ICN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
and
UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
as Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of August 14, 1997
$275,000,000
9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005
Series B 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA Indenture
Section Section
310(a)(1)............................................. 7.10
(a)(2).......................................... 7.10
(a)(3).......................................... N.A.
(a)(4).......................................... N.A.
(a)(5).......................................... 7.08; 7.10
(b)............................................. 7.08; 7.10; 10.02
(c)............................................. N.A.
311(a)................................................ 7.11
(b)............................................. 7.11
(c)............................................. N.A.
312(a)................................................ 2.05
(b)............................................. 10.03
(c)............................................. 10.03
313(a)................................................ 7.06
(b)(1).......................................... N.A.
(b)(2).......................................... 7.06
(c)............................................. 7.06; 10.02
(d)............................................. 7.06
314(a)................................................ 4.06; 4.09; 10.02
(b)............................................. N.A.
(c)(1).......................................... 10.04
(c)(2).......................................... 10.04
(c)(3).......................................... N.A.
(d)............................................. N.A.
(e)............................................. 10.05
(f)............................................. N.A.
315(a)................................................ 7.01(b)
(b)............................................. 7.05; 10.02
(c)............................................. 7.01(a)
(d)............................................. 7.01(c)
(e)............................................. 6.11
316(a)(last sentence)................................. 2.09
(a)(1)(A)....................................... 6.05
(a)(1)(B)....................................... 6.04
(a)(2).......................................... N.A.
(b)............................................. 6.07
(c)............................................. 9.04
317(a)(1)............................................. 6.08
(a)(2).......................................... 6.09
(b)............................................. 2.04
318(a)................................................ 10.01
(b)................................................ N.A.
(c)............................................. 10.01
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Page
SECTION 1.01.
Definitions............................................1
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of
TIA...................................................21
SECTION 1.03. Rules of
Construction......................................21
ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. Form and
Dating............................................22
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication; Aggregate Principal
Amount......................23
SECTION 2.03. Registrar and Paying
Agent.............................................24
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Assets in
Trust.............................................25
SECTION 2.05. Noteholder
Lists.............................................26
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and
Exchange..........................................26
SECTION 2.07. Replacement
Notes.............................................27
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding
Notes.............................................27
SECTION 2.09. Treasury
Notes.............................................28
SECTION 2.10. Temporary
Notes.............................................28
SECTION 2.11.
Cancellation......................................29
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted
Interest..........................................29
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP
Number............................................30
SECTION 2.14. Deposit of
Monies............................................30
SECTION 2.15. Restrictive
Legends...........................................31
SECTION 2.16. Book-Entry Provisions for Global
Security..........................................33
SECTION 2.17. Special Transfer
Provisions........................................34
SECTION 2.18. Liquidated Damages Under Registration Rights
Agreement.........................................37
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. Notices to
Trustee...........................................37
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Notes To Be
Redeemed..........................................38
SECTION 3.03. Notice of
Redemption........................................38
SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of
Redemption........................................39
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption
Price.............................................40
SECTION 3.06. Notes Redeemed in
Part..............................................40
ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. Payment of
Notes.............................................40
SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or
Agency............................................41
SECTION 4.03. Corporate
Existence.........................................41
SECTION 4.04. Payment of Taxes and Other
Claims............................................42
SECTION 4.05. Maintenance of Properties and
Insurance.........................................42
SECTION 4.06. Compliance Certificate; Notice of
Default...........................................43
SECTION 4.07. Compliance with
Laws..............................................44
SECTION 4.08. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury
Laws..............................................44
SECTION 4.09. Provision of Financial Statements and
Information.......................................44
SECTION 4.10. Limitation on Incurrence of
Indebtedness......................................45
SECTION 4.11. Limitation on Restricted
Payments..........................................49
SECTION 4.12. Limitation on
Liens.............................................51
SECTION 4.13. Limitation on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Restricted
Subsidiaries......................................52
SECTION 4.14. Limitation on Transactions with
Affiliates........................................53
SECTION 4.15. Change of
Control...........................................54
SECTION 4.16. Limitation on Asset
Sales.............................................56
SECTION 4.17. Limitation on Designation of Unrestricted
Subsidiaries......................................60
ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.01. Xxxxxx, Consolidation and Sale of
Assets............................................61
SECTION 5.02. Successor Corporation
Substituted.......................................63
ARTICLE SIX
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. Events of
Default...........................................63
SECTION 6.02.
Acceleration......................................65
SECTION 6.03. Other
Remedies..........................................66
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past
Defaults..........................................67
SECTION 6.05. Control by
Majority..........................................68
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on
Suits.............................................68
SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders To Receive
Payment...........................................69
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by
Trustee...........................................69
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim.............................................69
SECTION 6.10.
Priorities........................................70
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for
Costs.............................................71
ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. Duties of
Trustee...........................................71
SECTION 7.02. Rights of
Trustee...........................................73
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of
Trustee...........................................74
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's
Disclaimer........................................75
SECTION 7.05. Notice of
Default...........................................75
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to
Holders...........................................75
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and
Indemnity.........................................76
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of
Trustee...........................................77
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Xxxxxx,
Xxx...............................................78
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility;
Disqualification..................................79
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company...........................................79
ARTICLE EIGHT
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture.........................................79
SECTION 8.02. Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance........................................81
SECTION 8.03. Application of Trust
Money.............................................84
SECTION 8.04. Repayment to the
Company...........................................84
SECTION 8.05.
Reinstatement.....................................85
SECTION 8.06. Acknowledgment of Discharge by
Trustee...........................................85
ARTICLE NINE
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of
Holders...........................................86
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of
Holders...........................................87
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with
TIA...............................................88
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of
Consents..........................................89
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of
Notes.............................................90
SECTION 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments,
Etc...............................................90
ARTICLE TEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.01. TIA
Controls..........................................90
SECTION 10.02.
Notices...........................................91
SECTION 10.03. Communications by Holders with Other
Holders...........................................92
SECTION 10.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions
Precedent.........................................92
SECTION 10.05. Statements Required in Certificate or
Opinion...........................................92
SECTION 10.06. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent,
Registrar.........................................93
SECTION 10.07. Legal
Holidays..........................................93
SECTION 10.08. Governing
Law...............................................93
SECTION 10.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other
Agreements........................................94
SECTION 10.10. No Recourse Against
Others............................................94
SECTION 10.11.
Successors........................................94
SECTION 10.12. Duplicate
Originals.........................................94
SECTION 10.13.
Severability......................................94
SECTION 10.14. Independence of
Covenants.........................................95
Signatures........................................................................ 87
Exhibit A - Form of Initial
Note..............................................A-1
Exhibit B - Form of Exchange
Note..............................................B-1
Exhibit C - Form of Certificate To Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers
Pursuant to Regulation S..........................C-1
Note: This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed
to be part of this Indenture.
INDENTURE, dated as of August 14, 1997, between ICN Pharmaceuticals,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and United States Trust Company of
New York, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (the "Trustee").
The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of 9 1/4%
Senior Notes due 2005 (the "Initial Notes") and Series B 9 1/4% Senior Notes due
2005 to be issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement (the "Exchange Notes" and, together with the Initial Notes, the
"Notes") and, to provide therefor, the Company has duly authorized the execution
and delivery of this Indenture. All things necessary to make the Notes, when
duly issued and executed by the Company, and authenticated and delivered
hereunder, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a
valid and binding agreement of the Company, have been done.
Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party
and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
"Acquired Debt" means, with respect to any specified Person,
Indebtedness of any other Person (the "Acquired Person") existing at the time
the Acquired Person merges with or into, or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of,
such specified Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in
contemplation of, the Acquired Person merging with or into, or becoming a
Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; provided, however, that
Indebtedness of such Acquired Person which is redeemed, defeased, retired or
otherwise repaid at the time of or immediately upon consummation of the
transactions by which such Acquired Person merges with or into or becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person shall not be Acquired Debt.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any specified Person, any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this
definition, "control" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms
"controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control with") of any Person
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-Registrar.
"Agent Members" has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(a).
"Asset Sale" means (i) any sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any assets (including
by way of a sale-and-leaseback) other than in the ordinary course of business,
or (ii) the issuance or sale of Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, in
the case of each of (i) and (ii), whether in a single transaction or a series of
related transactions, to any Person (other than to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary and other than directors' qualifying shares) for Net Proceeds in
excess of $1.0 million. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the transfer of any
assets constituting an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
shall not be considered an Asset Sale if such Investment is permitted pursuant
to Section 4.11 and (b) exchanges of assets of the Company for assets of any
other Person in the ordinary course of business shall not constitute an Asset
Sale.
"Asset Sale Offer" has the meaning provided in Section 4.16(c).
"Asset Sale Offer Purchase Date" has the meaning provided in Section
4.16(d).
"Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date" has the meaning provided in Section
4.16(c).
"Authenticating Agent" has the meaning provided in Section 2.02.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal,
state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means, as to (a) any corporate Person, the board
of directors of such Person or any duly authorized committee thereof, (b) any
partnership, limited liability company or comparably organized Person which is
ultimately controlled by a corporate general partner, managing member or other
corporation, the "Board of Directors" of such corporation as specified in clause
(a) of this definition and (c) any partnership, limited liability company or
comparably organized Person which is ultimately controlled by individuals, such
controlling individuals.
"Board Resolution" means, with respect to any Person, a duly adopted
resolution of the Board of Directors.
"Business Day" means a day that is not a Legal Holiday.
"Capital Lease Obligation" of any Person means, at the time any
determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a
capital lease for property leased by such Person that would at such time be
required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance
with GAAP.
"Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests,
rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or
interests in (however designated) corporate stock or other equity
participations, including partnership interests, whether general or limited, of
such Person, including any Preferred Stock.
"Cash Equivalents" means (i) marketable direct obligations issued by,
or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any
agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in
each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof; (ii)
marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of
America or any political subdivision of any such state 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 Standard & Poor's Rating Services or Xxxxx'x Investors
Service, Inc.; (iii) 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 A-1 from Standard & Poor's Rating Services or at least P-1 from Xxxxx'x
Investors Service, Inc.; (iv) certificates of deposit or bankers' acceptances
(or, with respect to foreign banks, similar instruments) 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 any state thereof or the District of
Columbia or any member of the European Union or any U.S. branch of a foreign
bank having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of
not less than $200 million; (v) repurchase obligations with a term of not more
than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i)
above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause
(iv) above; and (vi) investments in money market funds which invest
substantially all their assets in securities of the types described in clauses
(i) through (v) above.
"Cash Flow" means, with respect to any period, Consolidated Net Income
for such period, plus, to the extent deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
Income: (i) extraordinary net losses, plus (ii) provision for taxes based on
income or profits and any provision for taxes utilized in computing the
extraordinary net losses under clause (i) hereof, plus (iii) Consolidated
Interest Expense, plus (iv) depreciation, amortization and all other non-cash
charges (including amortization of goodwill and other intangibles but excluding
any items that will require cash payments in the future for which an accrual or
reserve is made).
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following
events after the Issue Date: (i) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used
in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes (including by
merger, consolidation or otherwise) the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules
13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a Person shall be deemed to
have beneficial ownership of all shares that such Person has the right to
acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage
of time), directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the voting power of the
total outstanding Voting Stock of the Company; (ii) during any period of two
consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted
the Board of Directors of the Company (together with any new directors whose
nomination for election by the stockholders of the Company was approved by a
vote of 66 2/3% of the directors then still in office who were either directors
at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of such
Board of Directors of the Company then in office; (iii) the approval by the
holders of Capital Stock of the Company of any plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company (whether or not otherwise in
compliance with the terms of this Indenture); or (iv) the sale or other
disposition (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise) of all or
substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of the Company to any Person or
group (as defined in Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act) as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety in one transaction or a series of related
transactions.
"Change of Control Offer" has the meaning provided in Section 4.15(a).
"Change of Control Purchase Date" has the meaning provided in Section
4.15(b).
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted or, if at any time after the execution of this
Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned
to it under the TIA, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests,
participations, or other equivalents (however designated) of such Person's
common stock whether now outstanding or issued after the Issue Date.
"Company" means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this
Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to this Indenture and
thereafter means such successor.
"Consolidated Cash Flow Coverage Ratio" means, for any period, the
ratio of (i) the aggregate amount of Cash Flow for such period, to (ii)
Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, each determined on a pro forma
basis after giving pro forma effect to (a) the incurrence of the Indebtedness
giving rise to the calculation of the Consolidated Cash Flow Coverage Ratio and
(if applicable) the application of the net proceeds therefrom, including to
refinance other Indebtedness, as if such Indebtedness was incurred, and the
application of such proceeds occurred, at the beginning of such period; (b) the
incurrence, repayment or retirement of any other Indebtedness by the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries since the first day of such period as if such
Indebtedness was incurred, repaid or retired at the beginning of such period
(except that, in making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any
revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average balance of
such Indebtedness at the end of each month during such period); (c) in the case
of Acquired Debt, the related acquisition as if such acquisition had occurred at
the beginning of such period; and (d) any acquisition or disposition by the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of any company or any business or any
assets out of the ordinary course of business, or any related repayment of
Indebtedness, in each case since the first day of such period, assuming such
acquisition or disposition had been consummated on the first day of such period.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, with respect to any period, the
sum of (i) the interest expense of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
for such period, including, without limitation, (a) amortization of debt
discount, (b) the net payments, if any, under interest rate contracts (including
amortization of discounts), (c) the interest portion of any deferred payment
obligation and (d) accrued interest, plus (ii) the interest component of the
Capital Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued
by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period, and all
capitalized interest of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus (iii)
all dividends paid during such period by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries with respect to any Disqualified Stock (other than by any
Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary and
other than any dividend paid in Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock)),
in each case, as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any period, the net
income (or loss) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period,
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied,
adjusted to the extent included in calculating such net income (or loss), by
excluding, without duplication, (i) all extraordinary gains and losses (less all
fees and expenses relating thereto), (ii) the portion of net income (or loss) of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries allocable to interests in
unconsolidated Persons or Unrestricted Subsidiaries, except to the extent of the
amount of dividends or distributions actually paid to the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries by such other Person during such period, (iii) for
purposes of the covenant entitled "Limitation on Restricted Payments", net
income (or loss) of any Person combined with the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries on a "pooling-of-interests" basis attributable to any
period prior to the date of combination, (iv) net gains and losses (less all
fees and expenses relating thereto) in respect of disposition of assets
(including, without limitation, pursuant to sale and leaseback transactions)
other than in the ordinary course of business, or (v) the net income of any
Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar
distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that income to the Company is not
at the time permitted, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its
charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or
governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its
stockholders.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means, with respect to any Person at any
date, the sum of (i) the consolidated stockholders' equity of such Person less
the amount of such stockholders' equity attributable to Disqualified Stock of
such Person and its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the
Company), as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied and (ii) the amount of any Preferred Stock of such Person
not included in the stockholders' equity of such Person in accordance with GAAP,
which Preferred Stock does not constitute Disqualified Stock.
