Controller, the Treasurer or the Secretary of such Person, or any other
officer of
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such Person designated by the Board of Directors of such Person and set forth
in an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee.
"OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means, with respect to any Person, a certificate
signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President
and the Chief Financial Officer or any Treasurer of such Person that shall
comply with applicable provisions of this Indenture.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion reasonably satisfactory in
form and substance to the Trustee from legal counsel, which counsel is
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, including the matters required by
Section 11.05 hereof and delivered to the Trustee.
"PACIFICA" means Pacifica Papers Inc., a Canadian company.
"PACIFICA ACQUISITION" means the acquisition by the Company of Pacifica.
"PACIFICA INCOME ADJUSTMENT AMOUNT" means the amount equal to 50% of the
cumulative Consolidated Net Income of Pacifica for the period from January 1,
1999 to the Successorship Date (but not including any amount which is
included in determining Consolidated Net Income of the Company and its
successors) less the aggregate amount of any "Restricted Payments" as such
term is defined in the indenture governing the Pacifica Notes made by
Pacifica in that period that are required to be deducted in calculating the
limitation on "Restricted Payments" thereunder.
"PACIFICA NOTES" means the 10% Senior Notes due 2009 of Pacifica Papers
Inc.
"PERMITTED DEBT" means:
(i) Debt of the Company or a Guarantor arising under or in
connection with the New Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount
at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (a) $725,000,000 and
(b) the sum of (1) 75.0% of the book value of Accounts Receivable net of
any allowance for doubtful accounts of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries as of the last fiscal quarter for which financial statements
are prepared; plus (2) 50.0% of the book value of Inventory at the lower
of cost or net realizable value net of any allowance for obsolescence of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the last fiscal quarter
for which financial statements are prepared plus (3) $290,000,000;
(ii) Debt under the Notes and any Guarantees;
(iii) Debt of the Company owed to and held by any Guarantor which is
unsecured and subordinated in right of payment to the payment and
performance of the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the
Notes and Debt of any Restricted Subsidiary owed to and held by the
Company or another Guarantor; PROVIDED that (a) any sale or other
disposition of any Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
referred to in this clause (iii) to a Person (other than the Company or
a Guarantor), (b) any sale or other disposition of Capital Stock of any
Guarantor which holds Debt of the Company or another Restricted
Subsidiary such that such Guarantor ceases to be a Guarantor of the
Company and (c) the Designation of a Guarantor that holds Debt of the
Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary as an
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Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Debt not
constituting Permitted Debt by the issuer of such Debt;
(iv) Purchase Money Debt and Capitalized Lease Obligations incurred
to acquire property in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate
principal amount outstanding not to exceed, together with all other Debt
outstanding under this clause (iv), at the time of any such incurrence
and after giving PRO FORMA effect thereto, 5.0% of the consolidated
tangible assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the
end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which consolidated financial
statements are available ending on or prior to the date of determination;
(v) Interest Rate Agreements relating to Debt of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary (which Debt (a) bears interest at fluctuating
interest rates and (b) is otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to
Section 4.06 hereof); PROVIDED that the notional principal amount of
such Interest Rate Agreements, at the time of the incurrence thereof,
does not exceed the principal amount of the Debt to which such Interest
Rate Agreements relate;
(vi) Debt under Currency Agreements; PROVIDED that in the case of
Currency Agreements which relate to Debt, such Currency Agreements do
not increase the principal amount of Debt of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding other than as a result of
fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or by reason of fees,
indemnities or compensation payable thereunder;
(vii) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of
reimbursement obligations relating to undrawn standby letters of credit
issued for the account of the Company of such Restricted Subsidiary, as
the case may be, in connection with workers' compensation claims, self
insurance or other similar reimbursement type obligations;
(viii) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of
bid, performance, surety and appeal bonds provided in the ordinary
course of business;
(ix) additional Debt of the Company or the Guarantors not to exceed
$40,000,000 in aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding
which may, but need not be, incurred under the New Credit Facilities;
(x) Refinancing Debt;
(xi) Debt of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in
respect of accommodation guarantees for the benefit of trade creditors
of any such person, trade letters of credit, standby letters of credit,
performance bonds, bankers' acceptances and surety bonds, in each case,
incurred in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate principal
amount not in excess of $5,000,000 at any one time outstanding; and
(xii) Debt outstanding on the Issue Date except for indebtedness
incurred pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of this definition.
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"PERMITTED INVESTMENTS" means Investments made on or after the Issue Date
consisting of:
(i) Investments by the Company, or by a Restricted Subsidiary
thereof, in the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(ii) Investments by the Company, or by a Restricted Subsidiary
thereof, in a Person, if as a result of such Investment (a) such Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company 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 a Restricted Subsidiary thereof;
(iii) Investments in Cash Equivalents;
(iv) reasonable and customary loans and advances made to employees
not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
(v) an Investment that is made by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary thereof in the form of any Capital Stock, bonds, notes,
debentures or other securities that are issued by a third party to the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary solely as partial consideration
for the consummation of an Asset Sale that is permitted pursuant to
Section 4.10 hereof;
(vi) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries or in any
incorporated or unincorporated joint venture in an amount not to exceed,
together with the amount of all other Investments outstanding under this
clause (vi), at the time of such Investment and after giving PRO FORMA
effect thereto, 5.0% of the consolidated tangible assets of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recent fiscal
quarter for which consolidated financial statements are available ending
on or prior to the date of determination (with the amount of each
Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to
subsequent changes in value);
(vii) any acquisition of assets in exchange for the Capital Stock
(other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Company; and
(viii) Investments in securities of trade creditors or customers
received in settlement of obligations that arose in the ordinary course
of business pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar
arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade creditors or
customers.
"PERMITTED LIENS" means (i) Liens on Property or assets of, or
any Capital Stock of, any corporation existing at the time such assets are
acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether by
merger, amalgamation, consolidation, purchase of assets or otherwise; PROVIDED
(a) that such Liens are not created, incurred or assumed in connection with, or
in contemplation of, such assets being acquired by the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries and (b) that any such Lien does not extend to or cover any
Property, Capital Stock or Debt other than the
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Property, Capital Stock or Debt being acquired, (ii) Liens securing
Refinancing Debt; PROVIDED that any such Lien does not extend to or cover any
Property, Capital Stock or Debt other than the Property, Capital Stock or
Debt securing the Debt so refunded, refinanced or extended, (iii) Liens in
favor of the Company or any Guarantor, (iv) Liens to secure Purchase Money
Debt that is otherwise permitted to be incurred under this Indenture;
PROVIDED that (a) any such Lien is created solely for the purpose of securing
Debt representing, or incurred to finance, refinance or refund, the cost
(including sales and excise taxes, installation and delivery charges and
other direct costs of, and other direct expenses paid or charged in
connection with, such purchase or construction) of the Property so acquired,
(b) the principal amount of the Debt secured by such Lien does not exceed
100% of such costs and expenses, and (c) such Lien does not extend to or
cover any Property other than such item of Property and any improvements on
such item, (v) statutory liens or landlords', carriers', warehousemen's,
unemployment insurance, surety or appeal bonds, mechanics', suppliers',
materialmen's, repairmen's or other like Liens imposed by law arising in the
ordinary course of business and with respect to amounts not yet delinquent or
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (vi) Liens existing
on the Issue Date, (vii) Liens securing only the Notes or the Guarantees,
(viii) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges not yet due or
that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; PROVIDED
that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in
conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor, (ix) Liens securing
Capitalized Lease Obligations permitted to be incurred under clause (iv) of
the definition of "Permitted Debt"; PROVIDED that such Lien does not extend
to any Property other than that subject to the underlying lease, (x) Liens
securing Debt permitted to be incurred under clause (i) of the definition of
"Permitted Debt," (xi) Liens securing obligations under Interest Rate
Agreements and Currency Agreements, in each case permitted to be incurred
under this Indenture, (xii) Liens created or deposits made to secure the
performance of tenders, bids, leases, statutory obligations, government
contracts, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred
in the ordinary course of business, (xiii) Liens in favor of customs and
revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs
duties in connection with the importation of goods, (xiv) other Liens
securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, which
obligations do not exceed $1.0 million in the aggregate at any one time
outstanding, (xv) Liens arising pursuant to Sale and Lease-Back transactions
entered into in compliance with this Indenture, (xvi) Liens securing Debt
permitted to be incurred under clause (ix) or (xi) of the definition of
"Permitted Debt," (xvii) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with respect to
obligations that do not exceed $7,500,000 at any one time outstanding and
that (a) are not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the
obtaining of advances or credit (other than trade credit in the ordinary
course of business) and (b) do not in the aggregate materially detract from
the value of the property or materially impair the use thereof in the
operation of business by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, (xviii)
the Lien of any judgment rendered which is being contested diligently and in
good faith by appropriate proceedings by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries and which does not have a material adverse effect on the ability
of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to operate the business or
operations of the Company, (xix) reservations, limitations, provisos and
conditions expressed in any original grants from the Crown which do not
materially adversely impair the use of the subject property by the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary, (xx) servitudes, licenses, easements, rights-of-way
and rights in the nature of easements (including, without in any way limiting
the generality of the foregoing, servitudes, licenses, easements,
rights-of-way and rights in the nature of easements for sidewalks, public
ways, sewers, drains, gas, steam and water mains or electric light
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and power, or telephone and telegraph conduits, poles, wires and cable) which
do not in the aggregate materially adversely impair the use of the subject
property by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or in respect to which the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has made satisfactory
arrangement for relocation so that such use will not in the aggregate be
materially and adversely impaired, (xxi) zoning and building by-laws and
ordinances, municipal by-laws and regulations, and restrictive covenants,
which do not materially adversely interfere with the use of the subject
property by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, (xxii) with respect to
personal property only, Liens arising pursuant to registration under the
Personal Property Act (British Columbia) and similar legislation in other
provinces or jurisdictions exclusively relating to property and assets
subject to equipment leases which are not Capitalized Lease Obligations,
(xxiii) Liens securing the Company's obligations under the New Credit
Facilities and (xxiv) any extension, renewal or replacement, in whole or in
part, of any Lien described in the foregoing clause (i), (ii), (iv), (vi),
(ix) or (xxiii) of this definition; PROVIDED that the principal amount
secured by any such extension, renewal or replacement shall not be increased
and such lien shall not extend to any other Property of the Company or its
Subsidiaries other than such item of Property originally covered by such Lien
or by improvement thereon or additions or accessions thereto.
"PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government (including any agency or political
subdivision thereof).
"PHYSICAL NOTES" means certificated Notes in registered form in
substantially the form set forth in EXHIBIT A.
"PREFERRED STOCK" means any Capital Stock of a Person, however
designated, which entitles the holder thereof to a preference with respect to
dividends, distributions or liquidation proceeds of such Person over the
holders of other Capital Stock issued by such Person.
"PRIVATE EXCHANGE" has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
"PRIVATE EXCHANGE NOTES" has the meaning set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
"PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND" means a legend in the form set forth in
EXHIBIT B.
"PROPERTY" of any Person means all types of real, personal, tangible,
intangible or mixed property owned by such Person whether or not included in
the most recent consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its
Subsidiaries under GAAP.
"PUBLIC EQUITY OFFERING" means a public offering of shares of Common
Stock (however designated and whether voting or non-voting) and any and all
rights, warrants, receipts or options to acquire such Common Stock of the
Company pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Commission in
accordance with the Securities Act or pursuant to a prospectus filed with the
appropriate securities regulatory authorities in any province of Canada. For
the purposes of this definition of "Public Equity Offering," any offering of
securities specified in this definition that (i) does not satisfy
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the criteria required for a Public Equity Offering because such securities
are not sold pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Commission
in accordance with the Securities Act or pursuant to a prospectus filed with
the appropriate securities regulatory authorities in a province of Canada and
(ii) becomes eligible for resale to the general public in any province or
territory of Canada or the United States of America within 90 days of the
date on which such securities were initially sold, shall be deemed to be a
Public Equity Offering on and as of the date upon which such securities
become eligible for such resale.
"PURCHASE AGREEMENT" means the Purchase Agreement dated August 8, 2001
by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers.
"PURCHASE MONEY DEBT" means any Debt incurred by a Person to finance the
cost (including the cost of construction, installation or improvement) of an
item of Property, the principal amount of which Debt does not exceed the sum
of (i) the lesser of (a) the Fair Market Value of such property or (b) 100%
of such cost and (ii) reasonable fees and expenses of such Person incurred in
connection therewith.
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" or "QIB" shall have the meaning
specified in Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
"RATING AGENCIES" means (i) S&P, (ii) Xxxxx'x and (iii) if S&P or
Xxxxx'x or both shall not make a rating of the Notes publicly available, a
nationally recognized United States securities rating agency or agencies, as
the case may be, selected by the Company, which shall be substituted for S&P
or Xxxxx'x or both, as the case may be.
"RATING CATEGORY" means (i) with respect to S&P, any of the following
categories: BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (or equivalent successor categories);
(ii) with respect to Xxxxx'x, any of the following categories: Ba, B, Caa,
Ca, C and D (or equivalent successor categories); and (iii) the equivalent of
any such category of S&P or Xxxxx'x used by another Rating Agency. In
determining whether the rating of the Notes has decreased by one or more
gradations, gradations within Rating Categories (+ and - for S&P; 1, 2 and 3
for Xxxxx'x; or the equivalent gradations for another Rating Agency) shall be
taken into account (e.g., with respect to S&P, a decline in rating from BB+
to BB, as well as from BB- to B+, will constitute a decrease of one
gradation).
"RATING DATE" means the date which is 90 days prior to the earlier of
(i) a Change of Control and (ii) public notice of the occurrence of a Change
of Control or of the intention by the Company to effect a Change of Control.
"RATING DECLINE" means the decrease (as compared with the Rating Date)
by one or more gradations within Rating Categories as well as between Rating
Categories of the rating of the Notes by a Rating Agency on, or within 120
days after the earlier of the date of public notice of the occurrence of a
Change of Control or of the intention by the Company to effect a Change of
Control (which period shall be extended for so long as the rating of the
Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any
of the Rating Agencies).
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"REDEMPTION DATE" when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed
means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to the terms of the Notes.
"REFINANCING DEBT" means Debt that replaces, refunds, renews, refinances
or extends any Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be
incurred by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section
4.06 hereof (other than pursuant to clauses (i), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii),
(viii) and (ix) of the definition of "Permitted Debt"), but only to the
extent that (i) the Refinancing Debt is subordinated to the Notes to at least
the same extent as the Debt being replaced, refunded, renewed, refinanced or
extended, if at all, (ii) the Refinancing Debt is scheduled to mature either
(a) no earlier than the Debt being replaced, refunded, renewed, refinanced or
extended, or (b) after the maturity date of the Notes, (iii) the portion, if
any, of the Refinancing Debt that is scheduled to mature on or prior to the
maturity date of the Notes has a weighted average life to maturity at the
time such Refinancing Debt is incurred that is equal to or greater than the
weighted average life to maturity of the portion of the Debt being replaced,
refunded, renewed, refinanced or extended that is scheduled to mature on or
prior to the maturity date of the Notes, and (iv) such Refinancing Debt is in
an aggregate principal amount that is equal to or less than the sum of (a)
the aggregate principal amount then outstanding under the Debt being
replaced, refunded, renewed, refinanced or extended, (b) the amount of
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and premiums owed, if any, not in excess
of preexisting prepayment provisions on such Debt being replaced, refunded,
renewed, refinanced or extended and (c) the amount of customary fees,
expenses and costs related to the incurrence of such Refinancing Debt.
"REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT" means the Registration Rights Agreement
dated August 14, 2001 among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial
Purchasers, as amended from time to time.
"REGULATION S" means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
"REORGANIZATION" means any or all of the following, whether implemented
in whole or in part:
(i) implementation of the plan of arrangement involving the
Company and its shareholders that was approved by the Company's
shareholders on May 31, 2001, including, without limitation, an increase
in authorized capital, a reduction and return of capital of $7.60 per
share and a dividend of $4.40 per share;
(ii) acquisition of Pacifica and its Subsidiaries by the Company
and the payment of consideration of any kind for or in relation to the
acquisition of Pacifica and its Subsidiaries, including, without
limitation, paying cash consideration for the shares of Pacifica,
issuing shares of the Company in exchange for the shares of Pacifica,
repaying or refinancing existing indebtedness of Pacifica and its
Subsidiaries and making any payments required to be made to shareholders
of Pacifica who dissent to the resolution of Pacifica shareholders
approving the acquisition of Pacifica by the Company;
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(iii) the sale by the Company of the shares of common stock of Xxxx
& Talbot, Inc. received in consideration for the sale by the Company of
Norske Xxxx Canada Mackenzie Pulp Limited; and
(iv) all other matters ancillary to or required in order to
implement the matters referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)
including, without limitation:
(a) transfers of jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company,
Pacifica or any of their respective Subsidiaries;
(b) amalgamation of the Company and Pacifica;
(c) amalgamation or merger of any Subsidiaries of the Company
or of Pacifica;
(d) winding-up and/or voluntary dissolution of any
Subsidiaries of the Company or Pacifica;
(e) the renaming and reorganization of Pacifica Paper Co.
Limited Partnership, including, without limitation, the
conversion of Pacifica Paper Co. Limited Partnership to a
general partnership and the dedication and contribution of
assets to the Pacifica Paper Co. Limited Partnership as
renamed and converted;
(f) transfers of assets between the Company, Pacifica or any
of their respective Subsidiaries;
(g) declaration and payment of dividends, or return of capital,
by Subsidiaries of the Company or Pacifica;
(h) payments to holders of options, share appreciation rights
and similar rights or entitlements to satisfy such rights
on cancellation or surrender thereof, not to exceed
$1,000,000; and
(i) borrowing or incurring indebtedness for purposes of any of
the foregoing matters.
"REPLACEMENT ASSETS" means (i) properties or assets (other than cash or
Cash Equivalents or any Capital Stock or other security) that will be used or
useful in the business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries as
conducted on the Issue Date, or in businesses reasonably similar to or
ancillary to the business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries as
conducted on the Issue Date or (ii) Capital Stock of any Person that will
become on the date of acquisition thereof a Guarantor as a result of such
acquisition.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER" when used with respect to the Trustee, means an
officer or assistant officer assigned to the corporate trust department of
the Trustee (or any successor group of
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the Trustee) with direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"RESTRICTED NOTE" has the same meaning as "Restricted Security" set
forth in Rule 144(a)(3) promulgated under the Securities Act; PROVIDED, that
the Trustee shall be entitled to request and conclusively rely upon an
Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any Note is a Restricted Note.