"covenant defeasance" has the meaning provided in Section 8.02(b).
"Currency Agreement Obligations" means the obligations of any person
under a foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar
agreement or arrangement to protect such person against fluctuations in currency
values.
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"Default" means any event that is, or after the giving of notice or
passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Default Interest Payment Date" has the meaning provided in Section
2.12.
"defeasance" has the meaning provided in Section 8.02(a).
"Designation" has the meaning provided in Section 4.17(a).
"Designation Amount" has the meaning provided in Section 4.17(a).
"Disposition" means, with respect to any Person, any merger,
consolidation or other business combination involving such Person (whether or
not such Person is the Surviving Person) or the sale, assignment, transfer,
lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of such
Person's assets.
"Disqualified Stock" means (i) any Preferred Stock of any Restricted
Subsidiary and (ii) that portion of any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by
the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is
exchangeable), or 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 (other than upon a Change of Control of the
Company in circumstances where the Holders of the Notes would have similar
rights), in whole or in part on or prior to the stated maturity of the Notes.
"Dollars" and "$" means lawful money of the United States of America.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and successors.
"Event of Default" has the meaning provided in Section 6.01.
"Excess Proceeds" has the meaning provided in Section 4.16(b).
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Exchange Notes" has the meaning provided in the preamble to this
Indenture.
"Existing Indebtedness" has the meaning provided in Section
4.10(b)(iii).
"Fair Market Value" means, with respect to any asset or property, the
sale value that would be obtained in an arm's-length transaction between an
informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and
willing buyer under no compulsion to buy.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles
Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements
and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of
the accounting profession in the United States of America, which are applicable
as of the Issue Date and consistently applied.
"Global Note" has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
"Guarantee" means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable
instruments for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business),
direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of
credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of
any Indebtedness.
"Holder" means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the
Registrar's books.
"incur" has the meaning provided in Section 4.10(a).
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, without duplication,
and whether or not contingent, (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed
money or which is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument,
(ii) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred or unpaid purchase price
of property or services, which purchase price is due more than six months after
the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery and title
thereto or the completion of such service, (iii) all Capital Lease Obligations
of such Person, (iv) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of
credit or bankers' acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person,
(v) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, all net obligations
of such Person under Interest Rate Agreement Obligations or Currency Agreement
Obligations of such Person, (vi) all liabilities of others of the kind described
in the preceding clause (i), (ii) or (iii) secured by any Lien on any property
owned by such Person; provided, however, if the obligations secured by a Lien
(other than a Permitted Lien not securing any liability that would itself
constitute Indebtedness) on any assets or property have not been assumed by such
Person in full or are not such Person's legal liability in full, the amount of
such Indebtedness for purposes of this definition shall be limited to the lesser
of the amount of Indebtedness secured by such Xxxx and the Fair Market Value of
the property subject to such Lien, (vii) all Disqualified Stock issued by such
Person and all Preferred Stock issued by a Subsidiary of such Person, and (viii)
to the extent not otherwise included, any guarantee by such Person of any other
Person's indebtedness or other obligations described in clauses (i) through
(vii) above. "Indebtedness" of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall
not include current trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business
and payable in accordance with customary practices, and non-interest bearing
installment obligations and accrued liabilities incurred in the ordinary course
of business which are not more than 90 days past due. The principal amount
outstanding of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount is the
accreted value of such Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness
shall not include Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other
financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently
drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided
that such Indebtedness is extinguished within 3 Business Days of the incurrence
thereof.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time
to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Independent Director" means a director of the Company other than a
director (i) who (apart from being a director of the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company) is an employee, associate or Affiliate of the Company or a
Subsidiary of the Company, or (ii) who is a director, employee, associate or
Affiliate of another party (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries)
to the transaction in question.
"Initial Notes" has the meaning provided in the preamble to this
Indenture.
"Initial Purchaser" means Xxxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
"interest" on the Notes means interest (including Liquidated Damages)
on the Notes.
"Interest Payment Date" means the stated maturity of an installment of
interest on the Notes.
"Interest Rate Agreement Obligations" means, with respect to any
Person, the Obligations of such Person under (i) interest rate swap agreements,
interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements, and (ii) other
agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations
in interest rates.
"Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter.
"Investment" means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect
loan or other extension of credit (including, without limitation, a guarantee)
or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property
to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of
others), or any purchase or acquisition by such Person of any Capital Stock,
bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidences of Indebtedness issued
by, any other Person. "Investment" shall exclude travel and similar advances to
officers and employees of the Company in the ordinary course of business and
extensions of trade credit by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on
commercially reasonable terms in accordance with normal trade practices of the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. For the purposes of
Section 4.11, (i) "Investment" shall include and be valued at the Fair Market
Value of the net assets of any Restricted Subsidiary (to the extent of the
Company's equity interest in such Restricted Subsidiary) at the time that such
Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary and shall exclude
the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary at the
time that such Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary and
(ii) 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, however, 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. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Common Stock of any direct or
indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to
any such sale or disposition, the Company no longer owns, directly or
indirectly, greater than 50% of the outstanding Common Stock of such Restricted
Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date
of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common
Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary not sold or disposed of.
"Issue Date" means August 14, 1997, the date the Notes are originally
issued under this Indenture.
"Legal Holiday" has the meaning provided in Section 10.07.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien,
pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such
asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable
law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any
lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a
security interest in any asset and any filing of, or agreement to give, any
financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes)
of any jurisdiction).
"Liquidated Damages" means all liquidated damages owing under the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Maturity Date" means August 15, 2005.
"Net Proceeds" means, with respect to any Asset Sale by any Person,
the aggregate cash or Cash Equivalent proceeds received by such Person and/or
its Affiliates in respect of such Asset Sale, which amount is equal to the
excess, if any, of (i) the cash or Cash Equivalents received by such Person
and/or its Affiliates (including any cash payments received by way of deferred
payment pursuant to, or monetization of, a note or installment receivable or
otherwise, but only as and when received) in connection with such Asset Sale,
over (ii) the sum of (a) the amount of any Indebtedness that is secured by such
asset and which is required to be repaid by such Person in connection with such
Asset Sale, plus (b) all fees, commissions and other expenses incurred by such
Person in connection with such Asset Sale, plus (c) provision for taxes,
including income taxes, directly attributable to the Asset Sale or to required
prepayments or repayments of Indebtedness with the proceeds of such Asset Sale,
plus (d) if such Person is a Restricted Subsidiary, any dividends or
distributions payable to holders of minority interests in such Restricted
Subsidiary from the proceeds of such Asset Sale, plus (e) appropriate amounts to
be provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as a reserve against any
liabilities associated with such Asset Sale, including, without limitation,
pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to
environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations
associated with such Asset Sale; provided that upon the release of any such
reserves, such amounts shall constitute "Net Proceeds" hereunder.
"Non-U.S. Person" means a person who is not a U.S. person, as defined
in Regulation S.
"Notes" means the Initial Notes 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.
"Obligations" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursement obligations, damages and other liabilities
payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
"Offering Memorandum" means the Offering Memorandum dated August 7,
1997 of the Company relating to the offering of the Notes.
"Officer" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board
of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President,
the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller, or the Secretary of
such Person, or any other officer designated by the Board of Directors serving
in a similar capacity. "Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any
Person, a certificate signed by two Officers or by an Officer and either an
Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of such Person and otherwise
complying with the requirements of Sections 10.04 and 10.05, as they relate to
the making of an Officers' Certificate.
"Offshore Physical Notes" has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel who is
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee complying with the requirements of Sections
10.04 and 10.05, as they relate to the giving of an Opinion of Counsel.
"Paying Agent" has the meaning provided in Section 2.03.
"Permitted Indebtedness" has the meaning provided in Section 4.10(b).
"Permitted Investments" means (i) any Investment in the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that the primary business of such Restricted
Subsidiary is a Related Business; (ii) any investment in cash or Cash
Equivalents; (iii) any Investment in a Person (an "Acquired Person") the primary
business of which is a Related Business if, as a result of such Investment, (a)
the Acquired Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or (b) the Acquired Person
either (1) is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Company or
one of its Restricted Subsidiaries and the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
is the Surviving Person, or (2) transfers or conveys substantially all of its
assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; (iv) Investments in accounts and notes receivable acquired in the
ordinary course of business; (v) any notes, obligations or other securities
received in connection with an Asset Sale that complies with Section 4.16 or any
other disposition not constituting an "Asset Sale"; (vi) Interest Rate Agreement
Obligations and Currency Agreement Obligations permitted pursuant to Section
4.10(b)(v); (vii) investments in or acquisitions of Capital Stock or similar
interests in Persons (other than Affiliates of the Company) received in the
bankruptcy or reorganization of or by such Person or any exchange of such
investment with the issuer thereof or taken in settlement of or other resolution
of claims or disputes and (viii) other Investments not to exceed $50 million
which, shall be reinstated to the extent of any net cash proceeds, dividends,
repayments of loans or other transfers of cash or assets received by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary as a return of or on such Investment.
"Permitted Liens" means (i) Liens on assets or property of the Company
that secure Senior Bank Debt of the Company and Liens on assets or property of a
Restricted Subsidiary that secure Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary; (ii)
Liens securing Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time that such Person is
merged into or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided, however, that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation
of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those
of such Person; (iii) Liens on property acquired by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens were in existence prior to the
contemplation of such acquisition and do not extend to any other property; (iv)
Liens in respect of Interest Rate Agreement Obligations and Currency Agreement
Obligations permitted under this Indenture; (v) Liens in favor of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary; (vi) Liens existing or created on the Issue Date; and
(vii) Liens securing the Notes.
"Permitted Payments" has the meaning provided in Section 4.11(b).
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"Physical Notes" has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
"Preferred Stock" as applied to the Capital Stock of any Person, means
Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as
to the payment of dividends or distributions, or as to the distribution of
assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such
Person, over Capital Stock of any other class of such Person.
"principal" of any Indebtedness (including the Notes) means the
principal amount of such Indebtedness plus the premium, if any, on such
Indebtedness.
"Private Placement Legend" means the legend initially set forth on the
Notes in the form set forth in Section 2.15.
"Purchase Money Obligation" means any Indebtedness which is incurred
in connection with the purchase, construction or improvement of assets and is
secured by a Lien on such assets related to the business of the Company or the
Restricted Subsidiaries, and any additions and accessions thereto, which are
purchased, constructed or improved by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
"Qualified Institutional Buyer" or "QIB" shall have the meaning
specified in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
"Record Date" means the Record Dates specified in the Notes; provided,
however, that if any such date is a Legal Holiday, the Record Date shall be the
first day immediately preceding such specified day that is not a Legal Holiday.
"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture and the
Notes.
"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed,
means the price fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture and the
Notes.
"Redesignation" has the meaning provided in Section 4.17(b).
"refinancing" has the meaning provided in Section 4.10(b)(vii).
"Refinancing Indebtedness" has the meaning provided in Section
4.10(b)(vii).
"Registrar" has the meaning provided in Section 2.03.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
Agreement dated on or about the Issue Date between the Company and the Initial
Purchaser for the benefit of themselves and the Holders as the same may be
amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
"Related Business" means any business that is reasonably related to or
complementary to the businesses conducted by the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries on the Issue Date.
"Required Filing Dates" has the meaning provided in Section 4.09(a).
"Restricted Investment" means an Investment other than a Permitted
Investment.
"Restricted Payment" means (i) any dividend or other distribution
declared or paid on any Capital Stock of the Company (other than (A) dividends
or distributions payable solely in Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock)
of the Company, or (B) dividends or distributions payable to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary); (ii) any payment to purchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire or retire for value any Capital Stock of the Company; (iii) any payment
to purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to
any scheduled maturity, repayment or sinking fund payment, any subordinated
Indebtedness other than a purchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition
or retirement for value that is paid for with the proceeds of Refinancing
Indebtedness that is permitted under Section 4.10(b)(vii); or (iv) any
Restricted Investment.
"Restricted Security" has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule
144(a)(3) under the Securities Act; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be
entitled to request and conclusively rely on an Opinion of Counsel with respect
to whether any Note constitutes a Restricted Security.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means each direct or indirect Subsidiary of
the Company other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"Senior Bank Debt" means Indebtedness incurred under any credit
facility entered into between the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary and bank
lenders at any time, as the same may be amended, modified, renewed, refunded,
replaced or refinanced from time to time, including (i) any related notes,
letters of credit, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements
executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, modified,
renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time, and (ii) any notes,
guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in
connection with any such amendment, modification, renewal, refunding,
replacement or refinancing.
"Subsidiary" of a Person means (i) any corporation more than 50% of
the outstanding voting power of the Voting Stock of which is owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more other
Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more other
Subsidiaries thereof, or (ii) any limited partnership of which such Person or
any Subsidiary of such Person is a general partner, or (iii) any other Person
(other than a corporation or limited partnership) in which such Person or one or
more other Subsidiaries of such Person, or such Person and one or more other
Subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, has more than 50% of the
outstanding partnership or similar interests or has the power, by contract or
otherwise, to direct or cause the direction of the policies, management and
affairs thereof.
"Surviving Person" means, with respect to any Person involved in or
that makes any Disposition, the Person formed by or surviving such Disposition
or the Person to which such Disposition is made.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. xx.xx.
77aaa-77bbbb), as amended, as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except as
otherwise provided in Section 9.03.
"Trust Officer" means any officer or assistant officer of the Trustee
assigned by the Trustee to administer this Indenture or any part thereof, or in
the case of a successor trustee, an officer assigned to the department, division
or group performing the corporation trust work of such successor and assigned to
administer this Indenture.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and
thereafter means such successor.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company
designated as such pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.17 and not
redesignated a Restricted Subsidiary in compliance with such covenant.
"U.S. Government Obligations" mean direct obligations of, and
obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which
the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged.
"U.S. Legal Tender" means such coin or currency of the United States
of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of
public and private debts.