"RESTRICTED PAYMENT" means any of the following: (i) the declaration or
payment of any dividend or any other distribution or payment on Capital Stock
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any payment
made to the direct or indirect holders (in their capacities as such) of
Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
(other than (x) the amount of dividends or distributions payable solely in
Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Company, and (y)
in the case of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company, dividends or
distributions payable to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company), (ii) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement
for value of any Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than Capital Stock owned by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company), (iii) the making of any principal payment on, or
the purchase, defeasance, repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or
retirement for value, prior to any scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or
scheduled sinking fund payment, of any Debt of the Company or any Guarantor
which is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Guarantor's
Guarantee, as the case may be (other than any such Debt acquired in
anticipation of satisfying a scheduled sinking fund obligation, principal
installment or final maturity in each case due within one year of the date of
acquisition), (iv) the making of any Investment other than a Permitted
Investment, (v) the designation of any Subsidiary of the Company as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary (a "DESIGNATION"); PROVIDED that the Designation of a
Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to
include the Designation of all of the Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary and
(vi) the forgiveness of any Debt of an Affiliate of the Company owed to the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company. In determining the amount
of any Restricted Payment, cash distributed or invested shall be valued at
the face amount thereof and Property other than cash shall be valued at its
Fair Market Value, except that, in determining the amount of any Restricted
Payment made under clause (v) of this definition, the amount of such
Restricted Payment (the "DESIGNATION AMOUNT") shall be equal to the greater
of (1) the book value, or (2) the Fair Market Value, of the Company's
proportionate interest in such Subsidiary on such date.
"RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means a Subsidiary of the Company other than an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"RULE 144" means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
"RULE 144A" means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group and its successors.
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"SALE AND LEASE-BACK TRANSACTION" means any arrangement with any Person
providing for the leasing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or
is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to
such Person in contemplation of such leasing.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY" means Well Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association, or any successor securities intermediary under the Escrow
Agreement.
"SUBSIDIARY" of any specified Person means any corporation, partnership,
joint venture, limited liability company, association or other business
entity, whether now existing or hereafter organized or acquired, (i) in the
case of a corporation, of which more than 50% of the total voting power of
the Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency) to vote in the election of directors, officers or trustees
thereof is held by such first-named Person or any of its Subsidiaries; or
(ii) in the case of a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company,
association or other business entity, with respect to which such first-named
Person or any of its Subsidiaries has the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such entity by contract or
otherwise or if in accordance with GAAP such entity is consolidated with the
first-named Person for financial statement purposes; PROVIDED that for
greater certainty, the term "Subsidiary" shall not include Xxxxxx River
Energy Inc. or Allwin Technical Services Inc.
"SUCCESSORSHIP DATE" means the date as of which the amalgamation of the
Company and Pacifica becomes effective as contemplated in the Reorganization.
"TAXES" means any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment
or other government charge (including penalties, interest and any other
liabilities related thereto) imposed or levied by or on behalf of a Taxing
Authority.
"TAXING AUTHORITY" means any government or any political subdivision,
state or province or territory of a Taxing Jurisdiction or any authority or
agency therein or thereof having power to tax.
"TAXING JURISDICTION" means Canada or any other jurisdiction in which
the Company or any Guarantor is organized or resident for tax purposes or
conducts business, or from which or through which payment is made, or any
political subdivision thereof or therein.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Sections
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture (except as provided
in Section 9.03 hereof).
"TRUSTEE" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces it pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter means the
successor.
"UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means (i) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary and (ii) any Subsidiary of the Company which is classified after
the Issue Date as an Unrestricted Subsidiary
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by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company; PROVIDED
that a Subsidiary may be so classified as an Unrestricted Subsidiary only if
such classification is in compliance with Section 4.07 hereof; PROVIDED
FURTHER that the Board of Directors of the Company may not designate any
Subsidiary of the Company to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if, after such
designation, such Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or owns or holds any
Lien on any property of, any Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Subsidiary
of the Subsidiary to be so designated. The Trustee shall be given prompt
notice by the Company of each resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of
the Company under this provision, together with a copy of each such
resolution adopted.
"U.S." and "UNITED STATES" means the United States of America, its
territories and possessions, any state of the United States, and the District
of Columbia.
"U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" means (a) securities that are direct
obligations of the United States of America, direct obligations of the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or direct obligations of the Federal
National Mortgage Association, for the payment of which its full faith and
credit are pledged, or (b) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised
by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith
and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case,
are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall
also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section
3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such U.S.
Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on
any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of
the holder of such depository receipt; PROVIDED that (except as required by
law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount
payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by
the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or a specific
payment of principal or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation held
by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt.
"WHOLLY OWNED RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means any Restricted Subsidiary,
all of the outstanding voting securities (other than directors' qualifying
shares or similar requirements of law) of which are owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Company or another Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary.
SECTION 1.02. OTHER DEFINITIONS.
The definitions of the following terms may be found in the sections
indicated as follows:
TERM DEFINED IN SECTION
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"actual knowledge"..................................................... 7.02
"Additional Amounts"................................................... 4.16
"Affiliate Transaction"................................................ 4.09(a)
"Business Day"......................................................... 11.07
"Change of Control Offer".............................................. 4.15(a)
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TERM DEFINED IN SECTION
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"Change of Control Payment Date"....................................... 4.15(b)
"Change of Control Purchase Price"..................................... 4.15(a)
"Clearstream".......................................................... 2.16(a)
"Covenant Defeasance".................................................. 9.03
"Deficiency"........................................................... 4.10(a)
"Documentary Taxes..................................................... 4.16
"DTC Agent Members".................................................... 2.16(a)
"Euroclear"............................................................ 2.16(a)
"Events of Default".................................................... 6.01
"Excess Proceeds Offer"................................................ 4.10(a)
"Excluded Holder"...................................................... 4.16
"Fifth Anniversary".................................................... 4.10(a)
"Global Notes"......................................................... 2.16(a)
"Legal Defeasance"..................................................... 9.02
"Legal Holiday"........................................................ 11.07
"Offer Period"......................................................... 4.10(c)
"Other Notes".......................................................... 2.02
"Paying Agent"......................................................... 2.04
"Register"............................................................. 2.04
"Registrar"............................................................ 2.04
"Regulation S Global Note"............................................. 2.16(a)
"Regulation S Notes"................................................... 2.02
"Restricted Global Note"............................................... 2.16(a)
"Rule 144A Notes"...................................................... 2.02
"25% Available Asset Sale Proceeds".................................... 4.10(b)
SECTION 1.03. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the portion of
such provision required to be incorporated herein in order for this Indenture
to be qualified under the TIA 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 SECURITY" means any of the Notes.
"INDENTURE SECURITYHOLDER" means a Holder or Noteholder.
"INDENTURE TO BE QUALIFIED" means this Indenture.
"INDENTURE TRUSTEE" or "INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE" means the Trustee.
"OBLIGOR ON THE INDENTURE SECURITIES" means the Company, any Guarantor
or any other obligor on the Notes.
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All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
TIA, defined in the TIA by reference to another statute or defined by a rule of
the Commission and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings therein
assigned to them.
SECTION 1.04. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it herein, whether defined
expressly or by reference;
(b) "or" is not exclusive;
(c) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural
include the singular;
(d) words used herein implying any gender shall apply to all
genders;
(e) "herein," "hereof" and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or
subsection;
(f) unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used
herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder
shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered
hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with the definition of GAAP
set forth in Section 1.01;
(g) "U.S. Dollars," "United States Dollars" and "US$" each refer
to United States Dollars, or such other money of the United States that
at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts; and "$" and "Cdn $" each refer to Canadian Dollars, or such other
money of Canada that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts; and
(h) whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context,
principal, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to
any Note, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment
of Additional Interest to the extent that, in such context, Additional
Interest is, was or would be payable in respect thereof.
ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. AMOUNT OF NOTES.
The Trustee shall authenticate Notes for original issue on the Issue
Date in the aggregate principal amount of US$250,000,000 upon receipt of a
written order of the Company in the
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form of an Officers' Certificate of the Company. Such written order shall
specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the
Notes are to be authenticated.
Upon receipt of a Company Request and an Officers' Certificate of the
Company certifying that a registration statement relating to an exchange
offer specified in the Registration Rights Agreement is effective under the
Securities Act and that the conditions precedent to a Private Exchange
thereunder have been met, the Trustee shall authenticate an additional series
of Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed US$250,000,000 for
issuance in exchange for the Notes tendered for exchange pursuant to such
exchange offer registered under the Securities Act or pursuant to a Private
Exchange. Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes may have such distinctive
series designations and such changes in the form thereof as are specified in
the Company Request referred to in the preceding sentence.
SECTION 2.02. FORM AND DATING.
The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication with respect
thereto shall be substantially in the form set forth in EXHIBIT A, which is
incorporated in and forms a part of this Indenture. The Notes may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, rule or usage to which
the Company is subject. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Notes offered and sold to Qualified Institutional Buyers in reliance on Rule
144A ("RULE 144A NOTES") shall bear the Private Placement Legend and include
the form of assignment set forth in EXHIBIT B, Notes offered and sold in
offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S ("REGULATION S NOTES")
shall bear the Private Placement Legend and include the form of assignment
set forth in EXHIBIT B. Notes transferred pursuant to Section 2.17(a) ("OTHER
NOTES") shall be represented by a Physical Note bearing the Private Placement
Legend. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes
shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of
US$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement, Exchange Notes issued by the Company shall be
substantially in the form set forth in EXHIBIT A (but shall not contain
paragraph 11 thereof).
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and
are expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable,
the Company, any Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery
of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and agree to
be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of the Notes conflicts
with the provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall
govern and be controlling.
The Notes may be presented for registration of transfer and exchange at
the offices of the Registrar.
SECTION 2.03. EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.
One Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile
signature.
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If an Officer whose signature is on a Note was an Officer at the time of
such execution but no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee
authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the
Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Request for
authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee, in accordance
with such Company Request, shall authenticate and deliver such Notes.
No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Note a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has
been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any Note shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder
but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such
Note to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 2.12, for all
purposes of this Indenture such Note shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture.
Upon prior notice to, and approval by (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld), the Company, the Trustee may appoint an
authenticating agent to authenticate the Notes. Unless otherwise provided in
the appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate the 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 the Company and Affiliates of
the Company. Each Paying Agent is designated as an authenticating agent for
purposes of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.04. REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency (which shall be located
in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of
New York, State of
New York) where
Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the
"REGISTRAR"), and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for
payment (the "PAYING AGENT") and an office or agency where notices and
demands to or upon the Company, if any, in respect of the Notes and this
Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall keep a register (the "REGISTER")
of the names and address of the Holders and the Notes and of their transfer
and exchange. The Company may have one or more additional Paying Agents. The
term "Paying Agent" includes any additional Paying Agent. The Company may
change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The
Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement, which
shall incorporate applicable provisions of the TIA, with any Agent that is
not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions
of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify the
Trustee of the name and address of any such Agent. If the Company fails to
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a Registrar or Paying Agent, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the
Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation
in accordance with Section 7.07.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent
and Agent for service of notices and demand (subject to Section 11.09 hereof)
in connection with the Notes and this Indenture.
SECTION 2.05. PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST.
Each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or
the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal
of or premium or interest on the Notes (whether such money has been paid to
it by the Company or any other obligor on the Notes or any Guarantor), and
the Company and the Paying Agent shall notify the Trustee in writing of any
default by the Company (or any other obligor on the Notes or any Guarantor)
in making any such payment. Money held in trust by the Paying Agent need not
be segregated except as required by law and in no event shall the Paying
Agent be liable for any interest on any money received by it hereunder. The
Company at any time may require the Paying Agent to pay all money held by it
to the Trustee and account for any funds disbursed and the Trustee may at any
time during the continuance of any Event of Default specified in clause (1)
or (2) of Section 6.01 hereof, upon written request to the Paying Agent,
require such Paying Agent to pay forthwith all money so held by it to the
Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon making such payment, the
Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the
Trustee.
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 the Holders. Such list shall be in written form or any other form capable
of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. If the Trustee
is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least five
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. The Trustee may rely on the lists of Holders provided by the Company.
SECTION 2.07. TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
Subject to Sections 2.16 and 2.17 hereof, when Notes are presented to
the Registrar with a request from the Holder of such Notes to register a
transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of other
authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer as
requested. Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange shall be duly endorsed or be accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, duly
executed by the Holder thereof or its attorneys duly authorized in writing.
To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall issue
and execute and the Trustee shall authenticate new Notes evidencing such
transfer or exchange at the Registrar's request in accordance with Section
2.03 hereof. No service charge shall be made to the Holder for any
registration of transfer or exchange. The Company may require from the Holder
payment of a
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sum sufficient to cover any transfer taxes or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in relation to a transfer or exchange, but this provision
shall not apply to any exchange pursuant to Section 2.11, 3.06, 4.10, 4.15 or
8.05 hereof (in which events the Company shall be responsible for the payment
of such taxes). The Registrar shall not be required to exchange or register a
transfer of any Note for a period of 15 days immediately preceding the
mailing of notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed or of any Note
selected, called or being called for redemption except the unredeemed portion
of any Note being redeemed in part.
Any Holder of a Global Note shall, by acceptance of such Global Note,
agree that transfers of the beneficial interests in such Global Note may be
effected only through a book entry system maintained by the Holder of such
Global Note (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in a
Global Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.
Each Holder of a Note agrees to indemnify the Company and the Trustee
against any liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or
assignment of such Holder's Note in violation of any provision of this
Indenture and/or applicable U.S. federal or state securities laws or Canadian
provincial securities laws.
Neither the Trustee nor the Registrar shall have any duty to monitor the
Company's compliance with or have any responsibility with respect to the
Company's compliance with any U.S. federal or state securities laws or
Canadian provincial securities laws.
SECTION 2.08. REPLACEMENT NOTES.
If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or the Trustee, or
if the Holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or
wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate
a replacement Note if (a) the Holder of such Note furnishes to the Company
and the Trustee evidence reasonably acceptable to them of the ownership and
the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and (b) the requirements of
Section 8-405 of the
New York Uniform Commercial Code (or applicable
provision at the time of such replacement) are met. If required by the
Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond shall be posted, sufficient in the
judgment of both to protect the Company, any Guarantors, the Trustee or any
Paying Agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if such Note is
replaced. The Company may charge such Holder for the Company's reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses in replacing such Note and the Trustee may charge the
Company for the Trustee's expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys'
fees and disbursements) in replacing such Note. Every replacement Note shall
constitute a contractual obligation of the Company.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become,
or will become within 30 days, due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note.
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SECTION 2.09. OUTSTANDING NOTES.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes that have been
authenticated by the Trustee except for (a) those cancelled by it, (b) those
delivered to it for cancellation, (c) to the extent set forth in Sections
9.01 and 9.02 hereof, on or after the date on which the conditions set forth
in Section 9.01 or 9.02 hereof have been satisfied, those Notes theretofore
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee hereunder and (d) those described
in this Section 2.09 hereof as not outstanding. Subject to Section 2.10
hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or one of
its Affiliates holds the Note.
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 in whose hands such Note is a
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate of any thereof) holds, in its capacity as such, on any Maturity
Date or on any optional redemption date, money sufficient to pay all accrued
interest and principal with respect to the Notes payable on that date and is
not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders thereof pursuant to the
terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes cease to be
outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
SECTION 2.10. TREASURY NOTES.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Notes have concurred in any declaration of acceleration or notice of default
or direction, waiver or consent or any amendment, modification or other
change to this Indenture, Notes owned by the Company or any Person directly
or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with the
Company shall be disregarded as though they were not outstanding, except that
for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in
relying on any such direction, waiver or consent or any amendment,
modification or other change to this Indenture, only Notes as to which the
Trustee has received an Officers' Certificate of the Company stating that
such Notes are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have
been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee
established to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act
with respect to the Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company, a
Guarantor, any other obligor on the Notes or any of their respective
Affiliates.
SECTION 2.11. TEMPORARY NOTES.
Until definitive Notes are prepared and ready for delivery, the Company
may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes which are
printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced in any
authorized denomination. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form
of definitive Notes but may have insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes
and that the Company shall have identified to the Trustee in writing. Without
unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall
authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes. Until
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such exchange, temporary Notes shall be entitled to the same rights, benefits
and privileges as definitive Notes.
SECTION 2.12. CANCELLATION.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee
any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or
payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy
canceled Notes and deliver a certificate of destruction thereof to the
Company unless the Company directs the Trustee in writing to deliver canceled
Notes to the Company. The Company may not reissue or resell, or issue new
Notes to replace, Notes that the Company has redeemed or paid, or that have
been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
SECTION 2.13. DEFAULTED INTEREST.
If the Company defaults on a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall
pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner, plus (to the extent
permitted by law) any interest payable on the defaulted interest, in
accordance with paragraph 1 of the Notes, to the Persons who are Holders on a
subsequent special record date, which date shall be at least five Business
Days prior to the payment date. The Company shall fix such special record
date and payment date in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee. At least 10
days before such special record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder a
notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount
of defaulted interest, and interest payable on defaulted interest, if any, to
be paid. The Company may make payment of any defaulted interest in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements (if applicable) of any
securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed and, upon such notice as
may be required by such exchange, if, after written notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this sentence,
such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
SECTION 2.14. CUSIP NUMBER.
The Company in issuing the Notes may use one or more "CUSIP" or "ISIN"
numbers, and if so, each such CUSIP or ISIN number shall be included in
notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; PROVIDED that
any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP or ISIN number printed in the notice or
on the Notes, and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company shall promptly
notify the Trustee of any such CUSIP or ISIN number used by the Company in
connection with the issuance of the Notes and of any change in the CUSIP or
ISIN number.
SECTION 2.15. DEPOSIT OF MONEYS.
Prior to 10:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on each Interest Payment Date
and the Maturity Date, the Company shall have deposited with the Paying Agent
in immediately available funds money sufficient to make cash payments due on
such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be, in a
timely manner which permits the Trustee to remit payment to the Holders on
such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity
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Date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits the Trustee to
remit payment to the Holders on such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity
Date, as the case may be. Except as otherwise provided herein, the principal
and interest on Global Notes shall be payable to DTC or the nominee of DTC,
as the case may be, as the sole registered owner and the sole holder of the
Global Notes represented thereby. The principal and interest on Physical
Notes shall be payable, either in person or by mail, at the office of the
Paying Agent.
SECTION 2.16. BOOK-ENTRY PROVISIONS FOR GLOBAL NOTES.
(a) Rule 144A Notes initially shall be represented by one or
more notes in registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively,
the "RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE"). Regulation S Notes initially shall be represented
by one or more notes in registered, global form without interest coupons
(collectively, the "REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE," and, together with the Restricted
Global Note and any other global notes representing Notes, the "GLOBAL NOTES").