"U.S. Physical Notes" has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
"Voting Stock" of a Person means Capital Stock of such Person of the
class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting
power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of
directors, managers or trustees of such Person (irrespective of whether or not
at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting
power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (i) the sum
of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining
installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required scheduled payment
of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, with (b)
the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse
between such date and the making of such payment, by (ii) the then outstanding
aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness.
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of TIA.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, such
provision is incorporated by reference in, and made a part of, this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"indenture securities" means the Notes.
"indenture security holder" means a Holder or a Noteholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company or any other
obligor on the Notes.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule
and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.
SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
1. a term has the meaning assigned to it;
2. an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the date
hereof;
3. "or" is not exclusive;
4. words in the singular include the plural, and words in the
plural include the singular;
5. a reference to a Section or Article shall be to a Section or
Article of this Indenture;
6. "herein," "hereof" and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section
or other subdivision; and
7. any reference to a statute, law or regulation means that
statute, law or regulation as amended and in effect from time to time
and includes any successor statute, law or regulation; provided,
however, that any reference to the Bankruptcy Law shall mean the
Bankruptcy Law as applicable to the relevant case.
ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating.
The Initial Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication
relating thereto shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The
Exchange Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication relating thereto
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto. The Notes may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
depository rule or usage. The Company and the Trustee shall approve the form of
the Notes and any notation, legend or endorsement on them. Each Note shall be
dated the date of its authentication.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes, annexed hereto as
Exhibits A and B, shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of
this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by
their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms
and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued
initially in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in registered form,
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (the "Global Note"), deposited
with the Trustee, as custodian for DTC, duly executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided and shall bear the legend
set forth in Section 2.15(a) and (b). The aggregate principal amount of the
Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made
on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for DTC, as hereinafter provided.
Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on
Regulation S shall be issued in the form of permanent certificated Notes in
registered form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (the "Offshore
Physical Notes"), duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee
as hereinafter provided and shall bear the legend set forth in Section 2.15(a).
Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A may be issued, in the form of
permanent certificated Notes in registered form, in substantially the form set
forth in Exhibit A (the "U.S. Physical Notes"), duly executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided and shall bear the legend
set forth in Section 2.15(a). The Offshore Physical Notes and the U.S. Physical
Notes are sometimes collectively herein referred to as the "Physical Notes."
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication; Aggregate Principal Amount.
Two Officers, or an Officer and an Assistant Secretary, shall sign, or
one Officer shall sign and one Officer or an Assistant Secretary (each of whom
shall, in each case, have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate
actions) shall attest to, the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile
signature.
If an Officer or Assistant Secretary whose signature is on a Note was
an Officer or Assistant Secretary at the time of such execution but no longer
holds that office or position at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note,
the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee
manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature
shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this
Indenture.
The Trustee shall authenticate (i) Initial Notes for original issue in
the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $275,000,000 and (ii) Exchange
Notes from time to time for issue only in exchange for a like principal amount
of Initial Notes, in each case upon a written order of the Company. Such order
shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the
Notes are to be authenticated, whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes or
Exchange Notes and whether the Notes are to be issued as Physical Notes or a
Global Note or such other information as the Trustee may reasonably request. The
aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed
$275,000,000, except as provided in Section 2.07.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent (the "Authenticating
Agent") reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. Unless
otherwise provided in the appointment, an Authenticating Agent may authenticate
Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such Authenticating
Agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the
Company or with any Affiliate of the Company.
The Notes shall be issuable in fully registered form only, without
coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the owner of such
Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and (subject to the
provisions of this Indenture and the Notes with respect to record dates)
interest on such Note, whether or not such Note is overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice of the contrary.
SECTION 2.03. 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
(a) Notes may be presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for
exchange ("Registrar"), (b) Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment
("Paying Agent") and (c) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect
of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall keep a
register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company, upon
prior written notice to the Trustee, may have one or more co-Registrars and one
or more additional Paying Agents reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The term
"Paying Agent" includes any additional Paying Agent. The Company may act as its
own Paying Agent, except that for the purposes of payments on the Notes pursuant
to Sections 4.15 and 4.16, neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company
may act as Paying Agent.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Agent not a party to this Indenture, which agreement shall incorporate the
provisions of the TIA and implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate
to such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee, in advance, of the name and
address of any such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or
Paying Agent, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as
such.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent
and agent for service of demands and notices in connection with the Notes, until
such time as the Trustee has resigned or a successor has been appointed. Any of
the Registrar, the Paying Agent or any other agent may resign upon 30 days'
notice to the Company.
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Assets in Trust.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
agree in writing that each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of
the Holders or the Trustee all assets held by the Paying Agent for the payment
of principal of, or interest on, the Notes (whether such assets have been
distributed to it by the Company or any other obligor on the Notes), and the
Company and the Paying Agent shall notify the Trustee of any Default by the
Company (or any other obligor on the Notes) in making any such payment. The
Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by
it to the Trustee and account for any assets disbursed and the Trustee may at
any time during the continuance of any payment Default, upon written request to
a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to
the Trustee and to account for any assets distributed. Upon distribution to the
Trustee of all assets that shall have been delivered by the Company to the
Paying Agent, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for such assets.
SECTION 2.05. Noteholder 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. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish or
cause the Registrar to furnish to the Trustee before each Record Date and at
such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list as of such date
and in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of the Holders, which list may be conclusively relied upon by the
Trustee.
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.
When Notes are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a
request to register the transfer of such Notes or to exchange such Notes for an
equal principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, the Registrar
or co-Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if
its requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Notes
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly
endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
to the Company or the Registrar or co-Registrar, duly executed by the Holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. To permit registrations of
transfer and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate Notes at the Registrar's or co-Registrar's request. No service
charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or
similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such
transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges (without
transfer to another Person) pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.10, 3.06, 4.15, 4.16 or
9.05, in which event the Company shall be responsible for the payment of such
taxes).
The Registrar or co-Registrar shall not be required to register the
transfer of or exchange of any Note (i) during a period beginning at the opening
of business on the day the Trustee receives notice of any redemption of Notes
and ending at the close of business on the day such notice of redemption is
mailed to the Holders, (ii) selected for redemption in whole or in part pursuant
to Article Three, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in
part and (iii) during a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer if such
Note is tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer
and not withdrawn.
Any Holder of the Global Note shall, by acceptance of such Global
Note, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Notes 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 the
Note shall be required to be reflected in a book-entry system.
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Notes.
If a mutilated Note is surrendered to 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 the
Trustee's requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such
Holder must provide an indemnity bond or other indemnity of reasonable tenor,
sufficient in the reasonable judgment of both the Company and the Trustee, to
protect the Company, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss which any of them
may suffer if a Note is replaced. Every replacement Note shall constitute an
additional obligation of the Company.
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Notes.
Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes that have been
authenticated by the Trustee except those canceled by it, those delivered to it
for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.09, a Note does not cease to be outstanding
because the Company or any of its Affiliates holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 (other than a mutilated
Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the
Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a
bona fide purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of
such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.07.
If on a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date the Paying Agent (other
than the Company) holds U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations
sufficient to pay all of the principal and interest due on 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 2.09. Treasury Notes.
In determining (x) whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver, consent or notice or
(y) how much principal amount of Notes remains outstanding after a redemption
under Paragraph 6 of the Notes, Notes owned by the Company or an Affiliate shall
be considered as though they are not outstanding, except that for the purposes
of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such
direction, waiver or consent under clause (x) above, only Notes which a Trust
Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so considered. The
Company shall notify the Trustee, in writing, when it or, to the Company's
knowledge, any of its Affiliates purchases or otherwise acquires Notes, of the
aggregate principal amount of such Notes so purchased or otherwise acquired.
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Notes.
Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare
and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes upon receipt of a written
order of the Company in the form of an Officers' Certificate. The Officers'
Certificate shall specify the amount of temporary Notes to be authenticated and
the date on which the temporary Notes are to be authenticated. Temporary Notes
shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations
that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and so indicates in
the Officers' Certificate. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare
and the Trustee shall authenticate upon receipt of a written order of the
Company pursuant to Section 2.02 definitive Notes in exchange for temporary
Notes.
SECTION 2.11. 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 transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee, or
at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent, and no one
else, shall cancel and, at the written direction of the Company, shall dispose,
in its customary manner, of all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange,
payment or cancellation. Subject to Section 2.07, the Company may not issue new
Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation. If the Company shall acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition
shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness
represented by such Notes unless and until the same are surrendered to the
Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.11.
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it
shall pay the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent lawful) any interest
payable on the defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent
special record date, which special record date shall be the fifteenth day next
preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of defaulted interest or
the next succeeding Business Day if such date is not a Business Day. The Company
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed
to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (a "Default
Interest Payment Date"), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in
respect of such defaulted interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such
money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
to such defaulted interest as provided in this Section; provided, however, that
in no event shall the Company deposit monies proposed to be paid in respect of
defaulted interest later than 11:00 a.m. of the proposed Default Interest
Payment Date. At least 15 days before the subsequent special record date, the
Company shall mail (or cause to be mailed) to each Holder, as of a recent date
selected by the Company, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice that states the
subsequent special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted
interest, and interest payable on such defaulted interest, if any, to be paid.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any interest which is paid prior to the
expiration of the 30-day period set forth in Section 6.01(i) shall be paid to
Holders as of the regular record date for the Interest Payment Date for which
interest has not been paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may make
payment of any defaulted interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange.
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Number.
The Company in issuing the Notes may use a "CUSIP" number, and, if so,
the Trustee shall use the CUSIP number in notices of redemption or exchange as a
convenience to Holders; provided, however, that no representation is hereby
deemed to be made by the Trustee as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP
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 change in the CUSIP number.
SECTION 2.14. Deposit of Monies.
Prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City time on each Interest Payment Date,
Maturity Date, Redemption Date, Change of Control Purchase Date and Asset Sale
Offer Purchase Date, the Company shall have deposited with the Paying Agent in
immediately available funds money sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due
on such Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date, Change of Control
Purchase Date and Asset Sale Offer Purchase Date, as the case may be, in a
timely manner which permits the Paying Agent to remit payment to the Holders on
such Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date, Change of Control
Purchase Date and Asset Sale Offer Purchase Date, as the case may be.
SECTION 2.15. Restrictive Legends.
(a) Each Global Note and Physical Note that constitutes a Restricted
Security shall bear the following legend (the "Private Placement Legend") on the
face thereof until after the second anniversary of the Issue Date, unless
otherwise agreed by the Company and the Holder thereof:
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "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 BELOW. 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 NOT A
U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,
(2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL
ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY,
EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE
UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH
RULE 144A UNDER THE ACT, (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE
WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (E)
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS
SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS
LEGEND. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION," "UNITED
STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON" HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION
S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
EACH PURCHASER BY ITS PURCHASE OF THIS SECURITY SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
REPRESENTED AND COVENANTED THAT EITHER (I) IT IS NOT ACQUIRING THE
SECURITY FOR OR ON BEHALF OF ANY PENSION OR WELFARE PLAN (AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 3 OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974
("ERISA")) OR (II) IF IT IS ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR OR ON BEHALF OF
A PENSION OR WELFARE PLAN, THE APPLICABLE CONDITIONS OF PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 91-38, 90-1, 84-14 OR 95-60 ISSUED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR HAVE BEEN SATISFIED OR THE PLAN IS A GOVERNMENTAL
PLAN THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.
(b) Each Global Note shall also bear the following legend on the face
thereof:
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN
DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE
BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY ANY SUCH
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A
NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS
PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT
HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO 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.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN
WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR
THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS
GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.17 OF THE INDENTURE.
SECTION 2.16. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Security.
(a) The Global Note initially shall (i) be registered in the name of
DTC or the nominee of such DTC, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian
for such DTC and (iii) bear legends as set forth in Section 2.15.
Members of, or participants in, DTC ("Agent Members") shall have no
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 Note, and DTC may
be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any Agent as the absolute owner of
the Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any Agent from giving
effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by
DTC or impair, as between DTC and its Agent Members, the operation of customary
practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.
(b) Transfers of the Global Note shall be limited to transfers in
whole, but not in part, to DTC, its successors or their respective nominees.
Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Note may be transferred or
exchanged for Physical Notes in accordance with the rules and procedures of DTC
and the provisions of Section 2.17. In addition, Physical Notes shall be
transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests
in the Global Note if (i) DTC notifies the Company that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as DTC for the Global Note and a successor depository is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or (ii) an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a written
request from DTC to issue Physical Notes.
(c) In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the
beneficial interest in the Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to
paragraph (b), 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 the Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount
of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be transferred, and the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more
Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.
(d) In connection with the transfer of the entire Global Note to
beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b), the 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 exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Note, an
equal aggregate principal amount of Physical Notes of authorized denominations.
(e) Any Physical Note constituting a Restricted Security delivered in
exchange for an interest in the Global Note pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c)
shall, except as otherwise provided by paragraphs (a)(i)(x) and (c) of Section
2.17, bear the legend regarding transfer restrictions applicable to the Physical
Notes set forth in Section 2.15.
(f) The Holder of the Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise
authorize any person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold
interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled
to take under this Indenture or the Notes.
SECTION 2.17. Special Transfer Provisions.
(a) Transfers to Non-U.S. Persons. The following provisions shall
apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Note
constituting a Restricted Security to any Non-U.S. Person:
(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer of any Note
constituting a Restricted Security, whether or not such Note bears the
Private Placement Legend, if (x) the requested transfer is after the
second anniversary of the Issue Date (provided, however, that neither
the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company has held any beneficial
interest in such Note, or portion thereof, at any time on or prior to
the second anniversary of the Issue Date) or (y) the proposed
transferor has delivered to the Registrar a certificate substantially
in the form of Exhibit C hereto; and
(ii) if the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a
beneficial interest in the Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar
of the certificate, if any, required by paragraph (i) above and written
instructions given in accordance with the procedures of DTC and the
Registrar, then (x) the Registrar shall reflect on its books and
records the date and (if the transfer does not involve a transfer of
outstanding Physical Notes) a decrease in the principal amount of the
Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the
beneficial interest in the Global Note to be transferred, and (y) the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
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 transfer of a Note constituting a
Restricted Security to a QIB (excluding transfers to Non-U.S. Persons):
(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer if such
transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the box
provided for on the form of 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 for on the form of Note stating, or
has otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in writing, 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
(ii) if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the
Notes to be transferred consist of Physical Notes which after transfer
are to be evidenced by an interest in the Global Note, upon receipt by
the Registrar of written 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 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 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
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) the requested transfer is after the second anniversary of the Issue
Date (provided, however, that neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the
Company has held any beneficial interest in such Note, or portion thereof, at
any time prior to or on the second anniversary of the Issue Date), or (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.