The Global Notes shall each bear a legend as set forth in EXHIBIT C. The Global
Notes initially shall (i) be registered in the name of DTC or the nominee of
DTC, in each case, for credit to an account of DTC Agent Members (or, in the
case of the Regulation S Global Note, DTC Agent Members (as defined below)
holding for Euroclear System ("EUROCLEAR") and Clearstream Banking Societe
Anonyme ("CLEARSTREAM")), (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for DTC
and (iii) in the case of the Restricted Global Notes or the Regulation S Global
Notes, bear legends as set forth in EXHIBIT B.
Neither members of, nor direct or indirect participants in, DTC ("DTC
AGENT MEMBERS") shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to
any Global Note held on their behalf by DTC, or the Trustee as its custodian,
or under the Global Notes, and DTC may be treated by the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such
Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the
Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy
or other authorization furnished by DTC or impair, as between DTC and DTC
Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of
the rights of a Holder of any Note.
(b) Transfers of Global Notes shall be limited to transfer of
such Global Notes in whole, but not in part, to DTC, its successors or their
respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Notes may be
transferred or exchanged for Physical Notes in accordance with the rules and
procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream and the provisions of Section 2.17.
In addition, a Global Note shall be exchangeable for Physical Notes if (i) DTC
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository
for such Global Note and the Company thereupon fails to appoint a successor
depository within 90 days of such event, (ii) the Company, in its sole
discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance
of such Physical Notes, or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an
Event of Default with respect to the Notes which has not been waived pursuant to
Section 6.04 of this Indenture. In all cases, Physical Notes delivered in
exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein shall be registered
in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on
behalf of DTC (in accordance with its customary procedures).
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(c) In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion
of the beneficial interest in any Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to
clause (b) of this Section 2.16, the Registrar shall (if one or more Physical
Notes are to be issued) reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease
in the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal
amount of the beneficial interest in such Global Note to be transferred, and the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall upon receipt of a written order
from the Company authenticate and make available for delivery, one or more
Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.
(d) In connection with the transfer of any Global Note as an
entirety to beneficial owners pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 2.16, such
Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation,
and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
to each beneficial owner identified by DTC in writing in exchange for its
beneficial interest in such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of
Physical Notes of authorized denominations.
(e) Any Physical Note delivered in exchange for an interest in
a Global Note that is a Restricted Note pursuant to clause (b), (c) or (d) of
this Section 2.16 shall, except as otherwise provided by clause (c) of Section
2.17, bear the Private Placement Legend unless the Company determines otherwise
in compliance with applicable law.
(f) On or prior to the 40th day after the later of the commencement of
the Offering and the Issue Date (such period through and including such 40th
day, the "RESTRICTED PERIOD"), a beneficial interest in the Regulation S
Global Note may be held only through Euroclear or Clearstream , as indirect
participants in DTC, unless transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the
form of an interest in the Restricted Global Note only upon receipt by the
Trustee and the Company of a written certification from the transferor to the
effect that such transfer is being made (i)(A) to a Person whom the
transferor reasonably believes is a Qualified Institutional Buyer in a
transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A or (B) pursuant to another
exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act which
is accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel regarding the availability of such
exemption and (ii) in accordance with all applicable securities laws of any
state of the United States, the provinces of Canada or any other jurisdiction.
(g) Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Note may be
transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in the
Regulation S Global Note, whether before or after the expiration of the
Restricted Period, only if the transferor first delivers to the Trustee (i) a
written certificate to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance
with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S or Rule 144 (if available) and that, if
such transfer occurs prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the
interest transferred will be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear or
Clearstream and (ii) at the option of the Trustee and the Company, an Opinion of
Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company to the effect
that such transfer is in accordance with Regulation S or Rule 144, as the case
may be.
(h) Any beneficial interest in a Global Note that is transferred to a
Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in another Global Note
shall, upon transfer, cease to be an interest in such Global Note and become
an interest in such other Global Note and, accordingly, shall
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thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions and other procedures
applicable to beneficial interests in such other Global Note for as long as it
remains such an interest.
(i) The Holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and
otherwise authorize any Person, including DTC Agent Members and Persons that may
hold interests through DTC Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is
entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.
SECTION 2.17. SPECIAL TRANSFER PROVISIONS.
(a) TRANSFERS TO NON-QIB INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS AND
NON-U.S. PERSONS. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the
registration of any proposed transfer of a Restricted Note to any
Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB or to any Non-U.S.
Person:
(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer of any Note, whether
or not such Note bears the Private Placement Legend, if (A) the
requested transfer is after the time period referred to in Rule 144(k)
under the Securities Act, or such other date as such Note shall be
freely transferable under Rule 144 as certified in an Officers'
Certificate or (B) (1) in the case of a transfer to an Institutional
Accredited Investor which is not a QIB (excluding Non-U.S. Persons), the
proposed transferee has delivered to the Registrar and the Company a
certificate substantially in the form of EXHIBIT D hereto and, at the
request of the Registrar and the Company, an Opinion of Counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Registrar and the Company to the effect
that such transfer is in accordance with the Securities Act or (2) in
the case of a transfer to a Non-U.S. Person (including a QIB), the
proposed transferor has delivered to the Registrar and the Company a
certificate substantially in the form of EXHIBIT E hereto and, at the
request of the Registrar and the Company, an Opinion of Counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Registrar or the Company to the effect
that such transfer is in accordance with the Securities Act and any
applicable securities laws of the Provinces of Canada; PROVIDED that in
the case of any transfer of a Note bearing the Private Placement Legend
for a Note not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar has
received an Officers' Certificate authorizing such transfer and, at the
request of the Registrar and the Company, the proposed transferor shall
deliver an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Registrar
and the Company to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with
the Securities Act; and
(ii) if the proposed transferor is a DTC Agent Member holding a
beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Note, and the proposed
transferee is either a Non-U.S. Person who is receiving a beneficial
interest in the Regulation S Global Note or any Person who requests
delivery in the form of Physical Notes, upon receipt by the Registrar of
(A) the documents, if any, required by clause (i) of this Section 2.17
and (B) instructions given in accordance with DTC's (and Euroclear's or
Clearstream's, if applicable) and the Registrar's procedures, whereupon
(C) the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a
decrease in the principal amount of the Restricted Global Note in an
amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the
Restricted Global Note to be transferred, and (D) (I) with respect to
transfers to a Non-U.S. Person receiving a beneficial interest in the
Regulation S Global Note, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and
records the date and an
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increase in the principal amount of the Regulation S Global Note in an
amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the
Restricted Global Note transferred or (II) with respect to a Person who
requests delivery in the form of Physical Notes, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for
delivery one or more Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.
(b) TRANSFERS TO QIBS. The following provisions shall apply
with respect to the registration of any proposed registration of transfer of a
Restricted Note to a QIB (excluding transfers to Non-U.S. Persons):
(i) (A) if the Restricted Note consists of Physical Notes, the
Registrar shall register the transfer if such transfer is being made by
a proposed transferor who has checked the box provided for on such
Holder's Note stating, or has otherwise advised the Company and the
Registrar in writing, that the sale has been made in compliance with the
provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee who has signed the certification
provided on such Holder's Note stating, or has otherwise advised the
Company and the Registrar in writing, that such transferee represents
and warrants that it is purchasing the Note for its own account or an
account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion
and that it and any such account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule
144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule
144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding
the Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined
not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor
is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to claim the
exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A, and (B) if the
Restricted Note consists of an interest in the Restricted Global Note,
unless otherwise provided in this Indenture, the transfer of such
interest may only be effected through the book-entry system maintained
by the Depository; and
(ii) if the proposed transferee is a DTC Agent Member, and the Notes
to be transferred consist of Physical Notes which after transfer are to
be evidenced by an interest in the Restricted Global Note, upon receipt
by the Registrar of instructions given in accordance with DTC's and the
Registrar's procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and
records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the
Restricted Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the
Physical Notes to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the
Physical Notes so transferred.
(c) PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND. Upon the registration of transfer,
exchange or replacement of Notes not bearing the Private Placement Legend,
the Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear the Private Placement
Legend. Upon the registration of transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes
bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only Notes
that bear the Private Placement Legend unless (i) it has received the
Officers' Certificate required by paragraph (a)(i)(A) of this Section 2.17,
(ii) there is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee to the effect that neither such
legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to
maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act or (iii) such
Note has been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act.
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(d) GENERAL. By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private
Placement Legend, each Holder of such Note acknowledges and agrees to the
restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the
Private Placement Legend and further agrees that it will transfer such Note only
as provided in this Indenture.
(e) 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 "Management Regulations" and
"Instructions to Participants" of Clearstream shall be applicable to
transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Notes that are
held by DTC Agent Members through Euroclear or Clearstream.
The Registrar shall retain for a period of three years, copies of all
letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to
Section 2.16 hereof or this Section 2.17. The Company shall have the right to
inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written
communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable notice to
the Registrar.
SECTION 2.18. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.
Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months.
For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) where any interest payable
hereunder or under the Notes is expressed to be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months, the annual rate of interest to which
such stated rate is equivalent is calculable by determining, on the following
basis for the relevant period, the amount of interest accruing during such
period and expressing such amount as a percentage of the outstanding
principal multiplied by the number of days in such period and divided by the
number of days in the year (being 365 or 366, as the case may be)
(a) for any complete calendar month in respect of which such rate
is applicable, the stated rate
(i) multiplied by the actual number of days in the year in which
such month falls and divided by the actual number of days in the
month, and
(ii) multiplied by 30 and divided by 360, and
(b) for any part of a calendar month in respect of which such rate
is applicable, the stated rate multiplied by the actual number of days
in any applicable year, being 365 or 366, as the case may be and divided
by 360.
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ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICES TO TRUSTEE.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 or 3.08
of this Indenture, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a
shorter notice shall be agreed to in writing by the Trustee) but not more
than 65 days before the Redemption Date, the Company shall notify the Trustee
in writing of the Redemption Date, the principal amount of Notes to be
redeemed and the redemption price, and deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that such redemption will comply with the conditions
contained in Section 3.07 or 3.08 of this Indenture. Notice given to the
Trustee pursuant to this Section 3.01 may not be revoked after the time that
notice is given to Holders pursuant to Section 3.03 hereof.
SECTION 3.02. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF NOTES TO BE REDEEMED.
In the event that fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the
Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed, if the Notes are listed on a
national securities exchange, in accordance with the rules of such exchange
or, if the Notes are not so listed, either on a PRO RATA basis, by lot or in
such other manner as the Trustee shall deem fair and equitable; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that if a partial redemption is made with the proceeds of a Public
Equity Offering, selection of the Notes or portions thereof for redemption
shall be made by the Trustee only on a PRO RATA basis or on as nearly a PRO
RATA basis as is practicable (subject to DTC procedures), unless such method
is otherwise prohibited. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of the
Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Notes selected for
partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. The Trustee
may select for redemption portions of the principal of the Notes that have
denominations larger than US$1,000. Notes and portions thereof the Trustee
selects shall be redeemed in amounts of US$1,000 or whole multiples of
US$1,000. For all purposes of this Indenture unless the context otherwise
requires, 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.
At least 30 days, and no more than 60 days, before a Redemption Date,
the Company shall mail, or cause to be mailed, a notice of redemption by
first-class mail to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at his or her last
address as the same appears on the registry books maintained by the Registrar
pursuant to Section 2.04 hereof.
The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including the CUSIP
or ISIN numbers thereof, if any) and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
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(2) the redemption price and the amount of premium, if any, and
accrued and unpaid interest to be paid;
(3) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the
principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the
Redemption Date and upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued;
(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the
Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(6) that unless the Company defaults in making the redemption
payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on
and after the Redemption Date;
(7) the provision of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes
called for redemption are being redeemed;
(8) the aggregate principal amount of Notes that are being
redeemed; and
(9) that no representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of the CUSIP or ISIN number, if any, listed in such notice or
printed on the Notes.
At the Company's written request made at least two Business Days prior
to the date on which notice is to be given, the Trustee shall give the notice
of redemption in the Company's name and at the Company's sole expense;
PROVIDED HOWEVER, that the Company shall deliver 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.
SECTION 3.04. EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Once the notice of redemption described in Section 3.03 hereof is
mailed, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption
Date and at the redemption price, including premium, if any, plus accrued and
unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent,
such Notes shall be paid at the redemption price, including premium, if any,
plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED that if the
Redemption Date is after a regular record date and on or prior to the
Interest Payment Date, the accrued interest shall be payable to the Holder of
the redeemed Notes registered on the relevant record date; PROVIDED, FURTHER,
that if a Redemption Date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the
next succeeding Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the period from
such Redemption Date to such succeeding Business Day.
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SECTION 3.05. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or prior to 10:00 A.M.,
New York City time, on each Redemption Date,
the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent in immediately available
funds money sufficient to pay the redemption price of, including premium, if
any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date
other than Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on that date which
have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation.
On and after any Redemption Date, if money sufficient to pay the
redemption price of, including premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid
interest on Notes called for redemption shall have been deposited with the
Paying Agent in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the Notes called for
redemption will cease to accrue interest and the only right of the Holders of
such Notes will be to receive payment of the redemption price of, premium, if
any, and, subject to the first proviso in Section 3.04 hereof, accrued and
unpaid interest on such Notes to the Redemption Date. If any Note surrendered
for redemption shall not be so paid, interest will be paid, from the
Redemption Date until such redemption payment is made, on the unpaid
principal of the Note and any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in
each case, at the rate and in the manner provided in the Notes.
SECTION 3.06. NOTES REDEEMED IN PART.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall
authenticate for the Holder thereof a new Note equal in principal amount to
the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.
SECTION 3.07. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
The Company, at its option, may redeem the Notes, in whole at any time,
or in part from time to time, in each case, on or after June 15, 2006, upon
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the redemption prices
(expressed as percentages of principal amount thereof) set forth below,
together, in each case, with accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption
Date, if redeemed during the twelve month period beginning on June 15 of each
year listed below:
YEAR REDEMPTION PRICE
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2006............................................. 104.313%
2007............................................. 102.875%
2008............................................. 101.438%
2009 and thereafter.............................. 100.000%
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company, at its option, may redeem
in the aggregate up to 35% of the original principal amount of Notes at any
time and from time to time prior to June 15, 2004 at a redemption price equal
to 108.625% of the aggregate principal amount so redeemed, plus accrued and
unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, out of the net cash proceeds of one
or more Public Equity Offering; PROVIDED that at least 65% of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes originally issued remains outstanding immediately
after the occurrence of any such redemption
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and that any such redemption occurs within 90 days following the closing of
any such Public Equity Offering.
SECTION 3.08. TAX REDEMPTION.
The Notes are redeemable, in whole but not in part, at the option of
the Company at any time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 calendar
days' prior written notice, mailed by first class mail to each Holder at its
last address appearing in the register maintained by the Registrar of Notes,
at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon to the Redemption Date, if the Company or any Guarantor is or would
become obligated to pay, on the next date on which any amount would be
payable with respect to the Notes, any Additional Amounts as a result of a
change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any regulations promulgated
thereunder) of any Taxing Authority, or any changes in, or amendment to, any
official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws or
regulations, which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on
or after the Issue Date; PROVIDED that the Company or such Guarantor
determines, in its business judgment, that the obligation to pay such
Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures
available to the Company or such Guarantor (not including substitution of the
obligor under the Notes); and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that (i) no such notice of
redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on
which the Company or such Guarantor would but for such redemption be
obligated to pay such Additional Amounts or later than 270 days after the
Company or such Guarantor first becomes liable to pay any Additional Amounts
as a result of any changes in or amendments to laws, regulations or official
positions described above and (ii) at the time such notice is given, the
Company's or such Guarantor's obligation to pay such Additional Amounts
remains in effect.
Prior to the publication of any notice of redemption pursuant to this
provision, the Company will deliver to the trustee (a) an Officers'
Certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption
and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent
to the right of the Company so to redeem have occurred and (b) an opinion of
legal counsel qualified under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction to the
effect that the Company or such Guarantor has or will become obligated to pay
such Additional Amounts as a result of such amendment or change as described
above.
SECTION 3.09. PURCHASE OF NOTES.
The Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall have the right at any time
and from time to time to purchase Notes in the open market (which shall
include purchase from or through an investment dealer, investment bank or
firm holding membership in a stock exchange or the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc.) or by tender or by private contract or otherwise,
at any price, provided that the Company complies with any securities laws or
regulations applicable to any such purchase including, but not limited to
Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act.
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SECTION 3.10. SPECIAL MANDATORY REDEMPTION UPON EVENT OF FAILURE.
It shall be an Event of Failure under this Indenture (and is
acknowledged by the Holders and the Trustee to be an event of failure within
the meaning of subparagraph 212(1)(b)(vii) of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) in
the event that:
(a) the Pacifica Acquisition is not completed on or before
October 31, 2001,
(b) the Arrangement Agreement is terminated prior to that date,
(c) the Pacifica Acquisition is likely not to be consummated in
a manner consistent with the description of the terms of the Pacifica
Acquisition in the Offering Memorandum,
(d) the Company shall not have entered into the new credit
facilities described in the Offering Memorandum on or before the time at
which the Pacifica Acquisition is to be consummated, or
(e) the merger of Pacifica with the Company by way of statutory
amalgamation and the assumption of the Pacifica Notes by the Company is
not consummated within 30 days after the consummation of the Pacifica
Acquisition
(each of the events referred to in the preceding clauses (a), (b), (c), (d)
and (e) being herein sometimes referred to as an "EVENT OF FAILURE"). Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Failure:
(i) The Company shall notify the Trustee (in all cases) and the
Securities Intermediary (except in the case of an Event of Failure
described in clause (e)) in writing on the next succeeding Business Day
after an Event of Failure that the Company will redeem the Notes on a
specified Redemption Date no later than the Mandatory Redemption Date
at the Mandatory Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest to
the Redemption Date at a rate of 8.700% of the Issue Price (the
"MANDATORY REDEMPTION").
(ii) Within two Business Days after an Event of Failure, the
Company shall mail a notice (the "MANDATORY REDEMPTION NOTICE") by
first class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder at its registered
address. The Mandatory Redemption Notice shall be mailed at least 10
days (or the minimum if legally required by DTC) but not more than 20
days before the Redemption Date. At the Company's request, the Trustee
shall give the Mandatory Redemption Notice in the Company's name and at
the Company's expense. The Mandatory Redemption Notice shall identify
the Notes to be redeemed (including the CUSIP or ISIN number(s), if
any) and shall state:
(A) the Redemption Date;
(B) the Mandatory Redemption Price and the amount of accrued
interest to be paid at a rate of 8.700% of the Issue Price;
(C) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
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(D) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to
the to collect the Mandatory Redemption Price plus
accrued interest, if any;
(E) that, unless the Company defaults in making the redemption
payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on
and after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the
Holders of such Notes is to receive payment of the Mandatory
Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any, upon surrender to the
Paying Agent of the Notes redeemed; and
(F) the Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to this Section 3.10.