(d) General. By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private
Placement Legend, each Holder of such a Note acknowledges the restrictions on
transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the Private Placement
Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note only as provided in this
Indenture.
The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other
written communications received pursuant to Section 2.16 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 during the
Registrar's normal business hours upon the giving of reasonable written notice
to the Registrar.
(e) Transfers of Notes Held by Affiliates. Any certificate (i)
evidencing a Note that has been transferred to an Affiliate of the Company
within two years after the Issue Date, as evidenced by a notation on the
Assignment Form for such transfer or in the representation letter delivered in
respect thereof, for so long as such Note is held by such Affiliate, or (ii)
evidencing a Note that has been acquired from an Affiliate (other than by an
Affiliate) in a transaction or a chain of transactions not involving any public
offering, shall, until two years after the last date on which the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company was an owner of such Note, in each case, bear the
legend in substantially the form set forth in Section 2.15(a), unless otherwise
agreed by the Company (with written notice thereof to the Trustee).
SECTION 2.18. Liquidated Damages Under Registration Rights Agreement.
Under certain circumstances, the Company shall be obligated to pay
certain Liquidated Damages to the Holders, all as set forth in Section 4 of the
Registration Rights Agreement. The terms thereof are hereby incorporated herein
by reference.
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the
Notes, it shall notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent in writing of the
Redemption Date and the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed.
The Company shall give each notice provided for in this Section 3.01
at least 60 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter notice period
shall be satisfactory to the Trustee, as evidenced in a writing signed on behalf
of the Trustee), together with an Officers' Certificate stating that such
redemption shall comply with the conditions contained herein and in the Notes.
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed.
If fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the
Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed in compliance with the
requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the
Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not listed on a national securities
exchange, on a pro rata basis or by lot or by such method as the Trustee shall
deem fair and appropriate. If the Notes are listed on any national securities
exchange, the Company shall notify the Trustee of the requirements of such
exchange in respect of any redemption. The Trustee shall make the selection from
the Notes outstanding and not previously called for redemption and shall
promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and,
in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed. Notes in denominations of $1,000 may be redeemed only in
whole. The Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal to $1,000 or any
integral multiple thereof) of the principal of Notes that have denominations
larger than $1,000. 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 but not 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 whose Notes are to be redeemed, with a copy to the
Trustee and any Paying Agent. At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give
the notice of redemption in the Company's name and at the Company's expense. The
Company shall provide such notices of redemption to the Trustee at least five
Business Days before the intended mailing date.
Each notice for redemption shall identify (including the CUSIP number)
the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
1. the Redemption Date;
2. the Redemption Price and the amount of accrued interest, if
any, to be paid;
3. the name and address of the Paying Agent;
4. the subparagraph of the Notes pursuant to which such
redemption is being made;
5. that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the
Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if
any;
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, and the only remaining right of the
Holders of such Notes is to receive payment of the Redemption Price
plus accrued interest, if any, upon surrender to the Paying Agent of
the Notes redeemed;
7. 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 the aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
thereof will be issued; and
8. if fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the
identification of the particular Notes (or portion thereof) to be
redeemed, as well as the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be
redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be outstanding
after such partial redemption.
SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03,
Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at
the Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any. Upon surrender to the
Trustee or Paying Agent, such Notes called for redemption shall be paid at the
Redemption Price plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date, but
installments of interest, the maturity of which is on or prior to the Redemption
Date, shall be payable to Holders of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to in the Notes.
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or before the Redemption Date and in accordance with Section 2.14
hereof, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any, of all
Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Paying Agent shall promptly return to the
Company any U.S. Legal Tender so deposited which is not required for that
purpose, except with respect to monies owed as obligations to the Trustee
pursuant to Article Seven.
If the Company complies with the preceding paragraph, then, unless the
Company defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price plus accrued interest,
if any, interest on the Notes to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after
the applicable Redemption Date, whether or not such Notes are presented for
payment.
SECTION 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Note that is to be redeemed in part, the Trustee
shall authenticate for the Holder a new Note or Notes equal in principal amount
to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.
ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes.
(a) The Company shall pay the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and
in this Indenture.
(b) An installment of principal of or interest on the Notes shall be
considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent (other than
the Company or any of its Affiliates) holds, prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City
time on that date, U.S. Legal Tender designated for and sufficient to pay the
installment in full and is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or the Notes.
(c) The Company shall pay, to the extent such payments are lawful,
interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and on overdue installments of interest
(without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at
the rate borne by the Notes. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Indenture, the Company may, to the extent it is required to do so by law, deduct
or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States of
America from principal or interest payments hereunder.
SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain the office or agency required under Section
2.03. The Company shall give prior written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the
Trustee set forth in Section 10.02.
SECTION 4.03. Corporate Existence.
Except as otherwise permitted by Article Five or by Section 4.16, the
Company shall do or cause to be done, at its own cost and expense, all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence
and the corporate existence of each of the Subsidiaries in accordance with the
respective organizational documents of each such Subsidiary and the material
rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company and each such
Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
preserve, with respect to itself, any material right or franchise and, with
respect to any Subsidiary, any such existence, material right or franchise, if
the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of
the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.04. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all material taxes, assessments and
governmental charges (including withholding taxes and any penalties, interest
and additions to taxes) levied or imposed upon it or any Subsidiary or
properties of it or any Subsidiary and (ii) all material lawful claims for
labor, materials and supplies that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon
the property of it or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such
tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is
being contested in good faith by appropriate negotiations or proceedings
properly instituted and diligently conducted for which adequate reserves, to the
extent required under GAAP, have been taken.
SECTION 4.05. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance.
(a) The Company shall, and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to,
maintain all properties used or useful in the conduct of its business in good
working order and condition (subject to ordinary wear and tear) and make all
necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, additions, betterments and
improvements thereto; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.05 shall
prevent the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from discontinuing the
operation and maintenance of any of its properties, if such discontinuance is
(i) in the ordinary course of business pursuant to customary business terms or
(ii) in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors or other governing
body of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, desirable
in the conduct of their respective businesses and is not disadvantageous in any
material respect to the Holders.
(b) The Company shall provide or cause to be provided, for itself and
each Restricted Subsidiary, insurance (including appropriate self-insurance)
against loss or damage of the kinds that, in the good faith judgment of the
Company, are adequate and appropriate for the conduct of the business of the
Company and such Restricted Subsidiary in a prudent manner, with reputable
insurers or with the government of the United States of America or an agency or
instrumentality thereof, in such amounts, with such deductibles, and by such
methods as shall be customary, in the good faith judgment of the Company, for
companies similarly situated in the industry and owning like properties.
SECTION 4.06. Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 105 days after
the end of the Company's fiscal year, a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice
President and by the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or any Assistant
Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company (provided,
however, that one of such signatories shall be the Company's principal executive
officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer), as to
such Officers' knowledge of the Company's compliance with all conditions and
covenants under this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice provided hereunder) and in the event any Default exists,
such Officers shall specify the nature of such Default.
(b) (i) If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or (ii) if any Holder seeks to exercise any remedy hereunder with
respect to a claimed Default under this Indenture or the Notes, the Company
shall deliver to the Trustee, at its address set forth in Section 10.02, by
registered or certified mail or by facsimile transmission followed by hard copy
by registered or certified mail an Officers' Certificate specifying such event,
notice or other action within five Business Days of its becoming aware of such
occurrence.
SECTION 4.07. Compliance with Laws.
The Company shall comply, and shall cause each Subsidiary to comply,
with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders and restrictions of the
United States of America, all states and municipalities thereof, and of any
governmental department, commission, board, regulatory authority, bureau, agency
and instrumentality of the foregoing, in respect of the conduct of their
respective businesses and the ownership of their respective properties, except
for such noncompliances as would not singly or in the aggregate have a material
adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of
the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.08. Waiver of Stay, Extension
or Usury Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, plead, 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 that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any
portion of the principal of 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 it may
lawfully do so) the Company hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of
any such law, and covenants that it 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 4.09. Provision of Financial Statements
and Information.
(a) Whether or not the Company is subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, the Company will file with the Commission, so long as any
Notes are outstanding, the annual reports, quarterly reports and other periodic
reports which the Company would have been required to file with the Commission
pursuant to such Section 13(a) or 15(d) if the Company were so subject, and such
documents shall be filed with the Commission on or prior to the respective dates
(the "Required Filing Dates") by which the Company would have been required so
to file such documents if the Company were so subject. Upon qualification of
this Indenture under the TIA, the Company shall also comply with the provisions
of TIA ss. 314(a).
(b) The Company will also in any event (i) within 15 days of each
Required Filing Date, file with the Trustee, and supply the Trustee with copies
for delivery to the Holders of the Notes, the annual reports, quarterly reports
and other periodic reports which the Company would have been required to file
with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if
the Company were subject to such Sections and (ii) if the Commission will not
accept the filing of such documents promptly upon written request and payment of
the reasonable cost of duplication and delivery, supply copies of such documents
to any prospective Holder of the Notes.
(c) If the Company is not subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, the Company shall provide to any Holder or any beneficial owner of
Notes any information reasonably requested by such Holder or such beneficial
owner concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries (including financial
statements) necessary in order to permit such Holder or such beneficial owner to
sell or transfer Notes in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
SECTION 4.10. Limitation on Incurrence of
Indebtedness.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, create, incur, issue, assume or directly or indirectly guarantee
or in any other manner become directly or indirectly liable for ("incur") any
Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), except that the Company may incur
Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) if, at the time of, and immediately after
giving pro forma effect to, such incurrence of Indebtedness, the Consolidated
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio of the Company for the most recently ended four fiscal
quarters would be at least (i) prior to August 15, 1999, 2.5 to 1.0 and (ii) on
and after August 15, 1999, 3.0 to 1.0.
(b) The foregoing limitations will not apply to the incurrence of any
of the following (collectively, "Permitted Indebtedness"), each of which shall
be given independent effect:
(i) Senior Bank Debt of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time
outstanding the greater of (x) $50.0 million, and (y) the sum, at such time, of
(I) 85% of the consolidated book value of net accounts receivable and current
notes receivable of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (II) 60% of
the consolidated book value of inventory of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(ii) Indebtedness of the Company represented by the Notes
and the Exchange Notes;
(iii) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
not covered by any other clause of this paragraph which is outstanding
on the Issue Date ("Existing Indebtedness");
(iv) Indebtedness owed by any Restricted Subsidiary to the
Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary, or owed by the Company to
any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that any such
Indebtedness shall at all times be held by a Person which is either the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that
upon either (a) the transfer or other disposition of any such
Indebtedness to a Person other than the Company or another Restricted
Subsidiary or (b) the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of
shares of Capital Stock (including by consolidation or merger) of any
such Restricted Subsidiary to a Person other than the Company or
another Restricted Subsidiary resulting in such Restricted Subsidiary
ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary, the incurrence of such
Indebtedness shall be deemed to be an incurrence that must be permitted
by this covenant other than by virtue of this clause (iv);
(v) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
arising with respect to Interest Rate Agreement Obligations and
Currency Agreement Obligations incurred for the purpose of fixing or
hedging interest rate risk or currency risk with respect to any fixed
or floating rate Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms hereof to
be outstanding or with respect to any receivable or liability the
payment of which is determined by reference to a foreign currency;
(vi) Indebtedness represented by performance, completion,
guarantee, surety and similar bonds provided by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice;
(vii) Any Indebtedness incurred in connection with or given in
exchange for the renewal, extension, substitution, refunding,
defeasance, refinancing or replacement, in whole or in part (a
"refinancing"), of any Indebtedness incurred as permitted under the
first paragraph of this covenant or any Indebtedness described in
clauses (ii) or (iii) above and this clause (vii) ("Refinancing
Indebtedness"); provided, however, that (a) the principal amount of
such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not exceed the principal amount (or
accreted amount, if less) of the Indebtedness so refinanced (plus the
premiums and reasonable expenses to be paid in connection therewith);
(b) if the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being
refinanced is equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to
Maturity of the Notes, the Refinancing Indebtedness shall have a
Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted
Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced; (c) with
respect to Refinancing Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Notes,
such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be at least as subordinated in
right of payment to the Notes as, the Indebtedness being refinanced;
and (d) the Company or the obligor on such Refinancing Indebtedness
shall be the obligor on the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(viii) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to
letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business, including,
without limitation, letters of credit in respect of workers'
compensation claims or self-insurance, or other Indebtedness with
respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers'
compensation claims or self-insurance;
(ix) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
arising from agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of
purchase price or similar obligations, in each case incurred or assumed
in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a
Subsidiary, other than Guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any
Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a
Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided that
the maximum liability in respect of such Indebtedness shall not exceed
the gross proceeds actually received by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition; and
(x) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
in addition to that described in clauses (i) through (ix) above, and
any renewals, extensions, substitutions, refinancings or replacements
of such Indebtedness, so long as the aggregate principal amount of all
such Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (x) does not exceed
$20.0 million at any one time outstanding.
(c) For purposes of determining any particular amount of Indebtedness
under this Section 4.10, Guarantees, Liens or obligations with respect to
letters of credit supporting Indebtedness otherwise included in the
determination of such particular amount shall not be included.
(d) Indebtedness of any Person which is outstanding at the time such
Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged with or into or consolidated
with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to have been
incurred at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged
with or into or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, and
Indebtedness which is assumed at the time of the acquisition of any asset shall
be deemed to have been incurred at the time of such acquisition.
SECTION 4.11. Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make any Restricted Payment, unless at
the time of and immediately after giving effect to the proposed Restricted
Payment (with the value of any such Restricted Payment, if other than cash, to
be determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company):
(i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;
(ii) the Company could incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to
Section 4.10(a); and
(iii) the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments made
after the Issue Date shall not exceed the sum of:
(a) an amount equal to 50% of the Company's aggregate
cumulative Consolidated Net Income accrued on a cumulative
basis during the period (treated as one accounting period)
beginning on the Issue Date and ending on the date of such
proposed Restricted Payment (or, if such aggregate cumulative
Consolidated Net Income for such period shall be a deficit,
minus 100% of such deficit); plus
(b) the aggregate amount of all net cash proceeds
received since the Issue Date by the Company from the issuance
and sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of, or equity
contribution with respect to, Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) and the principal amount of Indebtedness
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary issued or incurred
on or after the Issue Date that has been converted into or
exchanged for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock),
in any such case to the extent that such proceeds are not used
to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire Capital
Stock or any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary pursuant to clause (ii) of the next paragraph; plus
(c) the amount of the net reduction in Restricted
Investments resulting from (x) the payment of dividends or the
repayment in cash of the principal of loans or the cash return
on any Restricted Investment, in each case to the extent
received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (y) the
release or extinguishment of any guarantee of Indebtedness
which guarantee constituted a Restricted Investment, and (z)
in the case of Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the
redesignation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Restricted
Subsidiaries (valued as provided in the definition of
"Investment"), such aggregate amount of the net reduction in
Restricted Investments not to exceed the amount of Restricted
Investments previously made by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, which amount was included in the calculation of
the amount of Restricted Payments.