(iii) On or before 10:00 a.m.
New York Time on the Redemption Date
for a Mandatory Redemption, the Company shall deposit with the Paying
Agent an amount of funds such that on the Redemption Date the Paying
Agent shall have sufficient immediately available funds (including any
funds made available under the Escrow Agreement) to pay the Mandatory
Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption
Date for all outstanding Notes. The Paying Agent or Trustee shall
promptly return to the Company any amount so deposited which is not
required for that purpose.
ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. PAYMENT OF NOTES.
The Company shall pay the principal of and interest (including all
Additional Interest) on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in
the Notes and this Indenture. An installment of principal or interest shall
be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent (if
other than the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor) holds
on that date money designated for and sufficient to pay such installment.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal (including
post-petition interest in a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law), and overdue
installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate specified in the
Notes.
SECTION 4.02. REPORTS TO HOLDERS.
Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the Commission,
so long as the Notes are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee and, upon request, to the Holders all annual and quarterly financial
information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the
Commission on Forms 20-F, 40-F and 6-K, as applicable, 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 financial information, a report on the audit of the financial
statements by the Company's independent accountants; PROVIDED, that (x) such
quarterly
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financial information shall be furnished within 60 days following the end of
each quarter of the Company and (y) such annual financial information shall
be furnished within 180 days following the end of the fiscal year of the
Company. In addition, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of
the Commission, the Company will file with or furnish to the Commission a
copy of all such information and reports with the Commission for public
availability (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing or
furnishing). In addition, the Company shall furnish to the Holders and to
prospective investors, upon the requests of such Holders, any information
required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act
so long as the Notes are not freely transferable under the Securities Act.
The Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries will also
comply with the other provisions of TIA ss.314(a).
SECTION 4.03. WAIVER OF STAY, EXTENSION OR USURY LAWS.
The Company and any Guarantors covenant (to the extent that they may
lawfully do so) that they shall not at any time insist upon, or plead (as a
defense or otherwise) or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit
or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law
which would prohibit or forgive the Company and any Guarantors from paying
all or any portion of the principal of, premium, if any, and/or interest on
the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of
this Indenture; and (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) the Company
and any Guarantors hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any
such law, and covenant that they will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and
permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
SECTION 4.04. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days
after the end of each fiscal year and on or before 60 days after the
end of the first, second and third quarters of each fiscal year, an
Officers' Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the
Company and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year or fiscal quarter,
as the case may be, has been made under the supervision of the signing
Officers with a view to determining whether the Company and each
Guarantor has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their 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 and each Guarantor has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled
each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in
default in the performance or observance of any of the terms,
provisions and conditions hereof (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 they are taking
or propose 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 and any Guarantors are taking
or propose to take with respect thereto.
(b) The Company and any Guarantors shall, so long as any of the
Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer
becoming aware of any Default or
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Event of Default, an Officers' Certificate specifying such Default or
Event of Default and what action the Company and any Guarantors are
taking or propose to take with respect thereto.
(c) The Company's fiscal year currently ends on December 31. The
Company will promptly provide written notice to the Trustee of any change
in its fiscal year.
SECTION 4.05. TAXES.
The Company and any Guarantors shall, and shall cause each of their
Subsidiaries to, pay prior to delinquency all material taxes, assessments,
and governmental levies except as contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings.
SECTION 4.06. LIMITATION ON ADDITIONAL DEBT.
The Company shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, incur (as defined) any
Debt (including, without limitation, any Acquired Debt), except Permitted
Debt and except that, if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing at the time or as a consequence of the incurrence of such
Debt, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Debt (including any
Acquired Debt) if the Company's Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is
at least 2.0 to 1.
Even if the Company's Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is less
than 2.0 to 1, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur
Permitted Debt.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.06, in the
event that an item of Debt meets the criteria of more than one of the
categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (i) through (xii) of the
definition thereof or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first
paragraph of this Section 4.06, the Company shall classify such Debt in its
sole discretion, and such item of Debt will be treated as having been
incurred pursuant to only one of such clauses or pursuant to the first
paragraph of this Section 4.06. Accrual of interest, the accretion of
accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional Debt, in
each case in accordance with the terms of the underlying Debt at its time of
incurrence by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be,
will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Debt for purposes of this Section
4.06; PROVIDED that the underlying Debt is incurred in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture. Any increase in the Canadian dollar equivalent of
outstanding Debt of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
denominated in a currency other than Canadian dollars resulting from
fluctuations in the exchange values of currencies shall not be deemed to be
an incurrence of Debt for purposes of this Section 4.06; PROVIDED that the
amount of Debt of the Company outstanding at any time shall be the Canadian
dollar equivalent of all such Debt of the Company outstanding at such time.
SECTION 4.07. LIMITATION ON RESTRICTED PAYMENTS.
The Company shall not make, and shall not cause or permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make, any Restricted
Payment, unless:
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(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing at the time of or immediately after giving effect to such
Restricted Payment;
(b) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted
Payment, the Company could incur US$1.00 of additional Debt (other than
Permitted Debt) pursuant to Section 4.06 hereof; and
(c) immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the
aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments declared or made after the
Issue Date does not exceed (without duplication) (i) the sum of (A) 50% of
the Company's cumulative Consolidated Net Income (or if cumulative
Consolidated Net Income shall be a loss, minus 100% of such loss) for the
period beginning on the first day of the fiscal quarter in which the Issue
Date shall occur and ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter
immediately preceding the date of such proposed Restricted Payment
(treating such period as a single accounting period), and (B) the Pacifica
Income Adjustment Amount; (ii) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds
received by the Company from Capital Contributions or from the issuance or
sale after the Issue Date (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of (A)
Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Company or
(B) any Debt or other securities of the Company that are convertible into
or exercisable or exchangeable for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Capital Stock) of the Company which have been so converted, exercised or
exchanged, as the case may be; (iii) without duplication of any amounts
included in subclause (i) of this clause (c), so long as the Designation
thereof was treated as a Restricted Payment made after the Issue Date,
with respect to any Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been redesignated as
a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date in accordance with the
definition of "Restricted Subsidiary," the Company's proportionate
interest in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Company's
interest in such Subsidiary; PROVIDED that such amount shall not in any
case exceed the Designation Amount with respect to such Restricted
Subsidiary at the time of its Designation; (iv) in the case of the
disposition or repayment of any Investment constituting a Restricted
Payment made after the Issue Date, to the extent not otherwise included in
the Company's Consolidated Net Income, the amount of cash proceeds (or
Cash Equivalents) received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
with respect to such Investment, net of any costs of disposition and taxes
paid or payable in connection with such disposition or repayment; (v) to
the extent not otherwise included in the Company's Consolidated Net
Income, the amount of the cash proceeds (or Cash Equivalents) received by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary upon the sale of any Unrestricted
Subsidiary after the Issue Date, net of any costs of disposition and taxes
paid or payable in connection with such sale; and (vi) $15,000,000. For
purposes of determining the amount expended for Restricted Payments under
this clause (c), property other than cash shall be valued at its Fair
Market Value.
(d) The provisions of this Section 4.07 shall not prevent (i)
the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the
date of declaration thereof, if at such date of declaration such
payment would comply with the provisions of this Indenture; (ii) the
repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement of any shares
of Capital Stock of the Company or Debt of the Company or any Guarantor
subordinated to the Notes or such Guarantor's Guarantee, as the case
may be, by conversion into, or by or in exchange for,
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shares of Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Capital
Stock), or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent
sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of other
shares of Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Capital
Stock); PROVIDED that any such net cash proceeds are excluded from clause
(c)(ii) of this Section 4.07 for the purposes of this calculation (and
were not included in clause (c)(ii) of this Section 4.07 at any time);
(iii) the redemption, repayment or retirement of Debt of the Company or
any Guarantor subordinated to the Notes or such Guarantor's Guarantee, as
the case may be, in exchange for, by conversion into, or out of the net
cash proceeds of, (x) a substantially concurrent sale or incurrence of
Debt of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be (other than
any Debt owed to a Restricted Subsidiary), that is contractually
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Guarantor's
Guarantee, as the case may be, to at least the same extent as the Debt
being redeemed, repaid or retired or (y) a substantially concurrent sale
(other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of shares of
Capital Stock of the Company; PROVIDED that any such net cash proceeds are
excluded from clause (c) (ii) of this Section 4.07 (and were not included
therein at any time); (iv) the retirement of any shares of Disqualified
Capital Stock of the Company by conversion into, or by exchange for, other
shares of Disqualified Capital Stock of the Company, or out of the net
cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of other shares of Disqualified
Capital Stock of the Company; PROVIDED that any such net cash proceeds are
excluded from clause (c) (ii) of this Section 4.07 (and were not included
in clause (c) (ii) of this Section 4.07 at any time); (v) the purchase,
redemption or other acquisition for value of shares of Capital Stock of
the Company (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) held by employees or
directors of the Company (or their estates or beneficiaries under their
estates) upon the death, retirement or termination of employment or
directorship of such employees or directors pursuant to the terms of an
employee benefit plan or other agreement approved by the Board of
Directors of the Company; PROVIDED that the aggregate cash consideration
paid, or distributions made, pursuant to this clause (v) do not exceed
$5,000,000 in the aggregate subsequent to the Issue Date; and (vi) the
Reorganization. In calculating the aggregate amount of Restricted
Payments made subsequent to the Issue Date for purposes of clause (c) of
this Section 4.07, amounts expended pursuant to clauses d(i) and d(v) of
this Section 4.07 shall be included in such calculation and amounts
expended pursuant to clauses d(ii), d(iii), d(iv) and d(vi) of this
Section 4.07 shall not be included in such calculation; PROVIDED that
amounts expended pursuant to clause d(i) of this Section 4.07 will only
be included if the declaration thereof had not been counted in a prior
period.
SECTION 4.08. LIMITATION ON LIENS.
The Company shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to, create, incur or
otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Liens (other than
Permitted Liens) upon or with respect to any property or assets of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, unless (i) if such Lien
secures Debt which is ranked equally and ratably with the Notes or any
Guarantee, then the Notes or such Guarantee, as the case may be, are secured
on an equal and ratable basis with the obligations so secured until such time
as such obligations are no longer secured by such Lien or the Lien is a
Permitted Lien or (ii) if such Lien secures Debt which is subordinated to the
Notes or any Guarantee, then the Notes or such Guarantee, as the case may be,
are secured and the Lien securing such other Debt shall be subordinated to
the Lien granted to the Holders at least to the same extent as such Debt is
subordinated to the Notes or such Guarantee,
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as the case may be, until such time as such obligations are no longer secured
by a Lien. The Company and Restricted Subsidiaries may create, incur or cause
or permit to exist Permitted Liens as described in the definition of
"Permitted Liens" of this Indenture.
SECTION 4.09. LIMITATION ON TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not cause or permit any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or
suffer to exist any transaction or series of related transactions
(including, without limitation, the sale, purchase, exchange or lease of
assets, property or services) with any Affiliate (each an "AFFILIATE
TRANSACTION") or extend, renew, waive or otherwise modify the terms of any
Affiliate Transaction entered into prior to the Issue Date unless (i) such
Affiliate Transaction is between or among the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries or between or among Restricted Subsidiaries; or (ii) the
terms of such Affiliate Transaction are no less favorable to the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than the terms which
could reasonably be obtained by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary,
as the case may be, at such time in a comparable transaction made on an
arm's-length basis between unaffiliated parties. In any Affiliate
Transaction (or any series of related Affiliate Transactions) involving an
amount or having a Fair Market Value in excess of $5,000,000 which is not
permitted under clause (a)(i) of this Section 4.09, the Company shall
obtain a resolution of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors
of the Company certifying that they have approved such Affiliate
Transaction and determined that such Affiliate Transaction complies with
clause (a)(ii) of this Section 4.09. In addition, in any Affiliate
Transaction (or any series of related Affiliate Transactions) involving an
amount or having a Fair Market Value in excess of $50,000,000 which is not
permitted under clause (a)(i) of this Section 4.09, the Company must
obtain a written opinion from an Independent Financial Advisor that such
transaction or transactions are fair to the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, from a financial point of view.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.09(a) will not apply to (i)
any Restricted Payment made in compliance with Section 4.07 hereof, (ii)
any payment of customary and reasonable fees to directors of the Company,
(iii) any employment agreement or compensation arrangement in effect on
the Issue Date or entered into thereafter by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with the past practice of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
(iv) transactions in the ordinary course of business pursuant to any
pension, share or partnership unit option, profit sharing, partnership
unit or share appreciation rights or other employee benefit plan or
agreement (including insurance, indemnification and reimbursement plans
and arrangements for directors, officers and employees), (v) loans to
employees not to exceed $10,000,000 in aggregate amount at any one time
outstanding, or (vi) issuances of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Capital Stock) of the Company.
SECTION 4.10. LIMITATION ON ASSET SALES.
(a) The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless (i) the
Company or such applicable Restricted
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Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such
sale or other disposition at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the
assets sold or otherwise disposed of; (ii) not less than 80% of the
consideration received by the Company or such applicable Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of (A) cash or Cash
Equivalents or (B) Replacement Assets, and in each case set forth in
subclauses (A) and (B) of this clause (a)(ii), is received at the time of
such sale or other disposition; PROVIDED that the amount of (1) any Debt
(other than subordinated Debt) of the Company or any such applicable
Restricted Subsidiary that is actually assumed by the transferee in such
Asset Sale and from which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are
fully and unconditionally released and (2) any securities received by the
Company or any such applicable Restricted Subsidiary which are converted
into cash or Cash Equivalents within ten Business Days of such Asset Sale
(to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received), will be deemed
to be cash for purposes of this clause (a)(ii); and (iii) the Asset Sale
Proceeds received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the
case may be, are applied, at the option of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, (A) to prepay, repay or purchase indebtedness under the New
Credit Facilities or any other secured Debt of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary or the Pacifica Notes; or (B) to an investment in
properties and assets that are used or are useful in the business of the
Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries or in businesses reasonably similar
to or ancillary to the business of the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries as conducted at the time of such Asset Sale; PROVIDED that
(1) such investment occurs or (2) the Company or any such Restricted
Subsidiary enters into contractual commitments to so apply such Asset Sale
Proceeds, subject only to customary conditions (other than the obtaining
of financing), in each case, within 365 days following the receipt of such
Asset Sale Proceeds; or (C) if on such 365th day the Available Asset Sale
Proceeds exceed $15,000,000, the Company shall apply an amount equal to
the Available Asset Sale Proceeds to an offer to repurchase the Notes
(and, at its option, to an offer to repurchase other equal and ratable
Debt), at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date (an
"EXCESS PROCEEDS OFFER"). If an Excess Proceeds Offer is not fully
subscribed, the Company may retain and use for general corporate purposes
the portion (any such portion, a "DEFICIENCY") of the Available Asset Sale
Proceeds not required to repurchase Notes. Upon completion of any Excess
Proceeds Offer, the amount of Available Asset Sale Proceeds shall be reset
to zero; PROVIDED that the amount of the 25% Available Asset Sale Proceeds
(as defined below) shall constitute Available Asset Sale Proceeds for
purposes of the first Excess Proceeds Offer that is made after the fifth
anniversary of the Issue Date (the "FIFTH ANNIVERSARY").
(b) Even if the Company completes an Asset Sale, in no event shall
the Company use or be required to use Available Asset Sale Proceeds to
purchase more than 25% of the original aggregate principal amount of the
Notes on or prior to the Fifth Anniversary. If the aggregate Available
Asset Sale Proceeds (disregarding any resetting to zero as described in
paragraph (a) above) resulting from Asset Sales occurring on or prior to
the Fifth Anniversary, less any Deficiencies resulting from any Excess
Proceeds Offers made by the Company on or prior to such date, exceed 25%
of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (such excess being
the "25% AVAILABLE ASSET SALE PROCEEDS"), then the Company shall make an
Excess Proceeds Offer in accordance with the foregoing provisions (i)
promptly after the Fifth Anniversary, in the event the amount of the 25%
Available Asset Sale Proceeds exceeds $15,000,000 or (ii) at such time as
the amount of the 25% Available Asset Sale Proceeds together with
Available Asset Sale Proceeds realized after the Fifth
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Anniversary exceeds $15,000,000, in the event the amount of the 25%
Available Asset Sale Proceeds is less than $15,000,000.
(c) If the Company is required to make an Excess Proceeds Offer,
the Company shall (i) notify the Trustee thereof at least five Business
Days prior to the commencement of the Excess Proceeds Offer and (ii) send
by first-class mail, postage prepaid, within 30 days following the date
specified in clause (a)(iii)(C) of this Section 4.10, a notice to the
Trustee and to each Holder, at the address appearing in the register
maintained by the Registrar, stating the information set forth below. The
Excess Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days
following its commencement (the "OFFER PERIOD"). The notice, which shall
govern the terms of the Excess Proceeds Offer, shall state:
(1) that such Holders have the right to require the Company to
apply the Available Asset Sale Proceeds, subject to the limitations
under Section 4.10(b) hereof, to repurchase such Notes at a purchase
price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date;
(2) that the Excess Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 4.10 and the length of time the Excess Proceeds Offer will
remain open;
(3) the purchase price and the purchase date (which shall be a
Business Day no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the
date such notice is mailed);
(4) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will continue
to accrue interest;
(5) that, unless the Company defaults in a payment pursuant to the
Excess Proceeds Offer, any Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the
Excess Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the
expiration of the Offer Period;
(6) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any
Excess Proceeds Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the
form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of
the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the
notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day preceding the
purchase date;
(7) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Paying Agent 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;
(8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by
Holders exceeds the Available Asset Sale Proceeds, the Company or the
Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis
(with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the
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Company so that only Notes in denominations of US$1,000, or integral
multiples thereof, shall be purchased);
(9) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will
be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
portion of the Notes surrendered; PROVIDED that each Note purchased and
each such new Note issued shall be in an original principal amount in
denominations of US$1,000 and integral multiples thereof; and
(10) the calculations used in determining the amount of Available
Asset Sale Proceeds to be applied to the purchase of such Notes.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the
Exchange Act and other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the
extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Excess Proceeds Offer. To the extent that
the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this
Section 4.10, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws
and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations
under this Section 4.10 by virtue thereof.
SECTION 4.11. LIMITATION ON CAPITAL STOCK OF RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES.