(b) Section 4.11(a) shall not prohibit so long as no Default or Event
of Default is continuing, the following actions (collectively, "Permitted
Payments"):
(i) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the
date of declaration thereof, if at such declaration date such payment
would have been permitted under this Indenture (which payment shall be
deemed to have been paid on such date of declaration for purposes of
Section 4.11(a)(iii));
(ii) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other
acquisition of any Capital Stock or any Indebtedness of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of,
the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted
Subsidiary) of, or equity contribution with respect to, Capital Stock
of the Company (other than any Disqualified Stock);
(iii) cash dividends on the Common Stock of the Company paid
in the ordinary course consistent with past practice; provided that the
Company could incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other
than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 4.10(a);
(iv) the redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of
Capital Stock of the Company issued to X. Xxxxxxxx-XxXxxxx Ltd in an
amount not to exceed $40.0 million out of net proceeds received by the
Company from the issuance and sale of the Notes; and
(v) other payments not otherwise permitted by the foregoing
clauses (i) through (iv) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10
million.
(c) For purposes of Section 4.11(a)(iii), the Permitted Payments
referred to in clauses (i), (iv) and (v) of Section 4.11(b) shall be included in
the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made since the Issue Date.
(d) Not later than thirty (30) days after the end of any fiscal
quarter of the Company during which any Restricted Payment or Restricted
Investment has been made, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that such Restricted Payment or Restricted Investment
complies with this Indenture and setting forth in reasonable detail the basis
upon which the required calculations were computed, which calculations may be
based upon the Company's latest available internal quarterly financial
statements.
SECTION 4.12. Limitation on Liens.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien
securing Indebtedness (other than Permitted Liens) on any asset now owned or
hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or convey any
right to receive income therefrom to secure any such Indebtedness, unless (i) if
such Lien secures Indebtedness which is pari passu with the Notes, then the
Notes are secured on an equal and ratable basis with the obligations so secured
until such time as such obligation is no longer secured by a Lien or (ii) if
such Lien secures Indebtedness which is subordinated to the Notes, any such Lien
shall be subordinated to a Lien granted to the holders of the Notes in the same
collateral as that securing such Lien to the same extent as such subordinated
Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes.
SECTION 4.13. Limitation on Dividends and Other
Payment Restrictions Affecting
Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause to become effective any
consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any
Restricted Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to
the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary on its Capital Stock or with
respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits,
or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary,
(ii) make loans or advances to, or issue Guarantees for the benefit of, the
Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) transfer any of its
properties or assets to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary, except
for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(a) applicable law;
(b) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of
an Acquired Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to
the extent such Indebtedness was incurred in connection with or in
contemplation of such acquisition); provided, however, that no such
encumbrance or restriction is applicable to any Person, or the
properties or assets of any Person, other than the Acquired Person;
(c) by reason of customary non-assignment, subletting or net
worth provisions in leases or other agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;
(d) Purchase Money Obligations for property acquired in the
ordinary course of business that impose restrictions only on the
property so acquired;
(e) an agreement for the sale or disposition of assets or the
Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such
restriction or encumbrance is only applicable to such Restricted
Subsidiary or assets, as applicable, and such sale or disposition
otherwise is permitted by Section 4.16; provided, further, however,
that such restriction or encumbrance shall be effective only for a
period from the execution and delivery of such agreement through a
termination date not later than 180 days after such execution and
delivery;
(f) this Indenture and the Notes; and
(g) Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant
to Section 4.10; provided, however, that any such encumbrances and
restrictions are, in the good faith judgment of the Company's Board of
Directors, no more restrictive, in any material respect, than those
contained in the Indebtedness being so refinanced.
SECTION 4.14. Limitation on Transactions with
Affiliates.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary 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 of the Company unless (1) such transaction or series of transactions
is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that could reasonably be obtainable
at such time in a comparable transaction in arm's-length dealings with an
unrelated third party, and (2) the Company delivers to the Trustee (a) with
respect to any transaction or series of transactions involving aggregate
payments in excess of $1,000,000, an Officers' Certificate certifying that such
transaction or series of related transactions complies with clause (1) above and
(b) with respect to any transaction or series of transactions involving
aggregate payments in excess of $2.0 million, an Officers' Certificate
certifying that such transaction or series of related transactions has been
approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company
(and approved by a majority of the Independent Directors or, in the event there
is only one Independent Director, by such Independent Director), and (c) with
respect to any transaction or series of transactions involving aggregate
payments in excess of $10.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the
Company from a financial point of view issued by an investment banking firm of
national standing.
(b) Section 4.14(a) will not apply to (i) employment
agreements or compensation or employee benefit arrangements with any officer,
director or employee of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
entered into in the ordinary course of business (including customary benefits
thereunder and including reimbursement or advancement of out-of-pocket expenses,
and director's and officer's liability insurance); (ii) any transaction entered
into by or among the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries with one or
more Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company; (iii) any transaction permitted by
Section 4.11(b); and (iv) transactions permitted by, and complying with, Article
Five.
SECTION 4.15. Change of Control.
(a) In the event of a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the
right, unless the Company has given a notice of redemption, subject to the terms
and conditions of this Indenture, to require the Company to offer to purchase
all or any portion (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of such
Holder's Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate
principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date
of purchase, in accordance with the terms set forth below (a "Change of Control
Offer").
(b) On or before the 30th day following the occurrence of any Change
of Control, the Company shall mail, by first-class mail (with a copy to the
Trustee), to each Holder at such Holder's registered address a notice stating:
(i) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder has the right to
require the Company to purchase all or a portion (equal to $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof) of such Holder's Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to
101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the date of purchase (the "Change of Control Purchase
Date"), which shall be a business day, specified in such notice, that is not
earlier than 30 days or later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed;
(ii) the amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, as of the Change of
Control Purchase Date; (iii) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue
interest; (iv) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the purchase
price for the Notes payable pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, any Notes
accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to
accrue interest on the Change of Control Purchase Date; (v) that Holders
electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a 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 second
Business Day prior to the Change of Control Purchase Date; (vi) that Holders
will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not
later than the second Business Day prior to the Change of Control Purchase Date,
a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the
principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement
that such Xxxxxx is withdrawing his election to have such Notes purchased; (vii)
that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in
a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered;
provided, however, that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in
an original principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof; (viii) the
circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control; and (ix) such
other information as may be required by applicable laws and regulations.
(c) On the Change of Control Purchase Date, the Company will (x)
accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Change
of Control Offer, (y) deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient
to pay the aggregate purchase price of all Notes or portions thereof accepted
for payment, and (z) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee all Notes
tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer. The Paying Agent shall
promptly mail to each Holder of Notes or portions thereof accepted for payment
an amount equal to the purchase price for such Notes plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, thereon, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail
to each Holder of Notes accepted for payment in part a new Note equal in
principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes, and any Note not
accepted for payment in whole or in part shall be promptly returned to the
Holder of such Note. On and after a Change of Control Purchase Date, interest
will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof accepted for payment,
unless the Company defaults in the payment of the purchase price therefor. The
Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or
as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Purchase Date.
(d) The Company will comply with the applicable tender offer rules,
including the requirements of Section 14(e) and Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange
Act, and all other applicable securities laws and regulations in connection with
any Change of Control Offer and will be deemed not to be in violation of any of
the covenants under this Indenture to the extent such compliance is in conflict
with such covenants.
SECTION 4.16. Limitation on Asset Sales.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, make any Asset Sale unless (i) the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset
Sale at least equal to the fair market value (as evidenced by a resolution of
the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers' Certificate delivered to the
Trustee) of the assets or other property sold or disposed of in the Asset Sale
and (ii) at least 75% of such consideration consists of either cash or Cash
Equivalents; provided, however, that for purposes of this Section 4.16, "cash"
shall include (x) the amount of any Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness
that is by its terms subordinated to the Notes) of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary as shown on the Company's or such Restricted Subsidiary's
most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto that is assumed by the
transferee of any such assets or other property in such Asset Sale (and
excluding any liabilities that are incurred in connection with or in
anticipation of such Asset Sale), but only to the extent that such assumption is
effected on a basis such that there is no further recourse to the Company or any
of the Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to such liabilities and (y) any
notes, obligations or securities received by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted within 60 days by the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received).
(b) Within one year after any Asset Sale, the Company or the
applicable Restricted Subsidiary may elect to apply the Net Proceeds from such
Asset Sale to (a) permanently reduce any Senior Bank Debt of the Company and/or
(b) make an investment in, or acquire assets and properties that will be used
in, a Related Business. Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds,
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily invest such Net
Proceeds in any Investments described under clauses (i) through (iii) of the
definition of Permitted Investments. Any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale not
applied or invested as provided in the first sentence of this Section 4.16(b)
within one year of such Asset Sale will be deemed to constitute "Excess
Proceeds."
(c) Each date that the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds in respect
of which an Asset Sale Offer (as defined below) has not been made exceeds $10.0
million shall be deemed an "Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date." As soon as
practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days after each Asset Sale
Offer Trigger Date, the Company shall commence an offer (an "Asset Sale Offer")
to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes that may be purchased out of
the Excess Proceeds. Any Notes to be purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer
shall be purchased pro rata based on the aggregate principal amount of Notes
outstanding, and all Notes shall be purchased at an offer price in cash in an
amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the date of purchase. To the extent that any Excess
Proceeds remain after completion of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use the
remaining amount for general corporate purposes otherwise permitted by this
Indenture. Upon the consummation of any Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess
Proceeds shall be deemed to be reset to zero.
(d) Notice of an Asset Sale Offer shall be mailed, by first-class mail
(with a copy to the Trustee), by the Company not later than the 20th business
day after the related Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date to each Holder of Notes at
such Holder's registered address, stating: (i) that an Asset Sale Offer Trigger
Date has occurred and that the Company is offering to purchase the maximum
principal amount of Notes that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds (to
the extent provided in the immediately preceding paragraph), at an offer price
in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of the purchase (the "Asset Sale Offer
Purchase Date"), which shall be a business day, specified in such notice, that
is not earlier than 30 days or later than 60 days from the date such notice is
mailed, (ii) the amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, as of the Asset
Sale Offer Purchase Date, (iii) that any Note not tendered will continue to
accrue interest, (iv) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the
purchase price for the Notes payable pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, any Notes
accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue
interest after the Asset Sale Offer Purchase Date, (v) that Holders electing to
have a Note purchased pursuant to a Asset Sale 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 third Business Day
prior to the Asset Sale Offer Purchase Date, (vi) that Holders will be entitled
to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the
second Business Day prior to the Asset Sale Offer Purchase Date, a facsimile
transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal
amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such
Xxxxxx is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased, (vii) that
Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a
principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered;
provided, however, that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in
an original principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof, and (viii)
such other information as may be required by applicable laws and regulations.
(e) On the Asset Sale Offer Purchase Date, the Company will (i) accept
for payment the maximum principal amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered
pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer that can be purchased out of Excess Proceeds
from such Asset Sale that are to be applied to an Asset Sale Offer, (ii) deposit
with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the aggregate purchase
price of all Notes or portions thereof accepted for payment, and (iii) deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Trustee all Notes tendered pursuant to the Asset
Sale Offer. If less than all Notes tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer are
accepted for payment by the Company for any reason consistent with this
Indenture, selection of the Notes to be purchased by the Company shall be in
compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange,
if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not so listed, on a
pro rata basis or by lot; provided, however, that Notes accepted for payment in
part shall only be purchased in integral multiples of $1,000. The Paying Agent
shall promptly mail to each Holder of Notes or portions thereof accepted for
payment an amount equal to the purchase price for such Notes plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, thereon, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate
and mail to such Holder of Notes accepted for payment in part a new Note equal
in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes, and any Note not
accepted for payment in whole or in part shall be promptly returned to the
Holder of such Note. On and after an Asset Sale Offer Purchase Date, interest
will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof accepted for payment,
unless the Company defaults in the payment of the purchase price therefor. The
Company will publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on or as soon
as practicable after the Asset Sale Offer Purchase Date.
(f) This Section 4.16 will not apply to a transaction consummated in
compliance with Article Five.
(g) The Company will comply with the applicable tender offer rules,
including the requirements of Section 14(e) and Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange
Act, and all other applicable securities laws and regulations in connection with
any Asset Sale Offer and will be deemed not to be in violation of any of the
covenants under this Indenture to the extent such compliance is in conflict with
such covenants.
SECTION 4.17. Limitation on Designation of
Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
(a) The Company shall not designate any Subsidiary of the Company
(other than a newly created Subsidiary in which no Investment has previously
been made) as an "Unrestricted Subsidiary" under this Indenture (a
"Designation") unless:
(i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at
the time of or after giving effect to such Designation;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such Designation, the
Company would be able to incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other
than Permitted Indebtedness) under Section 4.10(a); and
(iii) the Company would not be prohibited under this Indenture
from making an Investment at the time of such Designation in an amount
(the "Designation Amount") equal to the greater of (x) the book value
of such Restricted Subsidiary on such date and (y) the Fair Market
Value of such Restricted Subsidiary on such date.
In the event of any such Designation, the Company shall be deemed to have made
an Investment constituting a Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 4.11 for all
purposes of this Indenture in an amount equal to the Designation Amount.
(b) The Company shall not designate an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a
Restricted Subsidiary (a "Redesignation"), unless:
(i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at
the time of and after giving effect to such Redesignation; and
(ii) all Liens and Indebtedness of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary outstanding immediately following such Redesignation shall
be deemed to have been incurred at such time and shall have been
permitted to be incurred for all purposes of this Indenture.
An Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be redesignated as a
Restricted Subsidiary at any time if (a) the Company or any other Restricted
Subsidiary (i) provides credit support for, or a guarantee of, any Indebtedness
of such Unrestricted Subsidiary (including any undertaking, agreement or
instrument evidencing such Indebtedness) or (ii) is directly or indirectly
liable for any Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or (b) a default
with respect to any Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary (including any
right which the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against it)
would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to declare a default on
such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or
payable prior to its final scheduled maturity, except in the case of clause (a)
to the extent permitted under Section 4.11.
(c) All Designations and Redesignations shall be evidenced by Board
Resolutions delivered to the Trustee certifying compliance with the foregoing
provisions. Subsidiaries that are not designated by the Board of Directors as
Restricted or Unrestricted Subsidiaries will be deemed to be Restricted
Subsidiaries. The Designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary shall be deemed a Designation of all of the Subsidiaries of such
Unrestricted Subsidiary as Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.01. Merger, Consolidation
and Sale of Assets.
(a) The Company shall not, in any single transaction or series of
related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the
Company is the Surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets
(determined on a consolidated basis for the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries) in one or more related transactions to, another Person, and the
Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to enter into any such
transaction or series of related transactions if such transaction or series of
related transactions, in the aggregate, would result in a sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the properties and assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, to another Person, unless (i) the Surviving Person is a corporation
organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or
the District of Columbia; (ii) the Surviving Person (if other than the Company)
assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture and,
if then in effect, the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to a supplemental
indenture or other written agreement, as the case may be, in a form reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee; (iii) immediately after such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (iv)
immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction or series of
related transactions, the Surviving Person (x) would have a Consolidated Net
Worth equal to or greater than the Consolidated Net Worth of the Company
immediately preceding such transaction and (y) would be permitted to incur at
least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness)
pursuant to Section 4.10(a). Notwithstanding clauses (iii) and (iv) above, any
Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part
of its properties and assets to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary.
In the event of any transaction (other than a lease) described in and
complying with the conditions listed in the immediately preceding paragraph in
which the Company is not the Surviving Person, such Surviving Person shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of,
the Company, and the Company shall be discharged from its obligations under,
this Indenture, the Notes and the Registration Rights Agreement.
(b) In connection with any such consolidation, merger, amalgamation,
transfer, lease or disposition, the Company or such Person shall have delivered
to the Trustee (i) an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, stating that such
consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer,
lease or disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection
with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with this Indenture
and that all conditions precedent therein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with, and (ii) if a supplemental indenture is
required in connection with such transaction, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, that such supplemental
indenture constitutes the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of
the Surviving Person.
(c) For purposes of the foregoing, 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 Subsidiaries, 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 Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation, amalgamation or merger, or any sale,
assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition of all or substantially
all of the properties and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01,
the Surviving Person shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise
every right and power of the Company under this Indenture, with the same effect
as if such successor had been named as the Company in this Indenture; and
thereafter, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants
under this Indenture and the Notes.
ARTICLE SIX
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default.
"Events of Default", wherever used herein, means any one of the
following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it
shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant
to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation
of any administrative or governmental body):
(i) a default for 30 days in the payment when due of
interest on, or Liquidated Damages (if any) with respect to any Note;
(ii) a default in the payment when due of principal on any
Note, whether upon maturity, acceleration, optional redemption,
required repurchase or otherwise;
(iii) failure to perform or comply with any covenant,
agreement or warranty in this Indenture (other than the defaults
specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above) which failure continues for 30
days after written notice thereof has been given to the Company by the
Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least
25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes;
(iv) the occurrence of one or more defaults under any
agreements, indentures or instruments under which the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary then has outstanding Indebtedness in excess of
$10.0 million in the aggregate and, if not already matured at its final
maturity in accordance with its terms, such Indebtedness shall have
been accelerated;
(v) one or more judgments, orders or decrees for the payment
of money in excess of $10.0 million, either individually or in the
aggregate, shall be entered against the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary or any of their respective properties and which judgments,
orders or decrees are not paid, discharged, bonded or stayed or stayed
pending appeal for a period of 60 days after their entry; or
(vi) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall (A)
commence a voluntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with
respect to itself, (B) consent to the entry of a judgment, decree or
order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding under
any Bankruptcy Law, (C) consent to the appointment of a Custodian of it
or for substantially all of its property, (D) consent to or acquiesce
in the institution of a bankruptcy or an insolvency proceeding against
it, (E) make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (F)
admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or
(G) take any corporate action to authorize or effect any of the
foregoing; or
(vii) a court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a
judgment, decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law which shall (A) approve as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition in
respect of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (B) appoint a
Custodian of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or for
substantially all of its property or (C) order the winding-up or
liquidation of its affairs; and such judgment, decree or order shall
remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days.
The Company shall provide an Officers' Certificate to the Trustee
within five days of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default (provided,
however, that pursuant to Section 4.06 hereof the Company shall provide such
certification at least annually whether or not they know of any Default or Event
of Default) that has occurred and, if applicable, describe such Default or Event
of Default and the status thereof.
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration.
(a) If any Event of Default (other than as specified in clause (vi) or
(vii) of Section 6.01 with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall,
declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately by notice in writing to
the Company, and to the Company and the Trustee if by the Holders, specifying
the respective Event of Default and that such notice is a "notice of
acceleration," and the Notes shall become immediately due and payable.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from
the events specified in clause (vi) or (vii) of Section 6.01 with respect to the
Company, the principal of, premium, if any, and any accrued interest on all
outstanding Notes shall ipso facto become immediately due and payable without
further action or notice.
(b) At any time after a declaration of acceleration, but before a
judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the
Trustee, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes outstanding,
by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences if (i) the Company has paid or deposited with
the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (A) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee
and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, (B) all overdue interest (including any
interest accrued subsequent to an Event of Default specified in clause (vi) or
(vii) of Section 6.01 hereof) on all Notes, (C) the principal of and premium, if
any, on any Notes which have become due otherwise than by such declaration or
occurrence of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate borne by the Notes,
and (D) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon
overdue interest at the rate borne by the Notes; and (ii) all Events of Default,
other than the non-payment of principal of Notes which have become due solely by
such declaration or occurrence of acceleration, have been cured or waived; and
(iii) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment, order or decree of
any court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of
all of the Notes, waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences under this Indenture except (i) a continuing Default or Event of
Default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on,
the Notes (which may be waived only with the consent of each Holder of Notes
affected), or (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision which under this
Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Note outstanding.
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 the principal of, premium, if any, or 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.
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Subject to Sections 2.09, 6.07 and 9.02, prior to the declaration of
acceleration of the Notes, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf
of all of the Holders waive any past Default or Event of Default and its
consequences, except a Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any,
or interest on any Note as specified in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 6.01 or
a Default in respect of any term or provision of this Indenture that may not be
modified or amended without the consent of each Holder affected as provided in
Section 9.02. In case of any such waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the
Holders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and
under the Notes, respectively. This paragraph of this Section 6.04 shall be in
lieu of ss. 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA and such ss. 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA is
hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by the
TIA.
Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist and be deemed
to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred for every
purpose of this Indenture and the Notes, but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority.
Subject to Section 2.09, the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Notes may 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 it, including, without limitation,
any remedies provided for in Section 6.03; provided, however, that the Trustee
may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent
with such direction. Subject to Section 7.01, however, the Trustee may refuse to
follow any direction that the Trustee reasonably believes conflicts with any law
or this Indenture, that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the
rights of another Holder or that exposes the Trustee to personal liability. This
Section 6.05 shall be in lieu of ss. 316(a)(1)(A) of the TIA, and such ss.
316(a)(1)(A) of the TIA is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the
Notes, as permitted by the TIA.
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial
or otherwise with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of
the outstanding Notes shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own
name as Trustee;
(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has
been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.
A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another
Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over such other Holder.
SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders To Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Notes,
the right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on a Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such
Note, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the express prior
written consent of such Holder.
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default in payment of principal or interest specified
in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 6.01 of this Indenture 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 other obligor on the Notes for the
whole amount of the principal, premium, if any, 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
as set forth in Section 4.01 and such further amount as shall be sufficient to
cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel.
SECTION 6.09. 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, taxes,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the
Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relating to the Company or any other
obligor upon the Notes, any of their respective creditors or any of their
respective 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, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceedings 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, taxes, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agent and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07. The
Company's payment obligations under this Section 6.09 shall be secured in
accordance with the provisions of Section 7.07 hereunder. Nothing herein
contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or
accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder
thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 6.10. Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money or property 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;
Second: if the Holders are forced to proceed against the
Company directly without the Trustee, to Holders for their collection
costs;
Third: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for
principal and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for
principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and
Fourth: to the Company or any other obligor on the Notes, as
their interests may appear, or to such party as a court of competent
jurisdiction may direct.
The Trustee, upon prior notice to the Company, may fix a record date
and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10.
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by
it as 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 and expenses, 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 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a
Holder pursuant to Section 6.06, or a suit by a Holder or group of Holders of
more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee
shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and
use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof as a prudent
person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own
affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no covenants or
obligations shall be implied in this Indenture that are adverse to the
Trustee; and
(2) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture. However, in the case of any such certificates or
opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the certificates
and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, 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 by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved
that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(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 Section 6.02, 6.04 or 6.05.
(d) 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 duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
(e) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the
Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 7.01 and
Section 7.02.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
or assets received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the
Company. Assets held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other
assets of the Trustee except to the extent required by law.
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee.
Subject to Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in
acting or refraining from acting upon any document believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
consult with counsel of its selection and may require an Officers'
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, or both, which shall conform to
Sections 10.04 and 10.05. The Trustee shall not be liable for any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such
Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel or upon the advice of
counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and
shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent
appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action that it
takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be
authorized or within its rights or powers.
(e) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in
its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be
entitled, upon reasonable notice to the Company, to examine the books,
records, and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or
attorney and to consult with the officers and representatives of the
Company, including the Company's accountants and attorneys.
(f) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
Default or Event of Default (except default in the payment of moneys
which are required by a provision hereof to be paid to the Trustee or
in the delivery of any certificate, opinion or other document required
to be delivered to the Trustee by any provision hereof) unless the
Trustee shall receive from the Company or any Holder notice stating
that a Default or Event of Default has occurred and specifying the
same.
(g) 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
security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against
the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by it in
compliance with such request, order or direction.
(h) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or
surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties
hereunder.
(i) Delivery of reports, information and documents to the
Trustee under Section 4.09 hereof is for informational purposes only
and the Trustee's receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute
constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including the
Company's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which
the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
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 otherwise deal with the Company, any
Subsidiary, or their respective Affiliates with the same rights it would have if
it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the
Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of
this Indenture or the Notes, and it shall not be accountable for the Company's
use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any
statement in this Indenture or the Notes or any other document in connection
therewith, other than the Trustee's certificate of authentication.
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Default.
If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if a
Trust Officer has knowledge thereof (within the meaning of paragraph (f) of
Section 7.02), the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice of the uncured
Default or Event of Default within 90 days after such Default or Event of
Default occurs. Except in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in
payment of principal of, or interest on, any Note, including an accelerated
payment, a Default in payment on the Change of Control Purchase Date pursuant to
a Change of Control Offer or on the Asset Sale Offer Purchase Date pursuant to
an Asset Sale Offer or a Default in compliance with Article Five hereof, the
Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as its Board of Directors, the
executive committee of its Board of Directors or a committee of its directors
and/or Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in
the interest of the Holders. The foregoing sentence of this Section 7.05 shall
be in lieu of the proviso to ss. 315(b) of the TIA and such proviso to ss.
315(b) of the TIA is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the
Notes, as permitted by the TIA.
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.
Within 60 days after each [August 1] of each year beginning with 1998,
the Trustee shall, to the extent that any of the events described in TIA ss.
313(a) occurred within the previous twelve months, but not otherwise, mail to
each Holder a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA ss.
313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA xx.xx. 313(b), (c) and (d).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be
mailed to the Company and filed with the Commission and each stock exchange, if
any, on which the Notes are listed.
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee if the Notes become
listed on any stock exchange and the Trustee shall comply with TIA ss. 313(d).
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services hereunder. The Trustee's compensation shall not be
limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company
shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred or made by it in connection with the performance of its duties
under this Indenture. Such expenses shall include the reasonable fees and
expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel.
The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee (or any predecessor
Trustee) and its agents, employees, stockholders, Affiliates and directors and
officers for, and hold them harmless against, any and all loss, liability,
damage, claim or expense (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel),
including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee) incurred
by them except for such actions to the extent caused by any negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct on their part, arising out of or in connection with
the acceptance or administration of this trust including the reasonable costs
and expenses of defending themselves against any claim (whether made by the
Company, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of their rights, powers or duties hereunder. The
Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim asserted against the
Trustee for which it may seek indemnity. At the Trustee's sole discretion, the
Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate and may
participate in the defense; provided, however, that any settlement of a claim
shall be approved in writing by the Trustee. Alternatively, the Trustee may at
its option have separate counsel of its own choosing and the Company shall pay
the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all assets or money held or
collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except assets or money
held in trust to pay principal of or interest on particular Notes.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.01(vi) or (vii) occurs, such expenses and the
compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
The provisions of this Section 7.07 shall survive the resignation or
removal of the Trustee and the discharge or termination of this Indenture.
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.
The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by
so notifying the Company and the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee.
The Company may remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the
Trustee or its property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall notify each Holder of such
event and shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the
successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee
appointed by the Company.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that,
the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the
successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided in Section 7.07, 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.
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 at least 10% in aggregate 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, any Holder may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and
the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding any resignation or replacement of the Trustee pursuant
to this Section 7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 shall
continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee, and the Company shall pay to
any such replaced or removed Trustee all amounts owed under Section 7.07 upon
such replacement or removal.
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Xxxxxx, Etc.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another
corporation, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any
further act shall, if such resulting, surviving or transferee corporation is
otherwise eligible hereunder, be the successor Trustee; provided, however, that
such corporation 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
requirement of TIA xx.xx. 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee (or, in the case
of a corporation included in a bank holding company system, the related bank
holding company) shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50
million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. In
addition, if the Trustee is a corporation included in a bank holding company
system, the Trustee, independently of such bank holding company, shall meet the
capital requirements of TIA ss. 310(a)(2). The Trustee shall comply with TIA ss.
310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of
TIA ss. 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities, or
certificates of interest or participation in other securities, of the Company
are outstanding, if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA ss.
310(b)(1) are met. The provisions of TIA ss. 310 shall apply to the Company, as
obligor on the Notes.