The Company shall not (a) sell, pledge, hypothecate (other than by
Permitted Liens) or otherwise convey or dispose of any Capital Stock of a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or (b) permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to issue any Capital Stock, other than to the Company or a
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company if, as a result of such
transaction, such Restricted Subsidiary would cease to be a Restricted
Subsidiary. The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to an Asset Sale
consisting of all of the Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary owned by
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries made in compliance with Section
4.10 hereof.
SECTION 4.12. Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment
RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES.
The Company shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause
or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the
ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to (a) (i) pay dividends
or make any other distributions to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company (A) on its Capital Stock or (B) with respect to any other
interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits or (ii) repay any
Debt or any other obligation owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company, (b) make loans or advances or capital contributions to the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) transfer any of its
properties or assets to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of
(i) encumbrances or restrictions existing on the Issue Date to the extent and
in the manner such encumbrances and restrictions are in effect on the Issue
Date, (ii) encumbrances or restrictions in the New Credit Facilities, (iii)
this Indenture, the Notes and any Guarantees, (iv) applicable law, (v) any
instrument governing Acquired Debt as in effect at the time of such
acquisition, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any
Person, or the properties or
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assets of any Person, other than the Person or the property or assets of the
Person (including any Subsidiary of the Person), so acquired, (vi) customary
non-assignment provisions in leases or other agreements entered in the
ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices, (vii)
Refinancing Debt; PROVIDED that such restrictions are not on the whole
materially more restrictive than those contained in the agreements governing
the Debt being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded,
(viii) restrictions in security agreements or mortgages securing Debt of the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary only to the extent such restrictions
restrict the transfer of the property subject to such security agreements and
mortgages, (ix) restrictions with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or
disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of
such Restricted Subsidiary to be consummated in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture solely in respect of the Capital Stock or assets to be sold or
disposed of, (x) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the
ordinary course of business that impose restrictions of the nature described
in clause (c)(viii) of this Section 4.12 on the property so acquired, (xi)
any agreement for the sale of assets (including any Asset Sale) that
restricts transfers of such assets pending their sale, (xii) secured Debt
otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to the provisions of the covenant
described above under Section 4.08 that limits the right of the debtor to
dispose of the assets securing such Debt, (xiii) any encumbrance or
restriction contained in Purchase Money Debt to the extent that such
encumbrance or restriction (A) only restricts the transfer of the Property
financed with such Purchase Money Debt and (B) solely relates to the Property
financed with such Purchase Money Debt, or (xiv) restrictions on cash or
other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the
ordinary course of business.
SECTION 4.13. LIMITATION ON SUBSIDIARIES.
If (a) any Subsidiary guarantees the Pacifica Notes or (b) the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries transfers or causes to be transferred
any Property to, or organizes, acquires, invests in or otherwise holds an
Investment in, any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor having total
consolidated assets with a book value in excess of $500,000, then such
Subsidiary, transferee or acquired or other Restricted Subsidiary shall (i)
execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee pursuant to which such Restricted
Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company's obligations
under the Notes and this Indenture in the form set forth in EXHIBIT F hereto,
(ii) deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such supplemental
indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Restricted
Subsidiary and constitutes a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation
of such Restricted Subsidiary and (iii) execute such other documents and take
such other actions as the Trustee may reasonably require in order to evidence
the Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary and the agreement of such
Restricted Subsidiary to be bound by the Guarantee. Thereafter, such
Restricted Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor for all purposes of this Indenture.
SECTION 4.14. LEGAL EXISTENCE.
Subject to Article Five hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be
done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
legal existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each
Restricted Subsidiary, in accordance with the respective
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organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of
each Restricted Subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses
and franchises of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; PROVIDED that
the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or
franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries if the Board of Directors of the Company shall
determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct
of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to
the Holders.
SECTION 4.15. CHANGE OF CONTROL OFFER.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event,
the Company shall be obligated to make an offer to purchase (the "CHANGE
OF CONTROL OFFER") all outstanding Notes at a purchase price (the "CHANGE
OF CONTROL PURCHASE PRICE") equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof,
plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Change of Control Payment
Date in accordance with this Section 4.15.
(b) Within 30 days of the occurrence of a Change of Control
Triggering Event, the Company shall (i) cause a notice of the Change of
Control Offer to be sent at least once to the Dow Xxxxx News Service or
similar business news service in the United States and (ii) send by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Trustee and to each Holder, at
the address appearing in the register maintained by the Registrar of the
Notes, a notice stating:
(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 4.15 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment;
(2) the Change of Control Purchase Price and the purchase date
(which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 30 days nor later than
60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the "CHANGE OF CONTROL
PAYMENT DATE"));
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change
of Control Purchase Price, any Notes accepted for payment pursuant to
the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the
Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that Holders accepting the offer to have a Note purchased
pursuant to any Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender
the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase"
on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the
address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the
Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the
third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the
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name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder
delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing
his election to have such Note purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will
be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
portion of the Notes surrendered; PROVIDED that each Note purchased and
each such new Note issued shall be in an original principal amount in
denominations of US$1,000 and integral multiples thereof;
(8) any other procedures that a Holder must follow to accept a
Change of Control Offer or effect withdrawal of such acceptance; and
(9) the name and address of the Paying Agent.
On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent
lawful, (i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof properly tendered
pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent
money sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Notes or portions thereof
so tendered and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee Notes
so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Notes or
portions thereof tendered to the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly
mail to each Holder of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the
purchase price for such Notes, and the Company shall execute and issue, and
the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holder, a new Note
equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes
surrendered; PROVIDED that each such new Note shall be issued in an original
principal amount in denominations of US$1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
(c) (i) If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof has issued
any outstanding (A) Debt that is subordinated in right of payment to the
Notes or (B) Preferred Stock, and the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
is required to make a Change of Control Offer or to make a distribution with
respect to such subordinated Debt or Preferred Stock in the event of a Change
of Control, the Company shall not consummate any such offer or distribution
with respect to such subordinated Debt or Preferred Stock until such time as
the Company shall have paid the Change of Control Purchase Price in full to
the Holders of Notes that have accepted the Company's Change of Control Offer
and shall otherwise have consummated the Change of Control Offer made to
Holders of the Notes and (ii) the Company shall not issue Debt that is
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or Preferred Stock with Change
of Control provisions requiring the payment of such Debt or Preferred Stock
prior to the payment of the Notes in the event of a Change of Control
Triggering Event under this Indenture.
The Company will 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 and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that
the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this
Section 4.15, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws
and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations
under this Section 4.15 by virtue thereof.
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SECTION 4.16. PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
All payments made by the Company under or with respect to the Notes, or
any Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee will be made free and clear of and
without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future
Taxes, unless the Company or such Guarantor is required to withhold or deduct
Taxes by law or by the interpretation or administration thereof. If the
Company or any Guarantor is required to withhold or deduct any amount for or
on account of Taxes from any payment made under or with respect to the Notes
or the Guarantees, the Company or such Guarantor will pay such additional
amounts ("ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS") as may be necessary so that the net amount
received by each Holder (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding
or deduction will not be less than the amount the Holder would have received
if such Taxes had not been withheld or deducted; PROVIDED that no Additional
Amounts will be payable with respect to a payment made to a Holder (an
"EXCLUDED HOLDER") (a) with whom the Company or such Guarantor does not deal
at arm's length (within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) at the
time of making such payment, (b) who is subject to Taxes by reason of its
being connected with the jurisdiction imposing such Taxes otherwise than by
the mere acquisition, holding or disposition of the Notes or the receipt of
payments thereunder, or (iii) who (for purposes of the Income Tax Act
(Canada)) is or is deemed to be resident in Canada or uses or holds or is
deemed or considered to use or hold the Notes in carrying on business in
Canada. The Company and any Guarantors will also (i) make such withholding or
deduction and (ii) remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant
authority in accordance with applicable law. The Company and any Guarantors
will furnish to the Holders (other than Excluded Holders) of Notes that are
outstanding on the date of the withholding or deduction, within 30 days after
the date of the payment of any Taxes due pursuant to applicable law,
certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the Company or
such Guarantor.
The Company and any Guarantors will, upon written request of any Holder
(other than an Excluded Holder), reimburse each such Holder, for the amount
of (A) any such Taxes so required to be withheld or deducted which are levied
or imposed on and paid by such Holder as a result of payments made under or
with respect to the Notes or the Guarantees; and (B) any Taxes so levied or
imposed with respect to any reimbursement under the foregoing clause (A) so
that the net amount received by such Holder after such reimbursement will not
be less than the net amount the Holder would have received if Taxes on such
reimbursement had not been imposed, but excluding any such Taxes on such
Holder's net income generally.
At least 30 days prior to each date on which any payment under or with
respect to the Notes is due and payable, if the Company or any Guarantor will
be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to such payment, the
Company or such Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating the fact that such Additional Amounts will be payable and
specifying the amounts so payable and will set forth such other information
necessary to enable the Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts to Holders on
the payment date. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any
context, principal, premium, if any, interest or any other amount payable
under or with respect to any Note, such mention shall be deemed to include
the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context,
Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.
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The Company will pay any present or future stamp, court, documentary or
other similar Taxes, charges or levies that arise in any Taxing Jurisdiction
from the execution, delivery or registration of, or enforcement of rights
under the Notes, this Indenture or any related document ("DOCUMENTARY TAXES").
SECTION 4.17. ESCROW OF PROCEEDS OF NOTES ON ISSUE DATE.
On the Issue Date the Company will enter into the Escrow Agreement and
the Securities Account Control Agreement and deposit (or cause to be
deposited) into the Escrow Account the gross proceeds from the sale of the
Notes and will provide to the Trustee a Letter of Credit (as such term is
defined in the Escrow Agreement) in the face amount of US$1,692,027.
SECTION 4.18. LIMITATION ON APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN COVENANTS IF THE
NOTES ARE RATED INVESTMENT GRADE.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, in the event that
(a) the Notes are rated Investment Grade, (b) the Pacifica Notes are no
longer outstanding or the corresponding covenants described in the last
sentence of this paragraph with respect to the Pacifica Notes cease to exist
by defeasance, consent, waiver or otherwise and (c) no Event of Default or
Default shall have occurred and be continuing (the satisfaction of the
foregoing requirements being collectively referred to as the "FALL-AWAY
EVENT"), upon the delivery to the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate to the
effect that a Fall-away Event has occurred, the provisions of Sections 4.06,
4.07, 4.09, 4.10, 4.12, 4.15 and clause (a)(iii) of Section 5.01 of this
Indenture shall terminate and shall thereafter be deemed not to form a part
of this Indenture and the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall
thereafter have no obligation or liability in respect of such sections,
notwithstanding that the Notes may later cease to be rated Investment Grade.
ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.01. LIMITATION ON CONSOLIDATION, AMALGAMATION,
MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consolidate with, amalgamate with, merge with
or into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company (determined on a
consolidated basis for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in one
transaction or a series of related transactions to, any Person unless:
(i) (A) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be, shall be the continuing Person, (B) in the case of a Restricted
Subsidiary, the Person is also a Restricted Subsidiary, and one of the
Restricted Subsidiaries is the continuing Person, or (C) the Person (if
other than the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary) formed by such
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consolidation or amalgamation or into which the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is merged or assigned,
transferred, leased, conveyed or otherwise disposed of shall be a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States
or any State thereof or the District of Columbia or the laws of Canada
or any province or territory thereof and shall expressly assume, by a
supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, under this Indenture,
the Notes and any Guarantee, as the case may be, and the obligations
thereunder shall remain in full force and effect;
(ii) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such
transaction (including, without limitation, giving effect to any Debt
and Acquired Debt incurred or anticipated to be incurred and any Lien
granted in connection with or in respect of the transaction), no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a PRO
FORMA basis the Company or such Person (A) shall have a Consolidated Net
Worth equal to or greater than the Consolidated Net Worth of the Company
immediately prior to such transaction and (B) could incur at least
US$1.00 of additional Debt (other than Permitted Debt) pursuant to
Section 4.06 hereof; PROVIDED that the Company or a Guarantor may effect
a Reorganization and the Company or a Guarantor may merge into or
amalgamate with or sell all or substantially all of its assets to the
Company or another Guarantor, as the case may be, without complying with
this clause (iii).
(b) In connection with any consolidation, merger or transfer of
assets contemplated by this Section 5.01, prior to the consummation of such
transaction the Company shall deliver, or cause to be 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, amalgamation, merger or transfer and the supplemental
indenture in respect thereto comply with this provision and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction or
transactions have been complied with.
For purposes of clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 5.01, the transfer
(by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series
of transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of
one or more Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company, the Capital Stock of
which constitutes all or substantially all of the properties and assets of
the Company, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all
of the properties and assets of the Company.
SECTION 5.02. SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED.
Upon any consolidation, amalgamation or merger, or any transfer of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof, the successor corporation
formed by such consolidation or amalgamation or into which the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary is merged or to which such transfer is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power
of, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary under this Indenture and the
Notes with the same effect as if such successor corporation
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had been named as the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary herein and in the
Notes, and thereafter the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all
obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Notes.
ARTICLE SIX
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
The following events are "EVENTS OF DEFAULT":
(1) default in the payment of any principal of, or premium, if
any, on the Notes when due (whether at maturity, upon redemption or
otherwise);
(2) default in the payment of any interest on any Note when due,
which default continues for 30 days or more;
(3) default by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the
observance or performance of any other covenant in the Notes or this
Indenture for 30 days after written notice specifying the default and
demanding that such default be remedied from the Trustee or the Holders
of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding (except in the case of a default with respect to Section
4.10, 4.15 or 5.01 hereof, which shall constitute an Event of Default
with such notice requirement but without such passage of time
requirement);
(4) failure to pay at final maturity (giving effect to any
applicable grace periods and any extensions thereof) the principal
amount of any Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company, or the acceleration of the final stated maturity of such Debt
if, in either case, the aggregate principal amount of such Debt together
with the principal amount of any other Debt not paid at final maturity
or which has been accelerated, aggregates $10,000,000 or more at any
time and such Debt has not been discharged in full, or such acceleration
has not been rescinded or annulled within 30 days after such final
maturity or acceleration;
(5) any final judgment or judgments which can no longer be
appealed for the payment of money in excess of $10,000,000 (in excess of
amounts covered by insurance and as to which the insurer has
acknowledged coverage) shall be rendered against the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary thereof, and shall not be discharged for any
period of 60 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement shall
not be in effect;
(6) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with assets in excess
of $1,000,000 pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
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(a) commences a voluntary case or commences proceedings to
make a proposal or a compromise or arrangement,
(b) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in
an involuntary case,
(c) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for
all or substantially all of its property,
(d) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors, or
(e) generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
(7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree
under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(a) is for relief against either of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary with assets in excess of $1,000,000
in an involuntary case,
(b) appoints a Custodian of either of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary with assets in excess of $1,000,000
or for all or substantially all of the property of either
of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary, or
(c) orders the liquidation of either of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary with assets in excess of $1,000,000,
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;
(8) any of the Guarantees of a Material Subsidiary ceases to be in
full force and effect or any of the Guarantees of a Material Subsidiary
is declared to be null and void and unenforceable or any of the
Guarantees of a Material Subsidiary is found to be invalid or any of the
Guarantors denies its liability under its Guarantee (other than by
reason of release of a Guarantor in accordance with Section 10.05
hereof); or
(9) the failure to (i) deposit cash into the Escrow Account or
(ii) cause a Letter of Credit (as such term is defined in the Escrow
Agreement) to be issued or cause the face amount of an existing Letter
of Credit then held by the Trustee to be increased, in either case in
the amount and at the time required pursuant to the terms of Section
2(b)(ii) of the Escrow Agreement, and the default continues for a period
of 5 days.
Subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall not be
charged with knowledge of any Default, Event of Default, Change of Control or
Asset Sale or the requirement for payment of Additional Interest unless
written notice thereof shall have been given to a Responsible Officer at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee by the Company or any other Person.
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SECTION 6.02. ACCELERATION.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in
clause (6) or (7) of Section 6.01 hereof) shall have occurred and be
continuing, then the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by written notice to the
Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders) may declare to be
immediately due and payable the entire principal amount of all the Notes then
outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of acceleration and
the same shall become immediately due and payable; PROVIDED that after such
acceleration but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration is
obtained by the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Notes may, under certain circumstances, rescind and
annul such acceleration if (i) all Events of Default, other than non-payment
of principal, premium, if any, or interest that has become due solely because
of the acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in this Indenture,
(ii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on
overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid, (iii) the
Company has paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the
Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances including the reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel and (iv) in the event of the cure or waiver of
an Event of Default of the type described in clause (6) or (7) of Section
6.01 hereof, the Trustee shall have received an Officers' Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel that such Event of Default has been cured or waived. No
such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right
consequent thereto. In case an Event of Default described in clause (6) or
(7) of Section 6.01 hereof, the principal, premium and interest amount with
respect to all of the Notes shall be due and payable immediately without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders.
SECTION 6.03. OTHER REMEDIES.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue
any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment
of principal of, or premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce
the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
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 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. No remedy is
exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative to the
extent permitted by law. Any costs associated with actions taken by the
Trustee under this Section 6.03 shall be reimbursed to the Trustee by the
Company.
SECTION 6.04. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
Subject to Sections 6.02, 6.08 and 8.02 hereof, the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by written notice
to the Trustee have the right to waive any existing Default or Event of
Default or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes.
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The Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating
that the requisite percentage of Holders has consented to such waiver. 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; PROVIDED that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent
or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 6.05. CONTROL BY MAJORITY.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes outstanding
shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee by this Indenture. The Trustee, however, may
refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or
that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of
another Holder not taking part in such direction, and the Trustee shall have
the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee, being
advised by counsel, determines that the action so directed may not lawfully
be taken or if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer,
determine that the proceedings so directed may involve it in personal
liability; PROVIDED that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper
by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 6.06. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
Subject to Section 6.08 hereof, a Holder may not institute any
proceeding or pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes
unless:
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing
Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes then outstanding make a written request to the Trustee to
pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer and if requested provide to the
Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any
loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days
after receipt of the request and the offer, and, if requested, provision
of, indemnity; and
(5) no direction which in the reasonable opinion of the Trustee is
inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 60 day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another
Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.
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SECTION 6.07. NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES AND STOCKHOLDERS.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, partner,
incorporator or shareholder of the Company or Pacifica Papers Inc. or any
corporate successor thereto, as such, shall have any liability for any
obligations of the Company under the Notes, the Guarantees of any Guarantor
or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of,
such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a
Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part
of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
SECTION 6.08. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any
Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal of, or premium, if any, and
interest on such Note (including Additional Interest) on or after the
respective due dates expressed on such Note, or to bring suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, is
absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected without the
consent of such Holder.