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. The
provisions of TIA ss. 311 shall apply to the Company, as obligor on the Notes.
ARTICLE EIGHT
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture.
(a) This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of
further effect (except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or
exchange of Notes herein expressly provided for) as to all outstanding Notes and
the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture,
when:
(i) either
(1) Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered
(other than (x) Notes which have been lost, stolen or
destroyed and which have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 2.07 hereof and (y) Notes for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust by the Company and
thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such
trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(2) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation (other than (x) Notes which have been
lost, stolen or destroyed and which have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 2.07 hereof and (y) 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
called for redemption pursuant to the terms of this Indenture
or have otherwise become due and payable, and the Company, in
each case, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee in trust for the purpose U.S. Legal Tender
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on
such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest to the date of such deposit;
(ii) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other
sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
(b) Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture,
the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof shall
survive and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
clause (a)(i)(2) of this Section 8.01, the obligations of the Trustee under
Sections 8.03 and 8.04 shall survive.
SECTION 8.02. Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
(a) Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions in Section 8.02(c)
hereof, the Company may, at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with
respect to the Notes, elect to have the obligations of the Company discharged
with respect to the outstanding Notes ("defeasance"). Upon such defeasance, the
Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness
represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be
"outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 8.04 hereof and the other
Sections of and matters under this Indenture referred to in (i) and (ii) below,
and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this
Indenture, except for the following, which shall survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of Notes to
receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.02(c) 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, (ii) the
Company's obligations under Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.10 and 4.02,
(iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder, including, without limitation, the Trustee's rights under Section
7.07, and (iv) this Article Eight. Subject to compliance with this Article
Eight, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02(a)
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.02(b) with
respect to the Notes.
(b) Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions in Section 8.02(c)
hereof, the Company may, at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, elect
to effect covenant defeasance ("covenant defeasance"). On and after the date
such conditions are satisfied, (i) the Company shall be released from its
obligations under any covenant or provision contained in Sections 4.04, 4.05,
4.06(a), 4.07 and 4.09 through 4.17, (ii) clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section
6.01 hereof shall not apply, and (iii) the provisions of Articles Five and Ten
shall not apply, and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed to be 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 and the provisions of Articles Five and Ten, but shall continue to be
deemed "outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder and subject to any
mandatory requirements of the TIA. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance
means that, with respect to the Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and
shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set
forth in any such Section or Article, whether directly or indirectly, by reason
of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or Article or by reason of
any reference in any such Section or Article 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 clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 6.01 hereof,
but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture shall be
unaffected thereby.
(c) In order to effect defeasance or covenant defeasance, the
following conditions must be satisfied:
(i) the Company shall have irrevocably deposited with the
Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 7.10
hereof who agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article Eight
applicable to it), as trust funds in trust, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Notes, U.S. Legal Tender, U.S. Government Obligations
or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants or a nationally recognized investment banking firm, as
evidenced by a written report, without consideration of reinvestment of
interest of such U.S. Government Obligations, to pay the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the outstanding Notes (except lost,
stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid) to maturity
or redemption, as the case may be, and the Company shall have
irrevocably instructed the Trustee (or such other trustee) to apply
such U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations to said payments
in respect of the Notes;
(ii) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee one or
more Opinions of Counsel in the United States (which counsel or
counsels shall be independent of the Company) to the effect that:
(A) the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes
as a result of such defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the
case may be, and will be subject to Federal income tax on the
same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such defeasance or covenant
defeasance, as the case may be, had not occurred (which
opinion, in the case of defeasance, shall be based upon a
ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or a change in
applicable Federal income tax law occurring after the Issue
Date);
(B) the trust funds will not be subject to any
rights of holders of Indebtedness of the Company (other than
Holders of the Notes); and
(C) after the 91st day following the deposit the
trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally;
(iii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing on the date of such deposit or, in the case of Section
6.01(vi) or (vii), at any time during the period ending on the 91st day
after the date of such deposit;
(iv) such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result
in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the
Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound; and
(v) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent (other than conditions requiring the passage of
time) to either defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be,
have been complied with and that no violations under agreements
governing any other outstanding Indebtedness of the Company would
result therefrom.
Opinions required to be delivered under this Section may have
qualifications customary for opinions of the type required.
SECTION 8.03. Application of Trust Money.
The Trustee or Paying Agent shall hold in trust U.S. Legal Tender or
U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01 or 8.02,
and shall apply the deposited U.S. Legal Tender and the money from U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of the
principal of and interest on the Notes. The Trustee shall be under no obligation
to invest said U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations except as it may
agree in writing with the Company.
The Company shall pay, and indemnify the Trustee against, any tax, fee
or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Legal Tender or U.S.
Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.01 or 8.02 or the
principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee
or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of outstanding
Notes.
SECTION 8.04. Repayment to the Company.
Subject to Sections 8.01 and 8.02, the Trustee and the Paying Agent
shall promptly pay to the Company upon request any excess U.S. Legal Tender or
U.S. Government Obligations held by them at any time and thereupon shall be
relieved from all liability with respect to such money. The Trustee and the
Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for
the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for one year;
provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required
to make any payment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published
once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York or mail to
each Holder entitled to such money notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that after a date specified therein which shall be at least 30 days from the
date of such publication or mailing any unclaimed balance of such money then
remaining will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company, Holders
entitled to such money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors
unless an applicable law designates another Person.
SECTION 8.05. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. Legal
Tender or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.01 or 8.02 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 obligations under this Indenture and the Notes
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
Section 8.01 or 8.02, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or
Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government
Obligations in accordance with Section 8.01 or 8.02, as the case may be;
provided, however, that if the Company has made any payment of interest on or
principal of any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the
Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to
receive such payment from the U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations
held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
SECTION 8.06. Acknowledgment of Discharge
by Trustee.
After (i) the conditions of Section 8.01 or 8.02(a) have been
satisfied, (ii) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company and (iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent referred to in clause (i), above, relating to the
satisfaction and discharge or defeasance of this Indenture have been complied
with, the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the
Company's obligations under this Indenture except for those surviving
obligations specified in Section 8.01 or 8.02, as the case may be.
ARTICLE NINE
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders.
The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee,
together, may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without notice to
or consent of any Holder:
(i) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; provided,
however, that such amendment or supplement does not adversely
affect the rights of any Holder;
(ii) to effect the assumption by a successor Person of all
obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture and, if still in
effect, the Registration Rights Agreement in the event of any Disposition
involving the Company in which the Company is not the Surviving Person;
(iii) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in
place of certificated Notes;
(iv) to comply with any requirements of the Commission in
order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(v) to make any change that would provide any additional
benefit or rights to the Holders;
(vi) to provide for issuance of the Exchange Notes (which will
have terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Initial Notes
except that the transfer restrictions contained in the Initial Notes will be
modified or eliminated, as appropriate), and which will be treated together with
any outstanding Initial Notes, as a single issue of securities; or
(vii) to make any other change that does not adversely affect
the rights of any Holder under this Indenture;
provided, however, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel stating that such amendment or supplement complies with the provisions
of this Section 9.01.
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders.
(a) Subject to Section 6.07, the Company, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee, together, with the written consent of the Holder or
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer
or exchange offer for the Notes), may amend or supplement this Indenture or the
Notes without notice to any other Holder. Subject to Section 6.02 and 6.07, the
Holder or Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the then outstanding Notes may waive compliance by the Company with any
provision of this Indenture or the Notes without notice to any other Holder.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 9.02(a) hereof, no amendment, supplement
or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, shall, without the prior
written consent of each Holder of each Note affected thereby:
(i) reduce the principal amount of the Notes whose Holders
must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(ii) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of
any Note, or alter or waive the provisions with respect to the
redemption of the Notes in a manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes
other than with respect to a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale
Offer;
(iii) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
interest on any Notes;
(iv) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes (except that
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes may (a) rescind an acceleration of the Notes
that resulted from a non-payment default and (b) waive the payment
default that resulted from such acceleration);
(v) make any Note payable in money other than that stated
in the Notes;
(vi) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture
relating to waivers of past Defaults or Events of Default or the rights
of Holders to receive payments of principal of, or premium, if any, or
interest on, the Notes; or
(vii) following the occurrence of a Change of Control, amend,
change or modify the Company's obligation to make and consummate a
Change of Control Offer in the event of a Change of Control or modify
any of the provisions or definitions with respect thereto in a manner
adverse to the Holders, or following the occurrence of an Asset Sale,
amend, change or modify the Company's obligation to make and consummate
an Asset Sale Offer or modify any of the provisions or definitions with
respect thereto in a manner adverse to the Holders.
(c) It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under
this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment,
supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the
substance thereof.
(d) After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02
becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders affected thereby a
notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of
the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in
any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with TIA.
Every amendment, waiver or supplement of this Indenture or the Notes
shall comply with the TIA as then in effect; provided, however, that this
Section 9.03 shall not of itself require that this Indenture or the Trustee be
qualified under the TIA or constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any
party hereto that any such qualification is required prior to the time this
Indenture and the Trustee are required by the TIA to be so qualified.
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, waiver or supplement becomes effective, a consent
to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent
Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the
consenting Holder's Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any
Note. Subject to the following paragraph, any such Holder or subsequent Holder
may revoke the consent as to such Holder's Note or portion of such Note by
notice to the Trustee or the Company received before the date on which the
Trustee receives an Officers' Certificate certifying that the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Notes have consented (and not theretofore revoked
such consent) to the amendment, supplement or waiver. An amendment, supplement
or waiver becomes effective upon receipt by the Trustee of such Officers'
Certificate and evidence of consent by the Holders of the requisite percentage
in principal amount of outstanding Notes.
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, which record date shall be at least 30 days prior to the
first solicitation of such consent. If a record date is fixed, then
notwithstanding the second sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph,
those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated
proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled 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 90 days
after such record date.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall
bind every Holder, unless it makes any change described in Section 9.02(b), in
which case, the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind only each Holder of a
Note who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of
a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Note; provided,
however, that any such waiver shall not impair or affect the right of any Holder
to receive payment of principal of and interest on a Note, on or after the
respective due dates expressed in such Note, or to bring suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates without the
consent of such Holder.
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the
Trustee may require the Holder of such Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The
Trustee may 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 and the Trustee
shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms.
SECTION 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc.
The Trustee shall execute any amendment, supplement or waiver
authorized pursuant to this Article Nine; provided, however, that the Trustee
may, but shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or
waiver which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers' Certificate
each stating that the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver
authorized pursuant to this Article Nine is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. Such Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the
Holders.
ARTICLE TEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.01. TIA 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; provided, however, that this Section
10.01 shall not of itself require that this Indenture or the Trustee be
qualified under the TIA or constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any
party hereto that any such qualification is required prior to the time this
Indenture and the Trustee are required by the TIA to be so qualified.
SECTION 10.02. Notices.
Any notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder
shall be in writing, and shall be sufficiently given if made by hand delivery,
by telecopier or registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt
requested, addressed as follows:
if to the Company:
ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
if to the Trustee:
United States Trust Company of New York
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000/1627
Attention: Corporate Trust Division
Each of the Company and the Trustee by written notice to the other may
designate additional or different addresses for notices to such Person. Any
notice or communication to the Company or the Trustee shall be deemed to have
been given or made as of the date so delivered if personally delivered; when
answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if faxed; and five (5)
calendar days after mailing if sent by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid (except that a notice of change of address shall not be deemed to have
been given until actually received by the addressee).
Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to him
by first class mail or other equivalent means at his address as it appears on
the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given to him
if so mailed within the time prescribed.
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 is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given,
whether or not the addressee receives it.
SECTION 10.03. Communications by Holders
with Other Holders.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA ss. 312(b) with other Holders
with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the
Trustee, the Registrar and any other Person shall have the protection of TIA ss.
312(c).
SECTION 10.04. Certificate and Opinion as
to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers' Certificate, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, stating that, in the opinion of the
signers, all conditions precedent to be performed by the Company, if
any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action
have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent to be performed by the Company,
if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action
have been complied with.
SECTION 10.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture, other than the Officers'
Certificate required by Section 4.06 shall include:
(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b) 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;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each
such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 10.06. Rules by Trustee, Paying
Agent, Registrar.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules in accordance with the
Trustee's customary practices for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The
Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.
SECTION 10.07. Legal Holidays.
A "Legal Holiday" as used with respect to a particular place
of payment, is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in
New York, New York or at such place of payment are not required to be open. If a
payment date is a Legal Holiday at such place, payment may be made at such place
on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall
accrue for the intervening period.
SECTION 10.08. 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 REGARD TO ITS PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICT OF LAWS. Each of the parties hereto agrees 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 this Indenture.
SECTION 10.09. No Adverse Interpretation
of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or
debt agreement of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. Any such indenture,
loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
SECTION 10.10. No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee, stockholder, incorporator or
controlling person, as such, of the Company or of the Trustee shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or this Indenture
or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or
their creations. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such
liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the
issuance of the Notes.
SECTION 10.11. Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall
bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind
its successors.
SECTION 10.12. Duplicate Originals.
All parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together shall represent the
same agreement.
SECTION 10.13. Severability.
In case any one or more of the provisions in this Indenture or in the
Notes shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in any respect for any
reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every
other respect and of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby, it being intended that all of the provisions hereof shall
be enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.
SECTION 10.14. Independence of Covenants.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and the Notes shall be
given independent effect so that if any particular action or condition is not
permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an
exception to, or otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall
not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is
taken or condition exists.
[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.
ICN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF
NEW YORK, as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxx XxXxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx XxXxxxxx
Title:
A-3
EXHIBIT A
ICN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
9 1/4% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2005
CUSIP No.: [ ]
No. $
ICN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company", which term includes any successor entity), for value received
promises to pay to or registered assigns, the principal sum of Dollars, on
August 15, 2005.
Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15, commencing
on February 15, 1998
Record Dates: February 1 and August 1
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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be
signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers and a facsimile
of its corporate seal to be affixed hereto or imprinted hereon.
ICN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005 referred to in
the within-mentioned Indenture.
UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY
OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
Date of Authentication:
A-2
(REVERSE OF SECURITY)
9 1/4% Senior Note due 2005
1. Interest. ICN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the
rate per annum shown above. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most
recent date on which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid,
from August 14, 1997. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on
each Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue
installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the
extent lawful, from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Notes.
2. Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes
(except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders at the
close of business on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment
Date even if the Notes are canceled on registration of transfer or registration
of exchange after such Record Date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying
Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and
interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender"). However,
the Company may pay principal and interest by its check payable in such U.S.
Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest payment to the Paying
Agent or to a Holder at the Holder's registered address.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, United States Trust Company
of New York (the "Trustee") will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company
may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without notice to the
Holders.
4. Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated
as of August 14, 1997 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and the Trustee.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Initial Notes of the Company
designated as its 9 1/4 % Senior Notes due 2005 (the "Initial Notes"). The Notes
are limited in aggregate principal amount to $275,000,000. The Notes include the
Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes, as defined below, issued in exchange for
the Initial Notes pursuant to the Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Exchange
Notes are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture.
Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise
defined herein. 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) (the "TIA"), as in effect on the date of the
Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are
subject to all such terms, and Holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture
and the TIA for a statement of them. The Notes are general unsecured obligations
of the Company. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound by all of
the terms and provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended from time
to time in accordance with its terms.
5. Optional Redemption. The Notes are redeemable, at the Company's
option, in whole or in part, at any time on and after August 15, 2001 at the
redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of the
Notes) if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on August 15 of the
year set forth below, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon,
if any, to the Redemption Date:
Year Percentage
2001.......................................... 104.625%
2002.......................................... 103.083
2003.......................................... 101.542
2004 and thereafter........................... 100.000
The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
6. 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 such Holder's registered address. Notes in denominations
larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, if monies for the redemption of
the Notes called for redemption shall have been deposited with the Paying Agent
for redemption on such Redemption Date, then, unless the Company defaults in the
payment of such Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any, the Notes called
for redemption will cease to bear interest from and after such Redemption Date
and the only right of the Holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of
the Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any.
7. Offers to Purchase. Sections 4.15 and 4.16 of the Indenture provide
that, after certain Asset Sales (as defined in the Indenture) and upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture), and subject to
further limitations contained therein, the Company will make an offer to
purchase certain amounts of the Notes in accordance with the procedures set
forth in the Indenture.
8. Registration Rights. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement
dated as of the date of the Indenture, among the Company and Xxxxxxxx & Co.
Inc., as initial purchaser of the Initial Notes, the Company is obligated to
consummate an exchange offer pursuant to which the Holder of this Note shall
have the right to exchange this Note for the Company's Series B 9 1/4% Senior
Notes due 2005 (the "Exchange Notes"), which shall have been registered under
the Securities Act, in like principal amount and having terms identical in all
material respects as the Initial Notes. The Holders of the Initial Notes 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.
9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. The Notes are in registered
form, without coupons, and in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000. A Holder shall register the transfer or exchange of 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 certain
transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith
as permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of
or exchange of any Notes or portions thereof selected for redemption.
10. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note shall be
treated as the owner of it for all purposes, subject to the provisions of the
Indenture with respect to record dates for the payment of interest.
11. Unclaimed Money. If money for the payment of principal or interest
remains unclaimed for one year, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay the
money back to the Company. After that, all liability of the Trustee and such
Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
12. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity. If the Company at any
time deposits with the Trustee U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations
sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes to redemption or
maturity and complies with the other provisions of the Indenture relating
thereto, the Company will be discharged from certain provisions of the Indenture
and the Notes (including certain covenants, but excluding its obligation to pay
the principal of and interest on the Notes).
13. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions set
forth in the Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or
supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any past
Default or Event of Default or noncompliance with any provision may be waived
with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or consent of
any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the
Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency,
provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes, or comply with Article Five of the Indenture or make any other change
that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Note.
14. Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture imposes certain limitations
on the ability of the Company and the Subsidiaries to, among other things, incur
additional Indebtedness, make Restricted Payments or Restricted Investments,
create or incur Liens, enter into transactions with Affiliates, create dividend
or other payment restrictions affecting Subsidiaries and issue Preferred Stock
of Subsidiaries, and on the ability of the Company and the Subsidiaries to merge
or consolidate with any other Person or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and
the Subsidiaries. Such limitations are subject to a number of important
qualifications and exceptions. Pursuant to Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the
Company must annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.
15. Successors. When a successor assumes, in accordance with the
Indenture, all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the
Indenture, the predecessor, subject to certain exceptions, will be released from
those obligations.
16. Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of Notes then outstanding may declare all the Notes to be due
and payable in the manner, at the time and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as
provided in the Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture
or the Notes unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it. The
Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to direct
the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from
Holders of Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a
Default or Event of Default in payment of principal or interest when due, a
Default in payment on the Change of Control Purchase Date pursuant to a Change
of Control Offer or on the Asset Sale Offer Purchase Date pursuant to an Asset
Sale Offer or a Default in compliance with Article Five of the Indenture) if it
determines that withholding notice is in their interest.
17. Trustee Dealings with Company. The Trustee under the Indenture, in
its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes
and may otherwise deal with the Company, the Subsidiaries or their respective
Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
18. No Recourse Against Others. No stockholder, director, officer,
employee or incorporator, as such, of the Company shall have any liability for
any obligation of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.
Each Holder of a Note 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.
19. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or
Authenticating Agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on this
Note.
20. Governing Law. This Note and the Indenture 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 regard to
principles of conflict of laws.
21. Abbreviations and Defined Terms. Customary abbreviations may be
used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (=
tenants in common), TEN ENT (= 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).
22. 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 as a convenience to the Holders of the
Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed
on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed hereon.
The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Note upon written request
and without charge a copy of the Indenture, which has the text of this Note in
larger type. Requests may be made to: ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attn: Secretary.
ASSIGNMENT FORM
If you the Holder want to assign this Note, fill in the form
below and have your signature guaranteed:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
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(Print or type name, address and zip code and
social security or tax ID number 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.
Dated: ___________________ Signed:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other
side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee: ........
(Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the
requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such
other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange
Act.)
In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior to the
date which is the earlier of (i) the date of the declaration by the Commission
of the effectiveness of a registration statement under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") covering resales of this Note (which
effectiveness shall not have been suspended or terminated at the date of the
transfer) and (ii) , 1999, the undersigned confirms that it has not utilized any
general solicitation or general advertising in connection with the transfer:
[Check One]
(1) __ to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; or
(2) __ pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A"); or
(3) __ outside the United States to a "foreign person" in compliance
with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended; or
(4) __ pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule
144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, if available; or
(5) __ pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or
(6) __ pursuant to another available exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
and unless the box below is checked, the undersigned confirms that such Note is
not being transferred to an "affiliate" of the Company as defined in Rule 144
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (an "Affiliate"):
__ The transferee is an Affiliate of the Company.
Unless one of the numbered boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register
any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other
than the registered Holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (3), (4) or
(6) is checked, the Company or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any
such transfer of the Notes, in its sole discretion, such written legal opinions,
certifications (including an investment letter in the case of box (3)) and other
information as the Trustee or the Company has reasonably requested 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
of 1933, as amended.
If none 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 Section 2.17 of the Indenture shall have
been satisfied.
Dated: ___________________ Signed:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the other side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee: ____________________________
TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) 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 and is aware that the sale
to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has
received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested
pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that
it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned's foregoing
representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by
Rule 144A.
Dated: __________________
NOTICE: To be executed by
an executive officer
[OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE]
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, check the
appropriate box:
Section 4.15 [ ]
Section 4.16 [ ]
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased
by the Company pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, state
the amount you elect to have purchased:
$-------------------
Dated: __________________
NOTICE: The signature on this
assignment must correspond with
the name as it appears upon the
face of the within Note in
every particular without
alteration or enlargement or
any change whatsoever and be
guaranteed.
Signature Guarantee: ........
(Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the
requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such
other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange
Act.)
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EXHIBIT B
ICN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
SERIES B 9 1/4% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2005
CUSIP No.:
No. $
ICN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company", which term includes any successor entity), for value received
promises to pay to or registered assigns, the principal sum of Dollars, on
August 15, 2005.
Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15, commencing
on February 15, 1998
Record Dates: February 1 and August 1
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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be
signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers and a facsimile
of its corporate seal to be affixed hereto or imprinted hereon.
ICN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
By:
Name:
Title:
Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the Series B 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY
OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By:
Authorized Signatory
Date of Authentication:
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B-3
(REVERSE OF SECURITY)
Series B 9 1/4% Senior Note due 2005
1. Interest. ICN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the
rate per annum shown above. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most
recent date on which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid,
from August 14, 1997. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on
each Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue
installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the
extent lawful, from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Notes.
2. Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes
(except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders at the
close of business on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment
Date even if the Notes are canceled on registration of transfer or registration
of exchange after such Record Date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying
Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and
interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender"). However,
the Company may pay principal and interest by its check payable in such U.S.
Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest payment to the Paying
Agent or to a Holder at the Holder's registered address.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, United States Trust Company
of New York (the "Trustee") will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company
may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without notice to the
Holders.
4. Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated
as of August 14, 1997 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and the Trustee.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Exchange Notes of the Company
designated as its Series B 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005 (the "Exchange Notes").
The Notes are limited in aggregate principal amount to $275,000,000. The Notes
include the Exchange Notes and the Initial Notes in exchange for which the
Exchange Notes were issued pursuant to the Indenture. The Initial Notes and the
Exchange Notes are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture.
Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise
defined herein. 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) (the "TIA"), as in effect on the date of the
Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are
subject to all such terms, and Holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture
and the TIA for a statement of them. The Notes are general unsecured obligations
of the Company. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound by all of
the terms and provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended from time
to time in accordance with its terms.
5. Optional Redemption. The Notes are redeemable, at the Company's
option, in whole or in part, at any time on and after August 15, 2001 at the
redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of the
Notes) if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on of the year set
forth below, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to
the Redemption Date:
Year Percentage
2001.......................................... 104.625%
2002.......................................... 103.083
2003.......................................... 101.542
2004 and thereafter........................... 100.000
The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
6. 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 such Holder's registered address. Notes in denominations
larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, if monies for the redemption of
the Notes called for redemption shall have been deposited with the Paying Agent
for redemption on such Redemption Date, then, unless the Company defaults in the
payment of such Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any, the Notes called
for redemption will cease to bear interest from and after such Redemption Date
and the only right of the Holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of
the Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any.
7. Offers to Purchase. Sections 4.15 and 4.16 of the Indenture provide
that, after certain Asset Sales (as defined in the Indenture) and upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture), and subject to
further limitations contained therein, the Company will make an offer to
purchase certain amounts of the Notes in accordance with the procedures set
forth in the Indenture.
8. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. The Notes are in registered
form, without coupons, and in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000. A Holder shall register the transfer or exchange of 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 certain
transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith
as permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of
or exchange of any Notes or portions thereof selected for redemption.
9. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note shall be
treated as the owner of it for all purposes, subject to the provisions of the
Indenture with respect to record dates for the payment of interest.
10. Unclaimed Money. If money for the payment of principal or interest
remains unclaimed for one year, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay the
money back to the Company. After that, all liability of the Trustee and such
Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
11. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity. If the Company at any
time deposits with the Trustee U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations
sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes to redemption or
maturity and complies with the other provisions of the Indenture relating
thereto, the Company will be discharged from certain provisions of the Indenture
and the Notes (including certain covenants, but excluding its obligation to pay
the principal of and interest on the Notes).
12. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions set
forth in the Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or
supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any past
Default or Event of Default or noncompliance with any provision may be waived
with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or consent of
any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the
Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency,
provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes, or comply with Article Five of the Indenture or make any other change
that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Note.
13. Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture imposes certain limitations
on the ability of the Company and the Subsidiaries to, among other things, incur
additional Indebtedness, make Restricted Payments or Restricted Investments,
create or incur Liens, enter into transactions with Affiliates, create dividend
or other payment restrictions affecting Subsidiaries and issue Preferred Stock
of Subsidiaries, and on the ability of the Company and the Subsidiaries to merge
or consolidate with any other Person or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and
the Subsidiaries. Such limitations are subject to a number of important
qualifications and exceptions. Pursuant to Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the
Company must annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.
14. Successors. When a successor assumes, in accordance with the
Indenture, all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the
Indenture, the predecessor, subject to certain exceptions, will be released from
those obligations.
15. Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of Notes then outstanding may declare all the Notes to be due
and payable in the manner, at the time and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as
provided in the Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture
or the Notes unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it. The
Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to direct
the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from
Holders of Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a
Default or Event of Default in payment of principal or interest when due, a
Default in payment on the Change of Control Purchase Date pursuant to a Change
of Control Offer or on the Asset Sale Offer Purchase Date pursuant to an Asset
Sale Offer or a Default in compliance with Article Five of the Indenture) if it
determines that withholding notice is in their interest.
16. Trustee Dealings with Company. The Trustee under the Indenture, in
its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes
and may otherwise deal with the Company, the Subsidiaries or their respective
Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
17. No Recourse Against Others. No stockholder, director, officer,
employee or incorporator, as such, of the Company shall have any liability for
any obligation of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.
Each Holder of a Note 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.
18. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or
Authenticating Agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on this
Note.
19. Governing Law. This Note and the Indenture 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 regard to
principles of conflict of laws.
20. Abbreviations and Defined Terms. Customary abbreviations may be
used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (=
tenants in common), TEN ENT (= 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).
21. 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 as a convenience to the Holders of the
Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed
on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed hereon.
The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Note upon written request
and without charge a copy of the Indenture, which has the text of this Note in
larger type. Requests may be made to: ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attn: Secretary.
ASSIGNMENT FORM
If you the Holder want to assign this Note, fill in the form below and
have your signature guaranteed:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
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(Print or type name, address and zip code and
social security or tax ID number 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.
Dated: ___________________ Signed:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other
side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee: ........
(Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the
requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such
other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange
Act.)
[OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE]
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, check the appropriate
box:
Section 4.15 [ ]
Section 4.16 [ ]
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, state the
amount you elect to have purchased:
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Dated: _________________
NOTICE: The signature on this
assignment must correspond with
the name as it appears upon the
face of the within Note in
every particular without
alteration or enlargement or
any change whatsoever and be
guaranteed.
Signature Guarantee:
(Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the
requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such
other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange
Act.)
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C-1 EXHIBIT C
Form of Certificate To Be Delivered
in Connection with Transfers
______Pursuant to Regulation S_____
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United States Trust Company
of New York
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Division
Re: ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company")
9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2005 (the "Notes")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed sale of $___________ 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 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 off-shore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on
our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged 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
(5) we have advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions
applicable to the Notes.
You, the Company and counsel for the Company 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 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:
Authorized Signature