SECTION 6.09. COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE.
If an Event of Default in payment of principal, premium or interest
specified in clause (1) or (2) of Section 6.01 hereof occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee
of an express trust against the Company or any Guarantor for the whole amount
of unpaid principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with
interest on overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such
interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest, in each
case at the rate set forth in the Notes, and such further amounts 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.
SECTION 6.10. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents
as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
(including any claim 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) and the Holders allowed in any
judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any Guarantor, its creditors
or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive
any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to
distribute the same after deduction of its charges and expenses to the extent
that any such charges and expenses are not paid out of the estate in any such
proceedings 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.
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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
or reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes
or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceedings.
SECTION 6.11. PRIORITIES.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article Six, it shall
pay out the money in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof;
SECOND: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for
principal, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional
Interest, if any) as to each, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable
on the Notes; and
THIRD: to the Company or, to the extent the Trustee collects any amount
from any Guarantor, to such Guarantor.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Holders pursuant to this Section 6.11.
SECTION 6.12. 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 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 6.12 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a
suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.08 hereof or a suit by Holders of more
than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.
(a) If an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise
such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same
degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise
or use under the same circumstances in the conduct of such person's own
affairs.
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(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties that are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture.
(2) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness
of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions
furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Indenture but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by
any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to
determine whether or not they conform on their face to the requirements
of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of
mathematical calculations, the accuracy of the signatures or other facts
stated therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of
this Section 7.01.
(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(3) 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 the terms of Sections 6.04 and 6.05 hereof.
(4) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability
in the performance of any of its rights, powers or duties if it shall
have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, paragraphs (a),
(b) and (c) of this Section 7.01 shall govern every provision of this Indenture
that in any way relates to the Trustee; PROVIDED that the Trustee's conduct
does not constitute gross negligence or bad faith.
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company or
any Guarantor. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by the law.
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SECTION 7.02. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to Section 7.01 hereof:
(1) The Trustee may rely on any document reasonably 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.
(2) Any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall
be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request and any resolution of the
Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution.
(3) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
require an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, or both,
which shall conform in all material respects to the provisions of
Section 11.05 hereof. The Trustee shall be protected and shall not be
liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in
reliance on such certificate or opinion.
(4) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall
not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent
appointed by it with due care.
(5) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be
authorized or within its rights or powers.
(6) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the
advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and
complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any
action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(7) Whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless
other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of
bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate.
(8) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document.
(9) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Event of
Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge
thereof or unless the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof
at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references
the Notes and this Indenture. As used herein, the term "ACTUAL
KNOWLEDGE" means the actual fact or statement of knowing, without any
duty to make any investigation with regard thereto.
(10) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety
in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.
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(11) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request,
order or direction of any of the Holders, pursuant to the provisions of
this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense
which may be incurred therein or thereby.
(12) The Trustee shall not be responsible for any information
contained in any notice provision provided to the Trustee by the Company
for distribution to the Holders.
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 make loans to, accept deposits from, perform
services for or otherwise deal with the either of the Company or any
Guarantor, or any Affiliates thereof, with the same rights it would have if
it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee,
however, shall be 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 or the Notes or any Guarantee,
it shall not be accountable for the Company's or any Guarantor's use of the
proceeds from the sale of Notes or any money paid to the Company or any
Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and it shall not be
responsible for any statement in the Notes, any Guarantee or this Indenture
other than the Trustee's certificate of authentication.
SECTION 7.05. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
If a Default occurs and is continuing and if the Trustee has actual
knowledge of such default, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice of
the Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default
in payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any Note
or a default in the observance or performance of any of the obligations of
the Company under Article Five, 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 best interest of the Holders.
SECTION 7.06. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS.
If required by TIA ss. 313(a), within 90 days after December 31 of any
year, commencing December 31, 2001 the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a
brief report dated as of such December 31 that complies with TIA ss. 313(a).
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) and TIA ss. 313(d).
Reports pursuant to this Section 7.06 shall be transmitted by mail:
(1) to all Holders of Notes, as the names and addresses of such
Holders appear on the Registrar's books; and
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(2) to such Holders of Notes as have, within the two years preceding
such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for
that purpose.
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be
filed with the Commission and each stock exchange on which the Notes are
listed. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are
listed on any stock exchange.
SECTION 7.07. COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY.
The Company and any Guarantors shall pay to the Trustee and each Agent
from time to time reasonable compensation for its services hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust). The Company and any
Guarantors shall reimburse the Trustee and each Agent upon request for all
reasonable disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or made by it in
connection with its duties under this Indenture, including the reasonable
compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel.
The Company and any Guarantors shall indemnify each of the Trustee and
any predecessor Trustee and each Agent for, and hold each of them harmless
against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or expense, including
without limitation taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee
or such Agent) and reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by each
of them in connection with the acceptance or performance of its duties under
this Indenture including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending
itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder (including, without
limitation, settlement costs). The Company and any Guarantor need not pay for
any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. The Trustee or Agent, as the case may be, shall notify
the Company and any Guarantors in writing promptly of any claim asserted
against the Trustee or such Agent for which it may seek indemnity. However,
the failure by the Trustee or such Agent to so notify the Company and any
Guarantors shall not relieve the Company and any Guarantors of their
obligations hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and any Guarantors need not
reimburse the Trustee or any Agent for any expense or indemnify it against
any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee or such Agent, as the case may
be, resulting from its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. To
secure the payment obligations of the Company and any Guarantors in this
Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money
or property held or collected by the Trustee except such money or property
held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Notes. The
obligations of the Company and any Guarantors under this Section 7.07 to
compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and to pay
or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for expenses,
disbursements and advances shall be joint and several liabilities of the
Company and any Guarantors and shall survive the resignation or removal of
the Trustee and the satisfaction, discharge or other termination of this
Indenture, including any termination or rejection hereof under any Bankruptcy
Law.
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When the Trustee incurs expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses
of its Agents and counsel) or renders services after an Event of Default
specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 6.01 hereof occurs, the expenses
and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
For purposes of this Section 7.07, the term "Trustee" shall include any
trustee appointed pursuant to Article Nine.
SECTION 7.08. REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company and any Guarantors in
writing. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Notes may remove the Trustee by notifying the Company and the removed Trustee
in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Company's written
consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company may
remove the Trustee at its election if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent;
(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee
or its property; or
(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of performing its
duties hereunder.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall notify the Holders of
such event and shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year
after such successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may appoint a
successor Trustee to replace such successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, any Holder may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately following
such delivery, the retiring Trustee shall, subject to its rights under
Section 7.07 hereof, transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the
successor Trustee, 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. A successor Trustee shall
mail notice of its succession to each Holder. Notwithstanding replacement of
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the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company's and any Guarantor's
obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the
retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.09. SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers
all or substantially all of its corporate trust assets to, another
corporation, subject to Section 7.10 hereof, the successor corporation
without any further act shall be the successor Trustee; PROVIDED such entity
shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article Seven.
SECTION 7.10. ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA ss. 310(a)(1) and (2) in every respect. The Trustee
(together with its corporate parent) shall have a combined capital and
surplus of at least US$100,000,000 as set forth in the most recent applicable
published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA ss.
310(b), including the provision in ss. 310(b)(1).
SECTION 7.11. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.
The Trustee shall comply with 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.
SECTION 7.12. PAYING AGENTS.
The Company shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
execute and deliver to it and the Trustee an instrument in which such agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 7.12:
(1) that it will hold all sums held by it as agent for the payment
of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes (whether
such sums have been paid to it by the Company, any Guarantor or by any
other obligor on the Notes) in trust for the benefit of Holders of the
Notes or the Trustee;
(2) that it will at any time during the continuance of any Event
of Default, upon written request from the Trustee, deliver to the
Trustee all sums so held in trust by it together with a full accounting
thereof; and
(3) that it will give the Trustee written notice within three
Business Days of any failure of the Company, any Guarantor or by any
obligor on the Notes in the payment of any installment of the principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes when the same shall be
due and payable.
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ARTICLE EIGHT
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 8.01. WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
The Company and any Guarantors, when authorized by a Board Resolution of
each of them, and the Trustee, when an Officers' Certificate is provided
stating that such amendment or supplement complies with the provisions of this
Section 8.01, may amend, waive or supplement this Indenture or the Notes or the
Escrow Agreement without notice to or consent of any Holder:
(1) to comply with Section 5.01 hereof;
(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place
of certificated Notes;
(3) to comply with any requirements of the Commission under the TIA;
(4) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(5) to add a Guarantor;
(6) to provide for the issuance of the Exchange Notes or the
Private Exchange Notes in accordance with Section 2.01 hereof in a
manner that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder;
(7) to provide for the assumption of the Company's or a
Guarantor's obligations to Holders in the event of a merger or
consolidation in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(8) in reliance on an Opinion of Counsel, to make any other change
that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holders hereunder; or
(9) to comply with the requirements of the Commission to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company and any
Guarantors in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or
permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate
agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained, but the Trustee
shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture which
adversely affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture.
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SECTION 8.02. WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
The Company (when authorized by a Board Resolution) and any Guarantors
(when authorized by a Board Resolution) may, subject to Section 8.06 hereof,
direct the Trustee to modify or supplement this Indenture, the Guarantees
and/or the Notes or the Escrow Agreement with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Notes may waive compliance in a
particular instance by the Company or any Guarantor with any provision of
this Indenture or the Notes. Subject to Section 8.04 hereof, without the
consent of each Holder affected, however, an amendment, supplement or waiver,
including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04 hereof, may not:
(1) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an
amendment, supplement or waiver to this Indenture;
(2) reduce the rate of, change the method of calculation of or
change the time for payment of interest, including defaulted interest,
on any Note;
(3) reduce the principal of or premium on or change the stated
maturity of any Note or change the date on which any Notes may be
subject to redemption or repurchase or reduce the redemption or
repurchase price therefor;
(4) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the
Note or change the place of payment from
New York,
New York;
(5) waive a default on the payment of the principal of, interest
on, or redemption payment with respect to any Note (except a rescission
of acceleration of the Notes in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture or a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such
acceleration in accordance with the terms of this Indenture);
(6) make any change in provisions of this Indenture protecting the
right of each Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on
such Note on or after the due date thereof or to bring suit to enforce
such payment, or permitting Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Notes to waive Defaults or Events of Default;
(7) amend, change or modify in any material respect the obligation
of the Company to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer in the
event of a Change of Control Triggering Event or make and consummate an
Excess Proceeds Offer with respect to any Asset Sale that has been
consummated or modify any of the provisions or definitions with respect
thereto;
(8) modify or change any provision of this Indenture or the
related definitions affecting the ranking of the Notes or any Guarantee
in a manner which adversely affects the Holders;
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(9) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its
Guarantee or this Indenture otherwise than in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture; or
(10) make any change to Section 3.10 hereof or Section 3(b) of the
Escrow Agreement.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 8.02 becomes
effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders a notice briefly describing
the amendment, supplement or waiver.
Upon the written request of the Company, accompanied by a Board
Resolution authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and
upon the receipt by the Trustee of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid and upon receipt by the
Trustee of the documents described in Section 8.06 hereof, the Trustee shall
join with the Company and any Guarantors in the execution of such
supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture, in which
case the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such
supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this
Section 8.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment,
supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the
substance thereof.
SECTION 8.03. COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall
comply with the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 8.04. REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS.
Until an amendment, supplement, waiver or other action becomes
effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and every subsequent Holder of the same Note or
portion thereof, and of any Note issued upon the transfer thereof or in
exchange therefor or in place thereof, even if notation of the consent is not
made on any such Note. Any such Holder or subsequent Holder, however, may
revoke the consent as to his Note or portion of a Note, if the Trustee
receives the written notice of revocation before the date the amendment,
supplement, waiver or other action becomes effective.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for
the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment,
supplement, or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the
preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or
their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to
consent to such amendment, supplement, or waiver or to revoke any consent
previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after
such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than
120 days after such record date unless the consent of the requisite number of
Holders has been obtained.
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An amendment, supplement, waiver or other action becomes effective in
accordance with its terms and thereafter shall bind every Holder, unless it
makes a change described in any of clauses (1) through (10) of Section 8.02
hereof. In that case the amendment, supplement, waiver or other action shall
bind each Holder who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder or
portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's
Note.
SECTION 8.05. NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF NOTES.
If an amendment, supplement, or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the
Trustee (in accordance with the specific written direction of the Company)
shall request the Holder of the Note (in accordance with the specific written
direction of the Company) to deliver it to the Trustee. In such case, the
Trustee shall at the expense of the Company place an appropriate notation on
the Note about the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively,
if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the
Note shall issue, any Guarantors shall endorse and the Trustee shall
authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the
appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and
effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
SECTION 8.06. TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC.
The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized
pursuant to this Article Eight if the amendment, supplement or waiver does
not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the
Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing or
refusing to sign such amendment, supplement or waiver the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive and, subject to Section 7.01 hereof, shall be fully
protected in relying upon an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
stating, in addition to the matters required by Section 11.04 hereof, that
such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and any
Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and any Guarantors in accordance
with its terms (subject to customary exceptions).
ARTICLE NINE
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 9.01. DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
The Company may terminate its obligations under the Notes and this
Indenture as well as the obligations of any Guarantors under their respective
Guarantees, except those obligations referred to in the penultimate paragraph
of this Section 9.01 if:
(i) either (a) all the Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered
(except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid
and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust
or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to
the Company or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to
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the Trustee for cancellation or (b) all Notes not theretofore delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable and the
Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee funds in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
Debt on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Notes to the date of deposit together with irrevocable instructions from
the Company directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment
thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(ii) the Company has paid all other sums payable under this Indenture
by the Company; and
(iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions
precedent under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the first paragraph of this Section 9.01, the Company's
obligations in Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 4.16, 7.07, 9.05 and 9.06
hereof shall survive until the Notes are no longer outstanding pursuant to
the last paragraph of Section 2.09 hereof. After the Notes are no longer
outstanding, the Company's obligations in Section 7.07, 9.05 and 9.06 hereof
shall survive.
After such delivery or irrevocable deposit, the Trustee upon written
request of the Company shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the
Company's and each Guarantor's obligations under the Notes, the Guarantees
and this Indenture, as the case may be, except for those surviving
obligations specified above.
SECTION 9.02. LEGAL DEFEASANCE.
The Company may at its option, by Board Resolution of the Company, be
discharged from its obligations with respect to the Notes and any Guarantors
discharged from their obligations under their respective Guarantees on the
date the conditions set forth in Section 9.04 below are satisfied
(hereinafter, "LEGAL DEFEASANCE"). For this purpose, "Legal Defeasance" means
that the Company and any Guarantors shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire Debt represented by the Notes, which shall thereafter
be deemed to be "outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 9.08 hereof
and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (A) and (B)
below, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under such Notes,
such Guarantees and this Indenture, as the case may be, insofar as such Notes
are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, subject
to Section 9.06 hereof, execute instruments in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company acknowledging the same), except
for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or
discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to
receive solely from the trust funds described in Section 9.04 hereof, and as
more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal
of, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due,
(B) the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes under Sections 2.04,
2.05, 2.07 and 2.11 hereof, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder (including claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof) and (D) this Article Nine. Subject
to compliance with this Article Nine, the
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Company may exercise its option under this Section 9.02 with respect to the
Notes notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 9.03
below with respect to the Notes.
SECTION 9.03. COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
At the option of the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution of the
Company, the Company and any Guarantors shall be released from their
respective obligations under Sections 4.02 (except for obligations mandated
by the TIA), 4.06 through 4.13, inclusive, and 4.15 and clause (a)(iii) of
Section 5.01 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the
date the conditions set forth in Section 9.04 hereof 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 the Company and any Guarantors may omit to
comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or
limitation set forth in any such specified Section or portion thereof,
whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to
any such specified Section or portion thereof or by reason of any reference
in any such specified Section or portion thereof 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 clause (3) of Section 6.01
hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and
the Notes shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 9.04. CONDITIONS TO LEGAL DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
The following shall be the conditions to application of Section 9.02 or
Section 9.03 hereof to the outstanding Notes:
(1) the Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as funds in trust for the purpose of making
the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and
dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, (A) money
in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the
scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in
accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the due date of
any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in such
amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally-recognized
firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge the
principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on the
Notes, at the maturity date of such principal, premium, if any, or
interest, or on dates for payment and redemption of such principal,
premium, if any, and interest selected in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture and the Notes; PROVIDED that the Trustee shall have been
irrevocably instructed in writing to apply such money or the proceeds of
such U.S. Government Obligations to the payment of such principal,
premium, if any, and interest with respect to the Notes;
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(2) in the case of an election under Section 9.02 hereof, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service and Canada Customs and
Revenue Agency a ruling or (B) the applicable U.S. federal or Canadian
income tax law provides or there has been a change in any applicable
U.S. federal or Canadian income tax law, in either case, to the effect
that, and such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the
outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S.
federal and Canadian income tax purposes as a result of such Legal
Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal and Canadian 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;
(3) in the case of an election under Section 9.03 hereof, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize
income, gain or loss for both U.S. federal and Canadian income tax
purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to
U.S. federal and Canadian 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;
(4) no Event of Default or Default (or an event which with notice
or lapse of time or both would become a Default or Event of Default)
with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing on the
date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting
from the incurrence of Debt the proceeds of which will be used to
defease the Notes pursuant to this Article Nine concurrently with such
incurrence) or insofar as clause (6) or (7) of Section 6.01 hereof are
concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the
date of such deposit;
(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result
in a breach or violation of, or constitute default under this Indenture
or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound;
(6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that the deposit under clause (1) of this Section
9.04 was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the
Holders of the Notes over any other creditors of the Company or with the
intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other
creditors of the Company or others;
(7) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for relating to either the Legal Defeasance under
Section 9.02 hereof or the Covenant Defeasance under Section 9.03
hereof, as the case may be, have been complied with;
(8) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that, after the passage of 123 days following the
deposit (except, with respect to any trust funds for the account of any
Holder who may be deemed to be an "insider" for purposes
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of the United States Bankruptcy Code, after one year following the
deposit), the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of Xxxxxxx
000 xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Bankruptcy Code or Section 15 of the
New York
Debtor and Creditor Law in a case commenced by or against the Company
under either such statute; and
(9) the Company shall have paid or duly provided for payment under
terms mutually satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee all amounts
then due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof.
SECTION 9.05. DEPOSITED MONEY AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
TO BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
All money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds
thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.04 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, to the Holders
of such Notes, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of
principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest, but such money need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company and any Guarantors shall (on a joint and several basis) pay
and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or
assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to
Section 9.04 hereof or the principal, premium, if any, 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.
Anything in this Article Nine to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon a Company
Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in
Section 9.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally-recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would
then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance.
SECTION 9.06. REINSTATEMENT.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with this Article Nine by reason of any
legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, the Company's and each Guarantor's obligations under this
Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees, as the case may be, shall be revived
and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article
Nine until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all
such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance this Article Nine;
PROVIDED that if the Company or any Guarantors have made any payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or accrued interest on any Notes because of
the reinstatement of their obligations, the Company or such Guarantor, as the
case may be, shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes
to
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receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations, as the
case may be, held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
SECTION 9.07. MONEYS HELD BY PAYING AGENT.
In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, all
moneys then held by any Paying Agent under the provisions of this Indenture
shall, upon written demand of the Company, be paid to the Trustee, or if
sufficient moneys have been deposited pursuant to Section 9.04 hereof, to the
Company upon a Company Request (or, if such moneys had been deposited by any
Guarantors, to such Guarantors), and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.
SECTION 9.08. MONEYS HELD BY TRUSTEE.
Any moneys deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or then held
by the Company or any Guarantor in trust for the payment of the principal of,
or premium, if any, or interest on any Note that are not applied but remain
unclaimed by the Holder of such Note for two years after the date upon which
the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on such Note shall have
respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company (or, if
appropriate, any Guarantor) upon a Company Request, or if such moneys are
then held by the Company or any Guarantor in trust, such moneys shall be
released from such trust; and the Holder of such Note entitled to receive
such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to
the Company and any Guarantors for the payment thereof, and all liability of
the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall
thereupon cease; PROVIDED that the Trustee or any such Paying Agent, before
being required to make any such repayment, may, at the expense of the Company
and any Guarantors, either mail to each Holder affected, at the address shown
in the register of the Notes maintained by the Registrar pursuant to Section
2.04 hereof, or cause to be published once a week for two successive weeks,
in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published each
Business Day and of general circulation in the City of
New York, New York, a
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 mailing
or publication, any unclaimed balance of such moneys then remaining will be
repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company or any Guarantor or the
release of any money held in trust by the Company or any Guarantor, as the
case may be, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and
any Guarantors for payment as general creditors unless applicable abandoned
property law designates another Person.
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ARTICLE TEN
GUARANTEE OF NOTES
SECTION 10.01. GUARANTEE.
Subject to the provisions of this Article Ten each Guarantor hereby
jointly and severally unconditionally guarantees, on a senior unsecured
basis, to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
and to the Trustee and its successors, irrespective of (i) the validity and
enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company
or any other Guarantors to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder
or (ii) the absence of any action to enforce the same or any other
circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge
or default of a Guarantor, that: (a) the principal of, premium, if any,
interest and Additional Interest, if any, on and any Additional Amounts, if
any, with respect to the Notes will be duly and punctually paid in full when
due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, and interest on the
overdue principal and (to the extent permitted by law) interest or Additional
Interest, if any, on or Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to the Notes
and all other obligations of the Company or any Guarantor to the Holders or
the Trustee hereunder or thereunder (including amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.07 hereof) and all other obligations under this Indenture or the
Notes will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the
terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment
or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, the same will be
promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of
the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed, or failing
performance of any other obligation of the Company to the Holders, for
whatever reason, each Guarantor will be obligated to pay, or to perform or
cause the performance of, the same immediately. An Event of Default under
this Indenture or the Notes shall constitute an event of default under this
Guarantee, and shall entitle the Holders of Notes or the Trustee to
accelerate the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder in the same manner and
to the same extent as the obligations of the Company.
Each Guarantor, by execution of the Guarantee, agrees that its
obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity,
regularity or enforceability of this Indenture or the Notes, the absence of
any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with
respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, any release of any other
Guarantor, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to
enforce the same, whether or not a Guarantee is affixed to any particular
Note, or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor. Each Guarantor, by execution
of the Guarantee, waives the benefit of diligence, presentment, demand for
payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or
bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against
the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that
such Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the
obligations contained in the Notes, this Indenture and such Guarantee. The
Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and not of collection. If any Holder or
the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company or
to any Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar
official acting in relation to the Company or such
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Guarantor, any amount paid by the Company or such Guarantor to the Trustee or
such Holder, the Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be
reinstated in full force and effect. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as
between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other
hand, (a) subject to this Article Ten, the maturity of the obligations
guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six hereof for
the purposes of the Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed hereby, and (b) in the event of any acceleration of such
obligations as provided in Article Six hereof, such obligations (whether or
not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors
for the purpose of such Guarantee.
The Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be
effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company for
liquidation or reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make an
assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be
appointed for all or any significant part of the Company's assets, and shall,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the
Notes are pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must
otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Notes, whether as a
"voidable preference," "fraudulent transfer" or otherwise, all as though such
payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or
any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Notes
shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed
reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or
returned.
No shareholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator, past,
present or future, or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any personal
liability under this Guarantee by reason of his, her or its status as such
shareholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator.
SECTION 10.02. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF GUARANTEE.
To further evidence the Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof,
each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Guarantee, substantially
in the form included in EXHIBIT F hereto, shall be endorsed on each Note
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee after this Article Ten with
respect to such Guarantor becomes effective in accordance with Section 4.13
hereof and such Guarantee shall be executed by either manual or facsimile
signature of an Officer of each Guarantor. The validity and enforceability of
any Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to any
particular Note.
Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in
Section 10.01 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding
any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Guarantee.
If an Officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture or a
Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticate
the Note on which such Guarantee is endorsed or at any time thereafter, such
Guarantor's Guarantee of such Note shall be valid nevertheless.
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The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication
thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Guarantee set forth
in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantor.
SECTION 10.03. LIMITATION OF GUARANTEE.
The obligations of each Guarantor are limited to the maximum amount as
will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of
such Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or payments
made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of
such other Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution
obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guarantor
under the Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent
transfer under federal or state law. Each Guarantor that makes a payment or
distribution under a Guarantee shall be entitled to a contribution from each
other Guarantor in a pro rata amount based on the net assets of each
Guarantor, determined in accordance with GAAP.
SECTION 10.04. ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS.
Any Person may become a Guarantor by executing and delivering to the
Trustee a supplemental indenture in accordance with Section 4.13 hereof.
SECTION 10.05. RELEASE OF GUARANTOR.
A Guarantor shall be released from all of its obligations under its
Guarantee if:
(i) the Guarantor has sold all of its assets or the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries have sold all of the Capital Stock of the
Guarantor owned by them, in each case in a transaction in compliance
with the terms of this Indenture (including Sections 4.10 and 5.01
hereof);
(ii) the Guarantor merges with or into or consolidates with, or
transfers all or substantially all of its assets to, the Company or
another Guarantor in a transaction in compliance with Section 5.01
hereof; or
(iii) the Guarantor is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary in
compliance with the terms of this Indenture;
and in each such case, the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transactions have
been complied with and that such release is authorized and permitted
hereunder.
If all of the conditions to release contained in this Section 10.05 have
been satisfied, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested
by the Company or any Guarantor in order to evidence the release of such
Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee endorsed on the Notes and
under this Article Ten.
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SECTION 10.06. WAIVER OF SUBROGATION.
Each Guarantor, by execution of its Guarantee, waives to the extent
permitted by law any claim or other rights which it may now or hereafter
acquire against the Company that arise from the existence, payment,
performance or enforcement of such Guarantor's obligations under such
Guarantee and this Indenture, including, without limitation, any right of
subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification, and any right to
participate in any claim or remedy of any Holder against the Company, whether
or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract,
statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or
receive from the Company, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property
or by set-off or in any other manner, payment on account of such claim or
other rights. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of
the preceding sentence and the Notes shall not have been paid in full, such
amount shall have been deemed to have been paid to such Guarantor for the
benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit of, the Holders of the Notes,
and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of such Holders to
be credited and applied upon the Notes, whether matured or unmatured, in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Each Guarantor, by execution of
its Guarantee, will acknowledge that it will receive direct and indirect
benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and
that the waiver set forth in this Section 10.06 is knowingly made in
contemplation of such benefits.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01. TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the
TIA, the required provision shall control.
SECTION 11.02. NOTICES.
Except for notice or communications to Holders, any notice or
communication shall be given in writing and delivered in person, sent by
facsimile, delivered by commercial courier service or mailed by first-class
mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
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If to the Company or any Guarantor:
NORSKE XXXX CANADA LIMITED
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
9th Floor, P.O. Box 10058
Vancouver, British Columbia X0X 0X0
XXXXXX
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Fax Number: (000) 000-0000
with, in the case of any notice furnished pursuant to Article
Six hereof, a copy to:
XXXXXX XXXXXXX
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx X0X 0X0
XXXXXX
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Fax Number: (000) 000-0000
and
Shearman & Sterling
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq., Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Fax Number: (000) 000-0000
If to the Trustee:
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Corporate Trust Services 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: CORPORATE TRUST SERVICES
Fax Number: (000) 000-0000
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Such notices or communications shall be effective when received and
shall be sufficiently given if so given within the time prescribed in this
Indenture.
The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee by written notice to the
others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices
or communications.
Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to him by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, at his address shown on the register kept
by the Registrar.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in
it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a
notice or communication to a Holder is mailed in the manner provided above,
it shall be deemed duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by
reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible to mail any notice as
required by this Indenture, then such method of notification as shall be made
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient mailing of
such notice.
SECTION 11.03. COMMUNICATIONS BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders
with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company,
the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the
protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 11.04. CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
Upon any request or application by the Company or any Guarantor to the
Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company or such
Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee:
(1) an Officers' Certificate (which shall include the statements
set forth in Section 11.05) stating that, in the opinion of the signers,
all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel (which shall include the statements set
forth in Section 11.05) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel,
all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION 11.05. STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE AND OPINION.
Each certificate and opinion with respect to compliance by or
on behalf of the Company or any Guarantor with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition;
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(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, it or he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable it or
him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
Person, such covenant or condition has been complied with.
SECTION 11.06. RULES BY TRUSTEE AND AGENTS.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or meetings of
Holders. The Registrar and Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their
functions.
SECTION 11.07. BUSINESS DAYS; LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
A "BUSINESS DAY" is a day that is not a Legal Holiday. A "LEGAL HOLIDAY"
is a Saturday, a Sunday, a United States or Canadian federally-recognized
holiday or a day on which banking institutions are not required to be open in
the State of New York or the Province of British Columbia. 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 for the intervening period.
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, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS
MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF LAWS OF
ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
SECTION 11.09. AGENT FOR SERVICE; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION;
WAIVER OF IMMUNITIES.
By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, each of the Company and
each Guarantor (i) acknowledges that it has, by separate written instrument,
designated and appointed CT Corporation System as its authorized agent upon
which process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of
or relating to the Notes or this Indenture that may be instituted in any
Federal or State court in the State of New York, Borough of Manhattan, or
brought under Federal or State securities laws or brought by the Trustee
(whether in its individual capacity or in its capacity as Trustee hereunder),
and acknowledges that CT Corporation System has accepted such designation,
(ii) submits to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action
or proceeding, and (iii) agrees that service of process upon CT Corporation
System and written notice of said service to it (mailed or delivered to its
Executive Director at its principal office as specified in Section 11.02
hereof), shall be
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deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit
or proceeding. The Company and each Guarantor further agree to take any and
all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents
and instruments as may be necessary to continue such designation and
appointment of CT Corporation System, in full force and effect so long as
this Indenture shall be in full force and effect; PROVIDED that the Company
may and shall (to the extent CT Corporation System ceases to be able to be
served on the basis contemplated herein), by written notice to the Trustee,
designate such additional or alternative agent for service of process under
this Section 11.09 that (i) maintains an office located in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York in the State of New York, (ii) is either (x)
counsel for the Company or (y) a corporate service company which acts as
agent for service of process for other Persons in the ordinary course of its
business and (iii) agrees to act as agent for service of process in
accordance with this Section 11.09. Such notice shall identify the name of
such agent for process and the address of such agent for process in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, State of New York. Upon the
request of any Holder, the Trustee shall deliver such information to such
Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall, at all times, be at least
one agent for service of process for the Company and any Guarantors, if any,
appointed and acting in accordance with this Section 11.09.
To the extent that the Company or any Guarantor has or hereafter may
acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process
(whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment
in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its
property, the Company and such Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives such
immunity in respect of its obligations under this Indenture and the
Securities, to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 11.10. NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan,
security or debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof. No such
indenture, loan, security or debt agreement may be used to interpret this
Indenture.
SECTION 11.11. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.
No recourse for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or
interest, including Additional Interest, on any of the Notes, or for any
claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or
upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company or any Guarantor in
this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture, or in any of the Notes, or
because of the creation of any Debt represented thereby, shall be had against
any stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, past, present or
future, of the Company or any Guarantor or of any successor corporation or
against the property or assets of any such stockholder, officer, employee or
director, either directly or through the Company or any Guarantor, or any
successor corporation thereof, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute
or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or
otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the Notes
are solely obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, and that no such
personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by,
any shareholder, officer, employee or director of the Company or any
Guarantor, or any successor corporation thereof, because of the creation of
the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations,
covenants or agreements contained in this
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Indenture or the Notes or implied therefrom, and that any and all such
personal liability of, and any and all claims against every stockholder,
officer, employee and director, are hereby expressly waived and released as a
condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and
the issuance of the Notes. It is understood that this limitation on recourse
is made expressly for the benefit of any such shareholder, employee, officer
or director and may be enforced by any of them.
SECTION 11.12. SUCCESSORS.
All agreements of the Company and any Guarantors in this Indenture and
the Notes shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the
Trustee, any additional trustee and any Paying Agents in this Indenture shall
bind its successor.
SECTION 11.13. MULTIPLE COUNTERPARTS.
The parties may sign multiple counterparts of this Indenture. Each
signed counterpart shall be deemed an original, but all of them together
represent one and the same agreement.
SECTION 11.14. TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC.
The table of contents, cross-reference sheet 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 hereof, and shall in no way
modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 11.15. SEPARABILITY.
Each provision of this Indenture shall be considered separable and if
for any reason any provision which is not essential to the effectuation of
the basic purpose of 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 11.16. JUDGMENT CURRENCY.
The Company and each of the Guarantors, jointly and severally, each
agree to indemnify each Holder against any loss incurred by such party as a
result of any judgment or order being given or made for any amount due under
this Indenture and such judgment or order being expressed and paid in a
currency (the "JUDGMENT CURRENCY") other than United States dollars and as a
result of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the
United States dollar amount is converted into the Judgment Currency for the
purpose of such judgment or order and (ii) the spot rate of exchange in The
City of New York at which such party on the date of payment of such judgment
or order is able to purchase United States dollars with the amount of the
Judgment Currency actually received by such party. The foregoing indemnity
shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or
order as aforesaid. The term "spot rate of exchange" shall include any
premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or
conversion into, United States dollars.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed all as of the date and year first written above.
THE ISSUER:
NORSKE XXXX CANADA LIMITED
By: /S/ X. XXXXXXXX
______________________________________
Name: R XXXXXXXX
Title: VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE, CFO
AND SECRETARY
By: /S/ XXXXX XXXXXXX
______________________________________
Name: XXXXX XXXXXXX
Title: CONTROLLER TREASURER
THE GUARANTORS:
ELK FALLS PULP & PAPER LIMITED
By: /S/ X. XXXXXXXX
______________________________________
Name: R XXXXXXXX
Title: DIRECTOR
NORSKE XXXX CANADA (JAPAN) LTD.
By: /S/ X. XXXXXXXX
______________________________________
Name: R XXXXXXXX
Title: DIRECTOR
NORSKE XXXX CANADA FINANCE LIMITED
By: /S/ X. XXXXXXXX
______________________________________
Name: R XXXXXXXX
Title: DIRECTOR
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NORSKE XXXX CANADA PULP OPERATIONS LIMITED
By: /S/ X. XXXXXXXX
______________________________________
Name: R XXXXXXXX
Title: DIRECTOR
NORSKE XXXX CANADA PULP SALES INC.
By: /S/ X. XXXXXXXX
______________________________________
Name: R XXXXXXXX
Title: DIRECTOR
NORSKE XXXX CANADA SALES INC.
By: /S/ X. XXXXXXXX
______________________________________
Name: R XXXXXXXX
Title: DIRECTOR
NORSKE XXXX PAPER COMPANY
By: /S/ X. XXXXXXXX
______________________________________
Name: R XXXXXXXX
Title: DIRECTOR
NSCL HOLDINGS INC.
By: /S/ X. XXXXXXXX
______________________________________
Name: R XXXXXXXX
Title: DIRECTOR
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XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as TRUSTEE
By: /S/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
______________________________________
Name: XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
Title: VICE PRESIDENT
EXHIBIT A
CUSIP
NORSKE XXXX CANADA LIMITED
No. US$
8 5/8% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2011
NORSKE XXXX CANADA LIMITED, a company incorporated under the
laws of British Columbia (the "COMPANY," which term includes any successor
corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received,
promises to pay to or registered assigns the principal sum of
U.S. DOLLARS (US$ ) on June 15, 2011 at the office or agency of the
Company referred to below.
Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15.
Record Dates: June 1 and December 1.
Elk Falls Pulp & Paper Limited, Norske Xxxx Canada (Japan) Ltd., Norske
Xxxx Canada Finance Limited, Norske Xxxx Canada Pulp Operations Limited,
Norske Xxxx Canada Pulp Sales Inc., Norske Xxxx Canada Sales Inc., Norske
Xxxx Paper Company and NSCL Holdings Inc. (collectively the "GUARANTORS,"
which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to
and any Restricted Subsidiary that provides a Guarantee pursuant to the
Indenture) have jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally, guaranteed
the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained
herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed
manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
NORSKE XXXX CANADA LIMITED
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated:
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Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the 8 5/8% Senior Notes due 2011 referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated:
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]
NORSKE XXXX CANADA LIMITED
8 5/8% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2011
1. INTEREST. NORSKE XXXX CANADA LIMITED, a company incorporated under
the laws of British Columbia (the "COMPANY"), promises to pay, until the
principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, interest on the
principal amount set forth on the face hereof at a rate of 8 5/8% per annum.
Interest hereon will accrue from and including the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including
August 14, 2001 to but excluding the date on which interest is paid. Interest
shall be payable in arrears on each June 15 and December 15, commencing
December 15, 2001. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue
principal and on overdue interest (to the full extent permitted by law) at a
rate of 8 5/8% per annum.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest hereon (except
defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of
business on the June 1 or December 1 next preceding the interest payment date
(whether or not a Business Day). Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying
Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and
interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Interest may be paid
by check mailed to the Holder entitled thereto at the address indicated on
the register maintained by the Registrar for the Notes.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association (the "TRUSTEE") will act as a Paying Agent and
Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without
notice. The Company or any of its Affiliates may act as Paying Agent or
Registrar.
4. INDENTURE. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of
the Company, designated as its 8 5/8% Senior Notes due 2011 (herein called
the "Notes"). The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of
August 14, 2001 (the "INDENTURE") among the Company, the Guarantors and the
Trustee. This is one of an issue of Notes of the Company issued, or to be
issued, under the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in
the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code xx.xx. 77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the
date of the Indenture (the "ACT"). The Notes are subject to all such terms,
and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Act for a statement of
them. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express
provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and
be controlling. Capitalized and certain other terms used herein and not
otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Indenture. The Notes are
obligations of the Company limited in aggregate principal amount to
US$250,000,000. The Notes are general, unsecured obligations of the Company.
5. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. The Company will pay to the Holders of Notes
such Additional Amounts as may become payable under Section 4.16 of the
Indenture.
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6. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. The Company, at its option, may redeem the
Notes, in whole at any time, or in part from time to time on or after June
15, 2006 upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the
redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount thereof) set
forth below, together, in each case, with accrued and unpaid interest to the
Redemption Date, if redeemed during the twelve month period beginning on June
15 of each year listed below:
YEAR REDEMPTION PRICE
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2006................................................ 104.313%
2007................................................ 102.875%
2008................................................ 101.438%
2009 and thereafter................................. 100.000%
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may redeem in the aggregate
up to 35% of the original principal amount of Notes at any time and from time
to time prior to June 15, 2004 at a redemption price equal to 108.625% of the
aggregate principal amount so redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to
the Redemption Date, out of the net cash proceeds of one or more Public
Equity Offerings; PROVIDED that at least 65% of the principal amount of Notes
originally issued remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of any
such redemption and that any such redemption occurs within 90 days following
the closing of any such Public Equity Offering.
7. TAX REDEMPTION. The Notes are redeemable, in whole but not in part,
at the option of the Company at any time, upon not less than 30 nor more than
60 days' prior written notice, mailed by first class mail to each Holder at
its last address appearing in the register maintained by the Registrar of
Notes, at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon to the Redemption Date, if the Company or any Guarantor is
or would become obligated to pay, on the next date on which any amount would
be payable with respect to the Notes, any Additional Amounts as a result of a
change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any regulations promulgated
thereunder) of any Taxing Authority, or any changes in, or amendment to, any
official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws or
regulations, which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on
or after the Issue Date; PROVIDED that the Company or such Guarantor
determines, in its business judgment, that the obligation to pay such
Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures
available to the Company or such Guarantor (not including substitution of the
obligor under the Notes); and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that (i) no such notice of
redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on
which the Company or such Guarantor would but for such redemption be
obligated to pay such Additional Amounts or later than 270 days after the
Company or such Guarantor first becomes liable to pay any Additional Amounts
as a result of any changes in or amendments to laws, regulations or official
positions described above and (ii) at the time such notice is given, the
Company's or such Guarantor's obligation to pay such Additional Amounts
remains in effect.
Prior to the publication of any notice of redemption pursuant to this
provision, the Company will deliver to the Trustee (a) an Officer's
Certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption
and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent
to the right of the Company so to redeem have occurred and (b) an opinion of
legal counsel qualified under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction to the
effect that the Company or such Guarantor has or will become obligated to pay
such Additional Amounts as a result of such amendment or change as described
above.
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8. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least
30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder
of Notes to be redeemed at his registered address. On and after the
Redemption Date, unless the Company defaults in making the redemption
payment, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for
redemption, unless the Company shall fail to redeem any Notes.
9. OFFERS TO PURCHASE. The Indenture provides that upon the occurrence
of a Change of Control or an Asset Sale and subject to further limitations
contained therein, the Company shall make an offer to purchase outstanding
Notes in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
10. SPECIAL MANDATORY REDEMPTION UPON EVENT OF FAILURE. Section 3.10 of
the Indenture provides that if an Event of Failure occurs, the Company will
redeem all of the Notes at 99.531% of the principal amount of the Notes plus
accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption at a rate of 8.70% of
the issue price of the Notes in accordance with the procedures set forth in
Section 3.10.
11. REGISTRATION RIGHTS. Pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement
among the Company, the Guarantors, Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated, RBC Dominion Securities Corporation and TD Securities (USA)
Inc. as Initial Purchasers of the Notes, the Company and the Guarantors will
be obligated to consummate an exchange offer pursuant to which the Holder of
this Note shall have the right to exchange this Note for notes of a separate
series issued under the Indenture (or a trust indenture substantially
identical to the Indenture in accordance with the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement) which have been registered under the Securities Act, in
like principal amount and having substantially identical terms as the Notes.
The Holders shall be entitled to receive certain additional interest payments
in the event such exchange offer is not consummated and upon certain other
conditions, all pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the
Registration Rights Agreement.
12. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form
without coupons in denominations of US$1,000 and integral multiples of
US$1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the
Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay to it any taxes
and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need
not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes or portion of a Note
selected for redemption, or register the transfer of or exchange any Notes
for a period of 15 days before a mailing of notice of redemption.
13. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of this Note may be
treated as the owner of this Note for all purposes.
14. UNCLAIMED MONEY. If money for the payment of principal or interest
remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent will pay the
money back to the Company at its written request. After that, Holders
entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general
creditors unless an "abandoned property" law designates another Person.
15. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT, WAIVER, ETC. The Company, any Guarantors and
the Trustee may, without the consent of the Holders of any outstanding Notes,
amend, waive or
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supplement the Indenture or the Notes for certain specified purposes,
including, among other things, curing ambiguities, defects or
inconsistencies, maintaining the qualification of the Indenture under the Act
and making any change that does not materially and adversely affect the
rights of any Holder. Other amendments and modifications of the Indenture or
the Notes may be made by the Company, any Guarantors and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Notes, subject to certain exceptions requiring the
consent of the Holders of the particular Notes to be affected.
16. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on
the ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other
things, incur additional Debt, make payments in respect of their Capital
Stock or certain Debt, make certain Investments, create or incur liens, enter
into transactions with Affiliates, enter into agreements restricting the
ability of Restricted Subsidiaries to pay dividends and make distributions,
issue Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company, and on the
ability of the Company to merge or consolidate with any other Person or
transfer all or substantially all of the Company's or any Guarantor's assets.
Such limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and
exceptions. Pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Indenture, the Company must
annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations. Upon the
occurrence of a Fall-away Event, certain restrictive covenants in the
Indenture will terminate as provided in Section 4.18 of the Indenture.
17. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION. When a successor corporation assumes all the
obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture and the
transaction complies with the terms of Article Five of the Indenture, the
predecessor corporation will, except as provided in Article Five, be released
from those obligations.
18. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Events of Default are set forth in the
Indenture. Subject to certain limitations in the Indenture, if an Event of
Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of
Section 6.01 of the Indenture with respect to the Company) occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, by written notice to the
Trustee and the Company, may declare to be immediately due and payable the
entire principal amount of all the Notes then outstanding plus accrued and
unpaid interest to the date of acceleration and the same shall become
immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clause (6)
or (7) of Section 6.01 of the Indenture occurs with respect to the Company,
the principal amount of and interest on, all Notes shall IPSO FACTO become
and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on
the part of the Trustee or any Holder. Holders may not enforce the Indenture
or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require
indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes.
Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any
trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any
continuing default (except a default in payment of principal, premium, if
any, or interest or a default in the observance or performance of any of the
obligations of the Company under Article Five of the Indenture) if it
determines that withholding notice is in their best interests.
19. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any
other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services
for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or
its Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee.
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20. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director,
officer, employee, partner, incorporator or shareholder, of the Company or
any Guarantor or any corporate successor thereto shall have any liability for
any obligations of the Company under the Notes, the Guarantees, the Indenture
or for a claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or
their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases
all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for
the issuance of the Notes.
21. DISCHARGE. The Company's obligations pursuant to the Indenture will
be discharged, except for obligations pursuant to certain sections thereof,
subject to the terms of the Indenture, upon the payment of all the Notes or
upon the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of money in United States
dollars or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay when due principal
of and interest on the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be.
22. GUARANTEES. The Note is entitled to the benefits of certain
Guarantees made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is hereby made to
the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of
rights, duties and obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, the Trustee and
the Holders.
23. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee
signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
24. GOVERNING LAW. THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS
MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF LAWS OF
ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
The Company and the Guarantors agree to submit to the jurisdiction of
the courts of the State of New York in any action or proceeding arising out
of or relating to the Indenture or the Notes.
25. ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a
Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TENANT (=
tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A
(= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
26. CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the
Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has
caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP
numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No
representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed
on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
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The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without
charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
NORSKE XXXX CANADA LIMITED
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
9th Floor, P.O. Box 10058, Pacific Centre
Vancouver, British Columbia X0X 0X0
XXXXXX
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
(Insert assignee's social security or tax I.D. number)
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(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoint:
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Agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The Agent may
substitute another to act for him.
Date:__________________________ Your Signature:__________________________
(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the other side of
this Note)
_______________________________
Signature Guaranteed
(Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature
guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the
Trustee)
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have all or any part of this Note purchased by
the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, check
the appropriate box:
/ / Section 4.10 / / Section 4.15
If you want to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount
you elect to have purchased:
US$____________________________
(multiple of US$1,000)
Date:__________________________
Your Signature:__________________________
(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the face of this
Note)
_______________________________
Signature Guaranteed
(Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature
guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the
Trustee)
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND]
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S.
PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION
HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS AN
INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3)
OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN "INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR") OR (C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS
NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT, WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED
TO UNDER RULE 144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AS IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF
TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE, RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO
NORSKE XXXX CANADA LIMITED OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) TO A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
(C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT,
PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING
CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE
TRUSTEE), AND, IF REQUESTED BY NORSKE XXXX CANADA LIMITED OR THE TRUSTEE, AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THEM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (PROVIDED
THAT SUCH NON-U.S. PERSONS AGREE NOT TO RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE NOTE
IN CANADA OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF A CANADIAN RESIDENT, EXCEPT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE CANADIAN SECURITIES LAWS), (E) PURSUANT TO THE
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF
AVAILABLE) OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM
THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED
TO IN RULE 144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THE
NOTE, THE HOLDER MUST TRANSFER AND SUBMIT THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE TRUSTEE. IF
THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR OR NON-U.S.
PERSON, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND
NORSKE XXXX CANADA LIMITED SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER
INFORMATION AS EITHER OF THEM MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT
SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. AS USED
HEREIN, THE TERMS "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION", "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON"
HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE
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SECURITIES ACT. THE INDENTURE CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO
REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING
RESTRICTIONS.
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN THE SUBJECT OF ANY PROSPECTUS FILED UNDER THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY CANADIAN PROVINCE OR TERRITORY. THE HOLDER OF THIS
NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF REPRESENTS, IF IT IS A RESIDENT OF CANADA, THAT
IT IS PURCHASING THE NOTE IN A TRANSACTION WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM THE
REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS REQUIREMENTS OF APPLICABLE CANADIAN SECURITIES
LAWS. THE SALE OF THE NOTE TO IT QUALIFIES (BY REASON OF THE AMOUNT OF THE
CONSIDERATION BEING PAID BY THE PURCHASER OF THE SECURITIES OR BY REASON OF
THE STATUS OF THE PURCHASER, AS THE CASE MAY BE) FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE
PROSPECTUS FILING AND DELIVERY OBLIGATIONS UNDER APPLICABLE CANADIAN
PROVINCIAL OR TERRITORIAL SECURITIES LAWS (PROVIDED THAT APPLICABLE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AND FILING OBLIGATIONS ARE SATISFIED AND ANY
APPLICABLE FEES ARE PAID), AND IT HAS PROVIDED SUCH INFORMATION AND MADE SUCH
REPRESENTATIONS TO THE SELLER OF THE SECURITIES AS MAY BE REASONABLY
NECESSARY FOR THE SELLER TO RELY ON SUCH EXEMPTIONS AND AGREES THAT IT WILL
GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY
TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF
THE HOLDER AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH RESALE RESTRICTIONS TERMINATE UNDER
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS.
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT FOR
RESTRICTED NOTES]
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
(Insert assignee's social security or tax I.D. number)
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoint:
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The Agent may
substitute another to act for him.
In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior to the date
which is the earlier of (i) the date the Shelf Registration Statement is
declared effective or (ii) the end of the period referred to in Rule 144(k)
under the Securities Act, the undersigned confirms without utilizing any
general solicitation or general advertising that:
[Check One]
[ ] (a) This Note is being transferred in compliance with the exemption from
registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A
thereunder.
or
[ ] (b) This Note is being transferred other than in accordance with (a) above
and documents are being furnished which comply with the conditions of
transfer set forth in this Note and the Indenture.
If neither of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or Registrar shall
not be obligated to register this Note in the name of any person other than
the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of
registration set forth herein and in Sections 2.16 and 2.17 of the Indenture
shall have been satisfied.
Date:_________________ Your Signature:___________________________
(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the face of this Note)
___________________________
Signature Guaranteed
(Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized
signature guaranty medallion program or other signature
guarantor acceptable to the Trustee)
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note
for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole
investment discretion and that it and any such account is a "qualified
institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act
and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and
acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as
the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to
request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying
upon the undersigned's foregoing representations in order to claim the
exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
Date:_________________ __________________________________________
NOTICE: To be executed by
an executive officer
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EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL NOTE]
Any Global Note authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a
legend (which would be in addition to any other legends required in the case
of a Restricted Note) in substantially the following form:
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A
NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY. THIS NOTE IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED
IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN
THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS
NOTE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE AS A WHOLE TO A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITORY OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE) MAY BE
REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (A NEW YORK CORPORATION) ("DTC") TO THE COMPANY
OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT
IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
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EXHIBIT D
Form of Certificate To Be
Delivered in Connection with
Transfers to Non-QIB Institutional Accredited Investors
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XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
NORSKE XXXX CANADA LIMITED
c/o Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
Re: Norske Xxxx Canada Limited (the "Company")
8 5/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2011 (THE "NOTES")
Dear Sirs:
In connection with our proposed purchase of $ ______ aggregate principal
amount of the Notes, we confirm that:
1. We are not a resident of Canada or a corporation or other
entity governed by the laws of Canada or any province or territory
thereof.
2. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes is
subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the
Indenture dated as of August 14, 2001 relating to the Notes and we agree
to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the
Notes except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT"), and any
applicable Canadian securities laws of any province or territory of
Canada.
3. We understand that the Notes have not been registered under the
Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws, have not been
and will not be qualified for sale under the securities laws of Canada
or any province or territory thereof or any other non-U.S. jurisdiction
and that the Notes may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise
transferred except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on
our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as
hereinafter stated, that if we should sell any Notes within the time
period referred to in Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act, we will do so
only (i) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (ii) in accordance
with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a "qualified institutional
buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A), (iii) to an institutional "accredited
investor" (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or
has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you a signed
letter substantially in the form of this letter and, at your request, an
opinion of counsel acceptable to you and the Company that such transfer
is in compliance with the Securities Act, (iv) outside the United States
to persons other than U.S. persons in offshore transactions meeting the
requirements of Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (v)
pursuant to the exemption form
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registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if
applicable) or (vi) pursuant to an effective registration statement, and
we further agree to provide to any person purchasing any of the Notes
from us a notice advising such purchaser that resales of the Notes are
restricted as stated herein.
4. We understand that, on any proposed resale of any Notes, we
will be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications,
legal opinions and other information as you and the Company may
reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the
foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased
by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
5. We are an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities
Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our
investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are acting
each are able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment, as the
case may be.
6. We are acquiring the Notes purchased by us for our account or
for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional "accredited
investor") as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.
7. We have no intention of transferring the Notes to a resident of
Canada and (a) we acknowledge that transfers of Notes to residents of
Canada may be restricted under certain circumstances and (b) we agree to
comply with any applicable Canadian provincial securities laws in
respect of any transfer of Notes to a resident of Canada.
You are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized
to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any
administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the
matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferee]
By:_________________________
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EXHIBIT E
Form of Certificate To Be Delivered
in Connection with Transfers
Pursuant to Regulation S
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XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
NORSKE XXXX CANADA LIMITED
c/o Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
Re: Norske Xxxx Canada Limited (the "Company")
8 5/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2011 (THE "NOTES")
Dear Sirs:
In connection with our proposed sale of US$__________ aggregate
principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected
pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT"), and, accordingly, we represent
that:
(1) the offer of the Notes was not made to a U.S. person or to a
person in the United States;
(2) either (a) at the time the buy offer was originated, the
transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on
our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the
United States, or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the
facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither we nor
any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been
prearranged with a buyer in the United States;
(3) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States
in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of
Regulation S, as applicable;
(4) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the
registration requirements of the Securities Act; and
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(5) we have advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions
applicable to the Notes.
You and the Company are each entitled to rely upon this letter and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official
inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this
certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferee]
By:_________________________
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EXHIBIT F
[FORM OF GUARANTEE]
Each of the undersigned (the "Guarantors") hereby jointly and severally
unconditionally guarantees, to the extent set forth in the Indenture dated as
of August 14, 2001 by and between Norske Xxxx Canada Limited, as issuer, the
Guarantors and Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee
(as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, the "Indenture"),
and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, (a) the due and punctual
payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes,
when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on
overdue principal of, and premium and, to the extent permitted by law,
interest, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of
the Company to the Holders or the Trustee, all in accordance with the terms
set forth in Article Ten of the Indenture, and (b) in case of any extension
of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations,
that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in
accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders and to the Trustee
pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in
Article Ten of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture
for the precise terms and limitations of this Guarantee.
[Signatures on Following Pages]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Guarantors has caused this Guarantee to
be signed by a duly authorized officer.
THE GUARANTORS:
ELK FALLS PULP & PAPER LIMITED
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
NORSKE XXXX CANADA (JAPAN) LTD.
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
NORSKE XXXX CANADA FINANCE LIMITED
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
NORSKE XXXX CANADA PULP OPERATIONS
LIMITED
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
NORSKE XXXX CANADA PULP SALES INC.
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
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NORSKE XXXX CANADA SALES INC.
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
NORSKE XXXX PAPER COMPANY
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
NSCL HOLDINGS INC.
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated:
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